es+mag

ădhortātus, a, um, Part. of adhortor.

* ădhortātus, ūs, m. [adhortor], an exhortation, persuasion:

meo adhortatu,

App. Mag. p. 338.

aspectābĭlis ( adsp-), e, adj. [aspecto] (perh. only in the foll. exs.).

That may be seen, visible, Cic. Tim. 4:

animal,

id. ib. 4.—

Worthy of being seen:

nihil esse aspectabilius,

App. Mag. p. 282, 14.

at-tingo (not adt-), tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. [tango] (ante-class. form attĭgo, ĕre, v. infra; attinge = attingam, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.; concerning attigo, āre, v. fin.), to touch, come in contact with; constr. with the acc.; poet. with ad.

Lit.

In gen.: mento summam aquam, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: vestem, Att. ap. Non. p. 75, 32:

Egone Argivum imperium attingam,

id. Trag. Rel. p. 166 Rib.:

suaviter (omnia) attingunt,

Lucr. 4, 623:

nec enim ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

prius quam aries murum attigisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32:

pedibus terram,

Nep. Eum. 5, 5:

quisquis (vas) attigerit,

Vulg. Lev. 15, 23:

nos nihil tuorum attigimus,

id. Gen. 26, 29:

(medicus) pulsum venarum attigit,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

se esse possessorem soli, quod primum Divus Augustus nascens attigisset,

Suet. Aug. 5 (cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 46: Tactaque nascenti corpus haberet humus, acc. to the practice of laying new-born children upon the ground; v. tollo).— Poet.: (Callisto) miles erat Phoebes, nec Maenalon attigit ( nor did there touch, set foot on) ulla Gratior hac Triviae, Ov. M. 2, 415:

usque ad caelum attingebat stans in terrā,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 16.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To touch by striking, to strike; rarely in a hostile manner, to attack, assault:

ne me attingas,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 106;

ne attigas me,

id. Truc. 2, 2, 21:

ne attigas puerum istac caussā,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 41 (quoted by Non. p. 75, 33):

Si tu illam attigeris secus quam dignumst liberam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 91.—Of lightning: ICTV. FVLMINIS. ARBORES. ATTACTAE. ARDVERINT., Fragm. Fratr. Arval. Inscr. Orell. 961; cf.

Fest. s. v. scribonianum, p. 333 Müll., and s. v. obstitum, p. 193: si Vestinus attingeretur, i. e. ei bellum indiceretur,

Liv. 8, 29; so Suet. Ner. 38.—

In mal. part., aliquam, to touch:

virginem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 61; Cat. 67, 20.—

To touch in eating, to taste, crop:

nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam,

Verg. E. 5, 26.—

Of local relations, to come to a place, to approach, reach, arrive at (class.;

esp. freq. in the histt.): aedīs ne attigatis,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 37:

ut primum Asiam attigisti,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

cum primis navibus Britanniam attigit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

Siciliam,

Nep. Dion, 5, 3:

Syriam ac legiones,

Tac. A. 2, 55:

saltuosos locos,

id. ib. 4, 45:

Urbem,

id. Or. 7 fin.:

In paucis diebus quam Capreus attigit etc.,

Suet. Tib. 60; id. Calig. 44; id. Vesp. 4 al.—

Transf., to touch, lie near, border upon, be contiguous to:

Theseus... Attigit injusti regis Gortynia tecta,

Cat. 64, 75:

Cappadociae regio, quae Ciliciam attingeret,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4; id. Pis. 16 fin.:

(stomachus) utrāque ex parte tonsillas attingens, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

eorum fines Nervii attingebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

ITEM. COLLEGIA. QVAE. ATTINGVNT. EIDEM. FORO,

Inscr. Orell. 3314:

attingere parietem,

Vulg. Ezech. 41, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, affect, reach:

nec desiderium nos attigit,

Lucr. 3, 922 ( adficit, Lachm.):

ante quam voluptas aut dolor attigerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

nimirum me alia quoque causa delectat, quae te non attingit,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

quo studio providit, ne qua me illius temporis invidia attingeret,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

si qua de Pompeio nostro tuendo... cura te attingit,

id. Att. 9, 11, A:

erant perpauci, quos ea infamia attingeret, Liv 27, 11, 6: cupidus attingere gaudia,

to feel, Prop. 1, 19, 9:

vox, sonus, attigit aures,

Val. Fl. 2, 452; Claud. B. Get: 412; Manil. 1, 326.—

Esp.

To touch upon in speaking, etc., to mention slightly:

paucis rem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 11:

summatim attingere,

Lucr. 3, 261:

ut meos quoque attingam,

Cat. 39, 13:

quod perquam breviter perstrinxi atque attigi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201; id. Fam. 2, 4 fin.:

si tantummodo summas attigero,

Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

invitus ea, tamquam vulnera, attingo, sed nisi tacta tractataque sanari non possunt,

Liv. 28, 27:

ut seditionem attigit,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

familiae (Galbae) breviter attingam,

Suet. Galb. 3 al. —

To touch, i. e. to undertake, enter upon some course of action (esp. mental), to apply one's self to, be occupied with, engage in, to take in hand, manage:

quae isti rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12; id. Arch. 8:

egomet, qui sero ac leviter Graecas litteras attigissem,

id. de Or. 1, 18, 82:

orationes,

id. Or. 13, 41:

poëticen,

Nep. Att. 18, 5; so Suet. Aug. 85:

liberales disciplinas omnes,

id. Ner. 52:

studia,

id. Gram. 9:

ut primum forum attigi, i. e. accessi, adii,

applied myself to public affairs, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3:

arma,

Liv. 3, 19:

militiam resque bellicas,

Suet. Calig. 43:

curam rei publicae,

id. Tib. 13:

ad Venerem seram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 701.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To arrive somewhere:

quod ab illo attigisset nuntius,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 19 (cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 3: si a me tetigit nuntius).—

(Acc. to I. B. 5.) To come near to in quality, to be similar; or to belong to, appertain to, to concern, relate to:

quae nihil attingunt ad rem nec sunt usui,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 32:

haec quemque attigit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 20:

attingit animi naturam corporis similitudo,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

quae non magis legis nomen attingunt, quam si latrones aliqua sanxerint,

id. Leg. 2, 5:

Segestana, Centuripina civitas, quae cum officiis, fide, vetustate, tum etiam cognatione populi Romani nomen attingunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

(labor) non attingit deum,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 22:

primus ille (locus), qui in veri cognitione consistit, maxime naturam attingit humanam,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 93; id. Fin. 5, 9.—

Si quid eam humanitus attigisset (for the usu. euphemism, accidisset), if any misfortune had happened to her, App. Mag. p. 337.

ap. Non. p. 75, 30 dub. (Rib. here reads attigas, Com. Rel. p. 98): custodite istunc, ne attigat, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 105 Rib.

ălĭquantus, a, um, adj. [alius-quantus; v. aliquis], somewhat, some, moderate, tolerable; considerable, not a little (designating the medium between much and little; cf. Ernest. ad Suet. Caes. 87; Wolf ad Suet. Caes. 10; Hotting. ad Cic. Div. 2, 1; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 13; 5, 10; Brut. ad Nep. Dion, 3, 3; Kritz ad Sall. C. 8, 2).

In gen.: M. sed quaero, utrum aliquid actum superioribus diebus, an nihil arbitremur: A. Actum vero et aliquantum quidem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15:

Romani signorum et armorum aliquanto numero, hostium paucorum potiti,

Sall. J. 74, 3:

timor aliquantus, sed spes amplior,

id. ib. 105, 4:

spatium,

Liv. 38, 27:

iter,

id. 25, 35:

pecunia,

App. Mag. p. 320, 1.—

Esp.

In the neutr. as subst.:

ad quos aliquantum ex cotidianis sumptibus redundet,

Cic. Cael. 57:

Alienus ex eā facultate, si quam habet, aliquantum detracturus est,

somewhat, id. Div. in Caecil. 15:

ut aliquantum se arbitrentur adeptos ad dicendum,

id. Off. 1, 1; id. Phil. 8, 27; and esp. with partit. gen., some part, some:

aliquantum agri,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

nummorum aliquantum et auri,

id. Clu. 179:

temporis,

id. Quint. 22:

animi,

id. Att. 7, 13 fin.:

noctis,

id. Fam. 7, 25 fin. al.:

aliquantum negotii sustinere,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

itineris,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10 Herz.:

equorum et armorum,

Sall. J. 62, 5:

famae et auctoritatis,

Liv. 44, 33; 21, 28; 30, 8; 41, 16 al.; Suet. Caes. 81.—

The plur. rare, and only in later Lat.:

aliquanti in caelestium numerum referuntur,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 33:

aliquanta oppida,

Eutr. 4 fin.; Spart. Hadr. 7 fin.:

aliquantis diebus,

Pall. 1, 19.—Whence, ălĭquantum and ălĭ-quantō, adv. (on the proportionate use of these forms with the posit. and comp. v. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 5, 10; Web. ad Luc. 2, 225; Zumpt, Gr. § 488), somewhat, in some degree, a little, rather; considerably, not a little (cf. aliquantus).

In gen.

Aliquantum: Ba. Nam ut in navi vecta es, credo timida es. So. Aliquantum, soror, somewhat so, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73:

quae (consolatio) mihi quidem ipsi sane aliquantum medetur, ceteris item multum illam profuturam puto,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3: item qui processit aliquantum ad virtutis aditum ( has come somewhat near), nihilominus, etc., id. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

aliquantum commoveri,

id. Clu. 140:

quod nisi meo adventu illius conatus aliquantum repressissem,

id. Verr. 2, 64:

movit aliquantum oratio regis legatos,

Liv. 39, 29; so id. 5, 23 al.: huc concede aliquantum ( a little), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 116:

aliquantum ventriosus,

id. As. 2, 3, 20:

quale sit, non tam definitione intellegi potest (quamquam aliquantum potest), quam, etc.,

to some extent, in some degree, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

litteris lectis aliquantum acquievi,

id. Fam. 4, 6:

adjutus aliquantum,

Suet. Tib. 13.—

Aliquanto:

non modo non contra legem, sed etiam intra legem et quidem aliquanto,

not a little, considerably so, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 9: terra etsi aliquanto specie differt, etc., * Tac. G. 5.—

Esp., with compp. it has greater or less force, acc. to the context, much more or a little more, somewhat more (the latter sometimes ironic. instead of the former; cf. Quint. 1, 12, 4 Spald.; in class. prose very freq.; most freq. prob. in Suet.; but never perh. in poetry, except in the examples from the ante-class. per.).

With aliquanto: Ch. Abeamus intro hinc ad me. St. Atque aliquanto lubentius quam abs te sum egressus, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 43:

aliquanto amplius,

id. As. 3, 3, 2; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1:

aliquanto plus,

id. ib. 2, 1:

minus aliquanto,

id. Div. in Caecil. 18:

melius aliquanto,

id. Brut. 78, 270:

sed certe idem melius aliquanto dicerent, si, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 103:

carinae aliquanto planiores quam nostrarum navium,

much flatter, Caes. B. G. 3, 13 Herz.; so,

aliquanto crudelior esse coepit,

Nep. Dion, 3, 3:

cum majore aliquanto numero quam decretum erat,

Sall. J. 86, 4; so id. C. 8, 2; id. J. 79, 4:

aliquanto superior,

Liv. 5, 26, 6:

ad majus aliquanto certamen redit,

Liv. 5, 29, 5; so id: 27, 36, 7; Quint. 1, 12, 4; Suet. Caes. 10; 86; id. Tib. 62 al.:

soluta est navis aliquanto prius,

some time before, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 15:

maturius aliquanto lupinus seritur,

Pall. R. R. 10, 5:

aliquanto serius quam per aetatem liceret,

Cic. Agr. 2, 3.—So with ante and post:

aliquanto ante in provinciam proficiscitur, quam,

Cic. Verr. 1, 149; 3, 44:

ante aliquanto quam est mortuus,

id. ib. 2, 46; id. Vatin. 25:

ad illos aliquanto post venit,

id. Verr. 4, 85:

porticum post aliquanto Q. Catulus fecit,

id. Dom. 102: atque ille primo quidem negavit; post autem aliquanto ( but some time afterwards) surrexit, id. Cat. 3, 11:

postea aliquanto,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154.—

With aliquantum:

aliquantum ad rem est avidior,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

fortasse aliquantum iniquior erat,

id. Heaut. 1, 2, 27:

aliquantum amplior augustiorque,

Liv. 1, 7, 9:

aliquantum taetrior,

Val. Max. 5, 9, 3:

Garumna aliquantum plenior,

Mel. 3, 2, 5.

ambĭ-fārĭus, a, um, adj. [cf. the Gr. di-phasios, tri-phasios, and v. aliquot-fariam], that has two sides, of double meaning, ambiguous (only post-class.):

fabulae,

Arn. p. 181:

obtentio,

id. p. 182.—Hence,

* ambĭfārĭē, adv., ambiguously, Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.—

ambĭfārĭ-am, adv. (orig. acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides, in two ways, ambiguously, = in utramque partem, App. Flor. 4, 18, p. 360, 25; so id. Mag. p. 276, 2.

ambĭ-fārĭus, a, um, adj. [cf. the Gr. di-phasios, tri-phasios, and v. aliquot-fariam], that has two sides, of double meaning, ambiguous (only post-class.):

fabulae,

Arn. p. 181:

obtentio,

id. p. 182.—Hence,

* ambĭfārĭē, adv., ambiguously, Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.—

ambĭfārĭ-am, adv. (orig. acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides, in two ways, ambiguously, = in utramque partem, App. Flor. 4, 18, p. 360, 25; so id. Mag. p. 276, 2.

amplĭuscŭlus, a, um, adj. [amplus], somewhat larger, or more magnificent:

fortuna,

App. Mag. p. 322, 19 Elm.—

* Adv.: amplĭuscŭlē, rather more, Sid. Ep. 3, 16.

amplĭuscŭlus, a, um, adj. [amplus], somewhat larger, or more magnificent:

fortuna,

App. Mag. p. 322, 19 Elm.—

* Adv.: amplĭuscŭlē, rather more, Sid. Ep. 3, 16.

ănĭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [anima and animus].

To fill with breath or air (cf. anima, I. and II.):

duas tibias uno spiritu,

to blow upon, App. Flor. 3, p. 341, 25:

bucinas,

Arn. 6, p. 196.—More freq.,

To quicken, animate (cf. anima, II. C.): quicquid est hoc, omnia animat, format, alit, auget, creat, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57; Lucr. 2, 717:

vitaliter esse animata,

id. 5, 145:

formare, figurare, colorare, animare,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110. stellae divinis animatae mentibus, id. Rep. 6, 15; Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 66. —

To endow with, to give, a particular temperament or disposition of mind (cf. animus, II. B. 1. b.):

utcumque temperatus sit aër, ita pueros orientes animari atque formari, ex eoque ingenia, mores, animum fingi,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: Mattiaci ipso terrae suae solo ac caelo acrius animantur, i. e. ferociores redduntur, are rendered more spirited, * Tac. G. 29.—

In Ovid in a pregnant signif.: aliquid in aliquid animare, to transform a lifeless object to a living being, to change into by giving life (cf. anima, II. C. 3.):

guttas animavit in angues,

Ov. M. 4, 619:

in Nymphas animatā classe marinas,

id. ib. 14, 566.—

Trop., of colors, to enliven:

si quid Apellei gaudent animāsse colores,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 64.—Of torches, to light or kindle:

animare ad crimina taxos,

Claud. Rapt. 3, 386.—Sometimes = recreare, to refresh, revive:

cibo potuque animavit,

Hyg. Fab. 126:

florem,

Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77; so Pall. 4, 10; or in gen., to encourage, help:

ope animari, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 3: copiis,

ib. 14, 4, 10, § 5.—And with inf. = incitare, to move, incite to:

Ut hortatu vestro Eustathius, quae de scommate paulo ante dixerit, animetur aperire,

Macr. S. 7, 3.—Hence, ănĭmātus, a, um, P. a.

Animated (cf. anima, II. C.): virum virtute verā vivere animatum addecet, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17.—

(Acc. to C.) Brought or put into a particular frame of mind, disposed, inclined, minded, in some way (freq. and class.):

hoc animo decet animatos esse amatores probos,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 20: avi et atavi nostri, quom allium ac caepe eorum verba olerent, tamen optime animati erant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 7 (where the play upon olere and animati is to be noticed):

animatus melius quam paratus,

better disposed than prepared, Cic. Fam. 6, 6:

socii infirme animati,

id. ib. 15, 1:

sic animati esse debetis, ut si ille adesset,

id. Phil. 9, 5:

ut quem ad modum in se quisque, sic in amicum sit animatus,

id. Am. 16, 57:

insulas non nullas bene animatas confirmavit,

well affected, Nep. Cim. 2, 4; Liv. 29, 17:

male animatus erga principem exercitus,

Suet. Vit. 7:

circa aliquem,

Just. 14, 1:

hostili animo adversus rem publicam animatus,

Dig. 48, 4, 1: animatus in necem alicujus, Macr S. 1, 11.—In Plaut. with inf.: si quid animatus es facere, Truc. 5, 74.—

Endowed with courage, courageous, stouthearted (cf. animus, II. 2. a. and animosus;

only in ante-class. poetry): milites armati atque animati probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 18: cum animatus iero, satis armatus sum, Att. ap. Non. p. 233, 18:

hostis animatus,

id. ib. p. 233, 18.—

* Sup. Auct. Itin. Alex. 13.— Adv. not used.—

Neutr., to be animate, living (cf. anima, II. C.); so only ănĭ-mans, antis (abl. com. animante, but animanti in Cic. Tim. 6; gen. plur. animantium in Cic., animantum in Lucr., Manil. 4, 374, and App. Mag. 64, p. 536),

P. a., animate, living:

quos (deos) Vitellius ne animantes quidem esse concedat,

Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 11:

mundum ipsum animantem sapientemque esse,

id. ib. 1, 10, 23:

animans composque rationis mundus est,

id. ib. 2, 8, 22. —Hence,

Subst., any living, animate being; an animal (orig. in a wider sense than animal, since it included men, animals, and plants; but usu., like that word, for animals in opp. to men. The gender varies in the best class. writers between masc., fem., and neutr. When it designates man, it is masc.; brutes, com. fem.; in its widest sense, it is neutr.):

sunt quaedam, quae animam habent, nec sunt animalia, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 58, 10 sq.; Lucr. 2, 669; 2, 943:

genus omne animantum,

id. 1, 4; so id. 1, 194; 1, 350; 1, 1033; 1, 1038; 2, 78; 2, 880; 2, 921; 2, 943; 2, 1063; 2, 1071; 3, 266; 3, 417; 3, 720; 5, 431; 5, 855;

5, 917: animantium genera quattuor,

Cic. Tim. 10; 11 fin.:

animantium aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

cum ceteras animantes abjecisset ad pastum, solum hominem erexit,

id. Leg. 1, 9, 26:

animantia, quae sunt nobis nota,

id. Tim. 4.—Of animals, living beings, as opp. to plants:

Jam vero vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt atque ita se erigunt, ut animantes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120.— Of man: hic stilus haud petet ultro Quemquam animantem, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 40.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

antĭpăthēs, is, f., = antipathês (serving as remedy for suffering), a black kind of coral used as a preventive of witchcraft, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145.

antĭpăthĕs, is, n., = antipathes, a charm against pain, Lael. ap. App. Mag. 30.

aspectābĭlis ( adsp-), e, adj. [aspecto] (perh. only in the foll. exs.).

That may be seen, visible, Cic. Tim. 4:

animal,

id. ib. 4.—

Worthy of being seen:

nihil esse aspectabilius,

App. Mag. p. 282, 14.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.