ferociae+n+f

fĕrōcĭa, ae, f. [ferox], a wild or untamed spirit, fierceness, in a good or bad sense (class.).

In a good sense, spirit, courage, bravery:

infirmitas puerorum et ferocitas juvenum et gravitas jam constantis aetatis et senectutis maturitas naturale quiddam habet,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 33:

Romana virtus et ferocia,

Liv. 9, 6 fin.:

ferociam animi in vultu retinens,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

si quid ardoris ac ferociae miles habuit,

Tac. H. 2, 76 fin.:

plus tamen ferociae Britanni praeferunt, ut quos nondum longa pax emollierit,

id. Agr. 11 fin.; cf.:

virtus ac ferocia,

id. ib. 31:

ardor ac ferocia,

id. H. 2, 76:

ferociā verborum militem incendebat,

id. ib. 4, 71.—

In a bad sense, savageness, ferocity.

Prop.: ferocitate atque ferocia, Pac. ap. Non. 490, 19: qui comperit ejus vim et effrenatam illam ferociam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 3 (Rep. 5, 8 ed. Mos.):

arrogans atque intoleranda ferocia,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91; 2, 35, 96:

per communes liberos oravit exueret ferociam,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ingeniorum,

Vell. 2, 115, 3:

stolida mentis,

Ov. Hal. 58.—

Transf., of wine, harshness, roughness:

vini,

Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 121.

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dē-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a., to rub away, to wear away, to wear out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Caes.).

Prop.:

strataque jam volgi pedibus detrita viarum saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

a catena collum detritum cani,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 16; so,

vestem usu,

Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191; cf.:

detrita tegmina,

Tac. A. 1, 18:

aurum usu,

Plin. 33, 3, 19:

pedes (viă longă),

Tib. 1, 9, 16:

frumenta,

to thresh out, Col. 1, 6, 23; cf.

milium,

id. 6, 12, 4:

scillam,

id. 6, 27, 10:

telephion,

Plin. 27, 13, 110, § 137:

calces deteris,

you tread on my heels, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111.—

Trop., to diminish in force, to lessen, weaken, impair:

laudes Caesaris culpă ingeni,

Hor. Od. 1, 6, 12:

aliquid velut usu ipso,

Quint. 2, 4, 7:

fulgorem,

id. 10, 5, 16:

si quid ardoris ac ferociae miles habuit, deteritur, etc.,

Tac. H. 2, 76 fin.:

ab alio genere vitae detriti jam,

Gell. 15, 30, 1:

quantum detritum est famae,

Sil. 7, 247:

detrita bellis Suessa,

id. 8, 399:

detereret sibi multa Lucilius,

would polish his verses, Hor. S. 1, 10, 69 (cf. just before, v. 65, limatior).— Absol.:

nimia cura deterit magis quam emendat,

Plin. Ep. 9, 35 fin. — Hence, * dētrītus, a, um, P. a., worn out, trite, hackneyed (for which in Cic. contritus):

illa in agendis causis jam detrita,

Quint. 8, 6, 51.

magnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [id.], greatness, size, bulk, magnitude (class.).

Lit.

Silvestres apes minores sunt magnitudine, in size, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19:

mundi,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

maris Aegaei,

id. Fin. 3, 14, 45:

fluminis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 49:

corporum,

id. B. G. 1, 39:

ad fabae magnitudinem,

of the size of, as large as, Cels. 5, 25, 4:

habebat ursos ferociae ac magnitudini suae simillimos,

Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 5:

Goliath quidam, vir mirae magnitudinis et roboris,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 34, 3:

elephantus ferus infinitae magnitudinis ultro se obtulit,

Just. 15, 4, 19.— Plur.:

magnitudines regionum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5.—

Of number and amount, a great number, great quantity, abundance, great amount:

copiarum,

Nep. Dat. 1:

fructuum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

pecuniae,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

quaestus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22.—

Trop.

In gen., greatness, vastness, extent:

magnitudo et vis amoris,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

acerbitatis et odii,

id. Deiot. 11, 30:

beneficii,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:

periculi,

id. Quint. 2, 6:

doloris,

Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 24:

ingenii,

id. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

animi,

greatness of soul, Cic. Part. 23, 81.— Rhetorically: vocis, the strength or compass of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20.— Of time: dierum ac noctium magnitudines, length, Plin 36, 10, 15, § 72.—

In partic., rank, dignity (post-Aug.):

imperatoria,

Tac. A. 16, 23:

infra tuam magnitudinem,

beneath your dignity, id. ib. 14, 54. —Hence, in late Lat., as a title of honor, highness, excellency:

magnitudo tua,

Cassiod. Var. 9, 13; Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2.