altus

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altus, a, um, participle from alo., lit., grown or become great, great (altus ab alendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. the Germ. gross with the Engl. grow), a polar word meaning both high and deep.

Seen from below upwards, high.

Lit.: IN ALTOD MARID PVCNANDOD, etc., Columna Duilii; so, maria alta, Liv. Andron. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 10; id. ib. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: aequor, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: parietes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30:

acervus,

id. 3, 198 al.:

columellam tribus cubitis ne altiorem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

altior illis Ipsa dea est colloque tenus supereminet omnes,

taller, Ov. M. 3, 181:

altis de montibus,

Verg. E. 1, 83:

umbras Altorum nemorum,

Ov. M. 1, 591 al. —With the acc. of measure:

clausi lateribus pedem altis,

a foot high, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 39 Gerl.; cf. Lind. C. Gr. I. p. 215.—With gen.:

triglyphi alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,

Vitr. 4, 3:

majorem turrim altam cubitorum CXX.,

id. 10, 5:

alta novem pedum,

Col. 8, 14, 1:

singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum,

Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 4.—

Trop., high, lofty, elevated, great, magnanimous, high-minded, noble, august, etc.:

altissimus dignitatis gradus,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 14; so id. Clu. 55; id. Dom. 37.—Of mind or thought:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

homo sapiens et altā mente praeditus,

highminded, id. Mil. 8:

qui altiore animo sunt,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 57 al. —So of gods, or persons elevated in birth, rank, etc.;

also of things personified: rex aetheris altus Juppiter,

Verg. A. 12, 140:

Apollo,

id. ib. 10, 875:

Caesar,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 37:

Aeneas, i. e. deā natus,

id. S. 2, 5, 62:

Roma,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 33:

Carthago,

Prop. 2, 1, 23 al. —Of the voice, high, shrill, loud, clear:

Conclamate iterum altiore voce,

Cat. 42, 18:

haec fatus altā voce,

Sen. Troad. 196:

altissimus sonus,

Quint. 11, 3, 23 (cf.:

vox magna,

Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 24; Juv. 4, 32).— Subst.: altum, i, n., a height:

sic est hic ordo (senatorius) quasi propositus atque editus in altum,

on high, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 98:

aedificia in altum edita,

Tac. H. 3, 71:

quidquid in altum Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat,

Sen. Agam. 100.—Esp.

(Sc. caelum.) The height of heaven, high heaven, the heavens:

ex alto volavit avis,

Enn. Ann. 1, 108:

haec ait, et Maiā genitum demisit ab alto,

Verg. A. 1, 297.—Still more freq.,

(Sc. mare.) The high sea, the deep, the sea: rapit ex alto navīs velivolas, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 224:

ubi sumus provecti in altum, capiunt praedones navem illam, ubi vectus fui,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 39; so id. Men. 1, 2, 2; id. Rud. prol. 66; 2, 3, 64:

terris jactatus et alto,

Verg. A. 1, 3:

in altum Vela dabant,

id. ib. 1, 34:

collectae ex alto nubes,

id. G. 1, 324:

urget ab alto Notus,

id. ib. 1, 443 al.:

alto mersā classe,

Sil. 6, 665:

ab illā parte urbis navibus aditus ex alto est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

in alto jactari,

id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

naves nisi in alto constitui non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

naves in altum provectae,

id. ib. 4, 28: scapha in altum navigat, Sall. Fragm.—So in the plur.:

alta petens,

Verg. A. 7, 362.— Trop.:

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6:

imbecillitas... in altum provehitur imprudens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

te quasi quidam aestus ingenii tui in altum abstraxit,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—

Seen from above downwards, deep, profound.

Lit. (hence sometimes opp. summus): Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 81; Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:

quom ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:

altissimae radices,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

altae stirpes,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

altissima flumina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77:

altior aqua,

id. ib. 1, 25:

alta theatri Fundamenta,

Verg. A. 1, 427:

gurgite in alto,

in the deep whirlpool, id. E. 6, 76:

altum vulnus,

id. A. 10, 857; Petr. 136; Sen. Troad. 48:

altum totā metitur cuspide pectus,

Sil. 4, 292; so id. 6, 580 al.:

unde altior esset Casus,

Juv. 10, 106.—With the abl. of measure:

faciemus (scrobes) tribus pedibus altas,

Pall. Jan. 10, 3.—

Trop. (more freq. in and after the Aug. per.), deep, profound:

somno quibus est opus alto,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 8; so Liv. 7, 35:

sopor,

Verg. A. 8, 27:

quies,

id. ib. 6, 522:

silentium,

id. ib. 10, 63; Quint. 10, 3, 22:

altissima tranquillitas,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1:

altissima eruditio,

id. ib. 4, 30:

altiores artes,

Quint. 8, 3, 2.— Subst.: altum, i, n., the depth, i. e. what is deep or far removed:

ex alto dissimulare,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16:

non ex alto venire nequitiam, sed summo, quod aiunt, animo inhaerere,

Sen. Ira, 1, 16 med. al.—Hence, ex alto repetere, or petere, in discourse, to bring from far; as P. a., farfetched:

quae de nostris officiis scripserim, quoniam ex alto repetita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5:

quid causas petis ex alto?

Verg. A. 8, 395 (cf.:

alte repetere in the same sense,

Cic. Sest. 13; id. Rep. 4, 4, and v. al. infra).—

Poet., in reference to a distant (past) time: cur vetera tam ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? Att. ap. Non. 237, 22 (altum: vetus, antiquum, Non.); cf. Verg. G. 4, 285.—With the access. idea of venerable (cf. antiquus), ancient, old:

genus alto a sanguine Teucri,

Verg. A. 6, 500:

Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,

id. ib. 9, 697;

genus Clauso referebat ab alto,

Ov. F. 4, 305:

altā gente satus,

Val. Fl. 3, 202:

altis inclitum titulis genus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 338.— Adv.: altē, and very rarely altum, high, deep (v. supra, altus, P. a. init.).

High, on high, high up, from on high, from above (v. altus, P. a., A.).

Lit.:

alte ex tuto prospectum aucupo,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 188 Rib.:

colomen alte geminis aptum cornibus,

id. ib. p. 221:

alte jubatos angues,

Naev. ib. p. 9:

jubar erigere alte,

Lucr. 4, 404:

roseā sol alte lampade lucens,

id. 5, 610:

in vineā ficos subradito alte, ne eas vitis scandat,

Cato, R. R. 50:

cruentum alte extollens pugionem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: non animadvertis cetarios escendere in malum alte, ut perspiciant pisces? Varr. ap. Non. 49, 15:

(aër) tollit se ac rectis ita faucibus eicit alte,

Lucr. 6, 689:

dextram Entellus alte extulit,

Verg. A. 5, 443:

alte suras vincire cothurno,

high up, id. ib. 1, 337:

puer alte cinctus,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 10, and Sen. Ep. 92:

unda alte subjectat arenam,

Verg. G. 3, 240:

Nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non possit eniti,

Curt. 7, 11, 10: alte maesti in terram cecidimus, from on high, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 16:

eo calcem cribro succretam indito alte digitos duo,

to the height of two fingers, Cato, R. R. 18, 7; so Col. R. R. 5, 6, 6.— Comp.:

quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terrā altius possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

tollam altius tectum,

id. Har. Resp. 15, 33:

altius praecincti,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 5:

pullus in arvis altius ingreditur,

Verg. G. 3, 75:

caput altius effert,

id. ib. 3, 553:

altius atque cadant imbres,

id. E. 6, 38 ubi v. Forb.:

altius aliquid tenere,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 5.— Sup.: [p. 96] cum altissime volāsset (aquila), Suet. Aug. 94.—

Trop.:

alte natus,

Albin. 1, 379 (cf.: altus Aeneas, supra, P. a., A. II.):

alte enim cadere non potest,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

video te alte spectare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; id. Rep. 6, 23, 25.— Comp.:

altius se efferre,

Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25; 3, 3, 4:

altius irae surgunt ductori,

Verg. A. 10, 813:

altius aliquid agitare,

Cels. 1 prooem.:

attollitur vox altius,

Quint. 11, 3, 65:

verbis altius atque altius insurgentibus,

id. 8, 4, 27.— Sup.:

Ille dies virtutem Catonis altissime illuminavit,

Vell. 2, 35:

ingenium altissime adsurgit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 4.—

Deep, deeply (v. altus, P. a. B.).

Lit.:

ablaqueato ficus non alte,

Cato, R. R. 36:

ferrum haud alte in corpus descendere,

Liv. 1, 41:

alte vulnus adactum,

Verg. A. 10, 850; Ov. M. 6, 266; Curt. 4, 6, 18; Cels. 5, 26, 30:

timidum caput abdidit alte,

Verg. G. 3, 422:

alte consternunt terram frondes,

deeply strew, id. A. 4, 443:

ut petivit Suspirium alte!

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58 (cf.:

ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,

Verg. A. 1, 485):

inter cupam pertundito alte digitos primorīs tres,

Cato, R. R. 21, 2:

minimum alte pedem,

Col. de Arb. 30.— Comp.:

ne radices altius agant,

Col. 5, 6, 8:

terra altius effossa,

Quint. 10, 3, 2:

cum sulcus altius esset impressus,

Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg G. 3, 441: tracti altius gemitus,

Sen. Ira, 3, 4, 2.— Sup.:

(latronibus gladium) altissime demergo,

App. M. 2, 32.—

Trop., deeply, profoundly, far, from afar:

privatus ut altum Dormiret,

Juv. 1, 16:

alte terminus haerens,

Lucr. 1, 77:

longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

ratio alte petita,

Quint. 11, 1, 62:

alte et a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; id. Sest. 13, 31.— Comp.:

qui altius perspiciebant,

had a deeper insight, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

quae principia sint, repetendum altius videtur,

must be sought out more deeply, id. Off. 1, 16:

altius repetitae causae,

Quint. 11, 1, 62:

de quo si paulo altius ordiri ac repetere memoriam religionis videbor,

Cic. Verr. 4, 105:

Hisce tibi in rebus latest alteque videndum,

Lucr. 6, 647:

altius supprimere iram,

Curt. 6, 7, 35:

altius aliquem percellere,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

altius metuere,

id. ib. 4, 41:

altius animis maerere,

id. ib. 2, 82:

cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

Cic. Or. 25, 82:

Altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 285;

so,

Tac. H. 4, 12:

altius aliquid persequi,

Plin. 2, 23, 31, § 35:

hinc altius cura serpit,

id. 4, 11, 13, § 87.— Sup.:

qui vir et quantus esset, altissime inspexi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 5.

altus, ūs, m. [alo], a nourishing, support:

terrae altu,

Macr. S. 1, 20 fin.

high, deep.

ălo, ălŭi, altum, and ălĭtum, 3, v. a. (the ante-class. and class. form of the part. perf. from Plautus until after Livy is altus (in Cic. four times); alitus seems to have been first used in the post-Aug. per. to distinguish it from altus, the adj. Altus is found in Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36; Varr. ap. Non. 237, 15; Cic. Planc. 33, 81; id. Brut. 10, 39; id. N. D. 2, 46, 118; id. Fam. 6, 1; Sall. J. 63, 3;

on the contrary, alitus,

Liv. 30, 28; Curt. 8, 10, 8; Val. Max. 3, 4, 4; 5, 4, 7; 7, 4, 1; 9, 3, 8; Sen. Contr. 3, praef. 10; Just. 44, 4, 12; Dig. 27, 3, 1; cf. Prisc. 897; Diom. 371; Charis. 220 P.; Wund. ad Cic. Planc. p. 201) [cf.: an-altos = insatiable, alsos = growth (of wood), 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco, elementum; Goth. alan = to bring up; Germ. alt = old; Engl. old, eld, elder, and alderman], to feed, to nourish, support, sustain, maintain (in gen. without designating the means, while nutrire denotes sustenance by animal food; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 7, 32; Doed. Syn. II. p. 99).

Lit.:

quem ego nefrendem alui, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. nefrendes, p. 163 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 5 Rib.): Athenis natus altusque,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36:

alebat eos,

Vulg. Gen. 47, 12:

esurientes alebat,

ib. Tob. 1, 20.—With natus, educatus, or a similar word, several times: Alui, educavi, Att. ap. Non. 422, 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 150 Rib.):

cum Hannibale alto atque educato inter arma,

Liv. 30, 28 (cf. II. infra):

aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 30; id. Hec. 4, 4, 49:

alere nolunt hominem edacem,

id. Phorm. 2, 2, 21:

quoniam cibus auget corpus alitque,

Lucr. 1, 859; 5, 221 al.:

quae etiam aleret adulescentes,

Cic. Cael. 38:

milites,

id. Verr. 5, 80:

nautas,

id. ib. 5, 87:

exercitum,

id. Deiot. 24:

magnum numerum equitatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

cum agellus eum non satis aleret,

Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72; so Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

locus ille, ubi altus aut doctus est,

Cic. Planc. 33, 81:

quibus animantes aluntur,

id. N. D. 2, 19:

(animus) aletur et sustentabitur isdem rebus, quibus astra sustentantur et aluntur,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43 al.:

latrociniis se suosque alebat,

Caes. B. G. 8, 47; 1, 18:

quos manus aut lingua perjurio aut sanguine civili alebat,

Sall. C. 14, 3; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 37, 3; Nep. Arist. 3 fin.:

ut nepotem elephantos alere prohiberet,

Cic. Phil. 9, 4:

canes,

id. Sex. Rosc. 56:

quod alerentur regiones eorum ab illo,

Vulg. Act. 12, 20:

velut amnis imbres Quem super notas aluere ripas,

have swollen, Hor. C. 4, 2, 5:

rhombos aequora alebant,

id. S. 2, 2, 48 al.; Ov. M. 9, 339; 3, 411; and in a paradoxical phrase: infelix minuendo corpus alebat, and sustained his body by consuming it, i. e. nourished himself by his own flesh, id. ib. 8, 878 al.—Hence in pass. with the abl. = vesci, to be nourished or sustained with or by something, to live or feed upon:

panico vetere atque hordeo corrupto omnes alebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

quia viperinis carnibus alantur,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 27:

locustis eos ali, etc.,

id. 7, 2, 2, § 29:

hoc cibo aliti sunt,

Vulg. Exod. 16, 35.—

Fig., to nourish, cherish, promote, increase, strengthen:

honos alit artes,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4:

in eā ipsā urbe, in quā et nata et alta sit eloquentia,

id. Brut. 10, 39:

hominis mens alitur discendo et cogitando,

id. Off. 1, 30:

haec studia adulescentiam alunt,

id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.

Ochsn. Eclog. 134 al.: civitas, quam ipse semper aluisset,

i. e. whose prosperity he had always promoted, Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

vires,

id. ib. 4, 1:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali augerique luxuriam,

Nep. Phoc. 1 fin.:

alere morbum,

id. Att. 21 fin.:

insita hominibus libido alendi de industriā rumores,

Liv. 28, 24:

regina Vulnus alit venis,

Verg. A. 4, 2:

divitiis alitur luxuriosus amor,

Ov. R. Am. 746:

alitur diutius controversia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32:

quid alat formetque poëtam,

Hor. A. P. 307 al. —Hence, altus, a, um.

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arduus, a, um, adj. [akin to ARDÔ, arsô = to water, to cherish; aldainô = to make grow; aldêeis = growing; alo, altus, q. v.; 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco; related to arbor, arbutus as eruthros, Germ. roth, Engl. red, is related to ruber; Ardea was perh. so called from its lofty situation; cf. Arduenna], high, elevated, lofty, steep (syn.: altus, celsus, sublimis).

Lit.: Pergama ardua, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

aether,

Ov. M. 1, 151:

sidera,

id. ib. 1, 730:

cedrus,

id. Am. 1, 14, 12:

cervix equi,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 89:

et campo sese arduus infert (Turnus),

Verg. A. 9, 53.—Also in prose in Gell.:

supercilia,

i. e. proudly elevated, Gell. 4, 1, 1:

confragosus atque arduus clivis,

steep, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

ascensus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

arduus ac difficilis ascensus,

Liv. 25, 13:

ardua et aspera et confragosa via,

id. 44. 3: via alta atque ardua, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

mons,

Ov. M. 1, 316:

Tmolus,

id. ib. 11, 150 al.—Hence, subst.: arduum, i, n., a steep place, a steep:

Ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viaï,

Lucr. 1, 659:

in ardua montis Ite,

Ov. M. 8, 692:

ardua terrarum,

Verg. A. 5, 695:

per arduum scandere,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 21:

in arduo,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

in arduis ponet nidum suum,

Vulg. Job, 39, 27:

ardua Alpium,

Tac. H. 4, 70:

castellorum,

id. A. 11, 9:

ingressi sunt ardua,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 29. —

Trop.

That is difficult to reach or attain, difficult, laborious, hard, arduous:

magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur,

Cic. Or. 10, 33:

rerum arduarum ac difficilium perpessio,

id. Inv. 2, 54; so id. Leg. 1, 13:

id arduum factu erat,

Liv. 8, 16; Tac. A. 4, 4:

victoria,

Ov. M. 14, 453:

virtus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 44:

nil mortalibus arduum est,

id. ib. 1, 3, 37.— Subst.:

nec fuit in arduo societas,

Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Troublesome, unpleasant:

in primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere,

Sall. C. 3, 2, upon which Gellius remarks: Arduum Sallustius non pro difficili tantum, sed pro eo quoque ponit, quod Graeci chalepon appellant:

quod est cum difficile tum molestum quoque et incommodum et intractabile,

Gell. 4, 15:

quam arduum onus,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—

Of fortune, difficult, adverse, inauspicious:

aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem,

in adversity, Hor. C. 2, 3, 1.

► Comp. arduior: iter longius arduiusque erat, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.— Sup. arduissimus: asperrimo atque arduissimo aditu, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.; cf.: assiduus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, and Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.— Adv. not used.

arduus, a, um, adj. [akin to ARDÔ, arsô = to water, to cherish; aldainô = to make grow; aldêeis = growing; alo, altus, q. v.; 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco; related to arbor, arbutus as eruthros, Germ. roth, Engl. red, is related to ruber; Ardea was perh. so called from its lofty situation; cf. Arduenna], high, elevated, lofty, steep (syn.: altus, celsus, sublimis).

Lit.: Pergama ardua, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

aether,

Ov. M. 1, 151:

sidera,

id. ib. 1, 730:

cedrus,

id. Am. 1, 14, 12:

cervix equi,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 89:

et campo sese arduus infert (Turnus),

Verg. A. 9, 53.—Also in prose in Gell.:

supercilia,

i. e. proudly elevated, Gell. 4, 1, 1:

confragosus atque arduus clivis,

steep, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

ascensus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

arduus ac difficilis ascensus,

Liv. 25, 13:

ardua et aspera et confragosa via,

id. 44. 3: via alta atque ardua, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

mons,

Ov. M. 1, 316:

Tmolus,

id. ib. 11, 150 al.—Hence, subst.: arduum, i, n., a steep place, a steep:

Ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viaï,

Lucr. 1, 659:

in ardua montis Ite,

Ov. M. 8, 692:

ardua terrarum,

Verg. A. 5, 695:

per arduum scandere,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 21:

in arduo,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

in arduis ponet nidum suum,

Vulg. Job, 39, 27:

ardua Alpium,

Tac. H. 4, 70:

castellorum,

id. A. 11, 9:

ingressi sunt ardua,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 29. —

Trop.

That is difficult to reach or attain, difficult, laborious, hard, arduous:

magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur,

Cic. Or. 10, 33:

rerum arduarum ac difficilium perpessio,

id. Inv. 2, 54; so id. Leg. 1, 13:

id arduum factu erat,

Liv. 8, 16; Tac. A. 4, 4:

victoria,

Ov. M. 14, 453:

virtus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 44:

nil mortalibus arduum est,

id. ib. 1, 3, 37.— Subst.:

nec fuit in arduo societas,

Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Troublesome, unpleasant:

in primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere,

Sall. C. 3, 2, upon which Gellius remarks: Arduum Sallustius non pro difficili tantum, sed pro eo quoque ponit, quod Graeci chalepon appellant:

quod est cum difficile tum molestum quoque et incommodum et intractabile,

Gell. 4, 15:

quam arduum onus,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—

Of fortune, difficult, adverse, inauspicious:

aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem,

in adversity, Hor. C. 2, 3, 1.

► Comp. arduior: iter longius arduiusque erat, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.— Sup. arduissimus: asperrimo atque arduissimo aditu, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.; cf.: assiduus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, and Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.— Adv. not used.

celsus, a, um, adj. [P. a., of obsolete 2. cello, found in antecello, excello, etc., to rise high, tower; root kar-, in karê, karênon, korus; cerebrum, crista, pro-ceres; calamus, culmus, columna, etc.], raised high, extending upward, high, lofty (syn.: altus, erectus, sublimis, elatus, procerus).

Physically:

(deus homines) humo excitatos, celsos et erectos constituit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

celsissimo Germano procerior (Judaeus),

Col. 3, 8, 2:

status (oratoris) et erectus et celsus,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf. Liv. 30, 32, 11;

and celsior ingressus,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51:

in cornua cervus,

Ov. M. 10, 538 (cf.:

surgens in cornua cervus,

Verg. A. 10, 725):

capitolia,

Verg. A. 8, 653:

turres,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 10; Ov. M. 3, 61:

Acherontia,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 14:

Apenninus,

id. Epod. 16, 29; cf.:

vertex montis, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 7, 13: celsa Paphus atque Cythera,

lofty, Verg. A. 10, 51:

ne, si celsior (ibis), ignis adurat (opp. demissior),

Ov. M. 8, 205.—

Morally.

In a good sense.

High, lofty, elevated above that which is common, great (syn.:

erectus, eminens, excellens, altus): celsus et erectus et ea, quae homini accidere possunt, omnia parva ducens,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42:

generosior celsiorque,

Quint. 1, 3, 30:

mente,

Sil. 16, 188.—

Elevated in rank or station, noble, eminent:

celsissima sedes dignitatis atque honoris,

Cic. Sull. 2, 5:

eques,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 42; cf. under adv. and Celeres.—

In a bad sense, haughty, proud, high-spirited:

haec jura suae civitatis ignorantem, erectum et celsum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

celsi et spe haud dubia feroces,

Liv. 7, 16, 5:

celsi Ramnes,

Hor. A. P. 342; Sil. 16, 187.—Hence, adv.: celsē.

(Acc. to I.) High; comp., Col. 4, 19, 2; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 387; Amm. 25, 4.—

(Acc. to II.) Nobly:

nati,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 145 (others read: celso natorum honore).

Celsus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; esp.,

A. Cornelius Celsus, the greatest of the Roman writers on medicine. —

C. Albinovanus, a friend of Horace, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 15; 1, 8, 1.

celsus, a, um, adj. [P. a., of obsolete 2. cello, found in antecello, excello, etc., to rise high, tower; root kar-, in karê, karênon, korus; cerebrum, crista, pro-ceres; calamus, culmus, columna, etc.], raised high, extending upward, high, lofty (syn.: altus, erectus, sublimis, elatus, procerus).

Physically:

(deus homines) humo excitatos, celsos et erectos constituit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

celsissimo Germano procerior (Judaeus),

Col. 3, 8, 2:

status (oratoris) et erectus et celsus,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf. Liv. 30, 32, 11;

and celsior ingressus,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51:

in cornua cervus,

Ov. M. 10, 538 (cf.:

surgens in cornua cervus,

Verg. A. 10, 725):

capitolia,

Verg. A. 8, 653:

turres,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 10; Ov. M. 3, 61:

Acherontia,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 14:

Apenninus,

id. Epod. 16, 29; cf.:

vertex montis, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 7, 13: celsa Paphus atque Cythera,

lofty, Verg. A. 10, 51:

ne, si celsior (ibis), ignis adurat (opp. demissior),

Ov. M. 8, 205.—

Morally.

In a good sense.

High, lofty, elevated above that which is common, great (syn.:

erectus, eminens, excellens, altus): celsus et erectus et ea, quae homini accidere possunt, omnia parva ducens,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42:

generosior celsiorque,

Quint. 1, 3, 30:

mente,

Sil. 16, 188.—

Elevated in rank or station, noble, eminent:

celsissima sedes dignitatis atque honoris,

Cic. Sull. 2, 5:

eques,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 42; cf. under adv. and Celeres.—

In a bad sense, haughty, proud, high-spirited:

haec jura suae civitatis ignorantem, erectum et celsum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

celsi et spe haud dubia feroces,

Liv. 7, 16, 5:

celsi Ramnes,

Hor. A. P. 342; Sil. 16, 187.—Hence, adv.: celsē.

(Acc. to I.) High; comp., Col. 4, 19, 2; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 387; Amm. 25, 4.—

(Acc. to II.) Nobly:

nati,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 145 (others read: celso natorum honore).

Celsus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; esp.,

A. Cornelius Celsus, the greatest of the Roman writers on medicine. —

C. Albinovanus, a friend of Horace, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 15; 1, 8, 1.

prŏ-fundus, a, um, adj., deep, profound, vast (class.; syn. altus).

Lit.:

mare profundum et immensum,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15; Curt. 9, 4, 18:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 1, 1108:

pontus,

Verg. A. 5, 614:

Acheron,

Lucr. 3, 978:

Danubius,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

fornax,

Ov. M. 2, 229:

valles,

Stat. Th. 10, 95:

terrae foramen,

Just. 24, 6, 9:

atque hiavit humus multa, vasta, et profunda,

Sall. H. 4, 37 Dietsch:

vulnera,

Eum. Pan. Constant. 14.— Sup.:

profundissimus libidinum gurges,

Cic. Sest. 43, 93.—

Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., depth.

In gen.:

esse in profundo (aquae),

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48 [p. 1460] 4, 23, 64:

maris,

Suet. Tib. 40; Ov. Hal. 84:

immensa ac profunda camporum,

Just. 41, 1, 11.—

In partic.

The depths of the sea, the deep, the sea (class.): ex profundo molem ad caelum erigit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

jecissem ipse me potius in profundum, ut ceteros conservarem, quam, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

profundo Vela dabit,

Verg. A. 12, 263:

vastum,

Val. Fl. 8, 314; Sil. 4, 246:

summum,

Ov. M. 2, 267:

indomitum,

id. Tr. 1, 11, 39:

pater ipse profundi,

i.e. Neptune, Val. Fl. 2, 606:

genitor profundi,

Ov. M. 11, 202:

Pamphylium,

Col. 8, 16, 9:

profundi imperium,

Juv. 13, 49; Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; Ov. H. 18, 89; id. M. 5, 439; 11, 197.—

In comic. lang., an abyss, meaning the stomach, in a lusus verbb. with fundus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 79.—

Transf.

Thick, dense ( poet. and in post - class. prose):

Erebi nox,

Verg. A. 4, 26:

silvae,

Lucr. 5, 41; Curt. 7, 7, 4:

ursi villis profundioribus,

Sol. 26.—

Like altus, high ( poet.):

caelum profundum,

Verg. G. 4, 222:

caelum,

id. E. 4, 51; id. A. 1, 58; Val. Fl. 7, 478:

altitudo,

Liv. 38, 23; Tac. A. 2, 61.—

Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., height:

altum caeli,

Manil. 5, 719.—

In a great quantity, copious, unlimited, without stint ( poet.):

merum,

Stat. Th. 5, 262.—

Of the underworld, infernal ( poet.):

Manes,

Verg. G. 1, 243:

Chaos,

Val. Fl. 7, 401:

Juppiter, i. e. Pluto,

Stat. Th. 1, 615:

Juno, = Proserpina,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2.—

Trop.

Deep, bottomless, profound, boundless, immoderate (class.):

profundae libidines,

Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 81, 1:

cupido imperii et divitiarum,

id. H. 4, 61, 5:

vitia animi,

Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 14:

cupiditas confundendi omnia,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

securitas,

Gell. 1, 15, 2:

otium,

Nazar. Pan. Constant. 35:

profundissimā pace florere (=summā),

Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 14:

caedes,

Stat. Th. 10, 831:

tempestas,

id. Achill. 1, 45:

gula,

Suet. Vit. 13:

venter,

Curt. 10, 2, 26:

immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

i.e. with inexhaustible copiousness of expression, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

scientia,

Macr. S. 3, 2, 7:

cum me somnus profundus in imum barathrum demergit,

App. M. 2, p. 125 fin.:

in profundam ruinam cupidinis se praecipitare,

id. ib. 8, p. 202, 1.—

Deep, obscure, unknown (post-Aug.):

in profundo esse,

to be unknown, Dig. 32, 15.—

Subst.: prŏfun-dum, i, n., a depth, abyss (class.):

in profundo veritatem penitus abstrudere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32:

Democritus (dixit) in profundo veritatem esse demersam,

id. ib. 1, 12, 44:

in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abjectus,

Val. Max. 2, 10, 6:

immergere aliquem miserabiliter profundo cladium,

id. 2, 6, 9, ext. 7:

in profundum injuriarum et turpitudinis decidere,

id. 2, 9, 1, ext. 2; cf.:

de profundis clamavi ad te,

Vulg. Psa. 129, 1.—Hence, adv.: prŏfun-dē, deeply (post-Aug.):

in bibendo profundius nares mergere,

Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Vulg. Osee, 9, 9.

prŏ-fundus, a, um, adj., deep, profound, vast (class.; syn. altus).

Lit.:

mare profundum et immensum,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15; Curt. 9, 4, 18:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 1, 1108:

pontus,

Verg. A. 5, 614:

Acheron,

Lucr. 3, 978:

Danubius,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

fornax,

Ov. M. 2, 229:

valles,

Stat. Th. 10, 95:

terrae foramen,

Just. 24, 6, 9:

atque hiavit humus multa, vasta, et profunda,

Sall. H. 4, 37 Dietsch:

vulnera,

Eum. Pan. Constant. 14.— Sup.:

profundissimus libidinum gurges,

Cic. Sest. 43, 93.—

Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., depth.

In gen.:

esse in profundo (aquae),

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48 [p. 1460] 4, 23, 64:

maris,

Suet. Tib. 40; Ov. Hal. 84:

immensa ac profunda camporum,

Just. 41, 1, 11.—

In partic.

The depths of the sea, the deep, the sea (class.): ex profundo molem ad caelum erigit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

jecissem ipse me potius in profundum, ut ceteros conservarem, quam, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

profundo Vela dabit,

Verg. A. 12, 263:

vastum,

Val. Fl. 8, 314; Sil. 4, 246:

summum,

Ov. M. 2, 267:

indomitum,

id. Tr. 1, 11, 39:

pater ipse profundi,

i.e. Neptune, Val. Fl. 2, 606:

genitor profundi,

Ov. M. 11, 202:

Pamphylium,

Col. 8, 16, 9:

profundi imperium,

Juv. 13, 49; Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; Ov. H. 18, 89; id. M. 5, 439; 11, 197.—

In comic. lang., an abyss, meaning the stomach, in a lusus verbb. with fundus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 79.—

Transf.

Thick, dense ( poet. and in post - class. prose):

Erebi nox,

Verg. A. 4, 26:

silvae,

Lucr. 5, 41; Curt. 7, 7, 4:

ursi villis profundioribus,

Sol. 26.—

Like altus, high ( poet.):

caelum profundum,

Verg. G. 4, 222:

caelum,

id. E. 4, 51; id. A. 1, 58; Val. Fl. 7, 478:

altitudo,

Liv. 38, 23; Tac. A. 2, 61.—

Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., height:

altum caeli,

Manil. 5, 719.—

In a great quantity, copious, unlimited, without stint ( poet.):

merum,

Stat. Th. 5, 262.—

Of the underworld, infernal ( poet.):

Manes,

Verg. G. 1, 243:

Chaos,

Val. Fl. 7, 401:

Juppiter, i. e. Pluto,

Stat. Th. 1, 615:

Juno, = Proserpina,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2.—

Trop.

Deep, bottomless, profound, boundless, immoderate (class.):

profundae libidines,

Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 81, 1:

cupido imperii et divitiarum,

id. H. 4, 61, 5:

vitia animi,

Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 14:

cupiditas confundendi omnia,

Vell. 2, 125, 2:

securitas,

Gell. 1, 15, 2:

otium,

Nazar. Pan. Constant. 35:

profundissimā pace florere (=summā),

Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 14:

caedes,

Stat. Th. 10, 831:

tempestas,

id. Achill. 1, 45:

gula,

Suet. Vit. 13:

venter,

Curt. 10, 2, 26:

immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

i.e. with inexhaustible copiousness of expression, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

scientia,

Macr. S. 3, 2, 7:

cum me somnus profundus in imum barathrum demergit,

App. M. 2, p. 125 fin.:

in profundam ruinam cupidinis se praecipitare,

id. ib. 8, p. 202, 1.—

Deep, obscure, unknown (post-Aug.):

in profundo esse,

to be unknown, Dig. 32, 15.—

Subst.: prŏfun-dum, i, n., a depth, abyss (class.):

in profundo veritatem penitus abstrudere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32:

Democritus (dixit) in profundo veritatem esse demersam,

id. ib. 1, 12, 44:

in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abjectus,

Val. Max. 2, 10, 6:

immergere aliquem miserabiliter profundo cladium,

id. 2, 6, 9, ext. 7:

in profundum injuriarum et turpitudinis decidere,

id. 2, 9, 1, ext. 2; cf.:

de profundis clamavi ad te,

Vulg. Psa. 129, 1.—Hence, adv.: prŏfun-dē, deeply (post-Aug.):

in bibendo profundius nares mergere,

Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Vulg. Osee, 9, 9.

Bicycle: (Shimano) Altus

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