dē-parcus

parcus, a, um, adj., = pauros [v. parco], sparing in any thing, esp. in expenditure; in a good and bad sense, frugal, thrifty, economical; niggardly, penurious, parsimonious (syn.: tenax, restrictus).

Lit.

Absol.:

detrusisti me ad senem parcissimum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 9:

patre parco ac tenaci,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus,

id. de Or. 2, 71, 287:

parcumque genus patiensque laborum,

Ov. M. 7, 656:

parcā manu offerre aliquid,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 43.—

With gen.:

veteris non parcus aceti,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 62:

donandi parca juventus,

id. ib. 2, 5, 79:

pecuniae,

Tac. H. 1, 49:

pecuniae parcus ac tenax,

Suet. Tib. 46.—

In gen., sparing, chary, moderate in any thing:

operā haud fui parcus meā,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 14:

nimium parcus in largiendā civitate,

Cic. Balb. 22, 50:

non tam vereor, ne me in laudibus suis parcum, quam ne nimium putet,

Plin. Pan. 3, 3:

quam modica cultu, quam parca comitatu,

id. ib. 83, 7:

civium sanguinis parcus,

Tac. H. 3, 75:

parcissimus somni,

Luc. 9, 590:

parcissimus vini,

Suet. Aug. 77:

acies non parca fugae,

Sil. 10, 30:

beneficiorum parcissimus aestimator,

Plin. Pan. 21, 2:

parcus Deorum cultor,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 1:

in libidinem projecti, in cibum parci,

Just. 41, 3, 13.—With inf.:

parcusque lacessere Martem,

Sil. 1, 680:

haud parci Martem coluisse,

id. 8, 464.—In gen., moderate, not rash nor self-indulgent:

somnus sanitatis in homine parco,

Vulg. Ecclus. 31, 24.— Comp.:

parcior somni,

Just. 11, 13, 2.— Sup.:

parcissimus somni,

Luc. 9, 590.—

Transf., spare, scanty, little, small, slight ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

parco sale contingere,

Verg. G. 3, 403:

tellus,

Stat. S. 4, 5, 13:

lucerna,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 60:

vulnus,

Sil. 16, 111:

merito parcior ira meo,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 98:

questaque sum vento lintea parca dari,

id. H. 21, 79:

optima mors parca quae venit apta die,

after a short time, Prop. 3, 3, 40 (Parcae quae venit acta die, id. 3, 4, 18 Müll.):

et brevis somnus,

Plin. Pan. 49.— Adv., in two forms, parce (class.) and parciter (ante- and post-class.).

Form parcē.

Sparingly, frugally, thriftily; penuriously, parsimoniously:

parce parcus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 35: vivere parce, continenter, severe, sobrie, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf.:

parce ac duriter se habere,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 20:

parce et duriter vitam agere,

id. And. 1, 1, 47:

nimium parce facere sumptum,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

frumentum parce et paulatim metiri,

Caes. B. G. 7, 71:

cur id tam parce tamque restricte faciant,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

parce seminat,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 6.— Comp.:

implet manum parcius,

Juv. 6, 546.—

In gen., sparingly, moderately, cautiously:

scripsi de te parce et timide,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3:

parce et molliter aliquem laedere,

id. ib. 1, 9, 23:

gaudere,

Phaedr. 4, 16:

mirari,

Sil. 10, 474; 15, 756; Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3; 5, 7, 4.— Comp.:

parcius dicere de laude alicujus,

Cic. Mur. 13, 29:

parcius ista viris tamen obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7:

parcius Andromachen vexavit Achaia victrix,

Ov. H. 8, 13:

parcius quatiunt fenestras,

rarely, seldom, Hor. C. 1, 25, 1; Quint. 9, 2, 69.— Sup.:

civitatem Romanam parcissime dedit,

Suet. Aug. 40:

ut parcissime dicam, nemo historicorum commendavit magis,

Quint. 10, 1, 101.—

Form parcĭter, sparingly, Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 6: praelibare, Claud. Mam. praef.

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sparing, thrifty, economical, moderate

tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

id. ib. 6, 3:

vinclum,

id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

complexus,

id. ib. 4, 377:

lappa,

id. P. 2, 1, 14:

hedera arborem implicat,

Cat. 61, 34:

loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

amplexus,

App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

cutis tenacior capilli,

Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—

Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—

In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

parcus, truculentus, tenax,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

non tenax in largitate,

Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

genus Quaesiti tenax,

Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

Suet. Caes. 67.—

Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

glaebis tenacissimum solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

cerae,

sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

pondere tenacior navis,

Liv. 28, 30, 11:

panicula glutino tenacior,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—

Trop.

Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

memoria tenacissima,

Quint. 1, 1, 19:

naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

id. 1, 1, 5:

pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

id. 11, 1, 90; so,

propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

tenacem esse sui juris debet,

Col. 1, 7, 2:

disciplinae tenacissimus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

justitiae,

Juv. 8, 25:

ficti pravique (Fama),

Verg. A. 4, 188:

veri,

Pers. 5, 48:

amicitiarum,

Vell. 2, 29, 3:

exempli sui,

id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

animi,

Manil. 4, 165:

longa tenaxque fides,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—

In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

equus contra sua vincla tenax,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

equus,

Liv. 39, 25, 13;

and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

ira Caesaris,

id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

morbi,

Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.

Lit.:

pressisse tenaciter ungues,

Ov. H. 9, 21:

vincire,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

apprehendere,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

habitare,

Aug. Ep. 6.—

Trop., persistently, firmly:

urgere,

Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

id. ib. 6, 3:

vinclum,

id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

complexus,

id. ib. 4, 377:

lappa,

id. P. 2, 1, 14:

hedera arborem implicat,

Cat. 61, 34:

loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

amplexus,

App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

cutis tenacior capilli,

Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—

Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—

In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

parcus, truculentus, tenax,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

non tenax in largitate,

Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

genus Quaesiti tenax,

Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

Suet. Caes. 67.—

Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

glaebis tenacissimum solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

cerae,

sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

pondere tenacior navis,

Liv. 28, 30, 11:

panicula glutino tenacior,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—

Trop.

Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

memoria tenacissima,

Quint. 1, 1, 19:

naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

id. 1, 1, 5:

pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

id. 11, 1, 90; so,

propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

tenacem esse sui juris debet,

Col. 1, 7, 2:

disciplinae tenacissimus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

justitiae,

Juv. 8, 25:

ficti pravique (Fama),

Verg. A. 4, 188:

veri,

Pers. 5, 48:

amicitiarum,

Vell. 2, 29, 3:

exempli sui,

id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

animi,

Manil. 4, 165:

longa tenaxque fides,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—

In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

equus contra sua vincla tenax,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

equus,

Liv. 39, 25, 13;

and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

ira Caesaris,

id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

morbi,

Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.

Lit.:

pressisse tenaciter ungues,

Ov. H. 9, 21:

vincire,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

apprehendere,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

habitare,

Aug. Ep. 6.—

Trop., persistently, firmly:

urgere,

Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

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as-sĭdĕo ( ads-, Fleck., Kayser, Rib., Merk., Halm, Weissenb.; both, K. and H.), sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [sedeo], to sit by or near a person or thing (syn. assido).

Lit.

In gen.:

qui apud carbones adsident,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 48:

in Tiburti forte adsedimus ego et Marcus filius,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224:

non adsidens et attente audiens,

id. Brut. 55, 200.—

Esp.

To sit, stand, or be at one's side, as attendant, aid, protector; absol. or with dat.:

cum lacrimans in carcere mater noctes diesque adsideret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43:

principes Macedoniae hujus (Plancii) periculo commoti huic adsident, pro hoc laborant,

id. Planc. 11 fin.:

cum Pompeius P. Lentulo consuli frequens adsideret,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

qui (nobilium adulescentes) ibi adsidebant,

Liv. 9, 46, 9:

Ut assidens inplumibus pullis avis Serpentium adlapsus timet,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19:

adsidens foribus,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 15; ib. 1 Macc. 11, 40; ib. Act. 26, 30.—Hence, in judic. lang., t. t., to aid, assist one in the office of judge, to be an assessor (cf. assessor):

rarus in tribunali Caesaris Piso, et si quando adsideret, atrox ac dissentire manifestus,

Tac. A. 2, 57; Dig. 1, 22, 2; 1, 22, 3; 1, 22, 6 al.—

Of the sick, to attend upon, take care of:

adsidet aegrae,

Ov. H. 20, 137:

Adsidet una soror,

Prop. 5, 3, 41: si alius casus lecto te adflixit, habes qui Adsideat, fomenta paret, medicum roget, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 82; Plin. Ep. 7, 19:

adsidente amantissimā uxore,

Tac. Agr. 45:

adsidere valetudini,

id. ib. —

To be busily, assiduously engaged about a thing:

litteris,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 19:

gubernaculis,

to attend to, to mind, id. Pan. 81 fin. —

Transf.

Of a place, to station one's self before; and more freq. in a hostile sense, to be encamped before, sit down before, besiege, blockade; constr. with dat. or acc.; also pass.:

adsidere sepultae urbis ruinis,

Tac. H. 3, 35:

prope moenia Romana adsidere,

Liv. 26, 22:

moenibus adsidet hostis,

Verg. Cir. 267; Liv. 23, 19; 21, 25; Curt. 4, 3; Tac. H. 2, 22 al.:

cum muros adsidet hostis,

Verg. A. 11, 304:

adsidendo castellum,

Tac. A. 6, 43:

arces,

Sil. 9, 623:

adsidebat oppugnabatque oppidum,

Gell. 7, 1, 8: Amisumque adsideri audiebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 830 P. (IV. 8 Gerl.):

adsessos Capuae muros,

Sil. 12, 453.—

Poet., to be near one in qualities, i. e. to be like, to resemble (in prose, instead of it, accedo;

opp. dissideo, q. v.): parcus Adsidet insano,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14 (sedet stulto proximus eique simillimus est, Crucq.; cf. in Gr. engus einai tini.—Acc. to Schmid the figure is drawn from the sitting together of similar classes in the theatre).

ā̆grestis, e, adj. [id.].

Lit., pertaining to land, fields, or the country, country, rural, rustic, wild, agrios:

Musa,

Lucr. 5, 1397:

te in Arpinati videbimus et hospitio agresti accipiemus,

Cic. Att. 2, 16 fin.:

vestitus,

Nep. Pel. 2, 5:

falx,

Tib. 2, 5, 28 al.:

poma,

Verg. A. 7, 111:

cum lactucis agrestibus,

Vulg. Exod. 12, 8:

ligna non sunt pomifera, sed agrestia,

ib. Deut. 20, 20:

herbas agrestes,

ib. 4 Reg. 4, 39.— Subst.: ā̆grestis, is ( gen. plur. agrestūm, Ov. M. 14, 635), a countryman, rustic, farmer, peasant, Lucr. 5, 1382:

non est haec oratio habenda aut cum imperitā multitudine aut in aliquo conventu agrestium,

Cic. Mur. 29:

collectos armat agrestes,

Verg. A. 9, 11:

Fictilia antiquus primum sibi fecit agrestis Pocula,

Tib. 1, 1, 39:

facinus admissum a quodam agresti,

Tac. A. 4, 45:

inopes agrestes,

id. H. 2, 13; 4, 50.—

Transf., and in mal. part.

Rustic, in opp. to the refined citizen ( urbanus, as agrios is opp. to asteios), boorish, clownish, rude, uncultivated, coarse, wild, savage, barbarous, of persons and things:

sunt quidam vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

O rem dignam, in quā non modo docti, verum etiam agrestes erubescant,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 41:

aborigines, genus hominum agreste,

Sall. C. 6, 1:

Ego ille agrestis, saevos, tristis, parcus, truculentus, tenax Duxi uxorem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

quis nostrūm tam animo agresti ac duro fuit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 8:

dominus agrestis et furiosus,

id. Sen. 14:

exculto animo nihil agreste, nihil inhumanum est,

id. Att. 13, 45; so Ov. M. 11, 767:

rustica vox et agrestis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11; 2, 3. —Hence, agrestiores Musae, ruder, of the language of the bar, in opp. to more refined and polished eloquence, Cic. Or. 3, 11.—

Wild, brutish:

vultus,

Ov. M. 9, 96:

agrestem detraxit ab ore figuram Juppiter (of Io),

Prop. 3, 31, 13.— Comp., v. above.—

* Sup. agrestissimus, Cassiod. Ep. 7, 4.—

* Adv. comp. neutr. agrestius, Spart. Hadr. 3.

as-sĭdĕo ( ads-, Fleck., Kayser, Rib., Merk., Halm, Weissenb.; both, K. and H.), sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [sedeo], to sit by or near a person or thing (syn. assido).

Lit.

In gen.:

qui apud carbones adsident,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 48:

in Tiburti forte adsedimus ego et Marcus filius,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224:

non adsidens et attente audiens,

id. Brut. 55, 200.—

Esp.

To sit, stand, or be at one's side, as attendant, aid, protector; absol. or with dat.:

cum lacrimans in carcere mater noctes diesque adsideret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43:

principes Macedoniae hujus (Plancii) periculo commoti huic adsident, pro hoc laborant,

id. Planc. 11 fin.:

cum Pompeius P. Lentulo consuli frequens adsideret,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

qui (nobilium adulescentes) ibi adsidebant,

Liv. 9, 46, 9:

Ut assidens inplumibus pullis avis Serpentium adlapsus timet,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19:

adsidens foribus,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 15; ib. 1 Macc. 11, 40; ib. Act. 26, 30.—Hence, in judic. lang., t. t., to aid, assist one in the office of judge, to be an assessor (cf. assessor):

rarus in tribunali Caesaris Piso, et si quando adsideret, atrox ac dissentire manifestus,

Tac. A. 2, 57; Dig. 1, 22, 2; 1, 22, 3; 1, 22, 6 al.—

Of the sick, to attend upon, take care of:

adsidet aegrae,

Ov. H. 20, 137:

Adsidet una soror,

Prop. 5, 3, 41: si alius casus lecto te adflixit, habes qui Adsideat, fomenta paret, medicum roget, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 82; Plin. Ep. 7, 19:

adsidente amantissimā uxore,

Tac. Agr. 45:

adsidere valetudini,

id. ib. —

To be busily, assiduously engaged about a thing:

litteris,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 19:

gubernaculis,

to attend to, to mind, id. Pan. 81 fin. —

Transf.

Of a place, to station one's self before; and more freq. in a hostile sense, to be encamped before, sit down before, besiege, blockade; constr. with dat. or acc.; also pass.:

adsidere sepultae urbis ruinis,

Tac. H. 3, 35:

prope moenia Romana adsidere,

Liv. 26, 22:

moenibus adsidet hostis,

Verg. Cir. 267; Liv. 23, 19; 21, 25; Curt. 4, 3; Tac. H. 2, 22 al.:

cum muros adsidet hostis,

Verg. A. 11, 304:

adsidendo castellum,

Tac. A. 6, 43:

arces,

Sil. 9, 623:

adsidebat oppugnabatque oppidum,

Gell. 7, 1, 8: Amisumque adsideri audiebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 830 P. (IV. 8 Gerl.):

adsessos Capuae muros,

Sil. 12, 453.—

Poet., to be near one in qualities, i. e. to be like, to resemble (in prose, instead of it, accedo;

opp. dissideo, q. v.): parcus Adsidet insano,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14 (sedet stulto proximus eique simillimus est, Crucq.; cf. in Gr. engus einai tini.—Acc. to Schmid the figure is drawn from the sitting together of similar classes in the theatre).

ăvārus, a, um, adj. ( gen. plur. fem. avarūm, Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 9 dub.; Speng., aurum) [1. aveo, Gell. 10, 5, 13], eagerly desirous of something, esp. of possessions, avaricious, covetous, greedy (opp. largus, Quadrig. ap. Non. p. 510, 20: avarum et avidum ita discernuntur: avarum semper in reprehensione est;

avidum autem malis aliquando, aliquando bonis adjungitur,

Non. p. 442, 12 sq.; v. II.; syn.: avidus, cupidus, tenax, sordidus).

Lit.:

meretrix,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 5, and Cat. 110, 7; cf.:

Carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

Tib. 3, 1, 7:

leno,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 39:

avarus et furax homo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 268:

semper avarus eget,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 56:

quantum discordet parcus avaro,

id. ib. 2, 2, 194.—With gen.:

publicae pecuniae,

Tac. H. 1, 49:

caedis,

Claud. B. Get. 606 et saep.— Poet. transf. to inanimate things:

fuge litus avarum,

Verg. A. 3, 44 ( = avarorum, Serv.):

Troja, i. e. with reference to the perjured avarice of Laomedon,

Ov. M. 11, 208 (cf.:

perjura Troja,

Verg. A. 5, 811; Ov. M. 11, 215):

fraus,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 37:

spes,

id. ib. 4, 11, 25:

venter,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 32:

mare,

id. C. 3, 29, 61: Acheron. Verg. G. 2, 492:

ignis,

Prop. 3, 26, 10 al. —

Transf., in the poets sometimes without the access. idea of reproach: Graiis praeter laudem nullius avaris, eager only for glory, Hor.A.P.324:

agricola,

Verg. G. 1, 48.— Comp.:

avariores magistratus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82:

ruberes, Viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157. — Sup.:

homo avarissime et spurcissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37.— Adv., covetously, greedily, avariciously, etc.

Ante-class. form ăvārĭter, Cato and Quadrig. ap. Non. p. 510, 17:

ingurgitare,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 35. —Of gluttony:

si quis avidus poscit escam avariter,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 12; cf. avaritia, II.—

Class. form ăvārē:

avare pretium statui arti meae,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:

aliquid facere,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37; Nep. Lys. 4, 1:

superbe avareque imperitare victis,

Liv. 21, 1, 3; cf. Curt. 4, 7.— Comp., more eagerly, more greedily:

avarius exigere opus,

Col. 1, 7, 1.— Sup.:

avarissime horas suas servare,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 32.

dī-lĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3, v. a. [2. lego]. Prop., to distinguish one by selecting him from others; hence, in gen., to value or esteem highly, to love (v. amo init., and cf. faveo, studeo, foveo, cupio; very freq. and class.).

Prop.:

nihil est enim virtute amabilius, nihil quod magis alliciat ad diligendum: quippe cum propter virtutem et probitatem etiam eos, quos numquam vidimus, quodam modo diligamus,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf. id. ib. 9, 29 sq.; 14, 50; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 12 et saep. (cf. also the passages with diligo which are cited under amo, 1. and 1. colo, II. 2. b.); Caes. B. G. 6, 19 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 61, 3; Suet. Caes. 67; Verg. A. 9, 430; Hor. C. 2, 20, 7 et saep.:

satin habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Verg. A. 1, 344; Hor. C. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Caes. 50; 52; id. Aug. 62 al.:

te in germani fratris dilexi loco,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; cf. Verg. A. 4, 31; Suet. Calig. 24 al.: quem di diligunt, whom the gods favor, denoting a fortunate person, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 18; Ter. And. 5, 6, 9; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 14. —Prov.:

diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 23.

Transf.

Of inanimate objects:

fidem est complexus, observantiamque dilexit,

Cic. Balb. 28; cf.:

Caesaris consilia in re publica,

id. Prov. Cons. 10 fin.:

benevolentiam, diligentiam, prudentiam mirifice,

id. Att. 12, 34 fin.:

aviae memoriam,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

auream mediocritatem,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

Cypron,

id. ib. 1, 30, 2 et saep. —

Very rarely, of inanimate subjects, to love, choose, affect:

montes amant cedrus, larix, etc.... montes et valles diligit abies,

Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73 sq. —

With inf. for amare, to do willingly or habitually, to be fond of doing:

pira nasci tali solo maxime diligunt,

Pall. Febr. 25, 1.—Hence,

dī-lĭgens, entis, P. a., prop. esteeming, loving; hence, in respect to an inanimate object, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate with regard to it, opp. negligens (very freq. and class.).

In gen.

With praepp.:

qui in re adventitia atque hereditaria tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48; so, in rebus omnibus, id. Lael. 17, 62:

in exquirendis temporibus,

id. Rep. 2, 14 fin.:

in ostentis animadvertendis,

id. Div. 1, 42 fin.:

in compositione,

id. Quint. 10, 1, 79:

in philosophia,

id. ib. 129:

in eloquendo,

id. ib. 63:

in symmetria,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.:

ad custodiendum aliquem diligentissimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; so,

ad reportandum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

ad cetera,

Quint. 1, 1, 7:

diligentes circa hoc,

Plin. 31, 5, 30, § 56:

circa aerarium,

Eutr. 8, 7.—

With gen.:

omnis officii diligentissimus,

Cic. Cael. 30, 73:

veritatis,

Nep. Epam. 3:

imperii,

id. Con. 1, 2:

disciplinae,

Vell. 1, 6; cf.:

litterarum veterum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4:

compositionis,

Quint. 9, 4, 77:

aliarum rerum quae vitam instruunt,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 3:

temperamenti,

Plin. Pan. 79, 5:

naturae,

attentively investigating it, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; so,

medicinae,

id. 32, 3, 13, § 26 et saep.—

With dat.:

Corinthios video publicis equis assignandis et alendis, orborum et viduarum tributis fuisse quondam diligentes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 32.—

Absol.:

experientissimus ac diligentissimus orator,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21: pro cauto ac diligente, Caes. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.;

for which: ut a diligenti curiosus distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55; cf. id. 1, 4, 24; 2, 15, 10 et saep.—

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

assidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf.:

diligentior notitia,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:

stilus,

Tac. Or. 39:

remedia,

Sen. Ep. 95; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 45; Vell. 1, 4.—

In partic., with reference to domestic affairs, frugal, thrifty, economical (cf. its opp. negligens = prodigus, and Ruhnk. Rutil. Lup. p. 95, a, ed. Frotsch.):

homo frugi ac diligens, qui sua servare vellet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1; cf.

opp. negligens,

ib. 4, 13, 8;

and c. c. parcus and opp. luxuriosus,

Auct. Her. 4, 34:

cum te pro illiberali diligentem (appelles),

Quint. 9, 3, 65:

ex re familiari, cujus diligentissimus erat,

Suet. Gramm. 23.—Hence, dīlĭgenter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), carefully, attentively, diligently:

accurate agatur, docte et diligenter,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30; id. Men. 5, 6, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Phil. 1, 15 fin.; id. Fam. 6, 5; id. Att. 16, 16 A. fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 al.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Brut. 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 3, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8, 4; Vulg. Act. 22, 30 al.— Sup., Cic. Lael. 2, 7; id. Rep. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 81 al.—

dīlectus, a, um, P. a., loved, beloved, dear (rare).—With dat.:

pueri dilecti Superis,

Ov. M. 10, 153; so id. ib. 5, 395; 8, 758.—In sup., Stat. Th. 8, 99; Vulg. Heb. 6, 9.— Absol.:

luce mihi carior dilectior fili,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 init.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 74 al.— Subst.: dīlectus, i, m., = ho erômenos, a favorite, Suet. Aug. 98.

discordo, āre, v. n. [id.], to be at variance, to differ, to quarrel (rare but class.).

Lit.:

discordare inter se,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 43:

cupiditates in animis dissident atque discordant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 44:

animus a se ipse dissidens secumque discordans,

id. ib. 1, 18, 58:

cum Cheruscis,

Tac. A. 12, 28:

adversus ventrem (membra),

Quint. 5, 11, 19.—

Transf., to be unlike, out of harmony with; to disagree, be inconsistent with, opposed to:

ab oratione (vox),

id. 11, 3, 45; cf. id. 8, 3, 18:

a se fortuna,

Vell. 2, 53, 3:

avaro parcus (with hilaris nepoti discrepet),

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 194.— Absol.:

neu discordarent,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 7:

eques,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 185:

patria,

Tac. A. 1, 9.

ēlĕgans (in some MSS. eligans; cf. Beier Cic. Orr. Fragmm. p. 105), antis, adj. [prob. collat. form of eligens, from eligo, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72].

In the ante-class. period in a bad sense, luxurious, effeminate, fastidious, nice: elegans homo non dicebatur cum laude;

sed id fere verbum ad aetatem M. Catonis vitii, non laudis fuit... ex quibus verbis (Catonis) apparet, elegantem dictum antiquitus non ab ingenii elegantia, sed qui nimis lecto amoenoque cultu victuque esset, etc.,

Gell. 11, 2, 1; cf. Non. 465, 11 sq.:

heia, ut elegans est!

how choice! how nice! Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 19 Ruhnk.; cf. id. Eun. 3, 1, 18; 3, 5, 18 (but not in Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—

Class. in a good sense, choice, nice, fine, neat, tasteful, elegant.

Of persons: tu festivus, tu elegans, tu solus urbanus, quem decet muliebris ornatus, etc., Cic. Clod. et Cur. 5, p. 105, ed. Beier; cf. (with mundus) id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; (with splendidus) Nep. Att. 13, 5;

and opp. parcus,

Cic. Brut. 40, 148; id. Or. 25, 83:

auctor,

Vell. 1, 13:

mulier (Phryne—with formosa),

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 ext.:

intelligo te hominem in omni judicio elegantissimum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23 et saep.:

scriptor,

id. Brut. 9; 16, 63; 68, 239; Quint. 10, 1, 78 al.; cf. in the comp.: quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior (sc. Caesare)? Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; in the sup.:

poëta,

Nep. Att. 12, 4:

elegans et concinnus (pictor),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111.—As subst.: ēlĕgantes, ium, m., fine gentlemen, city people (opp. agrestes), Col. 7, 2, 1.—

Of things:

nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13; cf. (with decorum) Cic. Div. 1, 30:

a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora defluximus,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf. Liv. 44, 9:

artes elegantes et ingenuae,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2:

temperamentum,

Tac. A. 11, 4:

color,

Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 34 et saep.:

perspicitis, hoc genus (jocandi) quam sit facetum, quam elegans, quam oratorium,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 241; cf. id. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Brut. 85; Quint. 6, 3, 39; 10, 1, 65 al.— Comp.:

ego autem a te elegantiora desidero,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10; and sup.:

epistola,

id. Att. 16, 13 a.; cf.:

scripta Terentii,

Quint. 10, 1, 99: utrum sit elegantius, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 18:

solum,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 50. —Hence, adv.: ēlĕganter, with correct choice, tastefully, neatly, finely, gracefully, elegantly:

lautiores eleganter accepti,

Cic. Att. 13, 52, 2:

quiete et pure atque eleganter acta aetas,

id. de Sen. 5; cf.:

acta vita,

Liv. 35, 31:

herba foliis rotundis eleganter vestita,

Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 43 et saep.— Comp.:

psallere et saltare,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

quid enim facere potuit elegantius ad hominum existimationem?

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17:

elegantius aut justius fieri,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

facturos si, etc.,

Liv. 37, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse,

more fitly, judiciously, Liv. 35, 14:

causam accurate eleganterque dicere,

Cic. Brut. 22, 86;

so of speech,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 102; 8, 2, 21 al.; cf. in the sup., Cic. Brut. 72, 252; Quint. 11, 1, 74.

ēlĕgans (in some MSS. eligans; cf. Beier Cic. Orr. Fragmm. p. 105), antis, adj. [prob. collat. form of eligens, from eligo, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72].

In the ante-class. period in a bad sense, luxurious, effeminate, fastidious, nice: elegans homo non dicebatur cum laude;

sed id fere verbum ad aetatem M. Catonis vitii, non laudis fuit... ex quibus verbis (Catonis) apparet, elegantem dictum antiquitus non ab ingenii elegantia, sed qui nimis lecto amoenoque cultu victuque esset, etc.,

Gell. 11, 2, 1; cf. Non. 465, 11 sq.:

heia, ut elegans est!

how choice! how nice! Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 19 Ruhnk.; cf. id. Eun. 3, 1, 18; 3, 5, 18 (but not in Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—

Class. in a good sense, choice, nice, fine, neat, tasteful, elegant.

Of persons: tu festivus, tu elegans, tu solus urbanus, quem decet muliebris ornatus, etc., Cic. Clod. et Cur. 5, p. 105, ed. Beier; cf. (with mundus) id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; (with splendidus) Nep. Att. 13, 5;

and opp. parcus,

Cic. Brut. 40, 148; id. Or. 25, 83:

auctor,

Vell. 1, 13:

mulier (Phryne—with formosa),

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 ext.:

intelligo te hominem in omni judicio elegantissimum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23 et saep.:

scriptor,

id. Brut. 9; 16, 63; 68, 239; Quint. 10, 1, 78 al.; cf. in the comp.: quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior (sc. Caesare)? Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; in the sup.:

poëta,

Nep. Att. 12, 4:

elegans et concinnus (pictor),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111.—As subst.: ēlĕgantes, ium, m., fine gentlemen, city people (opp. agrestes), Col. 7, 2, 1.—

Of things:

nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13; cf. (with decorum) Cic. Div. 1, 30:

a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora defluximus,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf. Liv. 44, 9:

artes elegantes et ingenuae,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2:

temperamentum,

Tac. A. 11, 4:

color,

Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 34 et saep.:

perspicitis, hoc genus (jocandi) quam sit facetum, quam elegans, quam oratorium,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 241; cf. id. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Brut. 85; Quint. 6, 3, 39; 10, 1, 65 al.— Comp.:

ego autem a te elegantiora desidero,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10; and sup.:

epistola,

id. Att. 16, 13 a.; cf.:

scripta Terentii,

Quint. 10, 1, 99: utrum sit elegantius, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 18:

solum,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 50. —Hence, adv.: ēlĕganter, with correct choice, tastefully, neatly, finely, gracefully, elegantly:

lautiores eleganter accepti,

Cic. Att. 13, 52, 2:

quiete et pure atque eleganter acta aetas,

id. de Sen. 5; cf.:

acta vita,

Liv. 35, 31:

herba foliis rotundis eleganter vestita,

Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 43 et saep.— Comp.:

psallere et saltare,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

quid enim facere potuit elegantius ad hominum existimationem?

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17:

elegantius aut justius fieri,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

facturos si, etc.,

Liv. 37, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse,

more fitly, judiciously, Liv. 35, 14:

causam accurate eleganterque dicere,

Cic. Brut. 22, 86;

so of speech,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 102; 8, 2, 21 al.; cf. in the sup., Cic. Brut. 72, 252; Quint. 11, 1, 74.