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  • 81 praenubilus

    prae-nūbĭlus, a, um, adj., very cloudy, very dark or gloomy ( poet.):

    densā praenubilus arbore lucus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 13, 7.

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  • 82 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 83 retorridus

    rĕ-torrĭdus, a, um, adj., parched up, burned up, dried up (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    rami platani,

    Sen. Ep. 12, 2; 86, 18:

    manus Mucii,

    id. ib. 66, 51:

    retorrida et muscosa prata,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5:

    plantae,

    Col. 3, 12, 2:

    frons,

    id. 11, 2, 87:

    fructus,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 176:

    myrtus,

    id. 15, 29, 36, § 121:

    (herba) spinis retorrida,

    id. 27, 12, 97, § 122:

    mus,

    dried up, wizen, wrinkled, Phaedr. 4, 2, 27. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    detriti et retorridi ad litterarum disciplinas serius adeunt,

    Gell. 15, 30, 1:

    vultu gravissimus et retorridus,

    i. e. gloomy, morose, Capitol. Max. 6:

    Gallicanae mentes,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 58.—
    * Adv.: rĕtorrĭdē (acc. to I.), dryly, Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 33.

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  • 84 severum

    1.
    sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).
    I.
    Of persons:

    nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    quam severus!

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

    civis severus et gravis,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

    omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

    Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

    id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

    Stoicorum secta severissima,

    Quint. 1, 10, 15:

    agricolae,

    hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

    Cures,

    Verg. A. 8, 638:

    Zethus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

    rumores senum severiorum,

    Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

    at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

    Cat. 27, 6:

    adimam cantare severis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

    legis custodes,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

    judices severi in eos solos,

    id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

    severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

    id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

    ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

    id. ib.:

    ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

    auctor e severissimis,

    Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

    Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

    id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—
    B.
    In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

    Neptunus saevus severusque,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    idem acerbe severus in filium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

    in me severior quam in vos,

    Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

    Eumenidum turba,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—
    II.
    Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

    severā fronte curas cogitans,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

    vultus severior et tristior,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

    frons,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

    divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

    animus (opp. mitis),

    Quint. 3, 9, 7:

    disciplina maxime severa,

    id. 1, 2, 5:

    imperia severiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

    judicia severa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

    lex,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

    severiora judicia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 122:

    severiores leges,

    id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

    Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

    Vell. 1, 6, 3:

    imperii severissimi vir,

    Liv. 4, 26:

    quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

    linque severa,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

    paulo severior poena,

    Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

    sententiae graves et severae,

    Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

    triste et severum genus dicendi,

    id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

    severae Musa tragoediae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

    fidibus voces crevere severis,

    id. A. P. 216.—
    B.
    Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

    severus Uncus abest,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

    silentia noctis,

    Lucr. 4, 460:

    heims,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

    amnem Cocyti metuet,

    Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).
    A.
    sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    vetuit (with graviter),

    Quint. 11, 3, 148:

    uti judicio,

    id. 1, 3, 4:

    aestimatae lites,

    Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

    vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    dicere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

    domesticam disciplinam regere,

    Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

    ad aliquem severius scribere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    adhibere aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

    coërcere matrimonia,

    Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

    sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

    exacta aetas,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

    dicere jus,

    Suet. Caes. 43.—
    B.
    sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—
    * C.
    sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

    nunc severum vivitur,

    Prud. Cath. 2, 33.
    2.
    Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.
    A.
    Of several men.
    1.
    Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—
    3.
    Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—
    4.
    T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—
    5.
    Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works.
    B.
    Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

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  • 85 Severus

    1.
    sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).
    I.
    Of persons:

    nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    quam severus!

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

    civis severus et gravis,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

    omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

    Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

    id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

    Stoicorum secta severissima,

    Quint. 1, 10, 15:

    agricolae,

    hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

    Cures,

    Verg. A. 8, 638:

    Zethus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

    rumores senum severiorum,

    Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

    at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

    Cat. 27, 6:

    adimam cantare severis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

    legis custodes,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

    judices severi in eos solos,

    id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

    severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

    id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

    ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

    id. ib.:

    ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

    auctor e severissimis,

    Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

    Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

    id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—
    B.
    In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

    Neptunus saevus severusque,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    idem acerbe severus in filium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

    in me severior quam in vos,

    Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

    Eumenidum turba,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—
    II.
    Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

    severā fronte curas cogitans,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

    vultus severior et tristior,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

    frons,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

    divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

    animus (opp. mitis),

    Quint. 3, 9, 7:

    disciplina maxime severa,

    id. 1, 2, 5:

    imperia severiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

    judicia severa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

    lex,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

    severiora judicia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 122:

    severiores leges,

    id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

    Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

    Vell. 1, 6, 3:

    imperii severissimi vir,

    Liv. 4, 26:

    quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

    linque severa,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

    paulo severior poena,

    Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

    sententiae graves et severae,

    Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

    triste et severum genus dicendi,

    id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

    severae Musa tragoediae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

    fidibus voces crevere severis,

    id. A. P. 216.—
    B.
    Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

    severus Uncus abest,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

    silentia noctis,

    Lucr. 4, 460:

    heims,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

    amnem Cocyti metuet,

    Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).
    A.
    sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    vetuit (with graviter),

    Quint. 11, 3, 148:

    uti judicio,

    id. 1, 3, 4:

    aestimatae lites,

    Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

    vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    dicere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

    domesticam disciplinam regere,

    Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

    ad aliquem severius scribere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    adhibere aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

    coërcere matrimonia,

    Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

    sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

    exacta aetas,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

    dicere jus,

    Suet. Caes. 43.—
    B.
    sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—
    * C.
    sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

    nunc severum vivitur,

    Prud. Cath. 2, 33.
    2.
    Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.
    A.
    Of several men.
    1.
    Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—
    3.
    Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—
    4.
    T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—
    5.
    Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works.
    B.
    Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

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  • 86 severus

    1.
    sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).
    I.
    Of persons:

    nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    quam severus!

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

    civis severus et gravis,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

    omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

    Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

    id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

    Stoicorum secta severissima,

    Quint. 1, 10, 15:

    agricolae,

    hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

    Cures,

    Verg. A. 8, 638:

    Zethus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

    rumores senum severiorum,

    Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

    at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

    Cat. 27, 6:

    adimam cantare severis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

    legis custodes,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

    judices severi in eos solos,

    id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

    severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

    id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

    ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

    id. ib.:

    ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

    auctor e severissimis,

    Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

    Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

    id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—
    B.
    In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

    Neptunus saevus severusque,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    idem acerbe severus in filium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

    in me severior quam in vos,

    Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

    Eumenidum turba,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—
    II.
    Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

    severā fronte curas cogitans,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

    vultus severior et tristior,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

    frons,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

    divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

    animus (opp. mitis),

    Quint. 3, 9, 7:

    disciplina maxime severa,

    id. 1, 2, 5:

    imperia severiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

    judicia severa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

    lex,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

    severiora judicia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 122:

    severiores leges,

    id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

    Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

    Vell. 1, 6, 3:

    imperii severissimi vir,

    Liv. 4, 26:

    quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

    linque severa,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

    paulo severior poena,

    Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

    sententiae graves et severae,

    Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

    triste et severum genus dicendi,

    id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

    severae Musa tragoediae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

    fidibus voces crevere severis,

    id. A. P. 216.—
    B.
    Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

    severus Uncus abest,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

    silentia noctis,

    Lucr. 4, 460:

    heims,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

    amnem Cocyti metuet,

    Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).
    A.
    sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    vetuit (with graviter),

    Quint. 11, 3, 148:

    uti judicio,

    id. 1, 3, 4:

    aestimatae lites,

    Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

    vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    dicere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

    domesticam disciplinam regere,

    Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

    ad aliquem severius scribere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    adhibere aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

    coërcere matrimonia,

    Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

    sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

    exacta aetas,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

    dicere jus,

    Suet. Caes. 43.—
    B.
    sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—
    * C.
    sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

    nunc severum vivitur,

    Prud. Cath. 2, 33.
    2.
    Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.
    A.
    Of several men.
    1.
    Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—
    3.
    Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—
    4.
    T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—
    5.
    Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works.
    B.
    Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

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  • 87 squalidus

    squālĭdus, a, um, adj. [squaleo].
    I.
    (Acc. to squaleo, I.) In gen., stiff, rough (ante-class.):

    corpora,

    Lucr. 2, 469:

    membra,

    id. 5, 956: serpentis squamae squalido auro et purpurā praetextae, Att. ap. Gell. 2, 6, 23; id. ap. Non. 452, 28 (Trag. Fragm. v. 517 Rib.).—
    II.
    (Acc. to squaleo, II.) In partic.
    A.
    Stiff with dirt, dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): stola, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 26 (Trag. v. 373 Vahl.):

    homo horridus et squalidus,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 41 sq.; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5:

    squalida et prope efferata corpora,

    Liv. 21, 39, 2:

    carcer,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 42:

    sudor,

    Stat. Th. 3, 127:

    cultus,

    Sen. Troad. 883:

    squalida siccitate regio,

    Curt. 7, 4, 27:

    rubigo,

    Cat. 64, 42:

    humus,

    Ov. F. 1, 558:

    Hispania,

    uncultivated, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 203.—

    Esp., of persons in mourning: reus,

    Ov. M. 15, 38; Quint. 6, 1, 30; Tac. H. 2, 60; cf.

    senectus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 22.—
    B.
    Gloomy, obscure (late Lat.):

    nocte squalidā et interluni,

    Amm. 19, 6, 7:

    squalidi Solis exortus hebetabant matutinos diei candores,

    id. 31, 1, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, rude, unadorned:

    suā sponte (haec) squalidiora sunt,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115.—
    2.
    Wretched, incurable:

    scientiam omnem squalidā diversitate confundere,

    Amm. 26, 1, 10.—
    * Adv.: squālĭdē, without ornament, rudely:

    squalidius dicere,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; Amm. 25, 2, 3.

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  • 88 subnubilus

    sub-nūbĭlus, a, um, adj., somewhat [p. 1780] cloudy or overcast, rather gloomy: nox, * Caes. B. C. 3, 54:

    limes,

    Ov. R. Am. 599.

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  • 89 taetricus

    taetrĭcus ( tētr-), a, um, adj. [taeter], forbidding, harsh, crabbed, gloomy, sour, stern, severe (perh. not ante-Aug.; cf.:

    tristis, severus): puella,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 721:

    Sabinae,

    id. Am. 3, 8, 61:

    taetricus et asper censor udorum,

    Mart. 12, 70, 4:

    lector,

    id. 11, 2, 7:

    deae,

    i. e. the Fates, id. 4, 73, 6; 7, 96, 4:

    taetrica ac tristis disciplina Sabinorum,

    Liv. 1, 18, 4:

    animus (ccupled with horridus),

    Sen. Ep. 36, 3:

    febres,

    Mart. 6, 70, 8:

    tubae,

    fierce, warlike, id. 7, 80, 2.

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  • 90 tenebricosus

    tĕnē̆brĭcōsus, a, um, adj. [tenebricus], full of darkness or gloom, shrouded in darkness, dark, gloomy (rare but class.):

    esse sensus non obscuros sed tenebricosos,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73:

    popina,

    id. Pis. 8, 18:

    libidines,

    id. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    tenebricosissimum tempus,

    id. Vatin. 5, 11:

    iter,

    Cat. 3, 11:

    locus angustus et tenebricosus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19.

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  • 91 tenebricus

    tĕnē̆brĭcus, a, um, adj. [tenebrae], dark, gloomy (very rare): nam te in tenebricā saepe lacerabo fame Clausum, Pac. ap. Non. 179, 14 (Trag. Rel. v. 158 Rib.):

    Tartarea tenebrica plaga, * Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: vestis,

    dark, black, Tert. Pall. 4 fin.

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  • 92 tenebrosum

    tĕnē̆brōsus, a, um, adj. [tenebrae], dark, gloomy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aëra dimovit tenebrosum et dispu lit umbras,

    Verg. A. 5, 839:

    palus,

    id. ib. 6, 107:

    Tartara,

    Ov. M. 1, 113:

    sedes,

    id. ib. 5, 359:

    specus tenebroso caecus hiatu,

    id. ib. 7, 409:

    carcer,

    Luc. 2, 79:

    balnea Grylli,

    Mart. 1, 60, 3 (cf. id. 2, 14, 13):

    caeruleo tenebrosa situ,

    Val. Fl. 3, 400:

    silentia,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 329. — Comp.:

    carcer,

    Tert. Anim. 1 fin. — Subst.: tĕnē̆brōsum, i, n., the dark, Lact. 7, 4, 12; and plur.:

    in tenebrosis,

    Vulg. Thren. 3, 6. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    cor,

    Prud. Apoth. 195:

    tenebrosissimus error,

    Cod. Just. 6, 43, 3 med.
    * Adv.: tĕnē̆brōsē, darkly, Hier. in Ion. 4, 6 (with occulte).

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  • 93 tenebrosus

    tĕnē̆brōsus, a, um, adj. [tenebrae], dark, gloomy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aëra dimovit tenebrosum et dispu lit umbras,

    Verg. A. 5, 839:

    palus,

    id. ib. 6, 107:

    Tartara,

    Ov. M. 1, 113:

    sedes,

    id. ib. 5, 359:

    specus tenebroso caecus hiatu,

    id. ib. 7, 409:

    carcer,

    Luc. 2, 79:

    balnea Grylli,

    Mart. 1, 60, 3 (cf. id. 2, 14, 13):

    caeruleo tenebrosa situ,

    Val. Fl. 3, 400:

    silentia,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 329. — Comp.:

    carcer,

    Tert. Anim. 1 fin. — Subst.: tĕnē̆brōsum, i, n., the dark, Lact. 7, 4, 12; and plur.:

    in tenebrosis,

    Vulg. Thren. 3, 6. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    cor,

    Prud. Apoth. 195:

    tenebrosissimus error,

    Cod. Just. 6, 43, 3 med.
    * Adv.: tĕnē̆brōsē, darkly, Hier. in Ion. 4, 6 (with occulte).

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  • 94 torva

    torvus, a, um, adj. [perh. for torg-vus; Sanscr. root targ-, to threaten], orig. of the eyes, staring, keen, piercing, wild, stern; hence, in gen., wild, fierce, grim, gloomy, savage, in aspect or character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: trux, truculentus, ferus): ille tuens oculis immitem Phinea torvis, Ov. M. 5, 92:

    oculi,

    Quint. 11, 3, 75; Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 6:

    cernimus astantes lumine torvo Aetnaeos fratres,

    Verg. A. 3, 677; so,

    lumine,

    Ov. M. 9, 27; and absol.:

    aspicit hanc torvis (sc. oculis),

    id. ib. 6, 34:

    vultus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 12; Sen. Ira, 2, 35, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 43; 11, 3, 160:

    facies,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 3:

    forma minantis,

    Ov. P. 2, 8, 22:

    aspectus (equi),

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 optima torvae Forma bovis, Verg. G. 3, 51:

    frons (Polyphemi),

    Verg. A. 3, 636:

    torvi cymba senis,

    Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 24: feroci ingenio torvus praegrandi gradu, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355:

    torvu' draco serpit, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: angues,

    Verg. A. 6, 571:

    leaena,

    id. E. 2, 63:

    aper,

    Prop. 2, 3, 6:

    taurus,

    Ov. M. 8, 132:

    juvencus,

    id. ib. 6, 115;

    10, 237: Medusa,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 309:

    Mars,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

    Ister (as a horned river-god),

    Val. Fl. 8, 218 et saep.: ferox et torva confidentia, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355 Müll.; cf.

    proclia,

    Cat. 66, 20:

    vina,

    i. e. harsh, sharp, tart, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 213.— Comp.:

    voce hominis et tuba rudore torvior,

    App. Flor 3, p. 357.— Sup.:

    leonis torvissima facies,

    Arn. 6, p. 196.—
    (β).
    torvum and torva, adverb., fiercely, sternly, sharply, etc.:

    torvumque repente Clamat,

    Verg. A. 7, 399:

    torvum lacrimans,

    Stat. Th. 12, 127:

    torva tuens,

    Verg. A. 6, 467; Val. Fl. 2, 255. — Adv.: torvĭter, sharply, severely, sternly (ante-class.): aliquem increpare, Enn. ap. Non. 516, 16 (Ann. v. 79 Vahl.); Pomp. ap. Non. 516, 15 (Com. Fragm. v. 18 Rib.).

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  • 95 torvum

    torvus, a, um, adj. [perh. for torg-vus; Sanscr. root targ-, to threaten], orig. of the eyes, staring, keen, piercing, wild, stern; hence, in gen., wild, fierce, grim, gloomy, savage, in aspect or character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: trux, truculentus, ferus): ille tuens oculis immitem Phinea torvis, Ov. M. 5, 92:

    oculi,

    Quint. 11, 3, 75; Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 6:

    cernimus astantes lumine torvo Aetnaeos fratres,

    Verg. A. 3, 677; so,

    lumine,

    Ov. M. 9, 27; and absol.:

    aspicit hanc torvis (sc. oculis),

    id. ib. 6, 34:

    vultus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 12; Sen. Ira, 2, 35, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 43; 11, 3, 160:

    facies,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 3:

    forma minantis,

    Ov. P. 2, 8, 22:

    aspectus (equi),

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 optima torvae Forma bovis, Verg. G. 3, 51:

    frons (Polyphemi),

    Verg. A. 3, 636:

    torvi cymba senis,

    Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 24: feroci ingenio torvus praegrandi gradu, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355:

    torvu' draco serpit, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: angues,

    Verg. A. 6, 571:

    leaena,

    id. E. 2, 63:

    aper,

    Prop. 2, 3, 6:

    taurus,

    Ov. M. 8, 132:

    juvencus,

    id. ib. 6, 115;

    10, 237: Medusa,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 309:

    Mars,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

    Ister (as a horned river-god),

    Val. Fl. 8, 218 et saep.: ferox et torva confidentia, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355 Müll.; cf.

    proclia,

    Cat. 66, 20:

    vina,

    i. e. harsh, sharp, tart, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 213.— Comp.:

    voce hominis et tuba rudore torvior,

    App. Flor 3, p. 357.— Sup.:

    leonis torvissima facies,

    Arn. 6, p. 196.—
    (β).
    torvum and torva, adverb., fiercely, sternly, sharply, etc.:

    torvumque repente Clamat,

    Verg. A. 7, 399:

    torvum lacrimans,

    Stat. Th. 12, 127:

    torva tuens,

    Verg. A. 6, 467; Val. Fl. 2, 255. — Adv.: torvĭter, sharply, severely, sternly (ante-class.): aliquem increpare, Enn. ap. Non. 516, 16 (Ann. v. 79 Vahl.); Pomp. ap. Non. 516, 15 (Com. Fragm. v. 18 Rib.).

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  • 96 torvus

    torvus, a, um, adj. [perh. for torg-vus; Sanscr. root targ-, to threaten], orig. of the eyes, staring, keen, piercing, wild, stern; hence, in gen., wild, fierce, grim, gloomy, savage, in aspect or character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: trux, truculentus, ferus): ille tuens oculis immitem Phinea torvis, Ov. M. 5, 92:

    oculi,

    Quint. 11, 3, 75; Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 6:

    cernimus astantes lumine torvo Aetnaeos fratres,

    Verg. A. 3, 677; so,

    lumine,

    Ov. M. 9, 27; and absol.:

    aspicit hanc torvis (sc. oculis),

    id. ib. 6, 34:

    vultus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 12; Sen. Ira, 2, 35, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 43; 11, 3, 160:

    facies,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 3:

    forma minantis,

    Ov. P. 2, 8, 22:

    aspectus (equi),

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 optima torvae Forma bovis, Verg. G. 3, 51:

    frons (Polyphemi),

    Verg. A. 3, 636:

    torvi cymba senis,

    Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 24: feroci ingenio torvus praegrandi gradu, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355:

    torvu' draco serpit, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: angues,

    Verg. A. 6, 571:

    leaena,

    id. E. 2, 63:

    aper,

    Prop. 2, 3, 6:

    taurus,

    Ov. M. 8, 132:

    juvencus,

    id. ib. 6, 115;

    10, 237: Medusa,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 309:

    Mars,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

    Ister (as a horned river-god),

    Val. Fl. 8, 218 et saep.: ferox et torva confidentia, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355 Müll.; cf.

    proclia,

    Cat. 66, 20:

    vina,

    i. e. harsh, sharp, tart, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 213.— Comp.:

    voce hominis et tuba rudore torvior,

    App. Flor 3, p. 357.— Sup.:

    leonis torvissima facies,

    Arn. 6, p. 196.—
    (β).
    torvum and torva, adverb., fiercely, sternly, sharply, etc.:

    torvumque repente Clamat,

    Verg. A. 7, 399:

    torvum lacrimans,

    Stat. Th. 12, 127:

    torva tuens,

    Verg. A. 6, 467; Val. Fl. 2, 255. — Adv.: torvĭter, sharply, severely, sternly (ante-class.): aliquem increpare, Enn. ap. Non. 516, 16 (Ann. v. 79 Vahl.); Pomp. ap. Non. 516, 15 (Com. Fragm. v. 18 Rib.).

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