conceited

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• The ass rubs the ass. (Conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess)

ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].

(Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

undique ambientibus ramis,

Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

Hor. A. P. 447.—

Transf.

That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

Cic. Fl. 18:

homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

id. Fam. 13, 1:

ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

malis artibus ambitiosus,

seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

Suet. Aug. 42 al. —

Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

Gell. 9, 12:

turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

Ov. F. 5, 298:

sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

si pauper, ambitiosi,

id. Agr. 30:

nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —

Of things, vain, ostentatious:

amicitiae,

founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

rogationes,

id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

gloriandi genus,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

preces,

urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

sententiae,

Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

medicina ars,

boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

Luc. 4, 376:

atria,

splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

Quint. 1, 2, 27:

ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—

In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

de triumpho ambitiose agere,

Cic. Att. 15, 1:

ambitiose regnum petere,

Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].

(Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

undique ambientibus ramis,

Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

Hor. A. P. 447.—

Transf.

That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

Cic. Fl. 18:

homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

id. Fam. 13, 1:

ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

malis artibus ambitiosus,

seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

Suet. Aug. 42 al. —

Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

Gell. 9, 12:

turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

Ov. F. 5, 298:

sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

si pauper, ambitiosi,

id. Agr. 30:

nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —

Of things, vain, ostentatious:

amicitiae,

founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

rogationes,

id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

gloriandi genus,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

preces,

urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

sententiae,

Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

medicina ars,

boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

Luc. 4, 376:

atria,

splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

Quint. 1, 2, 27:

ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—

In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

de triumpho ambitiose agere,

Cic. Att. 15, 1:

ambitiose regnum petere,

Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

crista, ae, f. [cf. cer- in cerebrum, pro-ceres, = cel- in excello].

Prop., a tuft on the head of animals; most freq. of the comb of a cock, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4 and 5; Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156; Juv. 13, 233 al.;

of a lapwing,

Ov. M. 6, 672; Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86;

of a serpent,

Ov. M. 7, 150; 15, 669; Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.—Prov.: illi surgunt cristae, his crest rises, he carries his head high, i. e. he is conceited, Juv. 4, 70.—

Transf.

A tuft of leaves on plants:

foliorum,

Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 86: crista galli or absol. crista, the name of a plant, = alectoros lophos, the cock's comb, id. 27, 5, 23, § 40.—

The crest of a helmet, plume, Lucr. 2, 633; Liv. 10, 39, 12; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Verg. A. 3, 468; 6, 779 et saep.—

The clitoris, Juv. 6, 422.

Crista, ae, m., a Roman surname, Liv. 24, 40, 8.

crista, ae, f. [cf. cer- in cerebrum, pro-ceres, = cel- in excello].

Prop., a tuft on the head of animals; most freq. of the comb of a cock, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4 and 5; Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156; Juv. 13, 233 al.;

of a lapwing,

Ov. M. 6, 672; Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86;

of a serpent,

Ov. M. 7, 150; 15, 669; Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.—Prov.: illi surgunt cristae, his crest rises, he carries his head high, i. e. he is conceited, Juv. 4, 70.—

Transf.

A tuft of leaves on plants:

foliorum,

Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 86: crista galli or absol. crista, the name of a plant, = alectoros lophos, the cock's comb, id. 27, 5, 23, § 40.—

The crest of a helmet, plume, Lucr. 2, 633; Liv. 10, 39, 12; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Verg. A. 3, 468; 6, 779 et saep.—

The clitoris, Juv. 6, 422.

Crista, ae, m., a Roman surname, Liv. 24, 40, 8.

glōrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [gloria].

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

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

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt,

id. Deiot. 14, 40:

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

id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

in illa fuga, nobis gloriosa,

id. ib. 1, 28, 59:

mors,

id. ib. 1, 24, 51:

consilia,

id. Att. 8, 12, 5:

illa,

Vell. 2, 49, 4:

princeps,

Suet. Calig. 8:

gloriosissimae victoriae,

id. Tib. 52; cf.:

dies gloriosissimus,

Tac. H. 5, 17:

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

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

bene de re publica mereri, gloriosum est,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

quod quaesitur gloriosum an indecorum sit,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 1 Dietsch:

in saecula,

Vulg. Dan. 3, 56.—

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

In gen.:

vos nequam et gloriosae,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 55:

(vir) mendax et gloriosus,

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

ubi illa magnifica et gloriosa ostentatio civitatis?

Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

praepotens et gloriosa philosophia,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 193:

epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 13:

pavo, gloriosum animal,

Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 44:

esse gloriosi animi,

eager for glory, Suet. Claud. 1:

miles,

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

B. infra: vir,

a braggart, Vulg. Prov. 25, 14.—

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

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

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

milites,

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

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

triumphare,

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

quia relicua gloriosius retinebat,

Sall. H. 1, 55 Dietsch. — Sup.:

quod per ipsos confici potuit, gloriosissime et magnificentissime confecerunt,

Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2.—

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

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

Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 31:

mentiri,

id. Mil. 27, 72; cf.

proloqui,

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

amicitiam ostentare,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 8 Dietsch.

ventōsus, a, um, adj. [ventus], full of wind, windy.

Lit.:

folles,

Verg. A. 8, 449:

loca,

Lucr. 6, 468:

speluncae,

id. 6, 537:

mare,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 46:

aequora,

Verg. A. 6, 335; Ov. H. 16 (17), 5:

Alpes,

id. Am. 2, 16, 19:

dies,

Quint. 11, 3, 27; Col. 11, 2, 78:

murmur,

Verg. E. 9, 58:

auctumnus, hiems,

Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 352:

alae,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 5; Verg. A. 12, 848:

concha,

i. e. the tuba, Luc. 9, 349:

cucurbita,

i. e. cupping - glass, Juv. 14, 58; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 11:

ictus,

Val. Fl. 2, 269.— Comp.:

Germania,

Tac. G. 5.— Sup.:

regio,

Liv. 36, 43, 1:

uter,

App. Mag. p. 309, 36.—

Transf., like the wind, i. e. light, quick, speedy, swift, nimble ( poet.):

equi,

Ov. F. 4, 392; cf.:

mens cervorum,

Lucr. 3, 299.—

Trop.

Light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: Lepidus homo ventosissimus, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 1:

Romae Tibur amem ventosus, Tibure Romam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 12:

tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid),

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 49:

plebs,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 37:

ingenium,

Liv. 42, 30, 4:

extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est,

Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17.—

Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited, empty:

superbiebat ventosa et insolens natio, quod, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 31, 2:

ventosus et mendax vanitate,

Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 4:

gloria,

Verg. A. 11, 708; cf.:

ventoso gloria curru,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177:

lingua,

Verg. A. 11, 390:

decus (opp. verus honor),

Stat. Th. 10, 711:

ventosa et enormis loquacitas,

inflated, bombastic, Petr. 2.—

* Adv.: ventōsē, as if full of wind, inflatedly:

tumentes pulvilli,

App. M. 10, p. 248, 22.