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1 dīversus or dīvorsus

dīversus or dīvorsus adj. with sup. [P. of diverto; dis + verto], turned different ways, opposite, contrary: in diversum iter equi concitati, L.: iter a proposito, Cs.: diversam aciem in duas partīs constituit, with a double front, Cs.: duo (cinguli) maxime inter se diversi (i. e. the two polar circles): procurrentibus in diversa terris, Ta.: auditis diversā valle mugitibus, from opposite quarters, O. — Turned away, apart, separate: diversi pugnabant, separately, Cs.: iam antea diversi audistis, individually, S.: diversi dissipatique in omnīs partīs fugere, Cs.: fuga, L.: diversi consules discedunt, L.: quo diversus abis? away, V.: in locis maxime diversis, very widely separated: regio ab se, remotely, L.: diversissimis locis, L.: diverso itinere, by a side-path, Cs.—As subst n.: ex diverso caeli, from another quarter, V.: ex diverso veniemus, from different directions, V.: diversa sequentes, other pursuits, H.— Remote, fardistant: Aesar, i. e. in a far country, O.: exsilia, V.—Fig., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting: naturae studia: inter se mala, S.: consilia, Cs.: Est huic diversum vitio vitium prope mains, H.: reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant, pursuing opposite courses, S.: fata duorum, V.: utrum... an... in diversum auctores trahunt, there is a conflict of authorities, L.: a te totus diversus est, dissents entirely: par ingenio, morum diversus, Ta.: iudices per diversa implacabiles, for opposite reasons, Ta.— Unsettled, irresolute, distracted: Metu ac libidine, S.: animi, Ta.: diversi inconstantia volgi, Tb. — Different, unlike, dissimilar, distinct: genera bellorum: filii longissime diversa ratio est: flumina diversa locis, V.: ab his divorsae litterae, S.

Latin-English dictionary > dīversus or dīvorsus
2 hinc

hinc, adv. [for hince, locative form from hic], from this place. hence.
I.
In space: Imus huc: illuc hinc: cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.):
abiit hinc in exercitum,
Plaut. Am. prol. 125:
In ea via, quae est hinc in Indiam,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45:
qui hinc Roma veneramus,
id. Agr. 2, 34, 94; cf.:
hinc a nobis profecti,
id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: Ex Sicilia testes erant ii, qui, etc.... et hinc homines maxime illustres, etc., id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17:
hinc Athenis civis eam emit Atticus,
Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 32:
at enim ille hinc amat meretricem ex proxumo,
id. Men. 5, 2, 39:
illam hinc civem esse aiunt,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 14; id. Eun. 5, 5, 10; out of this world, Aug. Conf. 6, 11.—Esp., in a book or writing, jam hinc, from this point onward:
majora jam hinc bella dicentur,
Liv. 7, 29, 1:
liberi jam hinc populi Romani res gestas peragam,
id. 2, 1, 1; 8, 7, 7; 40, 35, 14.—
B.
Transf.
1.
I. q. ab or ex hac parte, from this side, on this side, here:
imperator utrimque hinc et illinc Jovi vota suscipere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 74: ex hac parte pudor pugnat, illinc petulantia; hinc pudicitia, illinc stuprum;
hinc fides, illinc fraudatio, etc.,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:
pudor est, qui suadeat illinc: hinc dissuadet amor,
Ov. M. 1, 619:
cum speculorum levitas hinc illinc altitudinem assumpsit,
Cic. Univ. 14:
multis hinc atque illinc vulneribus acceptis,
on each side, Liv. 32, 10, 12.—So too: hinc... hinc, on this side... on that side, here... there:
hinc patres, hinc viros orantes,
Liv. 1, 13, 2; cf.:
Cassandrea hinc Toronaico, hinc Macedonico saepta mari,
id. 44, 11, 2; 21, 8, 8: hinc atque hinc vastae rupes geminique minantur In caelum scopuli, i. e. on each side, enthen kai enthen, Verg. A. 1, 162:
multi impetus hinc atque illinc facti,
Liv. 3, 5, 1:
duos corvos hinc et inde infestantes,
from different directions, Suet. Aug. 96; so,
hinc et inde,
id. Caes. 39:
hinc inde hortantium,
id. Ner. 27; so,
hinc inde,
id. ib. 49; id. Tib. 21:
hinc inde jacta,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 8; 9, 33, 1.—
2.
With reference to the origin or cause of any thing (v. ab and ex), from this source, from this cause, hence; on this account:
hinc quodcumque in solum venit, ut dicitur, effingis atque efficis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:
videret hinc (i. e. ex auro) dona fortium fieri,
Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 153:
hinc sicae, hinc venena, hinc falsa testamenta nascuntur: hinc furta, hinc opum nimiarum potentiae non ferendae,
Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36; id. Fl. 23, 54; id. Rosc. Am. 31, 87:
plurima hinc orta vitia,
Quint. 8, 6, 74; cf. id. 2, 2, 5:
ut posset hinc esse metus,
id. ib. 6 praef. § 10;
7, 6, 1: hinc enim accidit dubitatio,
Quint. 1, 1, 32:
hinc illae lacrimae!
Ter. And. 1, 1, 99; imitated by Cic. Cael. 25, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 41; cf.
ellipt.: hinc illae sollicitationes servorum: hinc illae quaestiones,
Cic. Clu. 67, 191: Verg. A. 2, 97: sed eccum Syrum ire video! hinc scibo jam, ubi siet (acc. to scire ex aliquo;
v. scio),
from him, this person, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 7:
hinc canere incipiam,
Verg. G. 1, 5; Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186; cf.:
jam hinc igitur ad rationem sermonis conjuncti transeamus,
Quint. 8, 3, 40; so,
jam hinc,
id. 3, 1, 1; 2, 11, 1; 10, 3, 4:
hinc jam,
id. 2, 4, 1; 8 praef. §
13: atque hinc,
id. 3, 1, 15.—
II.
In time.
A.
From this time, after this, hereupon (post-Aug.):
puerum in specu septem et quinquaginta dormisse annis: hinc pari numero dierum senio ingruente, etc.,
Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 175; cf. Tac. Agr. 14; Val. Fl. 3, 672:
circumdata hinc regi specie honoris valida manus,
Tac. A. 2, 67.—
B.
For abhinc, ago, since (very rare):
me nemo magis respiciet, ubi iste huc venerit, Quam si hinc ducentos annos fuerim mortuus,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19:
septimo hinc anno,
Plin. 34, 3, 4, § 43.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > hinc
3 diverto

dī-verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. n., to turn or go different ways, to part, separate, turn aside (in the verb. finit. rare; not in the class. per.).
I.
Lit.
A.
To turn out of the way; hence, of travellers, to stop, lodge, sojourn:
qui divertebat in proximo,
Amm. 14, 7, 15:
in cenaculum,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 11:
ad hominem peccatorem,
to visit, id. Luc. 19, 7 al. —
B.
Of a married woman, to leave her husband:
(uxor) sive diverterit, sive nupta est adhuc,
Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 30; cf.
so of divorce: si uxor a legato diverterit,
ib. 5, 1, 42:
nullis matrimoniis divertentibus,
Gell. 4, 3. V. also divortium.—
II.
Trop., to deviate from each other, to differ:
divortunt mores virgini longe ac lupae,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22.—Hence, dīversus ( - vorsus), a, um, P. a., turned different ways.
I.
Set over against each other, opposite, contrary (freq. and class.; cf.: adversus, contrarius).
A.
Lit.:
in diversum iter equi concitati,
Liv. 1, 28:
fenestrae,
opposite each other, Prop. 1, 3, 31; cf.
ripa,
Sil. 1, 264 Drak.:
iter a proposito diversum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 1; cf.:
diverso ab ea regione itinere,
id. ib. 3, 41, 4:
diversis ab flumine regionibus,
id. B. G. 6, 25, 3:
diversam aciem constituit,
id. B. C. 1, 40, 5:
duo cinguli maxime inter se diversi, i. e. the two polar circles,
Cic. Rep. 6, 20 (13):
diversum ad mare dejectus,
Tac. A. 2, 60; cf.:
procurrentibus in diversa terris,
id. Agr. 11:
in diversum flectere,
Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:
binas per diversum coassationes substernere,
cross-wise, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting (cf.:
varius, differens, discrepans, multiplex): monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum,
Cic. Cael. 5 fin.; cf.:
quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque expectatis aut speret aut timeat?
Vell. 2, 75, 2:
pessuma ac divorsa inter se mala, luxuria atque avaritia,
Sall. C. 5, 8; cf. Liv. 34, 4.—In the sup.:
ne illi falsi sunt, qui diversissimas res pariter exspectant, ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis,
Sall. J. 85, 20:
diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 1:
est huic diversum vitio vitium prope majus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 80, 2:
initio reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant,
pursuing opposite courses, Sall. C. 2, 1:
diversi imperatoribus (sc. Scipioni et Mummio) mores, diversa fuerunt studia,
Vell. 1, 13, 3:
dividere bona diversis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 114; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3; Vell. 2, 60 fin. et saep.—Of conflicting passions: Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;
nugas fuisse credo, prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 2.— Comp.:
divorsius,
Lucr. 3, 803.—
2.
In partic. (like contrarius, II. 2.), inimically opposed, of hostile or opposite opinions, unfriendly, hostile:
certa igitur cum illo, qui a te totus diversus est,
Cic. Ac. 2, 32:
regio ab se diversa,
Liv. 32, 38:
diversos iterum conjungere amantes,
Prop. 1, 10, 15:
acies,
Tac. A. 13, 57; 14, 30:
factio,
Suet. Caes. 20; id. Tib. 3 fin.; cf.
partes,
id. Caes. 1:
diversae partis advocatus,
opposite, id. Gramm. 4:
diversi ordiuntur, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 10:
subsellia,
of the opponents, Quint. 11, 3, 133; cf. Tac. Or. 34:
minuere invidiam aut in diversum eam transferre,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
defectio Tarentinorum utrum priore anno an hoc facta sit, in diversum auctores trahunt,
are not agreed, Liv. 25, 11 fin.; cf.:
nullo in diversum auctore,
Tac. A. 12, 69:
consistentis ex diverso patroni,
on the opposite side, Quint. 4, 1, 42:
ex diverso,
id. 5, 11, 43; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 4, 16 et saep.;
also: e diverso,
Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Just. 30, 4, 6; the latter in Sueton, and the elder Pliny, i. q. contra, on the contrary:
sunt qui putent, etc.... Alii e diverso, etc.,
Suet. Caes. 86; cf. id. Aug. 27; id. Dom. 9; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; 5, 9, 10, § 56 al.; cf. Sillig. ad Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 35; Gai. Inst. 2, 16.
II.
In different directions, apart, separate (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).
A.
Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, spread out in opposite directions, i. e. his limbs, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14:
diversae state,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 14; cf.:
diversi pugnabant,
separately, Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 4; so,
jam antea diversi audistis,
Sall. C. 20, 5; and:
sive juncti unum premant, sive id diversi gerant bellum,
Liv. 10, 25:
diversi dissipatique in omnes partes fugere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf.:
ex diversa fuga in unum collecti,
Liv. 42, 8:
age diversos et disice corpora ponto,
Verg. A. 1, 70:
diversi consules discedunt,
Liv. 10, 33, 10; 22, 56; Nep. Dat. 11, 3 al.; cf.:
quo diversus abis?
away, Verg. A. 5, 166; 11, 855:
qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 fin.; cf. id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; Liv. 40, 22:
in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,
very widely separated, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4; so,
loca,
id. ib. 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 22, 1 et saep.—Cf. in the sup.:
diversissimis locis subeundo ad moenia,
Liv. 4, 22:
itinera,
Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 2:
proelium,
fought in different places, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19, 2 et saep.: sunt ea innumerabilia, quae a diversis emebantur, by various people, individuals (as an indefinite term for persons), Cic. Phil. 2, 37. — Poet., i. q. remotus, remote, far-distant:
Aesar,
i. e. flowing in another, remote country, Ov. M. 15, 23; cf. Verg. A. 3, 4; 11, 261; 12, 621;
708: diverso terrarum distineri,
distance apart, remoteness, Tac. A. 3, 59.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Different, unlike, dissimilar:
varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10 fin.; cf.:
variae et diversae et diffusae disputationes,
id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61 fin.:
diversa ac dissimilis pars,
id. Inv. 1, 23, 33; cf.:
diversa studia in dissimili ratione,
id. Cat. 2, 5:
flumina diversa locis,
Verg. G. 4, 367; so Ov. M. 1, 40:
oris habitu simili aut diverso,
Quint. 9, 3, 34 al.:
ut par ingenio, ita morum diversus,
Tac. A. 14, 19:
a proposita ratione diversum,
Cic. Brut. 90; cf.:
ab his longe diversae litterae,
Sall. C. 34 fin.; Quint. 4, 1, 9; cf. also id. 2, 10, 7:
huic diversa sententia eorum fuit,
id. 3, 6, 32. —Cf. so with dat., Quint. 2, 3, 10; 3, 10, 3 et saep.—With gen.:
diversa omnium, quae umquam accidere, civilium armorum facies,
Tac. A. 1, 49:
diversa in hac ac supradicta alite quaedam,
Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32:
eruca diversae est, quam lactuca, naturae,
id. 19, 8, 44, § 154.—
2.
Divided, fluctuating, hesitating, inconsistent:
metu ac libidine divorsus agebatur,
Sall. J. 25, 6:
qui diversus animi modo numen pavescere, modo, etc.,
Tac. H. 4, 84:
diversi fremat inconstantia vulgi,
Tib. 4, 1, 45.— Adv.: dī-verse or dīvorse (acc. to II.), different ways, hither and thither; in different directions (very rarely): corpora prostrata diverse jacebant, scattered, Auct. B. Afr. 40 fin.; so,
pauci paulo divorsius conciderant,
Sall. C. 61, 3:
multifariam diverseque tendere,
Suet. Galb. 19.—
B.
Trop. of the mind:
curae meum animum divorse trahunt,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:
ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur,
differently, Cic. Inv. 1, 50:
diversissime adfici,
very variously, Suet. Tib. 66:
uti verbo ab alicujus sententia diverse,
in a different meaning, Gell. 6, 17, 9.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > diverto
4 divorsus

dī-verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. n., to turn or go different ways, to part, separate, turn aside (in the verb. finit. rare; not in the class. per.).
I.
Lit.
A.
To turn out of the way; hence, of travellers, to stop, lodge, sojourn:
qui divertebat in proximo,
Amm. 14, 7, 15:
in cenaculum,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 11:
ad hominem peccatorem,
to visit, id. Luc. 19, 7 al. —
B.
Of a married woman, to leave her husband:
(uxor) sive diverterit, sive nupta est adhuc,
Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 30; cf.
so of divorce: si uxor a legato diverterit,
ib. 5, 1, 42:
nullis matrimoniis divertentibus,
Gell. 4, 3. V. also divortium.—
II.
Trop., to deviate from each other, to differ:
divortunt mores virgini longe ac lupae,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22.—Hence, dīversus ( - vorsus), a, um, P. a., turned different ways.
I.
Set over against each other, opposite, contrary (freq. and class.; cf.: adversus, contrarius).
A.
Lit.:
in diversum iter equi concitati,
Liv. 1, 28:
fenestrae,
opposite each other, Prop. 1, 3, 31; cf.
ripa,
Sil. 1, 264 Drak.:
iter a proposito diversum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 1; cf.:
diverso ab ea regione itinere,
id. ib. 3, 41, 4:
diversis ab flumine regionibus,
id. B. G. 6, 25, 3:
diversam aciem constituit,
id. B. C. 1, 40, 5:
duo cinguli maxime inter se diversi, i. e. the two polar circles,
Cic. Rep. 6, 20 (13):
diversum ad mare dejectus,
Tac. A. 2, 60; cf.:
procurrentibus in diversa terris,
id. Agr. 11:
in diversum flectere,
Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:
binas per diversum coassationes substernere,
cross-wise, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting (cf.:
varius, differens, discrepans, multiplex): monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum,
Cic. Cael. 5 fin.; cf.:
quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque expectatis aut speret aut timeat?
Vell. 2, 75, 2:
pessuma ac divorsa inter se mala, luxuria atque avaritia,
Sall. C. 5, 8; cf. Liv. 34, 4.—In the sup.:
ne illi falsi sunt, qui diversissimas res pariter exspectant, ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis,
Sall. J. 85, 20:
diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 1:
est huic diversum vitio vitium prope majus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 80, 2:
initio reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant,
pursuing opposite courses, Sall. C. 2, 1:
diversi imperatoribus (sc. Scipioni et Mummio) mores, diversa fuerunt studia,
Vell. 1, 13, 3:
dividere bona diversis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 114; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3; Vell. 2, 60 fin. et saep.—Of conflicting passions: Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;
nugas fuisse credo, prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 2.— Comp.:
divorsius,
Lucr. 3, 803.—
2.
In partic. (like contrarius, II. 2.), inimically opposed, of hostile or opposite opinions, unfriendly, hostile:
certa igitur cum illo, qui a te totus diversus est,
Cic. Ac. 2, 32:
regio ab se diversa,
Liv. 32, 38:
diversos iterum conjungere amantes,
Prop. 1, 10, 15:
acies,
Tac. A. 13, 57; 14, 30:
factio,
Suet. Caes. 20; id. Tib. 3 fin.; cf.
partes,
id. Caes. 1:
diversae partis advocatus,
opposite, id. Gramm. 4:
diversi ordiuntur, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 10:
subsellia,
of the opponents, Quint. 11, 3, 133; cf. Tac. Or. 34:
minuere invidiam aut in diversum eam transferre,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
defectio Tarentinorum utrum priore anno an hoc facta sit, in diversum auctores trahunt,
are not agreed, Liv. 25, 11 fin.; cf.:
nullo in diversum auctore,
Tac. A. 12, 69:
consistentis ex diverso patroni,
on the opposite side, Quint. 4, 1, 42:
ex diverso,
id. 5, 11, 43; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 4, 16 et saep.;
also: e diverso,
Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Just. 30, 4, 6; the latter in Sueton, and the elder Pliny, i. q. contra, on the contrary:
sunt qui putent, etc.... Alii e diverso, etc.,
Suet. Caes. 86; cf. id. Aug. 27; id. Dom. 9; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; 5, 9, 10, § 56 al.; cf. Sillig. ad Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 35; Gai. Inst. 2, 16.
II.
In different directions, apart, separate (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).
A.
Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, spread out in opposite directions, i. e. his limbs, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14:
diversae state,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 14; cf.:
diversi pugnabant,
separately, Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 4; so,
jam antea diversi audistis,
Sall. C. 20, 5; and:
sive juncti unum premant, sive id diversi gerant bellum,
Liv. 10, 25:
diversi dissipatique in omnes partes fugere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf.:
ex diversa fuga in unum collecti,
Liv. 42, 8:
age diversos et disice corpora ponto,
Verg. A. 1, 70:
diversi consules discedunt,
Liv. 10, 33, 10; 22, 56; Nep. Dat. 11, 3 al.; cf.:
quo diversus abis?
away, Verg. A. 5, 166; 11, 855:
qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 fin.; cf. id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; Liv. 40, 22:
in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,
very widely separated, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4; so,
loca,
id. ib. 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 22, 1 et saep.—Cf. in the sup.:
diversissimis locis subeundo ad moenia,
Liv. 4, 22:
itinera,
Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 2:
proelium,
fought in different places, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19, 2 et saep.: sunt ea innumerabilia, quae a diversis emebantur, by various people, individuals (as an indefinite term for persons), Cic. Phil. 2, 37. — Poet., i. q. remotus, remote, far-distant:
Aesar,
i. e. flowing in another, remote country, Ov. M. 15, 23; cf. Verg. A. 3, 4; 11, 261; 12, 621;
708: diverso terrarum distineri,
distance apart, remoteness, Tac. A. 3, 59.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Different, unlike, dissimilar:
varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10 fin.; cf.:
variae et diversae et diffusae disputationes,
id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61 fin.:
diversa ac dissimilis pars,
id. Inv. 1, 23, 33; cf.:
diversa studia in dissimili ratione,
id. Cat. 2, 5:
flumina diversa locis,
Verg. G. 4, 367; so Ov. M. 1, 40:
oris habitu simili aut diverso,
Quint. 9, 3, 34 al.:
ut par ingenio, ita morum diversus,
Tac. A. 14, 19:
a proposita ratione diversum,
Cic. Brut. 90; cf.:
ab his longe diversae litterae,
Sall. C. 34 fin.; Quint. 4, 1, 9; cf. also id. 2, 10, 7:
huic diversa sententia eorum fuit,
id. 3, 6, 32. —Cf. so with dat., Quint. 2, 3, 10; 3, 10, 3 et saep.—With gen.:
diversa omnium, quae umquam accidere, civilium armorum facies,
Tac. A. 1, 49:
diversa in hac ac supradicta alite quaedam,
Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32:
eruca diversae est, quam lactuca, naturae,
id. 19, 8, 44, § 154.—
2.
Divided, fluctuating, hesitating, inconsistent:
metu ac libidine divorsus agebatur,
Sall. J. 25, 6:
qui diversus animi modo numen pavescere, modo, etc.,
Tac. H. 4, 84:
diversi fremat inconstantia vulgi,
Tib. 4, 1, 45.— Adv.: dī-verse or dīvorse (acc. to II.), different ways, hither and thither; in different directions (very rarely): corpora prostrata diverse jacebant, scattered, Auct. B. Afr. 40 fin.; so,
pauci paulo divorsius conciderant,
Sall. C. 61, 3:
multifariam diverseque tendere,
Suet. Galb. 19.—
B.
Trop. of the mind:
curae meum animum divorse trahunt,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:
ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur,
differently, Cic. Inv. 1, 50:
diversissime adfici,
very variously, Suet. Tib. 66:
uti verbo ab alicujus sententia diverse,
in a different meaning, Gell. 6, 17, 9.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > divorsus
5 alius

alius a, ud （gen. alīus; or m aliī, f aliae, all rare, alterīus is used instead; dat. aliī; nom plur. aliī, rarely alī), adj. pronom. [2 AL-], another, other, different: in aliā causā (opp. in hac): aliis in civitatibus: condemnatus aliis criminibus: utrum hanc actionem habebis... an aliam quampiam: ne quam aliam quaerat copiam, T.: si alius legem tulisset, any one else: (hoc) alium, non me, excogitasse, some one else: num quid est aliud? Quid aliud tibi vis? T.: Sed quis nunc alius audet praeferre? etc., Iu. — Alia omnia (not omnia alia), everything else: alia omnia falsa sunt, virtus una, etc.: aliaeque volucres et Procne, and in particular, V.—Praegn. ( indef pron. understood), some other, any other, somebody else, something else: etiam si melius aliud fuit, tamen, etc.: utar post alio, si invenero melius, something else: siti magis quam aliā re accenditur, S.—Hence, ‘alio die’ dicere, of the augur, who, deeming the omens unfavorable, postponed the Comitia to some other day.—In comparisons, other than, different from: alium esse censes nunc me atque olim, T.: potest aliud mihi ac tibi videri: alia atque antea sentiret, N.: lux longe alia est solis ac lychnorum, is very different: nihil aliud nisi, nothing else but, only: amare nihil aliud est, nisi eum diligere, etc., is simply: ut nihil aliud nisi de hoste cogitet: si provincia alii quam Mario traderetur, S. — Nihil aliud quam, nothing else than, only: hostes quidem nihil aliud quam perfusis vano timore Romanis abeunt, L.: is intromissus... nihil aliud quam hoc narrasse fertur, L. — So, quid aliud quam? what else than?: quibus quid aliud quam admonemus cives nos eorum esse, L.: num quid aliud praeter hasce insidias?: aliud, praeterquam de quo retulissent, dicere, L.—In distributive clauses, alius... alius; aliud... aliud, etc., one... another, the one... the other: alios excluserunt, alios eiecerunt: ut alias... auferretur, alius... occideretur.— Plur, some... others: quid potes dicere cur alia defendas, alia non cures: cum alii fossas complerent, alii defensores vallo depellerent, Cs. — Partim, pars, or quidam often corresponds to alius: principes partim interfecerant, alios in exsilium eiecerant, N.: nos alii ibimus Afros, pars Scythiam veniemus, V.—Also with aliquis: putat aliquis esse voluptatem bonum; alius autem pecuniam. — Sometimes aliud... aliud, simply, one thing... another, different things: aliud est male dicere, aliud accusare: longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare, L. — Connected by atque or -que, the one and the other; now this, now that; different: eadem res... alio atque alio elata verbo: milites trans flumen aliis atque aliis locis traiciebant, L.; cf. alias deinde alias morae causas facere, S.—In abridged expressions: fecerunt alii quidem alia quam multa, different men have done very many different things: alius ex aliā parte, from different quarters: dies alios alio dedit ordine Luna Felicīs operum, V.: quo facto cum alius alii subsidium ferrent, one to another, Cs.: alius alio more viventes, each in a different way, S.: cum alii alio mitterentur, in different directions, L.—Alius ex alio, super alium, post alium, one after another: ut aliud ex alio incidit, T.: alias ex aliis nectendo moras, L.: nos alia ex aliis in fata vocamur, V.—Meton., praegn., of another kind, different: nunc hic dies aliam vitam defert, alios mores postulat, T.: Huic aliud mercedis erit, V.: longe alia mihi mens est, S.: aliusque et idem Nasceris, H.—Hence, of a vote: in alia omnia ire (sc. vota), to go against (a motion), vote the other way. — With quam: iuvenis longe alius ingenio, quam cuius simulationem induerat, L.: non aliā quam, H. — With comp abl. (poet.): Neve putes alium sapiente bonoque beatum, H.: alius Lysippo, H. — Of that which remains of a whole, the rest, the remainder (for reliquus, ceteri): aliae naves, V.: (venti) praeter Iapyga, H.: ex aliis ei maximam fidem habebat, Cs.: inter primos atrox proelium fuit, alia multitudo terga vertit, L.; cf. ut omittam leges alias omnīs. — A second, the other (of two), another: eis (Catoni et Caesari) gloria par, sed alia alii, S.: duas (leges) promulgavit, unam... aliam, Cs.: duo deinceps reges, alius aliā viā, civitatem auxerunt, each in a different way, L.: alias partes fovere, the other side, Ta.: alius Achilles, a second, V.—With a subst., expressing the species, besides, also: virginitate aliisque caeremoniis venerabilis, and other (claims to respect, namely) observances, L.: Inde alias animas Deturbat, the rest, the shades, V.
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I
CONJ

the_one... the_other (alius... alius)
II
alia, aliud ADJ

other, another; different, changed; (A+G)

alii...alii -- some...others

Latin-English dictionary > alius
6 dimitto

dī-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With particular reference to the prep., to send different ways, to send apart, i. e.,
A.
[p. 582] To send out or forth in different directions, to send about (class.).
(α).
With acc.:
Naevius pueros circum amicos dimittit,
Cic. Quint. 6, 2:
consules designatos circum provincias,
Suet. Aug. 64:
litteras circum municipia,
Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 1; cf.:
litteras circa praefectos,
Liv. 42, 51:
litteras per omnes provincias,
Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 4;
with which cf.: nuntios per agros,
id. B. G. 6, 31, 2:
librum per totam Italiam,
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 2:
edicta per provincias,
Suet. Galb. 10:
certos per litora,
Verg. A. 1, 577 et saep.:
nuntios tota civitate Aeduorum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 9:
nuntios in omnes partes,
id. ib. 4, 19, 2; 4, 34, 5; cf. ib. 5, 49, 8; and poet.:
aciem (i. e. oculos) in omnes partes,
Ov. M. 3, 381:
praefectos in finitimas civitates,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 3; cf.:
Manlium Faesulas,
Sall. C. 27 et saep.:
nuntios ad Centrones, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 1; so with ad, id. ib. 6, 34, 8; id. B. C. 1, 52 fin. al.:
legatos quoquoversus,
id. B. G. 3, 23, 2; 7, 4, 5; id. B. C. 1, 36, 2:
dimissos equites pabulandi causa,
id. ib. 1, 80, 3; cf.
equitatum,
id. B. G. 7, 71, 5:
omnem ab se equitatum,
id. ib. § 1.— Trop.:
animum ignotas in artes,
Ov. M. 8, 188, directs, applies (al. demittit).—
(β).
Without object acc.:
dimisit circum omnes propinquas regiones,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 6:
per provincias,
Liv. 29, 37: ad amicos, Cic. Tull. Fragm. § 22; cf.:
in omnes partis,
Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 1.—
B.
To separate a multitude, to break up, dissolve; and subjectively, to dismiss (from one's self), to discharge, disband:
senatu dimisso,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
senatum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 65:
concilium,
id. Leg. 2, 12, 31; id. Vatin. 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 31; id. B. C. 1, 32, 4 et saep.; cf.
conventum,
Sall. C. 21 fin.: exercitum (a standing military t. t.; cf. Vell. 2, 52, 4), Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 6; 1, 9, 5 et saep.:
plures manus (with diducere, and opp. continere manipulos ad signa),
Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 5:
delectum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 15:
convivium,
to break up, Liv. 36, 29; Tac. A. 15, 30 et saep.
II.
With particular reference to the verb, to send away either an individual or a body; to let go, discharge, dismiss, release.
A.
Lit.:
aliquem ab se et amandare in ultimas terras,
Cic. Sull. 20, 57; so,
aliquem ab se,
id. Fam. 13, 63; Nep. Att. 4, 2:
discedentem aliquem non sine magno dolore,
id. ib. 12, 18 fin.:
aliquos aequos placatosque,
id. Or. 10, 34; so,
aliquem incolumem,
Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 4; 1, 23, 3:
ex custodia,
Liv. 23, 2, 14:
e carcere,
Just. 21, 1, 5:
impunitum,
Sall. C. 51, 5:
saucium ac fugatum,
Nep. Hann. 4:
neminem nisi victum,
id. ib. 3 et saep.; cf.:
aliquem ludos pessumos, i. e. pessime ludificatum,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 12:
uxorem,
i. e. to put her away, repudiate her, Suet. Aug. 63 al.:
Cossutia dimissa, quae desponsata fuerat, etc.,
id. Caes. 1:
sponsam intactam,
id. Aug. 62: cf.
also: aliquam e matrimonio,
Suet. Tib. 49; v. also under no. B.:
creditorem,
i. e. to pay him, Dig. 31, '72:
debitorem,
i. e. to forgive him the debt, ib. 50, 9, 4:
equos, in order to fight on foot,
Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Verg. A. 10, 366;
but also in order to flee,
Caes. B. C. 3, 69 fin.:
hostem ex manibus,
id. ib. 1, 64, 2; 3, 49, 2; cf.
also: Demosthenem (i. e. his orations) e manibus,
to put out of one's hands, to lay down, Cic. Or. 30; cf.:
istos sine ulla contumelia dimittamus,
id. de Or. 3, 17, 64:
milites, in oppidum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2:
a turpissima suspicione,
to free, relieve, Petr. 13, 4.— Absol.:
dimittam, ut te velle video,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 106; Cic. de Or. 1, 28; Quint. 11, 3, 86 al. —
2.
Transf., of inanimate objects:
eum locum, quem ceperant,
to abandon, desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4:
Italiam,
id. ib. 1, 25, 4:
ripas,
id. B. G. 5, 18 fin.:
complura oppida,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 5:
provinciam,
Liv. 40, 43:
captam Trojam,
Ov. M. 13, 226 et saep.:
fortunas morte,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.
patrimonium,
id. Caecin. 26 fin.:
speratam praedam ex manibus,
Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 1:
signa ex metu,
id. B. C. 3, 69 fin.; cf.
arma,
Sen. Ep. 66 fin.; Luc. 3, 367 et saep.— Esp.: dimissis manibus, with hands relaxed, i. e. in all haste:
ibi odos dimissis manibus in caelum volat,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; cf.:
dimissis pedibus,
id. ib. v. 54:
dimissis manibus fugere domum,
id. Ep. 3, 1, 16.—
B.
Trop., to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake:
ista philosophia, quae nunc prope dimissa revocatur,
Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11:
rem saepius frustra tentatam,
Caes. B. C. 1, 26 fin.:
exploratam victoriam,
id. B. G. 7, 52, 2:
oppugnationem,
id. ib. 7, 17, 4; id. B. C. 3, 73, 1:
occasionem rei bene gerendae,
id. B. G. 5, 57, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 72, 4; 3, 25, 4:
rei gerendae facultatem,
id. ib. 1, 28, 2;
3, 97, 1: omnem rei frumentariae spem,
id. ib. 1, 73, 1:
condiciones pacis,
id. ib. 1, 26, 2:
principatum,
id. B. G. 6, 12, 6:
tempus,
id. ib. 2, 21 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89:
suum jus (opp. retinere),
id. Balb. 13, 31:
vim suam,
id. Fam. 9, 12: libertatem; id. Planc. 34 fin.:
amicitias,
id. Lael. 21:
commemorationem nominis nostri,
id. Arch. 11 fin.:
quaestionem,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 30:
curam,
id. Att. 14, 11; Tac. Or. 3:
praeterita, instantia, futura pari oblivione,
id. H. 3, 36:
matrimonia,
Suet. Calig. 25:
fugam,
Verg. A. 11, 706:
coeptum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 598:
cursus,
id. ib. 11, 446 et saep.:
tantam fortunam ex manibus,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37 fin.:
studium et iracundiam suam rei publicae dimittere, i. q. condonare,
to sacrifice to the good of the state, id. B. C. 3, 69, 3; cf.:
tributa alicui,
i. e. to remit, Tac. H. 3, 55:
laudibus nomen alicujus in longum aevum,
to transmit, Luc. 1, 448:
dimissum quod nescitur, non amittitur,
is foregone, not lost, Pub. Syr. 138 (Rib.).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dimitto
7 agito

ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [ago], as if the supine were agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.
I.
Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).
A.
Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago):
calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118:
stimulo boves agitat,
Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26:
hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones,
drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602:
agitantur quadrigae,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.:
ad flumina currus,
Verg. G. 3, 18:
jussit agitari currum suum,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287:
sacros jugales (dracones),
Ov. M. 5, 661:
quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios,
Suet. Caes. 39.—
B.
Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake:
triremem in portu,
Nep. Dion, 9, 2:
alas,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21:
manibusque leves agitavit habenas,
id. M. 7, 221:
hastam,
id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head ( in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567:
arundinem vento agitatam,
Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.—Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus [p. 72] non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17:
aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans,
id. Div. 2, 70:
trepidas columbas,
Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300:
damas,
id. ib. 10, 539:
cursu timidos onagros,
Verg. G. 3, 409 al. —
C.
Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb:
ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër,
when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686:
mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,
Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7:
freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere,
Verg. G. 1, 357:
aristas,
Ov. A. A. 1, 553:
Zephyris agitata Tempe,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 24:
ventis agitatur pinus,
id. ib. 2, 10, 9:
veteres agitantur orni,
id. ib. 1, 9, 12:
agitaret aura capillos,
id. Epod. 15, 9.—
D.
Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.—
E.
In gen., of the motion caused by other things:
magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes,
Lucr. 6, 1054:
agitari inter se concursu,
Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.— Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571—
II.
Trop.
A.
To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.):
in furias agitantur equae,
are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487:
agitare plebem,
to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11:
populum,
Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.:
agitatus cupiditate regni,
id. 3, 1:
gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis,
id. 1, 16, 7.—
B.
To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82):
dii deaeque te agitant irati,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115:
atra bilis agitat hominem,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24:
ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331:
scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes,
id. ib. 4, 471):
suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit,
id. ib. 24:
agitare et insequi poëtas,
Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41:
multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta,
Cic. Quint. 2:
est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes,
id. Off. 1, 24, 82:
agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum,
Sall. C. 5, 7:
quos conscientia defectionis agitabat,
Tac. Agr. 16:
commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur,
was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:
quos agitabat timor,
Tac. Agr. 16:
timore et metu agitati,
Vulg. Judith, 15, 1:
injuriis agitatus,
Flor. 1, 8, 7:
seditionibus,
Just. 12, 4, 12.—
C.
To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock:
agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem,
attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis:
agitant expertia frugis,
id. A. P. 341:
vesanum poëtam agitant pueri,
id. ib. 456.—
D.
In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.):
Haec ego non agitem?
should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52:
vigilias,
to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so,
custodiam,
id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18:
hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi,
let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7:
Dionysia,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18:
convivia,
Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423:
meum natalem,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16;
so festos dies,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63:
jocos,
Ov. M. 3, 319:
agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur,
was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19:
quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem,
was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro:
studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus,
were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10:
dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret,
id. ib. 109, 2:
quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur,
there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.— Poet.:
ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent,
as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.—Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.):
vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur,
Sall. C. 2, 1:
agitare aevum,
Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235:
festos dies,
Tac. H. 3, 78.—In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be:
hi propius mare Africum agitabant,
Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4:
laeti Germant agitabant,
Tac. A. 1, 50:
secretus agitat,
id. ib. 11, 21:
montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant,
id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—
E.
Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20:
quom eam rem in corde agito,
Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3:
id agitans mecum,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3:
habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente,
Cic. N. D. 1, 41:
est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 6, 1:
quae omnes animo agitabant,
Tac. A. 6, 9:
provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans,
id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.—With inf., as object:
ut mente agitaret bellum renovare,
Nep. Ham. 1, 4.— Poet.:
aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi,
Verg. A 9, 187. —Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif:
quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96:
rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris,
id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata ( well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14:
fugam,
Verg. A. 2, 640.—So esp. freq. in Tac.:
Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare,
id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.—With de:
de bello,
Tac. H. 2, 1:
agitanti de Claudio,
id. A. 6, 46:
de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant,
id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.—With num:
agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli,
Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.— With - ne:
agitavere placeretne, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 1.—With an:
an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit,
Tac. A. 13, 41 —With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.—With ut (of purpose):
ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari,
Tac. A. 16, 26.—
F.
To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart ( impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1;
cum de foedere victor agitaret,
Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.—
* G.
Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > agito
8 breve

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breve
9 brevi

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi
10 brevia

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevia
11 brevis

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevis
12 diffluo

dif-flŭo, ĕre, v. n., to flow in different directions, to flow away (class.; repeatedly in Lucr.—cf.: laxo, rescindo, solvo).
I.
Lit.:
diffluere humorem cernis,
Lucr. 3, 436; cf.:
ut nos quasi extra ripas diffluentes coerceret,
Cic. Brut. 91 fin.; cf.:
in plures partes (Rhenus),
divides itself, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 4:
ut ab summo tibi diffluat altus acervus,
Lucr. 3, 198.— Poet., of that from which any thing flows:
duo juvenes, Sudore multo diffluentes,
dripping with perspiration, Phaedr. 4, 25, 23; so,
sudore,
Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 75.—
2.
Transf., to dissolve, melt away, disappear:
privata cibo natura animantum Diffluit amittens corpus,
Lucr. 1, 1038:
juga montium diffluunt,
Sen. Ep. 91, p. 19 Bip.;
so,
to be wasted, Amm. 15, 8, 18.—
II.
Trop., to be dissolved in, abandoned to:
luxuriā et lasciviā,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 72:
luxuriā,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:
luxu et inertia,
Col. 12 prooem. § 9, for which, in luxum, Prud: Symm. 1, 125:
deliciis,
Cic. Lael. 15; cf.:
otio diffluentes,
id. de Or. 3, 32 fin.:
luxu,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; cf.
risu,
App. M. 3, p. 132.—In rhet.:
diffluens ac solutum,
loose, not periodic, Cic. Or. 70; 233; cf.:
verbis humidis et lapsantibus diffluere,
Gell. 1, 15.

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13 contrarium

contrārĭus, a, um, adj. [contra], lying or being over against, opposite.
I.
In gen.
A.
Prop., of places (syn. adversus):
collis adversus huic et contrarius,
Caes. B. G. 2, 18; cf.:
contraria tigna iis (tignis),
id. ib. 4, 17, 5; and:
gemma soli,
Plin. 37, 9, 47, § 131:
contrario amne,
against the stream, id. 21, 12, 43, § 73:
tellus,
Ov. M. 1, 65; cf. id. ib. 13, 429:
ripa,
Dig. 41, 1, 65:
auris,
Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 77:
contraria vulnera ( = adversa vulnera),
in front, on the breast, Tac. H. 3, 84:
in contrarias partes fluere,
Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78; cf.:
tignis in contrariam partem revinctis,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.
. si pelles utriusque (hyaenae et pantherae) contrariae suspendantur,
Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:
contrario ictu uterque transfixus,
by a blow from the opposite direction, Liv. 2, 6, 9.— With inter se, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49.—With atque, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
B.
Transf., of other objects.
1.
In gen., opposite, contrary, opposed (syn. diversus); constr. with the gen., dat., inter se, atque, or absol.
(α).
With gen.:
hujus virtutis contraria est vitiositas,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67 Madv. N. cr.; Quint. 5, 10, 49 al.—
(β).
With dat.:
voluptas honestati,
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:
fortuna rationi et constantiae,
id. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. Top. 11, 46 sq.:
vitium illi virtuti,
Quint. 11, 3, 44:
rusticitas urbanitati,
id. 6, 3, 17:
pes bacchio,
id. 9, 4, 102:
color albo,
Ov. M. 2, 541:
aestus vento,
id. ib. 8, 471 et saep. —
(γ).
With inter se:
orationes inter se contrariae Aeschinis Demosthenisque,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14; so id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Quint. prooem. § 2; 1, 10, 6; 10, 1, 22.—
(δ).
With atque:
versantur retro contrario motu atque caelum,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—
(ε).
Absol.:
aut bono casu aut contrario,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:
monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis conflatum,
id. Cael. 5, 12:
ardor,
Lucr. 3, 252:
exemplum,
Quint. 5, 11, 7:
jus,
id. 5, 11, 32:
leges,
conflicting, id. 3, 6, 43; Dig. 1, 3, 28: actiones, cross-suits, Gai Inst. 4, 174 al.:
latitudo quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent,
going in opposite directions, Suet. Ner. 31:
disputandum est de omni re in contrarias partis,
on both sides, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158:
ex contrariā parte dicere,
id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:
in contrariam partem adferre aliquid,
id. de Or. 2, 53, 215 al. —
2.
Esp., subst.: contrārĭum, ii, n., the opposite, contrary, reverse.
a.
In gen.:
contrarium decernebat ac paulo ante decreverat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:
si ea rex vult, quae Thebanis sint utilia... sin autem contraria, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 4, 2:
dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 24; cf.: diversaeque vocant animum in contraria curae, in opposite directions, Verg A. 12, 487:
ut auctoris sortem in contraria mutet,
Ov. M. 3, 329:
in contraria versus,
transformed, id. ib. 12, 179.—With gen.:
contraria earum (artium)... vitia quae sunt virtutum contraria,
Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:
fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia,
id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 49.—With dat.:
quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque exspectatis aut speret aut timeat,
Vell. 2, 75, 2: qui contraria Deo faciat, Lact. de Ira, 3, 3.—With quam:
qui contraria faciat quam Deus,
Lact. 3, 29, 13; Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 24; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 267.—
b.
As rhet. fig., the antithesis, contrast, opposite, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42; Auct. Her. 4, 19, 27; Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 11.—
c.
Adverb. phrases:
ex contrario,
on the conirary, on the other hand, Caes. B. G. 7, 30; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 47; id. Inv. 2, 8, 25; Quint. 6, 1, 16:
e contrario,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 4; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Att. 9, 3; id. Eum. 1, 5 (al. contrario without e); Quint. 1, 5, 43;
rarely ex contrariis,
Quint. 8, 5, 9; 8, 5, 18; 10, 1, 19;
11, 3, 39 al.—In the same sense, but more rarely, in contrarium,
Plin. 18, 24, 54, § 197:
per contrarium,
Dig. 2, 4, 8, § 1; 2, 15, 8; 28, 1, 20 al.—
II.
In partic.
1.
Of weight: aes contrarium, weighed against, = antirropon, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 12 Müll.; cf. Scalig. ad Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30.—
2.
Of hostile opposition, inimical, hostile, hurtful, pernicious, etc. (more rare than adversarius, and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
contrariis dis,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 70 Müll.:
Averna avibus cunctis,
dangerous, destructive, Lucr. 6, 741; cf.:
usus lactis capitis doloribus,
Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 130:
hyssopum stomacho,
id. 25, 11, 87, § 136:
quam (sc. perspicuitatem) quidam etiam contrariam interim putaverunt,
injurious, disadvantageous, Quint. 4, 2, 64 Spald.; cf.:
philosophia imperaturo,
Suet. Ner. 52:
exta,
unfavorable, id. Oth. 8:
saepe quos ipse alueris, Tibi inveniri maxime contrarios,
hostile, Phaedr. 4, 11, 17:
litora litoribus contraria, fluctibus undas Imprecor,
Verg. A. 4, 628; cf. id. ib. 7, 293.— Subst.: contrārĭus, ii, m., an opponent, antagonist; plur., Vitr. 3, praef. 2.— Adv.: con-trārĭē, in an opposite direction, in a different manner:
sidera procedentia,
Cic. Univ 9 med.:
scriptum,
id. Part. Or. 31, 108:
relata verba,
id. de Or. 2, 65, 263:
dicere,
Tac. Or. 34.

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14 contrarius

contrārĭus, a, um, adj. [contra], lying or being over against, opposite.
I.
In gen.
A.
Prop., of places (syn. adversus):
collis adversus huic et contrarius,
Caes. B. G. 2, 18; cf.:
contraria tigna iis (tignis),
id. ib. 4, 17, 5; and:
gemma soli,
Plin. 37, 9, 47, § 131:
contrario amne,
against the stream, id. 21, 12, 43, § 73:
tellus,
Ov. M. 1, 65; cf. id. ib. 13, 429:
ripa,
Dig. 41, 1, 65:
auris,
Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 77:
contraria vulnera ( = adversa vulnera),
in front, on the breast, Tac. H. 3, 84:
in contrarias partes fluere,
Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78; cf.:
tignis in contrariam partem revinctis,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.
. si pelles utriusque (hyaenae et pantherae) contrariae suspendantur,
Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:
contrario ictu uterque transfixus,
by a blow from the opposite direction, Liv. 2, 6, 9.— With inter se, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49.—With atque, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
B.
Transf., of other objects.
1.
In gen., opposite, contrary, opposed (syn. diversus); constr. with the gen., dat., inter se, atque, or absol.
(α).
With gen.:
hujus virtutis contraria est vitiositas,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67 Madv. N. cr.; Quint. 5, 10, 49 al.—
(β).
With dat.:
voluptas honestati,
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:
fortuna rationi et constantiae,
id. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. Top. 11, 46 sq.:
vitium illi virtuti,
Quint. 11, 3, 44:
rusticitas urbanitati,
id. 6, 3, 17:
pes bacchio,
id. 9, 4, 102:
color albo,
Ov. M. 2, 541:
aestus vento,
id. ib. 8, 471 et saep. —
(γ).
With inter se:
orationes inter se contrariae Aeschinis Demosthenisque,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14; so id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Quint. prooem. § 2; 1, 10, 6; 10, 1, 22.—
(δ).
With atque:
versantur retro contrario motu atque caelum,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—
(ε).
Absol.:
aut bono casu aut contrario,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:
monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis conflatum,
id. Cael. 5, 12:
ardor,
Lucr. 3, 252:
exemplum,
Quint. 5, 11, 7:
jus,
id. 5, 11, 32:
leges,
conflicting, id. 3, 6, 43; Dig. 1, 3, 28: actiones, cross-suits, Gai Inst. 4, 174 al.:
latitudo quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent,
going in opposite directions, Suet. Ner. 31:
disputandum est de omni re in contrarias partis,
on both sides, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158:
ex contrariā parte dicere,
id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:
in contrariam partem adferre aliquid,
id. de Or. 2, 53, 215 al. —
2.
Esp., subst.: contrārĭum, ii, n., the opposite, contrary, reverse.
a.
In gen.:
contrarium decernebat ac paulo ante decreverat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:
si ea rex vult, quae Thebanis sint utilia... sin autem contraria, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 4, 2:
dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 24; cf.: diversaeque vocant animum in contraria curae, in opposite directions, Verg A. 12, 487:
ut auctoris sortem in contraria mutet,
Ov. M. 3, 329:
in contraria versus,
transformed, id. ib. 12, 179.—With gen.:
contraria earum (artium)... vitia quae sunt virtutum contraria,
Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:
fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia,
id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 49.—With dat.:
quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque exspectatis aut speret aut timeat,
Vell. 2, 75, 2: qui contraria Deo faciat, Lact. de Ira, 3, 3.—With quam:
qui contraria faciat quam Deus,
Lact. 3, 29, 13; Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 24; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 267.—
b.
As rhet. fig., the antithesis, contrast, opposite, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42; Auct. Her. 4, 19, 27; Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 11.—
c.
Adverb. phrases:
ex contrario,
on the conirary, on the other hand, Caes. B. G. 7, 30; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 47; id. Inv. 2, 8, 25; Quint. 6, 1, 16:
e contrario,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 4; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Att. 9, 3; id. Eum. 1, 5 (al. contrario without e); Quint. 1, 5, 43;
rarely ex contrariis,
Quint. 8, 5, 9; 8, 5, 18; 10, 1, 19;
11, 3, 39 al.—In the same sense, but more rarely, in contrarium,
Plin. 18, 24, 54, § 197:
per contrarium,
Dig. 2, 4, 8, § 1; 2, 15, 8; 28, 1, 20 al.—
II.
In partic.
1.
Of weight: aes contrarium, weighed against, = antirropon, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 12 Müll.; cf. Scalig. ad Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30.—
2.
Of hostile opposition, inimical, hostile, hurtful, pernicious, etc. (more rare than adversarius, and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
contrariis dis,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 70 Müll.:
Averna avibus cunctis,
dangerous, destructive, Lucr. 6, 741; cf.:
usus lactis capitis doloribus,
Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 130:
hyssopum stomacho,
id. 25, 11, 87, § 136:
quam (sc. perspicuitatem) quidam etiam contrariam interim putaverunt,
injurious, disadvantageous, Quint. 4, 2, 64 Spald.; cf.:
philosophia imperaturo,
Suet. Ner. 52:
exta,
unfavorable, id. Oth. 8:
saepe quos ipse alueris, Tibi inveniri maxime contrarios,
hostile, Phaedr. 4, 11, 17:
litora litoribus contraria, fluctibus undas Imprecor,
Verg. A. 4, 628; cf. id. ib. 7, 293.— Subst.: contrārĭus, ii, m., an opponent, antagonist; plur., Vitr. 3, praef. 2.— Adv.: con-trārĭē, in an opposite direction, in a different manner:
sidera procedentia,
Cic. Univ 9 med.:
scriptum,
id. Part. Or. 31, 108:
relata verba,
id. de Or. 2, 65, 263:
dicere,
Tac. Or. 34.

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