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1 accipiō
accipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere [ad+capio], to take without effort, receive, get, accept. — Of voluntary taking, to take, accept, take into possession, receive: obsides, Cs.: divitias, N.: aliquid a patre, inherit, N.: suspitio acceptae pecuniae ob rem iudicandam (of a bribe): pecuniam per Volcatium, by the hands of: alqm gremio, V.: milites urbe tectisve, L.: sucos ore aut volnere, O. — Fig.: oculis aut pectore noctem, V.—To admit, let in: armatos in arcem, L.: alqm in amicitiam: (parentes) in civitatem, to citizenship, L.— To take under protection: (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo, T.: taedā accepta iugali, i. e. wedded, O.—To receive as a guest, entertain, welcome: Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean, V.: quam Delos orantem accepit, O.: (eum) in vestram fidem, into your confidence.— Ironically, to entertain, deal with, treat: indignis modis, T.: quo te modo accepissem, nisi iratus essem: eum male acceptum... coegit, etc. (of a defeated enemy), N.—In busines, to collect (money): a praetore pecuniam. — acceptus, P., received, collected: accepta pecunia. — Esp. in the phrase, referre acceptum (alqd), to credit, give credit for: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli, entered to the credit of inheritance, i. e. owe to bequests: alcui vitam suam referre acceptam, acknowledge that he owes his life, etc.: salutem imperi uni omnes acceptam relaturos, Cs. — In law: sponsionem acceptam facere, to discharge the bond, acknowledge payment of the sponsio.—Of involuntary taking, to receive, get, be the recipient of, take, submit to, suffer, bear: volnera tergo, V.: graviore volnere accepto, Cs.: cum semel accepit solem (leo), has felt the power of, H.: hunc metum, i. e. take this risk, T.: contumeliam, T. — Esp. of places, to admit, take in, receive, open to: Strophadum me litora primum Accipiunt, V.: nullae eum urbes accipiunt, nulla moenia, L.: illum unda accipit sinu vasto, V. — Fig., of perception and thought: quae accepi auribus, T.: mandata auribus: quem ipse accepi oculis animoque sensum, hunc, etc., the impression I received.—In gen., to take, hear, attend to, perceive, understand, learn: Accipe nunc Danaum insidias, listen to, V.: sicut ego accepi, as I have heard, S.: ut accepi a senibus: accipite... veterem orationem Archytae: quae postea acciderant, Cs.: reliquos ne famā quidem acceperunt, have not heard of them, Cs.: si te aequo animo ferre accipiet, T.: hoc sic fieri solere accepimus: ex parente ita accepi, munditias mulieribus convenire, S.: ut celeriter acciperet quae tradebantur, understood, N.— Absol: non recte accipis, T.: volenti animo de ambobus acceperant, had eagerly welcomed news of both, S.—In partic., of a word or pledge, take: accipe daque fidem, i. e. exchange solemn assurances, V.—Praegn., to take, interpret, explain: ad contumeliam omnia, to regard as an insult, T.: his in maius acceptis, being exaggerated, L.: hoc in bonam partem, take kindly: alqd durius: facinus severe accipere, with displeasure: aliter tuom amorem atque est, T.: aequo animo, S. — Accipere aliquid in omen, to regard a thing as an omen, accept the omen: id a plerisque in omen magni terroris acceptum, L.; but accipere omen, to receive as a ( favorable) omen, L.—With ellips. of omen: Accipio, adgnoscoque deos, I accept ( the omen) and, etc., V.—To accept, be satisfied with, approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta. Pam. Accipio, T.: ‘equi te esse feri similem, dico.’ Ridemus et ipse Messius, ‘accipio,’ I allow it, exactly so, H.: ab hoste armato condicionem, Cs.— To take upon one, undertake, assume, undergo: bellum, quod novus imperator noster accipiat, in which... succeeds to the command: causam: eos (magistratūs): iudicium (of the defendant), stand the trial: iudicium accipere pro Quinctio, i. e. agree for Q. to stand trial.* * *accipere, accepi, acceptus V TRANStake, grasp, receive, accept, undertake; admit, let in, hear, learn; obey -
2 augeō
augeō auxī (auxitis for auxeritis, L.), auctus, ēre [AVG-], to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, extend: in augendā re, accumulating: industriam, T.: benevolentiam: vim morbi, L.: numerum: annos, O: copias, S.: flammam, feed, O.: volucrum turbam, to be changed into birds, O.: rem bonis rationibus: gratiā possessiones, N.: (dona) meis venatibus, i. e. offered additional gifts, V.: terram imbribus, to enrich: secando volnus, Cu.: amnis imbribus auctus, O.: aucto in barbarum cognomento, lengthened, Ta. — Supin. acc.: licentiam auctum properatis, S. — Fig., to magnify, exalt, praise, extol: quae vellet: munus suum: hostium vim. — To exaggerate: fama (proelium) multis auxerat partibus, had exaggerated, Cs.: multitudinem, Cu.: aucta est apud hostes fama, Ta.— To furnish abundantly, enrich, load: bonis auctibus (ea omnia) auxitis L. (old prayer): te scientiā: auctus praedā: senectus augeri solet consilio: augeaturi isto honore is vir: damno auctus, enriched by a loss, T. — To honor, advance: te augendum, putavi: honoribus auctus, H.* * *augere, auxi, auctus V TRANSincrease, enlarge, augment; spread; honor, promote, raise; exalt; make a lot of -
3 māximus
māximus [1 MAC-].—Of size, large, great, big, high, tall, long, broad, extensive, spacious: fons, S.: aedificium: urbs: solitudines, S.: simulacrum facere maius: oppidum non maximum maximis locis decoravit: aquae magnae fuerunt, inundations, L.: Maior (belua) dimidio, by half, H.: maior videri (Scylla), statelier, V.: Calceus pede maior, too large for, H.: onus parvo corpore maius, H.—Of number or quantity, great, large, abundant, considerable, much: numerus frumenti: copia pabuli, Cs.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri: tibi praeda cedat Maior an illi, i. e. the victor's spoils, H.: populus, V.: tribunorum pars maior, the majority, L.: turba clientium maior, more numerous, H.: maximum pondus auri: Si maiorem feci rem, increased my estate, H.—Of value, great, large, considerable: magni preti servi: ager preti maioris, T.: magna munera et maiora promissa, S.: cuius auctoritas magni habebatur, was highly esteemed, Cs.: qui auctoritatem magni putet, esteems highly: quem tu Non magni pendis, H.: multo maioris vēnire, dearer, Ph.: quorum longe maximi consilia fuerunt, most valuable: haec te semper fecit maxumi, prized most highly, T.: conduxit non magno domum, at no high price: magno illi ea cunctatio stetit, cost him dear, L.—Of force, strong, powerful, vehement, loud: manu magnā euntem Inpulit, V.: magnā voce confiteri: strenitus, H.—Of time, great, long, extended: annum, V.: annum, i. e. the Platonic cycle of the heavens.—Early, high, long past: iam magno natu, aged, N.: magno natu non sufficientibus viribus, through old age, L.: maximo natu filius, N.: maior patria, original, Cu.—Of persons, aged, old, advanced ; only in comp. and sup, elder, eldest: omnes maiores natu, elders, Cs.: maior natu quam Plautus: frater suus maior natu, elder, L.: maximus natu ex iis, the oldest, L.: ex duobus filiis maior, Cs.: Maior Neronum, the elder, H.: (homo) annos natus maior quadraginta, more than forty years old: annos natast sedecim, non maior, T.: non maior annis quinquaginta, L.— Plur m. as subst: maiores, the fathers, ancestors, ancients, men of old: maiores vestri: nostri: more maiorum.—Fig., great, noble, grand, mighty, important, weighty, momentous: rebus maximis gestis: missi magnis de rebus, important business, H.: in agro maiora opera: causa, weighty: omen, significant, V.: spectaculum, impressive, H.: aliquid invadere magnum, enterprise, V.: haud magna memoratu res est, L.—As subst n.: id magnum est, a great thing: magna di curant, parva neglegunt: maiora audere, V.: ad maiora properat oratio: magnum loqui, loftily, H.: Omnia magna loquens, of everything magnificent, H.—Of rank or station, great, high, eminent, powerful: potestas: dignitas: di, Enn. ap. C.: rex Olympi, V.: maximus Ilioneus, V.: maiorum ne quis amicus, one of your great friends, H.: Iuppiter optimus maximus: pontifex maximus, chief: maioribus uti, associate with superiors, H.—Of mind or character, great, elevated, noble, lofty: vir acris animi magnique: magno animo est: vir magnus: Cato magnus habetur, S.: magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, N.: invidiā maior, above, H.: maior reprensis, greater than those criticised, H.: nebulo, thorough-paced, T.: fur. —In force or degree, great, severe, strong, intense: morbi: dolor, Cs.: minae: amor, V.: gemitus luctusque: quid potuere maius? more heinous, H.: Mari virtutem in maius celebrare, magnify, S.: his in maius etiam acceptis, L.: incerta in maius vero ferri solent, be exaggerated, L.— Proud, boastful, lofty, assuming: nobis ut res dant sese, ita magni atque humiles sumus, T.: lingua, H.: verba, V. -
4 multiplex
multiplex icis, adj. [multus+PARC-], with many folds, much-winding: alvus.— With many windings, full of concealed places: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu: domus, the labyrinth, O.— Manifold, many times as great, far more: multiplex caedes utrimque facta, is exaggerated, L.: multiplici captā praediā, L.: multiplex quam pro numero damnum est, L.—As subst n.: multiplex accipere, many times as much, L.— Of many parts, manifold, many: lorica, V.: fetūs: multiplici constructae dape mensae, Ct.—Fig., varied, complicated: res: sermones.— Changeable, versatile, inexplicable: ingenium: natura.* * *(gen.), multiplicis ADJhaving many twists/turns; having many layers/thicknesses, many deep; complex; multitudinous, many at once/together; numerous; changeable/shifting; versatile -
5 superlatus
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6 amplificatio
amplĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [amplifico], a widening; hence,I.An extending, enlarging, increasing (perh. only in Cic.):II.pecuniae,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:rei familiaris,
id. Off. 1, 8, 25.— Trop.:honoris et gloriae,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42.—In rhet. t. t., an exaggerated description of an object, an amplification, Auct. ad Her. 2, 30; Cic. Part. Or. 15; Quint. 2, 5, 9; 5, 10, 99; v. amplifico, II. -
7 immoderatio
immŏdĕrātĭo ( inm-), ōnis, f. [immoderatus], want of moderation, excess (rare):II.efferri immoderatione verborum,
i. e. exaggerated expressions, Cic. Sull. 10, 30: potūs, Ambros. de Elia et Jejun. 12, 44. — -
8 inmoderatio
immŏdĕrātĭo ( inm-), ōnis, f. [immoderatus], want of moderation, excess (rare):II.efferri immoderatione verborum,
i. e. exaggerated expressions, Cic. Sull. 10, 30: potūs, Ambros. de Elia et Jejun. 12, 44. — -
9 intendo
in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.I.Lit.A.In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:B.dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—To bend a bow, etc.:C.ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—To aim or direct at a thing:D.tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:II.tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—Trop.A.To strain or stretch towards, to extend:B.aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—Esp.1.To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:2.digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:3.parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:4.intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:C.intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:(β).pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—With inf.:D.quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:E.se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:F.si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—To maintain, assert:G.eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:H.alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—I.Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—K.In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—L.In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:1.primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.inten-tus, a, um.A. B. (α).With dat.:(β).quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—With abl.:C.aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—Absol., eager, intent:D.at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —Strict:E.intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—Raised:F.intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:2.sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —intensus, a, um.A. B.Violent:C.intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19. -
10 intense
in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.I.Lit.A.In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:B.dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—To bend a bow, etc.:C.ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—To aim or direct at a thing:D.tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:II.tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—Trop.A.To strain or stretch towards, to extend:B.aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—Esp.1.To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:2.digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:3.parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:4.intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:C.intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:(β).pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—With inf.:D.quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:E.se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:F.si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—To maintain, assert:G.eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:H.alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—I.Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—K.In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—L.In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:1.primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.inten-tus, a, um.A. B. (α).With dat.:(β).quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—With abl.:C.aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—Absol., eager, intent:D.at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —Strict:E.intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—Raised:F.intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:2.sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —intensus, a, um.A. B.Violent:C.intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19. -
11 intensus
in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.I.Lit.A.In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:B.dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—To bend a bow, etc.:C.ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—To aim or direct at a thing:D.tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:II.tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—Trop.A.To strain or stretch towards, to extend:B.aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—Esp.1.To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:2.digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:3.parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:4.intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:C.intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:(β).pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—With inf.:D.quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:E.se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:F.si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—To maintain, assert:G.eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:H.alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—I.Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—K.In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—L.In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:1.primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.inten-tus, a, um.A. B. (α).With dat.:(β).quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—With abl.:C.aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—Absol., eager, intent:D.at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —Strict:E.intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—Raised:F.intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:2.sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —intensus, a, um.A. B.Violent:C.intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19. -
12 Magnus
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
16 maxumus
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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sŭper-fĕro, ferre, v. a.I.To carry over or beyond, to place or put over (postAug.):II. B.pedem parturienti,
Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 103. — Pass., to go, ride, fly, swim, etc., over:pisces,
Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58; App. de Mundo fin.; Tert. Bapt. 4; Mart. Cap. 8, § 882. —To raise high, carry over the head:aurum,
Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84.—Hence, sŭperlātus, a, um, P. a., extravagant, excessive, exaggerated:verba (with translata),
Cic. Part. Or. 15, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 43. -
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sŭperlātīvus, a, um, adj. [superlatus];II.in gram.: nomen,
superlative, in the superlative degree, Charis. p. 87 P.; Prisc. p. 605 ib.—Hyperbolic, exaggerated:sententiae,
Isid. 2, 21, 16. — Hence, adv.: sŭperlātīvē, superlatively, in the superlative, Charis. p. 87 P. -
19 superlativus
sŭperlātīvus, a, um, adj. [superlatus];II.in gram.: nomen,
superlative, in the superlative degree, Charis. p. 87 P.; Prisc. p. 605 ib.—Hyperbolic, exaggerated:sententiae,
Isid. 2, 21, 16. — Hence, adv.: sŭperlātīvē, superlatively, in the superlative, Charis. p. 87 P.
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