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  • 21 quaestuōsus

        quaestuōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [quaestus], gainful, profitable, advantageous, lucrative, productive: scientia: mercatura: hoc multo est quaestuosius, quam, etc.: benignitas quaestuosior: quaestuosissima officina: edictum.—Of persons, full of gain, acquiring wealth: gens, Cu.— Fond of gain, eager for profit, acqui<*>itive: homo.
    * * *
    quaestuosa, quaestuosum ADJ

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  • 22 salāx

        salāx ācis, adj.    [2 SAL-], lustful, lecherous, salacious: aries, O.: cauda, H.— Provoking lust, provocative: herba, O.
    * * *
    (gen.), salacis ADJ
    lecherous/lustful; highly sexed, eager for sex, lascivious; aphrodisiac; hot

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  • 23 studio

    (+ dat.) to study, pursue eagerly, be eager for.

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  • 24 factiosus

    factĭōsus, a, um, adj. [factio, II.], that has or seeks to form a party, powerful or eager for power, factious, seditious (class.;

    syn.: perduellis, seditiosus, tumultuosus, turbulentus, potens, praepotens): homo dives, factiosus,

    a demagogue, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 50:

    potens et factiosus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 26, 40:

    homo (with potens),

    Nep. Ages. 1:

    exsistunt in re publica plerumque largitores et factiosi, ut opes quam maximas consequantur, et sint vi potius superiores quam justitia pares,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64:

    non divitiis cum divite, neque factione cum factioso, certabat,

    Sall. C. 54, 5; id. J. 31, 15 Dietsch:

    vel optimatium vel factiosa tyrannis illa vel regia, etc.,

    i. e. oligarchical, Cic. Rep. 1, 29, 45: linguă factiosi, busy with the tongue, i. e. promising a great deal, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13.— Comp.:

    mulier,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 21.— Sup.:

    quisque,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 5. —
    * Adv.: factĭōse, mightily, powerfully, Sid. Ep. 4, 24.

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  • 25 ferox

    fĕrox, ōcis ( gen. plur. ferocum, Albin. 1, 275; abl. sing. feroci, Neue, Formenl. 2, 67 sq.), adj. [root in Gr. thêr, Aeol. phêr, thêrion; cf.: ferus, fera; cf. also Zend. dvar, to run, Gr. thrôskô, thorein, Lat. furere], wild, bold, courageous, warlike, spirited, brave, gallant, savage, headstrong, untamable, fierce, insolent (class.; syn.: dirus, ferus, durus, saevus, crudelis; immanis, immitis, barbarus, etc.).
    I.
    In a good sense:

    moechus qui formest ferox,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 13:

    naturā ferox, vehemens, manu promptus erat,

    Sall. C. 43 fin.; cf.:

    nimium es vehemens feroxque naturā,

    Cic. Vat. 2, 4:

    ferox naturā,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    vicimus vi feroces,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 82: Aequorum magna gens et ferox, warlike, Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

    Latium,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 10:

    Roma,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 44:

    Parthi,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

    Sygambri,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 34:

    miles,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

    Hector,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 21: virgo (i. e. Minerva), Mart. 14, 179; cf. Sil. 9, 457:

    loca amoena, voluptaria facile in otio feroces militum animos molliverat,

    Sall. C. 11, 5; cf. id. J. 106, 3:

    ferox bello,

    Hor. C. 1, 32, 6; cf.:

    feroces ad bellandum,

    Liv. 38, 13, 11:

    adversus pericula ferox,

    Tac. H. 3, 69 fin.:

    Triaria ultra feminam ferox,

    id. ib. 2, 63:

    vir nobilis ac ferox,

    id. A. 4, 21.—With gen.:

    animi,

    Tac. A. 1, 32. — Sup.:

    globus ferocissimorum juvenum,

    Liv. 1, 12, 9:

    auxiliarii,

    Tac. H. 2, 24:

    nullo adversante, cum ferocissimi cecidissent,

    id. A. 1, 2.
    II.
    In a bad sense:

    equi indomiti, feroces,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 110:

    leones,

    Lucr. 4, 717:

    aper,

    Verg. A. 10, 711:

    indulgentia ferocem fortasse atque arrogantem et infestum facit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 11, 3:

    dote fretae, feroces,

    i. e. arrogant, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 17; cf.:

    ferox formā,

    id. Mil. 4, 9, 13; Titin. ap. Non. 305, 6:

    Numidae secundis rebus feroces,

    Sall. J. 94, 4; cf.:

    ferox viribus,

    Liv. 1, 7, 5; 7, 5, 6:

    robore corporis stolide ferox,

    Tac. A. 1, 3:

    nequicquam Veneris praesidio ferox,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 13:

    sit Medea ferox invictaque,

    id. A. P. 123:

    animus ferox inopiā rei familiaris,

    Sall. C. 5, 7; cf.:

    quibus aetas animusque ferox erat,

    id. ib. 38, 1:

    oculi,

    Luc. 5, 211:

    patribus ferox,

    haughty toward the senators, Liv. 7, 40, 8.— Comp.:

    in bellis civilibus, victoria, etiamsi ad meliores venit, tamen eos ipsos ferociores impotentioresque reddit,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 305, 10:

    et quia tecum eram, propterea animo eram ferocior,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 13; id. Rud. 3, 1, 14; Quint. 2, 2, 3. — Sup.:

    duas ferocissimas affectiones amoris atque odii coërcere,

    Gell. 1, 3 fin.:

    bestiae,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 9.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    linguae feroces,

    Tac. H. 1, 35:

    ferox scelerum,

    eager for, prone to crimes, id. A. 4, 12:

    deorum Spretor erat mentisque ferox Ixione natus,

    Ov. M. 8, 614:

    scelerum,

    Tac. A. 4, 12.—
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    ferox in suos erat miles, ignavus in hostes,

    Amm. 22, 4, 7.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    ferox est, viginti minas meas tractare sese,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 62:

    odium renovare ferox,

    Sil. 11, 8.—Hence, adv.: fĕrōcĭter.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Courageously, valorously, bravely:

    strenue et ferociter facta in bello plura memorari possunt,

    Liv. 3, 47, 2:

    adequitare,

    id. 9, 22, 4:

    mandata edere,

    Tac. A. 15, 5.— Comp.:

    pauci ferocius decernunt,

    Sall. J. 104, 2.— Sup.:

    cum quo ferocissime pro Romana societate adversus Punicum foedus steterat,

    Liv. 23, 8, 3.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Fiercely, savagely, insolently:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

    increpare,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 58:

    dictae sententiae,

    Liv. 2, 55, 11.— Comp.:

    paulo ferocius (exagitatus),

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

    obloqui,

    Curt. 10, 2 fin.

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  • 26 gloriosus

    glōrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [gloria].
    I.
    (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.—
    II.
    Vainglorious, boasting, bragging, haughty, conceited, ostentatious (syn.: jactans, arrogans, superbus, insolens, vanus, ostentator).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.
    1.
    (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.—
    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.

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  • 27 quaestuosus

    quaestŭōsus, a, um, adj. [quaestus].
    I.
    Gainful, profitable, advantageous, lucrative, productive (class.;

    syn. lucrosus): ager,

    productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 1, 6:

    mercatura,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 86; id. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

    quaestuosissima officina,

    id. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

    res Verri,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 46:

    uberrimus et quaestuosissimus annus,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 40:

    hoc multo est quaestuosius, quam, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    benignitas quaestuosior,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 10:

    edictum quaestuosissimum,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:

    insula quaestuosa margaritis,

    rich in, Plin. 6, 25, 28, § 110:

    emporium,

    Liv. 39, 15.—
    II.
    That looks to one ' s own gain, advantage, or profit, eager for gain:

    quaestuosus homo,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    gens,

    Curt. 4, 7, 19:

    nec satis in arte eā quaestuosus,

    Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

    dummodo eam (mulierem) des, quae sit quaestuosa,

    i. e. a prostitute, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 190.—
    III.
    That has great gain or profit, wealthy, rich:

    gens Syrtica navigiorum spoliis quaestuosa,

    Curt. 4, 7, 19:

    Graeci,

    Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 50:

    milites,

    Tac. A. 13, 35: quaestuosi et opulenti, id. ib. 12, 63.— Adv.: quaestŭōsē, gainfully, advantageously, profitably (post-Aug.). — Comp.:

    quaestuosius,

    Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 56. — Sup.:

    quaestuosissime,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 3, 3.

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  • 28 rapax

    răpax, ācis, adj. [rapio], grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn. furax): vos rapaces, vos praedones,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 26; id. Pers. 3, 3, 6:

    olim furunculus, nunc vero etiam rapax,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 66; so with fur, id. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:

    inopiā rapax,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    procuratorum rapacissimum quemque,

    id. Vesp. 16; cf. Tac. H. 1, 20:

    Cinara,

    i. e. eager for presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; so Tib. 1, 5, 59; 2, 4, 25:

    cervi, luporum praeda rapacium,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; id. Epod. 16, 20; cf.

    Harpyiae,

    id. S. 2, 2, 40.— As subst.: răpax, ācis, comm., a beast of prey, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247.—
    2.
    Of things, rapacious, ravenous (mostly poet.):

    falces rapaces,

    Lucr. 3, 650:

    ventus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 388:

    ignis,

    id. M. 8, 837:

    mors,

    Tib. 1, 3, 65; cf.

    Orcus,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 30:

    fortuna,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 14:

    dentes,

    fangs, tusks, Veg. 6, 1, 1.—With gen.:

    chryselectrum rapacissimum ignium,

    very ignitible, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—As a poet. epithet of floods:

    amnes,

    Lucr. 5, 341:

    fluvii,

    id. 1, 17:

    unda, Cic. poët. N. D. 3, 10, 24: undae,

    Ov. M. 8, 550:

    Danubius,

    id. ad Liv. 397.— Hence, transf., an appellation of the twenty-first legion and the soldiers composing it (qs. that sweeps every thing before it), Tac. H. 2, 43; 100; 3, 14; 18; 22.—
    II.
    Trop. (rare), with gen., grasping, seizing eagerly or quickly, greedy, avaricious:

    nihil est rapacius quam natura,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

    rapacia virtutis ingenia,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 36:

    nostri omnium utilitatum et virtutum rapacissimi,

    Plin. 25, 2, 2, § 4.

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  • 29 veredarius

    vĕrēdārĭus, ii, m. [veredus], a postboy, courier (late Lat.), Sid. Ep. 5, 7 med.; Vulg. Esth. 8, 10; Firm. Math. 3, 13 fin.; Paul. Nol. Ep. 9.—Comically, of a priest eager for gossip, Hier. Ep. 22, 28.

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  • 30 cupidus

    cŭpĭdus, a, um, adj. [cupio], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, in a good and bad sense, wishing, loving, fond, etc. (very freq. and class.); constr. with gen., abl., inf., in, or absol.
    I.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    ejus videndi cupidus,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 12; so,

    huc redeundi, abeundi a milite, Vosque hic videndi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 16:

    redeundi domum,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

    bellandi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

    te audiendi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16:

    valde spectandi,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 162: satis faciendi rei publicae, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 1 et saep.:

    vitae,

    Lucr. 6, 1238; Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1:

    mortis,

    Hor. S. 2, [p. 499] 2, 98:

    liberorum,

    Quint. 4, 2, 42:

    sententiarum,

    id. 5, 13, 31:

    pacis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 44 et saep.— Comp.:

    contentionis quam veritatis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47.— Sup.:

    litterarum,

    Nep. Cato, 3, 1:

    nostri,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 104. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    attingere,

    Prop. 1, 19, 9:

    moriri,

    Ov. M. 14, 215.—
    * (γ).
    With in and abl.:

    cupidus in perspiciendā cognoscendāque rerum naturā,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    si quicquam cupido optantique obtigit,

    Cat. 107, 1:

    cupidum vires Deficiunt,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 12.—
    2.
    Of things:

    equorum Vis cupida,

    Lucr. 2, 265.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, passionately desiring or longing for, eager, greedy, lustful, passionate.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    auri,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51; cf.

    pecuniae,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

    damni,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:

    vini,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 50 (not vino, v. Ritschl ad h. l.):

    rerum novarum, imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 6; cf.:

    rerum novarum,

    id. ib. 1, 18:

    cujuscumque motūs novi,

    Tac. H. 1, 80; and:

    nullius rei nisi imperii,

    Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

    laedendi,

    Quint. 5, 7, 16:

    maledicendi,

    id. 6, 2, 16 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    cupidos moderatis anteferre,

    Cic. Font. 14, 32 (10, 22):

    non esse mirandum, qui in illā re turpis aut cupidus aut petulans fuerit, hāc quoque in re eum deliquisse,

    id. Inv. 2, 10, 33:

    emit homo cupidus (for which, just before, cupiditate incensus),

    eager to purchase, id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    stultus cupidusque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 24:

    cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,

    id. A. P. 165 al. —
    2.
    Of things:

    cor,

    Lucr. 4, 1138; Prop. 1, 8, 29; Hor. C. 3, 14, 26 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Longing from love, pining, languishing for, loving.
    a.
    Of persons:

    neu me cupidum eo (sc. ad uxorem ducendam) impulisset,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 6:

    maritus,

    Cat. 64, 375; Tib. 1, 8, 74; Ov. M. 4, 679:

    cupidi nomen amantis habe,

    id. H. 3, 26.—
    b.
    Of things:

    simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est,

    Cat. 64, 147; Ov. M. 11, 63; id. Am. 3, 7, 9 al.—
    2.
    Desirous of money, avaricious, covetous, Quint. 11, 1, 88:

    multitudo cupidorum hominum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    homo castus ac non cupidus,

    id. Sest. 43, 93; Vitr. 1, 1, 7; so in sup., Suet. Vesp. 16.—
    3.
    Devoted to a party, favoring any one, partial:

    quaestores vehementer (Verris),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12:

    cupidi et irati et conjurati testes,

    id. Font. 10, 21 (6, 11):

    judices (with infesti, invidentes),

    Tac. Or. 31; cf. comp.:

    judex,

    Cic. Caecin. 3, 8;

    and auctor,

    id. Clu. 24, 66.—Hence, cŭ-pĭdē, adv., eagerly, in a good and bad sense, zealously, passionately, vehemently, ardently, warmly, partially, etc. (freq. and class.), Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 11; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; Nep. Arist. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 13; Cat. 63, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100 et saep.— Comp., Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 5, 15; Liv. 3, 32, 3 al.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 40; id. B. C. 2, 20; Sall. C. 40, 4 al.

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  • 31 ardeo

    ardĕo, rsi, rsum, 2, v.n. ( perf. subj. ARDVERINT, Inscr. Fratr. Arval., of the time of the emperor Alexander Severus, in Inscr. Orell. 961) [cf. Sanscr. ghar = to shine. Sonne foll. by Curt.], to take fire, to kindle; hence,
    I.
    Lit., to be on fire, to burn, blaze (syn.:

    ardesco, exardeo, flagro, incendor, uror): Nam multis succensa locis ardent sola terrae,

    for the soil is on fire in different places, Lucr. 2, 592:

    tecta ardentia,

    id. 3, 1064: Ultimus ardebit, quem etc., i. e. His home will burn last, whom etc., Juv. 3, 201:

    ardente domo,

    Tac. A. 15, 50 fin.:

    radii ardentes,

    Lucr. 6, 618: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

    caput arsisse Servio Tullio dormienti,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121:

    vis ardens fulminis,

    Lucr. 6, 145:

    Praeneste ardentes lapides caelo decidisse,

    Liv. 22, 1:

    rogum parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus,

    Ov. M. 2, 620; 2, 245; 14, 747:

    arsurae comae,

    Verg. A. 11, 77:

    videbat quod rubus arderet,

    Vulg. Exod. 3, 2; ib. Deut. 5, 23; ib. Joan. 15, 6.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the eyes, to flash, glow, sparkle, shine (syn.:

    fulgeo, inardesco, mico): ardent oculi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 62; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66; 2, 5, 62; cf.:

    oculi ejus (erant) ut lampas ardens,

    Vulg. Dan. 10, 6.—
    B.
    Poet., transf. to color, to sparkle, glisten, glitter, dazzle:

    Tyrio ardebat murice laena,

    Verg. A. 4, 262:

    campi armis sublimibus ardent,

    id. ib. 11, 602. —
    C.
    In gen., of any passionate emotion [p. 156] or excitement, to burn, glow, be inflamed, usu. with abl. (dolore, irā, studio, invidiā, etc.), but often without an abl.; to be strongly affected, esp. with love; to be inflamed, burn, glow, to blaze, be on fire, be consumed, etc. (syn.: ardesco, exardeo, furo).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    quippe patentia cum totiens ardentia morbis Lumina versarent oculorum, expertia somno,

    they rolled around the open eyeballs glowing with heat, Lucr. 6, 1180:

    In fluvios partim gelidos ardentia morbo Membra dabant,

    their limbs burning with the heat of fever, id. 6, 1172:

    ardere flagitio,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 1:

    amore,

    Ter. Eun. 1. 1, 27; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47:

    iracundiā,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12:

    curā,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

    dolore et irā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19:

    cupiditate,

    id. Pis. 24:

    studio et amore,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2:

    desiderio,

    id. Mil. 15; id. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

    podagrae doloribus,

    to be tormented with, id. Fin. 5, 31, 94:

    furore,

    Liv. 2, 29 fin. et saep.:

    cum arderet Syria bello,

    Cic. Att. 5, 6; id. Fam. 4, 1; Liv. 28, 24 fin. al.—
    (β).
    Without an abl.:

    ipse ardere videris,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188 (incensus esse, B. and K.); cf. Quint. 11, 3, 145:

    omnium animi ad ulciscendum ardebant,

    were fired, eager, Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

    Ardet,

    Ov. M. 6, 609:

    ultro implacabilis ardet,

    Verg. A. 12, 3:

    ardet in arma,

    id. ib. 12, 71; so,

    in caedem,

    Tac. H. 1, 43.— Poet. with inf. as object (cf. infra), to desire ardently to do a thing:

    ruere ardet utroque,

    Ov. M. 5, 166:

    Ardet abire fugā dulcīsque relinquere terras,

    Verg. A. 4, 281; 11, 895; Val. Fl. 6, 45.—Esp., to burn with love (syn. uror):

    ex aequo captis ardebant mentibus ambo,

    Ov. M. 4, 62:

    deus arsit in illā,

    id. ib. 8, 50 (cf.:

    laborantes in uno Penelopen vitreamque Circen,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 19):

    arsit Virgine raptā,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 7; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 6; and with acc. of the object loved (as supra, in constr. with the inf.): formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin, Corydon had a burning passion for, etc., Verg. E. 2, 1:

    comptos arsit adulteri Crines,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 13:

    delphini pueros miris et humanis modis arserunt,

    Gell. 6, 8; cf. Arusian. Mess. p. 209 Lind.
    ► * Pass.
    arsus, roasted, Plin. Val. 2, 9.— ardens, entis, P. a., prop. on fire, burning; hence, glowing, fiery, ardent, hot, etc., lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.: sol ardentissimus, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3:

    ardentissimum tempus,

    Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123:

    Austri ardentes,

    id. 12, 19, 42, § 93:

    quinta (zona) est ardentior illis,

    hotter, Ov. M. 1, 46:

    ardens Africa,

    Luc. 9, 729.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the eyes:

    oculi,

    glowing, Verg. G. 4, 451.—
    2.
    Of color:

    ardentissimus color,

    Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 16:

    apes ardentes auro,

    glowing, glittering as with gold, Verg. G. 4, 99; so id. A. 10, 262.—
    3.
    Of wounds, burning, smarting:

    ardenti morsu premere dolorem,

    with burning bite, Lucr. 3, 663.—
    4.
    Of wine, strong, fiery:

    ardentis Falerni Pocula,

    Hor. C. 2, 11, 19; cf. Mart. 9, 7, 45.—
    5.
    Of passion or strong feeling, burning, glowing, eager, impatient, ardent:

    avaritia ardens,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36:

    mortem ardentiore studio petere,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 61:

    ardentes in eum litteras ad me misit,

    id. Att. 14, 10 fin.:

    ardentissimus dux,

    Flor. 4, 2, 42; 1, 8, 2:

    ardentissimus amor,

    Vulg. 3, Reg. 11, 2:

    studia,

    Ov. M. 1, 199:

    Nonne cor nostrum ardens erat in nobis,

    Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

    furor,

    ib. Isa. 30, 27:

    miserere ardentis (sc. amore),

    Ov. M. 14, 691.— Poet. with gen.:

    ardens caedis,

    Stat. Th. 1, 662.—In Cic. freq. of passionate, excited discourse:

    nec umquam is qui audiret, incenderetur, nisi ardens ad eum perveniret oratio,

    Cic. Or. 38, 132:

    verbum,

    id. ib. 8, 27 (cf. id. Brut. 24 fin.):

    nisi ipse (orator) inflammatus ad eam (mentem) et ardens accesserit,

    id. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

    orator gravis, acer, ardens,

    id. Or. 28, 99 al. — Adv. ardenter, only trop., in a burning, fiery, eager, passionate manner, ardently, eagerly, passionately:

    ardenter aliquid cupere,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:

    ardentius sitire,

    to have a more burning thirst, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

    ardentius diligere,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7, id. Pan. 85, 7:

    ardentius amare,

    Suet. Calig. 25.— Sup.:

    ardentissime diligere,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3; Suet. Dom. 22.

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  • 32 avaritia

    ăvārĭtĭa, ae, f. [avarus], a greedy desire for possessions, greediness, avarice, covetousness (opp. abstinentia, Suet. Dom. 9;

    periphrastically, pecuniae cupiditas,

    id. Vesp. 16; syn.: aviditas, cupido).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Est autem avaritia opinatio vehemens de pecuniā, quasi valde expetenda sit, inhaerens et penitus insita,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26: avaritia est injuriosa appetitio alienorum, Auct. ad Her. 4, 25:

    avaritiam si tollere voltis, mater ejus est tollenda luxuries,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 171:

    avaritia hians et imminens,

    a gaping and eager avarice, id. Verr. 2, 2, 54:

    pueris talorum nucumque avaritia est: viris auri argentique et urbium,

    Sen. Const. 12:

    avaritiae (sc. nimiae parsimoniae) singulos increpans,

    Suet. Calig. 39 et saep.—In plur.:

    omnes avaritiae,

    every kind of selfishness, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75. —
    II.
    Transf., of eagerness for food, gluttony:

    Quam siquis avidus poscit escam avariter, Decipitur in transennā avaritia sua,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 13.— Trop.: avaritia gloriae, eager desire for renown or glory, Curt. 9, 2.

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  • 33 alacer

    ălăcer, cris, e, adj. (also in masc. alacris, Enn., v. below; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13, and Verg. A. 5, 380; cf. Charis. p. 63 P.—In more ancient times, alacer comm.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 685, and 2. acer) [perh. akin to alere = to nourish, and olēre = to grow; cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17; Auct. ad Her. 2, 19, 29], lively, brisk, quick, eager, active; glad, happy, cheerful (opp. languidus; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, 247, and 4, 450.—In the class. per., esp. in Cicero, with the access. idea of joyous activity).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of men: ignotus juvenum coetus, alternā vice Inibat alacris, Bacchio insultans modo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.:

    quid tu es tristis? quidve es alacris?

    why are you so disturbed? or why so excited? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13 ( = incitatus, commotus, Ruhnk.):

    videbant Catilinam alacrem atque laetum,

    active and joyous, Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

    valentes imbecillum, alacres perterritum superare,

    id. Cael. 28:

    Aman laetus et alacer,

    Vulg. Esth. 5, 9:

    alacres animo sumus,

    are eager in mind, Cic. Fam. 5, 12 fin. Manut.; Verg. A. 6, 685 al.—With ad: alacriores ad reliquum perficiendum, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31:

    ad maleficia,

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    ad bella suscipienda alacer et promptus animus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19; so Sall. C. 21, 5:

    ad rem gerendam,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 6.—With super:

    alacri corde super omnibus,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 8, 66.—In Sall. once for nimble, active: cum alacribus saltu, cum velocibus cursu certabat, Fragm. 62, p. 248 Gerl.—
    B.
    Of animals:

    equus,

    Cic. Div. 33, 73: bestiae, Auct. ad Her. 2, 19. —
    II.
    Transf., poet., of concrete and abstract things:

    alacris voluptas,

    a lively pleasure, Verg. E. 5, 58; so, alacres enses, quick, ready to cut, Claud. Eutr. 2, 280:

    involant (in pugnam) impetu alacri,

    with a spirited, vigorous onset, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 90. — Sup. not used; cf. Charis. 88 P.; Rudd. I. p. 177, n. 48.— Adv.: ălăcrĭter, briskly, eagerly, Amm. 14, 2.— Comp., Just. 1, 6, 10.

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  • 34 nam

        nam conj.    [GNA-].    I. Introducing an explanation, for (in prose beginning the sentence, except when enclitic with an interrog. word): is pagus appellabatur Tigurinus, nam civitas in pagos divisa est, Cs.: Pauca... Expediam dictis; prohibent nam cetera Parcae Scire, V.: Belua multorum es capitum; nam quid sequar? H.—Introducing a parenthesis, for certainly, but: colenda iustitia est, cum ipsa per sese (nam aliter iustitia non esset), tum, etc.—Resuming the thought after a parenthesis: simul atque cognovit (audi, audi, atque attende...), nam simul ac me audivit, etc. —With illud or quod, introducing a minor consideration or an exception, for, but: bene, quod Mens, Fides consecratur... nam illud vitiosum Athenis, quod fecerunt Contumeliae fanum.—Introducing an example or illustration, for example, for instance: sed vivo Catone multi oratores floruerunt. Nam et A. Albinus... Nam Q. Metellus, etc.—    II. Introducing a reason, for, seeing that, inasmuch as: celebratote illos dies; nam multi saepe honores dis inmortalibus iusti habiti sunt, sed, etc.: alias urbīs condidere... nam de Carthagine silere melius puto quam parum dicere, S.: una domus erat... nam quid ego de studiis dicam cognoscendi semper aliquid, etc.: Iuppiter, hospitibus nam te dare iura loquuntur, V.: Mercuri (nam te docilis magistro Movit Amphion lapides canendo), etc., H.—In replies, introducing the reason for an implied answer, for, for assuredly, certainly: Sa. tamen tibi a me nullast orta iniuria... Ae. Nam hercle etiam hoc restat, i. e. (not yet); for that is to come hereafter, T.: nos hunc Heracliensem... de nostrā civitate eiciemus? Nam si quis putat... vehementer errat.—In a rhetorical climax, with ne... quidem: in corpora ipsorum, in liberos contumeliae editae. Nam avaritia ne sacrorum quidem spoliatione abstinuit, nay... not even, L.—In eager questions, beginning a clause, why?: Nam quae haec anus est, exanimata a fratre quae egressa'st meo? T.—As enclitic with an interrogative: quisnam igitur tuebitur P. Scipionis memoriam mortui?: in incerto habuere, quidnam consili caperent, S.: num nam haec audivit? T.: quis est nam ludus in undis, V.
    * * *
    for, on the other hand; for instance

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  • 35 intendo

    in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

    dextram ad statuam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15:

    alicui manus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

    bracchia,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    manus,

    id. ib. 8, 107:

    jubet intendi bracchia velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 829:

    intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

    id. ib. 3, 683:

    nervos aut remittere,

    Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

    cutem,

    id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

    jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

    Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
    B.
    To bend a bow, etc.:

    ballistam in aliquem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 8, 704:

    intentus est arcus in me unum,

    Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
    C.
    To aim or direct at a thing:

    tela in patriam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

    tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

    id. Pis. 2:

    sagittam,

    Verg. A. 9, 590:

    telum in jugulum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
    D.
    To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

    tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

    pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    sella intenta loris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 237:

    duro intendere bracchia tergo,

    i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

    locum sertis,

    encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

    vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

    swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

    intendentibus tenebris,

    spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

    aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

    turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

    aciem longius,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    quo intendisset oculos,

    whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

    aures ad verba,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

    numeros intendere nervis,

    Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

    strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

    Pers. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

    digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

    intendenda in senem est fallacia,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

    ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

    Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

    ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

    Liv. 31, 33, 6:

    a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

    id. 36, 21:

    coeptum iter in Italiam,

    id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

    quo nunc primum intendam,

    whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
    2.
    Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

    parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

    quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

    id. Verr. 1, 3;

    Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

    oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

    id. ib. 3, 22:

    intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ad bellum animum intendit,

    id. ib. 43, 2:

    animum studiis et rebus honestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

    considerationem in aliquam rem,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

    omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

    Liv. 40, 5:

    omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

    Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

    ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

    eruditionem tuam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
    3.
    Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

    intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

    Liv. 24, 37:

    aliquem ad custodiae curam,

    id. 21, 49:

    vis omnis intendenda rebus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
    4.
    To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

    intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

    exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

    4, 11: gloriam,

    id. ib. 4, 26;

    12, 35: tormentum,

    Cels. 4, 15 init. —
    C.
    Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

    pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

    quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

    quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

    Sall. J. 25, 10:

    quocumque intenderat,

    id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

    102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 45:

    ad nuptias,

    Just. 13, 6.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quo ire intenderant,

    Sall. J. 107, 7:

    altum petere intendit,

    Liv. 36, 44.—
    D.
    Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

    se ad firmitatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

    se in rem,

    Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
    E.
    Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

    si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
    F.
    To maintain, assert:

    eam sese intendit esse,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

    quo modo nunc intendit,

    Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
    G.
    To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

    alicui actionem perduellionis,

    Cic. Mil. 14:

    alicui litem,

    id. de Or. 1, 10:

    periculum in omnes,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3:

    crimen in aliquem,

    Liv. 9, 26:

    injuriarum formulam,

    Suet. Vit. 7:

    probra et minas alicui,

    Tac. A. 3, 36:

    metum intendere,

    id. ib. 1, 28.—
    H.
    Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
    I.
    Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
    K. L.
    In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

    primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

    Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
    1.
    inten-tus, a, um.
    A.
    On the stretch, strained, bent:

    arcus,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
    B. (α).
    With dat.:

    quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

    Verg. A. 7, 380:

    intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

    Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    aliquo negotio intentus,

    Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
    C.
    Absol., eager, intent:

    at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

    Sall. C. 6, 5:

    senatus nihil sane intentus,

    id. ib. 16, 5:

    intenti exspectant signum,

    Verg. A. 5, 137:

    intenti ora tenebant,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

    Cic. Fl. 11:

    intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

    Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

    intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

    Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

    cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 111:

    haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

    Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
    D.
    Strict:

    intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

    Tac. A. 12, 42:

    intentius delectum habere,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    intentiorem fore disciplinam,

    Tac. A. 12, 42.—
    E.
    Raised:

    intento alimentorum pretio,

    Tac. H. 1, 89. —
    F.
    Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

    sermo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    pars orationis,

    id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

    pronuntiare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

    audire,

    Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

    cum delectus intentius haberetur,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

    id. 25, 30, 5:

    apparare proelium,

    id. 8, 1:

    se excusare,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    premere obsessos,

    id. ib. 15, 13:

    adesse alicui rei,

    id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

    exspectans intentissime,

    Lampr. Elag. 14. —
    2.
    intensus, a, um.
    A.
    Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
    B.
    Violent:

    intensior impetus,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

    virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

    Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
    C.
    Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

    intensissime,

    Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

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  • 36 intense

    in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

    dextram ad statuam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15:

    alicui manus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

    bracchia,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    manus,

    id. ib. 8, 107:

    jubet intendi bracchia velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 829:

    intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

    id. ib. 3, 683:

    nervos aut remittere,

    Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

    cutem,

    id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

    jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

    Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
    B.
    To bend a bow, etc.:

    ballistam in aliquem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 8, 704:

    intentus est arcus in me unum,

    Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
    C.
    To aim or direct at a thing:

    tela in patriam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

    tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

    id. Pis. 2:

    sagittam,

    Verg. A. 9, 590:

    telum in jugulum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
    D.
    To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

    tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

    pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    sella intenta loris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 237:

    duro intendere bracchia tergo,

    i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

    locum sertis,

    encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

    vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

    swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

    intendentibus tenebris,

    spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

    aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

    turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

    aciem longius,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    quo intendisset oculos,

    whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

    aures ad verba,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

    numeros intendere nervis,

    Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

    strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

    Pers. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

    digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

    intendenda in senem est fallacia,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

    ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

    Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

    ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

    Liv. 31, 33, 6:

    a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

    id. 36, 21:

    coeptum iter in Italiam,

    id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

    quo nunc primum intendam,

    whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
    2.
    Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

    parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

    quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

    id. Verr. 1, 3;

    Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

    oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

    id. ib. 3, 22:

    intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ad bellum animum intendit,

    id. ib. 43, 2:

    animum studiis et rebus honestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

    considerationem in aliquam rem,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

    omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

    Liv. 40, 5:

    omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

    Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

    ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

    eruditionem tuam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
    3.
    Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

    intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

    Liv. 24, 37:

    aliquem ad custodiae curam,

    id. 21, 49:

    vis omnis intendenda rebus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
    4.
    To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

    intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

    exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

    4, 11: gloriam,

    id. ib. 4, 26;

    12, 35: tormentum,

    Cels. 4, 15 init. —
    C.
    Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

    pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

    quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

    quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

    Sall. J. 25, 10:

    quocumque intenderat,

    id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

    102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 45:

    ad nuptias,

    Just. 13, 6.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quo ire intenderant,

    Sall. J. 107, 7:

    altum petere intendit,

    Liv. 36, 44.—
    D.
    Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

    se ad firmitatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

    se in rem,

    Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
    E.
    Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

    si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
    F.
    To maintain, assert:

    eam sese intendit esse,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

    quo modo nunc intendit,

    Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
    G.
    To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

    alicui actionem perduellionis,

    Cic. Mil. 14:

    alicui litem,

    id. de Or. 1, 10:

    periculum in omnes,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3:

    crimen in aliquem,

    Liv. 9, 26:

    injuriarum formulam,

    Suet. Vit. 7:

    probra et minas alicui,

    Tac. A. 3, 36:

    metum intendere,

    id. ib. 1, 28.—
    H.
    Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
    I.
    Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
    K. L.
    In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

    primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

    Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
    1.
    inten-tus, a, um.
    A.
    On the stretch, strained, bent:

    arcus,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
    B. (α).
    With dat.:

    quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

    Verg. A. 7, 380:

    intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

    Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    aliquo negotio intentus,

    Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
    C.
    Absol., eager, intent:

    at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

    Sall. C. 6, 5:

    senatus nihil sane intentus,

    id. ib. 16, 5:

    intenti exspectant signum,

    Verg. A. 5, 137:

    intenti ora tenebant,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

    Cic. Fl. 11:

    intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

    Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

    intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

    Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

    cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 111:

    haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

    Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
    D.
    Strict:

    intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

    Tac. A. 12, 42:

    intentius delectum habere,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    intentiorem fore disciplinam,

    Tac. A. 12, 42.—
    E.
    Raised:

    intento alimentorum pretio,

    Tac. H. 1, 89. —
    F.
    Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

    sermo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    pars orationis,

    id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

    pronuntiare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

    audire,

    Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

    cum delectus intentius haberetur,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

    id. 25, 30, 5:

    apparare proelium,

    id. 8, 1:

    se excusare,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    premere obsessos,

    id. ib. 15, 13:

    adesse alicui rei,

    id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

    exspectans intentissime,

    Lampr. Elag. 14. —
    2.
    intensus, a, um.
    A.
    Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
    B.
    Violent:

    intensior impetus,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

    virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

    Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
    C.
    Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

    intensissime,

    Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

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  • 37 intensus

    in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

    dextram ad statuam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15:

    alicui manus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

    bracchia,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    manus,

    id. ib. 8, 107:

    jubet intendi bracchia velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 829:

    intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

    id. ib. 3, 683:

    nervos aut remittere,

    Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

    cutem,

    id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

    jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

    Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
    B.
    To bend a bow, etc.:

    ballistam in aliquem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 8, 704:

    intentus est arcus in me unum,

    Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
    C.
    To aim or direct at a thing:

    tela in patriam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

    tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

    id. Pis. 2:

    sagittam,

    Verg. A. 9, 590:

    telum in jugulum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
    D.
    To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

    tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

    pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    sella intenta loris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 237:

    duro intendere bracchia tergo,

    i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

    locum sertis,

    encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

    vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

    swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

    intendentibus tenebris,

    spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

    aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

    turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

    aciem longius,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    quo intendisset oculos,

    whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

    aures ad verba,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

    numeros intendere nervis,

    Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

    strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

    Pers. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

    digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

    intendenda in senem est fallacia,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

    ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

    Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

    ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

    Liv. 31, 33, 6:

    a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

    id. 36, 21:

    coeptum iter in Italiam,

    id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

    quo nunc primum intendam,

    whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
    2.
    Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

    parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

    quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

    id. Verr. 1, 3;

    Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

    oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

    id. ib. 3, 22:

    intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ad bellum animum intendit,

    id. ib. 43, 2:

    animum studiis et rebus honestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

    considerationem in aliquam rem,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

    omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

    Liv. 40, 5:

    omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

    Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

    ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

    eruditionem tuam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
    3.
    Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

    intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

    Liv. 24, 37:

    aliquem ad custodiae curam,

    id. 21, 49:

    vis omnis intendenda rebus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
    4.
    To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

    intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

    exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

    4, 11: gloriam,

    id. ib. 4, 26;

    12, 35: tormentum,

    Cels. 4, 15 init. —
    C.
    Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

    pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

    quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

    quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

    Sall. J. 25, 10:

    quocumque intenderat,

    id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

    102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 45:

    ad nuptias,

    Just. 13, 6.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quo ire intenderant,

    Sall. J. 107, 7:

    altum petere intendit,

    Liv. 36, 44.—
    D.
    Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

    se ad firmitatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

    se in rem,

    Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
    E.
    Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

    si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
    F.
    To maintain, assert:

    eam sese intendit esse,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

    quo modo nunc intendit,

    Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
    G.
    To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

    alicui actionem perduellionis,

    Cic. Mil. 14:

    alicui litem,

    id. de Or. 1, 10:

    periculum in omnes,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3:

    crimen in aliquem,

    Liv. 9, 26:

    injuriarum formulam,

    Suet. Vit. 7:

    probra et minas alicui,

    Tac. A. 3, 36:

    metum intendere,

    id. ib. 1, 28.—
    H.
    Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
    I.
    Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
    K. L.
    In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

    primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

    Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
    1.
    inten-tus, a, um.
    A.
    On the stretch, strained, bent:

    arcus,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
    B. (α).
    With dat.:

    quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

    Verg. A. 7, 380:

    intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

    Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    aliquo negotio intentus,

    Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
    C.
    Absol., eager, intent:

    at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

    Sall. C. 6, 5:

    senatus nihil sane intentus,

    id. ib. 16, 5:

    intenti exspectant signum,

    Verg. A. 5, 137:

    intenti ora tenebant,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

    Cic. Fl. 11:

    intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

    Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

    intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

    Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

    cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 111:

    haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

    Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
    D.
    Strict:

    intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

    Tac. A. 12, 42:

    intentius delectum habere,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    intentiorem fore disciplinam,

    Tac. A. 12, 42.—
    E.
    Raised:

    intento alimentorum pretio,

    Tac. H. 1, 89. —
    F.
    Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

    sermo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    pars orationis,

    id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

    pronuntiare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

    audire,

    Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

    cum delectus intentius haberetur,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

    id. 25, 30, 5:

    apparare proelium,

    id. 8, 1:

    se excusare,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    premere obsessos,

    id. ib. 15, 13:

    adesse alicui rei,

    id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

    exspectans intentissime,

    Lampr. Elag. 14. —
    2.
    intensus, a, um.
    A.
    Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
    B.
    Violent:

    intensior impetus,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

    virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

    Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
    C.
    Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

    intensissime,

    Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

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  • 38 amor

        amor ōris, m    [AM-], love, affection, strong friendly feeling: amor, ex quo amicitia nominata: amor erga me: amores hominum in te: patrius, for a son, V.: fraternus, for a brother, Cs.—Esp. of sexual love: in amore haec sunt vitia, T.: ancillae, H.— Plur, love-adventures: Solis, O.—Fig., an eager desire, passion: consulatūs amor: amicitiae: vini, L.: auri, V.: habendi, V.: scribendi, H.: tantus amor casūs cognoscere nostros, V.: in longum ducis amores, my desire (for a song), V.— Meton., mostly plur, a beloved object, one's love: Pompeius nostri amores: suos addicere amores, O.: primus, my first husband, V.— A charm to excite love: matri praereptus amor, V.—Person.: Amor, the god of love, Love, Cupid: Paret Amor dictis, V.— Plur, Cupids, Loves: nudi, O.: lascivi, H.
    * * *
    love, affection; the beloved; Cupid; affair; sexual/illicit/homosexual passion

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  • 39 avārus

        avārus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AV-], eagerly desirous, grasping: mare, H.: venter, ravenous, H.: laudis, H.: pecuniae, Ta.: avarae Spes, too ambitious, H.: praeter laudem nullius, eager only for glory, H.: Agricola, zealous, V.—Avaricious, covetous, penurious: meretrix, T.: homo minime: quantum discordet parcus avaro, H.: in rapacitate avidior?: homo avarissime: litus, V.: Troia, O.— As subst, a miser, covetous men: Semper avarus eget, H.
    * * *
    I
    avara -um, avarior -or -us, avarissimus -a -um ADJ
    avaricious, greedy; stingy, miserly, mean; covetous, hungry for
    II
    miser; stingy/mean/greedy person

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  • 40 perquīrō

        perquīrō —, quīsītus, ere    [per+quaero], to ask diligently after, make eager search for: vasa: vias in Suevos, Cs.: raptam, O.: non perquiris, cui dixit Apronius?: cognitionem rei, investigate.
    * * *
    perquirere, perquisivi, perquisitus V

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  • eager for knowledge — index inquisitive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Eager — Ea ger, a. [OE. egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. agre, aigre, F. aigre, fr. L. acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. ? highest, extreme, Skr. a?ra point; fr. a root signifying to be sharp. Cf. {Acrid}, {Edge}.] 1. Sharp; sour; acid. [Obs.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • eager — 01. I m quite [eager] to start my new job. 02. The kids [eagerly] packed their bags for their trip to Disneyland. 03. The children were really [eager] to see their grandmother after she came home from the hospital. 04. My teenage son s… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • eager — adj. 1) eager for (eager for success) 2) eager to + inf. (she s eager to help) * * * [ iːgə] eager to + inf. (she s eager to help) eager for (eager for success) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • eager — ea|ger [ igər ] adjective ** very enthusiastic about doing something or enthusiastic about something that will happen: She looked at the eager faces waiting for her news. eager to do something: He s so eager to learn that he stays late every… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • eager */*/ — UK [ˈiːɡə(r)] / US [ˈɪɡər] adjective very keen to do something or enthusiastic about something that will happen She looked at the eager faces waiting for her news. eager to do something: He s so eager to learn that he stays late every evening.… …   English dictionary

  • eager — adjective 1 very keen and excited about something that is going to happen or about something you want to do: There was a queue of eager schoolchildren outside the theatre. | eager to do sth: Clara was eager to tell her side of the story. | eager… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • eager — ea|ger [ˈi:gə US ər] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: aigre, from Latin acer sharp ] 1.) very keen and excited about something that is going to happen or about something you want to do eager to do sth ▪ I was eager to get back to work… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • eager — [[t]i͟ːgə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, ADJ to inf, ADJ for n If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much. Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army... When my own son was five years old, I… …   English dictionary

  • eager — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, only too …   Collocations dictionary

  • eager — adjective 1) small eager faces Syn: keen, enthusiastic, avid, fervent, ardent, motivated, wholehearted, dedicated, committed, earnest; informal gung ho Ant: apathetic 2) we were eager for news …   Thesaurus of popular words

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