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  • 1 intrepidus

    eager, hot-blooded

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  • 2 cupidus

        cupidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [CVP-], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, zealous, wishing, loving, fond: eius videndi, T.: bellandi, Cs.: te audiendi: tui, devoted to: contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis: cupidissimus litterarum, N.: cupidissimis omnibus, eager for battle, Cs.: moriri, O.: tuas componere laudes, Tb.: in perspiciendā rerum naturā. — Excessively desirous, passionate, eager, greedy, lustful, covetous: animum cupidum inopiā incendere, T.: cupidos moderatis anteferre: emit homo: pecuniae: rerum novarum, Cs.: animi rixae, H.—Amorous, loving, longing: amantes, O.—Poet.: Eurydicem cupidis amplectitur ulnis, O. — Avaricious, covetous: homo. — Prejudiced, partisan, partial: quaestores vehementer (Verris): multi cupidi tui sunt, partisans: cupidior iudex.
    * * *
    cupida -um, cupidior -or -us, cupidissimus -a -um ADJ
    eager/passionate; longing for/desirous of (with gen.); greedy; wanton/lecherous

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  • 3 avidus

        avidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AV-], longing eagerly, desirous, eager, greedy: libidines: porca: amplexus, O.: cursūs, V.: cibi, T.: laudis: potentiae, S.: novarum rerum, L.: ad pugnam, L.: futuri, H.: avidi, wine-bibbers, H.: avidior gloriae: avidissima caedis, O.: avidi committere pugnam, O.: in pecuniis: in direptiones manus, L.: Volcanus, fiery, H.: legiones, eager for battle, Ta. —Esp., greedy of gain, avaricious, covetous: pater, T.: animus: manūs heredis, H.: ad rem avidior, T.: gens avidissima, Cu. — Voracious, ravenous, gluttonous: avidos funus Exanimat, H.: canes, O.: convivae, H.: mare, insatiable, H.: ignis, O.
    * * *
    avida -um, avidior -or -us, avidissimus -a -um ADJ
    greedy, eager, ardent, desirous of; avaricious, insatiable; lustful, passionate

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  • 4 ardeo

    ardĕo, rsi, rsum, 2, v.n. ( perf. subj. ARDVERINT, Inscr. Fratr. Arval., of the time of the emperor Alexander Severus, in Inscr. Orell. 961) [cf. Sanscr. ghar = to shine. Sonne foll. by Curt.], to take fire, to kindle; hence,
    I.
    Lit., to be on fire, to burn, blaze (syn.:

    ardesco, exardeo, flagro, incendor, uror): Nam multis succensa locis ardent sola terrae,

    for the soil is on fire in different places, Lucr. 2, 592:

    tecta ardentia,

    id. 3, 1064: Ultimus ardebit, quem etc., i. e. His home will burn last, whom etc., Juv. 3, 201:

    ardente domo,

    Tac. A. 15, 50 fin.:

    radii ardentes,

    Lucr. 6, 618: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

    caput arsisse Servio Tullio dormienti,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121:

    vis ardens fulminis,

    Lucr. 6, 145:

    Praeneste ardentes lapides caelo decidisse,

    Liv. 22, 1:

    rogum parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus,

    Ov. M. 2, 620; 2, 245; 14, 747:

    arsurae comae,

    Verg. A. 11, 77:

    videbat quod rubus arderet,

    Vulg. Exod. 3, 2; ib. Deut. 5, 23; ib. Joan. 15, 6.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the eyes, to flash, glow, sparkle, shine (syn.:

    fulgeo, inardesco, mico): ardent oculi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 62; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66; 2, 5, 62; cf.:

    oculi ejus (erant) ut lampas ardens,

    Vulg. Dan. 10, 6.—
    B.
    Poet., transf. to color, to sparkle, glisten, glitter, dazzle:

    Tyrio ardebat murice laena,

    Verg. A. 4, 262:

    campi armis sublimibus ardent,

    id. ib. 11, 602. —
    C.
    In gen., of any passionate emotion [p. 156] or excitement, to burn, glow, be inflamed, usu. with abl. (dolore, irā, studio, invidiā, etc.), but often without an abl.; to be strongly affected, esp. with love; to be inflamed, burn, glow, to blaze, be on fire, be consumed, etc. (syn.: ardesco, exardeo, furo).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    quippe patentia cum totiens ardentia morbis Lumina versarent oculorum, expertia somno,

    they rolled around the open eyeballs glowing with heat, Lucr. 6, 1180:

    In fluvios partim gelidos ardentia morbo Membra dabant,

    their limbs burning with the heat of fever, id. 6, 1172:

    ardere flagitio,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 1:

    amore,

    Ter. Eun. 1. 1, 27; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47:

    iracundiā,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12:

    curā,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

    dolore et irā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19:

    cupiditate,

    id. Pis. 24:

    studio et amore,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2:

    desiderio,

    id. Mil. 15; id. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

    podagrae doloribus,

    to be tormented with, id. Fin. 5, 31, 94:

    furore,

    Liv. 2, 29 fin. et saep.:

    cum arderet Syria bello,

    Cic. Att. 5, 6; id. Fam. 4, 1; Liv. 28, 24 fin. al.—
    (β).
    Without an abl.:

    ipse ardere videris,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188 (incensus esse, B. and K.); cf. Quint. 11, 3, 145:

    omnium animi ad ulciscendum ardebant,

    were fired, eager, Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

    Ardet,

    Ov. M. 6, 609:

    ultro implacabilis ardet,

    Verg. A. 12, 3:

    ardet in arma,

    id. ib. 12, 71; so,

    in caedem,

    Tac. H. 1, 43.— Poet. with inf. as object (cf. infra), to desire ardently to do a thing:

    ruere ardet utroque,

    Ov. M. 5, 166:

    Ardet abire fugā dulcīsque relinquere terras,

    Verg. A. 4, 281; 11, 895; Val. Fl. 6, 45.—Esp., to burn with love (syn. uror):

    ex aequo captis ardebant mentibus ambo,

    Ov. M. 4, 62:

    deus arsit in illā,

    id. ib. 8, 50 (cf.:

    laborantes in uno Penelopen vitreamque Circen,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 19):

    arsit Virgine raptā,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 7; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 6; and with acc. of the object loved (as supra, in constr. with the inf.): formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin, Corydon had a burning passion for, etc., Verg. E. 2, 1:

    comptos arsit adulteri Crines,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 13:

    delphini pueros miris et humanis modis arserunt,

    Gell. 6, 8; cf. Arusian. Mess. p. 209 Lind.
    ► * Pass.
    arsus, roasted, Plin. Val. 2, 9.— ardens, entis, P. a., prop. on fire, burning; hence, glowing, fiery, ardent, hot, etc., lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.: sol ardentissimus, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3:

    ardentissimum tempus,

    Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123:

    Austri ardentes,

    id. 12, 19, 42, § 93:

    quinta (zona) est ardentior illis,

    hotter, Ov. M. 1, 46:

    ardens Africa,

    Luc. 9, 729.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the eyes:

    oculi,

    glowing, Verg. G. 4, 451.—
    2.
    Of color:

    ardentissimus color,

    Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 16:

    apes ardentes auro,

    glowing, glittering as with gold, Verg. G. 4, 99; so id. A. 10, 262.—
    3.
    Of wounds, burning, smarting:

    ardenti morsu premere dolorem,

    with burning bite, Lucr. 3, 663.—
    4.
    Of wine, strong, fiery:

    ardentis Falerni Pocula,

    Hor. C. 2, 11, 19; cf. Mart. 9, 7, 45.—
    5.
    Of passion or strong feeling, burning, glowing, eager, impatient, ardent:

    avaritia ardens,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36:

    mortem ardentiore studio petere,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 61:

    ardentes in eum litteras ad me misit,

    id. Att. 14, 10 fin.:

    ardentissimus dux,

    Flor. 4, 2, 42; 1, 8, 2:

    ardentissimus amor,

    Vulg. 3, Reg. 11, 2:

    studia,

    Ov. M. 1, 199:

    Nonne cor nostrum ardens erat in nobis,

    Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

    furor,

    ib. Isa. 30, 27:

    miserere ardentis (sc. amore),

    Ov. M. 14, 691.— Poet. with gen.:

    ardens caedis,

    Stat. Th. 1, 662.—In Cic. freq. of passionate, excited discourse:

    nec umquam is qui audiret, incenderetur, nisi ardens ad eum perveniret oratio,

    Cic. Or. 38, 132:

    verbum,

    id. ib. 8, 27 (cf. id. Brut. 24 fin.):

    nisi ipse (orator) inflammatus ad eam (mentem) et ardens accesserit,

    id. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

    orator gravis, acer, ardens,

    id. Or. 28, 99 al. — Adv. ardenter, only trop., in a burning, fiery, eager, passionate manner, ardently, eagerly, passionately:

    ardenter aliquid cupere,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:

    ardentius sitire,

    to have a more burning thirst, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

    ardentius diligere,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7, id. Pan. 85, 7:

    ardentius amare,

    Suet. Calig. 25.— Sup.:

    ardentissime diligere,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3; Suet. Dom. 22.

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  • 5 avidus

    ăvĭdus, a, um, adj. [1. aveo], longing eagerly for something (either lawful or unlawful), desirous, eager, earnest, greedy (diff. from avarus, q. v.).
    I.
    In gen., constr. with gen., in with acc., dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    cibi,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 16:

    Romani semper appetentes gloriae praeter ceteras gentes atque avidi laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    festinatio victoriae avida,

    id. Phil. 3, 1; so,

    potentiae, honoris, divitiarum,

    Sall. J. 15, 4:

    avidissimus privatae gratiae, id. H. Fr. (Orat. Cottae ad Popul. p. 245 Gerl.): turba avida novarum rerum,

    Liv. 1, 8, 6:

    avidus poenae (sc. sumendae),

    id. 8, 30, 13:

    libidinum,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 11:

    futuri,

    id. A. P. 172 et saep.:

    belli gerundi,

    Sall. J. 35, 3: malefaciundi, id. H. Fr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 343 (p. 251, n. 116 Gerl.):

    avidior properandi,

    id. H. Fr. 4, 30 Gerl.:

    videndi,

    Ov. M. 10, 56 et saep.— Poet. with inf. (inst. of gen. of gerund.):

    avidi committere pugnam,

    Ov. M. 5, 75:

    cognoscere amantem,

    id. ib. 10, 472:

    Chaos innumeros avidum confundere mundos,

    Luc. 6, 696 al. —A. more remote gen. relation is found in Lucr.:

    Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum,

    in respect of, Lucr. 4, 594.—
    (β).
    With in with acc.:

    avida in novas res ingenia,

    Liv. 22, 21, 2:

    avidae in direptiones manus,

    id. 5, 20, 6.—
    * (γ).
    With dat.:

    servorum manus subitis avidae,

    Tac. H. 1, 7.—
    (δ).
    Absol. and transf. to inanimate things:

    ita sunt avidae (aures meae), etc.,

    Cic. Or. 29, 104:

    avidi cursus frena retentat equi,

    Ov. P. 3, 9, 26:

    avidae libidines,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

    amor,

    Cat. 68, 83:

    cor,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 58:

    pectus,

    id. H. 9, 161:

    amplexus,

    id. M. 7, 143.—
    II.
    Esp
    A.
    Eager for gain, avaricious, covetous, greedy of money, = avarus:

    me dices avidum esse hominem,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 34; id. Aul. prol. 9; 3, 5, 12; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 43:

    Sed habet patrem quendam avidum, miserum atque aridum,

    Ter. Heaut, 3, 2, 15:

    divitiasque Conduplicant avidi,

    Lucr. 3, 71:

    aliquantum ad rem avidior,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa proferri perutile est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; id. Rosc. Com. 7 fin.:

    avidae manus heredis,

    Hor. C. 4, 7, 19 al. —
    B.
    Eager for food, hungry, greedy, voracious, gluttonous:

    Avidos vicinum funus et aegros Exanimat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

    convivae,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 75: Noli avidus esse in omni epulatione, * Vulg. Eccli. 37, 32.— Poet.:

    Efficit ut largis avidum mare fluminis undis,

    insatiable, Lucr. 1, 1031:

    Exitio est avidum mare nautis,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 18:

    morbus,

    Lucr. 6, 1236:

    manus Mortis,

    Tib. 1, 3, 4:

    ignis,

    Ov. M. 9, 234; 12, 280:

    flammae,

    id. ib. 9, 172:

    morsus,

    id. ib. 4, 724 et saep.—
    C.
    In Lucr. of space as swallowing up objects, wide, large, vast:

    Inde avidei partem montes silvaeque ferarum Possedere,

    Lucr. 5, 202: avido complexu quem tenet aether id. 2, 1066; so id. 5, 470.— Adv., eagerly, greedily, etc.
    a.
    Anteclass. form ăvĭdĭter: invadere pocula, Val. Antias ap. Arn. 5, p. 155; so App.: merum ventri ingurgitare, Met. 4, p. 145, 27.—
    b.
    Class. form ăvĭdē: ab ludis animus atque aures avent avide exspectantes mentium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. (Trag. v. 71 Vahl.); Lucr. 4, 1108:

    adripere Graecas litteras,

    Cic. Sen. 8, 26:

    adpetere aliquid,

    id. ib. 20, 72:

    exspectare aliquid,

    id. Att. 12, 40; 16, 10:

    jam bibit avide,

    Suet. Tib. 59:

    pransus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 127 al. — Comp.:

    avidius se in voluptates mergere,

    Liv. 23, 18, 11:

    procurrere,

    id. 34, 15, 4:

    avidius vino ciboque corpora onerant,

    id. 41, 2, 13:

    vesci,

    Suet. Calig. 18.— Sup.:

    avidissime exspectare aliquid,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1:

    credere aliquid,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

    adprehendere palmam,

    id. 14, 22, 28, § 147.

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  • 6 cupidus

    cŭpĭdus, a, um, adj. [cupio], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, in a good and bad sense, wishing, loving, fond, etc. (very freq. and class.); constr. with gen., abl., inf., in, or absol.
    I.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    ejus videndi cupidus,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 12; so,

    huc redeundi, abeundi a milite, Vosque hic videndi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 16:

    redeundi domum,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

    bellandi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

    te audiendi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16:

    valde spectandi,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 162: satis faciendi rei publicae, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 1 et saep.:

    vitae,

    Lucr. 6, 1238; Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1:

    mortis,

    Hor. S. 2, [p. 499] 2, 98:

    liberorum,

    Quint. 4, 2, 42:

    sententiarum,

    id. 5, 13, 31:

    pacis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 44 et saep.— Comp.:

    contentionis quam veritatis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47.— Sup.:

    litterarum,

    Nep. Cato, 3, 1:

    nostri,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 104. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    attingere,

    Prop. 1, 19, 9:

    moriri,

    Ov. M. 14, 215.—
    * (γ).
    With in and abl.:

    cupidus in perspiciendā cognoscendāque rerum naturā,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    si quicquam cupido optantique obtigit,

    Cat. 107, 1:

    cupidum vires Deficiunt,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 12.—
    2.
    Of things:

    equorum Vis cupida,

    Lucr. 2, 265.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, passionately desiring or longing for, eager, greedy, lustful, passionate.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    auri,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51; cf.

    pecuniae,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

    damni,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:

    vini,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 50 (not vino, v. Ritschl ad h. l.):

    rerum novarum, imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 6; cf.:

    rerum novarum,

    id. ib. 1, 18:

    cujuscumque motūs novi,

    Tac. H. 1, 80; and:

    nullius rei nisi imperii,

    Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

    laedendi,

    Quint. 5, 7, 16:

    maledicendi,

    id. 6, 2, 16 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    cupidos moderatis anteferre,

    Cic. Font. 14, 32 (10, 22):

    non esse mirandum, qui in illā re turpis aut cupidus aut petulans fuerit, hāc quoque in re eum deliquisse,

    id. Inv. 2, 10, 33:

    emit homo cupidus (for which, just before, cupiditate incensus),

    eager to purchase, id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    stultus cupidusque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 24:

    cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,

    id. A. P. 165 al. —
    2.
    Of things:

    cor,

    Lucr. 4, 1138; Prop. 1, 8, 29; Hor. C. 3, 14, 26 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Longing from love, pining, languishing for, loving.
    a.
    Of persons:

    neu me cupidum eo (sc. ad uxorem ducendam) impulisset,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 6:

    maritus,

    Cat. 64, 375; Tib. 1, 8, 74; Ov. M. 4, 679:

    cupidi nomen amantis habe,

    id. H. 3, 26.—
    b.
    Of things:

    simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est,

    Cat. 64, 147; Ov. M. 11, 63; id. Am. 3, 7, 9 al.—
    2.
    Desirous of money, avaricious, covetous, Quint. 11, 1, 88:

    multitudo cupidorum hominum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    homo castus ac non cupidus,

    id. Sest. 43, 93; Vitr. 1, 1, 7; so in sup., Suet. Vesp. 16.—
    3.
    Devoted to a party, favoring any one, partial:

    quaestores vehementer (Verris),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12:

    cupidi et irati et conjurati testes,

    id. Font. 10, 21 (6, 11):

    judices (with infesti, invidentes),

    Tac. Or. 31; cf. comp.:

    judex,

    Cic. Caecin. 3, 8;

    and auctor,

    id. Clu. 24, 66.—Hence, cŭ-pĭdē, adv., eagerly, in a good and bad sense, zealously, passionately, vehemently, ardently, warmly, partially, etc. (freq. and class.), Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 11; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; Nep. Arist. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 13; Cat. 63, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100 et saep.— Comp., Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 5, 15; Liv. 3, 32, 3 al.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 40; id. B. C. 2, 20; Sall. C. 40, 4 al.

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  • 7 alacer

        alacer (m alacris, T., V.), cris, cre, adj. with comp.    [AL-], lively, brisk, quick, eager, excited, glad, happy: quidve es alacris? why so excited? T.: videbant Catilinam alacrem atque laetum, active and joyous: ex alacri atque laeto erat humilis atque demissus: (Dares) alacris stetit, in high spirits, V.: alacer gaudio arma capiebat, in high glee, L.: miles animis, fresh, L.: alacriores ad pugnandum, Cs.: ad rem gerendam, N.: equus, C.: clamor, L.: alacrior clamor, Ta.—Poet.: voluptas, a lively pleasure, V.
    * * *
    alacris -e, alacrior -or -us, alacerrimus -a -um ADJ
    eager, spirited, quick, brisk, active; courageous, ready; happy, cheerful

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  • 8 ambitiōsus

        ambitiōsus adj. with comp.    [ambitio], surrounding, encompassing, entwining: lascivis hederis ambitiosior, H.—Fig., ambitious, conciliatory, eager for honor, solicitous of favor: pro nato mater, O.: in Graecos: malis artibus, Ta.: ita ambitiosus ut omnīs salutet: rogationes: mors, ostentatious, Ta.: ornamenta, excessive, H.—Competed for, sought in rivalry: honor, O.
    * * *
    ambitiosa -um, ambitiosior -or -us, ambitiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    ambitious, eager to please/for advancement/favor; showy; winding, twisting

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  • 9 cōnsectātiō

        cōnsectātiō ōnis, f    [consector], an eager pursuit, striving after: concinnitatis.
    * * *
    striving, striving after, (eager) pursuit

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  • 10 contentus

        contentus adj.    [P. of contendo], stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the stretch: contento fune, H.: corpora (opp. remissa): contentā cervice (boves), V.: contento poplite, i. e. kneeling, H.— Fig., eager, intent: contento cursu Italiam petere: meus Exiliis contenta suis, O.
    * * *
    I
    contenta -um, contentior -or -us, contentissimus -a -um ADJ
    content, satisfied (w/ABL); content with, pleased
    II
    contenta -um, contentior -or -us, contentissimus -a -um ADJ
    tense, tight, strained, exerted; energetic, vigorous, intent, eager, serious

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  • 11 cupiēns

        cupiēns entis, adj. with sup.    [P. of cupio], desirous, longing, eager: novarum rerum, Ta.: liberorum, Ta.: cupientissimā plebe consul factus, at the earnest desire of, S.
    * * *
    cupientis (gen.), cupientior -or -us, cupientissimus -a -um ADJ
    desirous, eager for, longing; anxious

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  • 12 gestiō

        gestiō īvī, —, īre    [2 gestus], to gesticulate, express strong feeling, leap, be transported, exult, be joyful, be delighted: sic, T.: cum laetitia gestiat: studio lavandi, V.: voluptate nimiā: otio, L.— To desire eagerly, wish passionately, be eager, thirst, long: scire ista omnia: divitum Partīs linquere, H.: ipsum gestio Dari mihi in conspectum, T.
    * * *
    gestire, gestivi, gestitus V
    be eager, wish passionately; gesticulate, express strong feeling, exult

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  • 13 intentus

        intentus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of intendo], attentive, intent, waiting, eager: Romani intenti festinare, S.: milites pugnae proventum exspectabant, Cs.: intenti ora tenebant, V.: intentis oculis contemplari: in eā re intentis animis, Cs.: aliis negotiis, S.: dimicationi ultimae, L.: celerandae victoriae intentior, Ta.: quem pueri intenti ludo exercent, V.: aliquo negotio intentus, S.: intenti quam mox signum daretur, eagerly awaiting, L.: intenti paratique si lacesserentur, i. e. to see whether, etc., L.: intentus, sive... sive, etc., watchful, L.: eo intentior ad victoriam niti, S.: intentiore eum custodiā observare, L.: intentior disciplina, stricter, Ta.: intentissima conquisitio, L.: omnia intentissimā curā acta, L.—Of style, vigorous, nervous: sermo: pars orationis.
    * * *
    intenta -um, intentior -or -us, intentissimus -a -um ADJ
    eager/intent, closely attentive; strict; intense, strrenuous; serious/earnest

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  • 14 studeō

        studeō uī, —, ēre,    to give attention, be eager, be zealous, take pains, be diligent, be busy with, be devoted, strive after, apply oneself, pursue, desire, wish: ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui, T.: nihil egregie, T.: illud ipsum, quod studet: id, ne, etc., L.: unum studetis, Antoni conatum avertere a re p.: quos non tam ulcisci studeo quam sanare: fieri studebam eius prudentiā doctior: portum intrare, N.: qui placere se studeat bonis, T.: coloniam tu expugnari studes: qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus, S.: huic rei studendum, ut, etc., Cs.: virtuti, laudi, dignitati: ei scientiae: ars, cui studueram: legibus cognoscendis: qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about, Caec. ap. C.: Ne solus esset, Ph.—To be friendly, feel affection, be favorable, favor, side with: neque studere neque odisse, S.: ut studeat tibi, ut te adiuvet: Atheniensium rebus, N.
    * * *
    studere, studui, - V
    desire, be eager for; busy oneself with; strive

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  • 15 studiōsus

        studiōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [studium], eager, zealous, assiduous, anxious, fond, studious: homo: venandi aut pilae: placendi, O.: culinae, H.: summe omnium doctrinarum: restituendi mei quam retinendi studiosior.— Partial, friendly, favorable, attached, devoted: cohortem studiosam (habere): pectora, O.: nobilitatis: studiosior in me colendo: cum eius studiosissimo Pammene: existimationis meae studiosissimus.— Devoted to learning, learned, studious: cohors, H.— Plur m. as subst, studious men, the learned, students.
    * * *
    studiosa -um, studiosior -or -us, studiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    eager, keen, full of zeal; studious; devoted to, fond of

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  • 16 adpeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 17 alacer

    ălăcer, cris, e, adj. (also in masc. alacris, Enn., v. below; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13, and Verg. A. 5, 380; cf. Charis. p. 63 P.—In more ancient times, alacer comm.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 685, and 2. acer) [perh. akin to alere = to nourish, and olēre = to grow; cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17; Auct. ad Her. 2, 19, 29], lively, brisk, quick, eager, active; glad, happy, cheerful (opp. languidus; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, 247, and 4, 450.—In the class. per., esp. in Cicero, with the access. idea of joyous activity).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of men: ignotus juvenum coetus, alternā vice Inibat alacris, Bacchio insultans modo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.:

    quid tu es tristis? quidve es alacris?

    why are you so disturbed? or why so excited? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13 ( = incitatus, commotus, Ruhnk.):

    videbant Catilinam alacrem atque laetum,

    active and joyous, Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

    valentes imbecillum, alacres perterritum superare,

    id. Cael. 28:

    Aman laetus et alacer,

    Vulg. Esth. 5, 9:

    alacres animo sumus,

    are eager in mind, Cic. Fam. 5, 12 fin. Manut.; Verg. A. 6, 685 al.—With ad: alacriores ad reliquum perficiendum, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31:

    ad maleficia,

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    ad bella suscipienda alacer et promptus animus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19; so Sall. C. 21, 5:

    ad rem gerendam,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 6.—With super:

    alacri corde super omnibus,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 8, 66.—In Sall. once for nimble, active: cum alacribus saltu, cum velocibus cursu certabat, Fragm. 62, p. 248 Gerl.—
    B.
    Of animals:

    equus,

    Cic. Div. 33, 73: bestiae, Auct. ad Her. 2, 19. —
    II.
    Transf., poet., of concrete and abstract things:

    alacris voluptas,

    a lively pleasure, Verg. E. 5, 58; so, alacres enses, quick, ready to cut, Claud. Eutr. 2, 280:

    involant (in pugnam) impetu alacri,

    with a spirited, vigorous onset, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 90. — Sup. not used; cf. Charis. 88 P.; Rudd. I. p. 177, n. 48.— Adv.: ălăcrĭter, briskly, eagerly, Amm. 14, 2.— Comp., Just. 1, 6, 10.

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  • 18 appeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 19 avaritia

    ăvārĭtĭa, ae, f. [avarus], a greedy desire for possessions, greediness, avarice, covetousness (opp. abstinentia, Suet. Dom. 9;

    periphrastically, pecuniae cupiditas,

    id. Vesp. 16; syn.: aviditas, cupido).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Est autem avaritia opinatio vehemens de pecuniā, quasi valde expetenda sit, inhaerens et penitus insita,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26: avaritia est injuriosa appetitio alienorum, Auct. ad Her. 4, 25:

    avaritiam si tollere voltis, mater ejus est tollenda luxuries,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 171:

    avaritia hians et imminens,

    a gaping and eager avarice, id. Verr. 2, 2, 54:

    pueris talorum nucumque avaritia est: viris auri argentique et urbium,

    Sen. Const. 12:

    avaritiae (sc. nimiae parsimoniae) singulos increpans,

    Suet. Calig. 39 et saep.—In plur.:

    omnes avaritiae,

    every kind of selfishness, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75. —
    II.
    Transf., of eagerness for food, gluttony:

    Quam siquis avidus poscit escam avariter, Decipitur in transennā avaritia sua,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 13.— Trop.: avaritia gloriae, eager desire for renown or glory, Curt. 9, 2.

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  • 20 Calidae Aquae

    călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

    Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

    corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

    devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

    6, 949 al.: fervor,

    id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

    fornaces,

    id. 6, 148:

    lavacra,

    id. 6, 800:

    corpus,

    id. 6, 856:

    febres,

    id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

    with flamma,

    id. 3, 903:

    omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

    id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    calidissimae hiemes,

    Vitr. 2, 1:

    aestas,

    Sen. Hippol. 765:

    dies,

    Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

    sole caldo,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

    calda puls,

    id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

    caldior est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

    contr. calda,

    Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—
    2.
    călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

    calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

    equus calidus animis,

    of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

    redemptor,

    eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

    calidus juventă,

    id. C. 3, 14, 27:

    caldior est,

    id. S. 1, 3, 53:

    rixa,

    id. C. 3, 27, 70.—
    2.
    Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

    reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

    agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

    Liv. 22, 24, 2:

    consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

    id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

    calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

    Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,
    3.
    As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

    idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—
    B.
    With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

    perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

    quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

    reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

    calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

    id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

    calide quicquid acturus,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

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  • Eager — Ea ger, a. [OE. egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. agre, aigre, F. aigre, fr. L. acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. ? highest, extreme, Skr. a?ra point; fr. a root signifying to be sharp. Cf. {Acrid}, {Edge}.] 1. Sharp; sour; acid. [Obs.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Eager Beaver Baseball Association — Eager Beaver Baseball Association, Inc. (EBBA) is a baseball league for youths in London, Ontario, Canada, that was first organized in 1955 by former Major League Baseball player Frank Colman, London sportsman Gordon Berryhill and Al Marshall.In… …   Wikipedia

  • eager beaver — {n. phr.}, {slang} A person who is always eager to work or do anything extra, perhaps to win the favor of his leader or boss. * /Jack likes his teacher and works hard for her, but his classmates call him an eager beaver./ * /The man who was… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • eager beaver — {n. phr.}, {slang} A person who is always eager to work or do anything extra, perhaps to win the favor of his leader or boss. * /Jack likes his teacher and works hard for her, but his classmates call him an eager beaver./ * /The man who was… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Eager evaluation — or strict evaluation is the evaluation strategy in most traditional programming languages. In eager evaluation an expression is evaluated as soon as it gets bound to a variable. This is generally more efficient as a low level strategy in simple… …   Wikipedia

  • Eager — ist der Name folgender Personen: Allen Eager (1927–2003), US amerikanischer Jazzsaxophonist Ben Eager (* 1984), kanadischer Eishockeyspieler Vince Eager (* 1940), britischer Pop Musiker Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • eager — eager, avid, keen, anxious, agog, athirst mean actuated by a strong and urgent desire or interest. Eager implies ardor and, often, enthusiasm; it frequently also connotes impatience {it is not a life for fiery and dominant natures, eager to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Eager (band) — Eager was a band created by Patrick Andrew of the band PFR. Patrick began forming the new band with Greg Pope in 1995. Greg (also a songwriter) had been touring with PFR as a backup guitarist. To quell rumors of the impending PFR breakup, Patrick …   Wikipedia

  • Eager Haskell — is an implementation of the Haskell programming language that uses eager evaluation. Sources and External Links * [http://csg.csail.mit.edu/pubs/haskell.html Eager Haskell page at MIT] …   Wikipedia

  • Eager — can mean *an enthusiasm to do something *Eager (band) *Eager (novel) …   Wikipedia

  • eager — (adj.) late 13c., strenuous, ardent, fierce, angry, from O.Fr. aigre sour, acid; harsh, bitter, rough; eager greedy; lively, active, forceful, from L. acrem (nom. acer) keen, sharp, pointed, piercing; acute, ardent, zealous (see ACRID (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

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