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1 Circa
1.circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].I.Adv.A.( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:B.gramen erat circa,
Ov. M. 3, 411:ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,
Verg. A. 12, 757:at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,
Tib. 1, 3, 87:circaque quā tumor est,
Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:circa Padus amnis,
id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,
Curt. 4, 12, 20:alibi quam Romao circaque,
Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:C.ex montibus qui circa sunt,
Liv. 1, 4, 6:Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,
id. 1, 41, 1:sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,
Nep. Eum. 10, 4:eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,
Liv. 34, 29, 6:Corinthus et quae circa est regio,
Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,
the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),
id. 21, 7, 5:corpora multa virūm circa,
Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;II.nam et circa omnia defecerunt,
id. 9, 23, 10:cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,
id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:exhausto circa omni agro,
id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—Prep. with acc.A.In space.1.( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:2.quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:circa equum Alexandri,
Curt. 4, 15, 26:illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:quem circa tigres jacent,
Ov. M. 3, 668.—( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):3.Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,
Liv. 1, 9, 2:legatis circa duodecim populos missis,
id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:circa domos ire,
id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,
id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:litteris circa praefectos dimissis,
Liv. 42, 51, 1:custodes circa omnes portas missi,
id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:b.Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,
Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:circa Liternum posuit castra,
in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:tabernae erant circa forum,
Quint. 6, 3, 38:circa Armeniae montes,
Curt. 5, 1, 13:Acesinen amnem,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:domum auream,
Suet. Ner. 38:sacrificantem,
id. Claud. 36.—As a less definite designation of place for in:4.Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,
Vell. 1, 2, 5:circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,
Curt. 4, 9, 1:quod circa Syriam nascitur,
Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,
id. 1, 5, 44; cf.finem,
id. 4, 3, 5:virentes campos,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:cum amor saeviet circa jecur,
id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,
Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,
Liv. 21, 37, 3:compositis circa Opuntem rebus,
id. 28, 7, 9:iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,
id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,
id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:B.multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,
Liv. 29, 1, 2:omnes,
Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,
Curt. 3, 1, 17:e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,
id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,
Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:circa latus alicujus agere,
to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,
Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—(Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.2.circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,
Liv. 42, 57, 10:circa eum mensem,
Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:lucis ortum,
Curt. 5, 3, 7:lucem,
Suet. Oth. 11:mediam noctem,
id. Claud. 2:vernum aequinoctium,
Col. 5, 6, 19:Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,
id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:septimum diem,
Cels. 2, 6:undecimam horam,
Suet. Caes. 88:lustra decem,
Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:tempora illa,
Quint. 11, 3, 143:tempora Peloponnesia,
id. 12, 10, 4:Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,
Vell. 2, 93, 1:Magni Pompeii aetatem,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:mortem,
id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:initia imperii,
Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):circa Demetrium Phalerea,
about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:Tisiam et Coraca,
id. 2, 17, 7:Philippum,
id. 12, 10, 6:Ciceronem,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:Attium,
Vell. 1, 17, 1.—In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):C.ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,
Liv. 45, 34, 6:quingentos Romanorum,
id. 27, 42, 8:decem milia Persarum,
Curt. 4, 6, 30:sestertium vicies,
Suet. Claud. 6:quartum milliarium,
id. Ner. 48:selibram,
Cels. 4, 19:singulas heminas,
id. 7, 15.—(Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.1.Upon substantives:2.circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,
Quint. 10, 5, 5:circa S litteram deliciae,
id. 1, 11, 6:verba dissensio,
id. 3, 11, 5:memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,
id. 11, 2, 22:hoc opiniones,
id. 2, 15, 1;Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,
Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:voces inani studio,
id. 8, prooem §18 et saep: rura sermo,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:classicum brevis et expeditus labor,
Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:hospitia nullum fastidium,
id. Pan. 20, 3:publica circa bonas artes socordia,
Tac. A. 11, 15:principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,
Suet. Claud. 14.—Upon adjectives:3.non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,
Quint. 12, 10, 12:jus nostrum attentior,
id. 4, 5, 21:studia mentis erectae,
id. 1, 3, 10:lites raras ridiculi,
id. 7, 1, 43:praecepta utiles sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:corporis curam morosior,
Suet. Caes. 45:victum indifferens,
id. ib. 53:deos ac religiones neglegentior,
id. Tib. 69:administrationem imperii vacuus,
id. Dom. 3 al.:summa scelera distentum,
Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,
id. G. 28:excessus otiosus,
id. Or. 22:se animati,
Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:► Circa very rarely follows its case:hoc disputatum est,
id. 1, 5, 34:priores erratur,
id. 2, 5, 26:formas litterarum haerere,
id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,
Tac. H. 1, 13:Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,
id. Or. 3:successorem omnia ordinari,
Suet. Claud. 45:ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,
id. ib. 22.quem circa,
Cic.Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.2.Circa, ae, v. Circe. -
2 circa
1.circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].I.Adv.A.( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:B.gramen erat circa,
Ov. M. 3, 411:ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,
Verg. A. 12, 757:at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,
Tib. 1, 3, 87:circaque quā tumor est,
Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:circa Padus amnis,
id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,
Curt. 4, 12, 20:alibi quam Romao circaque,
Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:C.ex montibus qui circa sunt,
Liv. 1, 4, 6:Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,
id. 1, 41, 1:sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,
Nep. Eum. 10, 4:eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,
Liv. 34, 29, 6:Corinthus et quae circa est regio,
Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,
the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),
id. 21, 7, 5:corpora multa virūm circa,
Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;II.nam et circa omnia defecerunt,
id. 9, 23, 10:cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,
id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:exhausto circa omni agro,
id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—Prep. with acc.A.In space.1.( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:2.quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:circa equum Alexandri,
Curt. 4, 15, 26:illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:quem circa tigres jacent,
Ov. M. 3, 668.—( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):3.Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,
Liv. 1, 9, 2:legatis circa duodecim populos missis,
id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:circa domos ire,
id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,
id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:litteris circa praefectos dimissis,
Liv. 42, 51, 1:custodes circa omnes portas missi,
id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:b.Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,
Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:circa Liternum posuit castra,
in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:tabernae erant circa forum,
Quint. 6, 3, 38:circa Armeniae montes,
Curt. 5, 1, 13:Acesinen amnem,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:domum auream,
Suet. Ner. 38:sacrificantem,
id. Claud. 36.—As a less definite designation of place for in:4.Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,
Vell. 1, 2, 5:circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,
Curt. 4, 9, 1:quod circa Syriam nascitur,
Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,
id. 1, 5, 44; cf.finem,
id. 4, 3, 5:virentes campos,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:cum amor saeviet circa jecur,
id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,
Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,
Liv. 21, 37, 3:compositis circa Opuntem rebus,
id. 28, 7, 9:iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,
id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,
id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:B.multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,
Liv. 29, 1, 2:omnes,
Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,
Curt. 3, 1, 17:e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,
id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,
Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:circa latus alicujus agere,
to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,
Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—(Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.2.circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,
Liv. 42, 57, 10:circa eum mensem,
Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:lucis ortum,
Curt. 5, 3, 7:lucem,
Suet. Oth. 11:mediam noctem,
id. Claud. 2:vernum aequinoctium,
Col. 5, 6, 19:Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,
id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:septimum diem,
Cels. 2, 6:undecimam horam,
Suet. Caes. 88:lustra decem,
Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:tempora illa,
Quint. 11, 3, 143:tempora Peloponnesia,
id. 12, 10, 4:Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,
Vell. 2, 93, 1:Magni Pompeii aetatem,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:mortem,
id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:initia imperii,
Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):circa Demetrium Phalerea,
about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:Tisiam et Coraca,
id. 2, 17, 7:Philippum,
id. 12, 10, 6:Ciceronem,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:Attium,
Vell. 1, 17, 1.—In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):C.ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,
Liv. 45, 34, 6:quingentos Romanorum,
id. 27, 42, 8:decem milia Persarum,
Curt. 4, 6, 30:sestertium vicies,
Suet. Claud. 6:quartum milliarium,
id. Ner. 48:selibram,
Cels. 4, 19:singulas heminas,
id. 7, 15.—(Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.1.Upon substantives:2.circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,
Quint. 10, 5, 5:circa S litteram deliciae,
id. 1, 11, 6:verba dissensio,
id. 3, 11, 5:memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,
id. 11, 2, 22:hoc opiniones,
id. 2, 15, 1;Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,
Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:voces inani studio,
id. 8, prooem §18 et saep: rura sermo,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:classicum brevis et expeditus labor,
Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:hospitia nullum fastidium,
id. Pan. 20, 3:publica circa bonas artes socordia,
Tac. A. 11, 15:principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,
Suet. Claud. 14.—Upon adjectives:3.non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,
Quint. 12, 10, 12:jus nostrum attentior,
id. 4, 5, 21:studia mentis erectae,
id. 1, 3, 10:lites raras ridiculi,
id. 7, 1, 43:praecepta utiles sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:corporis curam morosior,
Suet. Caes. 45:victum indifferens,
id. ib. 53:deos ac religiones neglegentior,
id. Tib. 69:administrationem imperii vacuus,
id. Dom. 3 al.:summa scelera distentum,
Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,
id. G. 28:excessus otiosus,
id. Or. 22:se animati,
Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:► Circa very rarely follows its case:hoc disputatum est,
id. 1, 5, 34:priores erratur,
id. 2, 5, 26:formas litterarum haerere,
id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,
Tac. H. 1, 13:Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,
id. Or. 3:successorem omnia ordinari,
Suet. Claud. 45:ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,
id. ib. 22.quem circa,
Cic.Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.2.Circa, ae, v. Circe. -
3 fere
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.I.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).a.Form fere:b.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:II. a.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.Form fere:b.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:B.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.1.With negatives, scarcely, hardly.a.(= vix, non facile.) Form fere:b.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:2.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.a.Form fere:b.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.
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