a+quantity

Ā̆sĭa, ae, f. (in regard to the quantity of the A, cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 5, 648), = Asia.

A.. Orig., a town in Lydia; afterwards the region around it; hence,

Adj.: Ā̆sĭus, a, um, of Asia:

palus,

the marshy region on the river Cayster, Verg. A. 7, 701; cf. id. G. 1, 383, and Hom. Il. 2, 461;

Asia,

a nymph, Verg. G. 4, 343; cf. Hyg. Fab. prooem.—

A.. In an extended signif., Asia Minor, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 557; Sen. Troad. 6; Vulg. Act. 19, 26; 21, 27 al.—Hence also for Pergamos, Liv. 26, 24; Vell. 2, 4; and, as a Roman province, or Proconsular Asia, kat' exochên (hê idiôs kaloumenê Adia, Strabo, 17, p. 118), Asia comprehended Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia; cf.:

Namque, ut opinor, Asia vestra constat ex Phrygiā, Cariā, Mysiā, Lydiā,

Cic. Fl. 27; id. Imp. Pomp. 6; Vulg. Act. 2, 9; 6, 9; ib. 1 Cor. 16, 19 et saep.— Hence,

Ā̆sĭus, a, um, adj., Asiatic (cf. Asiaticus): villa, Varr. ap. Non. p. 466, 3.— For Troas, Ov. M. 13, 484.—

In a still wider sense, the whole of the quarter of the globe Asia (hence the distinction Asia Minor, Oros. 1, 2), Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 47 sqq.—A poet. form, Ā̆sis, īdis, Asia, Ov. M. 5, 648; 9, 448. ††

asĭa, ae, f.; among the Taurini, rye, in pure Lat., secale, Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.

Ā̆sĭa, ae, f. (in regard to the quantity of the A, cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 5, 648), = Asia.

A.. Orig., a town in Lydia; afterwards the region around it; hence,

Adj.: Ā̆sĭus, a, um, of Asia:

palus,

the marshy region on the river Cayster, Verg. A. 7, 701; cf. id. G. 1, 383, and Hom. Il. 2, 461;

Asia,

a nymph, Verg. G. 4, 343; cf. Hyg. Fab. prooem.—

A.. In an extended signif., Asia Minor, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 557; Sen. Troad. 6; Vulg. Act. 19, 26; 21, 27 al.—Hence also for Pergamos, Liv. 26, 24; Vell. 2, 4; and, as a Roman province, or Proconsular Asia, kat' exochên (hê idiôs kaloumenê Adia, Strabo, 17, p. 118), Asia comprehended Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia; cf.:

Namque, ut opinor, Asia vestra constat ex Phrygiā, Cariā, Mysiā, Lydiā,

Cic. Fl. 27; id. Imp. Pomp. 6; Vulg. Act. 2, 9; 6, 9; ib. 1 Cor. 16, 19 et saep.— Hence,

Ā̆sĭus, a, um, adj., Asiatic (cf. Asiaticus): villa, Varr. ap. Non. p. 466, 3.— For Troas, Ov. M. 13, 484.—

In a still wider sense, the whole of the quarter of the globe Asia (hence the distinction Asia Minor, Oros. 1, 2), Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 47 sqq.—A poet. form, Ā̆sis, īdis, Asia, Ov. M. 5, 648; 9, 448. ††

asĭa, ae, f.; among the Taurini, rye, in pure Lat., secale, Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.

bĭlībris, e [bilibra], of two pounds.

Adj.

Weighing two pounds:

offae,

Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 103:

mullus,

Mart. 3, 45, 5.—

Containing two pounds: aqualis, * Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 39:

cornu,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 61.—

Subst., a quantity of two pounds, Veg. Vet. 3, 6, 6; 3, 6, 10; Vulg. Apoc. 6, 6.

com-mĕmĭni ( conm-), isse, v. defect., to recollect a thing in all its particulars, to remember (in Plaut. several times; elsewh. rare).

With acc.:

hoc conmemini magis, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 98; so id. Curc. 4, 2, 7; id. Mil. 3, 3, 39; id. Poen. 3, 4, 16.—With acc. of quantity:

aliquid,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 25; cf.

also: quem hominem probe commeminisse se aiebat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227; and:

ego autem non commemini antequam sum natus, me miserum,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13.—

With inf. pres.:

non conmemini dicere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 32; so id. Mil. 3, 1, 49; id. Men. 5, 9, 15. —

With rel.-clause, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 4.—

With gen.:

conmeminit domi,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20.—

Absol.:

memini et scio et calleo et conmemini,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 8; id. Truc. 1, 2, 19; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 16; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 38; Ov. F. 3, 792.—

In speech, to recall to mind, mention (late Lat.):

Plato complurium Socratis sectatorum in sermonibus, quos scripsit, commeminit,

Gell. 14, 3, 2.

con-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. (a strengthened cedo, and corresp. with it in most of its signiff.); lit., to go, walk; hence,

Neutr., with reference to the terminus a quo, to go or walk away from a place, to depart, retire, withdraw, remove from (in lit. signif. rare but class.).

In gen.:

concedite atque abscedite omnes, de viā decedite,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; so absol., Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 102; id. Hec. 4, 2, 21; cf.:

ipsae concedite silvae,

farewell, Verg. E. 10, 63.—With prep.:

a foribus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 82:

abs te,

id. Pers. 1, 1, 51:

ab oculis alicujus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

superis ab oris,

Verg. A. 2, 91:

ex aedibus,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 57.—With abl. only:

oculis,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 16:

caelo,

Verg. A. 10, 215:

solio,

Sil. 3, 628.—With adv.:

hinc,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 126; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 11.—

Esp.

Pregn. ( = cedo, II. A. 2.), to pass away, disappear, vanish, in Tac. (with and without vitā), to depart from life, die:

tumor et irae Concessere deūm,

Verg. A. 8, 41:

vitā,

to die, Tac. A. 1, 3; 3, 30; 6, 39; 12, 39; 14, 51; and absol.: quandoque concessero, id. ib. 4, 38; 13, 30;

the same: concessit superis ab oris,

Verg. A. 2, 91; cf.:

vitā per auras concessit ad Manes,

id. ib. 10, 820. —

With dat. or absol., prop. qs. to go out of the way for one (on account of his wishes, or his superior power or excellence), i. e. to yield to, submit, give way to, adapt one's self to.

To yield or submit to power or compulsion:

ut magnitudini medicinae doloris magnitudo concederet,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63:

certum est, concedere homini nato nemini,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 15:

neque nox quoquam concedit die (i. e. diei),

id. Am. 1, 1, 120 (cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 48): cedant arma togae, concedat laurea linguae, Cic. Poët. Off. 1, 22, 77 (cf. id. Pis. 30, 74, and Quint. 11, 1, 24):

bellum ac tumultum paci atque otio concessurum,

id. Pis. 30, 73:

voluptatem concessuram dignitati,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 1:

injuriae,

Sall. J. 14, 24:

obsidioni,

i. e. permit, Tac. A. 13, 40:

operi meo concedite,

Ov. M. 8, 393; id. F. 1, 222:

naturae,

i. e. to die, Sall. J. 14, 15; so,

fato,

Plin. Pan. 11, 3:

fatis magnis,

Val. Fl. 1, 554:

apparebat aut hostibus aut civibus de victoriā concedendum esse,

Liv. 4, 6, 6; cf. so impers.:

postquam concessum propemodum de victoriā credebant,

id. 3, 60, 4.—

To give place to in excellence, dignity, rank, etc., to yield to, to give precedence:

me amantissimum tui, nemini concedentem,

Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 2; so id. ib. 4, 3, 1;

4, 3, 4: etsi de cupiditate nemini concedam,

id. Att. 12, 47, 2:

sese unis Suebis concedere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7:

majestati ejus viri concedere,

Liv. 6, 6, 7:

aetati,

Sall. J. 11, 4; id. H. Fragm. 1, 17; cf. so impers.:

Sulla, cujus facundiae, non aetati a Manlio concessum,

id. J. 102, 4:

vigenti Silio,

Tac. A. 3, 43:

seniori Sentio,

id. ib. 2, 74:

ut vix Apronio illi de familiaritate concedere videatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 108:

Antario Varoque de gloriā,

Tac. H. 3, 64:

nemini in illa causā studio et cupiditate concedere,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

nec amore in hanc patriam nobis concedunt,

Tac. A. 11, 24:

nec, si muneribus certes, concedat Iollas,

Verg. E. 2, 57.—With acc. of quantity (cf. 3. infra):

magistro tantulum de arte,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118:

alicui quicquam in desperatione,

id. Att. 14, 18, 3. —

To yield, submit to one's will, comply with one's wishes:

ut tibi concedam, neque tuae libidini advorsabor,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 3:

matri meae,

id. ib. 3, 5, 28:

concessit senatus postulationi tuae,

Cic. Mur. 23, 47:

jurisconsultis concedi,

id. Caecin. 24, 67.— Impers.:

Caesar... concedendum non putabat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7.—

Like sunchôrein tini, to assent to, concede to:

nunquamne hodie concedes mihi Neque intelleges, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 22 (credes, consenties, Ruhnk.):

stultum me fateor, liceat concedere veris,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 305 (cf. in Gr. sunchôrein têi alêtheiai).—

To assent to, grant, pardon, allow, etc.:

quos (judices) alienis peccatis concessuros putes, quo facilius ipsis peccare liceat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

poëtae non ignoscit, nobis concedit,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 198:

dicto concedi,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 3:

cui (vitio) si concedere nolis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 140; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 85.—Hence (cf. cedo, II. A. 3. fin.),

Act., with acc. (and dat.) aliquid alicui.

To grant, concede, allow; to consign something over to, to resign, yield, vouchsafe, confirm to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition):

illum mihi aequius est quam me illi quae volo concedere,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 47:

si nunc de tuo jure concessisses paululum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 9:

partem octavam pretii,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:

date hoc et concedite pudori meo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32; cf. Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 16:

alicui primas in dicendo partis,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49:

amicis quicquid velint,

id. Lael. 11, 38:

neque quicquam illius audaciae,

id. Caecin. 35, 103:

doctrinam alicui,

Quint. 11, 1, 89; cf.:

artes tibi,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

intellegentiam, prudentiam,

Quint. 12, 1, 3:

principatum imperii maritimi Atheniensibus,

Nep. Timoth. 2, 2; cf. id. Dion, 6, 3; Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 4; Prop. 2 (3), 15, 37; cf.:

tempus quieti, aut luxuriae,

Sall. J. 61, 3:

tempestivum pueris ludum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 142:

libertatem his,

Caes. B. G. 4, 15 fin.:

vitam alicui,

Suet. Caes. 68; id. Aug. 13; 16: crimen gratiae, i. e. to accuse or inform against for the sake of favor, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 19:

peccata alicui,

to pardon him, id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128:

delicta,

Suet. Ner. 29.— Pass.: Siciliam nimis celeri desperatione rerum concessam, [p. 397] had been ceded, given up, Liv. 21, 1, 5:

Scaevolae concessa est facundiae virtus,

Quint. 12, 3, 9; 10, 1, 100 et saep.:

acrius... Ulcisci, quam nunc concessum est legibus aequis,

Lucr. 5, 1148; cf. Nep. Them. 10 fin.; Suet. Tib. 18.— Poet., with in and acc.:

concessit in iras Ipse... genitor Calydona Dianae,

gave over to be punished, Verg. A. 7, 305.—

With dat. and inf.:

nec nostrā dicere linguā Concedit nobis patrii sermonis egestas,

Lucr. 1, 831; so,

ducere neptem,

Cat. 64, 29:

esse poëtis,

Hor. A. P. 373; Suet. Aug. 44 et saep.— Impers. pass.:

de re publicā nisi per concilium loqui non conceditur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20 fin.:

quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12; Quint. 12, 1, 37; 12, 1, 42; 8, 6, 76; Suet. Ner. 12:

servis quoque pueros hujus aetatis verberare concedimus,

Curt. 8, 8, 3:

concedunt plangere matri,

Stat. Th. 6, 134:

cum accusare etiam palam concessum sit,

Quint. 6, 3, 28; 2, 17, 27; 11, 3, 150: 8, 3, 30; 12, 3, 8 al.— Poet.:

fatis numquam concessa moveri Camarina,

not allowed. forbidden to be removed, Verg. A. 3, 700; cf.

also personally: haec ubi conceduntur esse facta, for conceditur haec esse facta,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 44.—

With acc. and inf.:

non omnia corpora vocem Mittere concedis,

you grant, Lucr. 2, 835:

oculos falli,

id. 4, 380; Quint. 2, 5, 25:

culpam inesse concedam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76:

poëtas legendos oratori futuro,

Quint. 1, 10, 29.— Pass. impers.:

concedatur profecto verum esse, ut, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50. —

With ut or ne:

nec vero histrionibus oratoribusque concedendum est, ut iis haec apta sint, nobis dissoluta,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

verum concedo tibi ut ea praetereas, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

concedant ut viri boni fuerint,

id. Lael. 5, 18; id. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Lucr. 2, 658:

non concedo, ut sola sint,

Quint. 6, 2, 11 al.: cui concedi potest, ut? etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 21:

ut concedatur ne in conspectum veniat,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48.—

With a simple subj.:

concedo sit dives,

Cat. 114, 5; Ov. A. A. 1, 523. —

Absol.:

beatos esse deos sumpsisti: concedimus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 89; id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 2:

consules neque concedebant neque valde repugnabant,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 44.—

= condono, to grant or yield something to one as a favor or from regard, to desist from, forbear, give up; forgive, pardon:

inimicitias rei publicae,

to give up for the sake of the State, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 44:

petitionem alicui,

from regard to, id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

peccata liberum parentum misericordiae,

id. Clu. 69, 195:

cum Marcellum senatui reique publicae concessisti,

id. Marcell. 1, 3:

ut concessisti illum (sc. Marcellum) senatui, sic da hunc (sc. Ligarium) populo,

as you have pardoned him in deference to the Senate, id. Lig. 12, 37; cf. Nep. Att. 7 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 55; 4, 31:

Montanus patri concessus est,

id. ib. 16, 33 fin.

Neutr., in respect to the terminus ad quem, to go, walk, betake one's self somewhere, to retire, withdraw to, etc.; with ad, in, or adv.:

tantisper hic ego ad januam concessero,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 6 Wagn.; cf.:

ad Manes,

i. e. to die, Verg. A. 10, 820:

ad victorem,

Tac. H. 2, 51:

ad dexteram,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 12:

caeli distributio docet unde fulmen venerit, quo concesserit,

Cic. Div. 2, 20, 45; so Lucr. 1, 380:

huc,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 28; id. Trin. 2, 4, 116; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 122; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 270, 8:

istuc,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 56; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 39:

vis animae in altum,

Lucr. 4, 919:

in delubrum,

Liv. 30, 20, 6:

in hiberna,

id. 26, 20, 6; cf.:

Carthaginem Novam in hiberna,

id. 21, 15, 3:

Argos habitatum,

Nep. Them. 8, 1:

Cythnum,

Tac. A. 3, 69:

Neapolin,

id. ib. 14, 10:

Patavium,

id. H. 3, 11:

in insulam,

id. ib. 5, 19:

in turbam,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 143:

trans Rhenum,

Tac. H. 5, 23:

concede huc a foribus,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 48:

hinc intro,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 158; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 126:

hinc aliquo ab ore eorum,

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 11; cf.:

aliquo ab eorum oculis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

hinc rus,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 7.—

Trop.: in aliquid, of entering into an alliance, yielding to, etc., to agree or consent to, to assent, to submit, yield, or resign one's self, to acquiesce in, to go or pass over to any thing (freq. in the histt.):

mulier, conjuncta viro, concessit in unum Conubium,

Lucr. 5, 1010; cf.:

in matrimonium,

Just. 24, 2, 10: victi omnes in gentem nomenque imperantium concessere, were merged in, passed over into, Sall. J. 18, 12; so,

in paucorum potentium jus atque dicionem,

id. C. 20, 7; cf.:

in dicionem,

Liv. 38, 16, 9:

in dominationem,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.:

in deditionem,

Liv. 28, 7, 9; 39, 2, 4; 42, 53, 7:

in Tyrias leges,

Sil. 15, 6:

in condiciones,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

in sententiam,

id. 32, 23, 12; 32, 36, 8; Tac. A. 1, 79 fin.; cf.: in illos, assent to, yield to them, Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Avid. 3, 7:

in partes,

Tac. H. 2, 1.

com-mĕmĭni ( conm-), isse, v. defect., to recollect a thing in all its particulars, to remember (in Plaut. several times; elsewh. rare).

With acc.:

hoc conmemini magis, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 98; so id. Curc. 4, 2, 7; id. Mil. 3, 3, 39; id. Poen. 3, 4, 16.—With acc. of quantity:

aliquid,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 25; cf.

also: quem hominem probe commeminisse se aiebat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227; and:

ego autem non commemini antequam sum natus, me miserum,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13.—

With inf. pres.:

non conmemini dicere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 32; so id. Mil. 3, 1, 49; id. Men. 5, 9, 15. —

With rel.-clause, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 4.—

With gen.:

conmeminit domi,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20.—

Absol.:

memini et scio et calleo et conmemini,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 8; id. Truc. 1, 2, 19; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 16; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 38; Ov. F. 3, 792.—

In speech, to recall to mind, mention (late Lat.):

Plato complurium Socratis sectatorum in sermonibus, quos scripsit, commeminit,

Gell. 14, 3, 2.

factus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from facio.

factus, ūs, m. (also factum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3; Col. 12, 50, 19 and 22) [facio].

A making, building, style of architecture:

quo ornatior villa esse posset fructu quam factu,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 10:

iste mulus me ad factum dabit (= me ad opus rusticum feret),

Inscr. Momms. 5078.—

(Cf. factor, II. A., and factorium), the quantity of oil pressed out at one time, a pressing, Cato, R. R. 67, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3; Col. 12, 52, 19; 22; Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23.

fĕrē and fermē ( fĕrĕ, Aus. Epigr. 10, 5, 5), adv. [Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-ami, to bear, support; Gr. root, thra-, in thrênus, stool, thronos, seat; Lat. firmus; cf.: forma, forum. Ferme is perh. a sup. form for ferime, v. Rib. Lat. Part. p. 6 sq. Erroneously, Varr.: ferme dicitur quod nunc fere: utrumque dictum a ferendo, quod id quod fertur est in motu atque adventat, L. L. 7, § 92 Müll.], approximately, closely, in two senses.

With the idea of approach predominant, nearly, almost, well-nigh, within a little, for the most part, about (esp. with words of number, quantity, multitude; cf.: plerumque, vulgo).

Form fere:

fere sexennis,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 80:

abhinc menses decem fere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 24; cf.:

fere abhinc annos quindecim,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 28:

fere in diebus paucis, quibus haec acta sunt, Chrysis vicina haec moritur,

soon, only a few days after, id. And. 1, 1, 77:

quinta fere hora,

about the fifth hour, Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

hora fere tertia,

id. Att. 14, 20, 1:

tertia fere vigilia,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 1:

sexcentos fere annos,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48:

sexto decimo fere anno,

id. ib. 2, 33:

anno fere ante, quam consul est declaratus,

id. ib. 1, 5:

anno fere centesimo et quadragesimo post mortem Numae,

id. ib. 2, 15; cf.:

anno trecentesimo et quinquagesimo fere post Romam conditam,

id. ib. 1, 16:

decem fere annis post primos consules,

id. ib. 2, 32; cf.

also: decessit fere post annum quartum quam, etc.,

Nep. Arist. 3 fin.:

meus fere aequalis,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179; cf. id. Off. 3, 1, 1:

ipsa Peloponnesus fere tota in mari est,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 1:

totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

id. ib. 2, 23, 4:

rerum omnium fere modus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18; cf.:

quam fere omnium constans et moderata ratio vitae,

id. Clu. 16, 46:

ex omnibus fere partibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

in reliquis fere rebus,

id. ib. 6, 13, 3:

omnes fere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1; 4, 20, 1; Nep. Arist. 2, 3; id. Chabr. 3, 4; Liv. 21, 60, 9; Suet. Caes. 87;

and in the order fere omnes,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 1; 5, 23, 4:

cujus disputationis fuit extremum fere de immortalitate animorum,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14; cf.: Phalereus ille Demetrius ultimus est fere ex Atticis. Quint. 10, 1, 80: cum fere e regione castris castra poneret, Caes. B. G. 7, 35, 1; id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

plus fere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 45:

semper fere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22:

satis fere diximus,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60:

tantum fere,

almost only, id. Rep. 2, 18 fin.:

Lycurgus eadem vidit fere,

id. ib. 2, 23:

haec fere,

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

hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod,

in this chiefly, Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 3:

haec fere dicere habui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

haec erant fere, quae, etc.,

id. Fam. 12, 5 fin.; 12, 30 fin.; id. Att. 2, 16, 1; id. Or. 54, 182; id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

exposui fere non philosophorum judicia, sed, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 16, 42; cf.:

sic fere componendum, quomodo pronuntiandum erit,

Quint. 9, 4, 138:

fere eodem pacto, quo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 10:

et fere apparet, quid in invidiam, etc.... dicendum sit,

Quint. 5, 12, 16.—

Form ferme:

hoc factum est ferme abhinc biennium,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 4; so,

abhinc annos ferme L.,

Vell. 2, 90 fin.:

nam ferme ante annos DCCCCL. floruit,

id. 1, 5, 3:

intra XII. ferme annos,

id. 2, 11 fin.:

duodequadragesimo ferme anno, ex quo regnare coeperat Tarquinius,

Liv. 1, 40:

mille ferme delecti propugnatores onerariis imponuntur,

id. 30, 10; cf.:

pars ferme dimidia,

id. 42, 51:

a quo (flumine) aberat mons ferme milia viginti,

Sall. J. 48, 3; cf.:

in tumulo quatuor ferme milia distante ab castris regiis consedit,

Liv. 30, 8:

abest ab Carthagine quindecim milia ferme passuum locus,

id. 30, 9:

ferme eadem omnia, quae, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 21:

cum ferme cunctos proceres cum honore nominavisset,

Tac. A. 3, 76:

mihi quidem aetas acta est ferme,

for the most part, about, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38.

With the idea of nearness or closeness predominant, quite, entirely, just.

Form fere:

domum revortor maestus atque animo fere conturbato,

quite distracted, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69:

quod statuas quoque videmus ornatu fere militari,

quite military, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61:

paria esse fere peccata,

quite equal, Hor. S. 1, 3, 96:

etsi nobis, qui id aetatis sumus, evigilatum fere est, tamen, etc.,

entirely, sufficiently, Cic. Rep. 3, 29:

cum circa hanc fere consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur,

just on this debated point, Liv. 36, 7, 1: jamque fere, just now, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11; and ap. Charis. p. 114 P. (Ann. v. 286 and 580 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 135; 5, 327; 835; cf.: jam fere, Enn. ap. Non. 355, 17 (Trag. v. 201 ed. Vahl.); and: jam... fere, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 ed. Vahl.):

sermo qui tum fere multis erat in ore,

just then, Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—

Form ferme: circumvenire video ferme injuria, altogether wrong, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 92 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 12); cf.: ferme aderant ratibus, just, Enn. ib. § 23 Müll. (Ann. v. 602 ed. Vahl.); so, quod ferme dirum in tempus cecidere Latinae, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18; and:

sed eum constabat virum esse ferme bonum,

Gell. 14, 2, 5:

ferme ut quisque rem accurat suam, Sic ei procedunt post principia denique,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 4; so,

ferme ut pueri,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 32:

jam ferme moriens me vocat,

just dying, id. And. 1, 5, 49.—

In partic.

With negatives, scarcely, hardly.

(= vix, non facile.) Form fere:

nihil aut non fere multum differre,

Cic. Brut. 40, 150:

nemo fere saltat sobrius,

id. Mur. 6; id. de Or. 1, 25, 116:

nihil fere intelligit,

id. Off. 3, 3, 15:

non fere labitur,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 18:

quod non fere ante auctumnum Elaver vado transiri solet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

duo spondei non fere jungi patiuntur,

Quint. 9, 4, 101:

in se dicere non est fere nisi scurrarum,

id. 6, 3, 82:

denique ex bellica victoria non fere quemquam est invidia civium consecuta,

hardly any one, Cic. Sest. 23, 51:

rationem sententiae suae non fere reddere,

id. Tusc. 1, 17, 38:

nec adhuc fere inveni, qui, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 6, 1; cf.:

quod non fere contingit, nisi, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 72:

nec rei fere sane amplius quicquam fuit,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 3:

in qua (disputatione) nihil fere, quod magno opere ad rationes omnium rerum pertineret, praetermissum puto,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8 fin.: tum est Cato locutus;

quo erat nemo fere senior temporibus illis, nemo prudentior,

id. Lael. 1, 5:

dixit, hunc ne in convivio quidem ullo fere interfuisse,

id. Rosc. Am. 14:

neque ullum fere totius hiemis tempus sine sollicitudine Caesaris intercessit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 5: neque enim [p. 736] fere iam est ullus dies occupatus, ut nihil, etc., Quint. 10, 7, 27.—With a neg. interrog.:

nam quid fere undique placet?

Quint. 1, 2, 15.—

Form ferme:

hoc non ferme sine magnis principum vitiis evenit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 45 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

quod non ferme decernitur, nisi, etc.,

Liv. 22, 9, 8; 24, 25, 9:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34 fin.; so,

nec ferme res antiqua alia est nobilior,

Liv. 1, 24:

facio, quod manifesto moechi haud ferme solent,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 40; so Ter. And. 3, 1, 2:

haud ferme,

Liv. 21, 7, 9; 27, 28, 14:

ut eo nihil ferme quisquam addere posset,

Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

quia nemo ferme huc sine damno devortitur,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 39:

non ferme facilius aliquid tenere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 5 fin.; 1, 45, 69.—

Of time (in the usual course of things; opp. to sometimes, now and then), in general, generally, usually, commonly.

Form fere:

Fit fere, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10; cf.:

jam hoc fere sic fieri solere accepimus,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

quod fere solet fieri,

id. Inv. 1, 29, 46; cf.

also: ut fere fit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

nam fere maxima pars morem hunc homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 36:

quod fere libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

aedificio circumdato silva (ut sunt fere domicilia Gallorum, etc.),

id. ib. 6, 30, 3:

ruri fere se continebat,

Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 16:

nam fere non difficile est invenire, quid, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 18, 27:

in eum fere est voluntas nostra propensior,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

sic omnia nimia in contraria fere convertuntur,

id. Rep. 1, 44:

quod in illis singuli fuissent fere, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1:

nominatim fere referri, quid, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 33, 142:

nigra fere terra,

commonly black, Verg. G. 2, 203:

qui timet his adversa, fere miratur eodem quo cupiens pacto,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 9.—Strengthened by plerumque or plerique:

hic solebamus fere Plerumque eam operiri,

Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 39; cf.

corresp. to plerumque: fortuna eos plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est: itaque efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

adducto fere vultu, plerumque tacitus,

Suet. Tib. 68:

non sunt vitiosiores, quam fere plerique, qui avari avaros... reprehendunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.—Opp. raro, interdum, saepe:

fere praedicta aetas laeto solo truncoque tres materias, raro quatuor desiderat,

Col. 4, 17, 5; cf.:

fereque id in capillo fit, rarius in barba,

Cels. 6, 2:

ipse Circenses ex amicorum fere libertinorumque cenaculis spectabat, interdum e pulvinari,

Suet. Aug. 15:

in consulatu pedibus fere, extra consulatum saepe adaperta sella per publicum incessit,

id. ib. 53.—

Form ferme:

quod ferme evenit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42:

nam ferme apud Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

Sall. J. 74 fin.:

inculta ferme vestiuntur virgultis vepribusque,

Liv. 21, 54:

intacta invidia media sunt: ad summa ferme tendit,

id. 45, 35; cf.:

mobilis et varia est ferme natura malorum,

Juv. 13, 236:

ceterum parva quoque (ut ferme principia omnia),

Liv. 7, 2:

ut ferme ad nova imperia,

Tac. A. 2, 2:

quae antea dictatorum et consulum ferme fuerant beneficia,

Liv. 9, 30, 3:

nocte ferme proficiscebantur,

id. 34, 13, 3.

grando, ĭnis, f. ( masc., Varr. ap. Non. 208, 11) [Sanscr. hrād-uni, storm; Gr. chalaza for chalad-ia], hail, a hail-storm.

Lit., Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 58; id. Merc. 5, 2, 19; Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 86; Liv. 28, 37, 7; Verg. G. 1, 449; Hor. C. 1, 2, 2; 3, 1, 29 et saep.: nimbus cum saxea grandine subito est exortus ingens, hailstones, Auct. B. Afr. 47, 1.—In plur.:

terrere animos, nimbis, nivibus, grandinibus, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14:

grandines ruunt,

Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103.—

Transf., poet., a shower, i. e. a great quantity, a multitude:

et densa resonant saxorum grandine turres,

Sil. 2, 38:

aspera saxorum,

id. 9, 578.—

Trop., of copious speech:

qui grandines Ulixei (superat),

Aus. Ep. 16, 13.

Īlĭum or Īlĭon, ĭi, n., = Ilion, a poetical name for Troja, the city of Ilium, Troy, Verg. A. 1, 68; 5, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 33; Ov. M. 6, 95; 13, 408; Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 et saep.—Called also Īlĭos, i, f., acc. to the Gr. Ilios, Hor. C. 4, 9, 18; id. Epod. 14, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 363; id. M. 14, 467.—Also a later Ilium, built upon the coast, Liv. 35, 43, 3; 37, 9, 7.—

Derivv.

Īlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ilium, Ilian, Trojan:

tellus,

Verg. A. 9, 285:

res,

id. ib. 1, 268:

matres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 11:

turmae,

id. Carm. Sec. 37.— Subst.: Īlĭi, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.—

Īlĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

orae,

Verg. A. 2, 117:

classis,

id. ib. 5, 607:

fata,

id. ib. 3, 182:

Penates,

id. ib. 3, 603:

cineres,

id. ib. 2, 431:

amores,

i. e. Paris, Mart. 12, 52, 9:

hospes Didus,

i. e. Æneas, Sil. 8, 50:

Vesta,

worshipped at Troy, Ov. F. 6, 227;

hence, Alba, where also Vesta was worshipped,

Luc. 5, 400: carmen, i. e. Homer's Iliad, Hor. A. P. 129; cf.:

Macer,

a poet who wrote on the Trojan war, Ov. P. 4, 16, 6:

dextra,

i. e. Ganymede's, Stat. S. 4, 2, 11:

mons,

i. e. Phrygian marble, id. ib. 27:

Iliacoque jugum memorabile remo,

i. e. the promontory of Misenum, where Misenus, a follower of Æneas, was drowned, id. ib. 3, 5, 98: muri, i. e. of Rome, as founded by descendants of the Trojan Æneas, Sil. 10, 387;

hence, also, cuspis,

of the consul Flaminius, id. 5, 595.—Prov.:

Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 16.—

Īlĭenses, ium, m., inhabitants of Ilium, Ilians, Suet. Tib. 52; id. Claud. 25; id. Ner. 7.—

Īlĭădes, ae, m., the Trojan, i. e. Ganymede, Ov. M. 10, 160.—

Īlĭas, ădis, f.

The Trojan woman, i. e. Helen, Ov. Tr. 2, 371.—In plur.: Īlĭădes, um, Trojan women or girls, Verg. A. 3, 65; 2, 580.—

The celebrated epic poem that describes the Trojan war, the Iliad, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 66; Ov. A. A. 3, 414. —On account of its great extent, used fig. to represent a great quantity or number, an Iliad, a whole Iliad, Ov. P. 2, 7, 33; cf. written as Greek: tanta malorum impendet Ilias, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3; and in plur.:

tunc vero longas condimus Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14.

ilium, v. ile.

Īlĭum or Īlĭon, ĭi, n., = Ilion, a poetical name for Troja, the city of Ilium, Troy, Verg. A. 1, 68; 5, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 33; Ov. M. 6, 95; 13, 408; Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 et saep.—Called also Īlĭos, i, f., acc. to the Gr. Ilios, Hor. C. 4, 9, 18; id. Epod. 14, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 363; id. M. 14, 467.—Also a later Ilium, built upon the coast, Liv. 35, 43, 3; 37, 9, 7.—

Derivv.

Īlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ilium, Ilian, Trojan:

tellus,

Verg. A. 9, 285:

res,

id. ib. 1, 268:

matres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 11:

turmae,

id. Carm. Sec. 37.— Subst.: Īlĭi, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.—

Īlĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

orae,

Verg. A. 2, 117:

classis,

id. ib. 5, 607:

fata,

id. ib. 3, 182:

Penates,

id. ib. 3, 603:

cineres,

id. ib. 2, 431:

amores,

i. e. Paris, Mart. 12, 52, 9:

hospes Didus,

i. e. Æneas, Sil. 8, 50:

Vesta,

worshipped at Troy, Ov. F. 6, 227;

hence, Alba, where also Vesta was worshipped,

Luc. 5, 400: carmen, i. e. Homer's Iliad, Hor. A. P. 129; cf.:

Macer,

a poet who wrote on the Trojan war, Ov. P. 4, 16, 6:

dextra,

i. e. Ganymede's, Stat. S. 4, 2, 11:

mons,

i. e. Phrygian marble, id. ib. 27:

Iliacoque jugum memorabile remo,

i. e. the promontory of Misenum, where Misenus, a follower of Æneas, was drowned, id. ib. 3, 5, 98: muri, i. e. of Rome, as founded by descendants of the Trojan Æneas, Sil. 10, 387;

hence, also, cuspis,

of the consul Flaminius, id. 5, 595.—Prov.:

Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 16.—

Īlĭenses, ium, m., inhabitants of Ilium, Ilians, Suet. Tib. 52; id. Claud. 25; id. Ner. 7.—

Īlĭădes, ae, m., the Trojan, i. e. Ganymede, Ov. M. 10, 160.—

Īlĭas, ădis, f.

The Trojan woman, i. e. Helen, Ov. Tr. 2, 371.—In plur.: Īlĭădes, um, Trojan women or girls, Verg. A. 3, 65; 2, 580.—

The celebrated epic poem that describes the Trojan war, the Iliad, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 66; Ov. A. A. 3, 414. —On account of its great extent, used fig. to represent a great quantity or number, an Iliad, a whole Iliad, Ov. P. 2, 7, 33; cf. written as Greek: tanta malorum impendet Ilias, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3; and in plur.:

tunc vero longas condimus Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14.

ilium, v. ile.

jējūnus, a, um, adj. [kindr. to Sanscr. yam, refrenare, cohibere; intens. yanyam, Bopp. Gloss. p. 276, a], fasting, hungry, abstinent, not partaking of food.

Lit.:

in scenam qui jejunus venerit,

Plaut. Ps. prol. 12:

sic expletur jejuna cupido,

hunger, Lucr. 4, 876; so,

jejuna aviditas,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

misera ac jejuna plebecula,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11:

cum quidem biduum ita jejunus fuissem, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:

canis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 23:

jejuna fessaque corpora,

Liv. 21, 55.—Of inanimate things:

lupus jejunis dentibus acer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 29:

Cerberus jejuno sono,

with hungry howlings, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 4:

tam jejuna fames?

so extreme, Juv. 5, 10:

pullus ad quem volat mater jejuna,

id. 10, 232:

odium,

i. e. on an empty stomach, id. 15, 51:

saliva,

fasting spittle, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35.—

Thirsty:

vilem jejunae saepe negavit aquam,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 18.—

Transf.

Dry, barren, unproductive:

corpora suco jejuna,

Lucr. 2, 845:

ager,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84:

glarea,

Verg. G. 2, 212:

pars jejunior humi,

Col. 2, 4, 7.—

Scanty, insignificant in quantity:

summaque jejunā sanie infuscatur arena,

Verg. G. 3, 493.—

Trop.

Poor, barren, powerless:

ut quosdam nimis jejuno animo et angusto monerem uti, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

pusillus animus atque ipsā malevolentiā jejunus atque inanis,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 7.—

Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low:

solivaga cognitio et jejuna,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157:

frigida et jejuna calumnia,

id. Caecin. 21, 61:

jejunum hoc nescio quid et contemnendum,

id. Fam. 15, 17:

aliquid humile et jejunum,

id. ib. 3, 10, 7.—

Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless:

si quis aut Antonium jejuniorem, aut Crassum fuisse pleniorem putet,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16:

Theodorus, in arte subtilior, in orationibus jejunior,

id. Brut. 12, 48.—With gen., Cic. Or. 40:

concertatio verborum,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68; Quint. 1, 4, 5; 10, 2, 17 al.—

Destitute of, without, deprived of:

divitiarum avidi ac jejuni,

Just. 38, 6, 8:

pecunia,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 9.— Adv.: jējūnē, meagrely, dryly, jejunely, without ornament or spirit:

jejune et exiliter disputare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 50; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20; Gell. 19, 3:

agere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.— Comp.:

dicere jejunius,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 17; id. Att. 12, 21, 1.

magnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [id.], greatness, size, bulk, magnitude (class.).

Lit.

Silvestres apes minores sunt magnitudine, in size, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19:

mundi,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

maris Aegaei,

id. Fin. 3, 14, 45:

fluminis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 49:

corporum,

id. B. G. 1, 39:

ad fabae magnitudinem,

of the size of, as large as, Cels. 5, 25, 4:

habebat ursos ferociae ac magnitudini suae simillimos,

Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 5:

Goliath quidam, vir mirae magnitudinis et roboris,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 34, 3:

elephantus ferus infinitae magnitudinis ultro se obtulit,

Just. 15, 4, 19.— Plur.:

magnitudines regionum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5.—

Of number and amount, a great number, great quantity, abundance, great amount:

copiarum,

Nep. Dat. 1:

fructuum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

pecuniae,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

quaestus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22.—

Trop.

In gen., greatness, vastness, extent:

magnitudo et vis amoris,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

acerbitatis et odii,

id. Deiot. 11, 30:

beneficii,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:

periculi,

id. Quint. 2, 6:

doloris,

Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 24:

ingenii,

id. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

animi,

greatness of soul, Cic. Part. 23, 81.— Rhetorically: vocis, the strength or compass of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20.— Of time: dierum ac noctium magnitudines, length, Plin 36, 10, 15, § 72.—

In partic., rank, dignity (post-Aug.):

imperatoria,

Tac. A. 16, 23:

infra tuam magnitudinem,

beneath your dignity, id. ib. 14, 54. —Hence, in late Lat., as a title of honor, highness, excellency:

magnitudo tua,

Cassiod. Var. 9, 13; Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2.

massa, ae, f., = maza, that which adheres together like dough, a lump, mass ( poet. and post-Aug.):

massa picis,

Verg. G. 1, 275:

salis,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 78:

lactis coacti,

cheese, Ov. M. 8, 666:

lactis alligati,

Mart. 8, 64, 9.—Of metals:

versantque tenaci forcipe massam,

Verg. A. 8, 453:

aeris,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

chalybis,

Ov. F. 4, 405:

ardens,

Juv. 10, 130.—Of money:

tum argenti montis, non massas habet: Aetna non aeque altast,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73.— Absol., of a mass of gold:

contactu gleba potenti Massa fit,

Ov. M. 11, 112: marmoris, a block of marble:

marmor, non in columnis crustisve, sed in massa,

Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49.—Of chaos, Ov. M. 1, 70.—Of a heavy weight, Juv. 6, 421.—Of an indeterminate quantity of land, Inscr. Orell. 4360.

Massa, ae, m., a Roman surname.

L. Terentius Massa, Liv. 31, 50; 40, 35. —

Baebius Massa, a notorious informer and sycophant, Plin. Ep. 3, 4; 7, 33; Juv. 1, 35.—

The name of a slave, Petr. 69.

massa, ae, f., = maza, that which adheres together like dough, a lump, mass ( poet. and post-Aug.):

massa picis,

Verg. G. 1, 275:

salis,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 78:

lactis coacti,

cheese, Ov. M. 8, 666:

lactis alligati,

Mart. 8, 64, 9.—Of metals:

versantque tenaci forcipe massam,

Verg. A. 8, 453:

aeris,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

chalybis,

Ov. F. 4, 405:

ardens,

Juv. 10, 130.—Of money:

tum argenti montis, non massas habet: Aetna non aeque altast,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73.— Absol., of a mass of gold:

contactu gleba potenti Massa fit,

Ov. M. 11, 112: marmoris, a block of marble:

marmor, non in columnis crustisve, sed in massa,

Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49.—Of chaos, Ov. M. 1, 70.—Of a heavy weight, Juv. 6, 421.—Of an indeterminate quantity of land, Inscr. Orell. 4360.

Massa, ae, m., a Roman surname.

L. Terentius Massa, Liv. 31, 50; 40, 35. —

Baebius Massa, a notorious informer and sycophant, Plin. Ep. 3, 4; 7, 33; Juv. 1, 35.—

The name of a slave, Petr. 69.

mĕdĭō̆cris, e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj. [medius], in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre.

In gen. (class.).

Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things:

castellum,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

agmen,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

intervallum,

id. B. Alex. 30.—

Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.:

C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres,

Cic. Brut. 36, 136:

L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero,

id. ib. 36, 137:

non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 19:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

vir,

Just. 1, 4, 4:

poëta,

Hor. A. P. 372:

in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

amicitia,

id. Lael. 6, 10:

malum,

id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

eloquentia,

id. ib. 1, 29, 133:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 27, 119:

excusare... mediocris est animi,

narrow, small, Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus,

Juv. 13, 7.—

Esp.

Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial:

Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant,

i. e. ardent, ambitious, Sall. J. 8, 1:

non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9:

haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre [p. 1124] telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61:

non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat,

uncommon, extraordinary, Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

praemium non mediocre,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

non mediocris dissensio,

Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—

With syllaba, common = anceps:

syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura,

Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭter.

Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.):

ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

corpus mediocriter aegrum,

id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—

By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.:

supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13:

non mediocriter,

in no moderate degree, Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

reprehensus est non mediocriter,

i. e. greatly, exceedingly, very much, Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—

Very little:

ne mediocriter quidem disertus,

not in the least, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—

With moderation, calmly, tranquilly = modice (rare, and perh. only in Cic.):

quod mihi non mediocriter ferendum videtur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.:

hoc vellem mediocrius,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5.

mensūra. ae, f. [metior], a measuring, measure (class.).

Lit.:

mensuram facere alicujus, Ov A. A. 3, 265: agere,

to measure, survey, Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5:

inire. Col 5, 3: res (quae) pondere numero mensura constant,

Gai. Inst. 2, 196.—

Transf., a measure, by which any thing is measured:

majore mensurā reddere,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48:

qui modus mensurae medimnus appellatur,

kind of measure, Nep. Att. 2, 6:

mensuras et pondera invenit Phidon Argivus, aut Palamedes,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198:

ex aquā, i. e. clepsydra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

quicquid sub aurium mensuram aliquam cadit, numerus vocatur,

Cic. Or 20, 67:

de mensura jus dicere,

Juv. 10, 101. —

Trop., measure, quantity, proportion, capacity, power, extent, degree, etc.:

dare alicui mensuram bibendi,

to prescribe how much one may drink, Ov. A. A. 1, 589:

nostri orbis,

Tac. Agr. 12:

beneficii,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12, 2:

qui tanti mensuram nominis imples,

i. e. who answerest to its meaning, art worthy of it, Ov. P. 1, 2, 1:

ficti crescit,

measure, size, id. M. 12, 57: sui, one's own measure, i. e. capacity, Juv. 11, 35:

sed deerat pisci patinae mensura,

was too small, Juv. 4, 72: nuribus Argolicis fui Mensura voti, I was the measure of their wishes, i. e. they desired to have as much as I possessed, Sen. Herc. Oet. 400:

submittere se ad mensuram discentis,

to accommodate one's self to the capacity of the learner, Quint. 2, 3, 7: legati, character, standing. Tac. H. 1, 52:

mensura tamen quae sufficiat census,

how large a fortune, Juv. 14. 316.—In painting:

Apelles cedebat Asclepiodoro de mensuris, hoc est quanto quid a quoque distare deberet,

the degree of prominence, and relative distances, of parts of a picture, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80.—In gram.:

mensurae verborum,

the quantities of their syllables, Quint. 10, 1, 10.