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1 coācta

coācta ōrum, n [cogo], felted cloths, Cs.

Latin-English dictionary > coācta
2 coactum

cōgo, cŏēgi, cŏactum (COGVIT = cogit, Inscr Marin Fratr Arv. p. 170), 3, v. a. [contr. from co-ago], to drive together to one point, to collect, compress, crowd, bring, or urge together, to assemble, gather together (class. and very freq.; syn.: colligo, congrego)
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen. (constr. as a verb of motion with in and acc., or with adv. of direction):
cogantur (oves) intro,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 15; Verg. E. 3, 98; cf.
pecus,
id. ib. 3, 20:
oves stabulis,
id. ib. 6, 85:
nubes in unum locum,
Lucr. 6, 274; cf. id. 6, 464; 6, 734:
oleam,
to collect, Cato, R. R. 64, 1; 65, 2; 144, 1.—So of the collecting together of fruits, also in Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; Col. 11, 2, 70; 12, 3, 9:
talenta ad quindecim Coëgi,
received, collected, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 94 Ruhnk.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 120; id. Att. 6, 2, 8; id. Rab. Post. 11, 30:
Orgetorix ad judicium omnem suam familiam undique coëgit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 4; cf.:
multitudinem hominum ex agris, id. ib: concilium,
id. ib. 7, 77; Verg. A. 11, 304:
concilium Hypatam,
Liv. 36, 26, 1:
bucina cogebat priscos ad verba Quirites,
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—So of the collecting of troops ( = contrahere), Caes. B. C. 1, 15 fin.; cf. Sall. J. 95, 1:
copias in unum locum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 6, 10 al.:
exercitum in unum,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 2:
multitudinem in unum,
Sall. J. 80, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
in classem,
Liv. 36, 3, 5:
milites in provinciam,
id. 43, 15, 7:
exercitum Dyrrhachium,
Sall. H. 1, 31 Gerl.:
ad militiam aliquos,
id. J. 85, 3:
acies in proelia,
Verg. A. 9, 463:
auxilia undique,
id. ib. 8, 7.—And of the calling together of a senate:
quam cito senatum illo die coëgerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3; Liv. 3, 39, 6 al.:
dum senatus cogeretur,
Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 7:
coguntur senatores non pignoribus, sed gratiā,
id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; Liv. 1, 48, 3 al.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—And of a single senator:
cur in senatum hesterno die tam acerbe cogerer?
Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 11 sq.:
ex duabus syllabis in unam cogentes,
contracting, combining, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt:
quod ex omnibus partibus cogitur,
id. 5, 14, 9.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Of liquids, to thicken, condense, curdle, coagulate:
mella frigore (opp. calore remittere),
Verg. G. 4, 36:
lac in duritiam,
Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126; cf. Ov. M. 8, 666:
fel sole,
Plin. 29, 6, 37, § 116:
liquorem in nivem,
id. 2, 39, 39, § 105; 2, 42, 42, § 111.—Similarly:
coacta alvus,
hard fœces, Cels. 2, 8; 2, 3 al.; so,
vestis coacta,
fulled, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 192. —
2.
Of places, to draw together or contract into a narrow place: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 400:
saltus in arctas coactus fauces,
Liv. 22, 15, 11.—
3.
Agmen, milit. t. t., to bring up the rear (cf. claudo, I. B. 2.), Liv. 34, 28, 7; 44, 4, 12; 35, 27, 15; 42, 64, 5; 42, 10, 8; Curt. 3, 3, 25 al.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen.:
hac re in angustum oppido nunc meae coguntur copiae (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.),
Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:
me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,
have confined, restricted, Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:
in eam desperationem, ut,
Suet. Caes. 20:
verba in alternos pedes,
i. e. to write in elegiac verse, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 10.—More freq.,
B.
Esp. with acc., inf., ut, ad, in or absol., to urge one to any action, to force, compel, constrain (syn.: impello, compello, adigo).
(α).
With acc.:
coactus legibus Eam uxorem ducet,
Ter. And. 4, 4, 41; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 44; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 36:
vis cogendae militiae,
Liv. 4, 26, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.—
(β).
With inf:
omnia vertere,
Lucr. 5, 831; id. 5, 1167; 6, 837:
mori me,
Verg. E. 2, 7:
plerasque ad officium redire,
Nep. Milt. 7, 1; Liv. 38, 13, 2:
neque cogi pugnare poterat,
id. 45, 41, 4 et saep.—
(γ).
With ut:
vi coepi cogere ut rediret,
Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 26; so id. And. 4, 1, 30; id. Ad. 5, 3, 65; Lucr. 1, 976; 6, 127; Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9; id. Fam. 5, 6, 1; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5; Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2.—With subj. without ut, cf. Ter. And. 4, 4, 41 supra.—
(δ).
With ad:
ingratiis ad depugnandum omnes,
Nep. Them. 4, 4:
ad lacrimas,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 57:
ad proelia,
Verg. A. 12, 581:
Samnites belloque ad bellum cogere,
Liv. 10, 11, 11; 23, 1, 4; 4, 22, 4; 34, 18, 2; Tac. A. 2, 21.—
(ε).
With in:
in lacrimas,
Ov. Ib. 204; Quint. 3, 8, 23;
Auct. B. G. 8, 38: aliquem in deditionem,
Liv. 43, 1, 1; Sen. Clem. 1, 1.—
(ζ).
With acc.
1.
With double acc.:
cogere aliquem aliquid, or cogi aliquid,
Quint. 11, 1, 22:
quod vos jus cogit, id voluntate impetret,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 44:
quod sua quemque mala cogebant,
Liv. 3, 7, 8; 6, 15, 13; 23, 10, 6:
cogi aliquid pro potestate ab tribuno,
to be extorted, id. 4, 26, 10:
quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!
Verg. A. 3, 56.—
2.
With acc. of the thing:
ne ad id, quod natura cogeret, ipse quoque sibi acceleraret,
Nep. Att. 22, 2:
quod cogere se putat posse, rogare non sustinet,
Vell. 2, 81, 1:
adulterium,
Ov. A. A. 2, 367.—
3.
Sometimes as philos. t. t. = colligo, concludo, to infer, conclude:
ex quibus id quod volumus efficitur et cogitur,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 33; so id. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 7, 4.—
4.
Cogere agmen, to be the last (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.;
v. I. B. 3. supra): ut nec duces simus, nec agmen cogamus,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1; cf.:
sic ordinandus est dies omnis, ut tamquam cogat agmen,
Sen. Ep. 12, 8.—Hence,
1.
coactum, i, P. a. subst., a thick, fulled covering, a mattress (cf. coactilis), Caes. B. C. 3, 44 fin. —
2.
coactus, a, um, P. a., forced, constrained, unnatural:
quod absurdum et nimis coactum foret,
Gell. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. 16, 14, 3:
lacrimae,
Verg. A. 2, 196; Ov. M. 6, 628.—
3.
coactē, adv. (prop. in a contracted manner; hence), [p. 363]
a.
Shortly, quickly:
coactius quid factum et festinantius,
Gell. 10, 11, 8.—
b.
Accurately, strictly:
coactius interpretari verbum,
Gell. 19, 2.—
c.
In a forced, constrained manner, Tert. Bapt. 12; id. Anim. 42 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > coactum
3 cogo

cōgo, cŏēgi, cŏactum (COGVIT = cogit, Inscr Marin Fratr Arv. p. 170), 3, v. a. [contr. from co-ago], to drive together to one point, to collect, compress, crowd, bring, or urge together, to assemble, gather together (class. and very freq.; syn.: colligo, congrego)
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen. (constr. as a verb of motion with in and acc., or with adv. of direction):
cogantur (oves) intro,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 15; Verg. E. 3, 98; cf.
pecus,
id. ib. 3, 20:
oves stabulis,
id. ib. 6, 85:
nubes in unum locum,
Lucr. 6, 274; cf. id. 6, 464; 6, 734:
oleam,
to collect, Cato, R. R. 64, 1; 65, 2; 144, 1.—So of the collecting together of fruits, also in Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; Col. 11, 2, 70; 12, 3, 9:
talenta ad quindecim Coëgi,
received, collected, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 94 Ruhnk.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 120; id. Att. 6, 2, 8; id. Rab. Post. 11, 30:
Orgetorix ad judicium omnem suam familiam undique coëgit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 4; cf.:
multitudinem hominum ex agris, id. ib: concilium,
id. ib. 7, 77; Verg. A. 11, 304:
concilium Hypatam,
Liv. 36, 26, 1:
bucina cogebat priscos ad verba Quirites,
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—So of the collecting of troops ( = contrahere), Caes. B. C. 1, 15 fin.; cf. Sall. J. 95, 1:
copias in unum locum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 6, 10 al.:
exercitum in unum,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 2:
multitudinem in unum,
Sall. J. 80, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
in classem,
Liv. 36, 3, 5:
milites in provinciam,
id. 43, 15, 7:
exercitum Dyrrhachium,
Sall. H. 1, 31 Gerl.:
ad militiam aliquos,
id. J. 85, 3:
acies in proelia,
Verg. A. 9, 463:
auxilia undique,
id. ib. 8, 7.—And of the calling together of a senate:
quam cito senatum illo die coëgerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3; Liv. 3, 39, 6 al.:
dum senatus cogeretur,
Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 7:
coguntur senatores non pignoribus, sed gratiā,
id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; Liv. 1, 48, 3 al.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—And of a single senator:
cur in senatum hesterno die tam acerbe cogerer?
Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 11 sq.:
ex duabus syllabis in unam cogentes,
contracting, combining, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt:
quod ex omnibus partibus cogitur,
id. 5, 14, 9.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Of liquids, to thicken, condense, curdle, coagulate:
mella frigore (opp. calore remittere),
Verg. G. 4, 36:
lac in duritiam,
Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126; cf. Ov. M. 8, 666:
fel sole,
Plin. 29, 6, 37, § 116:
liquorem in nivem,
id. 2, 39, 39, § 105; 2, 42, 42, § 111.—Similarly:
coacta alvus,
hard fœces, Cels. 2, 8; 2, 3 al.; so,
vestis coacta,
fulled, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 192. —
2.
Of places, to draw together or contract into a narrow place: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 400:
saltus in arctas coactus fauces,
Liv. 22, 15, 11.—
3.
Agmen, milit. t. t., to bring up the rear (cf. claudo, I. B. 2.), Liv. 34, 28, 7; 44, 4, 12; 35, 27, 15; 42, 64, 5; 42, 10, 8; Curt. 3, 3, 25 al.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen.:
hac re in angustum oppido nunc meae coguntur copiae (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.),
Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:
me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,
have confined, restricted, Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:
in eam desperationem, ut,
Suet. Caes. 20:
verba in alternos pedes,
i. e. to write in elegiac verse, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 10.—More freq.,
B.
Esp. with acc., inf., ut, ad, in or absol., to urge one to any action, to force, compel, constrain (syn.: impello, compello, adigo).
(α).
With acc.:
coactus legibus Eam uxorem ducet,
Ter. And. 4, 4, 41; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 44; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 36:
vis cogendae militiae,
Liv. 4, 26, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.—
(β).
With inf:
omnia vertere,
Lucr. 5, 831; id. 5, 1167; 6, 837:
mori me,
Verg. E. 2, 7:
plerasque ad officium redire,
Nep. Milt. 7, 1; Liv. 38, 13, 2:
neque cogi pugnare poterat,
id. 45, 41, 4 et saep.—
(γ).
With ut:
vi coepi cogere ut rediret,
Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 26; so id. And. 4, 1, 30; id. Ad. 5, 3, 65; Lucr. 1, 976; 6, 127; Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9; id. Fam. 5, 6, 1; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5; Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2.—With subj. without ut, cf. Ter. And. 4, 4, 41 supra.—
(δ).
With ad:
ingratiis ad depugnandum omnes,
Nep. Them. 4, 4:
ad lacrimas,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 57:
ad proelia,
Verg. A. 12, 581:
Samnites belloque ad bellum cogere,
Liv. 10, 11, 11; 23, 1, 4; 4, 22, 4; 34, 18, 2; Tac. A. 2, 21.—
(ε).
With in:
in lacrimas,
Ov. Ib. 204; Quint. 3, 8, 23;
Auct. B. G. 8, 38: aliquem in deditionem,
Liv. 43, 1, 1; Sen. Clem. 1, 1.—
(ζ).
With acc.
1.
With double acc.:
cogere aliquem aliquid, or cogi aliquid,
Quint. 11, 1, 22:
quod vos jus cogit, id voluntate impetret,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 44:
quod sua quemque mala cogebant,
Liv. 3, 7, 8; 6, 15, 13; 23, 10, 6:
cogi aliquid pro potestate ab tribuno,
to be extorted, id. 4, 26, 10:
quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!
Verg. A. 3, 56.—
2.
With acc. of the thing:
ne ad id, quod natura cogeret, ipse quoque sibi acceleraret,
Nep. Att. 22, 2:
quod cogere se putat posse, rogare non sustinet,
Vell. 2, 81, 1:
adulterium,
Ov. A. A. 2, 367.—
3.
Sometimes as philos. t. t. = colligo, concludo, to infer, conclude:
ex quibus id quod volumus efficitur et cogitur,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 33; so id. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 7, 4.—
4.
Cogere agmen, to be the last (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.;
v. I. B. 3. supra): ut nec duces simus, nec agmen cogamus,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1; cf.:
sic ordinandus est dies omnis, ut tamquam cogat agmen,
Sen. Ep. 12, 8.—Hence,
1.
coactum, i, P. a. subst., a thick, fulled covering, a mattress (cf. coactilis), Caes. B. C. 3, 44 fin. —
2.
coactus, a, um, P. a., forced, constrained, unnatural:
quod absurdum et nimis coactum foret,
Gell. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. 16, 14, 3:
lacrimae,
Verg. A. 2, 196; Ov. M. 6, 628.—
3.
coactē, adv. (prop. in a contracted manner; hence), [p. 363]
a.
Shortly, quickly:
coactius quid factum et festinantius,
Gell. 10, 11, 8.—
b.
Accurately, strictly:
coactius interpretari verbum,
Gell. 19, 2.—
c.
In a forced, constrained manner, Tert. Bapt. 12; id. Anim. 42 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cogo
4 coāctus

coāctus P. of cogo.
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I
coacta, coactum ADJ

coercive
II
coactus N M

compulsion, constraint, force, coercion

Latin-English dictionary > coāctus
5 cōgō

cōgō coēgī, coāctus, ere [com- + ago], to drive together, collect, crowd, bring together, summon, congregate, convene: certe cogit is qui congregat homines: coacti sunt si, etc.: pecus, V.: talenta ad quindecim Coëgi, collected, T.: pecunias, to exact: pecuniam a civitatibus, to extort: ad iudicium familiam, Cs.: concilio coacto, Cs.: (equites) ex Latio, levy, S.: copias in unum locum, Cs.: ingens coacta vis navium est, L.: milites in provinciam, L.: ad militiam aliquos, S.: auxilia undique, V.: senatum, to convene, L.: cogimur in senatum: coguntur senatores gratiā: in senatum acerbe cogi, to be summoned: ovīs stabulis, V. — Of fluids, to thicken, condense, curdle, coagulate, gather: caelum in quo nubes coguntur: in nubem cogitur aër, V.: frigore mella, V.: lac coactum, O. — To contract, narrow, straiten: saltus in artas coactus fauces, L.: amnem in tenuem alvum, Cu.—To force, drive, press: quercum cuneis coactis scindere, V.: vitīs in sulcum, V.—With agmen, to bring up the rear, L.: ut nec agmen cogamus, are the last: stellae, quarum agmina cogit Lucifer, O. — Fig.: in angustum meae coguntur copiae, my resources are brought into straits, T.: me defensionis in semihorae curriculum, restrict. — To urge, force, compel, constrain: coactus legibus Eam uxorem ducet, T.: tam vehemens fui quam cogebar: vis cogendae militiae, L.: huic leges cogunt nubere hanc, T.: Orgetorigem causam dicere, Cs.: Iugurtham spem salutis in fugā habere, S.: vi ut rediret, T.: ut vos eum condemnetis: vi, ut eos paterentur, etc., Cs.: senatus cogitur ut decernat, ut, etc.: ingratiis ad depugnandum omnes, N.: ad proelia, V.: alquem in deditionem, L.: et scis in breve te cogi (of a book), are rolled up tightly, H.: finitumos armis sub imperium suum, S.: quod vos vis cogit, id, etc., T.: quod sua quemque mala cogebant, L.: quid non mortalia pectora cogis? V.: ad id, quod natura cogeret, accelerare, N.: quidquid cogebat ventris furor, Iu.: Invitus feci, lex coëgit, T.: ‘non licet.’ At causa cogit: vagi quas nox coëgerat sedes habebant, S.: nullo cogente, spontaneously, O.: lacrimae coactae, forced, V.: lacrimae coactae, uncontrollable, O.: nihil feci nisi coactus, on compulsion: coactus metu.— To conclude: ex quibus id cogitur.
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cogere, coegi, coactus V TRANS

collect/gather, round up, restrict/confine; force/compel; convene; congeal; felt

Latin-English dictionary > cōgō
6 in-grātiīs

in-grātiīs (T., C.) or in-grātīs (C., N.), adv., without thanks, unwillingly, involuntarily, on compulsion: coacta ingratiis, T.: ingratiis ut dormiam, T.: nisi plane cogit ingratiis: dicent quae necesse erit, ingratis: ad depugnandum cogi, N.

Latin-English dictionary > in-grātiīs
7 inopia

inopia ae, f [inops], want, lack, scarcity: summa omnium rerum, Cs.: loci, L.: argumentorum.—Want, need, indigence, poverty, scarcity, famine: Inopiā Coacta, T.: propter inopiam in egestate esse: amicitia ex inopiā nata: inopiam vitandae causā, Cs.: manuum mercede inopiam tolerare, S.: illius animum inopiā incendere, i. e. by keeping unsatisfied, T.—A scant supply, scarcity: bonorum, S.: loci, L.: dispensatio inopiae, L.— Want, helplessness: inopiā coactus, embarrassment: praesidio esse solitudini atque inopiae, the unprotected.—Of mind or style, poverty, barrenness: inopia et ieiunitas: sermonis.
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inopiae N F

lack, need; poverty, destitution, dearth, want, scarcity

Latin-English dictionary > inopia
8 angustia

angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;
but freq. in eccl. Lat.,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].
I.
Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
A.
Of places:
Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,
Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:
itineris,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):
loci,
id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:
angustiae locorum,
Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:
angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,
Liv. 28, 1:
diu in angustiis pugnatum est,
id. 34, 46:
itinerum,
Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:
per angustias Hellesponti,
Suet. Caes. 63:
vicorum,
id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—
B.
Of other things:
spiritūs,
shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:
urinae,
strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:
in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,
Cic. de Or. 1. 1:
edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,
id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:
in angustiā temporum,
Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—
B.
Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:
aerarii,
Cic. Agr. 2, 14:
pecuniae publicae,
id. Fam. 12, 30:
rei frumentariae,
Caes. B. C. 2, 17:
fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
stipendii,
id. ib. 1, 35:
ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,
Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:
ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,
Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:
paternae,
Tac. A. 1, 75.—
C.
Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:
in summas angustias adduci,
Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:
cum in his angustiis res esset,
Caes. B. C. 1, 54:
vereri angustias,
Cic. Planc. 22:
angustiae petitionis,
i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:
tenent me angustiae,
ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —
D.
Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,
Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—
E.
Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:
me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,
into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:
cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?
straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—
F.
Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > angustia
9 angustiae

angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;
but freq. in eccl. Lat.,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].
I.
Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
A.
Of places:
Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,
Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:
itineris,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):
loci,
id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:
angustiae locorum,
Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:
angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,
Liv. 28, 1:
diu in angustiis pugnatum est,
id. 34, 46:
itinerum,
Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:
per angustias Hellesponti,
Suet. Caes. 63:
vicorum,
id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—
B.
Of other things:
spiritūs,
shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:
urinae,
strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:
in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,
Cic. de Or. 1. 1:
edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,
id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:
in angustiā temporum,
Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—
B.
Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:
aerarii,
Cic. Agr. 2, 14:
pecuniae publicae,
id. Fam. 12, 30:
rei frumentariae,
Caes. B. C. 2, 17:
fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
stipendii,
id. ib. 1, 35:
ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,
Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:
ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,
Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:
paternae,
Tac. A. 1, 75.—
C.
Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:
in summas angustias adduci,
Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:
cum in his angustiis res esset,
Caes. B. C. 1, 54:
vereri angustias,
Cic. Planc. 22:
angustiae petitionis,
i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:
tenent me angustiae,
ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —
D.
Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,
Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—
E.
Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:
me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,
into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:
cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?
straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—
F.
Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > angustiae
10 breve

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breve
11 brevi

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi
12 brevia

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevia
13 brevis

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevis
14 concepta

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,
id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:
concipit Iris aquas,
draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:
madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,
Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:
Alsietinam aquam,
Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:
pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:
ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,
Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:
amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,
i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:
cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:
ventum veste,
Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:
plurimum ventorum,
Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:
magnam vim venti,
Curt. 4, 3, 2:
auram,
id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:
aëra,
id. ib. 1, 337:
ignem,
Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:
ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,
Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:
lapidibus igne concepto,
struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:
flammam,
Caes. B. C. 2, 14:
flammas,
Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.
of the flame of love: flammam pectore,
Cat. 64, 92:
ignem,
Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:
validos ignes,
id. ib. 7, 9:
medicamentum venis,
Curt. 3, 6, 11:
noxium virus,
Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:
morbum,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
in eā parte nivem concipi,
is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:
is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,
id. 7, 5, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
(α).
Absol.:
more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,
Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:
cum concepit mula,
Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:
ex illo concipit ales,
Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:
(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,
Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
(β).
With acc.:
ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,
Ov. M. 4, 611:
aliquem ex aliquo,
Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:
ex adulterio,
id. Tib. 62:
de aliquo,
Ov. M. 3, 214:
alicujus semine,
id. ib. 10, 328:
ova (pisces),
Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:
concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,
Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):
omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,
Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:
frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,
Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:
ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,
Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:
coacta conceptum a se abigere,
Suet. Dom. 22.—
* b.
In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:
Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,
Ov. M. 11, 222.—
2.
Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):
haec tanta oculis bona concipio,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
B.
To perceive in mind.
1.
In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:
agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,
Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,
aliquid animo,
id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:
imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,
Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:
quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:
quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,
Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:
de aliquo summa concipere,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,
id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
2.
In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:
quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:
quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:
fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,
id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:
concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:
quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,
Ov. M. 2, 77:
concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,
Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
C.
To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;
hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,
Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:
inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,
mente vaticinos furores,
Ov. M. 2, 640:
animo ingentes iras,
id. ib. 1, 166:
spem,
id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:
spemque metumque,
id. F. 1, 485:
aliquid spe,
Liv. 33, 33, 8:
amorem,
Ov. M. 10, 249:
pectore tantum robur,
Verg. A. 11, 368:
auribus tantam cupiditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:
re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:
malum aut scelus,
id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:
scelus in sese,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
flagitium cum aliquo,
id. Sull. 5, 16.—
D.
To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):
quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:
vadimonium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:
jusjurandum,
Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:
jurisjurandi verba,
id. ib. 4, 31;
and verba,
Liv. 7, 5, 5:
edictum,
Dig. 13, 6, 1:
libellos,
ib. 48, 19, 9:
stipulationem,
ib. 41, 1, 38:
obligationem in futurum,
ib. 5, 1, 35:
actionem in bonum et aequum,
ib. 4, 5, 8:
foedus,
Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:
concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),
to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:
ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:
dum vota sacerdos Concipit,
Ov. M. 7, 594:
sic verba concipito,
repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:
Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),
Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):
auspicia,
id. 22, 1, 7:
locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:
ut justum conciperetur bellum,
id. ib. 5, §
86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,
Tac. H. 4, 41:
vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:
verbis conceptissimis jurare,
Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concepta
15 concipio

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,
id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:
concipit Iris aquas,
draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:
madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,
Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:
Alsietinam aquam,
Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:
pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:
ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,
Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:
amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,
i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:
cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:
ventum veste,
Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:
plurimum ventorum,
Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:
magnam vim venti,
Curt. 4, 3, 2:
auram,
id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:
aëra,
id. ib. 1, 337:
ignem,
Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:
ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,
Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:
lapidibus igne concepto,
struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:
flammam,
Caes. B. C. 2, 14:
flammas,
Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.
of the flame of love: flammam pectore,
Cat. 64, 92:
ignem,
Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:
validos ignes,
id. ib. 7, 9:
medicamentum venis,
Curt. 3, 6, 11:
noxium virus,
Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:
morbum,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
in eā parte nivem concipi,
is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:
is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,
id. 7, 5, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
(α).
Absol.:
more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,
Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:
cum concepit mula,
Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:
ex illo concipit ales,
Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:
(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,
Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
(β).
With acc.:
ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,
Ov. M. 4, 611:
aliquem ex aliquo,
Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:
ex adulterio,
id. Tib. 62:
de aliquo,
Ov. M. 3, 214:
alicujus semine,
id. ib. 10, 328:
ova (pisces),
Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:
concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,
Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):
omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,
Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:
frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,
Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:
ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,
Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:
coacta conceptum a se abigere,
Suet. Dom. 22.—
* b.
In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:
Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,
Ov. M. 11, 222.—
2.
Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):
haec tanta oculis bona concipio,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
B.
To perceive in mind.
1.
In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:
agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,
Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,
aliquid animo,
id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:
imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,
Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:
quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:
quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,
Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:
de aliquo summa concipere,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,
id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
2.
In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:
quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:
quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:
fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,
id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:
concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:
quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,
Ov. M. 2, 77:
concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,
Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
C.
To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;
hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,
Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:
inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,
mente vaticinos furores,
Ov. M. 2, 640:
animo ingentes iras,
id. ib. 1, 166:
spem,
id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:
spemque metumque,
id. F. 1, 485:
aliquid spe,
Liv. 33, 33, 8:
amorem,
Ov. M. 10, 249:
pectore tantum robur,
Verg. A. 11, 368:
auribus tantam cupiditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:
re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:
malum aut scelus,
id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:
scelus in sese,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
flagitium cum aliquo,
id. Sull. 5, 16.—
D.
To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):
quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:
vadimonium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:
jusjurandum,
Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:
jurisjurandi verba,
id. ib. 4, 31;
and verba,
Liv. 7, 5, 5:
edictum,
Dig. 13, 6, 1:
libellos,
ib. 48, 19, 9:
stipulationem,
ib. 41, 1, 38:
obligationem in futurum,
ib. 5, 1, 35:
actionem in bonum et aequum,
ib. 4, 5, 8:
foedus,
Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:
concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),
to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:
ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:
dum vota sacerdos Concipit,
Ov. M. 7, 594:
sic verba concipito,
repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:
Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),
Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):
auspicia,
id. 22, 1, 7:
locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:
ut justum conciperetur bellum,
id. ib. 5, §
86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,
Tac. H. 4, 41:
vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:
verbis conceptissimis jurare,
Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concipio
16 exprimo

ex-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze out, to force out (class.).
I.
Lit.:
oleum ex malobathro,
Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129:
sucum expresso semini,
id. 20, 1, 2, § 3:
sucum flore,
id. 21, 19, 74, § 127:
sucum radici,
id. 27, 13, 109, § 136; cf.: vinum palmis, oleum sesamae (dat.), id. 6, 28, 32, § 161:
oleum amygdalis,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 8:
sudorem de corpore,
Lucr. 5, 487:
lacrimulam oculos terendo,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:
si nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,
Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44:
liquorem per densa foramina (cribri),
Ov. M. 12, 438; cf.:
aquam in altum,
Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39:
aquam in altitudinem,
Vitr. 8, 7:
quantum has (turres) quotidianus agger expresserat,
had carried up, raised, Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4 Oud.:
pecuniam alicui,
Suet. Oth. 5; id. Vesp. 4.—
B.
Transf.
1.
With an object denoting that out of which something is pressed or squeezed, to press, squeeze, wring:
spongiam ex oleo vel aceto,
Cels. 5, 24 med.:
lanam ex vino vel aceto,
Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31; cf.:
Venus madidas exprimit imbre comas,
Ov. A. A. 3, 224:
spongiae expressae inter duas tabulas,
Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128:
oleam,
id. 12, 27, 60, § 130:
folia rosae,
id. 21, 18, 73, § 122:
tuberculum,
id. 11, 11, 12, § 29.—
2.
To form by pressure, to represent, form, model, portray, express (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;
freq. in the elder Pliny): (faber) et ungues exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos,
Hor. A. P. 33; cf.:
alicujus furorem... verecundiae ruborem,
Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 140:
expressa in cera ex anulo imago,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54:
imaginem hominis gypso e facie ipsa,
Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153; cf.:
effigiem de signis,
id. ib.:
optime Herculem Delphis et Alexandrum, etc.,
id. 34, 8, 19, § 66 et saep.:
vestis stricta et singulos artus exprimens,
exhibiting, showing, Tac. G. 17:
pulcher aspectu sit athleta, cujus lacertos exercitatio expressit,
has well developed, made muscular, Quint. 8, 3, 10.
II.
Trop.
A.
To squeeze or wring out, to extort, wrest, elicit: lex, quam ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, qs. pressed out, Cic. Mil. 4, 10:
utilitas expressit nomina rerum,
has imposed, Lucr. 5, 1029: cf.:
cum ab iis saepius quaereret, neque ullam omnino vocem exprimere posset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 3:
expressa est Romanis necessitas obsides dandi,
Liv. 2, 13, 4:
confessionem concessi maris hosti,
id. 37, 31, 5:
confessionem cruciatu,
Suet. Galb. 10:
deditionem ultimā necessitate,
Liv. 8, 2, 6:
pecunia vi expressa et coacta,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 165:
tu si tuis blanditiis a Sicyoniis nummulorum aliquid expresseris,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9:
risum magis quam gemitum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 7 et saep.—With ut:
expressi, ut conficere se tabulas negaret,
have constrained, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112:
expressit, ut polliceretur,
Curt. 6, 7. —
B.
Transf. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to imitate, copy, represent, to portray, describe, express, esp. in words (cf. reddo):
cum magnitudine animi tum liberalitate vitam patris et consuetudinem expresserit,
i. e. imitated, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:
lex expressa ad naturam,
id. Leg. 2, 5, 13:
vitia imitatione ex aliquo expressa,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:
rem ante oculos ponit, cum exprimit omnia perspicue, ut res prope dicam manu tentari possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 40, 62; cf. id. ib. §
63: hanc speciem Pasiteles caelavit argento et noster expressit Archias versibus,
Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:
mores alicujus oratione,
id. de Or. 2, 43, 184:
multas nobis imagines fortissimorum virorum expressas scriptores Graeci et Latini reliquerunt,
id. Arch. 6, 14; cf. id. ib. 12, 30:
in Platonis libris omnibus fere Socrates exprimitur,
id. de Or. 3, 4, 15: Mithridaticum bellum magnum atque difficile totum ab hoc expressum est, depicted to the life, id. Arch. 9, 21; cf.:
ut Euryalum exprimat infans,
may resemble, Juv. 6, 81.—With rel.-clause as object:
diligenter, quae vis subjecta sit vocibus,
id. Fin. 2, 2, 6:
exprimere non possum, quanto sim gaudio affectus,
tell, express, Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 2; Vell. 2, 124, 1:
verbis exprimere quid quis sentiat,
Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 7:
quod exprimere dicendo sensa possumus,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:
mores in scriptis exprimere,
Suet. Vit. Ter. 4.—Of translating into another language, to render, translate:
si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 44: katalêpsin, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:
nec tamen exprimi verbum e verbo necesse erit,
id. Fin. 3, 4, 15; cf.:
verbum de verbo expressum extulit,
Ter. Ad. prol. 11:
fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae,
Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1.—Of words, to pronounce, utter:
nolo exprimi litteras putidius nolo obscurari neglegentius,
with affected distinctness, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41:
verba,
Quint. 1, 2, 6; 9, 4, 10; 40 al.—Rarely of a personal object:
oratorem imitando effingere atque exprimere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90:
moderatorem rei publicae nostris libris diligenter expressimus,
id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, expressus, a, um, P. a., clearly exhibited, prominent, distinct, visible, manifest, clear, plain, express (syn. solidus, opp. adumbratus).
A.
Lit.:
species deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi, nihil eminentis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf.:
litterae lituraeque omnes assimulatae, expressae,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:
corpora lacertis expressa,
powerful, muscular, Quint. 8 praef. §
19: protinus omnibus membris, expressus infans,
fully formed, id. 2, 4, 6.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen.:
habuit Catilina permulta maximarum non expressa signa, sed adumbrata virtutum,
Cic. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:
est gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,
id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3 (v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 62, p. 723 sq.):
indicia solida et expressa,
id. Planc. 12; cf.:
veri juris germanaeque justitiae solida et expressa effigies,
id. Off. 3, 17, 69:
expressa sceleris vestigia,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:
expressiora et illustriora,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 9; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 3; and:
quid expressius atque signatius in hanc causam?
Tert. Res. Carn. 3.—
2.
Expressa carmina Battiadae, translated, Cat. 65, 16.—Of distinct pronunciation:
vitia oris emendet, ut expressa sint verba, ut suis quaeque litterae sonis enuntientur,
Quint. 1, 11, 4:
expressior sermo,
id. 1, 1, 37:
expressior loquacitas generi picarum est,
Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118. —In a bad sense, of a too emphatic, affected pronunciation: sonus erat dulcis: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, Cic Off. 1, 37, 133.—Hence, adv.: expressē.
* 1.
Lit., with pressure, strongly:
artus expressius fricare,
Scrib. Comp. 198.—
2.
Trop., expressly, distinctly, clearly:
conscripta exempla,
Auct. Her. 4, 7, 10:
quod ipsum expressius Hesiodus hoc versu significavit,
Col. 11, 1, 29.—Of pronunciation, distinctly:
ut ea (R littera) a nullo expressius efferretur,
Val. Max. 8, 7, 1 ext.

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17 resisto

rĕ-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n.
I.
To stand back, remain standing anywhere (cf. resideo); to stand still, halt, stop, stay; to stay behind, remain, continue (class.; less freq. than consistere).
A.
Lit.: dabo mega kakon, nisi resistis... Mane... Mane atque asta, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 10; cf. id. Truc. 4, 2, 38; 41:
Resiste!
Stop! Halt! Ter. And. 2, 2, 7; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 10; Poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 89, 6:
quaeso ubinam illic restitit miles modo?
Plaut. Poen. 2, 22; cf.:
ubi restiteras?
id. Ps. 4, 1, 9:
heus! heus! tibi dico, Chaerea, inquit, restiti,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 2, 3, 12:
ubi ille saepius appellatus aspexit ac restitit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 35; cf.:
ad haec revocantis verba resistit,
Ov. M. 1, 503:
ad omnes municipiorum villarumque amoenitates,
Tac. H. 2, 87:
restitere Romani, tamquam caelesti voce jussi,
Liv. 1, 12, 7:
neque certum inveniri poterat, obtinendine Brundisii causā ibi remansisset... an inopiā navium ibi restitisset,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25:
postero die cum duabus legionibus in occulto restitit,
id. B. G. 7, 35:
Jubam revocatum finitimo bello restitisse in regno,
id. B. C. 2, 38: Vettius negabat, se umquam cum Curione restitisse, that he had stopped (to talk), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2 (al. constitisse):
nihil est ubi lapsi resistamus,
id. Mur. 39, 84:
hostes dat in fugam, sic ut omnino pugnandi causă restiterit nemo,
Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.:
qui restitissent (sc. in urbe),
Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 3; Liv. 37, 21:
nec ante restitit, quam, etc.,
id. 2, 59:
cernes saepe resistere equos,
Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 54.—
b.
Transf., of things:
sidus nusquam resistens,
Sen. Q. N. 1, praef. med.:
rota,
id. Med. 744:
proluvies ventris,
Col. 6, 7, 4.—
B.
Trop.:
nec resistet (vita) extra fores limenque carceris,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 80:
quod optabile, id expetendum: quod expetendum, laudabile: deinde reliqui gradus. Sed ego in hoc resisto,
I stop at this, pause here, id. Fin. 4, 18, 50; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 55; cf.:
ad thalami clausas, Musa, resiste fores,
Ov. A. A. 2, 704:
incipit effari mediāque in voce resistit,
Verg. A. 4, 76:
cursus ad singula vestigia resistit,
Quint. 10, 7, 14:
resistens ac salebrosa oratio,
id. 11, 2, 46 Spald.:
verba resistunt,
Ov. H. 13, 121:
in secundo loco,
Plin. Pan. 10, 4.—
II.
To withstand, oppose, resist; to make opposition or resistance (so most freq.; cf.: repugno, adversor).
A.
Esp. in milit. lang., constr. usu. with dat. or absol.
(α).
With dat.:
cum legiones hostibus resisterent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 22:
paulisper nostris,
id. ib. 4, 14:
venientibus, signa inferentibus,
id. B. C. 1, 55; 1, 82 fin.:
eruptionibus,
id. B. G. 7, 24 fin.:
repentinae Gallorum conjurationi,
id. ib. 5, 27.— Pass. impers.:
alicui in acie,
Nep. Hann. 5, 4:
neque ulla multitudine in unum locum coactā, resisti posse Romanis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 2. —
(β).
Absol.:
resistere neque deprecari,
Caes. B. G. 4, 7; 2, 23; 4, 12;
5, 7 et saep.: acerrime,
id. ib. 7, 62:
audacius,
id. ib. 2, 26:
fortiter,
id. ib. 3, 21:
fortissime,
id. ib. 4, 12:
aegre,
id. B. C. 3, 63:
caeco Marte resistunt,
Verg. A. 2, 335:
nihil de resistendo cogitabat,
Caes. B. C. 2. 34: ibi resistere ac propulsare, Sall. J. 51, 1:
nedum resistendi occasionem fuerit habiturus,
Curt. 7, 4, 4.— Impers. pass.:
ab nostris eādem ratione quā pridie resistitur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 40; so,
resisti,
id. ib. 1, 37; id. B. C. 3, 63.—
B.
In gen.:
omnia consilia consulatūs mei, quibus illi tribuno plebis pro re publicā restitissem,
Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48:
alicui rei publicae causā,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 6:
injuriis,
id. ib. 1, 5, b, 2:
fortiter dolori ac fortunae,
id. ib. 5, 17, 3; cf.:
vix dolori,
id. ib. 4, 6, 1:
defensioni,
i. e. to reply to, id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:
factioni inimicorum,
Sall. C. 34, 2:
sceleri,
Ov. M. 10, 322:
resistere et repugnare contra veritatem non audet,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 51.— Impers. pass.:
omnibus his (sententiis) resistitur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Cic. Lael. 12, 41; Quint. 4, 2, 14; 6, 4, 10:
cui nec virtute resisti potest,
Ov. M. 9, 200 al. — Absol.: restitit et pervicit Cato, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 21:
resistentibus collegis,
Sall. J. 37, 2:
patricii contra vi resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13 Drak. N. cr.:
ne qua sibi statua poneretur, restitit,
Nep. Att. 3, 2.— Impers. pass.:
cum a Cottā primisque ordinibus acriter resisteretur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 30:
vix deorum opibus, quin obruatur Romana res, resisti posse,
Liv. 4, 43. —
b.
Transf., of things:
(plaustra) adversus tempestatem nocentem non resistunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2; cf.:
(fundamenta) valenter resistent contra ea, quae, etc.,
Col. 1, 5, 9:
(Symplegades) Quae nunc immotae perstant ventisque resistunt,
Ov. M. 15, 339; cf.:
indejecta domus tanto malo,
id. ib. 1, 288:
radices frigori,
Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 68:
silex vehementer igni,
id. 36, 22, 49, § 169:
haec gemmarum genera scalpturae,
id. 37, 7, 30, § 104. — Hence, of medicines, to resist, act against a disease:
amiantus veneficiis resistit omnibus,
Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139; 23, 8, 80, § 152; 30, 11, 28, § 93 al.:
vis tribunicia libidini restitit consulari,
Cic. Agr. 2, 6.— Absol.:
ut ripae fluminis cedunt aut prominentia montium resistunt,
projecting mountains advance into it, Tac. A. 2, 16:
ni vis humana resistat,
Lucr. 5, 207:
mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas mens eorum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 19 fin. —
III.
To rise again (very rare, and only trop.; syn. resurgo): post ex fluvio fortuna resistet, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.):
nihil est jam, unde nos reficiamus, aut ubi lapsi resistamus,
we can raise ourselves up, rise again, Cic. Mur. 39, 84.

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