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1 crassē
crassē adv. [crassus], thickly, grossly, rudely: compositum poëma, H.* * *crassius, crassissime ADVdimly/indistinctly, w/out detail; coarsely/inartistically; w/thick layer/thickly -
2 obscūrē
obscūrē adv. with comp. and sup. [obscurus], darkly, obscurely: cernere, dimly.—Fig., covertly, closely, secretly: agere: alqd ferre: obscurius iniqui, more secretly: quam obscurissime. -
3 adumbratim
ădumbrātim, adv. [adumbro], sketched in shadow, à la silhouette, in general or in outline (opp. adamussim):quasi adumbratim paulum simulata videntur,
as it were covered with shadows, dimly resembling, Lucr. 4, 363. -
4 Crassus
1.crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).I.Lit.:B.semina (opp. liquida),
Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:crassius semen,
id. 4, 1244:corpus,
id. 6, 857:unguentum,
Hor. A. P. 375:paludes,
Verg. G. 2, 110:cruor,
id. A. 5, 469:aquae,
greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:ager,
Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:terga (agri),
Verg. G. 2, 236:homo,
Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:turdi,
Mart. 2, 40:toga,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.filum,
Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:restis,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:digiti crassi tres, as a measure,
Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:II.aër crassus et concretus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:crassissimus aër,
id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),
id. Fat. 4, 7:Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:caliginis aër Crassior,
id. 4, 350 al.:vitrum crassiore visu,
less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—Trop. (rare;1.not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,
i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,
i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:crassiore ut vocant Musa,
Quint. 1, 10, 28:turba,
uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:neglegentia,
stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.Lit.:2.picare vasa,
Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.oblinere,
Scrib. Comp. 46.—Grossly, rudely:2.crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,
Sen. Ep. 121, 11.Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,I.L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—II.M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),
Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:Crassiana clades,
Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7. -
5 crassus
1.crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).I.Lit.:B.semina (opp. liquida),
Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:crassius semen,
id. 4, 1244:corpus,
id. 6, 857:unguentum,
Hor. A. P. 375:paludes,
Verg. G. 2, 110:cruor,
id. A. 5, 469:aquae,
greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:ager,
Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:terga (agri),
Verg. G. 2, 236:homo,
Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:turdi,
Mart. 2, 40:toga,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.filum,
Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:restis,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:digiti crassi tres, as a measure,
Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:II.aër crassus et concretus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:crassissimus aër,
id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),
id. Fat. 4, 7:Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:caliginis aër Crassior,
id. 4, 350 al.:vitrum crassiore visu,
less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—Trop. (rare;1.not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,
i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,
i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:crassiore ut vocant Musa,
Quint. 1, 10, 28:turba,
uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:neglegentia,
stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.Lit.:2.picare vasa,
Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.oblinere,
Scrib. Comp. 46.—Grossly, rudely:2.crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,
Sen. Ep. 121, 11.Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,I.L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—II.M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),
Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:Crassiana clades,
Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7. -
6 vespertinus
vespertīnus, a, um, adj. [vesper].I.Of or belonging to evening or even-tide, evening-:II.tempora (opp. matutina),
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52: litterae, received in the evening (opp. antemeridianae), id. Att. 13, 23, 1: senatusconsulta, made or passed in the evening, id. Phil. 3, 10, 24:acies,
a seeing dimly in the evening, Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203:cantus,
of the cock, id. 10, 21, 24, § 49:lucubratio,
id. 18, 26, 63, § 233:ros,
evening dew, Pall. Nov. 13, 4 et saep.—Adverb.:si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,
i. e. in the evening, Hor. S. 2, 4, 17; id. Epod. 16, 51; id. S. 1, 6, 113; Prud. Psych. 376.— Absol.:vespertino rursus pascunt,
at even-tide, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 11:matutinis vespertinisque,
in the morning and evening hours, Plin. 30, 10, 24, § 84. —Of or belonging to the west, western:regio,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 30:caeli regio,
Vitr. 4, 5, 1:populus,
Prud. Psych. 376.
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