abounding+in

Cĭbyra, ae, f., = Kibura.

A town in Magna Phrygia, on the borders of Caria, abounding in manufactures, and the seat of a Roman tribunal, now Buruz, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; Liv. 38, 14 bis; and id. 38, 15, 1.—

Hence, Cĭbyrāta, ae, comm., = Kiburatês, of Cibyra:

fratres quidam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30 sq.:

pantherae,

id. Att. 5, 21, 5.— Subst.: Cĭbyrātae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Cibyra, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 5; 8, 9, 3; Liv. 45, 25, 13 al.—

Cĭbyrātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cibyra:

forum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 9:

negotia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 33:

jurisdictio,

Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 105.—

A town in Pamphylia, now Ibura, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.

Cĭbyra, ae, f., = Kibura.

A town in Magna Phrygia, on the borders of Caria, abounding in manufactures, and the seat of a Roman tribunal, now Buruz, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; Liv. 38, 14 bis; and id. 38, 15, 1.—

Hence, Cĭbyrāta, ae, comm., = Kiburatês, of Cibyra:

fratres quidam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30 sq.:

pantherae,

id. Att. 5, 21, 5.— Subst.: Cĭbyrātae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Cibyra, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 5; 8, 9, 3; Liv. 45, 25, 13 al.—

Cĭbyrātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cibyra:

forum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 9:

negotia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 33:

jurisdictio,

Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 105.—

A town in Pamphylia, now Ibura, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.

cōpĭōsus, a, um, adj. [1. copia].

Furnished abundantly with a thing, well supplied, having abundance, rich, copious, plentiful, abounding (in wealth, means of living, etc.) (very freq. and class., esp. in prose).

In gen.; constr. with abl., ab, or absol.; rarely with gen.

With simple abl. or ab and abl.:

tu agris, tu aedificiis, tu argento, tu familiā, tu rebus omnibus ornatus et copiosus sis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

Arion grandi pecuniā et re bonā multā coplosus,

Gell. 16, 19, 7:

oppidum re cibariā,

id. 7, 1, 8:

Bruttedius artibus honestis,

Tac. A. 3, 66:

locus a frumento,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2.—

Absol. (so most freq.):

copiosa plane et locuples (mulier),

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55:

urbs,

id. Arch. 3, 4:

via copiosa omniumque rerum abundans,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; cf.

stativa,

Liv. 9, 44, 9:

patrimonium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; id. Rab. Post. 14, 38 al.:

ingenium facile et copiosum,

fertile in expedients, rich, Quint. 10, 1, 128:

ratio loquendi,

id. 2, 1, 4.— Comp.: provincia, Auct. B. Alex. 43. — Sup.:

copiosissimum oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23: copiosissimus ac sollertissimus hostis, * Suet. Caes. 35:

cucumeres,

Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 65.—

With gen.:

ager silvestrium caprarum,

Sol. 11, 11; cf. 1. copis. —

With ad: quamquam erat provincia minime copiosa ad alendos exercitus, Auct. B. Alex. 42.—

In partic., of an orator, or of discourse, rich in language, copious in expression, eloquent:

homo copiosus ad dicendum,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 64:

lingua (opp. inops),

id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

densior ille, hic copiosior in eloquendo,

Quint. 1, 1, 106:

oratores,

id. 12, 5, 5:

vir,

Liv. 45, 25, 3:

multa et varia et copiosa oratio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 214:

loquacitas,

Quint. 8, 2, 17;

opp. jejunum,

id. 8, 3, 49.—

Existing in rich abundance, copious (very rare):

liquor putei,

Phaedr. 4, 9, 7:

varietas rerum abundat,

id. 5, 6, 2:

supellex verborum,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 28.—Hence, cōpĭōsē, adv. (very freq.), in great abundance, copiously, abundantly, plentifully, copiously provided.

In gen.:

sic copiose in provinciam profectus erat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:

large et copiose comparare pastum,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

accepti tribus tricliniis,

id. Att. 13, 52, 2:

senatorum urna copiose absolvit,

by a large majority, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6:

ornatus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62.—

Esp., of discourse, copiously, fully, at length:

copiose ab eo agri cultura laudatur,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

copiose et abundanter loqui,

id. de Or. 2, 35, 151:

defendere causas reorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

dicere,

id. N. D. 1, 21, 58; Quint. 1, 4, 5.— Comp.:

dicere,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

haec omnia exsequi,

Quint. 9, 3, 89.— Sup.:

dicere,

Cic. Clu. 10, 29; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Off. 1, 1, 4:

laudare,

id. de Or. 2, 10, 39:

defensum esse,

id. Quint. 28, 87:

locus tractatur,

Quint. 2, 4, 24.

cōpis (acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll. N. cr., more prob. than cops, assumed by Prisc. p. 752 P. The nominative in neither form is found in use), is, adj. [contr. from coops; cf. inops] (ante-class. for the class. copiosus), abundantly supplied with something, abounding in, rich:

ut amantem erilem copem facerem filium,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 117: aliquem copem causarum facere, Turp. ap. Non. p. 84, 22 (Com. Rel. v. 61 Rib.);

Pac. ib. (Trag. Rel. v. 307 id.): copi pectore,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 8.

cŏpis, ĭdis, f., = kopis, a short sword, Curt. 8, 14, 29; App. M. 11, p. 260, 33 dub. (MSS. crepides).

crēber, bra, brum ( sup. creberrimus;

but crebrissimus,

Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170;

and CEREBERRIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).

Of material subjects:

lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf.

silva,

Lucr. 6, 135:

crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

rami,

id. ib. 2, 17:

(venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

funale,

numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

creberrima aedificia,

id. ib. 5, 12:

ignes quam creberrimi,

Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6:

vigilias ponere,

id. ib. 45, 2:

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.

exploratores,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf.

hostes,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84:

crebri cecidere caelo lapides,

Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—

Of immaterial subjects:

itiones,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf.

excursiones,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

ictus,

Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30:

impetus,

Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.:

anhelitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199:

commutationes aestuum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

rumores,

id. ib. 2, 1:

amplexus,

Ov. M. 9, 538 al.:

compellationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

sonus,

oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

argumentatio,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

supplosio pedis,

id. 11, 3, 128:

crebriores figurae,

id. 9, 2, 94:

quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua,

Quint. 12, 10, 46.—

Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in:

creber harundinibus lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 190:

Africus procellis,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of speech or writing:

sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc.,

you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83:

si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi... in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu,

id. Att. 1, 19, 1:

(Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. [p. 479] ib. §

68).—In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior,

Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,

Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times:

si crebro cades,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

ruri esse,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

mittere litteras,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1:

tussire et exspuere,

Quint. 11, 5, 56:

personare purgatam aurem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.:

qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59.— Comp. crebrius:

perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum,

i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14:

mittas litteras,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.:

crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes,

Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-):

commemorantur a Stoicis,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—

crē-bră ( acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly:

revisit ad stabulum (mater),

Lucr. 2, 359:

et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 500.—

crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place;

only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa,

Vitr. 2, 9, 10.— Sup.:

crates ex virgis creberrime textae,

Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—

crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

crēber, bra, brum ( sup. creberrimus;

but crebrissimus,

Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170;

and CEREBERRIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).

Of material subjects:

lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf.

silva,

Lucr. 6, 135:

crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

rami,

id. ib. 2, 17:

(venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

funale,

numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

creberrima aedificia,

id. ib. 5, 12:

ignes quam creberrimi,

Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6:

vigilias ponere,

id. ib. 45, 2:

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.

exploratores,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf.

hostes,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84:

crebri cecidere caelo lapides,

Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—

Of immaterial subjects:

itiones,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf.

excursiones,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

ictus,

Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30:

impetus,

Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.:

anhelitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199:

commutationes aestuum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

rumores,

id. ib. 2, 1:

amplexus,

Ov. M. 9, 538 al.:

compellationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

sonus,

oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

argumentatio,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

supplosio pedis,

id. 11, 3, 128:

crebriores figurae,

id. 9, 2, 94:

quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua,

Quint. 12, 10, 46.—

Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in:

creber harundinibus lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 190:

Africus procellis,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of speech or writing:

sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc.,

you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83:

si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi... in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu,

id. Att. 1, 19, 1:

(Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. [p. 479] ib. §

68).—In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior,

Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,

Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times:

si crebro cades,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

ruri esse,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

mittere litteras,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1:

tussire et exspuere,

Quint. 11, 5, 56:

personare purgatam aurem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.:

qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59.— Comp. crebrius:

perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum,

i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14:

mittas litteras,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.:

crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes,

Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-):

commemorantur a Stoicis,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—

crē-bră ( acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly:

revisit ad stabulum (mater),

Lucr. 2, 359:

et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 500.—

crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place;

only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa,

Vitr. 2, 9, 10.— Sup.:

crates ex virgis creberrime textae,

Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—

crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

Cytōrus ( - ŏs), i, m., = Kutôros, a mountain abounding in boxwood, and a town upon it, in Paphlagonia, now Kidros, Mel. 1, 19, 8; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5; Cat. 4, 13; Verg. G. 2, 437; Val. Fl. 5, 106 al.—Hence,

Cytōrĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Cytorus, Cytorian:

de monte,

Ov. M. 6, 132:

pecten,

i. e. made of boxwood, id. ib. 4, 311.—

Cytōrĭus, a, um, adj., of Cytorus:

in jugo,

Cat. 4, 11:

montes,

Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71.

Cytōrus ( - ŏs), i, m., = Kutôros, a mountain abounding in boxwood, and a town upon it, in Paphlagonia, now Kidros, Mel. 1, 19, 8; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5; Cat. 4, 13; Verg. G. 2, 437; Val. Fl. 5, 106 al.—Hence,

Cytōrĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Cytorus, Cytorian:

de monte,

Ov. M. 6, 132:

pecten,

i. e. made of boxwood, id. ib. 4, 311.—

Cytōrĭus, a, um, adj., of Cytorus:

in jugo,

Cat. 4, 11:

montes,

Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71.

Cytōrus ( - ŏs), i, m., = Kutôros, a mountain abounding in boxwood, and a town upon it, in Paphlagonia, now Kidros, Mel. 1, 19, 8; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5; Cat. 4, 13; Verg. G. 2, 437; Val. Fl. 5, 106 al.—Hence,

Cytōrĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Cytorus, Cytorian:

de monte,

Ov. M. 6, 132:

pecten,

i. e. made of boxwood, id. ib. 4, 311.—

Cytōrĭus, a, um, adj., of Cytorus:

in jugo,

Cat. 4, 11:

montes,

Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71.

Cytōrus ( - ŏs), i, m., = Kutôros, a mountain abounding in boxwood, and a town upon it, in Paphlagonia, now Kidros, Mel. 1, 19, 8; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5; Cat. 4, 13; Verg. G. 2, 437; Val. Fl. 5, 106 al.—Hence,

Cytōrĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Cytorus, Cytorian:

de monte,

Ov. M. 6, 132:

pecten,

i. e. made of boxwood, id. ib. 4, 311.—

Cytōrĭus, a, um, adj., of Cytorus:

in jugo,

Cat. 4, 11:

montes,

Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71.

făcĭlis, e, adj. (archaic forms nom. sing. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. facul, like difficul, simul; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [facio, properly, that may be done or made; hence, pregn.], easy to do, easy, without difficulty.

In gen.

Prop., constr. absol., with ad (and the gerund), the supine, inf., ut, and the dat.

Absol.:

nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.:

facilis et plana via (opp. difficilis),

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20:

quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf.

also: mihi in causa facili atque explicata perdifficilis et lubrica defensionis ratio proponitur,

Cic. Planc. 2, 5:

justa res et facilis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 33:

facilis et prompta defensio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.:

facilis et expedita distinctio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.:

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

id. Rep. 1, 28:

ascensus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

aditus,

id. ib. 3, 25 fin.;

descensus Averno,

Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.:

celerem et facilem exitum habere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.:

lutum,

easy to work, Tib. 1, 1, 40:

fagus,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

humus,

easy to cultivate, mellow, Curt. 4, 6, 5:

arcus,

Val. Fl. 1, 109:

jugum,

easy to climb, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 4:

somnus,

easy to obtain, Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4:

irae,

easily excited, Luc. 1, 173:

saevitia,

easily overcome, Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.:

aurae,

gentle, Ov. H. 16, 123:

jactura,

easily borne, Verg. A. 2, 646:

cera,

easily shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169:

victus,

copious, Verg. G. 2, 460.— Comp.:

iter multo facilius atque expeditius,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse quam Scipioni?

Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

faciliore et commodiore judicio,

id. Caecin. 3, 8.— Sup.:

quod est facillimum, facis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

concordia,

id. ib. 1, 32:

hujus summae virtutis facillima est via,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

in quibus (ceris) facillima est ratio delendi,

id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.—

With ad and the gerund:

nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

ad subigendum,

id. Rep. 2, 41:

ad credendum,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

palmae ad scandendum,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.— Comp.:

faciliora ad intelligendum,

Quint. 2, 3, 8.— Sup.:

haec ad judicandum sunt facillima,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.—

With ad and subst.:

faciles ad receptum angustiae,

Liv. 32, 12, 3:

mens ad pejora,

Quint. 1, 2, 4:

credulitas feminarum ad gaudia,

Tac. A. 14, 4.— Comp.:

mediocritas praeceptoris ad intellectum atque imitationem facilior,

Quint. 2, 3, 1.—

With supine:

facile inventust,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

res factu facilis,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

cuivis facile scitu est,

id. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

facilis victu gens,

abounding in resources, Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.:

(Cyclops) nec visu facilis nec dictu affabilis ulli,

id. ib. 3, 621; cf.:

sapiens facilis victu fuit,

Sen. Ep. 90, 11.— Comp.:

nihil est dictu facilius,

Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.— Sup.:

factu facillimum,

Sall. C. 14, 1.—

With inf.:

materia facilis est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

facilis vincere ac vinci vultu eodem,

Liv. 7, 33, 2:

facilis corrumpi,

Tac. H. 4, 39:

Roma capi facilis,

Luc. 2, 656.—So esp. freq. in the neuter, facile est, with a subject-clause:

id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

quod illis prohibere erat facile,

Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2:

neque erat facile nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire,

id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20:

nec origines persequi facile est,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46:

quīs facile est aedem conducere,

Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.— Comp.:

plerumque facilius est plus facere quam idem,

Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.— Sup.:

stulta reprehendere facillimum est,

Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.—

With ut:

facilius est, ut esse aliquis successor tuus possit, quam ut velit,

Plin. Pan. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. with quod: facile est quod habeant conservam in villa, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.—

With dat.:

terra facilis pecori,

i.e. suitable, proper, Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.:

campus operi,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

facilis divisui (Macedonia),

id. 45, 30, 2:

neque Thraces commercio faciles erant,

Liv. 40, 58, 1:

homines bello faciles,

Tac. Agr. 21:

juvenis inanibus,

easily susceptible, open to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.:

facilis capessendis inimicitiis,

id. ib. 5, 11. —

With gen. ( poet.):

Hispania frugum facilis,

fertile in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.—

Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and rarely, de facili, easily:

cum exitus haud in facili essent,

not easy, Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.:

in facili,

Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8:

ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur,

easily, Cels. 7, 9 med.:

ex facili tolerantibus,

Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60;

for which: e facili,

Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.—

Transf.

Of persons that do any thing with facility, ready, quick. — Constr. with ad, in, and simple abl.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

Cic. Brut. 48, 180:

sermone Graeco promptus et facilis,

Suet. Tib. 71; cf.:

promptus et facillis ad extemporalitatem usque,

id. Tit. 3:

faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti,

Quint. 1, 1, 1:

exiguo faciles,

content, Sil. 1, 615.—

Of things, easily moving:

oculi,

Verg. A. 8, 310:

manus,

Ov. F. 3, 536:

cervix,

Mart. Spect. 23:

canes, i. e. agiles,

Nemes. Cyneg. 50.

In partic.

Of character, easy, good-natured, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable:

facilis benevolusque,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

facilis et liberalis pater,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

lenis et facilis,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

facilis et clemens,

Suet. Aug. 67:

facilem populum habere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4:

facilem stillare in aurem,

Juv. 3, 122:

di,

id. 10, 8. —With in and abl.:

facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.:

facilis in causis recipiendis,

id. Brut. 57, 207:

faciles in suum cuique tribuendo,

id. ib. 21, 85:

faciles ad concedendum,

id. Div. 2, 52, 107.—With in and acc.:

sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos,

Ov. H. 16, 282.—With inf.:

faciles aurem praebere,

Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.):

O faciles dare summa deos,

Luc. 1, 505.—With gen.:

facilis impetrandae veniae,

Liv. 26, 15, 1:

alloquii facilis (al. alloquiis),

Val. Fl. 5, 407.— Absol.:

comi facilique naturā,

Suet. Gramm. 7:

facili ac prodigo animo,

id. Vit. 7.— Comp.:

facilior aut indulgentior,

Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.— Sup.:

quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11.—

Of fortune, favorable, prosperous:

res et fortunae tuae... quotidie faciliores mihi et meliores videntur,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.— Adv. in four forms: facile, facul, faculter, and faciliter.

făcĭlĕ (the class. form).

easily, without trouble or difficulty:

facile cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quis haec non vel facile vel certe aliquo modo posset ediscere?

Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

vitia in contraria convertuntur,

id. Rep. 1, 45.— Comp.:

cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

quo facilius otio perfruantur,

id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.— Sup.:

ut optimi cujusque animus in morte facillime evolet tamquam e custodia,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

facillime fingi,

id. Cael. 9, 22:

facillime decidit,

id. Rep. 2, 23:

mederi inopiae frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.—

To add intensity to an expression which already signifies a high degree, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far (often in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): virum unum totius Graeciae facile doctissimum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

facile deterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

genere et nobilitate et pecunia facile primus,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.:

virtute, existimatione, nobilitate facile princeps,

id. Clu. 5, 11:

facile princeps,

id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1:

facile praecipuus,

Quint. 10, 1, 68:

facile hic plus mali est, quam illic boni,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin' fidicinam? Fi. Tam facile quam me, as well as I do myself, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.—With verbs that denote superiority (vincere, superare, etc.):

post illum (Herodotum) Thucydides omnes dicendi artificio, mea sententia, facile vicit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.

also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

Sisenna omnes adhuc nostros scriptores facile superavit,

id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

facile palmam habes!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.— In naming a large amount, quite, fully:

huic hereditas facile ad HS. tricies venit testamento propinqui sui,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.—

With a negative, non facile or haud facile, to add intensity, not easily, i.e. hardly:

mira accuratio, ut non facile in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.:

de iis haud facile compertum narraverim,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

animus imbutus malis artibus haud facile libidinibus carebat,

id. C. 13, 5. —

Readily, willingly, without hesitation:

facile omnes perferre ac pati,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.:

te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito facile patiebar,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

disertus homo et facile laborans,

id. Off. 2, 19, 66:

ego unguibus facile illi in oculos involem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.— Comp.:

locum habeo nullum, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae,

Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.—

(Acc. to facilis, II. B.) Pleasantly, agreeably, well:

propter eas (nugas) vivo facilius,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

cum animo cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56:

facillime agitare,

Suet. Vit. Ter. 1:

ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

not safely, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.—

făcul (anteclass.), easily: nobilitate facul propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21:

haud facul, ut ait Pacuvius, femina una invenietur bona,

Afran. ib. 22:

advorsam ferre fortunam facul,

Att. ib. 24.—

‡ făculter, acc. to the statement of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325. —

făcĭlĭter (post-Aug.; predominating in Vitruvius; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), easily:

ferrum percalefactum faciliter fabricatur,

Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.

faecŭlentus, a, um, adj. [faex], abounding in dregs or sediment, thick, impure, feculent (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vinum,

Col. 2, 2, 20:

pus,

Cels. 5, 26, 19:

sardonyches,

Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89.— Comp.:

superficies,

Sol. 33.— Sup.:

quorum aliud faeculentissimum redditur terrae,

i. e. excrement, Aug. de Vera Relig. 40.—

Trop.:

hilaritas,

Arn. 3, 119.

fēcundus (sometimes erroneously foecund-and faecund-, but v. Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12 fin., and ap. Non. 54, 8), a, um, adj. [from ‡ feo, whence also fetus, femina, fenus, etc., cf. felix], fruitful, fertile (of plants and animals).—Constr. with abl., gen., or absol. (with gen. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit. (class.):

fossiones agri repastinationesque, quibus fit multo terra fecundior,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; cf. Verg. G. 1, 67; Quint. 10, 3, 2:

glebae,

Lucr. 1, 211:

solum,

Quint. 2, 19, 2: cf. Just. 2, 1:

salices viminibus, frondibus ulmi,

Verg. G. 2, 446.—With gen.:

regio fecunda fruticis exigui,

Col. 9, 4, 2:

tellus metallorum,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78;

for which: Amathus metallis,

Ov. M. 10, 220 Bach. N. cr.:

mons silvae frequens fecundusque,

Tac. A. 4, 65:

segetes fecundae et uberes,

id. Or. 15, 48:

nihil ocimo fecundius,

Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120:

uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1254:

conjux,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 31:

lepus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 44; cf.:

sue... nihil genuit natura fecundius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160.—

Transf.

Rich, abundant, abounding in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; cf.

fons,

i. e. copious, Ov. M. 14, 791:

legere fecundis collibus herbas,

plentifuliy furnished, thickly studded, id. ib. 14, 347:

fecundissima gens,

rich in agricultural products, Plin. Pan. 31, 6:

(specus) Uberibus fecundus aquis,

Ov. M. 3, 31; cf.:

fecunda melle Calymne,

id. ib. 8, 222:

viscera (Tityi) poenis,

i. e. constantly renewed, Verg. A. 6, 598:

Echidna, fecunda poenis viscera trahens,

Ambros. in Tob. 12, 41:

nigris Meroe fecunda colonis,

Luc. 10, 303:

cingula monstris,

Val. Fl. 6, 470.— With gen.:

Aemilium genus fecundum bonorum civium,

Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Making fruitful, fertilizing (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Verg. G. 2, 325; cf.

Nilus,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

excipe fecundae patienter verbera dextrae, i. e. the blows with a thong of skin given to women by the luperci, and which were supposed to promote fruitfulness,

Ov. F. 2, 427; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343; and:

quam (Danaën) implevit fecundo Juppiter auro,

Ov. M. 4, 698.—

Trop., fruitful, fertile, prolific, abundant (class.): pectus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22; Verg. A. 7, 338:

artifex,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71:

a quo (Anaxagora) eum (Periclem), cum alia praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse, uberem et fecundum fuisse,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

duo genera verborum: unum fecundum, quod declinando multas ex se parit dispariles formas, ut est lego, legis, legam, sic alia: alterum genus sterile, quod ex se parit nihil, ut est etiam, vix, cras, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 9 Müll.:

amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70:

fecunda culpae saecula,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 17:

veri sacerdos,

Sil. 13, 490:

fecundum in fraudes hominum genus,

id. 2, 498:

vester porro labor fecundior, historiarum scriptores?

Juv. 7, 98.—Hence, fēcundē, adv., fruitfully, abundantly:

fecundius poëmata ferrent fructum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 2 Müll.:

arundo recisa fecundius resurgit,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163:

cantharides nascuntur fecundissime in fraxino,

id. 29, 4, 30, § 94.