arrŏgans

arrŏgantia ( adr-), ae, f. [arrogans].

A.. An assuming, presumption, arrogance, conceitedness (syn.:

superbia, insolentia, fastus): cum omnis adrogantia odiosa est, tum illa ingenii atque eloquentiae multo molestissima,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11 fin.:

P. Crassus sine adrogantiā gravis esse videbatur et sine segnitiā verecundus,

id. Brut. 81, 282: illud gnôthi seauton noli putare ad adrogantiam minuendam solum esse dictum, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7 et saep.:

Pallas tristi adrogantiā taedium sui moverat,

Tac. A. 13, 2:

adrogantiā depravatus,

Vulg. Deut. 18, 20:

adrogantia tua decepit te,

ib. Jer. 49, 16.—

The proud, lordly bearing arising from a consciousness of real or supposed superiority, pride, haughtiness (cf. arrogans):

hujus adrogantiam pertinacia aequabat,

Liv. 5, 8, 11:

avaritia et adrogantia praecipua validiorum vitia,

Tac. H. 1, 51:

tristitiam et adrogantiam et avaritiam exuerat: nec illi, quod est rarissimum, aut facilitas auctoritatem aut severitas amorem deminuit,

id. Agr. 9:

cum magnitudinem et gravitatem summae fortunae retineret, invidiam et adrogantiam effugerat,

id. A. 2, 72; id. Agr. 42:

adrogantia ejus,

Vulg. Isa. 16, 6; ib. Jer. 48, 29.—

A pertinacity in one's demands, obstinacy:

cessurosque se potius adrogantiae Antipatri quam etc.,

Liv. 37, 56 fin.

ar-rŏgo ( adr-, Fleck., B. and K., Dietsch, Halm, Weissenb.; arr-, Holder, Dinter; Keller uses both forms), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Jurid. and polit. t. t.

To ask or inquire of one, to question: Venus haec volo adroget te, * Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 45; cf. Dig. 1, 7, 2.—

Alicui, t. t., to add one officer to another, to associate with, place by the side of:

cui consuli dictatorem adrogari haud satis decorum visum est patribus,

Liv. 7, 25, 11.—

To take a homo sui juris in the place of a child, to adopt (v. arrogatio), Gell. 5, 19, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 7, 1; 1, 7, 2; 1, 7, 22 al.—Hence,

Transf.

To appropriate that which does not belong to one, to claim as one's own, to arrogate to one's self, to assume:

quamquam mihi non sumo tantum, judices, neque adrogo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 1:

non enim mihi tantum derogo, tametsi nihil adrogo, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 32:

sapientiam sibi adrogare,

id. Brut. 85, 292: ego tantum tibi tribuo, [p. 166] quantum mihi fortasse arrogo, id. Fam. 4, 1 fin.:

Quod ex alienā virtute sibi adrogant, id mihi ex meā non concedunt,

Sall. J. 85, 25:

Nihil adrogabo mihi nobilitatis aut modestiae,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

Nec sibi cenarum quivis temere arroget artem,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 35.—

Poet.: alicui aliquid, to adjudge something to another as his own, to confer upon or procure for (opp. abrogare):

Scire velim, chartis pretium quotus adroget annus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35:

decus arrogavit,

id. C. 4, 14, 40:

nihil non arroget armis,

adjudge every thing to arms, think every thing must yield to, id. A. P. 121.— Hence, arrŏgans ( adr-), antis, P. a., acc. to II. A., appropriating something not one's own; hence, assuming, arrogant (syn.: superbus, insolens, ferox).

Lit.:

si essent adrogantes, non possem ferre fastidium,

Cic. Phil. 10, 9:

Induciomarus iste minax atque adrogans,

id. Font. 12; id. Verr. 2, 1, 60:

ne arrogans in praeripiendo populi beneficio videretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1:

pigritia adrogantior,

Quint. 12, 3, 12:

adrogantissima persuasio,

id. Decl. 8, 9.—

As a consequence of assumption, haughty, proud, overbearing, insolent (cf. arrogantia, I. B.):

proponit inania mihi nobilitatis, hoc est hominum adrogantium nomina,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6:

de se persuasio,

Quint. 2, 4, 16:

crudelitas adrogans,

Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

dictum,

id. Sull. 8, 25:

consilium,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 165:

moderatio,

Tac. A. 1, 3:

adversus superiores tristi adulatione, adrogans minoribus, inter pares difficilis,

id. ib. 11, 21:

omnem adrogantem humilia,

Vulg. Job, 40, 6:

abominatio Domino est omnis adrogans,

ib. Prov. 16, 5:

beatos dicimus adrogantes,

ib. Mal. 3, 15.— Adv.: arrŏgan-ter ( adr-), with assumption, arrogantly, haughtily, proudly, insolently:

aliquid dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339; id. Off. 1, 1, 2; Quint. 4, 2, 86:

scribere,

Cic. Att. 6, 1:

aliquid praejudicare,

id. ad Brut. 1, 4:

petere,

id. Lig. 10, 30:

adsentire,

id. Inv. 2, 3, 10:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40: adversarios sustinere, D. Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4: ingredi, * Vulg. Soph. 1, 9:

consulere in deditos,

Tac. Agr. 16.— Comp.:

multo adrogantius factum,

Suet. Caes. 79:

insolentius et adrogantius uti gloriā artis,

Plin. 36, 10, 36, § 71:

adrogantius et elatius praefari,

Gell. 9, 15.— Sup., Oros. 7, 25; 7, 35.

arrŏgantia ( adr-), ae, f. [arrogans].

A.. An assuming, presumption, arrogance, conceitedness (syn.:

superbia, insolentia, fastus): cum omnis adrogantia odiosa est, tum illa ingenii atque eloquentiae multo molestissima,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11 fin.:

P. Crassus sine adrogantiā gravis esse videbatur et sine segnitiā verecundus,

id. Brut. 81, 282: illud gnôthi seauton noli putare ad adrogantiam minuendam solum esse dictum, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7 et saep.:

Pallas tristi adrogantiā taedium sui moverat,

Tac. A. 13, 2:

adrogantiā depravatus,

Vulg. Deut. 18, 20:

adrogantia tua decepit te,

ib. Jer. 49, 16.—

The proud, lordly bearing arising from a consciousness of real or supposed superiority, pride, haughtiness (cf. arrogans):

hujus adrogantiam pertinacia aequabat,

Liv. 5, 8, 11:

avaritia et adrogantia praecipua validiorum vitia,

Tac. H. 1, 51:

tristitiam et adrogantiam et avaritiam exuerat: nec illi, quod est rarissimum, aut facilitas auctoritatem aut severitas amorem deminuit,

id. Agr. 9:

cum magnitudinem et gravitatem summae fortunae retineret, invidiam et adrogantiam effugerat,

id. A. 2, 72; id. Agr. 42:

adrogantia ejus,

Vulg. Isa. 16, 6; ib. Jer. 48, 29.—

A pertinacity in one's demands, obstinacy:

cessurosque se potius adrogantiae Antipatri quam etc.,

Liv. 37, 56 fin.

ar-rŏgo ( adr-, Fleck., B. and K., Dietsch, Halm, Weissenb.; arr-, Holder, Dinter; Keller uses both forms), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Jurid. and polit. t. t.

To ask or inquire of one, to question: Venus haec volo adroget te, * Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 45; cf. Dig. 1, 7, 2.—

Alicui, t. t., to add one officer to another, to associate with, place by the side of:

cui consuli dictatorem adrogari haud satis decorum visum est patribus,

Liv. 7, 25, 11.—

To take a homo sui juris in the place of a child, to adopt (v. arrogatio), Gell. 5, 19, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 7, 1; 1, 7, 2; 1, 7, 22 al.—Hence,

Transf.

To appropriate that which does not belong to one, to claim as one's own, to arrogate to one's self, to assume:

quamquam mihi non sumo tantum, judices, neque adrogo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 1:

non enim mihi tantum derogo, tametsi nihil adrogo, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 32:

sapientiam sibi adrogare,

id. Brut. 85, 292: ego tantum tibi tribuo, [p. 166] quantum mihi fortasse arrogo, id. Fam. 4, 1 fin.:

Quod ex alienā virtute sibi adrogant, id mihi ex meā non concedunt,

Sall. J. 85, 25:

Nihil adrogabo mihi nobilitatis aut modestiae,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

Nec sibi cenarum quivis temere arroget artem,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 35.—

Poet.: alicui aliquid, to adjudge something to another as his own, to confer upon or procure for (opp. abrogare):

Scire velim, chartis pretium quotus adroget annus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35:

decus arrogavit,

id. C. 4, 14, 40:

nihil non arroget armis,

adjudge every thing to arms, think every thing must yield to, id. A. P. 121.— Hence, arrŏgans ( adr-), antis, P. a., acc. to II. A., appropriating something not one's own; hence, assuming, arrogant (syn.: superbus, insolens, ferox).

Lit.:

si essent adrogantes, non possem ferre fastidium,

Cic. Phil. 10, 9:

Induciomarus iste minax atque adrogans,

id. Font. 12; id. Verr. 2, 1, 60:

ne arrogans in praeripiendo populi beneficio videretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1:

pigritia adrogantior,

Quint. 12, 3, 12:

adrogantissima persuasio,

id. Decl. 8, 9.—

As a consequence of assumption, haughty, proud, overbearing, insolent (cf. arrogantia, I. B.):

proponit inania mihi nobilitatis, hoc est hominum adrogantium nomina,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6:

de se persuasio,

Quint. 2, 4, 16:

crudelitas adrogans,

Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

dictum,

id. Sull. 8, 25:

consilium,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 165:

moderatio,

Tac. A. 1, 3:

adversus superiores tristi adulatione, adrogans minoribus, inter pares difficilis,

id. ib. 11, 21:

omnem adrogantem humilia,

Vulg. Job, 40, 6:

abominatio Domino est omnis adrogans,

ib. Prov. 16, 5:

beatos dicimus adrogantes,

ib. Mal. 3, 15.— Adv.: arrŏgan-ter ( adr-), with assumption, arrogantly, haughtily, proudly, insolently:

aliquid dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339; id. Off. 1, 1, 2; Quint. 4, 2, 86:

scribere,

Cic. Att. 6, 1:

aliquid praejudicare,

id. ad Brut. 1, 4:

petere,

id. Lig. 10, 30:

adsentire,

id. Inv. 2, 3, 10:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40: adversarios sustinere, D. Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4: ingredi, * Vulg. Soph. 1, 9:

consulere in deditos,

Tac. Agr. 16.— Comp.:

multo adrogantius factum,

Suet. Caes. 79:

insolentius et adrogantius uti gloriā artis,

Plin. 36, 10, 36, § 71:

adrogantius et elatius praefari,

Gell. 9, 15.— Sup., Oros. 7, 25; 7, 35.

con-tŭmax, ācis, adj. [from the root tem, whence also temno; cf. contemno, and contumelia], insolent, unyielding, obstinate, stiff-necked, stubborn, contumacious.

Prop.

In gen. (freq. and in good prose):

quis contum acior? quis inhumanior? quis superbior?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

Sara in me contumax,

id. Att. 15, 15, 2; cf.:

adversus plebem,

Suet. Tib. 2; and:

populus regibus suis,

Sen. Thyest. 644:

reus (together with arrogans, securus),

Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf.

animus (with arrogantia oris),

Tac. A. 5, 3:

contumaces et mconsultae voces,

id. ib. 4, 60:

preces,

id. ib. 2, 57:

voltus,

Curt. 4, 6, 24:

epistula,

Suet. Claud. 35: filii, Cod. Th. 8, 14, 1.—Rarely in a good sense, unyielding, firm, steadfast:

contumax etiam adversus tormenta servorum fides,

Tac. H. 1, 3 (cf. contumacia).— Poet.:

Hispanis ego contumax capillis,

Mart. 10, 65.— Comp., v. supra.— Sup.:

Fortuna contumacissimum quemque aggreditur,

Sen. Prov. 3, 4; id. Ep. 83, 21.—

Esp., jurid. t. t., that refuses to appear in a court of justice in obedience to a lawful summons:

contumax est, qui... litteris evocatus, praesentiam, sui facere contemnet,

Dig. 42, 1, 53, § 1 sqq.; cf. contumacia, I. B.—

Transf., of animals:

boves,

Col. 6, 2, 10:

gallina ad concubitum,

id. 8, 2, 8.—Of inanimate things, not yielding, furnishing opposition:

lima,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 5:

cardamum frianti,

Plin. 12, 13, 29, § 50:

syllaba,

not fitting into measure, Mart. 9, 12.—Hence, adv.: contŭmācĭter, obstinately, stubbornly, etc.: contumaciter, arroganter, akoinônêtôs solet ad me scribere, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 7:

contumaciter urbaneque vexatum,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3:

omnia agere,

Liv. 2, 58, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 11 et saep.— Comp., Nep. Cim. 2, 5.—In a good sense (cf. contumax and contumacia), firmly, Sen. Ep. 13, 2; Quint. 6, prooem. § 15.—

Transf., of inanimate things:

lapides scalpturae resistunt,

Plin. 37, 7, 30, § 104; in comp., id. 19, 7, 35, § 117.

ef-fĕro or ecfĕro (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 766), extŭli, ēlatum, efferre or ecferre, v. a., to bring or carry out, to bring forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ex navi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 82; cf.

tela, etc., ex aedibus Cethegi,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3 fin.:

argentum jubeo jam intus efferri foras,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 127; id. Most. 2, 1, 58; id. Mil. 4, 8, 4:

argentum ad aliquem,

id. Epid. 5, 1, 27; id. Truc. 3, 1, 16:

machaeram huc,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 53; cf. id. Stich. 2, 2, 28:

puerum extra aedes usquam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:

cistellam domo,

id. Eun. 4, 6, 15; cf.:

cibaria sibi quemque domo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3:

frumentum ab Ilerda,

id. B. C. 1, 78, 1:

piscem de custodia,

Col. 8, 17 fin.:

litteras,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

mucronem,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

vexilla, signa, arma (e castris, extra fines, etc.),

Liv. 10, 19; 27, 2; 29, 21; Tac. H. 3, 31 al.:

ferrum a latere deripuit, elatumque deferebat in pectus,

id. A. 1, 35 fin.: Colchis pedem, Enn. ap. Non. 297, 20; so,

pedem,

Verg. A. 2, 657; cf.

pedem aedibus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

pedem portā,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5; 7, 2, 6; Suet. Tib. 38:

pedem quoquam,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

se hinc (ignis),

Lucr. 6, 89 and 385:

se vallo (equus),

Tac. A. 15, 7:

Furium longius extulit cursus,

Liv. 3, 5; cf.:

Messium impetus per hostes extulit,

id. 4, 29.—

In partic.

Like the Gr. ekpherô, to carry out (of the house) for burial, to bear to the grave, to bury (cf.: cremo, humo, sepelio, prosequor): optumum'st Loces illum efferendum;

nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 32; id. Most. 4, 3, 8 sqq.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 90 Don. and Ruhnk.; 1, 1, 101; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80; Nep. Att. 17; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 18 fin.; Quint. 8, 5, 21; Suet. Aug. 99; Hor. S. 2, 5, 85; Vulg. Luc. 7, 12.—

Transf.: meo unius funere elata populi Romani esset res publica, carried to burial, i. e. overthrown, destroyed, Liv. 28, 28; 24, 22; 31, 29.—

Of a fruit-bearing soil, to bring forth, bear, produce:

id, quod agri efferant,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4 fin.; id. Brut. 4, 16; cf. also id. Verr. 2, 3, 47 fin.; 86 al.—

Transf.:

ea, quae efferant aliquid ex sese, perfectiores habere naturas quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 109; poet.:

(Italia) genus acre virum,

Verg. G. 2, 169.—

Of motion in an upward direction (cf.: erigo and educo, II. B. 1.), to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt, Lucil. ap. Non. 297, 25:

aliquem in murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.:

pars operis in altitudinem turris elata,

id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 103; and Suet. Calig. 32:

corvus e conspectu elatus,

Liv. 7, 26:

pulvis elatus,

id. 4, 33:

elata super capita scuta,

Tac. H. 3, 27: jubar (luna), Petron. Poët. 89, 2, 54; poet.:

caput Auctumnus agris extulit,

Hor. Epod. 2, 18.

Trop.

To set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim:

clamorem,

to raise, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73:

quod neque in vulgum disciplinam efferri velint, neque, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 2, 12, 9:

vocem ejus in vulgus,

Tac. A. 12, 21:

tuum peccatum foras,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 65 Ruhnk.:

hoc foras,

Cic. Phil. 10, 3; so,

clandestina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

rem,

id. ib. 7, 2, 2:

has meas ineptias,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

divinitus dicta,

id. ib. 3, 1 fin. et saep.—With a rel. clause:

posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4.—

In partic., of speech, to utter, pronounce, express, declare:

verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

ut verba inter se ra tione conjuncta sententiam efferant,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 1 Müll.:

si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur,

Cic. Or. 44, 150; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 13:

quae incisim aut membratim efferuntur, ea, etc.,

Cic. Or. 67; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 33; 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 17: pleraque utroque modo efferuntur, luxuriatur, luxuriat, etc., id. 9, 3, 7; cf. id. 1, 5, 16; 64; 2, 14, 2.—

In the pass., qs. to be carried out of one's self by passions, feelings, etc.; to be carried away, transported, hurried away: usque adeo studio atque odio illius efferor ira, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21 fin.; so,

studio,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; cf.

cupiditate,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

vi naturae atque ingenii,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

laetitia,

id. Deiot. 9, 26 (cf. act.:

comitia ista praeclara, quae me laetitia extulerunt,

id. Fam. 2, 10):

incredibili gaudio,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; cf. id. Rep. 3, 30; Suet. Caes. 22:

voluptate canendi ac saltandi,

id. Calig. 54:

popularitate,

id. Ner. 53.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To raise, elevate, exalt:

pretia alicujus rei,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6 fin.:

quorum animi altius se extulerunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus,

id. Cat. 1, 11, 28; cf.:

aliquem supra leges,

Tac. A. 2, 34; and:

aliquem geminatis consulatibus,

id. ib. 1, 3; cf. also id. ib. 4, 40:

aliquem pecunia aut honore,

Sall. J. 49, 4:

patriam demersam extuli,

Cic. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion. 6; Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

aliquem maximis laudibus,

id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14; cf. Nep. Dion. 7 fin.:

aliquid maximis laudibus,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

aliquem laudibus,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

aliquem verbis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

aliquid versibus,

id. Rep. 1, 14;

and simply aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 63:

aliquem in summum odium,

id. H. 4, 42; cf.:

rem in summam invidiam,

Quint. 8, 4, 19.—

In partic., with se, to raise, elevate one's self; to rise, advance (cf.:

appareo, eluceo, exsisto): cum (virtus) se extulit et ostendit suum lumen,

Cic. Lael. 27; cf.

so with a figure borrowed from the heavenly bodies: qua in urbe (Athenis) primum se orator extulit,

id. Brut. 7, 26:

volo se efferat in adolescente fecunditas,

id. de Or. 2, 21.—

In a bad sense, with se, or in the [p. 629] pass., to lift up one's self, to carry one's self high; to be puffed up, haughty, proud on account of any thing (the figure being borrowed from a prancing horse; cf. Liv. 30, 20; and Quint. 10, 3, 10):

nec cohibendo efferentem se fortunam, quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit (Atilius),

Liv. 30, 30:

quod aut cupias ardenter aut adeptus ecferas te insolenter,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

qui enim victoria se ecferunt, quasi victos nos intuentur,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; cf.:

se altius et incivilius,

Flor. 1, 26, 8:

sese audacia, scelere atque superbia,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

hic me magnifice effero,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 31:

(fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

se efferre in potestate,

to be insolent in office, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.:

stulta ac barbara arrogantia elati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3:

recenti victoria,

id. B. G. 5, 47, 4:

spe celeris victoriae,

id. ib. 7, 47, 3:

gloria,

id. B. C. 3, 79, 6:

elatus et inflatus his rebus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

secunda fortuna magnisque opibus,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; id. Milt. 7, 2:

elatus ad vanam fiduciam,

Curt. 3, 19, 10;

but also: ad justam fiduciam,

Liv. 27, 8, 7 et saep.—In the act. (rare, and with a fig. perh. borrowed from the wind): is demum vir erit, cujus animum nec prospera (fortuna) flatu suo efferet ( elates, inflates), nec adversa infringet, Liv. 45, 8 fin. —

Ante-class. and very rare, to carry out to the end, to support, endure: laborem, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 48; cf.: malum patiendo, to get rid of, do away with, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 4, 29, 63 (but not in Lucr. 1, 141, where the better reading is sufferre).—Hence, ēlā-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 3. and II. C. 2.), exalted, lofty, high (rare; cf.: superbus, insolens, arrogans, etc.).

Lit.:

modo in elatiora modo in depressiora clivi,

Col. 2, 4, 10:

elatissimae lucernae,

Tert. Apol. 53.—

Trop.:

animus magnus elatusque,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

verba,

high-sounding, id. Or. 36, 124;

hoc casu elatior Julianus,

Amm. 21, 4, 7; Vulg. Rom. 1, 30:

insula opibus,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2. — Adv.: ēlāte, loftily, proudly:

elate et ample loqui, opp. humiliter demisseque sentire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9:

dicere (opp. summisse),

id. Opt. Gen. 4, 10.— Comp.:

se gerere,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

elatius et arrogantius praefatur,

Gell. 9, 15, 4.

ef-fĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ferus], to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).

Physically:

terram immanitate beluarum efferari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

speciem oris,

Liv. 2, 23; cf.

vultum,

Suet. Calig. 50:

efferantia sese ulcera,

becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.— Poet.:

Mars efferat aurum,

i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.:

homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum,

i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—

Mentally:

gentes sic immanitate efferatae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

militem dux ipse efferavit,

Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29:

animos,

id. 1, 19; 25, 26:

ingenia,

Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19:

efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum,

exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce:

sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

vultus,

Petr. 82, 1:

animi,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.— Comp.:

mores ritusque,

Liv. 34, 24.— Sup.:

effectus,

Sen. Ep. 121, 4:

canes in homines,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.— Adv.: effĕrāte, fiercely:

saevire,

Lact. 5, 20, 10.

fĕrōcĭa, ae, f. [ferox], a wild or untamed spirit, fierceness, in a good or bad sense (class.).

In a good sense, spirit, courage, bravery:

infirmitas puerorum et ferocitas juvenum et gravitas jam constantis aetatis et senectutis maturitas naturale quiddam habet,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 33:

Romana virtus et ferocia,

Liv. 9, 6 fin.:

ferociam animi in vultu retinens,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

si quid ardoris ac ferociae miles habuit,

Tac. H. 2, 76 fin.:

plus tamen ferociae Britanni praeferunt, ut quos nondum longa pax emollierit,

id. Agr. 11 fin.; cf.:

virtus ac ferocia,

id. ib. 31:

ardor ac ferocia,

id. H. 2, 76:

ferociā verborum militem incendebat,

id. ib. 4, 71.—

In a bad sense, savageness, ferocity.

Prop.: ferocitate atque ferocia, Pac. ap. Non. 490, 19: qui comperit ejus vim et effrenatam illam ferociam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 3 (Rep. 5, 8 ed. Mos.):

arrogans atque intoleranda ferocia,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91; 2, 35, 96:

per communes liberos oravit exueret ferociam,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ingeniorum,

Vell. 2, 115, 3:

stolida mentis,

Ov. Hal. 58.—

Transf., of wine, harshness, roughness:

vini,

Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 121.

glōrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [gloria].

(Acc. to gloria, I.) Full of glory, glorious, famous, renowned (syn.:

illustris, praeclarus, magnificus): de clarorum hominum factis illustribus et gloriosis satis hoc loco dictum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt,

id. Deiot. 14, 40:

magnificum illud Romanisque hominibus gloriosum, ut Graecis de philosophia libris non egeant,

id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

in illa fuga, nobis gloriosa,

id. ib. 1, 28, 59:

mors,

id. ib. 1, 24, 51:

consilia,

id. Att. 8, 12, 5:

illa,

Vell. 2, 49, 4:

princeps,

Suet. Calig. 8:

gloriosissimae victoriae,

id. Tib. 52; cf.:

dies gloriosissimus,

Tac. H. 5, 17:

quod ipsi Agamemnoni fuit honestum, habere, etc.... mihi vero gloriosum, te juvenem consulem florere laudibus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf.:

bene de re publica mereri, gloriosum est,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

quod quaesitur gloriosum an indecorum sit,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 1 Dietsch:

in saecula,

Vulg. Dan. 3, 56.—

Vainglorious, boasting, bragging, haughty, conceited, ostentatious (syn.: jactans, arrogans, superbus, insolens, vanus, ostentator).

In gen.:

vos nequam et gloriosae,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 55:

(vir) mendax et gloriosus,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 10; 5, 2, 34; id. Ps. 3, 2, 5:

ubi illa magnifica et gloriosa ostentatio civitatis?

Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

praepotens et gloriosa philosophia,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 193:

epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 13:

pavo, gloriosum animal,

Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 44:

esse gloriosi animi,

eager for glory, Suet. Claud. 1:

miles,

Ter. Eun. prol. 31; 38; cf.

B. infra: vir,

a braggart, Vulg. Prov. 25, 14.—

Esp.: Miles gloriosus, the title of a comedy of Plautus. To this refers:

deforme est, de se ipsum praedicare, falsa praesertim, et cum irrisione audientium imitari Militem gloriosum,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137; and:

milites,

id. Lael. 26, 98.—Hence, adv.: glōrĭōse.

(Acc. to I.) Gloriously: res magnas manu gerere, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

triumphare,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 3; Vulg. Exod. 15, 1.— Comp.:

quia relicua gloriosius retinebat,

Sall. H. 1, 55 Dietsch. — Sup.:

quod per ipsos confici potuit, gloriosissime et magnificentissime confecerunt,

Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2.—

(Acc. to II.) Boastfully, vauntingly, pompously:

exorsus es non gloriose magis a veritate quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 31:

mentiri,

id. Mil. 27, 72; cf.

proloqui,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 4: amiciri, id. Pers. 2, 5, 6:

amicitiam ostentare,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 8 Dietsch.

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

jacto, āvi, ātum (jactarier, Lucr. 6, 556; Enn. Tr. 130), 1, v. freq. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, hurl.

Lit.:

semen,

to scatter, Varr. R. R. 1, 42:

semina per undas,

Ov. M. 4, 748:

jactato flore tegente vias,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 50:

irrita sacrilega jactas incendia dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

hastas,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 316:

vestem argentumque de muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

lapides vacuum in orbem,

Verg. G. 1, 62:

cinerem per agros,

id. ib. 1, 81:

se muris in praeceps,

Curt. 5, 6, 7;

of casting a net: rete,

Dig. 19, 1, 12;

also of dicethrowing: talos arripio, jacto basilicum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79; cf.:

numerosque manu jactabat eburnos,

Ov. A. A. 2, 203; id. ib. 3, 355; Suet. Aug. 71.—

Transf.

To throw or toss about; to shake, flourish:

crura,

Lucr. 4, 991:

brachia in numerum,

id. 4, 769:

manus,

Quint. 11, 3, 179; 10, 3, 21:

umeros,

id. 11, 3, 130:

tinnula manu,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 38:

tintinnabulum,

Phaedr. 2, 7, 5:

onerosa pallia,

Juv. 6, 236:

cerviculam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 49:

nisi se suo more jactavisset,

i. e. to make gestures, id. Brut. 60, 217:

cum multum se Curio ex more jactasset,

Quint. 11, 3, 129:

exsultare immoderateque jactari,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

corpus in suo sanguine,

to wallow, Ov. M. 10, 721:

videntes,

Verg. G. 2, 355:

a facie manus,

to throw kisses, Juv. 3, 106; cf.: jactare basia, id. 4, 118:

oculos,

Lucr. 4, 1133:

lumina,

Ov. H. 3, 11:

jugum,

i. e. to be restless, rebellious, Juv. 13, 22.—

To drive hither and thither, to drive about:

cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95; Ov. H. 17, 235; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 15; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 15:

ut Aeneas pelago... omnia circum Litora jactetur,

Verg. A. 1, 668; 10, 48; 1, 182:

jactati aequore toto Troes,

id. ib. 1, 29; Ov. M. 11, 441 al.:

si quando, ut fit, jactor in turba, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

jactatur domi suae homo honestissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

aestu febrique jactari,

id. Cat. 1, 13.—So of the sea:

ut jactetur aqua,

Lucr. 6, 553:

cito mutata est jactati forma profundi,

Ov. H. 19, 77:

aequora,

id. Tr. 4, 4, 57.—

To throw away:

merces,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

arma,

Liv. 9, 12; Curt. 3, 3, 9.—Esp., to throw overboard, throw into the sea, Dig. 47, 2, 43, § 10; 14, 2, 4, § 2:

jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima,

Juv. 12, 52.—

To throw out, emit, spread:

luna suam jactat de corpore lucem,

Lucr. 5, 576:

voces per umbram,

Verg. A. 2, 768.—

Trop.

To torment, disquiet, disturb:

jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4:

nolo te jactari diutius,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 59:

ipsa velut navis jactor,

Ov. H. 21, 41:

jactari morbis,

Lucr. 3, 507:

clamore et convicio,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5:

aliquem,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.—

Jactare se or jactari, not to be firm, to waver, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10.—Of money, to fluctuate in value:

jactabatur temporibus illis nummus sic, ut nemo posset scire, quid haberet,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80. —

To consider, examine, discuss:

pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

multa totā die in concilio variis jactata sermonibus erant,

i. e. discussed, not decided, Liv. 1, 50, 3:

pectore curas,

Verg. A. 1, 227:

jactari magis quam peragi accusatio ejus poterat,

discussed without a conclusion, to no purpose, Liv. 10, 46, 16.—

To discuss, mention, intimate, pronounce, throw out, utter, speak, say, name, propose a thing:

rem jactare sermonibus,

Liv. 8, 29:

ultro citroque,

id. 7, 9:

jactamus jam pridem omnis te Roma beatum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 18:

talia jactanti, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 102:

jactatum in condicionibus nequiquam de Tarquiniis in regnum restituendis,

Liv. 2, 13, 3:

hanc autem jactari magis causam quam veram esse,

to be rather the pretext than the true reason, id. 5, 53, 2.—

To throw or fling out threats, etc.:

jactare et opponere terrorem,

Cic. Sest. 23, 52:

minas,

id. Quint. 14, 47:

probra in quempiam,

Liv. 29, 9; cf.:

convicia,

Prop. 3, 8, 11.—

To boast of, vaunt a thing:

ostentare honorem aetatis, jactare urbanam gratiam et dignitatem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

ingenium,

Quint. 3, 1, 3:

genus et nomen,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 13:

regna et virtutem,

Ov. H. 16, 81:

quo te jactas creatum,

id. M. 9, 23; Curt. 8, 1, 23.—

With se, to talk boastfully of one's self, to boast, make an ostentatious display.

Absol.:

intolerantius se jactare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, § 209:

non jactandi mei causā,

Quint. Decl. 268.—

With dat.:

se alicui,

to boast of one's self to a person, Ov. H. 12, 175:

se Iliae querenti ultorem,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 18; Liv. 35, 49, 3:

ipse cum se jactaret amicae,

Juv. 1, 62.—

With in or simple abl.:

cum in eo se in contione jactavisset,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

ne quis sit lucus, quo se plus jactet Apollo,

Verg. E. 6, 73.—

With de:

jactat se jamdudum de Calidio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—

With gen.:

se justitiae,

Hier. Ep. 23, 34. —

With two acc.:

se jactare formosum,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 6.—

To carry one's self confidently or conceitedly:

qui antea solitus esset jactare se magnificentissime in illo loco,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3.—

To be officious or active in, to give one's self up to, devote one's self to a thing:

jactare se in causis centumviralibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

nostrum hoc tempus aetatis forensi labore jactari,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5:

in qua (re publica) tu non valde te jactas,

id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

se actionibus tribuniciis,

Liv. 3, 1.—

Se in pecuniis, to be prodigal of one's money, Cic. Cat. 2, 9.—Hence, jactans, antis, P. a., boasting, bragging, boastful, vainglorious.

Lit.: insolens, arrogans, jactans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 322, 13:

epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9:

neque vereor ne jactantior videar, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 23; so Verg. A. 6, 815: jactantior hic paulo est, Hor. S. 1, 3, 50.—With gen.:

tumidus ae sui jactans,

Quint. 11, 1, 50:

plebis jactantissimus amator,

Spart. Hadr. 17.—

Transf., proud, noble, splendid:

septemgemino jactantior aethera pulset Roma jugo,

Stat. S. 4, 1, 6; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 1.— Adv.: jactanter, boastfully, ostentatiously:

minae jactanter sonantes,

Amm. 27, 2, 3; Prud. Ham. 170.— Comp.:

jactantius maerere,

Tac. A. 2, 77:

litteras componere,

id. H. 3, 53; Prud. Ham. 170.

mĭnax, ācis, adj. [1. minor], lit., jutting out, projecting.

Lit. ( poet.):

minaci Pendentem scopulo,

overhanging, projecting, Verg. A. 8, 668:

robur saxi,

overlying, incumbent, Lucr. 1, 881.—

Trop., threatening, menacing, full of threats or menaces (class.).

Of living things:

Indutiomarus iste minax atque arrogans,

Cic. Font. 12, 36; Quint. 11, 3, 72:

vituli nondum metuenda fronte minaces,

Ov. Am. 3, 13, 15.— Sup.:

adversus barbaros minacissimus,

Suet. Calig. 51.—

Of inanimate things:

aequor saevum minaxque,

Ov. H. 19, 85:

fluvii,

Verg. G. 3, 77:

pestilentia minacior,

Liv. 4, 52 litterae, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2:

vox,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 10:

unda,

id. ib. 1, 12, 31:

genus dicendi,

Quint. 11, 1, 3:

vultus,

significant, Calp. 4, 1:

fortuna,

Juv. 10, 52.—Hence, adv.: mĭnācĭter, threateningly, menacingly, with threats or menaces (class.):

adversarios minaciter terrere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

dictum,

Quint. 1, 5, 9.— Comp.:

minacius dicere quam facere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 21.

persuāsĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

Lit., a convincing, persuading, persuasion:

dicere apposite ad persuasionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6:

difficilis,

Just. 34, 4, 3.—

Transf., conviction, persuasion, belief, opinion (postAug.):

falsam sibi scientiae persuasionem induerunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 8:

arrogans de se persuasio,

id. 2, 4, 16:

persuasionis plenus cuncta fato agi,

Suet. Tib. 69:

persuasio est,

it is a prevalent opinion, Plin. 30, 13, 39, §

115: persuasio durat in magnā parte vulgi,

id. 25, 2, 5, § 10.

sŭperbus, a, um, adj. [super; cf. Gr. huperbios].

In a bad sense, that thinks himself above others, haughty, proud, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, uncivil, rude, supercilious, domineering (cf.: arrogans, insolens, fastidiosus, vanus, elatus): reges odisse superbos, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7:

reges,

Lucr. 5, 1222:

domini,

id. 2, 1091; Verg. A. 12, 236:

juvenis,

id. ib. 3, 326; 10, [p. 1805] 514:

victor,

id. G. 3, 226:

non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64:

freti virtute et viribus superbi,

id. Am. 1, 1, 58:

superbum se praebuit in fortunā,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1:

vide ne superbi (animi) sit aspernari ejusdem liberalitatem,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

licet superbus ambules pecuniā,

id. ib. 4, 5:

opibus superbi,

Verg. A. 5, 268:

utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit, an quod te imperator consulit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1:

laudato pavone superbior,

Ov. M. 13, 802:

homines superbissimi,

Sall. J. 31, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 57, 6: eum, qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, superbum judico magis quam sapientem,

Liv. 44, 22, 11:

non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit,

id. 42, 40, 2.—In a pun on the literal meaning of super: Merc. Faciam ego te superbum, nisi hinc abis. So. Quonam modo? Merc. Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, I will make you, i. e. one who rides or is carried, rather than walks, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 201.—

Transf., of things concr. or abstr.:

aures,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 169:

arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 5:

postisque superbos Unguit amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1179:

sceptra,

id. 5, 1137:

voces,

id. 5, 1173:

dens,

delicate, fastidious, squeamish, Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

corpus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 109:

inguen,

id. Epod. 8, 19:

manus,

Sen. Med. 205:

vultus,

id. Herc. Fur. 721:

non est inhumana virtus neque immanis neque superba,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

victoria, quae naturā insolens et superba est,

id. Marcell. 3, 9:

pax,

Liv. 9, 12, 1:

jura,

id. 31, 29, 9; cf.:

superbissima lex,

id. 4, 4, 10:

mutatio vestis,

id. 9, 18, 4:

vita,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 48:

aures quarum est judicium superbissimum,

i. e. very severe, utterly impartial, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

scilicet aspera mea natura, difficilis aditus, superba responsa,

uncivil, arrogant, id. Vatin. 3, 8:

cujus tu superbissima decreta et preces repudiasti,

id. Pis. 27, 64:

ipsum dicendi genus nihil superbum, nihil elatum saltem ac sublime desideret,

Quint. 6, 2, 19; cf. id. 11, 1, 37.—With foll. inf., Sil. 3, 374; 12, 433; 14, 646.— Neutr. absol.:

reliqua multo major multitudo neque excluderetur suffragiis, ne superbum esset, nec valeret nimis, ne esset periculosum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

superba loqui,

Prop. 1, 10, 22.—Superbum est, with a subject-clause, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 45; Ov. M. 13, 17.—

Sŭperbus, i, m., surname of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. F. 2, 718 al.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

In a good sense, proud, superior, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent, superb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae (virtus) inter hanc fortunam et illam superba incedit cum magno utriusque contemptu,

Sen. Ep. 76, 21:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21:

animae virtute et factis,

Sil. 10, 573:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 3; 1, 37, 31:

merum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 27; cf.:

limina civium potentiorum,

id. Epod. 2, 7:

postes,

id. C. 4, 15, 7:

Tibur,

Verg. A. 7, 630:

Phoebe superbe lyrā,

Tib. 4, 2, 22:

sedes Dolopum,

Verg. A. 2, 785; Cat. 64, 85:

domus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 509:

dapes,

Mart. 3, 45, 3.—

In partic.

Superba pira, an excellent kind of pear, perh. the muscatel, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; cf. superbia, II. B.—

Olivae, of a very large and plump kind, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17.—

Herba = chamaemeli, App. Herb. 23.—Hence, adv. (acc. to I.), haughtily, proudly, superciliously.

Form sŭ-perbē, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 38; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 22; Lucr. 5, 1224:

imperare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 (with crudeliter); Liv. 2, 45, 6 (with insolenter); 37, 10, 2 (with contemptim); 24, 25, 8 (opp. humiliter); 9, 14;

10, 10: Rhodii, superbe commemoratis meritis suis, etc.,

id. 44, 14, 8.—

Form sŭperbĭter (anteclass.), Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 515, 10 sq.; 516, 1; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180, 40 Vahl.).—

Comp.:

superbius,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

preces alicujus superbius accipere,

Tac. A. 2, 37.—

Sup.:

superbissime,

Cic. Pis. 27, 64.

sŭperbus, a, um, adj. [super; cf. Gr. huperbios].

In a bad sense, that thinks himself above others, haughty, proud, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, uncivil, rude, supercilious, domineering (cf.: arrogans, insolens, fastidiosus, vanus, elatus): reges odisse superbos, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7:

reges,

Lucr. 5, 1222:

domini,

id. 2, 1091; Verg. A. 12, 236:

juvenis,

id. ib. 3, 326; 10, [p. 1805] 514:

victor,

id. G. 3, 226:

non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64:

freti virtute et viribus superbi,

id. Am. 1, 1, 58:

superbum se praebuit in fortunā,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1:

vide ne superbi (animi) sit aspernari ejusdem liberalitatem,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

licet superbus ambules pecuniā,

id. ib. 4, 5:

opibus superbi,

Verg. A. 5, 268:

utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit, an quod te imperator consulit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1:

laudato pavone superbior,

Ov. M. 13, 802:

homines superbissimi,

Sall. J. 31, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 57, 6: eum, qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, superbum judico magis quam sapientem,

Liv. 44, 22, 11:

non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit,

id. 42, 40, 2.—In a pun on the literal meaning of super: Merc. Faciam ego te superbum, nisi hinc abis. So. Quonam modo? Merc. Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, I will make you, i. e. one who rides or is carried, rather than walks, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 201.—

Transf., of things concr. or abstr.:

aures,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 169:

arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 5:

postisque superbos Unguit amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1179:

sceptra,

id. 5, 1137:

voces,

id. 5, 1173:

dens,

delicate, fastidious, squeamish, Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

corpus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 109:

inguen,

id. Epod. 8, 19:

manus,

Sen. Med. 205:

vultus,

id. Herc. Fur. 721:

non est inhumana virtus neque immanis neque superba,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

victoria, quae naturā insolens et superba est,

id. Marcell. 3, 9:

pax,

Liv. 9, 12, 1:

jura,

id. 31, 29, 9; cf.:

superbissima lex,

id. 4, 4, 10:

mutatio vestis,

id. 9, 18, 4:

vita,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 48:

aures quarum est judicium superbissimum,

i. e. very severe, utterly impartial, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

scilicet aspera mea natura, difficilis aditus, superba responsa,

uncivil, arrogant, id. Vatin. 3, 8:

cujus tu superbissima decreta et preces repudiasti,

id. Pis. 27, 64:

ipsum dicendi genus nihil superbum, nihil elatum saltem ac sublime desideret,

Quint. 6, 2, 19; cf. id. 11, 1, 37.—With foll. inf., Sil. 3, 374; 12, 433; 14, 646.— Neutr. absol.:

reliqua multo major multitudo neque excluderetur suffragiis, ne superbum esset, nec valeret nimis, ne esset periculosum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

superba loqui,

Prop. 1, 10, 22.—Superbum est, with a subject-clause, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 45; Ov. M. 13, 17.—

Sŭperbus, i, m., surname of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. F. 2, 718 al.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

In a good sense, proud, superior, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent, superb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae (virtus) inter hanc fortunam et illam superba incedit cum magno utriusque contemptu,

Sen. Ep. 76, 21:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21:

animae virtute et factis,

Sil. 10, 573:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 3; 1, 37, 31:

merum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 27; cf.:

limina civium potentiorum,

id. Epod. 2, 7:

postes,

id. C. 4, 15, 7:

Tibur,

Verg. A. 7, 630:

Phoebe superbe lyrā,

Tib. 4, 2, 22:

sedes Dolopum,

Verg. A. 2, 785; Cat. 64, 85:

domus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 509:

dapes,

Mart. 3, 45, 3.—

In partic.

Superba pira, an excellent kind of pear, perh. the muscatel, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; cf. superbia, II. B.—

Olivae, of a very large and plump kind, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17.—

Herba = chamaemeli, App. Herb. 23.—Hence, adv. (acc. to I.), haughtily, proudly, superciliously.

Form sŭ-perbē, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 38; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 22; Lucr. 5, 1224:

imperare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 (with crudeliter); Liv. 2, 45, 6 (with insolenter); 37, 10, 2 (with contemptim); 24, 25, 8 (opp. humiliter); 9, 14;

10, 10: Rhodii, superbe commemoratis meritis suis, etc.,

id. 44, 14, 8.—

Form sŭperbĭter (anteclass.), Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 515, 10 sq.; 516, 1; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180, 40 Vahl.).—

Comp.:

superbius,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

preces alicujus superbius accipere,

Tac. A. 2, 37.—

Sup.:

superbissime,

Cic. Pis. 27, 64.