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  • 1 facilis

    făcĭlis, e, adj. (archaic forms nom. sing. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. facul, like difficul, simul; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [facio, properly, that may be done or made; hence, pregn.], easy to do, easy, without difficulty.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Prop., constr. absol., with ad (and the gerund), the supine, inf., ut, and the dat.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.:

    facilis et plana via (opp. difficilis),

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20:

    quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf.

    also: mihi in causa facili atque explicata perdifficilis et lubrica defensionis ratio proponitur,

    Cic. Planc. 2, 5:

    justa res et facilis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 33:

    facilis et prompta defensio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.:

    facilis et expedita distinctio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

    id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.:

    proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

    id. Rep. 1, 28:

    ascensus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    aditus,

    id. ib. 3, 25 fin.;

    descensus Averno,

    Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.:

    celerem et facilem exitum habere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.:

    lutum,

    easy to work, Tib. 1, 1, 40:

    fagus,

    Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

    humus,

    easy to cultivate, mellow, Curt. 4, 6, 5:

    arcus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 109:

    jugum,

    easy to climb, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 4:

    somnus,

    easy to obtain, Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4:

    irae,

    easily excited, Luc. 1, 173:

    saevitia,

    easily overcome, Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.:

    aurae,

    gentle, Ov. H. 16, 123:

    jactura,

    easily borne, Verg. A. 2, 646:

    cera,

    easily shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169:

    victus,

    copious, Verg. G. 2, 460.— Comp.:

    iter multo facilius atque expeditius,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

    cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse quam Scipioni?

    Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

    faciliore et commodiore judicio,

    id. Caecin. 3, 8.— Sup.:

    quod est facillimum, facis,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

    concordia,

    id. ib. 1, 32:

    hujus summae virtutis facillima est via,

    Quint. 8, 3, 71:

    in quibus (ceris) facillima est ratio delendi,

    id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.—
    (β).
    With ad and the gerund:

    nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

    ad subigendum,

    id. Rep. 2, 41:

    ad credendum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

    palmae ad scandendum,

    Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.— Comp.:

    faciliora ad intelligendum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8.— Sup.:

    haec ad judicandum sunt facillima,

    Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.—
    (γ).
    With ad and subst.:

    faciles ad receptum angustiae,

    Liv. 32, 12, 3:

    mens ad pejora,

    Quint. 1, 2, 4:

    credulitas feminarum ad gaudia,

    Tac. A. 14, 4.— Comp.:

    mediocritas praeceptoris ad intellectum atque imitationem facilior,

    Quint. 2, 3, 1.—
    (δ).
    With supine:

    facile inventust,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

    res factu facilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

    cuivis facile scitu est,

    id. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

    facilis victu gens,

    abounding in resources, Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.:

    (Cyclops) nec visu facilis nec dictu affabilis ulli,

    id. ib. 3, 621; cf.:

    sapiens facilis victu fuit,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 11.— Comp.:

    nihil est dictu facilius,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.— Sup.:

    factu facillimum,

    Sall. C. 14, 1.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    materia facilis est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

    facilis vincere ac vinci vultu eodem,

    Liv. 7, 33, 2:

    facilis corrumpi,

    Tac. H. 4, 39:

    Roma capi facilis,

    Luc. 2, 656.—So esp. freq. in the neuter, facile est, with a subject-clause:

    id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

    quod illis prohibere erat facile,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2:

    neque erat facile nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire,

    id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20:

    nec origines persequi facile est,

    Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46:

    quīs facile est aedem conducere,

    Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.— Comp.:

    plerumque facilius est plus facere quam idem,

    Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.— Sup.:

    stulta reprehendere facillimum est,

    Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.—
    (ζ).
    With ut:

    facilius est, ut esse aliquis successor tuus possit, quam ut velit,

    Plin. Pan. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. with quod: facile est quod habeant conservam in villa, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.—
    (η).
    With dat.:

    terra facilis pecori,

    i.e. suitable, proper, Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.:

    campus operi,

    Liv. 33, 17, 8:

    facilis divisui (Macedonia),

    id. 45, 30, 2:

    neque Thraces commercio faciles erant,

    Liv. 40, 58, 1:

    homines bello faciles,

    Tac. Agr. 21:

    juvenis inanibus,

    easily susceptible, open to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.:

    facilis capessendis inimicitiis,

    id. ib. 5, 11. —
    (θ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    Hispania frugum facilis,

    fertile in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.—
    b.
    Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and rarely, de facili, easily:

    cum exitus haud in facili essent,

    not easy, Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.:

    in facili,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8:

    ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur,

    easily, Cels. 7, 9 med.:

    ex facili tolerantibus,

    Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60;

    for which: e facili,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.—
    B.
    Transf.
    a.
    Of persons that do any thing with facility, ready, quick. — Constr. with ad, in, and simple abl.:

    facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 180:

    sermone Graeco promptus et facilis,

    Suet. Tib. 71; cf.:

    promptus et facillis ad extemporalitatem usque,

    id. Tit. 3:

    faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti,

    Quint. 1, 1, 1:

    exiguo faciles,

    content, Sil. 1, 615.—
    b.
    Of things, easily moving:

    oculi,

    Verg. A. 8, 310:

    manus,

    Ov. F. 3, 536:

    cervix,

    Mart. Spect. 23:

    canes, i. e. agiles,

    Nemes. Cyneg. 50.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Of character, easy, good-natured, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable:

    facilis benevolusque,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

    comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

    Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

    facilis et liberalis pater,

    id. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    lenis et facilis,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    facilem populum habere,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4:

    facilem stillare in aurem,

    Juv. 3, 122:

    di,

    id. 10, 8. —With in and abl.:

    facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.:

    facilis in causis recipiendis,

    id. Brut. 57, 207:

    faciles in suum cuique tribuendo,

    id. ib. 21, 85:

    faciles ad concedendum,

    id. Div. 2, 52, 107.—With in and acc.:

    sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos,

    Ov. H. 16, 282.—With inf.:

    faciles aurem praebere,

    Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.):

    O faciles dare summa deos,

    Luc. 1, 505.—With gen.:

    facilis impetrandae veniae,

    Liv. 26, 15, 1:

    alloquii facilis (al. alloquiis),

    Val. Fl. 5, 407.— Absol.:

    comi facilique naturā,

    Suet. Gramm. 7:

    facili ac prodigo animo,

    id. Vit. 7.— Comp.:

    facilior aut indulgentior,

    Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.— Sup.:

    quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11.—
    B.
    Of fortune, favorable, prosperous:

    res et fortunae tuae... quotidie faciliores mihi et meliores videntur,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.— Adv. in four forms: facile, facul, faculter, and faciliter.
    1.
    făcĭlĕ (the class. form).
    (α).
    easily, without trouble or difficulty:

    facile cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

    quis haec non vel facile vel certe aliquo modo posset ediscere?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

    vitia in contraria convertuntur,

    id. Rep. 1, 45.— Comp.:

    cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

    quo facilius otio perfruantur,

    id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.— Sup.:

    ut optimi cujusque animus in morte facillime evolet tamquam e custodia,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

    facillime fingi,

    id. Cael. 9, 22:

    facillime decidit,

    id. Rep. 2, 23:

    mederi inopiae frumentariae,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.—
    (β).
    To add intensity to an expression which already signifies a high degree, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far (often in Cic.;

    elsewh. rare): virum unum totius Graeciae facile doctissimum,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

    facile deterrimus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    genere et nobilitate et pecunia facile primus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.:

    virtute, existimatione, nobilitate facile princeps,

    id. Clu. 5, 11:

    facile princeps,

    id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1:

    facile praecipuus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 68:

    facile hic plus mali est, quam illic boni,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin' fidicinam? Fi. Tam facile quam me, as well as I do myself, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.—With verbs that denote superiority (vincere, superare, etc.):

    post illum (Herodotum) Thucydides omnes dicendi artificio, mea sententia, facile vicit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.

    also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

    id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    Sisenna omnes adhuc nostros scriptores facile superavit,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

    facile palmam habes!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.— In naming a large amount, quite, fully:

    huic hereditas facile ad HS. tricies venit testamento propinqui sui,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.—
    (γ).
    With a negative, non facile or haud facile, to add intensity, not easily, i.e. hardly:

    mira accuratio, ut non facile in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.:

    de iis haud facile compertum narraverim,

    Sall. J. 17, 2:

    animus imbutus malis artibus haud facile libidinibus carebat,

    id. C. 13, 5. —
    b.
    Readily, willingly, without hesitation:

    facile omnes perferre ac pati,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.:

    te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito facile patiebar,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    disertus homo et facile laborans,

    id. Off. 2, 19, 66:

    ego unguibus facile illi in oculos involem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.— Comp.:

    locum habeo nullum, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae,

    Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.—
    c.
    (Acc. to facilis, II. B.) Pleasantly, agreeably, well:

    propter eas (nugas) vivo facilius,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

    cum animo cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56:

    facillime agitare,

    Suet. Vit. Ter. 1:

    ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

    not safely, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.—
    2.
    făcul (anteclass.), easily: nobilitate facul propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21:

    haud facul, ut ait Pacuvius, femina una invenietur bona,

    Afran. ib. 22:

    advorsam ferre fortunam facul,

    Att. ib. 24.—
    3.
    ‡ făculter, acc. to the statement of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325. —
    4.
    făcĭlĭter (post-Aug.; predominating in Vitruvius; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), easily:

    ferrum percalefactum faciliter fabricatur,

    Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.

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  • 2 facilis

        facilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 FAC-], easy to do, easy, without difficulty: res (opp. difficilis), T.: facilia ex difficillimis redigere, Cs.: causa: cursus: aditus, Cs.: somnus, easy to obtain, H.: saevitia, easily overcome, H.: aurae, gentle, O.: iactura, light, V.: cera, yielding, O.: victus, copious, V.: cursus ad deos facilior: quod ei fuit facillimum: materies facilis ad exardescendum: haec ad iudicandum sunt facillima: faciles ad receptum angustiae, L.: crepido haud facilior in ascensum, L.: cuivis facile scitu est, T.: (Cyclops) Nec visu facilis, V.: nihil est dictu facilius, T.: factu facillimum, S.: materia facilis est, in te dicta dicere: facilis vincere ac vinci voltu eodem, L.: quod illis prohibere erat facile, Cs.: Quīs facile est aedem conducere, Iu.: terra pecori, suitable, V.: campus operi, L.: divisui (Macedonia), L.: homines bello, Ta.—In adverb. phrases: cum exitūs haud in facili essent, not easy, L.: ex facili tolerantibus, Ta. — Of persons, ready, quick: ad dicendum: fore facilem victu per saecula gentem, lead a happy life, V.: homines in bella, Ta.: amori, Tb.: aurem praebere puellae, Pr.— Easy, goodnatured, accessible, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable: pater: facilem votis ut praebeat aurem, H.. auris, Iu.: mores facillimae: amicitiā, S.: sermone, Ta.: in rebus cognoscendis: in suum cuique tribuendo: ad concedendum: in tua vota di, O.: impetrandae veniae, L. — Favorable, prosperous: res et fortunae faciliores: vestrae res, L.— Easily moving, quick, nimble: oculi, V.: manūs, O.
    * * *
    facile, facilior -or -us, facillimus -a -um ADJ
    easy, easy to do, without difficulty, ready, quick, good natured, courteous

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  • 3 facilis

    easy, agreeable, affable, pleasant.

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  • 4 Facilis descensvs averno

    • The descent to Avernus (Hell) it's easy to fall, hard to rise

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  • 5 per-facilis

        per-facilis e, adj.,     very easy: cursus: disciplina cognitu: perfacile factu esse conata perficere, Cs.—Very courteous: in audiendo.

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  • 6 difficilis

    dif-fĭcĭlis, e (old form difficul, like facul, famul, simul, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 111, 25), adj. [facilis; hence, far from easy to do, to accomplish, to bear, etc.; v. facilis], hard, difficult, troublesome (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quom invitus facias,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20; and:

    sacrorum diligentiam difficilem, apparatum perfacilem esse voluit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14 Mos.:

    quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27, fin.:

    quam graves, quam difficiles plerisque videntur calamitatum societates!

    Cic. Lael. 17 fin.:

    res arduae ac difficiles,

    id. Inv. 2, 54, 163; cf. id. Or. 10; id. Tusc. 3, 34 fin.; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28:

    contortae res et difficiles,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58 fin.:

    quam scopuloso difficilique in loco verser,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35; cf.:

    in locos difficiles abire,

    Sall. J. 87 fin. Kritz.:

    iter angustum et difficile,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; id. B. C. 1, 65, 3:

    valles,

    id. ib. 1, 68, 2:

    difficili et arduo ascensu,

    id. ib. 3, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

    difficilis atque impedita palus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    transitus,

    id. ib. 6, 7, 5:

    aditus,

    id. ib. 7, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56:

    tempus anni difficillimum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5:

    difficili rei publicae tempore,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21:

    difficillimo reip. tempore,

    id. Phil. 5, 13, 36; cf. id. Caecin. 4, 11:

    difficilioribus usi tempestatibus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 4:

    partus,

    Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22:

    urina,

    id. 23, 9, 83, § 165:

    venter,

    id. 22, 13, 15, §

    33 et saep.: (Macer et Lucretius) alter humilis, alter difficilis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 87 Frotsch.:

    nimium difficile est reperiri amicum,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 20;

    so with a subjectclause,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 6; Lucr. 1, 138; Cic. Lael. 6, 22; 8, 26; 10, 33 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 2; 7, 58, 2; id. B. C. 1, 50 fin. et saep.; cf.:

    difficile ad fidem est in tam antiqua re, quot pugnaverint ceciderintve exacto affirmare numero,

    Liv. 3, 5, 12:

    difficile est longum subito deponere amorem,

    Cat. 77, 13.—Prov.:

    difficile est, crimen non prodere vultu,

    Ov. M. 2, 447:

    difficile est, tristi fingere mente jocum,

    Tib. 3, 7, 2:

    (rebus) difficilibus ad eloquendum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

    ad percipiendum,

    Quint. 8 prooem. § 4.—With supin.:

    difficile factu est,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43; so,

    factu,

    id. Off. 1, 21, 71; id. N. D. 3, 1; id. Univ. 11:

    dictu,

    id. Lael. 3, 12; 7, 23; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:

    aditu (locus),

    Sall. J. 91 fin. Kritz.—With dat.:

    fructus difficilis concoctioni,

    Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151.—With gerund.:

    in difficili esse,

    Liv. 3, 65, 11; cf.:

    in facili esse,

    id. 3, 8, 9; so,

    in difficili rem esse,

    Cels. 5, 26 fin.:

    ille casus in difficili est, si, etc.,

    Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 15.
    II.
    In partic., of character, hard to manage or to please, obstinate, captious, morose, surly:

    difficiles ac morosi,

    Cic. Or. 29 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; Att. ap. Non. 407, 25; Hor. S. 2, 5, 90; id. A. P. 173:

    senex,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

    moderati nec difficiles nec inhumani senes,

    Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:

    sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes,

    id. ib. 18, 65:

    avunculus difficillimā naturā,

    Nep. Att. 5; cf.:

    difficili bile tumet jecur,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: parens in liberos difficilis, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    Penelopen difficilem procis,

    Hor. C. 3, 10, 11:

    vocanti,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 32:

    Gradivo,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 566:

    precibus,

    id. P. 2, 2, 20.— Trop.:

    terrae,

    intractable, Verg. G. 2, 179. —Prov.:

    difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina,

    deaf, inaccessible, Pub. Syr. 133 (Rib.).— Adv., in three forms (but the use of the adv. is mostly avoided by the best authors, difficile est taking its place, v. supra).
    (α).
    diffĭcĭlē, with difficulty (perh. not ante-Aug.), Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62; 27, 12, 94, § 120; Suet. Gramm. 11; Just. 27, 3, 2; Pall. Jan. 7; Tert. Apol. 48.—
    (β).
    diffĭculter, with difficulty (the usual form), Caes. B. C. 1, 62; Sall. C. 14, 5; Liv. 1, 52, 4; 42, 54, 3; Tac. A. 12, 35; Suet. Claud. 41; Quint. 1, 3, 3 al.—
    (γ).
    diffĭcĭl-ĭter, with difficulty (rare), Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49 and 50; Col. 5, 3, 1; 5, 7, 1; Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 7.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    difficilius,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Quint. 1, 12, 8; 11, 2, 28; Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Ner. 43 al.—
    c.
    Sup.:

    difficillime,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 64; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 19, 7, 35, § 117 al.

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  • 7 Clemens

    1.
    clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

    but -te,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].
    I.
    Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

    clementior Auster vela vocat,

    Stat. Th. 5, 468:

    aura Favoni,

    Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

    clementior dies,

    Col. 11, 2, 2:

    clementior Arctos,

    Sil. 1, 198:

    clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

    Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

    mare,

    Gell. 2, 21, 1:

    Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

    Curt. 5, 3, 1:

    quā sit clementissimus amnis,

    Ov. M. 9, 116.—
    2.
    Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

    clivulus,

    App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

    placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

    egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

    vita urbana atque otium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

    cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

    (Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

    Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—
    2.
    Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    Specif.
    1.
    Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

    opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

    judices et misericordes,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.
    * Hor.
    C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

    vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

    legis interpres,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8:

    dominus facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    justa et clemens servitus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

    castigatio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    clementior sententia,

    Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—
    2.
    Poet. of places:

    pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

    accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.
    I.
    (Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

    non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

    agitant venti oleas,

    Pall. Nov. 5:

    spirant clementius Austri,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

    calces deteris,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

    clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

    Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

    editum jugum,

    id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

    accedere,

    Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

    explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

    id. H. 3, 52.—
    II.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

    si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

    leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

    86: ferre aliquid,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

    consolationes clementer admotae,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

    quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

    leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

    Gell. 5, 14, 12.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

    clementer et moderate jus dicere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    clementer a consule accepti,

    Liv. 27, 15, 2:

    clementer ductis militibus,

    i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    clementius tractare aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

    clementissime scribere de aliquo,

    Gell. 1, 18, 3:

    qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.
    2.
    Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

    Julius,

    Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

    Arretinus,

    id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

    Flavius,

    id. ib. 15.

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  • 8 clemens

    1.
    clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

    but -te,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].
    I.
    Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

    clementior Auster vela vocat,

    Stat. Th. 5, 468:

    aura Favoni,

    Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

    clementior dies,

    Col. 11, 2, 2:

    clementior Arctos,

    Sil. 1, 198:

    clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

    Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

    mare,

    Gell. 2, 21, 1:

    Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

    Curt. 5, 3, 1:

    quā sit clementissimus amnis,

    Ov. M. 9, 116.—
    2.
    Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

    clivulus,

    App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

    placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

    egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

    vita urbana atque otium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

    cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

    (Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

    Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—
    2.
    Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    Specif.
    1.
    Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

    opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

    judices et misericordes,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.
    * Hor.
    C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

    vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

    legis interpres,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8:

    dominus facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    justa et clemens servitus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

    castigatio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    clementior sententia,

    Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—
    2.
    Poet. of places:

    pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

    accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.
    I.
    (Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

    non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

    agitant venti oleas,

    Pall. Nov. 5:

    spirant clementius Austri,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

    calces deteris,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

    clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

    Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

    editum jugum,

    id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

    accedere,

    Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

    explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

    id. H. 3, 52.—
    II.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

    si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

    leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

    86: ferre aliquid,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

    consolationes clementer admotae,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

    quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

    leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

    Gell. 5, 14, 12.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

    clementer et moderate jus dicere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    clementer a consule accepti,

    Liv. 27, 15, 2:

    clementer ductis militibus,

    i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    clementius tractare aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

    clementissime scribere de aliquo,

    Gell. 1, 18, 3:

    qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.
    2.
    Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

    Julius,

    Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

    Arretinus,

    id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

    Flavius,

    id. ib. 15.

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  • 9 clementer

    1.
    clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

    but -te,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].
    I.
    Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

    clementior Auster vela vocat,

    Stat. Th. 5, 468:

    aura Favoni,

    Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

    clementior dies,

    Col. 11, 2, 2:

    clementior Arctos,

    Sil. 1, 198:

    clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

    Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

    mare,

    Gell. 2, 21, 1:

    Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

    Curt. 5, 3, 1:

    quā sit clementissimus amnis,

    Ov. M. 9, 116.—
    2.
    Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

    clivulus,

    App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

    placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

    egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

    vita urbana atque otium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

    cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

    (Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

    Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—
    2.
    Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    Specif.
    1.
    Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

    opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

    judices et misericordes,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.
    * Hor.
    C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

    vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

    legis interpres,

    Liv. 1, 26, 8:

    dominus facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    justa et clemens servitus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

    castigatio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    clementior sententia,

    Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—
    2.
    Poet. of places:

    pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

    accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.
    I.
    (Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

    non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

    agitant venti oleas,

    Pall. Nov. 5:

    spirant clementius Austri,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

    calces deteris,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

    clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

    Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

    editum jugum,

    id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

    accedere,

    Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

    explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

    id. H. 3, 52.—
    II.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

    si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

    leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

    86: ferre aliquid,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

    consolationes clementer admotae,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

    quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

    leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

    Gell. 5, 14, 12.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

    clementer et moderate jus dicere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    clementer a consule accepti,

    Liv. 27, 15, 2:

    clementer ductis militibus,

    i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    clementius tractare aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

    clementissime scribere de aliquo,

    Gell. 1, 18, 3:

    qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.
    2.
    Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

    Julius,

    Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

    Arretinus,

    id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

    Flavius,

    id. ib. 15.

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  • 10 distinctio

    distinctĭo, ōnis, f. [distinguo].
    I.
    (Acc. to distinguo, I. B.)
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Subject., a distinguishing, discriminating, a distinction:

    harum rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33; so,

    facilis ingenui et illiberalis jocis,

    id. Off. 1, 29 fin.:

    justorum injustorumque (lex),

    id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.:

    veri a falso,

    id. Fin. 1, 19 fin.:

    quaestionum,

    Quint. 4, 5, 6 et saep.—
    2.
    Object., a difference, distinction:

    causarum distinctio ac dissimilitudo,

    Cic. Fat. 19; so,

    volucrum,

    Plin. 10, 11, 13, § 29:

    quae distinctio sit inter ea, quae gignantur, et ea, quae sint semper eadem,

    Cic. Univ. 8:

    nulla in visis distinctio,

    id. Ac. 2, 15 fin.; Dig. 47, 2, 44.—Pregn.:

    lunae siderumque omnium distinctio, varietas, pulchritudo, ordo,

    i. e. the differences in their appearance and motions, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 15.—
    B.
    In rhet. and gram.
    1.
    A separation, division, in discourse;

    and concr.,

    a mark of separation, sign of interpunction, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186; Quint. 1, 5, 27; Diom. p. 432 P.—
    2.
    A figure of speech, separation, distinction, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; Quint. 9, 3, 65; esp. the contrast of opposing ideas, id. 9, 3, 82; the parting of opposing voices or votes, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 6. —
    II.
    (Acc. to distinguo, II.) A setting off, garnishing; an ornament:

    distinctio honosque civitatis,

    Plin. 28, 3, 3, § 13.

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  • 11 facilitas

    făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing.
    I.
    In gen. (mostly post-Aug.):

    haec in bonis rebus, quod alii ad alia bona sunt aptiores, facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas,

    inclination, disposition, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28; cf.:

    aetatis illius (i. e. puerilis) facilitas,

    capability, Quint. 1, 12, 11:

    audendi facilitas,

    id. 12, 6, 7:

    pariendi,

    Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

    oris,

    i. e. easy enunciation, Quint. 10, 7, 26:

    corporis,

    a tendency to blush, Sen. Ep. 11:

    soli,

    facility in working, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178:

    picea tonsili facilitate,

    id. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

    (smaragdi) ad crassitudinem sui facilitate translucida,

    i. e. facility in transmitting the rays of light, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Of speech, facility or fluency of expression (post-Aug.):

    Fabianus disputabat expedite magis quam concitate, ut possis dicere, facilitatem esse illam, non celeritatem,

    Sen. Ep. 40:

    quae in oratore maxima sunt, ingenium, inventio, vis, facilitas,

    Quint. 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 1; 10, 7, 20; 11, 1, 42; Suet. Gramm. 23 al.; cf. Quint. 10, cap. 7.—
    B.
    (Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character.
    1.
    In a good sense, willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability (freq. in Cic.;

    syn.: lenitas, humanitas): male docet te mea facilitas multa,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 35:

    si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66:

    pro tua facilitate et humanitate,

    id. Fam. 13, 24, 2:

    facilitas in audiendo,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21; cf.:

    facilitas et lenitudo animi,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 88 Orell. N. cr.:

    facilitas indulgentiaque,

    Suet. Caes. 72:

    facilitate par infimis esse,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    sermonis,

    id. Att. 12, 40, 2:

    magis id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,

    id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

    actio facilitatem significans,

    id. ib. 2, 43, 184.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.:

    fornicationis,

    Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.

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  • 12 cēnsura

        cēnsura ae, f    [censor], the office of censor, censorship: tristis, L.: ad censuram petendam: magistra pudoris. — Prov.: Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas, Iu. — Fig., a judgment, opinion: facilis censura cachinni, Iu.
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    office/conduct/power of censor, censorship; appraisal, oversight, control; blame, censure; ecclesiastical punishment

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  • 13 circumspectus

        circumspectus ūs, m    [circumspicio], a looking about, regarding: ut distineret regem ab circumspectu rerum aliarum, consideration, L.—A view around, outlook: facilis est circumspectus, unde exeam: eo, unde circumspectus esset, L.
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    I
    circumspecta -um, circumspectior -or -us, circumspectissimus -a -u ADJ
    well considered, weighed with care, prudent; guarded/circumspect; cautious/wary; worthy of consideration, respected; distinguished
    II
    survey/looking round/spying; visual examination; commanding view; contemplation

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  • 14 dēscēnsus

        dēscēnsus ūs, m    [descendo], a descent, way down: quā illi descensus erat, S.: facilis descensus Averno, V.: difficilis et artae viae, L.
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    decent, climbing/getting down; action/means/way of descent; lying down (rude)

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  • 15 difficilis

        difficilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [dis- + facilis], hard, difficult, troublesome, impracticable, laborious, perilous: res, T.: facilia ex difficillimis redigere, Cs.: opus: locus: in locos difficilīs abire, S.: valles, Cs.: oppidum difficili ascensu: transitus, Cs.: aditūs, H.: tempus anni difficillimum, Cs.: difficili rei p. tempore, peril: casus difficilior, S.: difficilioribus usi tempestatibus, Cs: adversas (res) ferre difficile esset: non fuisse difficile cavere, Cs.—Prov.: difficile est, crimen non prodere voltu, O.—With supin. abl.: difficile factu est non probare: quo de genere difficile dictu est.— As subst n.: pati vel difficillima, the greatest hardships: in difficili esse, embarrassed, L.: ex difficili petenda, O.— Hard to manage, obstinate, captious, morose, surly: parens in liberos: Difficilem offendet garrulus, H.: senes: avunculus difficillimā naturā, N.: difficili bile tumet iecur, H.: Penelope procis, H.: precibus, O.: terrae, intractable, V.
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    difficile, difficilior -or -us, difficillimus -a -um ADJ
    difficult; hard; hard to manage, obstinate. intractable; morose

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  • 16 disputātiō

        disputātiō ōnis, f    [disputo], an argument, discussion, debate, dispute: magis facilis quam necessaria: isti disputationi nihil est loci: in utramque partem, Cs.—Plur., C.
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    discussion, debate, dispute, argument

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  • 17 (dīvīsus, ūs)

       (dīvīsus, ūs) m    [divido], a division, distribution. — Only dat sing.: bona divisui fuere, L.: divisui facilis Macedonia, easily divided, L.

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  • 18 ex-ārdēscō

        ex-ārdēscō ārsī, ārsus, ere,     inch, to blaze out, kindle, take fire: materies facilis ad exardescendum.—Fig., to be kindled, be inflamed, break out, be exasperated, be provoked, rage: iracundiā ac stomacho: dolore, Cs.: infestius, L.: Haud secus quam taurus, O.: ad spem libertatis: ad bellum, L.: Talibus dictis in iras, V.: ex quo exardescit amor: ambitio, L.: violentia Turni, V.: importunitas sceleris: altercatio in contentionem animorum exarsit, L.

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  • 19 explicātiō

        explicātiō ōnis, f    [explico], an unfolding, uncoiling: rudentis. — Fig., an unfolding, expounding, exposition, explanation: rerum facilis: fabularum.
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    solution/explanation (obscurity/problem); description, pictorial representation; planning (buildings, etc.), laying out; uncoiling; method/style of exposition

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  • 20 facile

        facile adv. with comp. and sup.    [facilis], easily, with ease, readily, without difficulty: recta consilia aegrotis dare, T.: haec facile ediscere?: quo facilius otio perfruantur: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Cs.: facillime fingi: facillime mederi inopiae, Cs.—With superlatives or words of superiority, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far: facile hic plus malist, quam illic boni, T.: doctissimus: pecuniā primus: fortuitam orationem cogitatio facile vincit.—With numerals, quite, fully: hereditas facile ad HS tricies.—With a negative, not easily, hardly: non facile dixerim, quicquam, etc.: haud facile ad negotium inpelli posse, S.: haud facile lubidinibus carebat, S.— Readily, willingly, promptly, without hesitation: omnes perferre, T.: homo laborans: unguibus facile illi in oculos involem, T.: locus, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae. — Pleasantly, agreeably, well: cogites, Quam vos facillume agitis, T.: copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, safely, Cs.
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    facilius, facillime ADV
    easily, readily, without difficulty; generally, often; willingly; heedlessly

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