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1 imi

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:
ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,
Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:
Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.
also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
loca,
the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:
fulmina,
that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:
navigatio infero,
upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
B.
In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:
triceps apud inferos Cerberus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,
were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:
si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,
to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
inferorum animas elicere,
id. Vatin. 6, 14:
ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,
in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:
ab inferis excitare aliquem,
i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
II.
Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
A.
Lit.:
spatium,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:
locus,
id. ib. 2, 25:
pars,
id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.
superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,
downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:
scriptura,
Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
B.
Trop.
1.
Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:
erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,
lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:
aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,
id. Brut. 49, 182; and:
inferioris aetatis esse,
id. ib. 64, 228:
inferiores quinque dies,
the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
2.
Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
(α).
With abl. specif.:
voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:
inferior fortunā,
id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:
dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:
inferiores animo,
Caes. B. G. 3, 24:
quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,
Cic. Brut. 8:
erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:
ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,
Cic. Lael. 2.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,
Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
(γ).
Absol.:
inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §
71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:
indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,
id. Quint. 31:
supplices inferioresque,
id. Font. 11:
ordines,
Caes. B. C. 1, 46:
crudelis in inferiores,
Auct. Her. 4, 40:
non inferiora secutus,
naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
III.
Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
A.
Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;
but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,
Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:
ab infimis radicibus montis,
id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:
cum scripsissem haec infima,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:
ab infima ara,
from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:
sub infimo colle,
the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:
ab infimo,
from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:
collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;
v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,
id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,
ad infimum,
at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:
collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,
at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
2.
Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:
infima faex populi,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:
condicio servorum,
id. Off. 1, 13:
infimo loco natus,
id. Fl. 11:
summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,
id. Off. 2, 12:
humilitas natalium,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:
preces,
the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):
quid summe est, quid infime,
Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
B.
Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
terra ima sede semper haeret,
id. Rep. 6, 18:
fundo in imo,
at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:
conviva,
that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:
ad imam quercum,
at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:
in aure ima,
at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
A.
Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:
aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:
pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,
Ov. F. 5, 665. —
B.
īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:
ab imo ad summum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:
locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,
tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,
id. ib. 4, 17:
suspirare ab imo,
to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:
(aures) instabiles imo facit,
at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:
aquae perspicuae imo,
down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:
ima summis mutare,
to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:
ima,
the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:
ima maris,
the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:
ima montis,
the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
2.
Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):
mensis,
Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:
nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,
Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:
si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,
till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:
dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,
at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imi
2 imum

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:
ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,
Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:
Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.
also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
loca,
the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:
fulmina,
that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:
navigatio infero,
upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
B.
In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:
triceps apud inferos Cerberus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,
were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:
si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,
to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
inferorum animas elicere,
id. Vatin. 6, 14:
ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,
in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:
ab inferis excitare aliquem,
i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
II.
Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
A.
Lit.:
spatium,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:
locus,
id. ib. 2, 25:
pars,
id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.
superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,
downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:
scriptura,
Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
B.
Trop.
1.
Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:
erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,
lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:
aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,
id. Brut. 49, 182; and:
inferioris aetatis esse,
id. ib. 64, 228:
inferiores quinque dies,
the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
2.
Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
(α).
With abl. specif.:
voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:
inferior fortunā,
id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:
dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:
inferiores animo,
Caes. B. G. 3, 24:
quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,
Cic. Brut. 8:
erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:
ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,
Cic. Lael. 2.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,
Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
(γ).
Absol.:
inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §
71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:
indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,
id. Quint. 31:
supplices inferioresque,
id. Font. 11:
ordines,
Caes. B. C. 1, 46:
crudelis in inferiores,
Auct. Her. 4, 40:
non inferiora secutus,
naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
III.
Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
A.
Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;
but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,
Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:
ab infimis radicibus montis,
id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:
cum scripsissem haec infima,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:
ab infima ara,
from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:
sub infimo colle,
the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:
ab infimo,
from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:
collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;
v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,
id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,
ad infimum,
at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:
collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,
at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
2.
Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:
infima faex populi,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:
condicio servorum,
id. Off. 1, 13:
infimo loco natus,
id. Fl. 11:
summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,
id. Off. 2, 12:
humilitas natalium,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:
preces,
the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):
quid summe est, quid infime,
Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
B.
Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
terra ima sede semper haeret,
id. Rep. 6, 18:
fundo in imo,
at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:
conviva,
that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:
ad imam quercum,
at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:
in aure ima,
at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
A.
Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:
aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:
pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,
Ov. F. 5, 665. —
B.
īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:
ab imo ad summum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:
locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,
tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,
id. ib. 4, 17:
suspirare ab imo,
to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:
(aures) instabiles imo facit,
at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:
aquae perspicuae imo,
down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:
ima summis mutare,
to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:
ima,
the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:
ima maris,
the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:
ima montis,
the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
2.
Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):
mensis,
Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:
nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,
Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:
si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,
till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:
dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,
at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imum
3 inferiores

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:
ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,
Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:
Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.
also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
loca,
the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:
fulmina,
that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:
navigatio infero,
upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
B.
In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:
triceps apud inferos Cerberus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,
were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:
si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,
to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
inferorum animas elicere,
id. Vatin. 6, 14:
ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,
in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:
ab inferis excitare aliquem,
i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
II.
Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
A.
Lit.:
spatium,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:
locus,
id. ib. 2, 25:
pars,
id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.
superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,
downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:
scriptura,
Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
B.
Trop.
1.
Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:
erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,
lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:
aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,
id. Brut. 49, 182; and:
inferioris aetatis esse,
id. ib. 64, 228:
inferiores quinque dies,
the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
2.
Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
(α).
With abl. specif.:
voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:
inferior fortunā,
id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:
dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:
inferiores animo,
Caes. B. G. 3, 24:
quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,
Cic. Brut. 8:
erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:
ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,
Cic. Lael. 2.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,
Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
(γ).
Absol.:
inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §
71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:
indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,
id. Quint. 31:
supplices inferioresque,
id. Font. 11:
ordines,
Caes. B. C. 1, 46:
crudelis in inferiores,
Auct. Her. 4, 40:
non inferiora secutus,
naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
III.
Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
A.
Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;
but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,
Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:
ab infimis radicibus montis,
id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:
cum scripsissem haec infima,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:
ab infima ara,
from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:
sub infimo colle,
the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:
ab infimo,
from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:
collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;
v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,
id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,
ad infimum,
at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:
collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,
at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
2.
Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:
infima faex populi,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:
condicio servorum,
id. Off. 1, 13:
infimo loco natus,
id. Fl. 11:
summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,
id. Off. 2, 12:
humilitas natalium,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:
preces,
the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):
quid summe est, quid infime,
Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
B.
Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
terra ima sede semper haeret,
id. Rep. 6, 18:
fundo in imo,
at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:
conviva,
that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:
ad imam quercum,
at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:
in aure ima,
at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
A.
Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:
aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:
pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,
Ov. F. 5, 665. —
B.
īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:
ab imo ad summum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:
locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,
tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,
id. ib. 4, 17:
suspirare ab imo,
to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:
(aures) instabiles imo facit,
at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:
aquae perspicuae imo,
down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:
ima summis mutare,
to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:
ima,
the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:
ima maris,
the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:
ima montis,
the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
2.
Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):
mensis,
Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:
nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,
Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:
si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,
till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:
dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,
at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inferiores
4 inferus

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:
ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,
Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:
Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.
also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
loca,
the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:
fulmina,
that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:
navigatio infero,
upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
B.
In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:
triceps apud inferos Cerberus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,
were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:
si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,
to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
inferorum animas elicere,
id. Vatin. 6, 14:
ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,
in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:
ab inferis excitare aliquem,
i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
II.
Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
A.
Lit.:
spatium,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:
locus,
id. ib. 2, 25:
pars,
id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.
superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,
downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:
scriptura,
Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
B.
Trop.
1.
Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:
erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,
lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:
aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,
id. Brut. 49, 182; and:
inferioris aetatis esse,
id. ib. 64, 228:
inferiores quinque dies,
the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
2.
Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
(α).
With abl. specif.:
voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:
inferior fortunā,
id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:
dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:
inferiores animo,
Caes. B. G. 3, 24:
quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,
Cic. Brut. 8:
erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:
ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,
Cic. Lael. 2.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,
Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
(γ).
Absol.:
inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §
71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:
indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,
id. Quint. 31:
supplices inferioresque,
id. Font. 11:
ordines,
Caes. B. C. 1, 46:
crudelis in inferiores,
Auct. Her. 4, 40:
non inferiora secutus,
naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
III.
Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
A.
Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;
but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,
Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:
ab infimis radicibus montis,
id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:
cum scripsissem haec infima,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:
ab infima ara,
from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:
sub infimo colle,
the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:
ab infimo,
from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:
collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;
v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,
id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,
ad infimum,
at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:
collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,
at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
2.
Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:
infima faex populi,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:
condicio servorum,
id. Off. 1, 13:
infimo loco natus,
id. Fl. 11:
summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,
id. Off. 2, 12:
humilitas natalium,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:
preces,
the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):
quid summe est, quid infime,
Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
B.
Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
terra ima sede semper haeret,
id. Rep. 6, 18:
fundo in imo,
at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:
conviva,
that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:
ad imam quercum,
at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:
in aure ima,
at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
A.
Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:
aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:
pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,
Ov. F. 5, 665. —
B.
īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:
ab imo ad summum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:
locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,
tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,
id. ib. 4, 17:
suspirare ab imo,
to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:
(aures) instabiles imo facit,
at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:
aquae perspicuae imo,
down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:
ima summis mutare,
to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:
ima,
the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:
ima maris,
the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:
ima montis,
the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
2.
Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):
mensis,
Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:
nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,
Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:
si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,
till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:
dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,
at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inferus
5 infime

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:
ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,
Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:
Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.
also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
loca,
the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:
fulmina,
that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:
navigatio infero,
upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
B.
In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:
triceps apud inferos Cerberus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,
were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:
si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,
to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
inferorum animas elicere,
id. Vatin. 6, 14:
ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,
in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:
ab inferis excitare aliquem,
i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
II.
Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
A.
Lit.:
spatium,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:
locus,
id. ib. 2, 25:
pars,
id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.
superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,
downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:
scriptura,
Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
B.
Trop.
1.
Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:
erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,
lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:
aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,
id. Brut. 49, 182; and:
inferioris aetatis esse,
id. ib. 64, 228:
inferiores quinque dies,
the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
2.
Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
(α).
With abl. specif.:
voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:
inferior fortunā,
id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:
dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:
inferiores animo,
Caes. B. G. 3, 24:
quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,
Cic. Brut. 8:
erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:
ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,
Cic. Lael. 2.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,
Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
(γ).
Absol.:
inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §
71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:
indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,
id. Quint. 31:
supplices inferioresque,
id. Font. 11:
ordines,
Caes. B. C. 1, 46:
crudelis in inferiores,
Auct. Her. 4, 40:
non inferiora secutus,
naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
III.
Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
A.
Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;
but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,
Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:
ab infimis radicibus montis,
id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:
cum scripsissem haec infima,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:
ab infima ara,
from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:
sub infimo colle,
the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:
ab infimo,
from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:
collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;
v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,
id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,
ad infimum,
at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:
collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,
at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
2.
Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:
infima faex populi,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:
condicio servorum,
id. Off. 1, 13:
infimo loco natus,
id. Fl. 11:
summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,
id. Off. 2, 12:
humilitas natalium,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:
preces,
the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):
quid summe est, quid infime,
Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
B.
Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
terra ima sede semper haeret,
id. Rep. 6, 18:
fundo in imo,
at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:
conviva,
that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:
ad imam quercum,
at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:
in aure ima,
at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
A.
Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:
aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:
pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,
Ov. F. 5, 665. —
B.
īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:
ab imo ad summum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:
locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,
tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,
id. ib. 4, 17:
suspirare ab imo,
to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:
(aures) instabiles imo facit,
at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:
aquae perspicuae imo,
down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:
ima summis mutare,
to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:
ima,
the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:
ima maris,
the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:
ima montis,
the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
2.
Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):
mensis,
Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:
nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,
Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:
si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,
till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:
dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,
at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > infime
6 infimum

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:
ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,
Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
I.
Posit.
A.
In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:
Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.
also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
loca,
the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:
fulmina,
that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:
navigatio infero,
upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
B.
In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:
triceps apud inferos Cerberus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,
were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:
si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,
to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
inferorum animas elicere,
id. Vatin. 6, 14:
ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,
in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:
ab inferis excitare aliquem,
i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
II.
Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
A.
Lit.:
spatium,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:
locus,
id. ib. 2, 25:
pars,
id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.
superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,
downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:
scriptura,
Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
B.
Trop.
1.
Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:
erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,
lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:
aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,
id. Brut. 49, 182; and:
inferioris aetatis esse,
id. ib. 64, 228:
inferiores quinque dies,
the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
2.
Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
(α).
With abl. specif.:
voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:
inferior fortunā,
id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:
dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:
inferiores animo,
Caes. B. G. 3, 24:
quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,
Cic. Brut. 8:
erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:
ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,
Cic. Lael. 2.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,
Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
(γ).
Absol.:
inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §
71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:
indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,
id. Quint. 31:
supplices inferioresque,
id. Font. 11:
ordines,
Caes. B. C. 1, 46:
crudelis in inferiores,
Auct. Her. 4, 40:
non inferiora secutus,
naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
III.
Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
A.
Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;
but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,
Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:
ab infimis radicibus montis,
id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:
cum scripsissem haec infima,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:
ab infima ara,
from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:
sub infimo colle,
the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:
ab infimo,
from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:
collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;
v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,
id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,
ad infimum,
at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:
collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,
at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
2.
Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:
infima faex populi,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:
condicio servorum,
id. Off. 1, 13:
infimo loco natus,
id. Fl. 11:
summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,
id. Off. 2, 12:
humilitas natalium,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:
preces,
the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):
quid summe est, quid infime,
Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
B.
Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
1.
Lit.:
ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
terra ima sede semper haeret,
id. Rep. 6, 18:
fundo in imo,
at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:
conviva,
that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:
ad imam quercum,
at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:
in aure ima,
at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
A.
Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:
aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:
pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,
Ov. F. 5, 665. —
B.
īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:
ab imo ad summum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:
locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,
tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,
id. ib. 4, 17:
suspirare ab imo,
to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:
(aures) instabiles imo facit,
at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:
aquae perspicuae imo,
down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:
ima summis mutare,
to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:
ima,
the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:
ima maris,
the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:
ima montis,
the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
2.
Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):
mensis,
Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:
nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,
Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:
si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,
till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:
dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,
at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > infimum
7 pessum

1.
pessum, adv. [prob. contr. from pedis-versum, pexa, pedon, towards the feet; like susum, sursum, from sub-versum; hence, in gen.], to the ground, to the bottom, down (mostly ante-class. and postAug.; esp. freq. in the connection pessum ire and pessum dare).
I.
Lit.:
nunc eam (cistellulam) cum navi scilicet abisse pessum in altum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 64:
quando abiit rete pessum,
id. Truc. 1, 1, 15; and:
ne pessum abeat (ratis),
id. Aul. 4, 1, 12:
multae per mare pessum Subsedere urbes,
have gone to the bottom, been swallowed up, Lucr. 6, 589:
ubi dulcem caseum demiseris in eam (muriam), si pessum ibit, etc. (opp. si innatabit),
goes to the bottom, sinks, Col. 12, 6, 2 (cf. also the fig. taken from a ship, in II.):
ut (lacus) folia non innatantia ferat, sed pessum et penitus accipiat,
Mel. 3, 9, 2:
sidentia pessum Corpora caesa tenent,
Luc. 3, 674:
quam celsa cacumina pessum Tellus victa dedit,
sent to the bottom, id. 5, 616: pessum mergere pedes, Prud. praef. ap. Symm. 2, 36.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Pessum ire, and rarely pessum sidere, to fall to the ground, go to ruin; to sink, perish:
quia miser non eo pessum, etc.,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 12:
pessum ituros fecundissimos Italiae campos, si, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 79:
pessum iere vitae pretia,
Plin. H. N. 14 prooem. §
5: vitia civitatis degenerantis et pessum suā mole sidentis,
Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 3.—
B.
Pessum dare (less correctly, in one word, pessumdare or pessundare), rarely pessum premere, agere, deicere, to send to the bottom, to sink, ruin, destroy, undo; to put out of the world, put an end to: pessum dare aliquem verbis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47:
pessum dedisti me blandimentis tuis,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2, 6:
exemplum pessumum pessum date,
do away with, remove, id. Rud. 3, 2, 3:
quae res plerumque magnas civitates pessum dedit,
Sall. J. 42, 4:
quae, si non astu providentur, me aut erum pessum dabunt,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 3:
multos etiam bonos pessum dedit,
Tac. A. 3, 66 fin.:
ingentes hostium copias,
Val. Max. 4, 4, 5:
sin (animus) ad inertiam et voluptates corporis pessumdatus est,
has sunk into indolence, Sall. J. 1, 4:
aliquem pro suis factis pessumis pessum premere,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49: aetate pessum actā, i. e. brought to an end, Auct. ap. Lact. 1, 11:
nec sum mulier, nisi eam pessum de tantis opibus dejecero,
App. M. 5, p. 161, 22; cf. id. ib. 5, p. 163, 22.
2.
pessum, i, n. (collat. form pes-sus, i, m., Plin. Val. 1, 5 fin.; Theod. Prisc. 2, 5), = pesson, pessos, in medic. lang., a pessary, App. Herb. 121; Theod. Prisc. 3, 5 (in Cels. 5, 21, written as Greek).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pessum
8 īmus

īmus adj. sup. [contr. for infimus], the lowest, deepest, last: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum: penetralia, O.: imā verrit vestigia caudā, tip, V.: fundo in imo, at the very bottom, V.: vox, the highest treble (opp. summa, the bass), H.: conviva, at the foot, H.: ad imam quercum, at the foot of the oak, Ph.: currūs, low wheels (of the plough-team), V.: deorum Gratus imis, of the lower world, H.—As subst n., the bottom, depth, lowest part: murus ab imo ad summum, L.: locus ab imo acclivis, Cs.: Ianus summus ab imo, from end to end, H.: vertere ab imo moenia, utterly, V.: (aurīs) instabiles imo facit, at the roots, O.: aquae perspicuae imo, to the bottom, O.: medio ne discrepet imum, the end, H.: Dormiet in lucem... ad imum Thraex erit, at last, H.: inter Ima pedis, clefts of the hoof, V.: ima summis Mutare, turn the lowest into the highest, H.: qui regit ima, the under world, O.—Fig., of time or rank, the last (poet.): mensis, O.: poëma, Si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum, from the sublime... to the ridiculous, H.

Latin-English dictionary > īmus
9 fundus

fundus, i, m. [Sanscr. budh-nas, ground; Gr. puthmên, pundax; O. H. Germ. Bodam; Germ. Boden; v. fodio], the bottom of any thing (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
armarii fundum exsecuit,
the bottom of the chest, Cic. Clu. 64, 179:
ollae,
Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60:
scyphi,
Dig. 41, 1, 26:
(Aetna) fundo exaestuat imo,
from the lowest bottom, Verg. A. 3, 577; cf.:
imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo,
id. ib. 2, 419:
amnis fundo carens,
Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 122:
maris,
Vulg. Judith, 5, 12:
calicis,
id. Isa. 51, 17.—Prov.:
largitio fundum non habet,
there is no end of giving, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55.—
* 2.
Transf. (pars pro toto), a cup:
hi duo longaevo censentur Nestore fundi,
Mart. 8, 6, 9.—
B.
In partic., a piece of land, a farm, estate (syn.: praedium, villa): fundi appellatione omne aedificium et omnis ager continetur; sed in usu urbana aedificia aedes, rustica villae dicuntur;
locus vero sine aedificio in urbe area, rure autem ager appellatur: idemque ager cum aedificio fundus dicitur,
Dig. 50, 16, 211; Cic. Agr. 3, 2 fin.:
cum inprobata sit eorum sententia qui putaverint furtivum fundum fieri posse,
Gai. Inst. 2, 51; cf.: non hominum tantum neque rerum moventium... sed fundi quoque et aedium fieri furtum, Masur. Sab. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 13:
cui nostrum non licet fundos nostros obire?
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249:
nunquam tam mane egredior, quin te in fundo conspicer fodere,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16; Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Cic. Caecin. 36, 104; id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; id. Fam. 13, 69, 2; [p. 794] Quint. 4, 2, 131:
dulcia poma feret cultus tibi fundus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 13 et saep.:
euge, fundi et aedes, per tempus subvenistis mihi,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 84; cf.:
si quidem habes fundum atque aedis,
id. ib. 1, 2, 75:
nostri fundi calamitas,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 34:
quasi non fundis exornatae multae incedant per vias,
i. e. with the price of a farm, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 42:
unumne fundum pulcherrimum populi Romani, disperire patiemini?
Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:
nunc is nobis fundus est, i. e. ex quo fructus capiamus,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 15 Spengel ad loc.—
Prov.: fundum alienum arat, incultum familiarem deserit,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen.: fluxas Phrygiae res vertere fundo, i. e. from its foundation, = funditus, Verg. A. 10, 88:
cenae,
the principal dish, Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
B.
In partic., publicists' t. t., qs. one who lays the foundation for the decision of a thing, one that approves a thing or ratifies it, the approver (syn. auctor): fundus dicitur populus esse rei, quam alienat, hoc est auctor, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.:
non ut hujus sententiae legisque fundus fierem,
Gell. 19, 8, 12:
negat ex foederato populo quemquam potuisse, nisi is populus fundus factus esset, in hanc civitatem venire, etc.,
Cic. Balb. 8, 19 (where Cicero gives to this legal principle another meaning); cf.:
quid enim potuit dici imperitius quam foederatos populos fieri fundos oportere?
id. ib. 8, 20; 11, 27;
18, 42: municipes sunt cives Romani ex municipiis, legibus suis et suo jure utentes... neque ulla populi Romani lege astricti, nisi populus eorum fundus factus est,
Gell. 16, 13, 6.—
2.
Transf. (ante- and post-class., and rare):
ut, quae cum ejus filio egi, ei rei fundus pater sit potior,
may officially confirm, Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 7; cf. Gell. 19, 8, 12; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll. supra.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fundus
10 īnfimus or īnfumus

īnfimus or īnfumus adj. sup. [cf. inferus], lowest, last (cf. īmus, but of the lowest of several objects, infimus is used): radices montis, Cs.: cum scripsissem haec infima: arā, lowest part: sub infimo colle, foot, Cs.: collis passūs circiter CC infimus apertus, at the bottom, Cs.—As subst n., the lowest part, bottom: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis, at the foot, Cs.: ad infimum, at the bottom, Cs.—Fig., lowest, meanest, basest: esse infra infumos Homines, T.: quisquam: faex populi: infimo loco natus: summos cum infimis pari iure retinebat: preces, most humble, L.

Latin-English dictionary > īnfimus or īnfumus
11 pessum

pessum adv. [PED-], to the ground, to the bottom.—With dare, to send to the bottom, ruin, destroy, undo: me aut erum pessum dabunt (nuptiae), T.: sin (animus) ad inertiam pessum datus est, has been abandoned, S.—With ire, to be ruined: pessum ituros campos, Ta.
* * *

ADV

to the lowest part, to the bottom,

pessum dare -- destroy, ruin

Latin-English dictionary > pessum
12 novissima

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
civitates condere novas,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
nova et a nobis inventa ratio,
id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:
nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,
id. ib. 1, 14, 21:
novus veteri exercitus jungitur,
Liv. 7, 7; cf.
miles,
Sall. J. 87, 2:
imperator,
id. ib. 44, 2:
novum de integro proelium,
Liv. 24, 16:
Camillus,
id. 22, 14:
consules,
Suet. Caes. 15:
serpens,
which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:
caro,
fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
1.
Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:
sub Novis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
2.
Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:
tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,
Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:
beneficiorum novae tabulae,
i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
3.
Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:
adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,
Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:
in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,
id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:
M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:
hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,
Juv. 8, 237:
nova nupta,
a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:
novorum lectio,
id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
4.
Novae res, new things, novelties:
nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:
novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:
num quidnam inquit novi?
Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:
si quid novi vel sero invenissem,
Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:
novorum interpositione priora confundere,
Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:
Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:
rerum novarum causam quaerere,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:
plebes novarum rerum cupida,
Sall. C. 28, 4:
cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,
id. ib. 37, 1:
novarum rerum avidi,
id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:
flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:
nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:
novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,
id. Lig. 1, 1:
nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?
id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:
novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,
Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:
nova monstra,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:
si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,
Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
2.
New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,
Ov. H. 11, 48.—
(β).
With dat.:
novus dolori,
Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
* (γ).
With inf.:
nova ferre jugum cervix,
Sil. 16, 332.—
3.
Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:
vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
4.
Recent:
tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,
Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
C.
In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:
nova creatura,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:
induite novum hominem,
ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
II.
Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:
extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:
histriones,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:
qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:
novissimum agmen,
the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:
novissimis praesidio esse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,
id. ib. 2, 11:
dixitque novissima verba,
Verg. A. 4, 650:
novissima cauda,
i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:
luna,
Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
2.
Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:
exempla,
the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:
a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,
id. ib. 6, 50:
novissimum casum experitur,
id. ib. 12, 33.—
B.
Esp. in eccl. Lat.
1.
Youngest:
liberorum,
Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
2.
Lowest in rank or fortune:
de novissimis populi,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
3.
As subst.
a.
Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
(α).
Of place:
terrae,
Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:
a summo ad novissimum,
the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
(β).
Of time:
habent spem in novissimo,
Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
b.
Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
(α).
Of place, the bottom, depths:
abyssi,
Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
(β).
Of time:
habebis in novissimis spem,
Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:
novissima hominis illius,
the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
(α).
Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:
ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:
verba nove aut insigniter dicta,
Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
(β).
Form nŏvĭter, newly:
BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,
Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):
amor noviter venit,
Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
a.
Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:
quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,
id. ib.:
novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,
Sall. C. 33, 2:
liber quem novissime tibi misi,
Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:
eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,
Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
b.
Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:
dicam primum... deinde... novissime,
Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:
primum... post haec... novissime,
Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:
primum... post haec... novissime,
id. 11, 2, 41:
vel... vel... vel novissime,
id. 7, 1, 37:
et... et... et novissime,
id. 2, 4, 10:
cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,
id. 5, 11, 3:
novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),
in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > novissima
13 novissimi

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
civitates condere novas,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
nova et a nobis inventa ratio,
id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:
nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,
id. ib. 1, 14, 21:
novus veteri exercitus jungitur,
Liv. 7, 7; cf.
miles,
Sall. J. 87, 2:
imperator,
id. ib. 44, 2:
novum de integro proelium,
Liv. 24, 16:
Camillus,
id. 22, 14:
consules,
Suet. Caes. 15:
serpens,
which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:
caro,
fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
1.
Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:
sub Novis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
2.
Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:
tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,
Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:
beneficiorum novae tabulae,
i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
3.
Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:
adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,
Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:
in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,
id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:
M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:
hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,
Juv. 8, 237:
nova nupta,
a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:
novorum lectio,
id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
4.
Novae res, new things, novelties:
nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:
novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:
num quidnam inquit novi?
Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:
si quid novi vel sero invenissem,
Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:
novorum interpositione priora confundere,
Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:
Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:
rerum novarum causam quaerere,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:
plebes novarum rerum cupida,
Sall. C. 28, 4:
cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,
id. ib. 37, 1:
novarum rerum avidi,
id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:
flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:
nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:
novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,
id. Lig. 1, 1:
nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?
id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:
novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,
Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:
nova monstra,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:
si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,
Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
2.
New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,
Ov. H. 11, 48.—
(β).
With dat.:
novus dolori,
Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
* (γ).
With inf.:
nova ferre jugum cervix,
Sil. 16, 332.—
3.
Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:
vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
4.
Recent:
tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,
Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
C.
In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:
nova creatura,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:
induite novum hominem,
ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
II.
Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:
extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:
histriones,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:
qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:
novissimum agmen,
the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:
novissimis praesidio esse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,
id. ib. 2, 11:
dixitque novissima verba,
Verg. A. 4, 650:
novissima cauda,
i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:
luna,
Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
2.
Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:
exempla,
the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:
a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,
id. ib. 6, 50:
novissimum casum experitur,
id. ib. 12, 33.—
B.
Esp. in eccl. Lat.
1.
Youngest:
liberorum,
Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
2.
Lowest in rank or fortune:
de novissimis populi,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
3.
As subst.
a.
Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
(α).
Of place:
terrae,
Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:
a summo ad novissimum,
the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
(β).
Of time:
habent spem in novissimo,
Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
b.
Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
(α).
Of place, the bottom, depths:
abyssi,
Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
(β).
Of time:
habebis in novissimis spem,
Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:
novissima hominis illius,
the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
(α).
Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:
ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:
verba nove aut insigniter dicta,
Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
(β).
Form nŏvĭter, newly:
BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,
Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):
amor noviter venit,
Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
a.
Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:
quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,
id. ib.:
novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,
Sall. C. 33, 2:
liber quem novissime tibi misi,
Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:
eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,
Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
b.
Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:
dicam primum... deinde... novissime,
Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:
primum... post haec... novissime,
Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:
primum... post haec... novissime,
id. 11, 2, 41:
vel... vel... vel novissime,
id. 7, 1, 37:
et... et... et novissime,
id. 2, 4, 10:
cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,
id. 5, 11, 3:
novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),
in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > novissimi
14 novissimum

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
civitates condere novas,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
nova et a nobis inventa ratio,
id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:
nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,
id. ib. 1, 14, 21:
novus veteri exercitus jungitur,
Liv. 7, 7; cf.
miles,
Sall. J. 87, 2:
imperator,
id. ib. 44, 2:
novum de integro proelium,
Liv. 24, 16:
Camillus,
id. 22, 14:
consules,
Suet. Caes. 15:
serpens,
which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:
caro,
fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
1.
Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:
sub Novis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
2.
Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:
tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,
Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:
beneficiorum novae tabulae,
i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
3.
Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:
adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,
Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:
in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,
id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:
M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:
hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,
Juv. 8, 237:
nova nupta,
a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:
novorum lectio,
id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
4.
Novae res, new things, novelties:
nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:
novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:
num quidnam inquit novi?
Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:
si quid novi vel sero invenissem,
Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:
novorum interpositione priora confundere,
Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:
Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:
rerum novarum causam quaerere,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:
plebes novarum rerum cupida,
Sall. C. 28, 4:
cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,
id. ib. 37, 1:
novarum rerum avidi,
id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:
flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:
nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:
novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,
id. Lig. 1, 1:
nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?
id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:
novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,
Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:
nova monstra,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:
si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,
Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
2.
New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,
Ov. H. 11, 48.—
(β).
With dat.:
novus dolori,
Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
* (γ).
With inf.:
nova ferre jugum cervix,
Sil. 16, 332.—
3.
Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:
vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
4.
Recent:
tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,
Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
C.
In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:
nova creatura,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:
induite novum hominem,
ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
II.
Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:
extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:
histriones,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:
qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:
novissimum agmen,
the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:
novissimis praesidio esse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,
id. ib. 2, 11:
dixitque novissima verba,
Verg. A. 4, 650:
novissima cauda,
i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:
luna,
Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
2.
Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:
exempla,
the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:
a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,
id. ib. 6, 50:
novissimum casum experitur,
id. ib. 12, 33.—
B.
Esp. in eccl. Lat.
1.
Youngest:
liberorum,
Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
2.
Lowest in rank or fortune:
de novissimis populi,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
3.
As subst.
a.
Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
(α).
Of place:
terrae,
Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:
a summo ad novissimum,
the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
(β).
Of time:
habent spem in novissimo,
Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
b.
Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
(α).
Of place, the bottom, depths:
abyssi,
Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
(β).
Of time:
habebis in novissimis spem,
Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:
novissima hominis illius,
the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
(α).
Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:
ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:
verba nove aut insigniter dicta,
Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
(β).
Form nŏvĭter, newly:
BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,
Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):
amor noviter venit,
Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
a.
Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:
quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,
id. ib.:
novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,
Sall. C. 33, 2:
liber quem novissime tibi misi,
Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:
eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,
Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
b.
Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:
dicam primum... deinde... novissime,
Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:
primum... post haec... novissime,
Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:
primum... post haec... novissime,
id. 11, 2, 41:
vel... vel... vel novissime,
id. 7, 1, 37:
et... et... et novissime,
id. 2, 4, 10:
cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,
id. 5, 11, 3:
novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),
in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > novissimum
15 novum

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
civitates condere novas,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
nova et a nobis inventa ratio,
id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:
nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,
id. ib. 1, 14, 21:
novus veteri exercitus jungitur,
Liv. 7, 7; cf.
miles,
Sall. J. 87, 2:
imperator,
id. ib. 44, 2:
novum de integro proelium,
Liv. 24, 16:
Camillus,
id. 22, 14:
consules,
Suet. Caes. 15:
serpens,
which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:
caro,
fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
1.
Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:
sub Novis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
2.
Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:
tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,
Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:
beneficiorum novae tabulae,
i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
3.
Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:
adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,
Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:
in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,
id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:
M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:
hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,
Juv. 8, 237:
nova nupta,
a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:
novorum lectio,
id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
4.
Novae res, new things, novelties:
nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:
novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:
num quidnam inquit novi?
Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:
si quid novi vel sero invenissem,
Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:
novorum interpositione priora confundere,
Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:
Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:
rerum novarum causam quaerere,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:
plebes novarum rerum cupida,
Sall. C. 28, 4:
cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,
id. ib. 37, 1:
novarum rerum avidi,
id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:
flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:
nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:
novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,
id. Lig. 1, 1:
nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?
id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:
novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,
Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:
nova monstra,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:
si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,
Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
2.
New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,
Ov. H. 11, 48.—
(β).
With dat.:
novus dolori,
Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
* (γ).
With inf.:
nova ferre jugum cervix,
Sil. 16, 332.—
3.
Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:
vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
4.
Recent:
tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,
Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
C.
In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:
nova creatura,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:
induite novum hominem,
ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
II.
Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:
extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:
histriones,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:
qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:
novissimum agmen,
the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:
novissimis praesidio esse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,
id. ib. 2, 11:
dixitque novissima verba,
Verg. A. 4, 650:
novissima cauda,
i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:
luna,
Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
2.
Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:
exempla,
the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:
a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,
id. ib. 6, 50:
novissimum casum experitur,
id. ib. 12, 33.—
B.
Esp. in eccl. Lat.
1.
Youngest:
liberorum,
Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
2.
Lowest in rank or fortune:
de novissimis populi,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
3.
As subst.
a.
Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
(α).
Of place:
terrae,
Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:
a summo ad novissimum,
the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
(β).
Of time:
habent spem in novissimo,
Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
b.
Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
(α).
Of place, the bottom, depths:
abyssi,
Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
(β).
Of time:
habebis in novissimis spem,
Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:
novissima hominis illius,
the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
(α).
Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:
ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:
verba nove aut insigniter dicta,
Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
(β).
Form nŏvĭter, newly:
BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,
Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):
amor noviter venit,
Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
a.
Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:
quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,
id. ib.:
novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,
Sall. C. 33, 2:
liber quem novissime tibi misi,
Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:
eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,
Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
b.
Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:
dicam primum... deinde... novissime,
Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:
primum... post haec... novissime,
Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:
primum... post haec... novissime,
id. 11, 2, 41:
vel... vel... vel novissime,
id. 7, 1, 37:
et... et... et novissime,
id. 2, 4, 10:
cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,
id. 5, 11, 3:
novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),
in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > novum
16 novus

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
civitates condere novas,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
nova et a nobis inventa ratio,
id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:
nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,
id. ib. 1, 14, 21:
novus veteri exercitus jungitur,
Liv. 7, 7; cf.
miles,
Sall. J. 87, 2:
imperator,
id. ib. 44, 2:
novum de integro proelium,
Liv. 24, 16:
Camillus,
id. 22, 14:
consules,
Suet. Caes. 15:
serpens,
which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:
caro,
fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
1.
Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:
sub Novis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
2.
Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:
tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,
Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:
beneficiorum novae tabulae,
i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
3.
Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:
adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,
Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:
in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,
id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:
M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:
hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,
Juv. 8, 237:
nova nupta,
a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:
novorum lectio,
id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
4.
Novae res, new things, novelties:
nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:
novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:
num quidnam inquit novi?
Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:
si quid novi vel sero invenissem,
Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:
novorum interpositione priora confundere,
Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:
Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:
rerum novarum causam quaerere,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:
plebes novarum rerum cupida,
Sall. C. 28, 4:
cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,
id. ib. 37, 1:
novarum rerum avidi,
id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:
flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:
nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:
novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,
id. Lig. 1, 1:
nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?
id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:
novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,
Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:
nova monstra,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:
si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,
Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
2.
New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,
Ov. H. 11, 48.—
(β).
With dat.:
novus dolori,
Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
* (γ).
With inf.:
nova ferre jugum cervix,
Sil. 16, 332.—
3.
Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:
vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
4.
Recent:
tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,
Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
C.
In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:
nova creatura,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:
induite novum hominem,
ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
II.
Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:
extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:
histriones,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:
qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:
novissimum agmen,
the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:
novissimis praesidio esse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,
id. ib. 2, 11:
dixitque novissima verba,
Verg. A. 4, 650:
novissima cauda,
i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:
luna,
Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
2.
Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:
exempla,
the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:
a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,
id. ib. 6, 50:
novissimum casum experitur,
id. ib. 12, 33.—
B.
Esp. in eccl. Lat.
1.
Youngest:
liberorum,
Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
2.
Lowest in rank or fortune:
de novissimis populi,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
3.
As subst.
a.
Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
(α).
Of place:
terrae,
Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:
a summo ad novissimum,
the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
(β).
Of time:
habent spem in novissimo,
Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
b.
Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
(α).
Of place, the bottom, depths:
abyssi,
Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
(β).
Of time:
habebis in novissimis spem,
Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:
novissima hominis illius,
the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
(α).
Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:
ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:
verba nove aut insigniter dicta,
Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
(β).
Form nŏvĭter, newly:
BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,
Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):
amor noviter venit,
Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
a.
Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:
quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,
id. ib.:
novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,
Sall. C. 33, 2:
liber quem novissime tibi misi,
Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:
eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,
Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
b.
Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:
dicam primum... deinde... novissime,
Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:
primum... post haec... novissime,
Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:
primum... post haec... novissime,
id. 11, 2, 41:
vel... vel... vel novissime,
id. 7, 1, 37:
et... et... et novissime,
id. 2, 4, 10:
cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,
id. 5, 11, 3:
novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),
in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > novus
17 solum

1.
sŏlum, i, (collat. form sŏlus, ūs, m., acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 1, 2), n. [root sar-, to guard, make whole; Sanscr. Sarva, entire; cf.: solea, solidus, sollus], the lowest part of a thing, the bottom, ground, base, foundation.
I.
Lit., the floor or pavement of a room; the bottom of a ditch or trench; the foundation of a building or the ground, site, on which it stands, etc.; ground, earth, land, soil; the sole of the foot or of a shoe, etc.:
aurata tecta in villis et sola marmorea,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
(templi) Marmoreum solum,
Ov. M. 15, 672; Tib. 3, 3, 16:
ut ejus (fossae) solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distabant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 72:
imum stagni,
Ov. M. 4, 298:
maris,
Sen. Agam. 475.—Of a river-bed:
puro solo excipitur,
Curt. 3, 4, 8; 5, 3, 2; cf.:
ubi mollius solum reperit, stagnat insulasque molitur,
id. 8, 9, 7:
trabes in solo collocantur,
Caes. B. C. 7, 23:
super pilas lapide quadrato solum stratum est,
Curt. 5, 1, 33:
tecta (porticus) solo jungens,
Lucr. 4, 430:
solo aequata omnia,
Liv. 24, 47 fin.:
clivus Publicius ad solum exustus est,
id. 30, 26, 5:
urbem ad solum diruere,
Curt. 3, 10, 7; Eutr. 4, 17:
solo exaequare,
Flor. 1, 13, 4:
solo aequare,
Vell. 2, 4, 2:
aedificia cuncta solo cohaerentia,
Amm. 22, 11, 6:
ISIDI TEMPLVM A SOLO POSVIT,
Inscr. Orell. 457; cf. ib. 467; Inscr. Fabr. 10, 47: domo pignori data et area ejus tenebitur: est enim pars ejus;
et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:
solum proscindere terrae,
Lucr. 5, 1295; so,
terrae,
id. 1, 212; 5, 211; 5, 1289.— Plur.: recente terrae [p. 1724] sola sanguine maculans, Cat. 63, 7:
sola dura,
id. 63, 40; Verg. G. 1, 80; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445:
sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui,
Caes. B. G. 1, 11:
solum exile et macrum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:
incultum et derelictum,
id. Brut. 4, 16:
densum, siccum, macrum, etc.,
Col. 2, 2, 5 sq.:
duratae solo nives,
Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:
putre,
Verg. G. 2, 204:
cruentum,
Ov. M. 4, 134:
foecundum,
id. ib. 7, 417:
pulvereum,
id. ib. 7, 113:
triste,
id. ib. 8, 789:
vivax,
id. ib. 1, 420:
pingue,
Verg. G. 1, 64:
praepingue,
id. A. 3, 698:
mite,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:
exiguum,
Tib. 1, 1, 22:
cultum,
id. 1, 1, 2:
nudum,
Curt. 3, 4, 3; 7, 5, 17:
viride,
Verg. A. 6, 192:
presso exercere solum sub vomere,
id. G. 2, 356:
solo inmobilis haeret,
id. A. 7, 250:
ingreditur solo,
id. ib. 4, 177:
solo recubans,
id. ib. 3, 392:
reptans solo,
Stat. S. 5, 5, 83.— Plur.:
saturare fimo pingui sola,
Verg. G. 1, 80:
ardent sola terrae,
Lucr. 2, 592; Cat. 61, 7; 61, 40; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445; cf. Cic. Balb. 5, 13, B. 1. infra: solum hominis exitium herbae, the sole of the foot, Varr. R. R. 1, 47 fin.:
mihi calciamentum solorum (est) callum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:
loca nullius ante Trita solo,
Lucr. 1, 927; 4, 2:
(canes) unguibus duris, solo nec ut corneo nec nimium duro,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: qui auro soccis habeat suppactum solum, the sole of a shoe, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98;
of a dog: solum corneum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4:
cereale solum pomis agrestibus augent,
their wheaten board, Verg. A. 7, 111:
vastis tremit ictibus aerea puppis, Subtrahiturque solum,
i. e. the sea under the vessel, id. ib. 5, 199:
omne ponti,
Val. Fl. 4, 712:
astra tenent caeleste solum,
i. e. the vault of heaven, Ov. M. 1, 73: manibusque cruentis Pulsat inane solum, i. e. the sockets of the eyes, Stat. Th. 1, 55.— Prov.: quodcumque or quod in solum venit, whatever falls to the ground, i. e. whatever comes uppermost or occurs to the mind, = quod in buccam venit, Varr. ap. Non. 500, 11; Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65; Afran. ap. Non. 124, 18 sq. (Com. Fragm. v. 41 Rib.).—Also ellipt. (cf. bucca):
convivio delector: ibi loquor, quod in solum ut dicitur,
Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—
B.
Transf., in gen.
1.
Soil, i. e. land, country, region, place (cf.: terra, tellus, humus): sola terrarum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 443 Vahl.):
solum, in quo tu ortus et procreatus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; cf.
patriae,
id. Cat. 4, 7, 16; Liv. 5, 49:
pro solo, in quo nati essent,
id. 5, 30, 1:
patrium,
id. 21, 53:
natale,
i. e. native country, natal soil, Ov. M. 7, 52; 8, 184; id. P. 1, 3, 35; Sen. Med. 334; cf.:
in gremio regni solique genitalis,
Amm. 17, 12, 21:
Miletus, genitale solum,
Vell. 2, 7, 5 (7); Vop. Aur. 3, 2.— Plur.:
vos, mutae regiones, imploro, et sola terrarum ultimarum, etc.,
Cic. Balb. 5, 13:
sola Romana,
Capitol. Max. 13:
vile solum Sparte est,
Ov. M. 15, 428:
Romani numen utrumque soli,
id. F. 3, 292:
maxima Fundani gloria soli,
id. P. 2, 11, 28.— Hence, solum vertere, to leave one's country (generally said of going into exile):
qui volunt poenam aliquam subterfugere, eo solum vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant,
Cic. Caecin. 34, 100; cf.:
neque exsilii causā solum vertisse diceretur,
id. Quint. 28, 26; id. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Liv. 3, 13; 43, 2 al.; so,
solum civitatis mutatione vertere,
Cic. Balb. 11, 28.—Rarely, in this sense:
solum mutare: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutarint,
Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; cf.:
quo vertendi, hoc est mutandi, soli causā venerant,
id. Dom. 30, 78.—
2.
In jurid. lang.: res soli, land, and all that stands upon it, real estate (opp. res mobiles, personal or movable property):
omnes res, sive mobiles sint, sive soli,
Dig. 13, 3, 1; so,
res soli,
ib. 43, 16, 1, § 32:
tertia pars de agris, terris, arbustis, satis quaerit, et, ut jurisconsultorum verbo utar, de omnibus quae solo continentur,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:
ut feneratores duas patrimonii partes in solo collocarent,
lay out in land, Suet. Tib. 48:
in solo proprio,
Vop. Flor. 2.—
II.
Trop., a base, basis, foundation (very rare): auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. throne, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.); cf.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.):
solum quidem et quasi fundamentum oratoris vides locutionem emendatam et Latinam,
Cic. Brut. 74, 258: solum quoddam atque fundamentum, id. de Or. 3, 37, 151: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, to be levelled with the ground, i. e. to be utterly abolished, Liv. 6, 18, 14; so,
ad solum dirutum,
Vulg. Nah. 2, 6.
2.
sōlum, adv., v. 1. solus fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > solum
18 sentina

sentīna, ae, f.
I.
Lit., the filthy water that collects in the bottom of a ship, bilgewater:
cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii sentinam exhauriant,
Cic. Sen. 6, 17; * Caes. B. C. 3, 28:
in nave, quae sentinam trahit,
Sen. Ep. 30, 2:
pisces sentinae navium odorem procul fugiunt,
Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194 al.; Gell. 19, 1, 3:
mersamque vitiis suis, quasi sentinā, rempublicam pessum dedere,
Flor. 3, 12, 7. —
II.
Transf., the bottom of a ship where the bilge-water is, the hold:
hi Romam sicuti in sentinam confluxerant,
Sall. C. 37, 5: sedebamus in puppi et clavum tenebamus;
nunc autem vix est in sentinā locus,
Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3.—
III.
Trop.
1.
The lowest of the people, the dregs, refuse, rabble of a state or city (good prose; cf.
faex): si tu exieris, exhaurietur ex urbe tuorum comitum magna et perniciosa sentina rei publicae,
Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 12; 2, 4, 7 (cf. Quint. 8, 6, 15); id. Att. 1, 19, 4; id. Agr. 2, 26, 70; Liv. 24, 29, 3; Flor. 3, 1, 4.—
2.
The hangerson of an army, camp-followers, Val. Max. 2, 7, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sentina
19 vadum

vădum, i, n. ( masc. collat form, vă-dus, i, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 111; Sall. H. 1, 68 Dietsch) [cf. the root BA, bainô, whence, also, vado; hence, that through which one can go], a shallow place in water, a shallow, shoal, ford.
I.
Lit.
1.
Sing.:
Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6; 5, 58; 7, 55:
vadum in flumine efficere,
id. B. C. 1, 61:
vadum fluminis temptare, si transire possent,
id. ib. 1, 83:
exercitum vado transducere,
id. ib. 3, 37:
vado flumen penetrare,
Tac. A. 2, 68:
vado superari amnis non poterat,
Liv. 38, 13, 9; 38, 18, 7:
piscis qui vivit in vado,
Cels. 2, 18:
amnis incerto vado,
Tac. A. 12, 33.—
2.
Piur., so esp. of a shallow place where a river is crossed, a ford:
ibi vadis repertis partem suarum copiarum transducere conati sunt,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; 1, 8; 3, 13; Liv. 26, 45, 8; 31, 1, 5; Tac. A. 2, 23; id. H. 4, 27; Lucr. 1, 200; Ov. M. 1, 370; 3, 19.—Also of shallows, as dangerous in navigation: mystica ad dextram vada Praetervecti, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 19 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 687 Rib.):
brevia,
Verg. A. 5, 221:
caeca,
id. ib. 1, 536:
dura saxis Lilybeia caecis,
id. ib. 3, 706; cf.:
Nessus, scitus vadorum,
Ov. M. 9, 108.—
B.
Transf.
1.
A body of water, a sea, stream, etc. ( poet.):
longā sulcant vada salsa carinā,
Verg. A. 5, 158; 7, 198; Cat. 64, 58:
si tamen Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 24; Ov. P. 4, 9, 2; Sen. Hippol. 181 al.—
2.
The bottom of a body of water, the depths ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
saxa Vadis levata,
Hor. Epod. 16, 26; Plin. 3, praef. §
4: ostrea capta solido vado,
id. 32, 6, 21, § 59:
sedit limoso pressa carina vado,
Ov. F. 4, 300.—
3.
The bottom of a well, Phaedr. 4, 9, 12; Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Of shallow water, as a place of safety to the swimmer:
haec propemodum jam esse in vado salutis res videtur,
i. e. in safety, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 73:
at in vado'st: jam facile enabit,
id. Rud. 1, 2, 81:
omnis res est jam in vado,
Ter. And. 5, 2, 4.—
B.
Of shallows, as dangerous to the mariner:
emersisse jam e vadis et scopulos praetervecta videtur oratio mea,
Cic. Cael. 21, 51: cera vadum tentet, rasis infusa tabellis, explore the way, i. e. make a first attempt, Ov. A. A. 1, 437.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vadum
20 funditus

funditus adv. [fundus], from the bottom, from the foundation: monumentum delevit: Carthaginem sustulerunt: evellere, by the roots, Ph.—Fig., utterly, entirely, totally, completely: discidiis everti: amicitias tollere e vitā: dictaturam ex re p. tollere: occidimus, V.: perire, H.: virgo concepit flammam, profoundly, Ct.
* * *

ADV

utterly/completely/without exception; from the bottom/to the ground/by the root

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