fere

fĕrē and fermē ( fĕrĕ, Aus. Epigr. 10, 5, 5), adv. [Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-ami, to bear, support; Gr. root, thra-, in thrênus, stool, thronos, seat; Lat. firmus; cf.: forma, forum. Ferme is perh. a sup. form for ferime, v. Rib. Lat. Part. p. 6 sq. Erroneously, Varr.: ferme dicitur quod nunc fere: utrumque dictum a ferendo, quod id quod fertur est in motu atque adventat, L. L. 7, § 92 Müll.], approximately, closely, in two senses.

With the idea of approach predominant, nearly, almost, well-nigh, within a little, for the most part, about (esp. with words of number, quantity, multitude; cf.: plerumque, vulgo).

Form fere:

fere sexennis,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 80:

abhinc menses decem fere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 24; cf.:

fere abhinc annos quindecim,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 28:

fere in diebus paucis, quibus haec acta sunt, Chrysis vicina haec moritur,

soon, only a few days after, id. And. 1, 1, 77:

quinta fere hora,

about the fifth hour, Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

hora fere tertia,

id. Att. 14, 20, 1:

tertia fere vigilia,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 1:

sexcentos fere annos,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48:

sexto decimo fere anno,

id. ib. 2, 33:

anno fere ante, quam consul est declaratus,

id. ib. 1, 5:

anno fere centesimo et quadragesimo post mortem Numae,

id. ib. 2, 15; cf.:

anno trecentesimo et quinquagesimo fere post Romam conditam,

id. ib. 1, 16:

decem fere annis post primos consules,

id. ib. 2, 32; cf.

also: decessit fere post annum quartum quam, etc.,

Nep. Arist. 3 fin.:

meus fere aequalis,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179; cf. id. Off. 3, 1, 1:

ipsa Peloponnesus fere tota in mari est,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 1:

totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

id. ib. 2, 23, 4:

rerum omnium fere modus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18; cf.:

quam fere omnium constans et moderata ratio vitae,

id. Clu. 16, 46:

ex omnibus fere partibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

in reliquis fere rebus,

id. ib. 6, 13, 3:

omnes fere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1; 4, 20, 1; Nep. Arist. 2, 3; id. Chabr. 3, 4; Liv. 21, 60, 9; Suet. Caes. 87;

and in the order fere omnes,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 1; 5, 23, 4:

cujus disputationis fuit extremum fere de immortalitate animorum,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14; cf.: Phalereus ille Demetrius ultimus est fere ex Atticis. Quint. 10, 1, 80: cum fere e regione castris castra poneret, Caes. B. G. 7, 35, 1; id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

plus fere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 45:

semper fere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22:

satis fere diximus,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60:

tantum fere,

almost only, id. Rep. 2, 18 fin.:

Lycurgus eadem vidit fere,

id. ib. 2, 23:

haec fere,

id. ib. 1, 34 fin.; cf.:

hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod,

in this chiefly, Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 3:

haec fere dicere habui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

haec erant fere, quae, etc.,

id. Fam. 12, 5 fin.; 12, 30 fin.; id. Att. 2, 16, 1; id. Or. 54, 182; id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

exposui fere non philosophorum judicia, sed, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 16, 42; cf.:

sic fere componendum, quomodo pronuntiandum erit,

Quint. 9, 4, 138:

fere eodem pacto, quo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 10:

et fere apparet, quid in invidiam, etc.... dicendum sit,

Quint. 5, 12, 16.—

Form ferme:

hoc factum est ferme abhinc biennium,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 4; so,

abhinc annos ferme L.,

Vell. 2, 90 fin.:

nam ferme ante annos DCCCCL. floruit,

id. 1, 5, 3:

intra XII. ferme annos,

id. 2, 11 fin.:

duodequadragesimo ferme anno, ex quo regnare coeperat Tarquinius,

Liv. 1, 40:

mille ferme delecti propugnatores onerariis imponuntur,

id. 30, 10; cf.:

pars ferme dimidia,

id. 42, 51:

a quo (flumine) aberat mons ferme milia viginti,

Sall. J. 48, 3; cf.:

in tumulo quatuor ferme milia distante ab castris regiis consedit,

Liv. 30, 8:

abest ab Carthagine quindecim milia ferme passuum locus,

id. 30, 9:

ferme eadem omnia, quae, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 21:

cum ferme cunctos proceres cum honore nominavisset,

Tac. A. 3, 76:

mihi quidem aetas acta est ferme,

for the most part, about, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38.

With the idea of nearness or closeness predominant, quite, entirely, just.

Form fere:

domum revortor maestus atque animo fere conturbato,

quite distracted, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69:

quod statuas quoque videmus ornatu fere militari,

quite military, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61:

paria esse fere peccata,

quite equal, Hor. S. 1, 3, 96:

etsi nobis, qui id aetatis sumus, evigilatum fere est, tamen, etc.,

entirely, sufficiently, Cic. Rep. 3, 29:

cum circa hanc fere consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur,

just on this debated point, Liv. 36, 7, 1: jamque fere, just now, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11; and ap. Charis. p. 114 P. (Ann. v. 286 and 580 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 135; 5, 327; 835; cf.: jam fere, Enn. ap. Non. 355, 17 (Trag. v. 201 ed. Vahl.); and: jam... fere, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 ed. Vahl.):

sermo qui tum fere multis erat in ore,

just then, Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—

Form ferme: circumvenire video ferme injuria, altogether wrong, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 92 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 12); cf.: ferme aderant ratibus, just, Enn. ib. § 23 Müll. (Ann. v. 602 ed. Vahl.); so, quod ferme dirum in tempus cecidere Latinae, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18; and:

sed eum constabat virum esse ferme bonum,

Gell. 14, 2, 5:

ferme ut quisque rem accurat suam, Sic ei procedunt post principia denique,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 4; so,

ferme ut pueri,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 32:

jam ferme moriens me vocat,

just dying, id. And. 1, 5, 49.—

In partic.

With negatives, scarcely, hardly.

(= vix, non facile.) Form fere:

nihil aut non fere multum differre,

Cic. Brut. 40, 150:

nemo fere saltat sobrius,

id. Mur. 6; id. de Or. 1, 25, 116:

nihil fere intelligit,

id. Off. 3, 3, 15:

non fere labitur,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 18:

quod non fere ante auctumnum Elaver vado transiri solet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

duo spondei non fere jungi patiuntur,

Quint. 9, 4, 101:

in se dicere non est fere nisi scurrarum,

id. 6, 3, 82:

denique ex bellica victoria non fere quemquam est invidia civium consecuta,

hardly any one, Cic. Sest. 23, 51:

rationem sententiae suae non fere reddere,

id. Tusc. 1, 17, 38:

nec adhuc fere inveni, qui, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 6, 1; cf.:

quod non fere contingit, nisi, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 72:

nec rei fere sane amplius quicquam fuit,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 3:

in qua (disputatione) nihil fere, quod magno opere ad rationes omnium rerum pertineret, praetermissum puto,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8 fin.: tum est Cato locutus;

quo erat nemo fere senior temporibus illis, nemo prudentior,

id. Lael. 1, 5:

dixit, hunc ne in convivio quidem ullo fere interfuisse,

id. Rosc. Am. 14:

neque ullum fere totius hiemis tempus sine sollicitudine Caesaris intercessit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 5: neque enim [p. 736] fere iam est ullus dies occupatus, ut nihil, etc., Quint. 10, 7, 27.—With a neg. interrog.:

nam quid fere undique placet?

Quint. 1, 2, 15.—

Form ferme:

hoc non ferme sine magnis principum vitiis evenit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 45 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

quod non ferme decernitur, nisi, etc.,

Liv. 22, 9, 8; 24, 25, 9:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34 fin.; so,

nec ferme res antiqua alia est nobilior,

Liv. 1, 24:

facio, quod manifesto moechi haud ferme solent,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 40; so Ter. And. 3, 1, 2:

haud ferme,

Liv. 21, 7, 9; 27, 28, 14:

ut eo nihil ferme quisquam addere posset,

Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

quia nemo ferme huc sine damno devortitur,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 39:

non ferme facilius aliquid tenere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 5 fin.; 1, 45, 69.—

Of time (in the usual course of things; opp. to sometimes, now and then), in general, generally, usually, commonly.

Form fere:

Fit fere, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10; cf.:

jam hoc fere sic fieri solere accepimus,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

quod fere solet fieri,

id. Inv. 1, 29, 46; cf.

also: ut fere fit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

nam fere maxima pars morem hunc homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 36:

quod fere libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

aedificio circumdato silva (ut sunt fere domicilia Gallorum, etc.),

id. ib. 6, 30, 3:

ruri fere se continebat,

Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 16:

nam fere non difficile est invenire, quid, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 18, 27:

in eum fere est voluntas nostra propensior,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

sic omnia nimia in contraria fere convertuntur,

id. Rep. 1, 44:

quod in illis singuli fuissent fere, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1:

nominatim fere referri, quid, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 33, 142:

nigra fere terra,

commonly black, Verg. G. 2, 203:

qui timet his adversa, fere miratur eodem quo cupiens pacto,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 9.—Strengthened by plerumque or plerique:

hic solebamus fere Plerumque eam operiri,

Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 39; cf.

corresp. to plerumque: fortuna eos plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est: itaque efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

adducto fere vultu, plerumque tacitus,

Suet. Tib. 68:

non sunt vitiosiores, quam fere plerique, qui avari avaros... reprehendunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.—Opp. raro, interdum, saepe:

fere praedicta aetas laeto solo truncoque tres materias, raro quatuor desiderat,

Col. 4, 17, 5; cf.:

fereque id in capillo fit, rarius in barba,

Cels. 6, 2:

ipse Circenses ex amicorum fere libertinorumque cenaculis spectabat, interdum e pulvinari,

Suet. Aug. 15:

in consulatu pedibus fere, extra consulatum saepe adaperta sella per publicum incessit,

id. ib. 53.—

Form ferme:

quod ferme evenit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42:

nam ferme apud Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

Sall. J. 74 fin.:

inculta ferme vestiuntur virgultis vepribusque,

Liv. 21, 54:

intacta invidia media sunt: ad summa ferme tendit,

id. 45, 35; cf.:

mobilis et varia est ferme natura malorum,

Juv. 13, 236:

ceterum parva quoque (ut ferme principia omnia),

Liv. 7, 2:

ut ferme ad nova imperia,

Tac. A. 2, 2:

quae antea dictatorum et consulum ferme fuerant beneficia,

Liv. 9, 30, 3:

nocte ferme proficiscebantur,

id. 34, 13, 3.

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(v) to alone, by oneself. Saama n be fere la jaŋ ne. Tomorrow I'll be by myself here.

(adv) completely. A banta le fereŋ. It's completely finish.

almost, near;y, not quite, generally.

melon

• Men readily believe what they want to believe. (Caesar)

pawpaw tree

pawpaw

pot. fiddlededee, fiddlesticks.

, fere

almost, about.

hōra, ae (archaic gen. sing. horāï, Lucr. 1, 1016.—In abl. plur. HORABVS, Inscr. Orell. 4601), f. [kindred with hôra; Zend yare, year; ayara, day; orig. for Wosara, from Wear, ver], (lit., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, as in Greek).

Lit. (among the Romans, of varying length, according to the time of year, from sunrise to sunset being reckoned as twelve hours; cf.:

aetas, aevum, tempus, dies): aestiva,

Mart. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

viginti milia passuum horis quinque duntaxat aestivis conficienda sunt,

Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

īdem eadem possunt horam durare probantes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82:

ternas epistolas in hora dare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1:

in hora saepe ducentos versus dictabat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 9:

horas tres dicere,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

primum dormiit ad horas tres,

id. ib. 10, 13, 1:

quatuor horarum spatio antecedens,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 fin.:

quatuor aut plures aulaea premuntur in horas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 189:

non amplius quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

haec (cogitatio) paucis admodum horis magnas etiam causas complectitur,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

paucissimarum horarum consulatus,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181:

hora quota est?

what o'clock is it? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

nuntiare horas,

to tell the time of day, Juv. 10, 216; cf.:

cum a puero quaesisset horas,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 182; Suet. Dom. 16:

si te grata quies et primam somnus in horam Delectat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 6:

hora secunda postridie,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

cum ad te quinta fere hora venissem,

Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

ea res acta est, cum hora sexta vix Pompeius perorasset, usque ad horam octavam,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

hora fere nona,

id. ib.:

hora diei decima fere,

id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

hora fere undecima aut non multo secus,

id. Mil. 10, 29: prima salutantes atque altera continet hora;

Exercet raucos tertia causidicos: In quintam varios extendit Roma labores: Sexta quies lassis, septima finis erit, etc.,

Mart. 4, 8:

post horam primam noctis.... decem horis nocturnis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

prima noctis,

Suet. Aug. 76:

tribus nocturnis,

id. Calig. 50:

id quidem in horam diei quintam vel octavam spectare maluerint, i. e.,

towards that part of the heavens where the sun is at the fifth or eighth hour, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84; 6, 32, 37, § 202:

hic tu fortasse eris diligens, ne quam ego horam de meis legitimis horis remittam,

of the hours allowed to an orator, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

hora partūs,

the hour of one's birth, natal hour, Suet. Aug. 94:

hora natalis,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19:

mortis,

Suet. Dom. 14:

cenae,

id. Claud. 8:

pugnae,

id. Aug. 16:

somni,

id. Dom. 21 et saep.:

ad horam venire,

at the hour, punctually, Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

clavum mutare in horas,

every hour, hourly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 10; id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. A. P. 160; Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 3.—

Prov.

In horam vivere, to care only for the passing hour, to live from hand to mouth, Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 25.—

Omnium horarum homo (amicus, etc.), ready, active, well disposed at all times, Quint. 6, 3, 110 Spald.; Suet. Tib. 42 (for which:

C. Publicium solitum dicere, P. Mummium cuivis tempori hominem esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 271).—

Transf., in plur.: hōrae, ārum, a horologe, dial, clock:

cum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Petr. 71; cf.:

videt oscitantem judicem, mittentem ad horas,

to look at the clock, Cic. Brut. 54, 200.—

Poet., in gen., time, time of year, season:

tu quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, Grata sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 22:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

id. C. 2, 16, 31:

neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 110:

qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 41:

extremo veniet mollior hora die,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 16:

numquam te crastina fallet Hora,

Verg. G. 1, 426:

sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302;

so of spring: genitalis anni,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:

(hae latebrae) Incolumem tibi me praestant Septembribus horis,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 16:

arbor ipsa omnibus horis pomifera est,

at all seasons, all the year round, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15.—

Personified: Hōrae, ārum, f., like the Gr. Hôrai, the Hours, daughters of Jupiter and Themis, goddesses that presided over the changes of the seasons and kept watch at the gates of heaven, Ov. M. 2, 26; 118; Val. Fl. 4, 92; Stat. Th. 3, 410; Ov. F. 1, 125; 5, 217; Hyg. Fab. 183.

Hō̆ra, ae, f. [perh. an old form for hĕra, lady], the wife of Quirinus ( Romulus), who was worshipped as a goddess (called, before her death, Hersilia, Ov. M. 14, 830): Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 2 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.):

Hora Quirini,

Gell. 13, 22, 2; cf.:

pariter cum corpore nomen Mutat Horamque vocat,

Ov. M. 14, 851.

hōra, ae (archaic gen. sing. horāï, Lucr. 1, 1016.—In abl. plur. HORABVS, Inscr. Orell. 4601), f. [kindred with hôra; Zend yare, year; ayara, day; orig. for Wosara, from Wear, ver], (lit., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, as in Greek).

Lit. (among the Romans, of varying length, according to the time of year, from sunrise to sunset being reckoned as twelve hours; cf.:

aetas, aevum, tempus, dies): aestiva,

Mart. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

viginti milia passuum horis quinque duntaxat aestivis conficienda sunt,

Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

īdem eadem possunt horam durare probantes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82:

ternas epistolas in hora dare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1:

in hora saepe ducentos versus dictabat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 9:

horas tres dicere,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

primum dormiit ad horas tres,

id. ib. 10, 13, 1:

quatuor horarum spatio antecedens,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 fin.:

quatuor aut plures aulaea premuntur in horas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 189:

non amplius quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

haec (cogitatio) paucis admodum horis magnas etiam causas complectitur,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

paucissimarum horarum consulatus,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181:

hora quota est?

what o'clock is it? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

nuntiare horas,

to tell the time of day, Juv. 10, 216; cf.:

cum a puero quaesisset horas,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 182; Suet. Dom. 16:

si te grata quies et primam somnus in horam Delectat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 6:

hora secunda postridie,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

cum ad te quinta fere hora venissem,

Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

ea res acta est, cum hora sexta vix Pompeius perorasset, usque ad horam octavam,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

hora fere nona,

id. ib.:

hora diei decima fere,

id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

hora fere undecima aut non multo secus,

id. Mil. 10, 29: prima salutantes atque altera continet hora;

Exercet raucos tertia causidicos: In quintam varios extendit Roma labores: Sexta quies lassis, septima finis erit, etc.,

Mart. 4, 8:

post horam primam noctis.... decem horis nocturnis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

prima noctis,

Suet. Aug. 76:

tribus nocturnis,

id. Calig. 50:

id quidem in horam diei quintam vel octavam spectare maluerint, i. e.,

towards that part of the heavens where the sun is at the fifth or eighth hour, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84; 6, 32, 37, § 202:

hic tu fortasse eris diligens, ne quam ego horam de meis legitimis horis remittam,

of the hours allowed to an orator, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

hora partūs,

the hour of one's birth, natal hour, Suet. Aug. 94:

hora natalis,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19:

mortis,

Suet. Dom. 14:

cenae,

id. Claud. 8:

pugnae,

id. Aug. 16:

somni,

id. Dom. 21 et saep.:

ad horam venire,

at the hour, punctually, Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

clavum mutare in horas,

every hour, hourly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 10; id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. A. P. 160; Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 3.—

Prov.

In horam vivere, to care only for the passing hour, to live from hand to mouth, Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 25.—

Omnium horarum homo (amicus, etc.), ready, active, well disposed at all times, Quint. 6, 3, 110 Spald.; Suet. Tib. 42 (for which:

C. Publicium solitum dicere, P. Mummium cuivis tempori hominem esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 271).—

Transf., in plur.: hōrae, ārum, a horologe, dial, clock:

cum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Petr. 71; cf.:

videt oscitantem judicem, mittentem ad horas,

to look at the clock, Cic. Brut. 54, 200.—

Poet., in gen., time, time of year, season:

tu quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, Grata sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 22:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

id. C. 2, 16, 31:

neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 110:

qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 41:

extremo veniet mollior hora die,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 16:

numquam te crastina fallet Hora,

Verg. G. 1, 426:

sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302;

so of spring: genitalis anni,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:

(hae latebrae) Incolumem tibi me praestant Septembribus horis,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 16:

arbor ipsa omnibus horis pomifera est,

at all seasons, all the year round, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15.—

Personified: Hōrae, ārum, f., like the Gr. Hôrai, the Hours, daughters of Jupiter and Themis, goddesses that presided over the changes of the seasons and kept watch at the gates of heaven, Ov. M. 2, 26; 118; Val. Fl. 4, 92; Stat. Th. 3, 410; Ov. F. 1, 125; 5, 217; Hyg. Fab. 183.

Hō̆ra, ae, f. [perh. an old form for hĕra, lady], the wife of Quirinus ( Romulus), who was worshipped as a goddess (called, before her death, Hersilia, Ov. M. 14, 830): Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 2 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.):

Hora Quirini,

Gell. 13, 22, 2; cf.:

pariter cum corpore nomen Mutat Horamque vocat,

Ov. M. 14, 851.

hōra, ae (archaic gen. sing. horāï, Lucr. 1, 1016.—In abl. plur. HORABVS, Inscr. Orell. 4601), f. [kindred with hôra; Zend yare, year; ayara, day; orig. for Wosara, from Wear, ver], (lit., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, as in Greek).

Lit. (among the Romans, of varying length, according to the time of year, from sunrise to sunset being reckoned as twelve hours; cf.:

aetas, aevum, tempus, dies): aestiva,

Mart. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

viginti milia passuum horis quinque duntaxat aestivis conficienda sunt,

Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

īdem eadem possunt horam durare probantes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82:

ternas epistolas in hora dare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1:

in hora saepe ducentos versus dictabat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 9:

horas tres dicere,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

primum dormiit ad horas tres,

id. ib. 10, 13, 1:

quatuor horarum spatio antecedens,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 fin.:

quatuor aut plures aulaea premuntur in horas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 189:

non amplius quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

haec (cogitatio) paucis admodum horis magnas etiam causas complectitur,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

paucissimarum horarum consulatus,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181:

hora quota est?

what o'clock is it? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

nuntiare horas,

to tell the time of day, Juv. 10, 216; cf.:

cum a puero quaesisset horas,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 182; Suet. Dom. 16:

si te grata quies et primam somnus in horam Delectat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 6:

hora secunda postridie,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

cum ad te quinta fere hora venissem,

Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

ea res acta est, cum hora sexta vix Pompeius perorasset, usque ad horam octavam,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

hora fere nona,

id. ib.:

hora diei decima fere,

id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

hora fere undecima aut non multo secus,

id. Mil. 10, 29: prima salutantes atque altera continet hora;

Exercet raucos tertia causidicos: In quintam varios extendit Roma labores: Sexta quies lassis, septima finis erit, etc.,

Mart. 4, 8:

post horam primam noctis.... decem horis nocturnis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

prima noctis,

Suet. Aug. 76:

tribus nocturnis,

id. Calig. 50:

id quidem in horam diei quintam vel octavam spectare maluerint, i. e.,

towards that part of the heavens where the sun is at the fifth or eighth hour, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84; 6, 32, 37, § 202:

hic tu fortasse eris diligens, ne quam ego horam de meis legitimis horis remittam,

of the hours allowed to an orator, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

hora partūs,

the hour of one's birth, natal hour, Suet. Aug. 94:

hora natalis,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 19:

mortis,

Suet. Dom. 14:

cenae,

id. Claud. 8:

pugnae,

id. Aug. 16:

somni,

id. Dom. 21 et saep.:

ad horam venire,

at the hour, punctually, Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

clavum mutare in horas,

every hour, hourly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 10; id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. A. P. 160; Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 3.—

Prov.

In horam vivere, to care only for the passing hour, to live from hand to mouth, Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 25.—

Omnium horarum homo (amicus, etc.), ready, active, well disposed at all times, Quint. 6, 3, 110 Spald.; Suet. Tib. 42 (for which:

C. Publicium solitum dicere, P. Mummium cuivis tempori hominem esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 271).—

Transf., in plur.: hōrae, ārum, a horologe, dial, clock:

cum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Petr. 71; cf.:

videt oscitantem judicem, mittentem ad horas,

to look at the clock, Cic. Brut. 54, 200.—

Poet., in gen., time, time of year, season:

tu quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, Grata sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 22:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

id. C. 2, 16, 31:

neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 110:

qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 41:

extremo veniet mollior hora die,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 16:

numquam te crastina fallet Hora,

Verg. G. 1, 426:

sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302;

so of spring: genitalis anni,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:

(hae latebrae) Incolumem tibi me praestant Septembribus horis,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 16:

arbor ipsa omnibus horis pomifera est,

at all seasons, all the year round, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15.—

Personified: Hōrae, ārum, f., like the Gr. Hôrai, the Hours, daughters of Jupiter and Themis, goddesses that presided over the changes of the seasons and kept watch at the gates of heaven, Ov. M. 2, 26; 118; Val. Fl. 4, 92; Stat. Th. 3, 410; Ov. F. 1, 125; 5, 217; Hyg. Fab. 183.

Hō̆ra, ae, f. [perh. an old form for hĕra, lady], the wife of Quirinus ( Romulus), who was worshipped as a goddess (called, before her death, Hersilia, Ov. M. 14, 830): Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 2 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.):

Hora Quirini,

Gell. 13, 22, 2; cf.:

pariter cum corpore nomen Mutat Horamque vocat,

Ov. M. 14, 851.

nōn (old collat. forms noenum and noenu, cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. tom. 2, p. 149 sq.:

noenum pro non Lucilius lib. XXX.: sed tamen hoc dicas, quid est, si noenu molestum'st. Varro Epistola ad Fusium: si hodie noenum venis, cras quidem, etc.,

Non. 143, 33 sq.: noenum rumores ponebat ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1; Ann. v. 314 Vahl.; so, noenum sperando cupide rem prodere summam, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 229 Müll.;

Ann. v. 411 ib.: noenum mecastor,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 28: noenu necesse'st, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 62, 127;

Ann. v. 161 Vahl.: noenu potest,

Lucr. 3, 199 Lachm. N. cr.:

noenu queunt,

id. 4, 712), adv. [contr. from neoenum, i. e. nec unum, not one, like ne hilum, not any thing (cf. Engl. not, i. q. naught, Angl.-Sax. naht, contr. from ne-aht); cf. Germ. nein], not:

hocine agis an non?

Ter. And. 1, 2, 15:

non erat abundans, non inops tamen,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

non est ita, judices, non est profecto,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,

id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 2, 2:

eam (fugam) si nunc sequor, quonam? Cum illo non,

id. Att. 8, 3, 5.—

Non before negatives forms a weak affirmative, and before adverbs of emphatic assertion (as prorsus, omnino, etc.) a weak negative:

moveo nonnullis suspicionem, velle me navigare: quod tamen fortasse non nollem, si possem ad otium,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2; so,

non nemo, non nihil, non nullus, v. h. vv: Res has non omnino quidem, sed magnam partem relinquere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3: so, non prorsus, etc.—

After negatives it forms a strong affirmative, and after the adverbs above named a strong negative:

nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140;

v. nemo, nihil, nullus: prorsus non arbitror,

id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:

omnino non dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 24.—

But the negative force of non is not destroyed by a following ne... quidem, or nec... nec: non fugio ne hos quidem mores. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210; Liv. 28, 42, 16:

non medius fidius prae lacrimis possum reliqua nec cogitare nec scribere,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.—In a very few passages non is added to a negative to strengthen it (cf. Gr. ou mê):

nolle successum non patribus, non consulibus,

Liv. 2, 45, 5; id. 3, 11, 6:

nec sursum nec deorsum non cresco,

Petr. 58:

horam eximere nullam... non possumus,

Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 7; Plaut. Mil. 5, 18; id. Curc. 4, 4, 23; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 8.—

Unus non = ne unus quidem:

unus enim vir Numantinus non fuit, qui in catenis duceretur,

Flor. 2, 18, 17.—

Per litoten, [p. 1215] emphatic, by no means, not at all, the reverse of:

non ignobilis tragicus,

Quint. 1, 12, 18:

non inimici mihi,

Curt. 7, 10, 7; esp. with sup.:

Cethegus homo non probatissimus,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

homo non aptissimus ad jocandum,

id. N. D. 2, 17, 47:

non minime commoveri,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 125:

tu me consiliario fortasse non imperitissimo usus esses,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2.—

Non quod, non quo, not that, not as if:

non quod sola ornent, sed quod excellant,

Cic. Or. 39, 134: me non sane movet res publica;

non quo sit mihi quidquam carius: sed, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 15, 5:

non quo sit servulus unus, idem quod familia, verum quia,

id. Caecin. 20, 58.—

Non nisi, only:

non nisi vicinas tutus arārit aquas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36; v. nisi.—

Non vero, truly not:

non vero tam isti quam tu ipse nugator,

Cic. Sen. 9, 27.—

Non modo, non solum... sed or sed etiam, not only... but also:

non modo falsum illud esse, sed hoc verissimum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 70; id. Lael. 15, 54;

v. modo and solum.—Sometimes sed is omitted: nec solum apud Caecinam: Fabii quoque Valentis, etc.,

Tac. H. 2, 27.—

Non modo (solum) non... sed or sed etiam, not only not... but even: sed ne... quidem... but not even:

ut non modo a mente non deserar, sed id ipsum doleam, me, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

hoc non modo non laudari, sed ne concedi quidem potest,

id. Mur. 3, 8:

tu id non modo non prohibebas, verum etiam approbabas,

id. Att. 16, 7, 3.—When the verb of the second clause is the common predicate of both clauses, the second non is omitted in the first clause:

talis vir non modo facere, sed ne cogitare quidem quidquam audebit,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

assentatio, quae non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

advena non modo vicinae sed ne Italicae quidem stirpis,

Liv. 1, 40, 2; 3, 24, 4; 6, 20, 2:

neque solum inscientiam meam, sed ne rerum quidem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 203:

quod mihi non modo irasci, sed ne dolere quidem impune licet,

id. Att. 11, 24, 1:

non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem satis constare poterant,

Liv. 5, 42, 3; 4, 3, 11;

so with sed vix in the second clause: haec genera virtutum non solum in moribus nostris, sed vix jam in libris reperiuntur,

Cic. Cael. 17, 40:

non modo ad expeditiones sed vix ad quietas stationes viribus sufficiebant,

Liv. 3, 6, 8;

very rarely verum ne... quidem, instead of sed ne... quidem,

Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42; id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 724.—

Non ita, non tam, not so very, not particularly:

simulacra non ita antiqua,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109:

non ita lato interjecto mari,

id. Or. 8, 25:

non ita diu,

id. Brut. 66, 233:

quae nunc quidem non tam est in plerisque,

id. ib. 15, 58.—So, non fere, scarcely, hardly (v. fere):

non fere quisquam,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182.—

Non si, not even if:

injussu tuo imperator, extra ordinem numquam pugnaverim, non si certam victoriam videam,

Liv. 7, 10; Sen. Ep. 59, 8; Hor. C. 2, 14, 5; so,

followed by idcirco (ideo, eo, propterea, etc.): non si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170; id. Cael. 9, 21; id. Top. 16, 60; Liv. 3, 45, 8.—

For nedum, much less:

vix mehercule servis hoc eum suis, non vobis probaturum arbitrer,

Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 22.—

In an interrogation for nonne:

quid haec amentia significat? non vim? non scelus? non latrocinium?

Cic. Quint. 26, 82; id. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 50.—

For ne ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose, regarded by Quint. as a solecism):

qui tamen dicat pro illo Ne feceris, Non feceris, in idem incidat vitium, quia alterum negandi est, alterum vetandi,

Quint. 1, 5, 50:

vos quoque non caris aures onerate lapillis... Munditiis capimur: non sint sine lege capilli,

Ov. A. A. 3, 129; id. P. 1, 2, 105:

non Teucros agat in Rutulos,

Verg. A. 12, 78:

non etiam sileas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 91:

non sit, qui tollere curat,

id. A. P. 460:

non ancilla tuum jecur ulceret ulla puerve,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 72:

non dubitaveris,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 3; so,

non credideris,

Rutil. Lup. 2, 9.—

With substantives coalescing to form one notion:

nec vero, aut quod efficeret aliquid, aut quod efficeretur, posse esse non corpus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 40:

etiam non orator,

Quint. 2, 15, 17; 4, 1, 22: veri non dissimulator amoris, Ov. M. 5, 61:

quasi servitute praedii non possessori relicta,

Dig. 34, 1, 14 fin.:

non dominus,

ib. 43, 15, 7.—

As an answer, no:

aut etiam aut non respondere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104:

exhereditavitne (pater filium)? Non,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; id. Verr. 1, 7, 20; id. Ac. 2, 30, 97; id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—

In questions, non expresses surprise, and doubt of the possibility of denial (v. Madv. Gram. §

451): non sum ego servus Amphitruonis Sosia?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 247:

non tu scis, etc.?

id. ib. 2, 2, 71:

haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:

Quid? aviam tuam pater tuus non manifesto necavit,

id. Clu. 14, 40.

nŭmĕrus, i, m. [Gr. nemô, to distribute; cf.: numa, nemus, nummus], a number.

Lit.

In gen.:

illi octo cursus septem efficiunt distinctos intervallis sonos: qui numerus rerum omnium fere nodus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

duo hi numeri,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

consummare perfectissimum numerum, quem novem novies multiplicata componunt,

Sen. Ep. 58:

numerumque referri Jussit,

that their number should be counted, Verg. E. 6, 85; cf.: numerus argenteorum facilior usui est, the counting, reckoning. Tac. G. 5 fin.: sed neque quam multae species, nec nomina quae sint Est numerus;

neque enim numero conprendere refert,

cannot be counted, Verg. G. 2, 104:

eorumque nummorum vis et potestas non in numero erat, sed in pondere,

Gai. Inst. 1, 122.—

In partic.

A certain collective quantity, a body, number of persons or things: tunc deinceps proximi cujusque collegii... in sortem coicerentur, quoad is numerus effectus esset, quem ad numerum in provincias mitti oporteret, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 8:

haec in Aeduorum finibus recensebantur numerusque inibatur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 76; Liv. 38, 22:

eum clavum, quia rarae per ea tempora litterae erant, notam numeri annorum fuisse ferunt,

Liv. 7, 3:

Pompilius ad pristinum numerum duo augures addidit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

haec enim sunt tria numero,

in number, altogether, id. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

classis mille numero navium,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48:

oppida sua omnia, numero ad duodecim, incendunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5:

ad duorum milium numero ex Pompeianis cecidisse reperiebamus,

id. B. C. 3, 53: reliqui omnes, numero quadraginta, interfecti, Sall [p. 1226] J. 53, 4; cf. id. ib. 93, 8:

cum magnus piratarum numerus deesset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72:

ad eorum numerum,

to the full number of them, id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 73; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13; Caes. B. G. 5, 20:

si naves suum numerum haberent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:

supra numerum,

superfluous, Suet. Ner. 15; id. Claud. 25:

magnus numerus frumenti,

a great quantity, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176; cf. id. Planc. 26, 64; Caes. B. C. 2, 18:

vini,

Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 66; so without an adj., like the Engl. number, for a great number:

est (in eādem provinciā) numerus civium Romanorum atque hominum honestissimorum,

id. Font. 5, 13 (1, 3):

plures numero tuti,

Tac. A. 14, 49 fin.:

sed illos Defendit numerus,

Juv. 2, 46; cf. Verg. E. 7, 52:

latet in numero virtus,

Sil. 1, 323.—

In plur.: numeri, the mathematics, astronomy:

ut a sacerdotibus barbaris numeros et caelestia acciperet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

Thales hoc etiam numeris inquirit et astris,

Sid. 15, 79:

numerisque sequentibus astra,

Stat. Th. 4, 411. —Rarely in sing., Claud. Cons. Mall. 130.—

In milit. lang., a division of the army, a troop, band (post-Aug.):

sparsi per provinciam numeri,

Tac. Agr. 18; cf.:

plena urbs exercitu insolito: multi ad hoc numeri e Germaniā ac Britanniā,

id. H. 1, 6:

nondum distributi in numeros erant,

Plin. Ep. 10, 29 (38), 2:

revocare ad officium numeros,

Suet. Vesp. 6:

militares numeri,

cohorts, Amm. 14, 7, 19:

in numeris esse,

to be enrolled, Dig. 29, 1, 43; cf. ib. 29, 1, 38; Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 86; Inscr. Grut. 1096. —

Like the Gr. arithmos, a mere number, opp. to quality, worth:

nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati,

we are mere numbers, ciphers, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 27; cf. Juv. 2, 46 supra.—

In gram., a number (singular, plural, dual), Varr. L. L. 9, § 65 sq. Müll.; Quint. 1, 4, 27; 1, 5, 42; 47; 1, 6, 25 et saep. —

Transf., poet., dice (marked with numbers):

seu ludet numerosque manu jactabit eburnos,

Ov. A. A. 2, 203:

et modo tres jactet numeros,

id. ib. 3, 355; cf. Suet. Tib. 14, 2.—

Trop., number, rank, place, position, estimation, relation, class, category (cf.:

nomen, locus, in loco, in vicem): me adscribe talem (i. e. talium) in numerum,

Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 33:

in illo antiquorum hominum numero reponi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210:

in deorum numero haberi,

id. N. D. 3, 19, 48:

reponere,

id. ib. 3, 3, 21:

referre,

id. ib. 3, 1, 12:

numero beatorum aliquem eximere,

Hor. C, 2, 2, 18:

si quo in numero illud, quod per similitudinem affertur, et quo in loco illud, cujus causā affertur, haberi conveniat, ostendetur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

ex hoc numero hunc esse,

id. Arch. 7, 16:

parentis numero alicui esse,

id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61 sq.:

in hostium numero habere aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

ducere in numero hostium,

id. ib. 6, 32:

hujus originis apud veteres numerus erat exilis,

Amm. 23, 6, 35: in numero esse, to be of the number of, to be reckoned among, to be any thing, Lucr. 5, 180:

Q. Aelius Tubero fuit illo tempore nullo in oratorum numero,

Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

sine actione summus orator esse in numero nullo potest,

id. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

quo sunt in numero Curiosolites, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 75, 4; 3, 7, 2; Nep. Att. 1, 4:

quo in numero ego sum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 44, 3; 3, 53, 2:

qui in eo numero fuisset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 25; id. Fl. 4, 9; id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

quo in numero hi quoque fuerunt,

Liv. 39, 36 fin. — Without in:

ut civium numero simus,

Liv. 4, 4, 12; 7, 30, 19; 30, 42, 9; 4, 56, 11;

36, 35, 9: aliquem hostium numero habere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6, 3; id. B. C. 3, 82, 3; id. B. G. 6, 21, 2:

qui hostium numero non sunt,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; id. Brut. 20, 78:

aliquo numero esse,

to be of some repute, id. Fam. 1, 10; Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 1; cf. Cic. Or. 62, 208; id. de Or. 3, 9, 33:

Bambalio quidam, homo nullo numero,

of no account, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

numerum aliquem obtinere,

id. Brut. 47, 175.—

A part of a whole, member, category:

omnes numeros virtutis continet,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 24:

varium et elegans omni fere numero poëma,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 9:

mundus perfectus expletusque omnibus suis numeris atque partibus,

id. N. D. 2, 13, 37:

animalia imperfecta suisque Trunca vident numeris,

Ov. M. 1, 427; 7, 126:

quid omnibus numeris praestantius?

Quint. 10, 1, 91:

liber numeris omnibus absolutus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 38; cf. of the days of the month: luna alternis mensibus XXX. implebit numeros, alternis vero detrahet singulos, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325.—Hence, omnium numerorum esse, to be complete, perfect, Petr. 68:

puer omnium numerūm,

id. ib. 63. And, on the contrary:

deesse numeris suis,

to be deficient, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 11.—

Order:

quaecumque in foliis descripsit carmina virgo, Digerit in numerum,

Verg. A. 3, 446.—

An office, duty, part:

ad numeros exige quidque suos,

Ov. R. Am. 372:

Veneri numeros eripere suos,

id. H. 4, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 18; cf. id. ib. 3, 7, 26:

verae numeros modosque ediscere vitae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 143.—

Musical measure, time, rhythm, harmony, numbers:

in numerum exsultant,

Lucr. 2, 631:

in musicis numeri, et voces et modi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 187; Quint. 9, 4, 126:

histrio si paulum se movet extra numerum,

Cic. Par. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 12, 2, 12:

sit igitur hoc cognitum, in solutis etiam verbis inesse numeros,

Cic. Or. 56, 190:

Isocrates verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxit,

id. ib. 52, 174:

in solutā oratione... modum tamen et numerum quendam oportere servari,

id. Brut. 8, 32:

multum interest, utrum numerosa sit, id est similis numerorum, an plane e numeris constet oratio,

id. Or. 65, 220:

redigere omnes fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,

id. ib. 61, 208.—Hence, quamvis nil extra numerum fecisse modumque Curas, nothing out of measure, improper, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 59.—

A measure, number, in poetry:

nam cum sint numeri plures, iambum et trochaeum frequentem segregat ab oratore Aristoteles,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; id. Or. 64, 215:

numeris nectere verba,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 30; 4, 2, 5:

numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

i. e. the tune, Verg. E. 9, 45:

numerisque fertur Lege solutis,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 11.—

A verse, in gen. ( poet.):

arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam Edere,

i. e. verses in heroic metre, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 1:

impares,

i. e. elegiac verses, id. ib. 3, 1, 37.—Hence, nŭmĕrō (abl.), adverb., lit., measured according to number or time, i. e. precisely, exactly, just (only ante-class.; freq. in Plautus; not found in Ter. or Lucr.).

Just, precisely, at the right time, on the instant: numero mihi in mentem fuit. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 25: neminem vidi, qui numero sciret, quod scitu est opus, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 170 Müll.—

Quickly, rapidly, soon:

numero significat cito,

Non. 352, 16 sq.:

(apes) si quando displicatae sunt, cymbalis et plausibus numero reducunt in locum unum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7. —With nimis: perfalsum et abs te creditum numero nimis, too quickly, too soon, Afran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.: numquam nimis numero quemquam vidi facere, quam facto est opus, Turp. ap. Non. 352, 20.—

In a bad sense, too quickly, too hastily, too soon:

Menaechme, numero huc advenis ad prandium: Nunc opsonatu redeo,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 13:

numero dicis,

id. Cas. 3, 5, 28; id. Mil. 5, 1, 6:

o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui, hinc exemplum ut pingeretis?

why have you died too soon? id. Poen. 5, 4, 102; Afran. ap. Non. 352, 26; id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. l. l.

quīn, conj. [abl. quī and ne].

As an interrog. particle, why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in inquiring for a fact; cf.: quidni, cur non).

Usu. with indic. pres.:

quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:

quin experimur,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 5 Fleck. (Umpf experiemur):

quin continetis vocem?

Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus?

Verg. A. 4, 99:

quin igitur ulciscimur Graeciam?

Curt. 5, 7, 4:

quin conscendimus equos?

why not mount our horses? Liv. 1, 57.—

With imper.:

quin me aspice et contempla,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16:

quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis,

just say in one word! Ter. And. 1, 1, 18:

quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere,

i. e. you had better, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25. —

With subj. only in orat. obliq.:

quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent,

Liv. 3, 61, 14; 4, 43, 11; 40, 40, 4.—

Transf.

As a rel. particle, prop. quī or qui ne, and mostly where the rel. stands for a nom. masc. or for abl. of time, who... not, that not, but that, but, often = Engl. without and a participial clause.

In gen.:

curiosus nemo est quin sit malevolus,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 54:

neque aequom est occultum id haberi, quin participem te,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 13; id. Cas. 2, 8, 68:

nulla causast quin me condones cruci,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 26:

ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin me viderent,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2:

facere non possum, quin ad te mittam,

I cannot forbear sending to you, Cic. Att. 12, 27, 3:

cum causae nihil esset, quin secus indicaret,

id. Quint. 9, 32:

nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus,

id. Att. 11, 15, 3:

neminem conveni, quin omnes mihi maximas gratias agant,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi ubi est, esse malit,

id. ib. 6, 1, 1:

repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:

nemo, qui aliquo esset in numero, scripsit orationem quin redigeret omnis sententias, etc.,

id. Or. 61, 208:

nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te scriberem,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin aliquā ex parte secundum cursum haberent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 47:

nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur,

without being cut off, id. ib. 1, 79:

nullum fere tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent,

without sending, id. B. G. 5, 55:

in castello nemo fuit omnino militum quin vulneraretur,

id. B. C. 3, 53:

quid recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant,

Liv. 32, 21: vix superat, quin triumphus decernatur, it wants little that, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 13, 5:

paene factum est, quin castra relinquerentur,

i.e. they were very near deserting their camp, id. ib. 17, 13, 5.— So quin (= quī non) stands for a rel. abl. of time:

neque ullum fere tempus intercessit quin aliquem de motu Gallorum nuntium acciperet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53.— More rarely quin stands for quae non, quod non, etc.: nulla est civitas quin ad id tempus partem senatus Cordubam mitteret. Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

nulla fuit Thessaliae civitas quin Caesari pareret,

id. ib. 3, 81:

nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat,

Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

horum autem nihil est quin intereat,

id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: nihil est quin male narrando possit depravari, Ter. [p. 1513] Phorm. 4, 4, 16:

nihil tam difficilest quin investigare possiet,

id. Heant. 4, 2, 8:

cum nemo esset, quin hoc se audisse liquido diceret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

Messanam nemo venit, quin viderit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 4, §

7: nego ullam picturam fuisse, quin inspexerit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. Gell. 17, 13, 2 sq., and Cato ap. Gell. ib. § 3.— 2. Esp. after words expressing hesitation (usu. with neg.):

non dubitaturum, quin cederet, Cic Mil. 23, 63: nolite dubitare, quin,

id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

et vos non dubitatis, quin,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

dubitatis, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni in rem publicam conferatis?

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49. —

Much more freq. after words expressing doubt, ignorance, etc.:

non dubitabat, quin,

Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

cave dubites, quin,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 6:

non dubitabat quin... non posset,

id. Att. 5, 11, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

non esse dubium, quin... possent,

no doubt that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Ter. And. 2, 3, 17:

neque abest suspicio, quin,

a suspicion that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

quis ignerat, quin?

who is ignorant that? who does not know that? Cic. Fl. 27, 64:

dies fere nullus est, quin hic Satyrus domum meam ventitet,

hardly a day passes that he does not come, id. Att. 1, 1, 3.—

That not, as if not, as though not:

non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod,

not but that, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1: non quin breviter reddi responsum potuerit, Liv 2, 15. —

For corroboration.

But, indeed, really, verily, of a truth:

Hercle quin tu recte dicis,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 77: credo;

neque id injuria: quin Mihi molestum est,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 20:

te nec hortor, nec rogo, ut domum redeas, quin hinc ipse evolare cupio,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.— Esp. in reaching a climax or adding a stronger assertion or proof: quin etiam, yea indeed, nay even:

credibile non est, quantum scribam die: quin etiam noctibus,

Cic. Att. 13, 26, 3; 14, 21, 3:

quin etiam necesse crit cupere et optare, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

quin etiam voces jactare,

Verg. A. 2, 768: mortem non esse metuendam, quin etiam si, etc., nay, not even if, etc., Lact. 3, 27 fin.; cf.:

quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.—

Rather, yea rather:

nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei naotus,

Liv. 35, 26.—

In corrections, nay, rather:

non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, judices, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 78 sq. (cf. Halm ad loc., and Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 164).