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  • 61 gravis

    grăvis, e, adj. [Sanscr. gurus (root gar-); Gr. barus, heavy; gravis, for gar-uis; cf. also Brutus]. With respect to weight, heavy, weighty, ponderous, burdensome; or pass., loaded, laden, burdened (opp. levis, light; in most of its significations corresp. to the Gr. barus; cf. onerosus, onerarius).
    I.
    Lit. Absol. or with abl.
    1.
    In gen.: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; so,

    tellus,

    Ov. M. 7, 355:

    corpora,

    Lucr. 2, 225 sq.; cf. id. 5, 450 sq.:

    limus,

    id. 5, 496:

    in eo etiam cavillatus est, aestate grave esse aureum amiculum, hieme frigidum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

    navigia,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

    tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci pondere,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17:

    cum gravius dorso (aselli) subiit onus,

    id. S. 1, 9, 21:

    sarcina,

    id. Ep. 1, 13, 6: inflexi grave robur aratri, Verg. G. 1, 162:

    cujus (tibicinae) Ad strepitum salias terrae gravis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26: terra, burdened (by the heavy body), Ov. M. 12, 118:

    naves hostilibus spoliis graves,

    heavily laden, Liv. 29, 35, 5; cf.:

    agmen grave praedā,

    id. 21, 5, 8;

    for which also simply: grave agmen,

    id. 31, 39, 2:

    miles,

    heavy-armed, Tac. A. 12, 35:

    gravis aere dextra,

    Verg. E. 1, 36:

    cum fatalis equus saltu super ardua venit Pergama et armatum peditem gravis attulit alvo,

    i. e. filled, full, id. A. 6, 516 (an imitation of Maximo saltu superavit Gravidus armatis equus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; v. gravidus, II. b):

    graves imbre nubes,

    Liv. 28, 15, 11:

    graves fructu vites,

    Quint. 8, 3, 8:

    gravis vinculis,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 10.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With respect to value or number, heavy, great. So, aes grave, heavy money, money of the oldest standard, in which an as weighed a full pound: grave aes dictum a pondere, quia deni asses, singuli pondo libras, efficiebant denarium, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.:

    et quia nondum argentum signatum erat, aes grave plaustris quidam (ex patribus) ad aerarium convehentes, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 60, 6; 10, 46, 5; 22, 33, 2 et saep.:

    populus Romanus ne argento quidem signato ante Pyrrhum regem devictum usus est: librales appendebantur asses. Quare aeris gravis poena dicta,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 42: argentum, i. e. uncoined = rude:

    placet argentum grave rustici patris sine ullo opere et nomine artificis,

    Sen. Tranq. 1, 4:

    notavit aliquos, quod pecunias levioribus usuris mutuati graviore fenore collocassent,

    at a higher rate, Suet. Aug. 39; cf.:

    in graviore annona,

    id. ib. 25: grave pretium, a high price, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 25.—With respect to number: graves pavonum greges, great or numerous flocks, Varr. ap. Non. 314, 31. —
    b.
    For the usual gravidus, with young, pregnant ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    regina sacerdos Marte gravis,

    Verg. A. 1, 274; cf.

    uterus (shortly after: gravidus tumet venter),

    Ov. M. 10, 495:

    balaenae utero graves (shortly before, gravidae),

    Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of hearing or sound, deep, grave, low, bass (opp. acutus, treble):

    vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. id. ib. 3, 57, 216:

    qui (sonus) acuta cum gravibus temperans, varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 17; 42: sonus, 2, 8, 15; 5, 10, 125; 11, 3, 41; Ov. M. 12, 203:

    tenor,

    Quint. 1, 5, 26:

    syllaba,

    i. e. unaccented, id. 1, 5, 22 sq.; 12, 10, 33.—
    2.
    Of smell or flavor, strong, unpleasant, offensive:

    an gravis hirsutis cubet hircus in alis,

    rank, Hor. Epod. 12, 5:

    chelydri,

    Verg. G. 3, 415:

    ellebori,

    id. ib. 3, 451:

    odor calthae,

    strong, Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28; cf.:

    herba odore suaviter gravi,

    id. 25, 9, 70, § 118; cf.

    117: habrotonum odore jucunde gravi floret,

    id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: absynthium ut bibam gravem, i. e. bitter, Varr. ap. Non. 19, 27, and 314, 14.—
    3.
    Of the state of the body or health, gross, indigestible, unwholesome, noxious, severe; sick:

    (Cleanthes) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24; so,

    genera cibi graviora,

    Cels. 2, 18:

    gravissima bubula (caro),

    id. ib.:

    pisces gravissimi,

    id. ib.:

    neque ex salubri loco in gravem, neque ex gravi in salubrem transitus satis tutus est,

    id. 1, 3; cf.:

    solum caelumque juxta grave,

    Tac. H. 5, 7:

    solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra,

    Verg. E. 10, 75:

    anni tempore gravissimo et caloribus maximis,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

    gravis auctumnus in Apulia circumque Brundisium ex saluberrimis Galliae et Hispaniae regionibus, omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

    grave tempus et forte annus pestilens erat urbi agrisque,

    Liv. 3, 6, 1; cf. also id. 3, 8, 1:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 377:

    morbo gravis,

    sick, id. ib. 3, 95; cf.:

    gravis vulnere,

    Liv. 21, 48, 4:

    aetate et viribus gravior,

    id. 2, 19, 6:

    gravior de vulnere,

    Val. Fl. 6, 65:

    non insueta graves tentabunt pabula fetas,

    sick, feeble, Verg. E. 1, 50; so absol.:

    aut abit in somnum gravis,

    heavy, languid, Lucr. 3, 1066.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In a bad sense, heavy, burdensome, oppressive, troublesome, grievous, painful, hard, harsh, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant (syn.: molestus, difficilis, arduus): qui labores morte finisset graves, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115:

    quod numquam tibi senectutem gravem esse senserim... quibus nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum, iis omnis aetas gravis est,

    Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf.:

    onus officii,

    id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; id. Rep. 1, 23:

    et facilior et minus aliis gravis aut molesta vita est otiosorum,

    id. Off. 1, 21, 70; id. Rep. 1, 4:

    miserior graviorque fortuna,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:

    haec si gravia aut acerba videantur, multo illa gravius aestimare debere, etc.,

    id. ib. 7, 14 fin.:

    velim si tibi grave non erit, me certiorem facias,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2:

    grave est homini pudenti petere aliquid magnum,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 4:

    est in populum Romanum grave, non posse, etc.,

    id. Balb. 7, 24:

    verbum gravius,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

    ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret... quod si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 1 and 4:

    gravissimum supplicium,

    id. ib. 1, 31, 15:

    habemus senatusconsultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    edictum,

    Liv. 29, 21, 5:

    gravioribus bellis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 40:

    gravis esse alicui,

    id. Fam. 13, 76, 2; cf.:

    adversarius imperii,

    id. Off. 3, 22, 86:

    gravior hostis,

    Liv. 10, 18, 6:

    senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant, ne sint iis odiosi et graves,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

    gravis popularibus esse coepit,

    Liv. 44, 30, 5.—Prov.:

    gravis malae conscientiae lux est,

    Sen. Ep. 122.—
    B.
    In a good sense, weighty, important, grave; with respect to character, of weight or authority, eminent, venerable, great:

    numquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

    quod apud omnes leve et infirmum est, id apud judicem grave et sanctum esse ducetur?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

    ea (honestas) certe omni pondere gravior habenda est quam reliqua omnia,

    id. Off. 3, 8, 35; id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    cum gravibus seriisque rebus satisfecerimus,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 103:

    auctoritas clarissimi viri et in rei publicae maximis gravissimisque causis cogniti,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf. causa, Lucil. ap. Non. 315, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 3; Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4:

    gravius erit tuum unum verbum ad eam rem, quam centum mea,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 107:

    ut potentia senatus atque auctoritas minueretur: quae tamen gravis et magna remanebat,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    sententiis non tam gravibus et severis quam concinnis et venustis,

    id. Brut. 95, 325:

    gravior oratio,

    id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:

    nihil sibi gravius esse faciendum, quam ut, etc.,

    id. Clu. 6, 16:

    inceptis gravibus et magna professis,

    Hor. A. P. 14:

    exemplum grave praebet ales, etc.,

    id. C. 4, 11, 26:

    non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloria clariores, aut auctoritate graviores, aut humanitate politiores,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:

    et esse et videri omnium gravissimus et severissimus,

    id. ib. 2, 56, 228:

    homo prudens et gravis,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 38:

    neque oratio abhorrens a persona hominis gravissimi,

    id. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

    auctor,

    id. Pis. 6, 14:

    testis,

    id. Fam. 2, 2:

    non idem apud graves viros, quod leviores (decet),

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    vir bonus et gravis,

    id. 11, 3, 184:

    gravissimi sapientiae magistri,

    id. 12, 1, 36:

    tum pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere,

    Verg. A. 1, 151:

    gravissima civitas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3:

    gravem atque opulentam civitatem vineis et pluteis cepit,

    an important city, Liv. 34, 17, 12.— Hence, adv.: grăvĭter.
    1.
    Weightily, heavily, ponderously (very rare):

    aëra per purum graviter simulacra feruntur,

    Lucr. 4, 302; cf.:

    graviter cadere,

    id. 1, 741; Ov. P. 1, 7, 49.—
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    Of tones, deeply:

    natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18; Lucr. 4, 543.—Far more freq.,
    (β).
    Vehemently, strongly, violently:

    graviter crepuerunt fores,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52; so,

    spirantibus flabris,

    Lucr. 6, 428; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 2:

    pertentat tremor terras,

    Lucr. 6, 287:

    ferire aliquem,

    Verg. A. 12, 295:

    conquassari omnia,

    Lucr. 5, 105; cf.:

    quae gravissime afflictae erant naves,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 31, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Vehemently, violently, deeply, severely; harshly, unpleasantly, disagreeably:

    graviter aegrotare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32:

    se habere,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 3:

    neque is sum, qui gravissime ex vobis mortis periculo terrear,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 2:

    gravissime dolere,

    id. ib. 5, 54 fin.:

    quem ego amarem graviter,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.: placere occoepit graviter, postquam est mortua, [p. 829] Caecil. ap. Non. 314, 19:

    tibi edepol iratus sum graviter,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2:

    cives gravissime dissentientes,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27:

    si me meis civibus injuria suspectum tam graviter atque offensum viderem,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

    graviter angi,

    id. Lael. 3, 10:

    tulit hoc commune dedecus jam familiae graviter filius,

    with chagrin, vexation, id. Clu. 6, 16; cf.:

    graviter et acerbe aliquid ferre,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:

    graviter accipere aliquid,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf.:

    adolescentulus saepe eadem et graviter audiendo victus est,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 62:

    nolo in illum gravius dicere,

    more harshly, id. Ad. 1, 2, 60; cf.:

    de amplissimis viris gravissime acerbissimeque decernitur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4; id. B. G. 3, 16, 4; cf.

    also: severe et graviter et prisce agere,

    Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

    ut non gravius accepturi viderentur, si nuntiarentur omnibus eo loco mortem oppetendam esse,

    more sorrowfully, Liv. 9, 4, 6.—
    b.
    In an impressive or dignified manner, impressively, gravely, seriously, with propriety or dignity:

    his de rebus tantis tamque atrocibus neque satis me commode dicere neque satis graviter conqueri neque satis libere vociferari posse intelligo. Nam commoditati ingenium, gravitati aetas, libertati tempora sunt impedimento,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:

    (Scipio) utrumque egit graviter,

    with dignity, id. Lael. 21, 77:

    res gestas narrare graviter,

    id. Or. 9, 30; cf.:

    locum graviter et copiose tractare,

    id. Fin. 4, 2, 5.

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  • 62 impendo

    impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

    non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

    nummos in navem,

    Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

    pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

    ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

    HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

    Suet. Claud. 9:

    istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

    nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    certus sumptus impenditur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

    121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

    Liv. 6, 15, 9:

    quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

    lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

    impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

    Vell. 2, 89:

    vitam usui alicujus,

    Tac. A. 12, 65:

    vitam patriae,

    Luc. 2, 382:

    vitam famae,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

    biennium libris componendis,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

    tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

    Quint. 3, 6, 21:

    vim suam in plura,

    id. 1, 12, 2:

    operam, curam in aliquid,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    nihil sanguinis in socios,

    Ov. M. 13, 266:

    quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

    omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

    Verg. G. 3, 124:

    hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

    Petr. 1:

    quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

    id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

    tantum laboris studiis,

    id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

    aliquem exemplo,

    to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

    verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

    Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,
    1.
    impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.
    A.
    Lit.:

    impenso pretio,

    i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

    impenso,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—
    B.
    Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

    in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

    Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

    voluntas erga aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 44, 3:

    libido,

    Lucr. 5, 964:

    studium,

    Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

    opera,

    Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

    impensior cura,

    Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

    verbis laudare,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

    injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

    Gell. 20, 1, 32:

    vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

    larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

    nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

    more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

    preces,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).
    a.
    At great cost, expensively:

    impensius unge, puer, caules,

    Pers. 6, 68:

    bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

    Suet. Dom. 20. —
    b.
    Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).
    (α).
    With verbs:

    illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

    aliquid impense cupere,

    id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

    retinere,

    Liv. 40, 35, 7:

    petere,

    Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

    demirari,

    Gell. 9, 9, 15:

    atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

    id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

    eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

    agere gratias,

    Liv. 37, 56, 10:

    consulere,

    Verg. A. 12, 20:

    venerari numina,

    Ov. M. 6, 314:

    instare,

    id. ib. 7, 323:

    crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 40, 2:

    accendi certamina in castris,

    id. 4, 46, 2.—
    (β).
    With adjj.:

    impense improbus,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    impense doctus,

    Gell. 13, 10, 4.—
    2.
    impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).
    A.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

    impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

    quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

    Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

    nullam impensam fecerant,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

    arationes magna impensa tueri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

    columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

    145: sine impensa,

    id. Rep. 2, 14:

    exigua,

    Suet. Vesp. 18:

    publica,

    id. Claud. 6:

    matris ac vitrici,

    id. Tib. 7:

    sua,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

    nostra,

    Ov. H. 7, 188:

    quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

    Liv. 44, 23, 1:

    haec nimia est inpensa,

    Juv. 12, 97:

    finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

    id. 7, 138:

    parcere impensae,

    to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

    atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

    ludorum ac munerum,

    Suet. Tib. 34:

    operum ac munerum,

    id. Dom. 12:

    itineris,

    id. Vit. 7:

    cenarum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

    publicae,

    Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

    nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

    i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

    inpensas conferre,

    to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —
    B.
    Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).
    a.
    In gen.:

    cruoris,

    Ov. M. 8, 63:

    operum,

    Verg. A. 11, 228:

    officiorum,

    Liv. 37, 53, 12. —
    b.
    In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

    of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

    Arn. 7, 231;

    of sacrifices,

    Petr. 137;

    of masonry,

    Pall. 1, 13.

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  • 63 ingens

    ingens, tis, adj. [2. in-genus, gens, that goes beyond its kind or species, qs. uncouth, monstrous], of immoderate size, vast, huge, prodigious, enormous; great, remarkable: magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi? Gn. Ingentes, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1 (cf.:

    satis erat respondere magnas: ingentes inquit, semper auget assentator,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 98):

    ingens immanisque praeda,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

    ingens immensusque campus,

    id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

    pecunia,

    an exorbitant sum, id. Div. in Caecil. 10 init.; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

    aquae,

    Liv. 35, 9, 2:

    aequor,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 32:

    pinus,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

    exitus Istri,

    Val. Fl. 8, 185:

    clamor,

    Liv. 2, 23, 7:

    gloria,

    id. 2, 22, 6:

    virtus atque animus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 103:

    ingentia facta,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 6:

    vir,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 441: ingens aliquā re, great, remarkable, distinguished in any respect:

    vir famā ingens, ingentior armis,

    Verg. A. 11, 124:

    gloriā,

    Tac. A. 11, 10:

    viribus opibusque,

    id. H. 1, 61:

    eloquio,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 71.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    ingens virium atque animi,

    Sall. H. 3, 13 Dietsch: femina [p. 951] ingens animi, Tac. A. 1, 69:

    vir ingens rerum,

    id. H. 4, 66.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    ingens ferre mala,

    Sil. 10, 216.— Comp. ( poet.), Verg. A. 11, 124.—
    II.
    Trop., great, strong, powerful:

    senatus,

    Sil. 11, 67:

    Paulus,

    id. 17, 298:

    ingentis spiritus vir,

    Liv. 21, 1, 5:

    cui genus a proavis ingens,

    Verg. A. 12, 225.

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  • 64 inpendo

    impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

    non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

    nummos in navem,

    Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

    pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

    ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

    HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

    Suet. Claud. 9:

    istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

    nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    certus sumptus impenditur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

    121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

    Liv. 6, 15, 9:

    quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

    lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

    impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

    Vell. 2, 89:

    vitam usui alicujus,

    Tac. A. 12, 65:

    vitam patriae,

    Luc. 2, 382:

    vitam famae,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

    biennium libris componendis,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

    tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

    Quint. 3, 6, 21:

    vim suam in plura,

    id. 1, 12, 2:

    operam, curam in aliquid,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    nihil sanguinis in socios,

    Ov. M. 13, 266:

    quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

    omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

    Verg. G. 3, 124:

    hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

    Petr. 1:

    quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

    id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

    tantum laboris studiis,

    id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

    aliquem exemplo,

    to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

    verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

    Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,
    1.
    impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.
    A.
    Lit.:

    impenso pretio,

    i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

    impenso,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—
    B.
    Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

    in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

    Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

    voluntas erga aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 44, 3:

    libido,

    Lucr. 5, 964:

    studium,

    Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

    opera,

    Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

    impensior cura,

    Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

    verbis laudare,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

    injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

    Gell. 20, 1, 32:

    vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

    larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

    nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

    more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

    preces,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).
    a.
    At great cost, expensively:

    impensius unge, puer, caules,

    Pers. 6, 68:

    bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

    Suet. Dom. 20. —
    b.
    Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).
    (α).
    With verbs:

    illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

    aliquid impense cupere,

    id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

    retinere,

    Liv. 40, 35, 7:

    petere,

    Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

    demirari,

    Gell. 9, 9, 15:

    atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

    id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

    eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

    agere gratias,

    Liv. 37, 56, 10:

    consulere,

    Verg. A. 12, 20:

    venerari numina,

    Ov. M. 6, 314:

    instare,

    id. ib. 7, 323:

    crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 40, 2:

    accendi certamina in castris,

    id. 4, 46, 2.—
    (β).
    With adjj.:

    impense improbus,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    impense doctus,

    Gell. 13, 10, 4.—
    2.
    impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).
    A.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

    impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

    quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

    Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

    nullam impensam fecerant,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

    arationes magna impensa tueri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

    columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

    145: sine impensa,

    id. Rep. 2, 14:

    exigua,

    Suet. Vesp. 18:

    publica,

    id. Claud. 6:

    matris ac vitrici,

    id. Tib. 7:

    sua,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

    nostra,

    Ov. H. 7, 188:

    quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

    Liv. 44, 23, 1:

    haec nimia est inpensa,

    Juv. 12, 97:

    finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

    id. 7, 138:

    parcere impensae,

    to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

    atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

    ludorum ac munerum,

    Suet. Tib. 34:

    operum ac munerum,

    id. Dom. 12:

    itineris,

    id. Vit. 7:

    cenarum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

    publicae,

    Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

    nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

    i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

    inpensas conferre,

    to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —
    B.
    Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).
    a.
    In gen.:

    cruoris,

    Ov. M. 8, 63:

    operum,

    Verg. A. 11, 228:

    officiorum,

    Liv. 37, 53, 12. —
    b.
    In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

    of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

    Arn. 7, 231;

    of sacrifices,

    Petr. 137;

    of masonry,

    Pall. 1, 13.

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  • 65 inpensa

    impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

    non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

    nummos in navem,

    Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

    pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

    ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

    HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

    Suet. Claud. 9:

    istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

    nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    certus sumptus impenditur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

    121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

    Liv. 6, 15, 9:

    quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

    lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

    impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

    Vell. 2, 89:

    vitam usui alicujus,

    Tac. A. 12, 65:

    vitam patriae,

    Luc. 2, 382:

    vitam famae,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

    biennium libris componendis,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

    tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

    Quint. 3, 6, 21:

    vim suam in plura,

    id. 1, 12, 2:

    operam, curam in aliquid,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    nihil sanguinis in socios,

    Ov. M. 13, 266:

    quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

    omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

    Verg. G. 3, 124:

    hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

    Petr. 1:

    quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

    id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

    tantum laboris studiis,

    id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

    aliquem exemplo,

    to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

    verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

    Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,
    1.
    impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.
    A.
    Lit.:

    impenso pretio,

    i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

    impenso,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—
    B.
    Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

    in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

    Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

    voluntas erga aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 44, 3:

    libido,

    Lucr. 5, 964:

    studium,

    Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

    opera,

    Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

    impensior cura,

    Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

    verbis laudare,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

    injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

    Gell. 20, 1, 32:

    vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

    larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

    nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

    more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

    preces,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).
    a.
    At great cost, expensively:

    impensius unge, puer, caules,

    Pers. 6, 68:

    bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

    Suet. Dom. 20. —
    b.
    Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).
    (α).
    With verbs:

    illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

    aliquid impense cupere,

    id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

    retinere,

    Liv. 40, 35, 7:

    petere,

    Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

    demirari,

    Gell. 9, 9, 15:

    atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

    id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

    eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

    agere gratias,

    Liv. 37, 56, 10:

    consulere,

    Verg. A. 12, 20:

    venerari numina,

    Ov. M. 6, 314:

    instare,

    id. ib. 7, 323:

    crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 40, 2:

    accendi certamina in castris,

    id. 4, 46, 2.—
    (β).
    With adjj.:

    impense improbus,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    impense doctus,

    Gell. 13, 10, 4.—
    2.
    impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).
    A.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

    impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

    quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

    Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

    nullam impensam fecerant,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

    arationes magna impensa tueri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

    columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

    145: sine impensa,

    id. Rep. 2, 14:

    exigua,

    Suet. Vesp. 18:

    publica,

    id. Claud. 6:

    matris ac vitrici,

    id. Tib. 7:

    sua,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

    nostra,

    Ov. H. 7, 188:

    quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

    Liv. 44, 23, 1:

    haec nimia est inpensa,

    Juv. 12, 97:

    finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

    id. 7, 138:

    parcere impensae,

    to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

    atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

    ludorum ac munerum,

    Suet. Tib. 34:

    operum ac munerum,

    id. Dom. 12:

    itineris,

    id. Vit. 7:

    cenarum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

    publicae,

    Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

    nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

    i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

    inpensas conferre,

    to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —
    B.
    Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).
    a.
    In gen.:

    cruoris,

    Ov. M. 8, 63:

    operum,

    Verg. A. 11, 228:

    officiorum,

    Liv. 37, 53, 12. —
    b.
    In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

    of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

    Arn. 7, 231;

    of sacrifices,

    Petr. 137;

    of masonry,

    Pall. 1, 13.

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  • 66 inpense

    impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

    non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

    nummos in navem,

    Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

    pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

    ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

    HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

    Suet. Claud. 9:

    istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

    nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    certus sumptus impenditur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

    121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

    Liv. 6, 15, 9:

    quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

    lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

    impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

    Vell. 2, 89:

    vitam usui alicujus,

    Tac. A. 12, 65:

    vitam patriae,

    Luc. 2, 382:

    vitam famae,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

    biennium libris componendis,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

    tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

    Quint. 3, 6, 21:

    vim suam in plura,

    id. 1, 12, 2:

    operam, curam in aliquid,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    nihil sanguinis in socios,

    Ov. M. 13, 266:

    quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

    omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

    Verg. G. 3, 124:

    hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

    Petr. 1:

    quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

    id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

    tantum laboris studiis,

    id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

    aliquem exemplo,

    to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

    verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

    Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,
    1.
    impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.
    A.
    Lit.:

    impenso pretio,

    i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

    impenso,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—
    B.
    Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

    in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

    Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

    voluntas erga aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 44, 3:

    libido,

    Lucr. 5, 964:

    studium,

    Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

    opera,

    Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

    impensior cura,

    Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

    verbis laudare,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

    injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

    Gell. 20, 1, 32:

    vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

    larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

    nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

    more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

    preces,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).
    a.
    At great cost, expensively:

    impensius unge, puer, caules,

    Pers. 6, 68:

    bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

    Suet. Dom. 20. —
    b.
    Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).
    (α).
    With verbs:

    illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

    aliquid impense cupere,

    id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

    retinere,

    Liv. 40, 35, 7:

    petere,

    Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

    demirari,

    Gell. 9, 9, 15:

    atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

    id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

    eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

    agere gratias,

    Liv. 37, 56, 10:

    consulere,

    Verg. A. 12, 20:

    venerari numina,

    Ov. M. 6, 314:

    instare,

    id. ib. 7, 323:

    crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 40, 2:

    accendi certamina in castris,

    id. 4, 46, 2.—
    (β).
    With adjj.:

    impense improbus,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    impense doctus,

    Gell. 13, 10, 4.—
    2.
    impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).
    A.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

    impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

    quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

    Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

    nullam impensam fecerant,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

    arationes magna impensa tueri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

    columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

    145: sine impensa,

    id. Rep. 2, 14:

    exigua,

    Suet. Vesp. 18:

    publica,

    id. Claud. 6:

    matris ac vitrici,

    id. Tib. 7:

    sua,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

    nostra,

    Ov. H. 7, 188:

    quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

    Liv. 44, 23, 1:

    haec nimia est inpensa,

    Juv. 12, 97:

    finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

    id. 7, 138:

    parcere impensae,

    to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

    atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

    ludorum ac munerum,

    Suet. Tib. 34:

    operum ac munerum,

    id. Dom. 12:

    itineris,

    id. Vit. 7:

    cenarum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

    publicae,

    Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

    nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

    i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

    inpensas conferre,

    to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —
    B.
    Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).
    a.
    In gen.:

    cruoris,

    Ov. M. 8, 63:

    operum,

    Verg. A. 11, 228:

    officiorum,

    Liv. 37, 53, 12. —
    b.
    In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

    of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

    Arn. 7, 231;

    of sacrifices,

    Petr. 137;

    of masonry,

    Pall. 1, 13.

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  • 67 inpensus

    impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

    non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

    nummos in navem,

    Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

    pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

    ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

    HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

    Suet. Claud. 9:

    istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

    nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    certus sumptus impenditur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

    121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

    Liv. 6, 15, 9:

    quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

    lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

    impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

    Vell. 2, 89:

    vitam usui alicujus,

    Tac. A. 12, 65:

    vitam patriae,

    Luc. 2, 382:

    vitam famae,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

    biennium libris componendis,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

    tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

    Quint. 3, 6, 21:

    vim suam in plura,

    id. 1, 12, 2:

    operam, curam in aliquid,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    nihil sanguinis in socios,

    Ov. M. 13, 266:

    quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

    omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

    Verg. G. 3, 124:

    hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

    Petr. 1:

    quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

    id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

    tantum laboris studiis,

    id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

    aliquem exemplo,

    to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

    verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

    Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,
    1.
    impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.
    A.
    Lit.:

    impenso pretio,

    i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

    impenso,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—
    B.
    Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

    in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

    Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

    voluntas erga aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 44, 3:

    libido,

    Lucr. 5, 964:

    studium,

    Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

    opera,

    Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

    impensior cura,

    Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

    verbis laudare,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

    injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

    Gell. 20, 1, 32:

    vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

    larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

    nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

    more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

    preces,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).
    a.
    At great cost, expensively:

    impensius unge, puer, caules,

    Pers. 6, 68:

    bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

    Suet. Dom. 20. —
    b.
    Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).
    (α).
    With verbs:

    illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

    aliquid impense cupere,

    id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

    retinere,

    Liv. 40, 35, 7:

    petere,

    Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

    demirari,

    Gell. 9, 9, 15:

    atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

    id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

    eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

    agere gratias,

    Liv. 37, 56, 10:

    consulere,

    Verg. A. 12, 20:

    venerari numina,

    Ov. M. 6, 314:

    instare,

    id. ib. 7, 323:

    crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 40, 2:

    accendi certamina in castris,

    id. 4, 46, 2.—
    (β).
    With adjj.:

    impense improbus,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    impense doctus,

    Gell. 13, 10, 4.—
    2.
    impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).
    A.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

    impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

    quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

    Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

    nullam impensam fecerant,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

    arationes magna impensa tueri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

    columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

    145: sine impensa,

    id. Rep. 2, 14:

    exigua,

    Suet. Vesp. 18:

    publica,

    id. Claud. 6:

    matris ac vitrici,

    id. Tib. 7:

    sua,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

    nostra,

    Ov. H. 7, 188:

    quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

    Liv. 44, 23, 1:

    haec nimia est inpensa,

    Juv. 12, 97:

    finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

    id. 7, 138:

    parcere impensae,

    to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

    atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

    ludorum ac munerum,

    Suet. Tib. 34:

    operum ac munerum,

    id. Dom. 12:

    itineris,

    id. Vit. 7:

    cenarum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

    publicae,

    Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

    nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

    i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

    inpensas conferre,

    to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —
    B.
    Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).
    a.
    In gen.:

    cruoris,

    Ov. M. 8, 63:

    operum,

    Verg. A. 11, 228:

    officiorum,

    Liv. 37, 53, 12. —
    b.
    In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

    of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

    Arn. 7, 231;

    of sacrifices,

    Petr. 137;

    of masonry,

    Pall. 1, 13.

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  • 68 magnificus

    magnĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. ( comp. magnificentior; sup. magnificentissimus; v. in the foll.; old form of comp. magnificior, acc. to Fest. p. 154 Müll., and sup. magnificissimus, acc. to Fest. p. 151; so in the adv. magnificissime, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 603 P.) [magnus-facio], great in deeds or in sentiment, noble, distinguished, eminent, august, great in soul, high-minded (cf. splendidus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In a good sense (class.):

    vir factis magnificus,

    Liv. 1, 10:

    Rhodiorum civitas magna atque magnifica,

    great, glorious, Sall. C. 51:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 79:

    cives in suppliciis deorum magnifici, domi parci,

    magnificent, splendid, grand, fond of splendor, Sall. C. 9:

    elegans, non magnificus,

    fond of show, Nep. Att. 13; Suet. Ner. 30:

    magnificus in publicum,

    Plin. Pan. 51, 3; Vell. 2, 130.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, bragging, boastful (ante-class.):

    cum magnifico milite, urbis verbis qui inermus capit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 42; id. As. 2, 2, 84.—
    II.
    Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, splendid, rich, fine, costly, sumptuous, magnificent, etc. (class.):

    magnificae villae,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2:

    oppidum,

    Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 67:

    apparatus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 25:

    ornatus,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

    funera,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

    funus,

    Curt. 4, 8, 8:

    venationes,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    nomen,

    Tac. H. 4, 15:

    res gestae,

    Liv. 26, 2, 1.—Of speech, of high strain, lofly, sublime:

    genus dicendi magnificum atque praeclarum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89:

    oratio,

    Plin. 35, 4, 9, § 26; cf. in the comp.:

    magnificentius dicendi genus et ornatius,

    Cic. Brut. 32, 123.—In a bad sense, boastful, bragging:

    verba,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 3:

    litterae,

    Suet. Calig. 44.— Sup.:

    Crassus magnificentissimā aedilitate functus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16.—Of medicaments, valuable, useful, admirable, Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38.—Hence, adv., in two forms: magnĭfĭcē and (postAug.) magnĭfĭcenter, nobly, magnificently, generously, grandly, sumptuously, richly, splendidly, excellently:

    magnifice conscreabor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 7:

    cesso magnifice patriceque,

    id. Cas. 3, 6, 7:

    magnifice laudare,

    Cic. Brut. 73, 254:

    ornare convivium,

    id. Quint. 30, 93:

    comparare convivi um,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65:

    vivere,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 65:

    vincere,

    splendidly, gloriously, id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

    radicula ex melle prodest magnifice ad tussim,

    admirably, excellently, Plin. 24, 11, 58, § 96; 30, 14, 47, § 139.—In a bad sense, pompously, proudly, haughtily, boastfully: se jactare. Auct. Her. 4, 21, 29:

    incedere,

    Liv. 2, 6.—In the form magnificenter:

    oppidum magnificenter aedificatum et eleganter,

    Vitr. 1, 6.— Comp.:

    magnificentius et dicere et sentire,

    grandly, loftily, Cic. Or. 34, 119.— Sup.:

    consulatum magnificentissime gerere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    gloriosissime et magnificentissime aliquid conficere,

    id. Att. 14, 4, 2: jactare se, 2, 21, 3.

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  • 69 magnitudo

    magnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [id.], greatness, size, bulk, magnitude (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Silvestres apes minores sunt magnitudine, in size, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19:

    mundi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    maris Aegaei,

    id. Fin. 3, 14, 45:

    fluminis,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 49:

    corporum,

    id. B. G. 1, 39:

    ad fabae magnitudinem,

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

    habebat ursos ferociae ac magnitudini suae simillimos,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 5:

    Goliath quidam, vir mirae magnitudinis et roboris,

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

    elephantus ferus infinitae magnitudinis ultro se obtulit,

    Just. 15, 4, 19.— Plur.:

    magnitudines regionum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5.—
    B.
    Of number and amount, a great number, great quantity, abundance, great amount:

    copiarum,

    Nep. Dat. 1:

    fructuum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    pecuniae,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    quaestus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., greatness, vastness, extent:

    magnitudo et vis amoris,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

    acerbitatis et odii,

    id. Deiot. 11, 30:

    beneficii,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:

    periculi,

    id. Quint. 2, 6:

    doloris,

    Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 24:

    ingenii,

    id. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

    animi,

    greatness of soul, Cic. Part. 23, 81.— Rhetorically: vocis, the strength or compass of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20.— Of time: dierum ac noctium magnitudines, length, Plin 36, 10, 15, § 72.—
    B.
    In partic., rank, dignity (post-Aug.):

    imperatoria,

    Tac. A. 16, 23:

    infra tuam magnitudinem,

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

    magnitudo tua,

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

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  • 70 Penninus

    Pennīnus ( Penīnus or Poenī-nus;

    the latter orthog. on account of the false derivation from Poeni, because Hannibal marched over this mountain to Italy,

    Liv. 21, 38, 6 sqq.; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 123), a, um, adj. [from the Celtic Pen or Penn, summit, peak], of or belonging to the Pennine Alps (between the Valais and Upper Italy, the highest point of which is the Great St. Bernard), Pennine:

    Alpes,

    Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 123; Tac. H. 1, 87;

    called also, juga,

    id. ib. 1, 61:

    mons,

    i. e. the Great St. Bernard, Sen. Ep. 31, 9; also, absol.:

    Penninus,

    Liv. 5, 35; 21, 38:

    iter,

    over the Great St. Bernard, Tac. H. 1, 70:

    VALLIS POENIN,

    the Valais, Inscr. Grut. 376, 6: DEO PENINO D. D., the local deity of the Pennine Alps, Inscr. Spon. Misc. Ant. p. 85, n. 30;

    called also, IVPPITER POENINVS, and simply, POENINVS,

    Inscr. Orell. 228 sq.

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  • 71 permagnum

    per-magnus, a, um, adj., very great, very large:

    accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 15:

    vis naturae,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 18:

    hereditas,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

    numerus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 31.— As subst.: permagnum, i, n., a very great thing, something very great:

    permagnum existimans tris Olympionicas unā e domo prodire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    permagni interest,

    id. Part. 24, 84:

    permagni refert,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58;

    so in tmesi: per enim magni aestimo tibi factum nostrum probari,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    decumas permagno vendere,

    at a very high price, id. Verr. 2, 3, 39, § 90.

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  • 72 permagnus

    per-magnus, a, um, adj., very great, very large:

    accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 15:

    vis naturae,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 18:

    hereditas,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

    numerus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 31.— As subst.: permagnum, i, n., a very great thing, something very great:

    permagnum existimans tris Olympionicas unā e domo prodire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    permagni interest,

    id. Part. 24, 84:

    permagni refert,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58;

    so in tmesi: per enim magni aestimo tibi factum nostrum probari,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    decumas permagno vendere,

    at a very high price, id. Verr. 2, 3, 39, § 90.

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  • 73 pretiosus

    prĕtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [pretium], of great value, valuable, precious.
    I.
    Lit.:

    equus,

    Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89:

    odores,

    Col. 3, 8, 4:

    subiitque argentea proles Auro deterior, fulvo pretiosior aere,

    Ov. M. 1, 115:

    ingenium quondam fuerat pretiosius auro,

    id. Am. 3, 8, 3:

    res pretiosissimae (opp. vilissimae),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 91; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139:

    pretiosissimum humani animi opus,

    id. 7, 29, 30, § 108:

    nec tamen haec loca sunt ullo pretiosa metallo,

    rich in, Ov. P. 3, 8, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of great cost, costly, dear, expensive:

    operaria,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 41:

    qui sordido vehiculo erubescit, pretioso gloriabitur,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 4:

    Thais,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 43:

    pretioso pretio emere aliquid,

    dear, high, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

    fames,

    which is satisfied at much expense, Mart. 10 96, 9:

    silentia,

    dearly bought, id. 5, 69, 7:

    Albani veteris pretiosa senectus,

    Juv. 13, 214.—
    B.
    That gives a great price, extravagant: [p. 1442] pretiosus emptor, Hor. C. 3, 6, 32.— Hence, adv.: prĕtĭōsē, in a costly manner, expensively, richly, splendidly (class.):

    vasa pretiose caelata,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 116:

    pretiose armatus exercitus,

    Gell. 5, 5, 5:

    pretiosius sepeliri,

    Curt. 10, 1, 32.

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  • 74 prodigus

    prōdĭgus, a, um, adj. [prodigo], wasteful, lavish, prodigal.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn.: largus, munificus): omnino duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales. Prodigi, qui epulis et viscerationibus et gladiatorum muneribus, ludorum venationumque apparatu, pecunias profundunt in eas res, quarum memoriam aut levem aut nullam omnino sint relicturi,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

    femina,

    Juv. 6, 362.—With gen.:

    peculii sui prodigus,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 19:

    aeris,

    Hor. A. P. 164; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 500.— As subst.: prōdĭgus, i, m., a wasteful person, a spendthrift, prodigal:

    largitor et prodigus,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

    lege XII. tabularum prodigo interdicitur bonorum suorum administratio,

    Dig. 27, 10, 1 prooem.; Ulp. Reg. 12, 3; Gai. Inst. 1, 53 fin.:

    prodigus ad bonos mores reversus,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 12.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Causing great expense, costly, expensive (post-Aug.):

    margaritae, prodiga res,

    Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 15.—
    2.
    Rich, abounding in any thing ( poet.); with gen.:

    locus prodigus herbae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42.— Absol.:

    tellus,

    rich, fertile, Ov. M. 15, 81.—
    3.
    Abundant, great, strong (post-Aug.):

    odor,

    Plin. 13, 3, 5, § 25:

    alvus,

    great, stout, Aus. Idyll. 10, 104.—
    II.
    Trop., lavish, prodigal, profuse; with gen.:

    prodigus suae alienaeque et fortunae et pudicitiae,

    Vell. 2, 48, 3:

    arcanique Fides prodiga,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 16:

    judicii sui,

    Gell. 11, 5, 4:

    animaeque magnae Prodigum Paulum,

    careless of life, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; cf.:

    prodiga gens animae,

    Sil. 1, 225.—With in and acc.:

    libidines in cibos atque in Venerem prodigae,

    Gell. 19, 2, 3:

    sed finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

    Juv. 7, 138:

    prodiga corruptoris Improbitas,

    id. 10, 304: prodigis oculis intueri, with greedy eyes, with voluptuous glances, Auct. Quint. Decl. 292.—Hence, adv.: prōdĭgē, lavishly, extravagantly, prodigally (class.):

    prodige vivere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

    uti aliquā re,

    Sen. Ep. 88, 30.

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  • 75 quantuslibet

    quantus-lĭbet, tălibet, tumlĭbet, adj., as great as you please, how great soever, ever so great ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

    quantolibet ordine dignus,

    Ov. F. 6, 669:

    saevitia hiemis,

    Col. 8, 17, 11:

    facilitas,

    Tac. Agr. 6:

    quantālibet lassitudine recreari defessos,

    Plin. 27, 12, 104, § 127.— Neutr. adverb.: quantum-lĭbet, how much soever, ever so much:

    quantumlibet intersit,

    Liv. 39, 37, 14; Quint. 12, 6, 4:

    te quantumlibet oderint hostes,

    Eum. Pan. Const. 10.

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  • 76 sacer

    săcer, sā̆cra, sā̆crum (ante-class. collat. form sacer, sacris, sacre; plur.:

    sacres porci,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 4, 16; sing. acc.: sacrem porcum, Fest. s. h. v. p. 318 Müll.), adj. [root sa-; Gr. saos, sôos, safe; whence Lat. sānus], dedicated or consecrated to a divinity, holy, sacred, = hieros (cf.: sanctus, augustus): Gallus Aelius ait, sacrum esse quocumque modo atque instituto civitatis consecratum sit, sive aedis, sive ara, sive signum, sive locus, sive pecunia, sive quid aliud quod dis dedicatum atque consecratum sit, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.; cf.:

    quicquid destinatum est diis, sacrum vocatur,

    Macr. S. 3, 7:

    sacrae (res) sunt quae diis superis consecratae sunt: religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 3.
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    quicquam (opp. profanum),

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27; id. Trin. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

    aedificiis omnibus, publicis privatis sacris profanis, sic pepercit, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 129; so,

    locus sacer et profanus,

    id. Inv. 1, 26, 38; Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; Quint. 5, 10, 38:

    miscebis sacra profanis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 54; id. A. P. 397; Nep. Them. 6, 5; Sall. C. 11, 6:

    villae signis et tabulis refertae partim publicis partim etiam sacris et religiosis,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31; so (with religiosus) id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; Suet. Tib. 61:

    mores autem rapere properant quā sacrum quā puplicum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 37:

    (legum) genera sunt tria, sacri, publici, privati juris,

    Quint. 2, 4, 33; cf. in the sup.:

    deprecor hoc unum per jura sacerrima lecti,

    Ov. H. 9, 159:

    aedes,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 14, 315:

    lucus late sacer,

    Verg. A. 5, 761:

    arvum Martis,

    Ov. M. 7, 101:

    ara,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20:

    aurum,

    Liv. 5, 50; cf.

    pecunia (opp. privata),

    Quint. 4, 2, 8:

    arma,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    tus,

    Ov. M. 14, 130:

    sanguis (of the sacrificial victim),

    Cat. 68, 75:

    ales (so called from its use in augury),

    Verg. A. 11, 721:

    luces (with profestae),

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 25; cf.

    dies (with religiosus),

    Suet. Tib. 61:

    tempus,

    Hor. C. S. 4:

    commissum,

    a crime against religion, Cic. Leg. 2, 9 et saep.— Poet.: vitis (as sacred to Bacchus), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 149 Vahl.); Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; so,

    laurus,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 18; Verg. A. 7, 60:

    robur,

    Ov. M. 8, 752:

    aqua,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 22:

    fontes,

    Ov. M. 2, 464; Verg. E. 1, 53:

    focus,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 43:

    Tarentum,

    id. C. 1, 28, 29:

    fines,

    Sil. 3, 501; cf.

    montes (the Alps, because not to be ascended by men),

    id. 4, 70;

    vates (because dedicated to Apollo),

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 28; Tib. 2, 5, 113; cf.:

    sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus,

    Hor. A. P. 391;

    and (for sanctus) of the divinity itself: Vesta,

    Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 11; so,

    Cybebe,

    id. 3 (4), 22, 3 (but in Liv. 3, 19: ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, so used only on account of the lusus verbb. with sacrosancti;

    v. the context).—Sacer Mons,

    a hill about three miles from Rome, beyond the Anio, and on the right of the Via Nomentana, to which the Roman people retired during their controversy with the Senate, Liv. 2, 32; 3, 52; Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; id. Brut. 14, 54:

    os sacrum, quod imum ventrem sustinet,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4: Sacra Via, or ( poet.) Sacer Clivus, a street in Rome leading from the Forum to the Capitol, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; Hor. S. 1, 9, 1; id. C. 4, 2, 35; Mart. 1, 70, 5;

    v. also via, I. A. 2.: sacer morbus,

    the epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4:

    sacer lapis,

    a stone landmark, a mere-stone, Liv. 41, 13: os sacrum, anatom. t. t., = Gr. hieron osteon, the lowest bone of the spine, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 24:

    litterae sacrae (eccl. Lat.),

    the Scriptures, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 15.—For its combinations with ignis, via, etc., v. those words.—
    (β).
    With gen. (class.):

    ego te sacram coronam surripuisse scio Jovis,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 38; so,

    urna Veneris,

    id. Rud. 2, 5, 16 (for which:

    urna Veneria,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 18):

    Dianae celebris dies,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 20:

    sepulcrum Batti veteris,

    Cat. 7, 6; cf. Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.—As a predicate: terra, ut focus domiciliorum, sacra deorum omnium est (a transl. of the Platon. Gê hiera pantôn theôn), Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

    illa insula (sc. Delos) eorum deorum sacra putatur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

    infra, II. A.): sacra Jovi quercus,

    Ov. M. 7, 623:

    esculus Jovi sacra,

    Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 11:

    Nymphis cervus,

    Ov. M. 10, 109:

    Cereri Polyphoetes (as a priest),

    Verg. A. 6, 484:

    pugionem templo Salutis detraxerat gestabatque velut magno operi sacrum,

    Tac. A. 15, 53:

    cupressus Diti sacra,

    Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139:

    aesculus Jovi,

    id. 16, 4, 5, § 11.—As a predicate:

    Jani mensis, Qui sacer est imis Manibus,

    Ov. F. 2, 52, quercus antiqua, quae erat Marti sacra, Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. sacrata).—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., holy, sacred, awful, venerable (not till after the Aug. per., and very rare):

    silentium,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 29:

    laedere amantes,

    Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 11:

    lingua (Ciceronis),

    Mart. 5, 69, 7:

    Maro,

    id. 8. 56, 3:

    quaedam patris memoria,

    Quint. 11, 1, 59:

    O sacer et magnus vatum labor,

    Luc. 9, 983:

    heu sacri vatum errores,

    Sil. 8, 100.—So used of the emperors;

    disapproved of by Tiberius: (Tiberius) alium dicentem sacras ejus occupationes verba mutare et pro sacris laboriosas dicere coëgit,

    Suet. Tib. 27.—But soon after Tiberius in general use:

    auris Caesaris,

    Mart. 7, 99, 4:

    sacri lateris custos,

    id. 6, 76, 1:

    apud aures sacras mentitus est,

    Amm. 28, 6, 26 (cf.:

    se Imperatori mentitum,

    id. 28, 6, 26, § 21); and hence, for ecclesiastical: domus, comitatus, scrinia, largitiones, etc., in the law books et saep.
    II.
    In partic., with a bad accessory signif., devoted to a divinity for destruction, forfeited; and absol., accursed, criminal, impious, wicked.
    (α).
    With dat.: si quisquam aliuta faxit, ipsos Jovi sacer esto, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.; cf.: ut caput ejus Jovi sacrum esset, an ancient plebiscitum ap. Liv. 3, 55, 7:

    non alienum videtur, de condicione eorum hominum referre, quos leges sacros esse certis diis jubent, quod, cum cetera sacra violari nefas sit, hominem sacrum jus fuerit occidi, etc.,

    Macr. S. 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Absol.: homo sacer is est, quem populus judicavit ob maleficium; neque fas est eum immolari; sed qui occidit, parricidii non damnatur. Nam lege tribuniciā primā cavetur: si quis eum, qui eo plebei scito sacer sit, occiderit, parricida ne sit. Ex quo quivis homo malus atque improbus sacer appellari solet, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.: PATRONVS SI CLIENTI FRAVDEM FECERIT SACER ESTO, LEX XII. Tab. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 609;

    in imitation: uter aedilis fuerit, etc.... is intestabilis et sacer esto,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 181:

    eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri,

    Liv. 3, 55.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous, etc. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    a.
    Of persons:

    ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14; Afran. ap. Non. 397, 22 (with malus); Lucil. ib. 397, 27.— Sup., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 67:

    homo sacerrimus,

    id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Rud. 1, 2, 69; Turp. ap. Non. 397, 29 (with pessimus). —
    b.
    Of things: sacerrimum domicilium, Turp. ap. Non. 397, 30:

    di magni, horribilem et sacrum libellum,

    Cat. 14, 12:

    hircus alarum,

    id. 71, 1:

    auri fames,

    Verg. A. 3, 57 (for which:

    aurum fame,

    Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6:

    venenum (Medeae),

    Val. Fl. 7, 165:

    nox,

    id. 8, 25:

    arma metu,

    id. 4, 185; cf.

    pavor,

    id. 1, 798:

    insania,

    Stat. Th. 10, 804:

    morbus,

    i. e. epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4.—With dat.:

    ut immerentis fluxit in terram Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 20.— Comp. and adv. do not appear (as for the comp. v. Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.).—Hence, subst.: sā̆crum, i, n., something consecrated; a holy or sacred thing, a sacred vessel or utensil; a sanctuary, a temple; a religious act, a sacrifice, etc.; in plur. in gen., sacred rites, religious worship, religion (both of the State and of single races and families; and even of individuals; v. infra, b; class.; most freq. in plur.).
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Sing.:

    sacrum sacrove commendatum qui cleperit rapsitque parricida esto,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    ubi sacro manus sis admolitus,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 52:

    metuens velut contingere sacrum,

    id. S. 2, 3, 110:

    apud Cluacinae sacrum,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 6:

    Minervae,

    Dict. Cret. 5, 12 fin.:

    theatrum veluti quoddam illius sacri templum vocabimus,

    Quint. 3, 8, 29: [p. 1611] quae (sacerdos Cereris) Graecum illud sacrum monstraret et faceret, Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

    sacrum Herculi facere,

    Liv. 1, 7:

    facere Junoni,

    Prop. 4 (5), 9, 43:

    facto per Magos sacro,

    Suet. Ner. 34:

    sollemne sacrum conficere,

    Flor. 1, 13, 16:

    ita se habet sacrum (Suovetaurilia),

    Quint. 1, 5, 67:

    arma lecta conici in acervum jussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit,

    Liv. 41, 12:

    sacrum piaculare fieri,

    id. 29, 19:

    sollemne Apollinis sacrum,

    Suet. Aug. 94; Ov. M. 12, 33:

    pyrā sacri sub imagine factā,

    id. ib. 14, 80:

    nec de lucernā fas est accendi sacrum,

    Phaedr. 4, 11, 13:

    neve initianto, nisi ut assolet, Cereri, Graeco sacro,

    according to the Grecian rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

    vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 26:

    morientibus operire (oculos) rursusque in rogo patefacere, Quiritium ritu sacrum est,

    Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

    in sacro est,

    id. 18, 12, 30, § 118.—
    (β).
    Plur.: sacra deosque penates.. ex aedibus suis eripuisse dixit, sacred vessels or utensils, holy things, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; cf. Liv. 5, 40:

    sacra omnia proferre, Auct. B. Alex. 32, 3: portabant canistris,

    Ov. M. 2, 713:

    Troïa,

    Tib. 2, 5, 40:

    velut qui Junonis sacra ferret,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 11; cf.

    of the same,

    Verg. A. 2, 293; 2, 717 Heyne; Ov. F. 1, 527; id. H. 7, 80; 7, 158:

    cumque suis penetralia sacris,

    i. e. the images of the gods, Penates, id. M. 1, 287:

    jactata aequoribus sacra,

    Hor. C.4,4,54:

    pueri Sacra canunt,

    sacred songs, Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

    sacra ordine in mensā Penatium deorum Ponuntur,

    sacred gifts, offerings, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 11:

    neve ulla vitiorum sacra sollemnia obeunto,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

    sicut in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

    Sall. C. 22, 2:

    qui (Mercurius) sacris anniversariis coleretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84 (for which:

    sacrificiis anniversariis colebatur,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

    128: sacris e principum numero pontifices quinque praefecit,

    id. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

    (Romulus) sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi facit,

    Liv. 1, 7; cf.:

    sacra Jovi facturus erat,

    Ov. M. 3, 26:

    sacra Jovi Stygio Perficere,

    Verg. A. 4, 638:

    ipse (Numa) plurima sacra obibat,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    densi circumstant sacra ministri,

    Ov. M. 2, 717:

    arcana sacra,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 52; Ov. M. 10, 436:

    fera,

    id. ib. 13, 454:

    nefanda,

    id. ib. 10, 228:

    mystica,

    id. H. 2, 42:

    horrida,

    Sil. 3, 140:

    veneranda,

    id. 7, 382:

    casta,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 370.
    a.
    Divine worship or religion in gen.: publica sacra, quae publico sumptu pro populo fiunt, quaeque pro montibus, pagis, curiis, sacellis: at privata, quae pro singulis hominibus, familiis, gentibus fiunt, Fest. pp. 244 and 245 Müll.; Liv. 5, 52:

    quo foedere (Romulus) et Sabinos in civitatem ascivit, sacris communicatis,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

    quod per populum errari fas non erat propter religionem sacrorum,

    id. Agr. 2, 7, 18; so,

    religio sacrorum,

    id. Fl. 28, 69:

    sacra Cereris conficere,

    id. Balb. 24, 55; so,

    Cereris,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 14 (cf. supra, a fin.):

    Eleusina,

    Suet. Claud. 23:

    Junonis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 11:

    Orphica,

    rites, solemnity, festival, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58:

    Bacchia,

    Ov. M. 3, 518:

    trieterica Bacchi,

    id. ib. 6, 587:

    Dianae,

    id. ib. 7, 94;

    15, 489: Isidis,

    Suet. Oth. 12 et saep.—
    b.
    The private religious rites of a gens, a family, etc. (observed by the Romans with the greatest care):

    sacra privata perpetua manento,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 47:

    an gentilicia sacra ne in bello quidem intermitti, publica sacra et Romanos deos etiam in pace deseri placet?

    Liv. 5, 52:

    ut ne morte patris familias sacrorum memoria occideret,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    docebant (antiqui) tribus modis sacris adstringi,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 49:

    magnum est eadem habere monumenta majorum, eisdem uti sacris, sepulcra habere communia,

    id. Off. 1, 17, 55; cf.:

    ut qui natus sit, ignoret, cujus sanguinis, quorum sacrorum sit,

    Liv. 4,2:

    sacra interire illi (majores) noluerunt,

    Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

    sacrorum alienatio,

    id. Or. 42, 144 (v. alienatio); cf. sing.:

    sacrum familiare,

    Macr. S. 1, 16:

    nuptialia,

    marriage solemnities, Quint. 1, 7, 28;

    called also jugalia,

    Ov. M. 7, 700; cf. respecting the sacra privata of the Romans, Savigny, in his Zeitschr. 2, p. 397 sq.—
    c.
    Poet., poems (as sacred to the Muses):

    mihi jam puero caelestia sacra placebant, Inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

    vatum,

    Pers. prol. 7:

    Maronis,

    Mart. 7, 63, 5. —
    2.
    Prov.
    a.
    Inter sacrum saxumque stare, to stand between the victim and the knife, i. e. to be between the door and the wall, to be in great straits, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 84; cf.:

    inter sacrum et saxum positus,

    App. M. 11, p. 271 fin. —
    b.
    Hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great profit without trouble, = a rose without thorns, meat without bone, etc. (because the keeping up of the sacra privata was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8, and id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen. (the figure being borrowed from secret religious rites), in plur.: sacra, secrets, mysteries (not till after the Aug. period, and very rare):

    sacra tori coitusque novos referebam,

    Ov. M. 7, 709:

    peregisse mihi videor sacra tradentium artes,

    Quint. 5, 14, 27 (cf.:

    omnes fere, qui legem dicendi, quasi quaedam mysteria, tradiderunt,

    id. 5, 13, 60):

    litterarum colere,

    id. 10, 1, 92:

    studiorum profanare,

    Tac. Or. 11.

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  • 77 abavus

        abavus ī, m    [1 AV-], a grandfather's grandfather, C.; an ancestor (rare), C.
    * * *
    ancestor, forefather; great-great grandfather, grandfather's grandfather

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  • 78 altus

        altus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of alo], nourished, grown great, high, lofty, tall: altior illis, taller, O.: montes, V.—Meton., deep: altissimae radices: altissima flumina, Cs.: altior aqua, Cs.: volnus, V.—Fig., high, elevated, lofty: altissimus dignitatis gradus: rex aetheris Iuppiter, V.: Caesar, H.: Roma, O.: te natura altum genuit: qui altiore animo sunt: alta sperare, greatness, L.— Of the countenance, proud, stern, disdainful: Reiecit alto dona Voltu, H.—Deep, profound: somnus, H.: quies, V.: dissimulatio, Cu. — Ancient, old, remote: altior memoria: genus alto a sanguine Teucri, V.: Sarpedon, V.
    * * *
    I
    alta -um, altior -or -us, altissimus -a -um ADJ
    high; deep/profound; shrill; lofty, noble; deep rooted; far-fetched; grown great
    II
    nourishing, support

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  • 79 caput

        caput itis, n    [CAP-], the head: Capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: caput obnubito, L.: capitis nives, H.: capite operto: aperire: velare, L.: abscindere cervicibus: capite demisso: attollere, O.: extollere, to become bold: breve (equi), H.: coronatum (bovis), Tb.: per caput pedesque ire, heels over head, Ct.: dux cum exercitu supra caput est, i. e. is ready to fall upon us, S.: capita conferre, to lay heads together, i. e. to confer in secret, L.: caput aut collum petere, strike at the vital parts: haec alias inter caput extulit urbes, towers, i. e. excels, V.: aliena negotia Per caput saliunt, run through the head, i. e. the mind, H.: capitis labor, mental exertion, H. — Meton., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity: iocur sine capite (of a sacrifice), L.: in extis, O.: tignorum, Cs.: cornu duxit, donec curvata coirent capita, the ends, V. — The origin, source, spring, head (of a river), L.: caput unde erumpit Enipeus, V.: celsis caput urbibus exit, my source springs among great cities, V.—The mouth, embouchure (rare): multis capitibus in Oceanum influit, Cs.—Of plants: diducere terram ad capita, the roots, V.: papavera demisere caput, the heads, V.: capitum iugatio, branches (of the vine). — Of mountains, the summit: capita aspera montis, V. — Of persons, a head, person: ridiculum caput! T.: carum, V.: duo haec capita taeterrima: ignota, L.: di capiti ipsius reservent, for himself, V.: capiti cane talia Dardanio rebusque tuis, i. e. for Aeneas and yourself, V.: Perfidum, H.: de sacrando cum bonis capite alcuius, L.: ut caput Iovi sacraretur, L.—With numerals: capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII, souls, Cs.: nullum caput Proserpina fugit, H.: in capita, to each person, L.; cf. sus Triginta capitum fetūs enixa, V.—Fig., life, physical life: Capitis periculum adire, to risk life, T.: caput obiectare periclis, V.: capitis poena, capital punishment, Cs.: certamen capitis et famae: ut capite dimices tuo, L.: caput offerre pro patriā: patrium tibi crede caput (i. e. patris vitam), O.: accusatus capitis absolvitur, of a capital crime, N.: Sthenium capite damnare.—Civil life, personality, civil rights, liberty and citizenship: capitis causae, involving citizenship: iudicium capitis: capitis deminutio, loss of civil rights, Cs.—Poet.: capitis minor, H.—Of persons, a leader, chief, guide: concitandorum Graecorum: capita nominis Latini, heads, chiefs, L.: ut se Suevorum caput credant, chief tribe, Ta.: capita coniurationis securi percussi, L.: illic est huic rei caput, author, contriver, T.: ab illo fonte et capite Socrate: corpori valido caput deerat, leader, L.: ipsum Expugnare caput, the great man himself, H. —A head, chief, capital: Thebae totius Graeciae, first city, N.: Roma, orbis terrarum, L.: castellum eius regionis, principal place, L.: Romam caput Latio esse, L.: ius nigrum, cenae caput, principal dish: fundus, vestrae pecuniae, chief source of income: caput esse artis, decere, the note, characteristic: ad consilium de re p. dandum caput est nosse rem p., first qualification: caput litterarum cum alquo, reason for corresponding: Epicuri, chief dogma: caput belli et summa, V.—In writings, a division, paragraph, chapter: legis: caput Annianum de hereditatibus, passage in the will of A.— Of money, the principal sum, capital, stock: quibus ille de capite dempsisset, reduced their debts: de capite deducite alqd, L.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecet, extort sixty per centum, H.
    * * *
    head; person; life; leader; top; source/mouth (river); capital (punishment); heading; chapter, principal division

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  • 80 cervīnus

        cervīnus adj.    [cervus], of a deer: pellis, H.: vellera, O.: senectus, i. e. great age, Iu.
    * * *
    cervina, cervinum ADJ
    of/pertaining to deer/stag

    cervinus senectus -- longevity/great age

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  • Great — (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; opposed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Great go — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • great — [grāt] adj. [ME grete < OE great, akin to Ger gross, Du groot < IE base * ghrēu , rub hard over, crumble > GRIT, Welsh gro, sand: basic sense “coarse, coarsegrained”] 1. of much more than ordinary size, extent, volume, etc.; esp., a)… …   English World dictionary

  • Great DJ — «Great DJ» Sencillo de The Ting Tings del álbum We Started Nothing Formato CD Single, Descarga digital Género(s) Dance pop/Indie pop Discográfica …   Wikipedia Español

  • great — O.E. great big, tall, thick, stout; coarse, from W.Gmc. *grautaz coarse, thick (Cf. O.S. grot, O.Fris. grat, Du. groot, Ger. groß great ). Said to have meant originally big in size, coarse, and, if so, perhaps from PIE root *ghreu to rub, grind.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • great — great; great·en; great·hearted; great·heart·ed·ly; great·heart·ed·ness; great·ly; great·ness; Great; …   English syllables

  • great- — [greıt] prefix 1.) great grandfather/great grandmother/great aunt/great uncle the ↑grandfather, ↑grandmother etc of your parents 2.) great grandchild/great granddaughter etc the grandchildren of your child …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • great- — [greıt] prefix 1.) great grandfather/great grandmother/great aunt/great uncle the ↑grandfather, ↑grandmother etc of your parents 2.) great grandchild/great granddaughter etc the grandchildren of your child …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • great — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average. 2) of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above average. 3) informal excellent. 4) most important: the great thing is the challenge. 5) particularly deserving a… …   English terms dictionary

  • Great — may mean:* Greatness, the state of being superior, majestic, transcendent, or divine * GREAT, Gang Resistance Education and Training * GReAT, Graph Rewriting and Transformation, a Model Transformation Language * Great (film), a British animated… …   Wikipedia

  • great- — [grāt] 〚/span> GREAT, taken as intensifier〛 combining form older (or younger) by one generation: each additional great shows one further generation removed [great aunt, great great grandson] * * * …   Universalium

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