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1 pleraque

plērusque, răque, rumque, adj. [a strengthened form from plerus], very many, a very great part, the most, most (rare in sing., and only in Sall. and post-class. writers; but in plur. freq. in all periods and styles).
(α).
Plur.:
habent hunc morem plerique argentarii,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 7:
pleraeque hae (meretrices) sub vestimentis secum habebant retia,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 32; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 38:
multi nihil prodesse philosophiam, plerique etiam obesse arbitrantur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:
ut plerique meministis,
id. Sest. 3, 6:
plerique Belgae,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:
pleraeque boves,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:
pleraque tecta... alia, etc.,
Liv. 27, 3.—With ex and abl.:
plerique e Graecis,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:
plerisque ex factione ejus corruptis,
Sall. J. 29, 2.—With omnes, almost all: plerique omnes subiguntur sub suum judicium, Naev. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 1, 1, 28 (Naev. Klussmann, p. 80):
plerique omnes adulescentuli,
id. ib. 1, 1, 28; cf.:
dixi pleraque omnia,
id. Heaut. 4, 7, 2.—Less emphatically, a considerable part, very many:
rapti e publico plerique, plures in tabernis intercepti,
Tac. H. 1, 86; so,
like plures: non dubito fore plerosque, qui hoc genus scripturae leve judicent, Nep. praef. 1: pleraque testimonia,
id. Tim. 4, 2:
deum ipsum multi Aesculapium, quidam Osirim, plerique Iovem, plurimi Ditem patrem conjectant,
Tac. H 4, 84 fin. —With gen.:
plerique nostrūm oratorum,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:
Poenorum,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12:
vestrum,
id. Clu. 42, 117:
quorum plerique,
id. Lael. 20, 71; Sall. J. 74, 1:
urbium pleraeque,
Liv. 5, 6, 9:
eorum plerique,
Cic. Top. 21, 80; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1:
legentium, Liv. praef. 4: Graecorum,
Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4:
militum,
Tac. H. 1, 5.— Gen. plur. (rare and post-class.):
scientia plerarumque litterarum,
Vitr. 1, 1, 11.— Subst.: plērăque, n. plur., all, every thing:
nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2.—Also, the most, the greatest part.:
pleraque ejus insulae,
Curt. 4, 8, 15. — plērăque, adverb., mostly, for the most part (post-class.):
is erit pleraque impeccabilis,
Gell. 17, 19, 6.—
(β).
Sing.: juventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the greatest or largest part, Sall. C. 17, 6:
pleraque nobilitas,
id. ib. 23, 6:
quā tempestate Carthaginienses pleraeque Africae imperitabant,
id. J. 79, 2:
exercitum plerumque opperiri jubet,
id. ib. 54, 9:
Graecia,
Gell. 17, 21:
comae pleramque contegebant faciem,
App. M. 9, p. 231, 5.— Neutr.: plērum-que, subst., with gen., the greatest part:
ubi plerumque noctis processit,
Sall. J. 21, 2:
Europae,
Liv. 45, 9; Just. 41, 1, 12; Mel. 1, 4, 2.—More freq.: plērumquē, adv., for the most part, mostly, commonly, very often, very frequently:
haec ipsa fortuita sunt: plerumque enim non semper eveniunt,
Cic. Div. 2, 5, 14:
plerumque casu, saepe naturā,
id. Or. 51, 170; Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 11:
ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 15:
hi plerumque gradus,
usually, Juv. 11, 46.—Post-Aug., in a less emphatic sense, often, frequently:
plerumque permoveor, num ad ipsum referri verius sit,
Tac. A. 4, 57; id. H. 5, 1; id. G. 13; 45; id. Or. 15; Dig. 2, 14, 25 and 26.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pleraque
2 plerusque

plērusque, răque, rumque, adj. [a strengthened form from plerus], very many, a very great part, the most, most (rare in sing., and only in Sall. and post-class. writers; but in plur. freq. in all periods and styles).
(α).
Plur.:
habent hunc morem plerique argentarii,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 7:
pleraeque hae (meretrices) sub vestimentis secum habebant retia,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 32; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 38:
multi nihil prodesse philosophiam, plerique etiam obesse arbitrantur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:
ut plerique meministis,
id. Sest. 3, 6:
plerique Belgae,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:
pleraeque boves,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:
pleraque tecta... alia, etc.,
Liv. 27, 3.—With ex and abl.:
plerique e Graecis,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:
plerisque ex factione ejus corruptis,
Sall. J. 29, 2.—With omnes, almost all: plerique omnes subiguntur sub suum judicium, Naev. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 1, 1, 28 (Naev. Klussmann, p. 80):
plerique omnes adulescentuli,
id. ib. 1, 1, 28; cf.:
dixi pleraque omnia,
id. Heaut. 4, 7, 2.—Less emphatically, a considerable part, very many:
rapti e publico plerique, plures in tabernis intercepti,
Tac. H. 1, 86; so,
like plures: non dubito fore plerosque, qui hoc genus scripturae leve judicent, Nep. praef. 1: pleraque testimonia,
id. Tim. 4, 2:
deum ipsum multi Aesculapium, quidam Osirim, plerique Iovem, plurimi Ditem patrem conjectant,
Tac. H 4, 84 fin. —With gen.:
plerique nostrūm oratorum,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:
Poenorum,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12:
vestrum,
id. Clu. 42, 117:
quorum plerique,
id. Lael. 20, 71; Sall. J. 74, 1:
urbium pleraeque,
Liv. 5, 6, 9:
eorum plerique,
Cic. Top. 21, 80; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1:
legentium, Liv. praef. 4: Graecorum,
Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4:
militum,
Tac. H. 1, 5.— Gen. plur. (rare and post-class.):
scientia plerarumque litterarum,
Vitr. 1, 1, 11.— Subst.: plērăque, n. plur., all, every thing:
nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2.—Also, the most, the greatest part.:
pleraque ejus insulae,
Curt. 4, 8, 15. — plērăque, adverb., mostly, for the most part (post-class.):
is erit pleraque impeccabilis,
Gell. 17, 19, 6.—
(β).
Sing.: juventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the greatest or largest part, Sall. C. 17, 6:
pleraque nobilitas,
id. ib. 23, 6:
quā tempestate Carthaginienses pleraeque Africae imperitabant,
id. J. 79, 2:
exercitum plerumque opperiri jubet,
id. ib. 54, 9:
Graecia,
Gell. 17, 21:
comae pleramque contegebant faciem,
App. M. 9, p. 231, 5.— Neutr.: plērum-que, subst., with gen., the greatest part:
ubi plerumque noctis processit,
Sall. J. 21, 2:
Europae,
Liv. 45, 9; Just. 41, 1, 12; Mel. 1, 4, 2.—More freq.: plērumquē, adv., for the most part, mostly, commonly, very often, very frequently:
haec ipsa fortuita sunt: plerumque enim non semper eveniunt,
Cic. Div. 2, 5, 14:
plerumque casu, saepe naturā,
id. Or. 51, 170; Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 11:
ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 15:
hi plerumque gradus,
usually, Juv. 11, 46.—Post-Aug., in a less emphatic sense, often, frequently:
plerumque permoveor, num ad ipsum referri verius sit,
Tac. A. 4, 57; id. H. 5, 1; id. G. 13; 45; id. Or. 15; Dig. 2, 14, 25 and 26.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > plerusque
3 superus

superus adj. [super].— Posit, that is above, upper, higher: ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse: spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium: Omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes, V.: deorum domus, O.: mare, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea): superas evadere ad auras, i. e. of the upper world, V.: aurae, O.— Plur m. as subst. (with gen plur. superūm, V., O.), they who are above (opp. inferi): multum fleti ad superos, i. e. the living, V.—Esp., the gods above, celestial deities: Quae superi manesque dabant, V.: Pro superi, O.: Contemptrix superum, O.: superis deorum Gratus et imis, H.— Plur n. as subst, the heavenly bodies, celestial things: lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet.— Higher places (sc. loca): supera semper petunt, tend upwards: supera ardua linquens, the upper world, V.—Comp. superior, n us, gen. ōris, of place, higher, upper: superiorem partem collis castris compleverant, Cs.: tota domus vacat superior, the upper part of: labrum superius, the upper lip, Cs.: de loco superiore dicere, i. e. from the tribunal: causam cum agam de loco superiore, i. e. from the rostra: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos, i. e. in formal discourses and in conversation: ex loco superiore proeliabantur, from an eminence, Cs.: ex superiore et ex inferiore scripturā docendum, what is written above and below, i. e. the context: posteriori superius non iungitur. — Plur n. as subst: superiora muri, the upper parts (opp. ima), Cu.—Of time or order, former, past, previous, preceding: superiores solis defectiones: superioribus diebus, Cs.: in superiore vitā: pars legis: superius facinus novo scelere vincere: superioris more crudelitatis uti, N.: nuptiae, former marriage: vir, first husband.—Of age, older, elder, senior, more advanced, former: omnis iuventus omnesque superioris aetatis, Cs.: superior Africanus, the Elder.—Plur. m. as subst, elders, older men: superiorum aetas.—Fig., in a contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior: hostīs equitatu superiores esse intellegebat, Cs.: se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum: semper discessit superior, N.: superiorem Appium in causā fecit, L.—Of quality or condition, higher, more distinguished, greater, better, superior: ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitiā: premendoque superiorem sese extollebat, L.: pecuniis: honoris gradu.—Sup. suprēmus, highest, loftiest, topmost (poet.; cf. summus).—Partit.: clamore supremos Inplerunt montīs, the mountain-tops, V.: supremo In monte, on the summit, H.—Fig., of time or order, last, latest, extreme, final: Supremo te sole domi manebo, at sunset, H.: in te suprema salus, last hope, V.: Supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the finishing hand, O.—Of rank or degree, highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme, extreme: supreme Iuppiter, T.: macies, V.— The last of life, last, closing, dying, final: supremo vitae die: amplissime supremo suo die efferri: nec... Supremā citius die, i. e. not until death, H.: supplicium, i. e. the penalty of death: iter, H.: lumen, V.: sociam tori vocat ore supremo, with dying breath, O.: honor, i. e. the funeral rites, V.: tori, i. e. biers, O.: Troiae sorte supremā, V.—As subst n.: Ventum ad supremum est, to the last moment, V.: suprema ferre, i. e. the funeral offerings, V.
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supera -um, superior -or -us, supremus -a -um ADJ

above, high; higher, upper, of this world; greatest, last, highest
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superi N M

gods (pl.) on high, celestial deities; those above

Latin-English dictionary > superus
4 amplissime

amplus, a, um, adj. [some regard this as a shortened form of anapleôs, = filled up, full; others, as for ambulus from amb-, rounded out, as superus from super, etc.; v. Doed. Syn. II. p. 113; but perh. it is better to form it from am- and -plus, akin to -pleo, plenus, q. v. Pott], thus pr., full all round; hence, great, large. —In space, of large extent, great, large, wide, ample, spacious (the forms amplus and amplior are very rare in the ante-class. per., and rare in all periods. Amplius is com. in the ante-class., freq. in the class., and very freq. in the post-class. per., the Vulg. rarely using the other forms, but using this 121 times. Amplissimus belongs to prose, and is scarcely used before Cicero, with whom it was a very favorite word. It was also used by Plin. Maj. and Min., but never by Tac., Sall. (in his genuine works), nor the Vulg. Catullus used only the form amplius, and Prop. only amplus, while Tib. and Pers. never used this word in any form. Ampliter is found mostly in Plaut.; and ample and amplissime are used a few times by Cic. and by writers that followed him; syn.: magnus, ingens, latus, late patens, spatiosus, laxus).
I.
Lit.:
amplus et spectu protervo ferox,
Pac. Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.:
qui (Pluto) ter amplum Geryonen compescit unda,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 7:
ampla domus dedecori domino fit, si est in ea solitudo,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; so Verg. A. 2, 310:
admodum amplum et excelsum signum,
Cic. Verr. 4, 74:
collis castris parum amplus,
Sall. J. 98, 3:
porticibus in amplis,
Verg. A. 3, 353:
per amplum mittimur Elysium,
id. ib. 6, 743:
vocemque per ampla volutant Atria,
id. ib. 1, 725:
nil vulva pulchrius ampla,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41:
amplae aures,
Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:
milium amplum grano,
id. 18, 7, 10, § 55:
cubiculum amplum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:
baptisterium amplum atque opacum,
id. ib. 5, 6, 25.— Comp.:
quanto est res amplior,
Lucr. 2, 1133:
Amplior Urgo et Capraria,
Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81:
avis paulo amplior passere,
id. 10, 32, 47, § 89:
amplior specie mortali,
Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 76 (for the neutr. amplius, v. infra).— Sup.:
amplissima curia... gymnasium amplissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:
urbs amplissima atque ornatissima,
id. Agr. 2, 76:
amplissimum peristylum,
id. Dom. 116:
(candelabrum) ad amplissimi templi ornatum esse factum,
id. Verr. 4, 65:
mons Italiae amplissimus,
Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:
amplissimum flumen,
Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 3:
amplissimus lacus,
id. ib. 10, 41, 2:
amplissima insula,
Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71:
amplissimi horti,
Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:
amplissima arborum,
Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 200:
est (topazon) amplissima gemmarum,
id. 37, 8, 32, § 109:
amplissimum cubiculum,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23.—
B.
Transf., great, abundant, ample, much, long:
bono atque amplo lucro,
Plaut. Am. prol. 6 and Ep. 2, 2, 117:
pabula miseris mortalibus ampla,
Lucr. 5, 944:
ampla civitas,
Cic. Verr. 4, 81; 4, 96:
civitas ampla atque florens,
Caes. B. G. 4, 3:
gens ampla,
Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125:
amplae copiae,
Caes. B. G. 5, 19:
ampla manus militum,
Liv. Epit. 1, 4, 9:
pecuaria res ampla,
Cic. Quinct. 12:
res familiaris ampla,
id. Phil. 13, 8:
(res) ampla,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 82, 20 Kritz:
patrimonium amplum et copiosum,
Cic. Sex. Rosc. 6; id. Dom. 146: id. Phil. 2, 67:
amplae divitiae,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:
esse patri ejus amplas facultates,
Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 9:
in amplis opibus heres,
Plin. 9, 36, 59, § 122.— Comp.:
amplior numerus,
Cic. Mil. 57; Sall. J. 105, 3; Tac. A. 14, 53:
ampliores aquae,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 58:
amplior exercitus,
Sall. J. 54, 3; Suet. Vesp. 4:
commeatus spe amplior,
Sall. J. 75, 8:
amplior pecunia, Auct. B. Alex. 56: pecunia amplior,
Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:
pretia ampliora,
Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84:
omnia longe ampliora invenire quam etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:
ampliores noctes,
Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:
ut ampliori tempore maneret,
Vulg. Act. 18, 20.— Sup.:
peditatus copiae amplissimae e Gallia,
Cic. Font. 8:
exercitus amplissimus,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; 9, 13, 11:
amplissima pecunia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 31:
amplissimae fortunae,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; id. Quinct. 49; id. Phil. 10, 4:
amplissimae patrimonii copiae,
id. Fl. 89:
amplissimas summas emptionibus occupare,
Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:
opes amplissimae,
id. ib. 8, 18, 4:
amplissima dies horarum quindecim etc.,
the longest day, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 218.—Also subst. in comp. neutr. (v. amplius, adv. infra), more:
ut quirem exaudire amplius,
Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:
si vis amplius dari, Dabitur,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 18:
jam amplius orat,
id. ib. 2, 1, 19:
daturus non sum amplius,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29:
non complectar in his libris amplius quam quod etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 6, 22:
tantum adfero quantum ipse optat, atque etiam amplius,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 10:
ni amplius etiam, quod ebibit,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 20: Ph. Etiamne amplius? Th. Nil, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 63: Tr. Dimidium Volo ut dicas. Gr. Immo hercle etiam amplius, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 21: Th. Nempe octoginta debentur huic minae? Tr. Haud nummo amplius, id. Most. 3, 3, 16:
etiam amplius illam adparare condecet,
Turp. Com. Rel. p. 100 Rib.:
hoc onere suscepto amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1:
si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:
omnis numerus amplius octingentis milibus explebat,
Vell. 2, 110, 3:
Segestanis imponebat aliquanto amplius quam etc.,
Cic. Verr. 4, 76:
illa corona contentus Thrasybulus neque amplius requisivit,
Nep. Thras. 4, 3:
amplius possidere,
Plin. 18, 4, 3, § 17:
Ille imperio ei reddito haud amplius, quam ut duo ex tribus filiis secum militarent, exegit,
Curt. 8, 4, 21:
dedit quantum maximum potuit, daturus amplius, si potuisset,
Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 6:
cum hoc amplius praestet, quod etc.,
id. ib. 7, 25, 1.—Also with part. gen., more of, a greater quantity or number of:
gaudeo tibi liberorum esse amplius,
Plaut. Cist. 5, 4:
te amplius bibisse praedicet loti,
Cat. 39, 21:
amplius frumenti auferre,
Cic. Verr. 3, 49:
expensum est auri viginti paulo amplius,
id. Fl. 6, 8:
amplius negotii contrahi,
id. Cat. 4, 9:
si amplius obsidum vellet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 9, ubi v. Herz.:
quanto ejus amplius processerat temporis,
id. B. C. 3, 25.—
II.
Fig.
A.
Of internal power or force, great, strong, violent, impetuous:
pro viribus amplis,
Lucr. 5, 1174:
amplae vires peditum,
Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 75;
ampla nepotum Spes,
Prop. 4, 22, 41:
poena sera, sed ampla,
full, strict, id. 4, 5, 32. — Comp.:
haec irae factae essent multo ampliores,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 9:
si forte morbus amplior factus siet, i. e. gravior,
id. ib. 3, 1, 50:
amplior metus,
Cic. Clu. 128:
amplior potentia feris,
Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153:
ampliorem dicendi facultatem consequi,
Quint. 2, 3, 4:
amplior eoque acrior impetus,
Flor. 4, 2, 66:
spes amplior,
Sall. J. 105, 4:
amplius accipietis judicium,
severer, Vulg. Matt. 23, 14:
amplior auctoritas,
Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 47:
amplior virtus,
higher merit, Quint. 8, 3, 83:
idem aut amplior cultus (dei),
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:
amplior est quaestio,
Quint. 3, 5, 8:
ampliora verba,
of larger meaning, id. 8, 4, 2: scientia intellegentiaque ac sapientia ampliores inventae sunt in te, Vulg. Dan. 5, 14:
quo legatis animus amplior esset,
Sall. C. 40, 6; 59, 1:
spiritus amplior,
Vulg. Dan. 5, 12; 6, 3.— Sup.:
(honos) pro amplissimis meritis redditur,
Cic. Phil. 5, 41:
cujus sideris (Caniculae) effectus amplissimi in terra sentiuntur,
very violent, Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107:
amplissima spes,
Suet. Caes. 7:
his finis cognitionis amplissimae,
most important trial, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.—
B.
Of external splendor, great, handsome, magnificent, splendid, glorious:
illis ampla satis forma, pudicitia,
great enough, Prop. 1, 2, 24:
haec ampla sunt, haec divina,
Cic. Sest. 102; id. Arch. 23:
res gestae satis amplae,
Sall. C. 8, 2:
cur parum amplis adfecerit praemiis,
Cic. Mil. 57:
ampla quidem, sed pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperunt,
Tac. A. 14, 53:
amplum in modum praemia ostentare,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 26, 6:
amplis honoribus usi,
Sall. J. 25, 4:
amplis honoribus auctos,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 11.—Sometimes in mal. part. or ironically:
amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,
a fine opportunity, Cic. Verr. 2, 61:
spolia ampla refertis Tuque puerque tuus,
glorious spoils, Verg. A. 4, 93.— Comp.:
ne ullum munus aedilitatis amplius aut gratius populo esse possit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5; id. Mur. 37:
praemiis ad perdiscendum amplioribus commoveri,
id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:
alicui ampliorem laudem tribuere,
id. Sest. 27:
in aliqua re esse laudem ampliorem,
id. Marcell. 4:
corporis membris plus dedit, id amplius atque augustius ratus (Zeuxis),
Quint. 12, 10, 5:
ut Augustus vocaretur ampliore cognomine,
Suet. Aug. 7.— Subst.:
in potestatibus eo modo agitabat, ut ampliore, quam gerebat, dignus haberetur,
of something greater, Sall. J. 63, 5.— Sup.:
ut consules monumentum quam amplissimum faciundum curent,
Cic. Phil. 14, 38; 14, 31; id. Verr. 4, 82:
hoc munus aedilitatis amplissimum,
id. ib. 1, 12, 36; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 1, 74:
alicui amplissimas potestates dare,
Cic. Agr. 2, 31:
insignibus amplissimis ornatus,
id. ib. 2, 101:
dona amplissima conferre,
Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9:
praemia legatis dedistis amplissima,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5; id. Phil. 2, 32:
spe amplissimorum praemiorum adduci,
id. Mil. 5; id. de Or. 1, 5, 16:
velut praemium quoddam amplissimum longi laboris,
Quint. 10, 7, 1:
munera amplissima mittere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:
vestris beneficiis amplissimis adfectus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 51; id. Dom. 98:
laudi amplissimae lauream concedere,
id. Pis. 74:
laudibus amplissimis adficere,
id. Phil. 7, 11:
amplissimam gloriam consequi,
id. Prov. Cons. 39:
ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine adfeceris,
id. Deiot. 14:
amplissimis aliquem efferre honoribus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 17, 3:
amplissimis uti honoribus,
Cic. Fl. 45:
amplissimos honores adipisci,
id. Verr. 5, 181:
honores adsequi amplissimos,
id. Mil. 81:
aliquem ad honores amplissimos perducere,
id. Am. 20, 73:
meus labor fructum est amplissimum consecutus,
id. Imp. Pomp 2:
mihi gratiae verbis amplissimis aguntur,
in the handsomest termis, id. Cat. 3, 14; id. Phil. 2, 13; id. Quir. 15:
ei amplissimis verbis gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 3:
provincia Gallia merito ornatur verbis amplissimis ab senatu,
id. ib. 4, 9:
amplissimis verbis conlaudatus,
Suet. Caes. 16:
amplissimo populi senatusque judicio exercitus habuistis,
Cic. Agr. 1, 12; id. Fl. 5; id. Dom. 86; id. Planc. 93:
de meo consulatu amplissima atque ornatissima decreta fecerunt,
id. Dom. 74:
quam universi populi, illius gentis, amplissimum testimonium (said of Cic.),
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 116.—
C.
In respect of the opinion of others, esteemed, renowned, etc.:
quicquid est, quamvis amplum sit, id est parum tum cum est aliquid amplius,
Cic. Marcell. 26:
quid hunc hominem magnum aut amplum de re publica cogitare (putare possumus), qui etc.,
great or noble, id. Imp. Pomp. 37:
omnia, quae vobis cara atque ampla sunt,
id. Agr. 2, 9; id. Arch. 23:
convenerunt corrogati et quidem ampli quidam homines,
id. Phil. 3, 20:
hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,
small and great, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28:
amplis doctoribus instructus,
Tac. A. 14, 52:
sin autem sunt amplae et honestae familiae plebeiae,
Cic. Mur. 7, 15.— Comp.:
cum est aliquid amplius,
Cic. Marcell. 26:
ampliores ordines,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77, where Dinter reads priores: quo (ingenio) neque melius neque amplius aliud in natura mortalium est, [p. 112] Sall. J. 2, 4:
nihil amplius potes (tribuere) amicitia tua,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:
quid amplius facitis?
Vulg. Matt. 5, 47.— Sup.:
ex amplissimo genere nubere,
Cic. Cael. 34:
amplissimo genere natus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:
genere copiisque amplissimus, id. ib 6, 15: quam (familiam) vidit amplissimam,
Cic. Phil. 13, 12:
amplissimos patruos habere,
id. Sex. Rosc. 147:
amplissima civitas,
id. Verr. 5, 122:
apud illos Fabiorum nomen est amplissimum,
id. Font. 36; id. Caecin. 104; id. Verr. 3, 96; id. Deiot. 14:
mihi hic locus ad agendum amplissimus est visus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 1:
non adgrediar ad illa maxima atque amplissima prius quam etc.,
id. Sest. 5:
licet tribuas ei quantum amplissimum potes, nihil tamen amplius potes amicitia tua,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:
amplissimis operibus increscere,
id. ib. 8, 4, 3:
honores in amplissimo consilio collocare,
Cic. Sen. 2:
amplissimi orbis terrae consilii principes,
id. Phil. 3, 34: honoris amplissimi puto esse accusare improbos, I esteem it to be the greatest honor, etc., id. Div. in Caecil. 70:
promotus ad amplissimas procurationes,
Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:
praeter honores amplissimos cognomenque etc.,
Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 142:
spes amplissimae dignitatis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 49; id. Sen. 19, 68; Suet. Vit. 2.—
D.
Hence, amplissimus (almost always thus in sup.) as a title for persons holding great and honored offices, as consul, senator, etc., or as an honorable epithet of the office itself or the body of officers, distinguished, very distinguished, honorable, right honorable, most honorable, etc.:
is mihi videtur amplissimus, qui sua virtute in altiorem locum pervenit,
Cic. Sex. Rosc. 83:
homo et suis et populi Romani ornamentis amplissimus,
id. Mur. 8:
P. Africanus rebus gestis amplissimus,
id. Caecin. 69:
ut homines amplissimi testimonium de sua re non dicerent,
id. Sex. Rosc. 102; id. Clu. 197:
Q. Catuli atque ceterorum amplissimorum hominum auctoritas,
id. Imp. Pomp. 63:
vir amplissimus ejus civitatis,
id. Verr. 4, 17; id. Fl. 32:
exercitum Cn. Domitii, amplissimi viri, sustentavit,
id. Deiot. 5, 14:
cum habeas amplissimi viri religionem (of L. Lucullus),
id. Arch. 4, 8; id. Lig. 22:
in quo consilio amplissimi viri judicarent,
id. Mil. 5; id. Balb. 1; id. Dom. 2:
comitatus virorum amplissimorum,
id. Sull. 9:
viros primarios atque amplissimos civitatis in consilium advocare,
id. Verr. 3, 18:
ordinis amplissimi esse,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, 1; 37, 6:
cives amplissimos legare,
Cic. Balb. 42:
hoc amplissimum nomen, i. e. senatorium,
id. Verr. 3, 96:
amplissimus honos, i. e. consulatus,
id. Rep. 1, 6; so,
amplissimo praeditus magistratu,
Suet. Aug. 26:
amplissimus ordo, i. e. senatorius,
Plin. Ep. 10, 3; Suet. Calig. 49:
amplissimi ordines, i. e. senatus et equites,
id. Vesp. 9:
amplissimum collegium decemvirale,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:
an vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, etc.,
id. Cat. 1, 3:
amplissimum sacerdotium,
id. Verr. 2, 126; id. Phil. 13, 8:
sacerdotium amplissimum,
id. Verr. 2, 127.—
E.
As rhet. epithet:
amplus orator,
one that speaks richly and with dignity, Cic. Or. 9; id. Brut. 68:
herous (pes), qui est idem dactylus Aristoteli amplior, iambus humanior videatur,
grander, more stately, Quint. 9, 4, 88:
amplius compositionis genus,
more copious style, id. 9, 4, 129.— Adv. (on the extent of the use of the different forms of the adverb, v. supra init.), largely, abundantly, copiously.
I.
Lit.
a.
Form amplĭter:
benigne ei largi atque ampliter,
Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:
aptate munde atque ampliter convivium,
Pomp. Com. Rel. p. 234 Rib.:
extructam ampliter mensam,
Lucil. 13, 7 Mull.:
opsonato ampliter,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65:
adpositum est ampliter,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 163:
acceptus hilare atque ampliter,
id. Merc. prol. 98:
modeste melius facere sumptum quam ampliter,
id. Stich. 5, 4, 10:
parum (digitulos) immersisti ampliter,
not deep enough, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—
b.
Form amplē:
exornat ample magnificeque triclinium,
Cic. Verr. 4, 62: qui ample valetudinarios nutriunt, in great numbers (v. the context), Cels. praef. med. —
II.
Trop., fully, handsomely.
a.
Form amplĭter:
ampliter dicere,
fully, particularly, Gell. 10, 3, 4:
laudare ampliter,
id. 2, 6, 11.—
b.
Form amplē: duo genera sunt: unum attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium, with great fulness, richly (v. amplus, II. E.), Cic. Brut. 55, 201; so,
elate ampleque loqui,
id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:
satis ample sonabant in Pompeiani nominis locum Cato et Scipio,
full grandly filled the place of, Flor. 4, 2, 65.— Comp.: amplĭus, more, longer, further, besides (syn.: ultra, praeterea); of time, number, and action (while plus denotes more in quantity, measure, etc.; magis, more, in the comparison of quality, and sometimes of action; and potius, rather, the choice between different objects or acts), constr. absol., with comp. abl., and, in the case of numerals, like minus, plus, propius, q. v., without quam with the nom., acc., or gen., or rarely with the abl. comp., or with quam, but chiefly in the post-Aug. per.; cf. Zumpt, § 485; Madv. § 305; Roby, § 1273; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 12; and Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. p. 521 sq.
a.
In gen.:
deliberatum est non tacere [me] amplius,
Afran. Com. Rel. p. 199 Rib.:
otium ubi erit, de istis rebus tum amplius tecum loquar,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 18:
cui amplius male faxim,
id. Aul. 3, 2, 6: De. Etiam? Li. Amplius, id. As. 1, 1, 29: Ar. Vale. Ph. Aliquanto amplius valerem, si hic maneres, id. ib. 3, 3, 2:
etiam faxo amabit (eam) amplius,
id. Men. 5, 2, 40:
multo tanto illum accusabo, quam te accusavi, amplius,
id. ib. 5, 2, 49:
quo populum servare potissit amplius,
Lucil. 1, 15 Mull.:
At ego amplius dico,
Cic. Verr. 2, 26:
amplius posse,
Sall. J. 69, 2:
armis amplius valere,
id. ib. 111, 1:
si lamentetur miser amplius aequo,
Lucr. 3, 953:
tribus vobis opsonatumst an opsono amplius Tibi et parasito et mulieri?
besides, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 45:
Quam vellem invitatum, ut nobiscum esset amplius,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:
in illo exercitu cuncta (probra) fuere et alia amplius,
Sall. J. 44, 5:
felices ter et amplius,
Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:
binas aut amplius domos continuare,
Sall. C. 20, 11:
ter nec amplius,
Suet. Caes. 25:
cum non solum de his scripserit, sed amplius praecepta (reliquerit),
Quint. 12, 11, 24:
multa promi amplius possunt,
Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:
si studere amplius possum,
Quint. 6, prooem. 4:
auram communem amplius haurire potui?
id. 6, prooem. 12:
sagum, quod amplius est,
Vulg. Exod. 26, 12.—
b.
And so very often with the pron. quid, etc.; with the negatives nihil, non, neque, nec, ne; and sometimes with nemo and haud.
(α).
With quid, etc.:
Quid faciam amplius?
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 14, and Cic. Har. Resp. 42:
quid dicam amplius?
Quint. 8, 4, 7:
quid a me amplius dicendum putatis?
Cic. Verr. 3, 60:
quid quaeris amplius?
id. Sex. Rosc. 145; id. Dom. 41; id. Verr. 2, 191:
quid vultis amplius?
id. Mil. 35:
quid amplius vis?
Hor. Epod. 17, 30:
quid exspectatis amplius?
Cic. Verr. 2, 174:
quid amplius exspectabo,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 33:
quid loquar amplius de hoc homine?
Cic. Caecin. 25:
quid amplius laboremus?
Quint. 8, prooem. 31:
quid habet amplius homo?
Vulg. Eccl. 1, 3; 6, 8:
quid ego aliud exoptem amplius, nisi etc.,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 134:
quid amplius debeam optare?
Quint. 4, 1, 51: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 11; Ter. And. 2, 1, 25: De. An quid est etiam amplius? He. Vero amplius, id. Ad. 3, 4, 22:
quid est quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?
more than this, id. And. 1, 1, 4:
Etenim quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si etc.,
Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Sull. 90:
si quid amplius scit,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:
si quid ego addidero amplius,
id. Trin. 4, 2, 13:
si amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 8.—And often hoc amplius, where hoc is commonly an abl., but sometimes may be regarded as a nom. or an acc.:
hoc amplius si quid poteris,
any thing beyond this, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 44: et hoc amplius (additur), quod etc., and this further, that etc., id. Sull. 44; so Quint. 5, 13, 36:
de paedagogis hoc amplius, ut aut sint etc.,
id. 1, 1, 8:
Mario urbe Italiaque interdicendum, Marciano hoc amplius, Africa,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 19; Quint. 1, 5, 50; 1, 5, 55; sometimes in plur., his amplius:
his amplius apud eundem (est) etc.,
Quint. 9, 3, 15;
so rarely eo amplius: inferiasque his annua religione, publice instituit, et eo amplius matri Circenses,
Suet. Calig. 15:
quaeris quid potuerit amplius adsequi,
Cic. Planc. 60: prius quam (hic) turbarum quid faciat amplius, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 93:
quare jam te cur amplius excrucies?
Cat. 76, 10.—
(β).
With nihil, etc.:
habet nihil amplius quam lutum,
Lucil. 9, 46 Mull.:
nihil habui amplius, quod praeciperem,
Quint. 7, 1, 64:
nihil enim dixit amplius,
Cic. Deiot. 21:
Nihil dico amplius: causa dicta est,
I say no more; I have done with my case, id. ib. 8:
nihil amplius dico, nisi me etc.,
id. Planc. 96:
nihil amplius dicam quam victoriam etc.,
id. Marcell. 17.—Hence, nihil dico or dicam amplius, when one fears to wound by declaring his opinion, etc., I say no more, have nothing further to say or add:
vetus est, Nihili cocio est. Scis cujus? non dico amplius,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51:
si, quod equitis Romani filius est, inferior esse debuit: omnes tecum equitum Romanorum filii petiverunt. Nihil dico amplius,
Cic. Planc. 7 (tacite significat eos dignitate inferiores esse Plancio, Manut. ad h.l.):
Alterius vero partis nihil amplius dicam quam id, quod etc.,
id. Marcell. 6, 17:
amplius nihil respondit,
Vulg. Marc. 15, 5:
nihil amplius addens,
ib. Deut. 5, 22:
nihil noverunt amplius,
ib. Eccl. 9, 5:
nihil amplius optet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46:
nihil amplius potes,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:
amplius quod desideres, nihil erit,
this will leave nothing to be desired, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:
nil amplius oro, nisi ut etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 4:
ipse Augustus nihil amplius quam equestri familia ortum se scribit,
Suet. Aug. 2:
si non amplius, ad lustrum hoc protolleret unum,
Lucil. 1, 33 Mull.:
non luctabor tecum, Crasse, amplius,
Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:
verbum non amplius addam,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 121:
non amplius me objurgabis,
Quint. 5, 10, 47:
non amplius posse,
Sall. Fragm. Hist. 3, 82, 19 Kritz:
non habent amplius quid faciant,
Vulg. Luc. 12, 4: non videbitis amplius faciem meam. ib. Gen. 44, 23; ib. Heb. 10, 17:
amplius illa jam non inveniet,
ib. Apoc. 18, 14:
studium, quo non aliud ad dignitatem amplius excogitari potest,
Tac. Or. 5:
extra me non est alia amplius,
Vulg. Soph. 2, 15:
neque hoc amplius quam quod vides nobis quicquamst,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 21:
neque va dari amplius neque etc.,
Cic. Quinct. 23:
nec jam amplius ullae Adparent terrae,
Verg. A. 3, 192; 3, 260; 5, 8; 9, 426; 9, 519; 11, 807; 12, 680; id. G. 4, 503:
nec irascar amplius,
Vulg. Ezech. 16, 42; ib. Apoc. 7, 16:
ne amplius dona petas,
Cat. 68, 14:
urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,
Lucr. 4, 874;
ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:
ut ne quem amplius posthac discipulum reciperet,
Suet. Gram. 17:
ne amplius morando Scaurum incenderet,
Sall. J. 25, 10; id. Fragm. Hist. 1, 2, 10 Kritz;
3, 82, 17: ne amplius divulgetur,
Vulg. Act. 4, 17:
ut nequaquam amplius per eamdem viam revertamini,
ib. Deut. 17, 16:
nolite amplius accipere pecuniam,
ib. 4 Reg. 12, 7.—
(γ).
With nemo:
cur non restipulatur neminem amplius petiturum?
Cic. Q. Rosc. 12, 36:
cum amplius nemo occurreret,
nobody further, no one more, Curt. 8, 10, 2; so,
neminem amplius viderunt,
Vulg. Marc. 9, 7:
nemo emet amplius,
no one will buy any longer, any more, ib. Apoc. 18, 11 (for cases of haud with amplius, v. c. a and g).—
c.
With numerals and numeral forms.
(α).
Without quam:
amplius horam suffixum in cruce me memini esse,
Cat. 69, 3:
horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo homines moliebantur,
Cic. Verr. 4, 95:
amplius annos triginta tribunus fuerat,
Sall. C. 59, 6:
me non amplius novem annos nato,
Nep. Hann. 2, 3:
per annos amplius quadraginta,
Suet. Aug. 72; 32:
quid si tandem amplius triennium est?
Cic. Q. Rosc. 8:
Tu faciem illius noctem non amplius unam Falle dolo,
Verg. A. 1, 683:
inveniebat Sabim flumen non amplius milia passuum decem abesse,
Caes. B. G. 2, 16; 4, 12:
reliquum spatium, quod est non amplius pedum sexcentorum, mons continet,
id. ib. 1, 28;
2, 29: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli,
Cic. Phil. 2, 40; id. Fl. 68; so Plin. Ep. 10, 39, 1:
huic paulo amplius tertiam partem denegem?
id. ib. 5, 7, 3:
cum eum amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,
Cic. Verr. 1, 14; 5, 155:
victi amplius ducenti ceciderunt,
Liv. 21, 29, 3: non amplius quattuordecim cohortes, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C:
ex omni multitudine non amplius quadraginta locum cepere,
Sall. J. 58, 3: torrentes amplius centum, [p. 113] Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; 9, 5, 4, § 10.—And very rarely placed after the numeral:
qui septingentos jam annos amplius numquam mutatis legibus vivunt,
Cic. Fl. 63:
pugnatum duas amplius horas,
Liv. 25, 19, 15 Weissenb.:
duo haud amplius milia peditum effugerunt,
id. 28, 2:
decem amplius versus perdidimus,
Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12:
tris pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,
Verg. E. 3, 105.—
(β).
With the comp. abl. (rare but class.):
cum jam amplius horis sex continenter pugnaretur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 4, 37:
pugnatum amplius duabus horis est,
Liv. 27, 12:
neque triennio amplius supervixit,
Suet. Caes. 89:
uti non amplius quinis aut senis milibus passuum interesset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23; 2, 7;
6, 29: non amplius patet milibus quinque et triginta,
Sall. Fragm. Hist. 4, 1, 34 Kritz:
est ab capite paulo amplius mille passibus locus,
Plin. Ep. 10, 90, 1:
ab Capsa non amplius duum milium intervallo,
Sall. J. 91, 3:
(Catilina) cum initio non amplius duobus milibus (militum) habuisset,
id. C. 56, 2; so,
denas alii, alii plures (uxores) habent, set reges eo amplius,
id. J. 80, 7.—
And prob. the following ambiguous cases: cum mille non amplius equitibus,
Sall. J. 105, 3:
oppidum non amplius mille passuum abesse,
id. ib. 68, 3.—
(γ).
With quam (postAug. and eccl.):
non amplius, cum plurimum, quam septem horas dormiebat,
Suet. Aug. 78:
nec amplius quam septem et viginti dies Brundisii commoratus,
id. ib. 17:
Toto triennio semel omnino eam nec amplius quam uno die paucissimis vidit horis,
id. Tib. 51:
demoratus dies non amplius quam octo aut decem,
Vulg. Act. 25, 6:
ut non amplius apud te quam quarta (pars) remaneret,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:
ut vexillum veteranorum, non amplius quam quingenti numero, copias fuderint,
Tac. A. 3, 21:
haud amplius quam ducentos misit,
id. ib. 14, 32:
insidiantur ei ex iis viri amplius quam quadraginta,
Vulg. Act. 23, 21.—
d. (α).
Amplius, t. t. of judges when they deferred an important case for future examination:
Amplius adeo prolixum temporis spatium significat, ut judices quotienscunque significarent, adhuc se audire velle, amplius dicebant. Itaque negotium differebant, unde hodieque ampliari judicium differri dicitur,
Charis. 176 P.; so Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 39; cf.
also amplio and ampliatio: cum consules re audita amplius de consilii sententia pronuntiavissent,
Cic. Brut. 22, 86:
antea vel judicari primo poterat vel amplius pronuntiari,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:
ut de Philodamo amplius pronuntiaretur,
id. ib. 2, 1, 29.—
And metaph.: ego amplius deliberandum censeo,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 17.—
(β).
Amplius non petere, judicial t. phr., to bring no further action, to make no further claim:
quid ita satis non dedit, AMPLIVS [A SE] NEMINEM PETITVRVM?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35:
Tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero amplius eo nomine neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,
id. Brut. 5, 18:
sunt duo, quae te rogo: primum, ut si quid satis dandum erit, AMPLIVS EO NOMINE NON PETI, cures etc.,
id. Fam. 13, 28 A:
quod ille recusarit satis dare amplius abs te non peti,
id. Att. 1, 8, 1.—
(γ).
Hoc amplius, beside the general use given above (II. Comp. b. a), as t. phr. of senators when they approved a measure, but amended it by addition:
Servilio adsentior et HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, magnum Pompeium fecisse etc.,
Cic. Phil. 12, 21, 50:
cui cum essem adsensus, decrevi HOC AMPLIVS, ut etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1;
so Seneca: fortasse et post omnes citatus nihil improbabo ex iis, quae priores decreverint, et dicam HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, Vit. Beat. 3, 2: Quaedam ex istis sunt, quibus adsentire possumus, sed HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO,
id. Q. N. 3, 15, 1.—
(δ).
To this may be added the elliptical phrases, nihil amplius and si nihil amplius:
nihil amplius, denoting that there is nothing further than has been declared: sese ipsum abs te repetit. Nihil amplius,
Cic. Verr. 5, 49, 128;
(res publica) ulta suas injurias est per vos interitu tyranni. Nihil amplius,
id. Fam. 12, 1, 2; and, si nihil amplius, marking a limit, if nothing more, at least:
excedam tectis? An, si nihil amplius, obstem?
Ov. M. 9, 148.
► The form amplius has the ambiguity of the Engl.
word more, which is sometimes an adj., sometimes a subst., and sometimes an adv., and some of the above examples would admit of different classifications; as, non amplius dicere, not to speak further (adv.) or not to say more (subst.), Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51; but some of them would admit of only one explanation;
as, ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43. Sup.: amplissimē.
I.
Lit., very largely, most abundantly:
ut quibus militibus amplissime (agri) dati adsignati essent,
in the largest shares, Cic. Phil. 5, 53:
duumviri (deos) tribus quam amplissume tum apparari poterat stratis lectis placavere,
Liv. 5, 13, 6 Weissenb.—
II.
Fig., most generously, most handsomely:
qui amplissime de salute mea decreverint,
Cic. Dom. 44:
amplissime laudare,
in the handsomest style, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11; Suet. Calig. 15:
honores amplissime gessit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 112:
pater cum amplissime ex praetura triumphasset,
with the greatest pomp, id. Mur. 15:
placere eum quam amplissime supremo suo die efferri,
should be carried forth with every possible solemnity, id. Phil. 9, 7, 16. V. on this word, Hand, Turs. I. pp. 287-296.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > amplissime
5 amplus

amplus, a, um, adj. [some regard this as a shortened form of anapleôs, = filled up, full; others, as for ambulus from amb-, rounded out, as superus from super, etc.; v. Doed. Syn. II. p. 113; but perh. it is better to form it from am- and -plus, akin to -pleo, plenus, q. v. Pott], thus pr., full all round; hence, great, large. —In space, of large extent, great, large, wide, ample, spacious (the forms amplus and amplior are very rare in the ante-class. per., and rare in all periods. Amplius is com. in the ante-class., freq. in the class., and very freq. in the post-class. per., the Vulg. rarely using the other forms, but using this 121 times. Amplissimus belongs to prose, and is scarcely used before Cicero, with whom it was a very favorite word. It was also used by Plin. Maj. and Min., but never by Tac., Sall. (in his genuine works), nor the Vulg. Catullus used only the form amplius, and Prop. only amplus, while Tib. and Pers. never used this word in any form. Ampliter is found mostly in Plaut.; and ample and amplissime are used a few times by Cic. and by writers that followed him; syn.: magnus, ingens, latus, late patens, spatiosus, laxus).
I.
Lit.:
amplus et spectu protervo ferox,
Pac. Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.:
qui (Pluto) ter amplum Geryonen compescit unda,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 7:
ampla domus dedecori domino fit, si est in ea solitudo,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; so Verg. A. 2, 310:
admodum amplum et excelsum signum,
Cic. Verr. 4, 74:
collis castris parum amplus,
Sall. J. 98, 3:
porticibus in amplis,
Verg. A. 3, 353:
per amplum mittimur Elysium,
id. ib. 6, 743:
vocemque per ampla volutant Atria,
id. ib. 1, 725:
nil vulva pulchrius ampla,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41:
amplae aures,
Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:
milium amplum grano,
id. 18, 7, 10, § 55:
cubiculum amplum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:
baptisterium amplum atque opacum,
id. ib. 5, 6, 25.— Comp.:
quanto est res amplior,
Lucr. 2, 1133:
Amplior Urgo et Capraria,
Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81:
avis paulo amplior passere,
id. 10, 32, 47, § 89:
amplior specie mortali,
Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 76 (for the neutr. amplius, v. infra).— Sup.:
amplissima curia... gymnasium amplissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:
urbs amplissima atque ornatissima,
id. Agr. 2, 76:
amplissimum peristylum,
id. Dom. 116:
(candelabrum) ad amplissimi templi ornatum esse factum,
id. Verr. 4, 65:
mons Italiae amplissimus,
Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:
amplissimum flumen,
Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 3:
amplissimus lacus,
id. ib. 10, 41, 2:
amplissima insula,
Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71:
amplissimi horti,
Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:
amplissima arborum,
Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 200:
est (topazon) amplissima gemmarum,
id. 37, 8, 32, § 109:
amplissimum cubiculum,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23.—
B.
Transf., great, abundant, ample, much, long:
bono atque amplo lucro,
Plaut. Am. prol. 6 and Ep. 2, 2, 117:
pabula miseris mortalibus ampla,
Lucr. 5, 944:
ampla civitas,
Cic. Verr. 4, 81; 4, 96:
civitas ampla atque florens,
Caes. B. G. 4, 3:
gens ampla,
Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125:
amplae copiae,
Caes. B. G. 5, 19:
ampla manus militum,
Liv. Epit. 1, 4, 9:
pecuaria res ampla,
Cic. Quinct. 12:
res familiaris ampla,
id. Phil. 13, 8:
(res) ampla,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 82, 20 Kritz:
patrimonium amplum et copiosum,
Cic. Sex. Rosc. 6; id. Dom. 146: id. Phil. 2, 67:
amplae divitiae,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:
esse patri ejus amplas facultates,
Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 9:
in amplis opibus heres,
Plin. 9, 36, 59, § 122.— Comp.:
amplior numerus,
Cic. Mil. 57; Sall. J. 105, 3; Tac. A. 14, 53:
ampliores aquae,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 58:
amplior exercitus,
Sall. J. 54, 3; Suet. Vesp. 4:
commeatus spe amplior,
Sall. J. 75, 8:
amplior pecunia, Auct. B. Alex. 56: pecunia amplior,
Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:
pretia ampliora,
Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84:
omnia longe ampliora invenire quam etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:
ampliores noctes,
Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:
ut ampliori tempore maneret,
Vulg. Act. 18, 20.— Sup.:
peditatus copiae amplissimae e Gallia,
Cic. Font. 8:
exercitus amplissimus,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; 9, 13, 11:
amplissima pecunia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 31:
amplissimae fortunae,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; id. Quinct. 49; id. Phil. 10, 4:
amplissimae patrimonii copiae,
id. Fl. 89:
amplissimas summas emptionibus occupare,
Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:
opes amplissimae,
id. ib. 8, 18, 4:
amplissima dies horarum quindecim etc.,
the longest day, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 218.—Also subst. in comp. neutr. (v. amplius, adv. infra), more:
ut quirem exaudire amplius,
Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:
si vis amplius dari, Dabitur,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 18:
jam amplius orat,
id. ib. 2, 1, 19:
daturus non sum amplius,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29:
non complectar in his libris amplius quam quod etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 6, 22:
tantum adfero quantum ipse optat, atque etiam amplius,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 10:
ni amplius etiam, quod ebibit,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 20: Ph. Etiamne amplius? Th. Nil, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 63: Tr. Dimidium Volo ut dicas. Gr. Immo hercle etiam amplius, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 21: Th. Nempe octoginta debentur huic minae? Tr. Haud nummo amplius, id. Most. 3, 3, 16:
etiam amplius illam adparare condecet,
Turp. Com. Rel. p. 100 Rib.:
hoc onere suscepto amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1:
si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:
omnis numerus amplius octingentis milibus explebat,
Vell. 2, 110, 3:
Segestanis imponebat aliquanto amplius quam etc.,
Cic. Verr. 4, 76:
illa corona contentus Thrasybulus neque amplius requisivit,
Nep. Thras. 4, 3:
amplius possidere,
Plin. 18, 4, 3, § 17:
Ille imperio ei reddito haud amplius, quam ut duo ex tribus filiis secum militarent, exegit,
Curt. 8, 4, 21:
dedit quantum maximum potuit, daturus amplius, si potuisset,
Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 6:
cum hoc amplius praestet, quod etc.,
id. ib. 7, 25, 1.—Also with part. gen., more of, a greater quantity or number of:
gaudeo tibi liberorum esse amplius,
Plaut. Cist. 5, 4:
te amplius bibisse praedicet loti,
Cat. 39, 21:
amplius frumenti auferre,
Cic. Verr. 3, 49:
expensum est auri viginti paulo amplius,
id. Fl. 6, 8:
amplius negotii contrahi,
id. Cat. 4, 9:
si amplius obsidum vellet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 9, ubi v. Herz.:
quanto ejus amplius processerat temporis,
id. B. C. 3, 25.—
II.
Fig.
A.
Of internal power or force, great, strong, violent, impetuous:
pro viribus amplis,
Lucr. 5, 1174:
amplae vires peditum,
Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 75;
ampla nepotum Spes,
Prop. 4, 22, 41:
poena sera, sed ampla,
full, strict, id. 4, 5, 32. — Comp.:
haec irae factae essent multo ampliores,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 9:
si forte morbus amplior factus siet, i. e. gravior,
id. ib. 3, 1, 50:
amplior metus,
Cic. Clu. 128:
amplior potentia feris,
Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153:
ampliorem dicendi facultatem consequi,
Quint. 2, 3, 4:
amplior eoque acrior impetus,
Flor. 4, 2, 66:
spes amplior,
Sall. J. 105, 4:
amplius accipietis judicium,
severer, Vulg. Matt. 23, 14:
amplior auctoritas,
Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 47:
amplior virtus,
higher merit, Quint. 8, 3, 83:
idem aut amplior cultus (dei),
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:
amplior est quaestio,
Quint. 3, 5, 8:
ampliora verba,
of larger meaning, id. 8, 4, 2: scientia intellegentiaque ac sapientia ampliores inventae sunt in te, Vulg. Dan. 5, 14:
quo legatis animus amplior esset,
Sall. C. 40, 6; 59, 1:
spiritus amplior,
Vulg. Dan. 5, 12; 6, 3.— Sup.:
(honos) pro amplissimis meritis redditur,
Cic. Phil. 5, 41:
cujus sideris (Caniculae) effectus amplissimi in terra sentiuntur,
very violent, Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107:
amplissima spes,
Suet. Caes. 7:
his finis cognitionis amplissimae,
most important trial, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.—
B.
Of external splendor, great, handsome, magnificent, splendid, glorious:
illis ampla satis forma, pudicitia,
great enough, Prop. 1, 2, 24:
haec ampla sunt, haec divina,
Cic. Sest. 102; id. Arch. 23:
res gestae satis amplae,
Sall. C. 8, 2:
cur parum amplis adfecerit praemiis,
Cic. Mil. 57:
ampla quidem, sed pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperunt,
Tac. A. 14, 53:
amplum in modum praemia ostentare,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 26, 6:
amplis honoribus usi,
Sall. J. 25, 4:
amplis honoribus auctos,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 11.—Sometimes in mal. part. or ironically:
amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,
a fine opportunity, Cic. Verr. 2, 61:
spolia ampla refertis Tuque puerque tuus,
glorious spoils, Verg. A. 4, 93.— Comp.:
ne ullum munus aedilitatis amplius aut gratius populo esse possit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5; id. Mur. 37:
praemiis ad perdiscendum amplioribus commoveri,
id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:
alicui ampliorem laudem tribuere,
id. Sest. 27:
in aliqua re esse laudem ampliorem,
id. Marcell. 4:
corporis membris plus dedit, id amplius atque augustius ratus (Zeuxis),
Quint. 12, 10, 5:
ut Augustus vocaretur ampliore cognomine,
Suet. Aug. 7.— Subst.:
in potestatibus eo modo agitabat, ut ampliore, quam gerebat, dignus haberetur,
of something greater, Sall. J. 63, 5.— Sup.:
ut consules monumentum quam amplissimum faciundum curent,
Cic. Phil. 14, 38; 14, 31; id. Verr. 4, 82:
hoc munus aedilitatis amplissimum,
id. ib. 1, 12, 36; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 1, 74:
alicui amplissimas potestates dare,
Cic. Agr. 2, 31:
insignibus amplissimis ornatus,
id. ib. 2, 101:
dona amplissima conferre,
Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9:
praemia legatis dedistis amplissima,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5; id. Phil. 2, 32:
spe amplissimorum praemiorum adduci,
id. Mil. 5; id. de Or. 1, 5, 16:
velut praemium quoddam amplissimum longi laboris,
Quint. 10, 7, 1:
munera amplissima mittere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:
vestris beneficiis amplissimis adfectus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 51; id. Dom. 98:
laudi amplissimae lauream concedere,
id. Pis. 74:
laudibus amplissimis adficere,
id. Phil. 7, 11:
amplissimam gloriam consequi,
id. Prov. Cons. 39:
ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine adfeceris,
id. Deiot. 14:
amplissimis aliquem efferre honoribus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 17, 3:
amplissimis uti honoribus,
Cic. Fl. 45:
amplissimos honores adipisci,
id. Verr. 5, 181:
honores adsequi amplissimos,
id. Mil. 81:
aliquem ad honores amplissimos perducere,
id. Am. 20, 73:
meus labor fructum est amplissimum consecutus,
id. Imp. Pomp 2:
mihi gratiae verbis amplissimis aguntur,
in the handsomest termis, id. Cat. 3, 14; id. Phil. 2, 13; id. Quir. 15:
ei amplissimis verbis gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 3:
provincia Gallia merito ornatur verbis amplissimis ab senatu,
id. ib. 4, 9:
amplissimis verbis conlaudatus,
Suet. Caes. 16:
amplissimo populi senatusque judicio exercitus habuistis,
Cic. Agr. 1, 12; id. Fl. 5; id. Dom. 86; id. Planc. 93:
de meo consulatu amplissima atque ornatissima decreta fecerunt,
id. Dom. 74:
quam universi populi, illius gentis, amplissimum testimonium (said of Cic.),
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 116.—
C.
In respect of the opinion of others, esteemed, renowned, etc.:
quicquid est, quamvis amplum sit, id est parum tum cum est aliquid amplius,
Cic. Marcell. 26:
quid hunc hominem magnum aut amplum de re publica cogitare (putare possumus), qui etc.,
great or noble, id. Imp. Pomp. 37:
omnia, quae vobis cara atque ampla sunt,
id. Agr. 2, 9; id. Arch. 23:
convenerunt corrogati et quidem ampli quidam homines,
id. Phil. 3, 20:
hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,
small and great, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28:
amplis doctoribus instructus,
Tac. A. 14, 52:
sin autem sunt amplae et honestae familiae plebeiae,
Cic. Mur. 7, 15.— Comp.:
cum est aliquid amplius,
Cic. Marcell. 26:
ampliores ordines,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77, where Dinter reads priores: quo (ingenio) neque melius neque amplius aliud in natura mortalium est, [p. 112] Sall. J. 2, 4:
nihil amplius potes (tribuere) amicitia tua,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:
quid amplius facitis?
Vulg. Matt. 5, 47.— Sup.:
ex amplissimo genere nubere,
Cic. Cael. 34:
amplissimo genere natus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:
genere copiisque amplissimus, id. ib 6, 15: quam (familiam) vidit amplissimam,
Cic. Phil. 13, 12:
amplissimos patruos habere,
id. Sex. Rosc. 147:
amplissima civitas,
id. Verr. 5, 122:
apud illos Fabiorum nomen est amplissimum,
id. Font. 36; id. Caecin. 104; id. Verr. 3, 96; id. Deiot. 14:
mihi hic locus ad agendum amplissimus est visus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 1:
non adgrediar ad illa maxima atque amplissima prius quam etc.,
id. Sest. 5:
licet tribuas ei quantum amplissimum potes, nihil tamen amplius potes amicitia tua,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:
amplissimis operibus increscere,
id. ib. 8, 4, 3:
honores in amplissimo consilio collocare,
Cic. Sen. 2:
amplissimi orbis terrae consilii principes,
id. Phil. 3, 34: honoris amplissimi puto esse accusare improbos, I esteem it to be the greatest honor, etc., id. Div. in Caecil. 70:
promotus ad amplissimas procurationes,
Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:
praeter honores amplissimos cognomenque etc.,
Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 142:
spes amplissimae dignitatis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 49; id. Sen. 19, 68; Suet. Vit. 2.—
D.
Hence, amplissimus (almost always thus in sup.) as a title for persons holding great and honored offices, as consul, senator, etc., or as an honorable epithet of the office itself or the body of officers, distinguished, very distinguished, honorable, right honorable, most honorable, etc.:
is mihi videtur amplissimus, qui sua virtute in altiorem locum pervenit,
Cic. Sex. Rosc. 83:
homo et suis et populi Romani ornamentis amplissimus,
id. Mur. 8:
P. Africanus rebus gestis amplissimus,
id. Caecin. 69:
ut homines amplissimi testimonium de sua re non dicerent,
id. Sex. Rosc. 102; id. Clu. 197:
Q. Catuli atque ceterorum amplissimorum hominum auctoritas,
id. Imp. Pomp. 63:
vir amplissimus ejus civitatis,
id. Verr. 4, 17; id. Fl. 32:
exercitum Cn. Domitii, amplissimi viri, sustentavit,
id. Deiot. 5, 14:
cum habeas amplissimi viri religionem (of L. Lucullus),
id. Arch. 4, 8; id. Lig. 22:
in quo consilio amplissimi viri judicarent,
id. Mil. 5; id. Balb. 1; id. Dom. 2:
comitatus virorum amplissimorum,
id. Sull. 9:
viros primarios atque amplissimos civitatis in consilium advocare,
id. Verr. 3, 18:
ordinis amplissimi esse,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, 1; 37, 6:
cives amplissimos legare,
Cic. Balb. 42:
hoc amplissimum nomen, i. e. senatorium,
id. Verr. 3, 96:
amplissimus honos, i. e. consulatus,
id. Rep. 1, 6; so,
amplissimo praeditus magistratu,
Suet. Aug. 26:
amplissimus ordo, i. e. senatorius,
Plin. Ep. 10, 3; Suet. Calig. 49:
amplissimi ordines, i. e. senatus et equites,
id. Vesp. 9:
amplissimum collegium decemvirale,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:
an vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, etc.,
id. Cat. 1, 3:
amplissimum sacerdotium,
id. Verr. 2, 126; id. Phil. 13, 8:
sacerdotium amplissimum,
id. Verr. 2, 127.—
E.
As rhet. epithet:
amplus orator,
one that speaks richly and with dignity, Cic. Or. 9; id. Brut. 68:
herous (pes), qui est idem dactylus Aristoteli amplior, iambus humanior videatur,
grander, more stately, Quint. 9, 4, 88:
amplius compositionis genus,
more copious style, id. 9, 4, 129.— Adv. (on the extent of the use of the different forms of the adverb, v. supra init.), largely, abundantly, copiously.
I.
Lit.
a.
Form amplĭter:
benigne ei largi atque ampliter,
Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:
aptate munde atque ampliter convivium,
Pomp. Com. Rel. p. 234 Rib.:
extructam ampliter mensam,
Lucil. 13, 7 Mull.:
opsonato ampliter,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65:
adpositum est ampliter,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 163:
acceptus hilare atque ampliter,
id. Merc. prol. 98:
modeste melius facere sumptum quam ampliter,
id. Stich. 5, 4, 10:
parum (digitulos) immersisti ampliter,
not deep enough, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—
b.
Form amplē:
exornat ample magnificeque triclinium,
Cic. Verr. 4, 62: qui ample valetudinarios nutriunt, in great numbers (v. the context), Cels. praef. med. —
II.
Trop., fully, handsomely.
a.
Form amplĭter:
ampliter dicere,
fully, particularly, Gell. 10, 3, 4:
laudare ampliter,
id. 2, 6, 11.—
b.
Form amplē: duo genera sunt: unum attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium, with great fulness, richly (v. amplus, II. E.), Cic. Brut. 55, 201; so,
elate ampleque loqui,
id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:
satis ample sonabant in Pompeiani nominis locum Cato et Scipio,
full grandly filled the place of, Flor. 4, 2, 65.— Comp.: amplĭus, more, longer, further, besides (syn.: ultra, praeterea); of time, number, and action (while plus denotes more in quantity, measure, etc.; magis, more, in the comparison of quality, and sometimes of action; and potius, rather, the choice between different objects or acts), constr. absol., with comp. abl., and, in the case of numerals, like minus, plus, propius, q. v., without quam with the nom., acc., or gen., or rarely with the abl. comp., or with quam, but chiefly in the post-Aug. per.; cf. Zumpt, § 485; Madv. § 305; Roby, § 1273; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 12; and Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. p. 521 sq.
a.
In gen.:
deliberatum est non tacere [me] amplius,
Afran. Com. Rel. p. 199 Rib.:
otium ubi erit, de istis rebus tum amplius tecum loquar,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 18:
cui amplius male faxim,
id. Aul. 3, 2, 6: De. Etiam? Li. Amplius, id. As. 1, 1, 29: Ar. Vale. Ph. Aliquanto amplius valerem, si hic maneres, id. ib. 3, 3, 2:
etiam faxo amabit (eam) amplius,
id. Men. 5, 2, 40:
multo tanto illum accusabo, quam te accusavi, amplius,
id. ib. 5, 2, 49:
quo populum servare potissit amplius,
Lucil. 1, 15 Mull.:
At ego amplius dico,
Cic. Verr. 2, 26:
amplius posse,
Sall. J. 69, 2:
armis amplius valere,
id. ib. 111, 1:
si lamentetur miser amplius aequo,
Lucr. 3, 953:
tribus vobis opsonatumst an opsono amplius Tibi et parasito et mulieri?
besides, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 45:
Quam vellem invitatum, ut nobiscum esset amplius,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:
in illo exercitu cuncta (probra) fuere et alia amplius,
Sall. J. 44, 5:
felices ter et amplius,
Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:
binas aut amplius domos continuare,
Sall. C. 20, 11:
ter nec amplius,
Suet. Caes. 25:
cum non solum de his scripserit, sed amplius praecepta (reliquerit),
Quint. 12, 11, 24:
multa promi amplius possunt,
Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:
si studere amplius possum,
Quint. 6, prooem. 4:
auram communem amplius haurire potui?
id. 6, prooem. 12:
sagum, quod amplius est,
Vulg. Exod. 26, 12.—
b.
And so very often with the pron. quid, etc.; with the negatives nihil, non, neque, nec, ne; and sometimes with nemo and haud.
(α).
With quid, etc.:
Quid faciam amplius?
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 14, and Cic. Har. Resp. 42:
quid dicam amplius?
Quint. 8, 4, 7:
quid a me amplius dicendum putatis?
Cic. Verr. 3, 60:
quid quaeris amplius?
id. Sex. Rosc. 145; id. Dom. 41; id. Verr. 2, 191:
quid vultis amplius?
id. Mil. 35:
quid amplius vis?
Hor. Epod. 17, 30:
quid exspectatis amplius?
Cic. Verr. 2, 174:
quid amplius exspectabo,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 33:
quid loquar amplius de hoc homine?
Cic. Caecin. 25:
quid amplius laboremus?
Quint. 8, prooem. 31:
quid habet amplius homo?
Vulg. Eccl. 1, 3; 6, 8:
quid ego aliud exoptem amplius, nisi etc.,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 134:
quid amplius debeam optare?
Quint. 4, 1, 51: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 11; Ter. And. 2, 1, 25: De. An quid est etiam amplius? He. Vero amplius, id. Ad. 3, 4, 22:
quid est quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?
more than this, id. And. 1, 1, 4:
Etenim quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si etc.,
Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Sull. 90:
si quid amplius scit,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:
si quid ego addidero amplius,
id. Trin. 4, 2, 13:
si amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 8.—And often hoc amplius, where hoc is commonly an abl., but sometimes may be regarded as a nom. or an acc.:
hoc amplius si quid poteris,
any thing beyond this, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 44: et hoc amplius (additur), quod etc., and this further, that etc., id. Sull. 44; so Quint. 5, 13, 36:
de paedagogis hoc amplius, ut aut sint etc.,
id. 1, 1, 8:
Mario urbe Italiaque interdicendum, Marciano hoc amplius, Africa,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 19; Quint. 1, 5, 50; 1, 5, 55; sometimes in plur., his amplius:
his amplius apud eundem (est) etc.,
Quint. 9, 3, 15;
so rarely eo amplius: inferiasque his annua religione, publice instituit, et eo amplius matri Circenses,
Suet. Calig. 15:
quaeris quid potuerit amplius adsequi,
Cic. Planc. 60: prius quam (hic) turbarum quid faciat amplius, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 93:
quare jam te cur amplius excrucies?
Cat. 76, 10.—
(β).
With nihil, etc.:
habet nihil amplius quam lutum,
Lucil. 9, 46 Mull.:
nihil habui amplius, quod praeciperem,
Quint. 7, 1, 64:
nihil enim dixit amplius,
Cic. Deiot. 21:
Nihil dico amplius: causa dicta est,
I say no more; I have done with my case, id. ib. 8:
nihil amplius dico, nisi me etc.,
id. Planc. 96:
nihil amplius dicam quam victoriam etc.,
id. Marcell. 17.—Hence, nihil dico or dicam amplius, when one fears to wound by declaring his opinion, etc., I say no more, have nothing further to say or add:
vetus est, Nihili cocio est. Scis cujus? non dico amplius,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51:
si, quod equitis Romani filius est, inferior esse debuit: omnes tecum equitum Romanorum filii petiverunt. Nihil dico amplius,
Cic. Planc. 7 (tacite significat eos dignitate inferiores esse Plancio, Manut. ad h.l.):
Alterius vero partis nihil amplius dicam quam id, quod etc.,
id. Marcell. 6, 17:
amplius nihil respondit,
Vulg. Marc. 15, 5:
nihil amplius addens,
ib. Deut. 5, 22:
nihil noverunt amplius,
ib. Eccl. 9, 5:
nihil amplius optet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46:
nihil amplius potes,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:
amplius quod desideres, nihil erit,
this will leave nothing to be desired, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:
nil amplius oro, nisi ut etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 4:
ipse Augustus nihil amplius quam equestri familia ortum se scribit,
Suet. Aug. 2:
si non amplius, ad lustrum hoc protolleret unum,
Lucil. 1, 33 Mull.:
non luctabor tecum, Crasse, amplius,
Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:
verbum non amplius addam,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 121:
non amplius me objurgabis,
Quint. 5, 10, 47:
non amplius posse,
Sall. Fragm. Hist. 3, 82, 19 Kritz:
non habent amplius quid faciant,
Vulg. Luc. 12, 4: non videbitis amplius faciem meam. ib. Gen. 44, 23; ib. Heb. 10, 17:
amplius illa jam non inveniet,
ib. Apoc. 18, 14:
studium, quo non aliud ad dignitatem amplius excogitari potest,
Tac. Or. 5:
extra me non est alia amplius,
Vulg. Soph. 2, 15:
neque hoc amplius quam quod vides nobis quicquamst,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 21:
neque va dari amplius neque etc.,
Cic. Quinct. 23:
nec jam amplius ullae Adparent terrae,
Verg. A. 3, 192; 3, 260; 5, 8; 9, 426; 9, 519; 11, 807; 12, 680; id. G. 4, 503:
nec irascar amplius,
Vulg. Ezech. 16, 42; ib. Apoc. 7, 16:
ne amplius dona petas,
Cat. 68, 14:
urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,
Lucr. 4, 874;
ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:
ut ne quem amplius posthac discipulum reciperet,
Suet. Gram. 17:
ne amplius morando Scaurum incenderet,
Sall. J. 25, 10; id. Fragm. Hist. 1, 2, 10 Kritz;
3, 82, 17: ne amplius divulgetur,
Vulg. Act. 4, 17:
ut nequaquam amplius per eamdem viam revertamini,
ib. Deut. 17, 16:
nolite amplius accipere pecuniam,
ib. 4 Reg. 12, 7.—
(γ).
With nemo:
cur non restipulatur neminem amplius petiturum?
Cic. Q. Rosc. 12, 36:
cum amplius nemo occurreret,
nobody further, no one more, Curt. 8, 10, 2; so,
neminem amplius viderunt,
Vulg. Marc. 9, 7:
nemo emet amplius,
no one will buy any longer, any more, ib. Apoc. 18, 11 (for cases of haud with amplius, v. c. a and g).—
c.
With numerals and numeral forms.
(α).
Without quam:
amplius horam suffixum in cruce me memini esse,
Cat. 69, 3:
horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo homines moliebantur,
Cic. Verr. 4, 95:
amplius annos triginta tribunus fuerat,
Sall. C. 59, 6:
me non amplius novem annos nato,
Nep. Hann. 2, 3:
per annos amplius quadraginta,
Suet. Aug. 72; 32:
quid si tandem amplius triennium est?
Cic. Q. Rosc. 8:
Tu faciem illius noctem non amplius unam Falle dolo,
Verg. A. 1, 683:
inveniebat Sabim flumen non amplius milia passuum decem abesse,
Caes. B. G. 2, 16; 4, 12:
reliquum spatium, quod est non amplius pedum sexcentorum, mons continet,
id. ib. 1, 28;
2, 29: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli,
Cic. Phil. 2, 40; id. Fl. 68; so Plin. Ep. 10, 39, 1:
huic paulo amplius tertiam partem denegem?
id. ib. 5, 7, 3:
cum eum amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,
Cic. Verr. 1, 14; 5, 155:
victi amplius ducenti ceciderunt,
Liv. 21, 29, 3: non amplius quattuordecim cohortes, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C:
ex omni multitudine non amplius quadraginta locum cepere,
Sall. J. 58, 3: torrentes amplius centum, [p. 113] Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; 9, 5, 4, § 10.—And very rarely placed after the numeral:
qui septingentos jam annos amplius numquam mutatis legibus vivunt,
Cic. Fl. 63:
pugnatum duas amplius horas,
Liv. 25, 19, 15 Weissenb.:
duo haud amplius milia peditum effugerunt,
id. 28, 2:
decem amplius versus perdidimus,
Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12:
tris pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,
Verg. E. 3, 105.—
(β).
With the comp. abl. (rare but class.):
cum jam amplius horis sex continenter pugnaretur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 4, 37:
pugnatum amplius duabus horis est,
Liv. 27, 12:
neque triennio amplius supervixit,
Suet. Caes. 89:
uti non amplius quinis aut senis milibus passuum interesset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23; 2, 7;
6, 29: non amplius patet milibus quinque et triginta,
Sall. Fragm. Hist. 4, 1, 34 Kritz:
est ab capite paulo amplius mille passibus locus,
Plin. Ep. 10, 90, 1:
ab Capsa non amplius duum milium intervallo,
Sall. J. 91, 3:
(Catilina) cum initio non amplius duobus milibus (militum) habuisset,
id. C. 56, 2; so,
denas alii, alii plures (uxores) habent, set reges eo amplius,
id. J. 80, 7.—
And prob. the following ambiguous cases: cum mille non amplius equitibus,
Sall. J. 105, 3:
oppidum non amplius mille passuum abesse,
id. ib. 68, 3.—
(γ).
With quam (postAug. and eccl.):
non amplius, cum plurimum, quam septem horas dormiebat,
Suet. Aug. 78:
nec amplius quam septem et viginti dies Brundisii commoratus,
id. ib. 17:
Toto triennio semel omnino eam nec amplius quam uno die paucissimis vidit horis,
id. Tib. 51:
demoratus dies non amplius quam octo aut decem,
Vulg. Act. 25, 6:
ut non amplius apud te quam quarta (pars) remaneret,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:
ut vexillum veteranorum, non amplius quam quingenti numero, copias fuderint,
Tac. A. 3, 21:
haud amplius quam ducentos misit,
id. ib. 14, 32:
insidiantur ei ex iis viri amplius quam quadraginta,
Vulg. Act. 23, 21.—
d. (α).
Amplius, t. t. of judges when they deferred an important case for future examination:
Amplius adeo prolixum temporis spatium significat, ut judices quotienscunque significarent, adhuc se audire velle, amplius dicebant. Itaque negotium differebant, unde hodieque ampliari judicium differri dicitur,
Charis. 176 P.; so Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 39; cf.
also amplio and ampliatio: cum consules re audita amplius de consilii sententia pronuntiavissent,
Cic. Brut. 22, 86:
antea vel judicari primo poterat vel amplius pronuntiari,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:
ut de Philodamo amplius pronuntiaretur,
id. ib. 2, 1, 29.—
And metaph.: ego amplius deliberandum censeo,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 17.—
(β).
Amplius non petere, judicial t. phr., to bring no further action, to make no further claim:
quid ita satis non dedit, AMPLIVS [A SE] NEMINEM PETITVRVM?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35:
Tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero amplius eo nomine neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,
id. Brut. 5, 18:
sunt duo, quae te rogo: primum, ut si quid satis dandum erit, AMPLIVS EO NOMINE NON PETI, cures etc.,
id. Fam. 13, 28 A:
quod ille recusarit satis dare amplius abs te non peti,
id. Att. 1, 8, 1.—
(γ).
Hoc amplius, beside the general use given above (II. Comp. b. a), as t. phr. of senators when they approved a measure, but amended it by addition:
Servilio adsentior et HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, magnum Pompeium fecisse etc.,
Cic. Phil. 12, 21, 50:
cui cum essem adsensus, decrevi HOC AMPLIVS, ut etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1;
so Seneca: fortasse et post omnes citatus nihil improbabo ex iis, quae priores decreverint, et dicam HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, Vit. Beat. 3, 2: Quaedam ex istis sunt, quibus adsentire possumus, sed HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO,
id. Q. N. 3, 15, 1.—
(δ).
To this may be added the elliptical phrases, nihil amplius and si nihil amplius:
nihil amplius, denoting that there is nothing further than has been declared: sese ipsum abs te repetit. Nihil amplius,
Cic. Verr. 5, 49, 128;
(res publica) ulta suas injurias est per vos interitu tyranni. Nihil amplius,
id. Fam. 12, 1, 2; and, si nihil amplius, marking a limit, if nothing more, at least:
excedam tectis? An, si nihil amplius, obstem?
Ov. M. 9, 148.
► The form amplius has the ambiguity of the Engl.
word more, which is sometimes an adj., sometimes a subst., and sometimes an adv., and some of the above examples would admit of different classifications; as, non amplius dicere, not to speak further (adv.) or not to say more (subst.), Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51; but some of them would admit of only one explanation;
as, ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43. Sup.: amplissimē.
I.
Lit., very largely, most abundantly:
ut quibus militibus amplissime (agri) dati adsignati essent,
in the largest shares, Cic. Phil. 5, 53:
duumviri (deos) tribus quam amplissume tum apparari poterat stratis lectis placavere,
Liv. 5, 13, 6 Weissenb.—
II.
Fig., most generously, most handsomely:
qui amplissime de salute mea decreverint,
Cic. Dom. 44:
amplissime laudare,
in the handsomest style, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11; Suet. Calig. 15:
honores amplissime gessit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 112:
pater cum amplissime ex praetura triumphasset,
with the greatest pomp, id. Mur. 15:
placere eum quam amplissime supremo suo die efferri,
should be carried forth with every possible solemnity, id. Phil. 9, 7, 16. V. on this word, Hand, Turs. I. pp. 287-296.

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exter or extĕrus (both forms only post-class. and very rare), tĕra, tĕrum, adj. [ comp. form, from ex], on the outside, outward, of another country, family, etc., foreign, strange (syn.: extraneus; alienus, peregrinus, adventicius).
I.
Pos. (in Cic. and Caes. used in the plur.):
quod exter heres praestare cogeretur,
strange, Dig. 31, 1, 69:
emancipatus vero aut exterus non aliter possunt hereditatem quaerere quam si, etc.,
ib. 29, 2, 84; cf. ib. 31, 1, 67, § 4:
tactus corporis est sensus, vel cum res extera sese Insinuat, vel, etc.,
Lucr. 2, 435:
vis,
id. 2, 277:
haec lex socialis est, hoc jus nationum exterarum est,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18:
exterarum gentium multitudo,
Suet. Caes. 84:
non modo vestris civibus, verum etiam exteris nationibus,
Cic. Font. 11, 25; cf.:
apud exteras civitates,
Cic. Caecin. 34, 100:
apud exteras nationes,
Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.;
ad nationes exteras,
Quint. 11, 1, 89:
apud exteros,
Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22 et saep.:
ab extero hoste atque longinquo,
Cic. Cat. 2, 13.—In neutr. plur. with gen.:
ad extera Europae noscenda missus Himilco,
Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 169:
ad extera corporum,
id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—
II.
Comp.: extĕrĭor, us (in signif. scarcely differing from its pos.), outward, outer, exterior; opp. interior (rare but class.):
cum alterum fecisset exteriorem, interiorem alterum amplexus orbem,
Cic. Univ. 7; cf.:
simul ex navibus milites in exteriorem vallum tela jaciebant... et legionarii, interioris munitionis defensores,
Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 6:
colle exteriore occupato,
id. B. G. 7, 79, 1:
circumire exteriores mutiones jubet,
id. ib. 7, 87, 4:
pares munitiones contra exteriorem hostem perfecit,
id. ib. 7, 74:
comes exterior,
i. e. on the left side, Hor. S. 2, 5, 17.—
III.
Sup. in two forms, extrēmus and extĭmus or extŭmus [ sup. of ex; cf. Gr. eschatos, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 387].
A.
extrēmus, a, um (which in post-class. lang. is itself compared; comp.:
extremior,
App. M. 1, p. 105; 7, p. 188; sup.:
extremissimus,
Tert. Apol. 19), the outermost, utmost, extreme (so most freq.; cf.: ultimus, postremus, novissimus, supremus, imus).
1.
Lit.:
extremum oppidum Allobrogum est Geneva,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 3:
flumen Axona, quod est in extremis Remorum finibus,
on the farthest borders, id. ib. 2, 5, 4:
fines,
Liv. 39, 28, 2; 45, 29, 14; cf.:
ad extremum finem provinciae Galliae venerunt,
id. 40, 16, 5:
impiger extremos currit mercator ad Indos,
the remotest, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 45:
Tanaïs,
id. C. 3, 10, 1:
in extrema fere parte epistolae,
near the end, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 20; cf.:
in codicis extrema cera,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92; but to denote the last part of a thing it is used more freq. in immediate connection with the substantive denoting the whole:
quibus (litteris) in extremis,
at its end, id. Att. 14, 8, 1; cf.:
in qua (epistola) extrema,
id. ib. 13, 45, 1:
in extremo libro tertio,
at the end of the third book, id. Off. 3, 2, 9:
in extrema oratione,
id. de Or. 1, 10, 41:
in extremo ponte turrim constituit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 3; cf.:
ad extremas fossas castella constituit,
id. ib. 2, 8, 3:
ab extremo agmine,
id. ib. 2, 11, 4:
in extrema Cappadocia,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4:
extremis digitis aliquid attingere,
id. Cael. 12, 28 et saep. —In the neutr. absol. and as subst.: extrē-mum, i, n., an end, the end: divitias alii praeponunt, alii honores, multi etiam voluptates;
beluarum hoc quidem extremum,
Cic. Lael. 6, 20:
quod finitum est, habet extremum,
id. Div. 2, 50, 103:
missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti, praeterquam ad extremum,
at the end, Liv. 21, 8, 10: in "Equo Trojano" scis esse in extremo "sero sapiunt," Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.:
quod erat in extremo,
id. Att. 6, 9, 1.—With gen.:
aliquid ad extremum causae reservatum,
Cic. Deiot. 13, 35 (cf. infra, 2. a. fin.):
caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultumum mundi est,
id. Div. 2, 43, 91:
ab Ocelo, quod est citerioris provinciae extremum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 5:
summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus,
Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:
in extremo montis,
Sall. J. 37, 4.— In plur.:
extrema agminis,
Liv. 6, 32, 11:
extrema Africae,
Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31:
extrema Galliae,
Flor. 3, 3, 1; 3, 20, 12; Tac. H. 5, 18; id. A. 4, 67; 4, 74.—
2.
Trop.
a.
In respect to time or the order of succession, the latest, last:
inter prioris mensis senescentis extremum diem et novam lunam,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.:
mensis anni Februarius,
Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 54:
tempore diei,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:
eam amicitiam ad extremum finem vitae perduxit,
Liv. 37, 53, 8:
matres ab extremo conspectu liberorum exclusae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:
manus extrema non accessit operibus ejus,
the finishing hand, the last touches, id. Brut. 33, 126:
extremum illud est, ut te orem et obsecrem,
it remains only, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Att. 11, 16, 5.—To denote the last part of a thing (cf. above, 1.): quod eo die potest videri extrema et prima luna, i. e. the end and the beginning, Varr. L. L. l. l.:
usque ad extremam aetatem ab adolescentia,
Nep. Cato, 2, 4; id. Att. 10, 3; cf.: ita tantum bellum Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 12, 35:
extremo anno,
Liv. 2, 64, 1:
extremo tempore,
in the last time, at last, Nep. Dat. 10; id. Epam. 9; id. Eum. 5, 3 al.:
extrema pueritia,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:
extremo Peloponnesio bello,
Nep. Con. 1, 2: extremus dies, the close of day, the evening, Sil 7, 172; 14, 8.— Subst.:
illum Praeteritum temnens extremos inter euntem,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 116; cf.: extremi primorum, extremis [p. 708] usque priores, id. Ep. 2, 2, 204:
extremus dominorum,
Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.:
die extremum erat,
Sall. J. 21, 2:
extremum aestatis,
id. ib. 90, 1:
extremo anni,
Liv. 35, 11, 1:
sub extremum noctis,
Sil. 4, 88 al. —Prov.: extrema semper de ante factis judicant (cf. our wise after the event), Pub. Syr. 163 Rib.— Adv.: extremum.
a.
For the last time:
alloquor extremum maestos abiturus amicos,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 15: cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt.—
b.
At last, finally, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:
extremum tenues liquefacta medullas Tabuit,
Ov. M. 14, 431.—Adverb. phrase:
ad extremum,
id. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Caes. B. G. 4, 4, 2 et saep.; cf., strengthened by tum:
invenire quod dicas... deinde... post... tum ad extremum agere ac pronuntiare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 79; and strengthened by denique:
ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur,
id. Sest. 47, 100:
decimo loco testis exspectatus et ad extremum reservatus dixit, etc.,
till the end, to the last, id. Caecin. 10, 28:
ad extremum,
Ov. P. 1, 9, 28; 3, 7, 20;
for which: in extremum (durare),
id. H. 7, 111:
qui extremo mortuus est,
at last, Dig. 32, 1, 81:
extremo,
Nep. Ham. 2, 3.—
b.
Extreme in quality or degree; used, like ultimus, to denote both the highest and the lowest grade.
(α).
The utmost, highest, greatest: cum extremum hoc sit (sentis enim, credo, me jam diu, quod telos Graeci dicunt, id dicere tum extremum, tum ultimum, tum summum:
licebit etiam finem pro extremo aut ultimo dicere) cum igitur hoc sit extremum, congruenter naturae vivere, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:
extremam famem sustentare,
Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3:
ad extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas,
Cic. Quint. 15, 48; cf.:
decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C., Dent operam consules, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3:
extremam rationem belli sequens,
id. ib. 3, 44, 1:
neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere, extremae dementiae est,
is the height of madness, Sall. J. 3, 3:
in extremis suis rebus,
in the utmost, greatest danger, Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:
res,
Suet. Ner. 6 fin.; cf.:
res jam ad extremum perducta casum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1:
necessitate extrema ad mortem agi,
Tac. A. 13, 1.— Subst.: si nihil in Lepido spei sit, descensurum ad extrema, to desperate measures, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:
ad extrema perventum est,
Curt. 4, 14, 14:
ad extrema ventum foret, ni, etc.,
Liv. 2, 47, 8:
compellere ad extrema deditionis,
to surrender at discretion, Flor. 4, 5; cf.:
famem, ferrum et extrema pati,
Tac. H. 4, 59:
plura de extremis loqui,
id. ib. 2, 47 al.:
res publica in extremo sita,
Sall. C. 52, 11;
Sen. de Ira, 1, 11, 5.—Adverb.: improbus homo, sed non ad extremum perditus,
utterly, Liv. 23, 2, 4.—
(β).
The lowest, vilest, meanest (perh. not ante-Aug.):
mancipia,
Sen. Ep. 70 fin.:
latrones,
App. M. 3, p. 131:
quidam sortis extremae juvenis,
Just. 15, 1:
alimenta vitae,
Tac. A. 6, 24:
extremi ingenii est,
Liv. 22, 29, 8.—
B.
extĭmus or extŭmus, a, um, the outermost, farthest, most remote (rare but class.):
novem orbes, quorum unus est caelestis, extimus, qui reliquos omnes complectitur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17:
circum caesura membrorum,
Lucr. 3, 219; 4, 647:
promontorium Oceani,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:
gentes,
id. 2, 78, 80, § 190: factus sum extimus a vobis, i. e. discarded, estranged, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 609 P.— Subst.:
Apuliae extima,
the borders, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 217.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exter
7 extremum

exter or extĕrus (both forms only post-class. and very rare), tĕra, tĕrum, adj. [ comp. form, from ex], on the outside, outward, of another country, family, etc., foreign, strange (syn.: extraneus; alienus, peregrinus, adventicius).
I.
Pos. (in Cic. and Caes. used in the plur.):
quod exter heres praestare cogeretur,
strange, Dig. 31, 1, 69:
emancipatus vero aut exterus non aliter possunt hereditatem quaerere quam si, etc.,
ib. 29, 2, 84; cf. ib. 31, 1, 67, § 4:
tactus corporis est sensus, vel cum res extera sese Insinuat, vel, etc.,
Lucr. 2, 435:
vis,
id. 2, 277:
haec lex socialis est, hoc jus nationum exterarum est,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18:
exterarum gentium multitudo,
Suet. Caes. 84:
non modo vestris civibus, verum etiam exteris nationibus,
Cic. Font. 11, 25; cf.:
apud exteras civitates,
Cic. Caecin. 34, 100:
apud exteras nationes,
Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.;
ad nationes exteras,
Quint. 11, 1, 89:
apud exteros,
Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22 et saep.:
ab extero hoste atque longinquo,
Cic. Cat. 2, 13.—In neutr. plur. with gen.:
ad extera Europae noscenda missus Himilco,
Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 169:
ad extera corporum,
id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—
II.
Comp.: extĕrĭor, us (in signif. scarcely differing from its pos.), outward, outer, exterior; opp. interior (rare but class.):
cum alterum fecisset exteriorem, interiorem alterum amplexus orbem,
Cic. Univ. 7; cf.:
simul ex navibus milites in exteriorem vallum tela jaciebant... et legionarii, interioris munitionis defensores,
Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 6:
colle exteriore occupato,
id. B. G. 7, 79, 1:
circumire exteriores mutiones jubet,
id. ib. 7, 87, 4:
pares munitiones contra exteriorem hostem perfecit,
id. ib. 7, 74:
comes exterior,
i. e. on the left side, Hor. S. 2, 5, 17.—
III.
Sup. in two forms, extrēmus and extĭmus or extŭmus [ sup. of ex; cf. Gr. eschatos, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 387].
A.
extrēmus, a, um (which in post-class. lang. is itself compared; comp.:
extremior,
App. M. 1, p. 105; 7, p. 188; sup.:
extremissimus,
Tert. Apol. 19), the outermost, utmost, extreme (so most freq.; cf.: ultimus, postremus, novissimus, supremus, imus).
1.
Lit.:
extremum oppidum Allobrogum est Geneva,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 3:
flumen Axona, quod est in extremis Remorum finibus,
on the farthest borders, id. ib. 2, 5, 4:
fines,
Liv. 39, 28, 2; 45, 29, 14; cf.:
ad extremum finem provinciae Galliae venerunt,
id. 40, 16, 5:
impiger extremos currit mercator ad Indos,
the remotest, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 45:
Tanaïs,
id. C. 3, 10, 1:
in extrema fere parte epistolae,
near the end, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 20; cf.:
in codicis extrema cera,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92; but to denote the last part of a thing it is used more freq. in immediate connection with the substantive denoting the whole:
quibus (litteris) in extremis,
at its end, id. Att. 14, 8, 1; cf.:
in qua (epistola) extrema,
id. ib. 13, 45, 1:
in extremo libro tertio,
at the end of the third book, id. Off. 3, 2, 9:
in extrema oratione,
id. de Or. 1, 10, 41:
in extremo ponte turrim constituit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 3; cf.:
ad extremas fossas castella constituit,
id. ib. 2, 8, 3:
ab extremo agmine,
id. ib. 2, 11, 4:
in extrema Cappadocia,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4:
extremis digitis aliquid attingere,
id. Cael. 12, 28 et saep. —In the neutr. absol. and as subst.: extrē-mum, i, n., an end, the end: divitias alii praeponunt, alii honores, multi etiam voluptates;
beluarum hoc quidem extremum,
Cic. Lael. 6, 20:
quod finitum est, habet extremum,
id. Div. 2, 50, 103:
missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti, praeterquam ad extremum,
at the end, Liv. 21, 8, 10: in "Equo Trojano" scis esse in extremo "sero sapiunt," Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.:
quod erat in extremo,
id. Att. 6, 9, 1.—With gen.:
aliquid ad extremum causae reservatum,
Cic. Deiot. 13, 35 (cf. infra, 2. a. fin.):
caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultumum mundi est,
id. Div. 2, 43, 91:
ab Ocelo, quod est citerioris provinciae extremum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 5:
summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus,
Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:
in extremo montis,
Sall. J. 37, 4.— In plur.:
extrema agminis,
Liv. 6, 32, 11:
extrema Africae,
Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31:
extrema Galliae,
Flor. 3, 3, 1; 3, 20, 12; Tac. H. 5, 18; id. A. 4, 67; 4, 74.—
2.
Trop.
a.
In respect to time or the order of succession, the latest, last:
inter prioris mensis senescentis extremum diem et novam lunam,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.:
mensis anni Februarius,
Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 54:
tempore diei,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:
eam amicitiam ad extremum finem vitae perduxit,
Liv. 37, 53, 8:
matres ab extremo conspectu liberorum exclusae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:
manus extrema non accessit operibus ejus,
the finishing hand, the last touches, id. Brut. 33, 126:
extremum illud est, ut te orem et obsecrem,
it remains only, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Att. 11, 16, 5.—To denote the last part of a thing (cf. above, 1.): quod eo die potest videri extrema et prima luna, i. e. the end and the beginning, Varr. L. L. l. l.:
usque ad extremam aetatem ab adolescentia,
Nep. Cato, 2, 4; id. Att. 10, 3; cf.: ita tantum bellum Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 12, 35:
extremo anno,
Liv. 2, 64, 1:
extremo tempore,
in the last time, at last, Nep. Dat. 10; id. Epam. 9; id. Eum. 5, 3 al.:
extrema pueritia,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:
extremo Peloponnesio bello,
Nep. Con. 1, 2: extremus dies, the close of day, the evening, Sil 7, 172; 14, 8.— Subst.:
illum Praeteritum temnens extremos inter euntem,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 116; cf.: extremi primorum, extremis [p. 708] usque priores, id. Ep. 2, 2, 204:
extremus dominorum,
Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.:
die extremum erat,
Sall. J. 21, 2:
extremum aestatis,
id. ib. 90, 1:
extremo anni,
Liv. 35, 11, 1:
sub extremum noctis,
Sil. 4, 88 al. —Prov.: extrema semper de ante factis judicant (cf. our wise after the event), Pub. Syr. 163 Rib.— Adv.: extremum.
a.
For the last time:
alloquor extremum maestos abiturus amicos,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 15: cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt.—
b.
At last, finally, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:
extremum tenues liquefacta medullas Tabuit,
Ov. M. 14, 431.—Adverb. phrase:
ad extremum,
id. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Caes. B. G. 4, 4, 2 et saep.; cf., strengthened by tum:
invenire quod dicas... deinde... post... tum ad extremum agere ac pronuntiare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 79; and strengthened by denique:
ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur,
id. Sest. 47, 100:
decimo loco testis exspectatus et ad extremum reservatus dixit, etc.,
till the end, to the last, id. Caecin. 10, 28:
ad extremum,
Ov. P. 1, 9, 28; 3, 7, 20;
for which: in extremum (durare),
id. H. 7, 111:
qui extremo mortuus est,
at last, Dig. 32, 1, 81:
extremo,
Nep. Ham. 2, 3.—
b.
Extreme in quality or degree; used, like ultimus, to denote both the highest and the lowest grade.
(α).
The utmost, highest, greatest: cum extremum hoc sit (sentis enim, credo, me jam diu, quod telos Graeci dicunt, id dicere tum extremum, tum ultimum, tum summum:
licebit etiam finem pro extremo aut ultimo dicere) cum igitur hoc sit extremum, congruenter naturae vivere, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:
extremam famem sustentare,
Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3:
ad extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas,
Cic. Quint. 15, 48; cf.:
decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C., Dent operam consules, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3:
extremam rationem belli sequens,
id. ib. 3, 44, 1:
neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere, extremae dementiae est,
is the height of madness, Sall. J. 3, 3:
in extremis suis rebus,
in the utmost, greatest danger, Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:
res,
Suet. Ner. 6 fin.; cf.:
res jam ad extremum perducta casum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1:
necessitate extrema ad mortem agi,
Tac. A. 13, 1.— Subst.: si nihil in Lepido spei sit, descensurum ad extrema, to desperate measures, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:
ad extrema perventum est,
Curt. 4, 14, 14:
ad extrema ventum foret, ni, etc.,
Liv. 2, 47, 8:
compellere ad extrema deditionis,
to surrender at discretion, Flor. 4, 5; cf.:
famem, ferrum et extrema pati,
Tac. H. 4, 59:
plura de extremis loqui,
id. ib. 2, 47 al.:
res publica in extremo sita,
Sall. C. 52, 11;
Sen. de Ira, 1, 11, 5.—Adverb.: improbus homo, sed non ad extremum perditus,
utterly, Liv. 23, 2, 4.—
(β).
The lowest, vilest, meanest (perh. not ante-Aug.):
mancipia,
Sen. Ep. 70 fin.:
latrones,
App. M. 3, p. 131:
quidam sortis extremae juvenis,
Just. 15, 1:
alimenta vitae,
Tac. A. 6, 24:
extremi ingenii est,
Liv. 22, 29, 8.—
B.
extĭmus or extŭmus, a, um, the outermost, farthest, most remote (rare but class.):
novem orbes, quorum unus est caelestis, extimus, qui reliquos omnes complectitur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17:
circum caesura membrorum,
Lucr. 3, 219; 4, 647:
promontorium Oceani,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:
gentes,
id. 2, 78, 80, § 190: factus sum extimus a vobis, i. e. discarded, estranged, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 609 P.— Subst.:
Apuliae extima,
the borders, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 217.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > extremum
8 momentum

mōmentum, i, n. [for movimentum, from moveo], a movement, motion (as an indwelling force; cf.: motio, motus; class.).
I.
Lit.:
astra forma ipsa figuraque sua momenta sustentant,
Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117:
pisces levi caudae in utrumque momento velocitatem suam flectunt,
Sen. Ep. 90, 24:
utque leves tactus momentaque parva sequantur,
Ov. M. 4, 180.—
II.
Transf.
A.
An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution:
cetera populi Romani vectigalia, perlevi saepe momento fortunae, inclinatione temporis pendere,
Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:
nullum momentum annonae facere,
to effect no alteration in the price of corn, Liv. 4, 12:
animi,
id. 39, 5:
provincias magnis momentis concusserat,
Vell. 2, 78, 1:
sine momento rerum, partisque ruinā cadere,
Luc. 7, 118.—
B.
A particle sufficient to turn the scales:
momentum staterae,
Vulg. Isa. 40, 15; id. Sap. 11, 23; hence, a particle, a part, a point:
myrrhae momentum,
Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 87:
quibus (regnis) pro ignobili momento erat accessura Macedonia,
a make-weight, Just. 7, 3, 1:
sol cotidie ex alio caeli momento, quam pridie, oritur,
a point, part, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 333:
corpus orationis in parva momenta diducendo consumere,
Quint. 3, 11, 23; to lose the main subject in minute divisions:
ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est,
id. 5, 10, 71:
officiorum,
parts, Cic. Mur. 2, 3. —
b.
In partic.
(α).
Of time, a short time, brief space, moment (syn. punctum):
parvis momentis multa natura affingit,
instants, moments, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118:
momentis certis dimensis,
at certain fixed times, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 3:
non cunctandum ratus Hannibal, totis viribus adgressus urbem momento cepit,
Liv. 21, 14, 3:
momento temporis,
in a moment, id. 21, 33; 35, 11, 13:
momento horae,
in quick lapse of time, Hor. S. 1, 1, 7; cf.:
momento unius horae,
Curt. 9, 6, 21:
horae momento,
Liv. 5, 7, 3; 9, 16:
Maecenati triennio supremo nullo horae momento contigit somnus,
could not sleep a single hour, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:
brevi horarum momento,
in a few hours, Just. 2, 14, 9:
ut momentum horae pereat,
that a short hour be lost, Phaedr. 3 prol. 5:
momento fit cinis diu silva,
in a moment, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 3:
in momento, in ictu oculi,
Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 52:
in momento indignationis,
id. Isa. 54, 8:
pruna stomacho non utilissima, sed brevi momento,
are hurtful, but only for a short time, Plin. 23, 7, 66, § 132:
quantum quoquo momento temporis adiciatur,
Gai. Inst. 2, 70:
hoc fit dicis gratia uno momento,
id. ib. 1, 141.—
(β).
Transf., of space, distance, a little way:
parvo momento antecedere,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
visūs nostri tarditas non subsequitur momenta currentis (sc. stellae), sed videt simul et unde exsilierit et quo pervenerit,
does not trace the successive points of its course, but sees the whole at once, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 4.—
2.
Trop., a cause, a circumstance; weight, influence, importance, moment:
minimis momentis maximae inclinationes temporum fiunt,
from the slightest causes spring the greatest changes, Cic. Phil. 5, 10, 26:
momenta omnia observare,
all the circumstances, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:
unamquamque rem momento suo ponderare,
according to its importance, id. Font. 6, 21; cf.:
ut omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus examinet,
id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:
ita parvae res magnum in utramque partem momentum habuerunt,
influence, Caes. B. C. 3, 70:
quorum adventus hoc tamen momenti fecit, ut Scipio abscederet inde, etc.,
Liv. 29, 35:
nullum momentum in dando adimendoque regno habere,
no decisive influence, id. 1, 47, 6:
momenti aliquid apud Magnetas ad repetendam societatem Romanam facere,
id. 35, 39, 3:
cave quidquam habeat momenti gratia,
weight, influence, Cic. Mur. 30, 62:
magno ad persuadendum momento esse,
id. Inv. 2, 26, 77:
potentia,
motives, Ov. M. 11, 285:
Leonis (sideris),
influence, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:
praebe nostrae momenta saluti,
promote, Ov. P. 4, 13, 49:
erant octo cohortes... tum discordiā temporum a legione digressae, prout inclinassent, grande momentum sociae aut adversae,
Tac. H. 1, 59:
levi momento aestimare aliquid,
to consider of little moment, to prize lightly, Caes. B. G. 7, 39:
nullius momenti aliquid putare,
of no moment, unimportant, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:
quod (oppidum) per se parvum magni momenti locum obtinuit,
Tac. H. 3, 8:
id est maximi momenti et ponderis,
of the greatest moment, Cic. Vatin. 4, 19:
exponunt, se tentāsse etiam haud magni momenti finitimarum gentium auxilia,
Liv. 10, 16, 5:
sed in bello nihil tam leve est, quod non magnae interdum rei momentum faciat,
id. 25, 18, 3; 28, 17, 10; 27, 45, 5:
inpensam in rem maximi ad omnia momenti facere,
id. 43, 23, 8:
nullā in re nisi in virtute propensionem ne minimi quidem momenti esse ad, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 47:
omnino nihil habere momenti,
id. ib. 2, 12, 38.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > momentum
9 summum

sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:
super inferque vicinus,
Cato, R. R. 149, 1:
totus super ignis,
Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
I.
Posit.
A.
Adj.
1.
In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:
at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:
omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:
ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
portae Phrygiae limen,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):
carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:
di,
id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,
id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:
omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,
Verg. A. 6, 788:
supera ad convexa,
to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):
lumen,
Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:
domus deorum,
Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;
so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,
Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:
de supero, quom huc accesserit,
from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,
ex supero,
Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
2.
In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):
supera de parte,
i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:
superas evadere ad auras,
Verg. A. 6, 128:
superum ad lumen ire,
id. ib. 6, 680:
aurae,
Ov. M. 5, 641:
orae,
Verg. A. 2, 91:
limen,
id. ib. 6, 680.—
B.
Substt.
1.
Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
(α).
They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:
multum fleti ad superos,
i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:
(Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,
the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:
ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,
Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:
epistula ad superos scripta,
i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
(β).
(Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:
quae Superi Manesque dabant,
Verg. A. 10, 34:
aspiciunt Superi mortalia,
Ov. M. 13, 70:
o Superi!
id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;
pro Superi,
id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:
terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,
Verg. A. 1, 4:
illa propago Contemptrix Superum,
Ov. M. 1, 161:
exemplo Superorum,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,
Superorum,
id. P. 1, 1, 43:
postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,
Verg. A. 3, 2:
scilicet is Superis labor est,
id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
flectere Superos,
Verg. A. 7, 312:
te per Superos... oro,
id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
2.
sŭpĕra, orum, n.
(α).
The heavenly bodies:
Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,
Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:
cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,
id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
(β).
Higher places (sc. loca):
supera semper petunt,
tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:
(Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,
the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
II.
Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
A.
Lit., of place, higher, upper:
inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46:
dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:
in superiore qui habito cenaculo,
Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:
tota domus superior vacat,
the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:
superior accumbere,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:
de loco superiore dicere,
i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:
agere,
i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;
and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,
id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,
ex loco superiore,
id. ib. 3, 4:
loca,
id. ib. 1, 10, 4;
3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,
id. B. C. 3, 98:
qui in superiore acie constiterant,
id. B. G. 1, 24:
ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,
i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:
posteriori superius non jungitur,
id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:
superiores solis defectiones,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,
id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 58:
superioribus aestivis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:
superioribus temporibus,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:
tempus (opp. posterius),
id. Dom. 37, 99:
tempora (opp. inferiora),
Suet. Claud. 41:
annus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:
anno superiore,
id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:
superioris anni acta,
Suet. Caes. 23:
in superiore vita,
Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:
testimonium conveniens superiori facto,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:
superius facinus novo scelere vincere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
superioris more crudelitatis uti,
Nep. Thras. 3, 1:
superius genus,
mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:
nuptiae,
former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:
vir,
first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
b.
Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:
omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 5:
aetate superiores,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:
superior Africanus,
the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:
Dionysius,
id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:
quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,
Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
2.
Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:
Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 65:
numero superiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:
hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,
id. ib. 8, 19:
se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,
Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:
semper discessit superior,
Nep. Hann. 1, 2:
si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,
Sall. C. 39, 4:
ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,
Caes. B. G. 5, 15:
multo superiores bello esse,
Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:
superiorem Appium in causa fecit,
Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
3.
Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
(α).
With abl. respect.:
pecuniis superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:
loco, fortuna, fama superiores,
id. Lael. 25, 94:
habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
ordine,
id. ib. 13, 5, 2:
facilitate et humanitate superior,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
si superior ceteris rebus esses,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
(β).
Absol.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:
ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:
premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12, 12:
cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,
Vell. 2, 101, 1.
III.
Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
A.
‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
B.
sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
1.
Lit. (only poet.; cf.
summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,
the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,
montes,
Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:
rupes,
Sen. Oedip. 95:
arx,
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:
supremae Tethyos unda,
Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
(α).
In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;
sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:
quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
supremo te sole domi manebo,
at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:
jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,
last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:
quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,
Ov. M. 12, 526.—
(β).
In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:
supremo vitae die,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:
dies,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:
hora,
Tib. 1, 1, 59:
tempus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:
incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,
i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:
mors,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:
finis,
id. ib. 2, 1, 12:
iter,
id. C. 2, 17, 11:
lumen,
Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,
ore,
id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:
haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,
Verg. A. 8, 583:
Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,
in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;
supremis suis annis,
in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:
suprema ejus cura,
id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:
spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,
Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:
funera,
Ov. M. 3, 137:
oscula,
id. ib. 6, 278:
tori,
i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:
ignis,
id. Am. 1, 15, 41:
ignes,
id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:
officia,
Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,
tabulae,
Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:
tituli,
i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:
Troiae sorte suprema,
Verg. A. 5, 190:
dies regnis,
Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:
animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,
for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:
anima exitura supremo,
Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
1.
sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):
ventum ad supremum est,
Verg. A. 12, 803.—
2.
suprēma, orum, n.
(α).
The last moments, the close of life, death:
ut me in supremis consolatus est!
Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:
statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,
the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:
circa suprema Neronis,
the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
(β).
The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:
supremis divi Augusti,
Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:
suprema ferre (sc. munera),
Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
(γ).
A last will, testament:
nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,
Tac. A. 1, 8:
miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,
Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
(δ).
The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
b.
Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:
multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,
Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:
macies,
Verg. A. 3, 590:
Juppiter supreme,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:
med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,
most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
C.
summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
1.
Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):
summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,
the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):
summum jugum montis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21:
summus mons,
the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:
feriunt summos fulmina montes,
the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:
locus castrorum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 23:
in summa sacra via,
on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
in summa columna conlocare,
id. Div. 1, 24, 48:
quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
Janus summus ab imo,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:
ad aquam summam appropinquare,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
in aqua summa natare,
the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:
apud summum puteum,
id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:
per summa volare aequora,
Verg. A. 5, 819:
summa cacumina linquunt,
id. ib. 6, 678:
mari summo,
id. ib. 1, 110:
prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,
id. ib. 6, 357:
summaque per galeam delibans oscula,
id. ib. 12, 434:
amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:
summam cutem novacula decerpito,
Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:
summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,
I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:
standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,
a summo dare (bibere),
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
b.
summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:
ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26:
qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:
leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,
id. Div. 1, 17, 30:
igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,
Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:
puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:
nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,
Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:
summa petere,
Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
2.
Transf., of the voice:
jubeo te salvere voce summa,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:
citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,
at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:
vox (opp. ima),
Quint. 11, 3, 15:
summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:
summo haec clamore,
Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:
exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,
Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:
bis, terve summum,
id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:
triduo aut summum quatriduo,
id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):
haec est praestituta summa argento dies,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,
venit summa dies,
Verg. A. 2, 324:
ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:
cum esset summa senectute,
id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:
in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,
Luc. 2, 211:
summo carmine,
at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:
eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,
the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;
quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,
at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:
nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,
Albin. 1, 137. —
b.
Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):
summi puerorum amores,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
spes civium,
id. ib. 3, 11:
fides, constantia justitiaque,
id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:
qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,
id. ib. 6, 20:
non agam summo jure tecum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:
tres fratres summo loco nati,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
qui summo magistratui praeerat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:
concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:
quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,
id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:
turpitudo,
id. Lael. 17, 61:
summum in cruciatum se venire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
scelus,
Sall. C. 12, 5:
hiems,
the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:
cum aestas summa esse coeperat,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,
id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:
summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,
id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:
optimi et summi viri diligentia,
id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:
summus Juppiter,
id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:
ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,
id. Am. 1, 2, 6:
miles summi inperatoris,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:
amicus summus,
the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:
nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:
summa ducum Atrides,
the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:
summo rei publicae tempore,
at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:
in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,
id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:
summa salus rei publicae,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,
res publica,
id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
ad summam rem publicam,
Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:
quo res summa loco, Panthu?
the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:
non agam summo jure tecum,
deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;
ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:
quod me sollicitare summe solet,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:
cupere aliquid,
id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:
contendere,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
diffidere,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:
admirari,
Quint. 10, 1, 70:
summe jucundum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:
officiosi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:
summe disertus vir,
Quint. 12, 1, 23:
summe munitus locus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:
summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:
mei summe observantissimus,
Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summum
10 Superi

sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:
super inferque vicinus,
Cato, R. R. 149, 1:
totus super ignis,
Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
I.
Posit.
A.
Adj.
1.
In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:
at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:
omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:
ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
portae Phrygiae limen,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):
carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:
di,
id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,
id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:
omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,
Verg. A. 6, 788:
supera ad convexa,
to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):
lumen,
Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:
domus deorum,
Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;
so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,
Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:
de supero, quom huc accesserit,
from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,
ex supero,
Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
2.
In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):
supera de parte,
i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:
superas evadere ad auras,
Verg. A. 6, 128:
superum ad lumen ire,
id. ib. 6, 680:
aurae,
Ov. M. 5, 641:
orae,
Verg. A. 2, 91:
limen,
id. ib. 6, 680.—
B.
Substt.
1.
Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
(α).
They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:
multum fleti ad superos,
i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:
(Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,
the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:
ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,
Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:
epistula ad superos scripta,
i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
(β).
(Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:
quae Superi Manesque dabant,
Verg. A. 10, 34:
aspiciunt Superi mortalia,
Ov. M. 13, 70:
o Superi!
id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;
pro Superi,
id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:
terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,
Verg. A. 1, 4:
illa propago Contemptrix Superum,
Ov. M. 1, 161:
exemplo Superorum,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,
Superorum,
id. P. 1, 1, 43:
postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,
Verg. A. 3, 2:
scilicet is Superis labor est,
id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
flectere Superos,
Verg. A. 7, 312:
te per Superos... oro,
id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
2.
sŭpĕra, orum, n.
(α).
The heavenly bodies:
Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,
Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:
cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,
id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
(β).
Higher places (sc. loca):
supera semper petunt,
tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:
(Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,
the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
II.
Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
A.
Lit., of place, higher, upper:
inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46:
dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:
in superiore qui habito cenaculo,
Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:
tota domus superior vacat,
the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:
superior accumbere,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:
de loco superiore dicere,
i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:
agere,
i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;
and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,
id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,
ex loco superiore,
id. ib. 3, 4:
loca,
id. ib. 1, 10, 4;
3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,
id. B. C. 3, 98:
qui in superiore acie constiterant,
id. B. G. 1, 24:
ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,
i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:
posteriori superius non jungitur,
id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:
superiores solis defectiones,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,
id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 58:
superioribus aestivis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:
superioribus temporibus,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:
tempus (opp. posterius),
id. Dom. 37, 99:
tempora (opp. inferiora),
Suet. Claud. 41:
annus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:
anno superiore,
id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:
superioris anni acta,
Suet. Caes. 23:
in superiore vita,
Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:
testimonium conveniens superiori facto,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:
superius facinus novo scelere vincere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
superioris more crudelitatis uti,
Nep. Thras. 3, 1:
superius genus,
mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:
nuptiae,
former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:
vir,
first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
b.
Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:
omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 5:
aetate superiores,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:
superior Africanus,
the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:
Dionysius,
id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:
quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,
Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
2.
Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:
Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 65:
numero superiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:
hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,
id. ib. 8, 19:
se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,
Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:
semper discessit superior,
Nep. Hann. 1, 2:
si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,
Sall. C. 39, 4:
ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,
Caes. B. G. 5, 15:
multo superiores bello esse,
Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:
superiorem Appium in causa fecit,
Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
3.
Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
(α).
With abl. respect.:
pecuniis superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:
loco, fortuna, fama superiores,
id. Lael. 25, 94:
habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
ordine,
id. ib. 13, 5, 2:
facilitate et humanitate superior,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
si superior ceteris rebus esses,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
(β).
Absol.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:
ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:
premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12, 12:
cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,
Vell. 2, 101, 1.
III.
Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
A.
‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
B.
sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
1.
Lit. (only poet.; cf.
summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,
the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,
montes,
Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:
rupes,
Sen. Oedip. 95:
arx,
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:
supremae Tethyos unda,
Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
(α).
In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;
sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:
quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
supremo te sole domi manebo,
at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:
jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,
last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:
quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,
Ov. M. 12, 526.—
(β).
In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:
supremo vitae die,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:
dies,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:
hora,
Tib. 1, 1, 59:
tempus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:
incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,
i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:
mors,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:
finis,
id. ib. 2, 1, 12:
iter,
id. C. 2, 17, 11:
lumen,
Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,
ore,
id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:
haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,
Verg. A. 8, 583:
Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,
in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;
supremis suis annis,
in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:
suprema ejus cura,
id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:
spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,
Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:
funera,
Ov. M. 3, 137:
oscula,
id. ib. 6, 278:
tori,
i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:
ignis,
id. Am. 1, 15, 41:
ignes,
id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:
officia,
Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,
tabulae,
Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:
tituli,
i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:
Troiae sorte suprema,
Verg. A. 5, 190:
dies regnis,
Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:
animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,
for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:
anima exitura supremo,
Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
1.
sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):
ventum ad supremum est,
Verg. A. 12, 803.—
2.
suprēma, orum, n.
(α).
The last moments, the close of life, death:
ut me in supremis consolatus est!
Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:
statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,
the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:
circa suprema Neronis,
the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
(β).
The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:
supremis divi Augusti,
Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:
suprema ferre (sc. munera),
Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
(γ).
A last will, testament:
nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,
Tac. A. 1, 8:
miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,
Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
(δ).
The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
b.
Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:
multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,
Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:
macies,
Verg. A. 3, 590:
Juppiter supreme,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:
med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,
most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
C.
summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
1.
Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):
summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,
the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):
summum jugum montis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21:
summus mons,
the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:
feriunt summos fulmina montes,
the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:
locus castrorum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 23:
in summa sacra via,
on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
in summa columna conlocare,
id. Div. 1, 24, 48:
quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
Janus summus ab imo,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:
ad aquam summam appropinquare,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
in aqua summa natare,
the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:
apud summum puteum,
id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:
per summa volare aequora,
Verg. A. 5, 819:
summa cacumina linquunt,
id. ib. 6, 678:
mari summo,
id. ib. 1, 110:
prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,
id. ib. 6, 357:
summaque per galeam delibans oscula,
id. ib. 12, 434:
amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:
summam cutem novacula decerpito,
Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:
summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,
I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:
standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,
a summo dare (bibere),
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
b.
summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:
ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26:
qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:
leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,
id. Div. 1, 17, 30:
igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,
Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:
puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:
nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,
Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:
summa petere,
Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
2.
Transf., of the voice:
jubeo te salvere voce summa,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:
citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,
at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:
vox (opp. ima),
Quint. 11, 3, 15:
summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:
summo haec clamore,
Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:
exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,
Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:
bis, terve summum,
id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:
triduo aut summum quatriduo,
id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):
haec est praestituta summa argento dies,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,
venit summa dies,
Verg. A. 2, 324:
ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:
cum esset summa senectute,
id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:
in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,
Luc. 2, 211:
summo carmine,
at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:
eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,
the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;
quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,
at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:
nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,
Albin. 1, 137. —
b.
Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):
summi puerorum amores,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
spes civium,
id. ib. 3, 11:
fides, constantia justitiaque,
id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:
qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,
id. ib. 6, 20:
non agam summo jure tecum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:
tres fratres summo loco nati,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
qui summo magistratui praeerat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:
concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:
quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,
id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:
turpitudo,
id. Lael. 17, 61:
summum in cruciatum se venire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
scelus,
Sall. C. 12, 5:
hiems,
the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:
cum aestas summa esse coeperat,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,
id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:
summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,
id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:
optimi et summi viri diligentia,
id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:
summus Juppiter,
id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:
ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,
id. Am. 1, 2, 6:
miles summi inperatoris,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:
amicus summus,
the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:
nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:
summa ducum Atrides,
the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:
summo rei publicae tempore,
at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:
in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,
id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:
summa salus rei publicae,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,
res publica,
id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
ad summam rem publicam,
Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:
quo res summa loco, Panthu?
the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:
non agam summo jure tecum,
deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;
ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:
quod me sollicitare summe solet,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:
cupere aliquid,
id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:
contendere,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
diffidere,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:
admirari,
Quint. 10, 1, 70:
summe jucundum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:
officiosi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:
summe disertus vir,
Quint. 12, 1, 23:
summe munitus locus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:
summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:
mei summe observantissimus,
Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

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sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:
super inferque vicinus,
Cato, R. R. 149, 1:
totus super ignis,
Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
I.
Posit.
A.
Adj.
1.
In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:
at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:
omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:
ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
portae Phrygiae limen,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):
carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:
di,
id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,
id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:
omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,
Verg. A. 6, 788:
supera ad convexa,
to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):
lumen,
Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:
domus deorum,
Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;
so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,
Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:
de supero, quom huc accesserit,
from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,
ex supero,
Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
2.
In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):
supera de parte,
i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:
superas evadere ad auras,
Verg. A. 6, 128:
superum ad lumen ire,
id. ib. 6, 680:
aurae,
Ov. M. 5, 641:
orae,
Verg. A. 2, 91:
limen,
id. ib. 6, 680.—
B.
Substt.
1.
Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
(α).
They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:
multum fleti ad superos,
i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:
(Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,
the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:
ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,
Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:
epistula ad superos scripta,
i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
(β).
(Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:
quae Superi Manesque dabant,
Verg. A. 10, 34:
aspiciunt Superi mortalia,
Ov. M. 13, 70:
o Superi!
id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;
pro Superi,
id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:
terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,
Verg. A. 1, 4:
illa propago Contemptrix Superum,
Ov. M. 1, 161:
exemplo Superorum,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,
Superorum,
id. P. 1, 1, 43:
postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,
Verg. A. 3, 2:
scilicet is Superis labor est,
id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
flectere Superos,
Verg. A. 7, 312:
te per Superos... oro,
id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
2.
sŭpĕra, orum, n.
(α).
The heavenly bodies:
Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,
Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:
cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,
id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
(β).
Higher places (sc. loca):
supera semper petunt,
tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:
(Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,
the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
II.
Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
A.
Lit., of place, higher, upper:
inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46:
dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:
in superiore qui habito cenaculo,
Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:
tota domus superior vacat,
the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:
superior accumbere,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:
de loco superiore dicere,
i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:
agere,
i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;
and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,
id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,
ex loco superiore,
id. ib. 3, 4:
loca,
id. ib. 1, 10, 4;
3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,
id. B. C. 3, 98:
qui in superiore acie constiterant,
id. B. G. 1, 24:
ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,
i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:
posteriori superius non jungitur,
id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:
superiores solis defectiones,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,
id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 58:
superioribus aestivis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:
superioribus temporibus,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:
tempus (opp. posterius),
id. Dom. 37, 99:
tempora (opp. inferiora),
Suet. Claud. 41:
annus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:
anno superiore,
id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:
superioris anni acta,
Suet. Caes. 23:
in superiore vita,
Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:
testimonium conveniens superiori facto,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:
superius facinus novo scelere vincere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
superioris more crudelitatis uti,
Nep. Thras. 3, 1:
superius genus,
mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:
nuptiae,
former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:
vir,
first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
b.
Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:
omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 5:
aetate superiores,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:
superior Africanus,
the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:
Dionysius,
id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:
quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,
Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
2.
Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:
Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 65:
numero superiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:
hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,
id. ib. 8, 19:
se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,
Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:
semper discessit superior,
Nep. Hann. 1, 2:
si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,
Sall. C. 39, 4:
ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,
Caes. B. G. 5, 15:
multo superiores bello esse,
Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:
superiorem Appium in causa fecit,
Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
3.
Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
(α).
With abl. respect.:
pecuniis superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:
loco, fortuna, fama superiores,
id. Lael. 25, 94:
habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
ordine,
id. ib. 13, 5, 2:
facilitate et humanitate superior,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
si superior ceteris rebus esses,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
(β).
Absol.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:
ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:
premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12, 12:
cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,
Vell. 2, 101, 1.
III.
Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
A.
‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
B.
sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
1.
Lit. (only poet.; cf.
summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,
the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,
montes,
Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:
rupes,
Sen. Oedip. 95:
arx,
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:
supremae Tethyos unda,
Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
(α).
In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;
sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:
quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
supremo te sole domi manebo,
at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:
jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,
last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:
quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,
Ov. M. 12, 526.—
(β).
In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:
supremo vitae die,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:
dies,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:
hora,
Tib. 1, 1, 59:
tempus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:
incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,
i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:
mors,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:
finis,
id. ib. 2, 1, 12:
iter,
id. C. 2, 17, 11:
lumen,
Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,
ore,
id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:
haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,
Verg. A. 8, 583:
Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,
in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;
supremis suis annis,
in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:
suprema ejus cura,
id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:
spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,
Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:
funera,
Ov. M. 3, 137:
oscula,
id. ib. 6, 278:
tori,
i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:
ignis,
id. Am. 1, 15, 41:
ignes,
id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:
officia,
Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,
tabulae,
Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:
tituli,
i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:
Troiae sorte suprema,
Verg. A. 5, 190:
dies regnis,
Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:
animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,
for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:
anima exitura supremo,
Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
1.
sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):
ventum ad supremum est,
Verg. A. 12, 803.—
2.
suprēma, orum, n.
(α).
The last moments, the close of life, death:
ut me in supremis consolatus est!
Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:
statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,
the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:
circa suprema Neronis,
the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
(β).
The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:
supremis divi Augusti,
Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:
suprema ferre (sc. munera),
Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
(γ).
A last will, testament:
nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,
Tac. A. 1, 8:
miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,
Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
(δ).
The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
b.
Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:
multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,
Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:
macies,
Verg. A. 3, 590:
Juppiter supreme,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:
med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,
most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
C.
summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
1.
Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):
summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,
the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):
summum jugum montis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21:
summus mons,
the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:
feriunt summos fulmina montes,
the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:
locus castrorum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 23:
in summa sacra via,
on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
in summa columna conlocare,
id. Div. 1, 24, 48:
quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
Janus summus ab imo,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:
ad aquam summam appropinquare,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
in aqua summa natare,
the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:
apud summum puteum,
id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:
per summa volare aequora,
Verg. A. 5, 819:
summa cacumina linquunt,
id. ib. 6, 678:
mari summo,
id. ib. 1, 110:
prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,
id. ib. 6, 357:
summaque per galeam delibans oscula,
id. ib. 12, 434:
amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:
summam cutem novacula decerpito,
Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:
summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,
I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:
standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,
a summo dare (bibere),
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
b.
summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:
ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26:
qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:
leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,
id. Div. 1, 17, 30:
igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,
Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:
puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:
nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,
Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:
summa petere,
Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
2.
Transf., of the voice:
jubeo te salvere voce summa,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:
citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,
at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:
vox (opp. ima),
Quint. 11, 3, 15:
summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:
summo haec clamore,
Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:
exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,
Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:
bis, terve summum,
id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:
triduo aut summum quatriduo,
id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):
haec est praestituta summa argento dies,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,
venit summa dies,
Verg. A. 2, 324:
ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:
cum esset summa senectute,
id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:
in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,
Luc. 2, 211:
summo carmine,
at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:
eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,
the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;
quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,
at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:
nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,
Albin. 1, 137. —
b.
Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):
summi puerorum amores,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
spes civium,
id. ib. 3, 11:
fides, constantia justitiaque,
id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:
qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,
id. ib. 6, 20:
non agam summo jure tecum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:
tres fratres summo loco nati,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
qui summo magistratui praeerat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:
concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:
quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,
id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:
turpitudo,
id. Lael. 17, 61:
summum in cruciatum se venire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
scelus,
Sall. C. 12, 5:
hiems,
the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:
cum aestas summa esse coeperat,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,
id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:
summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,
id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:
optimi et summi viri diligentia,
id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:
summus Juppiter,
id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:
ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,
id. Am. 1, 2, 6:
miles summi inperatoris,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:
amicus summus,
the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:
nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:
summa ducum Atrides,
the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:
summo rei publicae tempore,
at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:
in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,
id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:
summa salus rei publicae,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,
res publica,
id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
ad summam rem publicam,
Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:
quo res summa loco, Panthu?
the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:
non agam summo jure tecum,
deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;
ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:
quod me sollicitare summe solet,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:
cupere aliquid,
id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:
contendere,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
diffidere,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:
admirari,
Quint. 10, 1, 70:
summe jucundum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:
officiosi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:
summe disertus vir,
Quint. 12, 1, 23:
summe munitus locus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:
summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:
mei summe observantissimus,
Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > superus
12 suprema

sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:
super inferque vicinus,
Cato, R. R. 149, 1:
totus super ignis,
Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
I.
Posit.
A.
Adj.
1.
In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:
at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:
omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:
ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
portae Phrygiae limen,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):
carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:
di,
id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,
id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:
omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,
Verg. A. 6, 788:
supera ad convexa,
to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):
lumen,
Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:
domus deorum,
Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;
so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,
Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:
de supero, quom huc accesserit,
from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,
ex supero,
Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
2.
In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):
supera de parte,
i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:
superas evadere ad auras,
Verg. A. 6, 128:
superum ad lumen ire,
id. ib. 6, 680:
aurae,
Ov. M. 5, 641:
orae,
Verg. A. 2, 91:
limen,
id. ib. 6, 680.—
B.
Substt.
1.
Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
(α).
They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:
multum fleti ad superos,
i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:
(Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,
the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:
ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,
Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:
epistula ad superos scripta,
i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
(β).
(Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:
quae Superi Manesque dabant,
Verg. A. 10, 34:
aspiciunt Superi mortalia,
Ov. M. 13, 70:
o Superi!
id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;
pro Superi,
id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:
terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,
Verg. A. 1, 4:
illa propago Contemptrix Superum,
Ov. M. 1, 161:
exemplo Superorum,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,
Superorum,
id. P. 1, 1, 43:
postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,
Verg. A. 3, 2:
scilicet is Superis labor est,
id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
flectere Superos,
Verg. A. 7, 312:
te per Superos... oro,
id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
2.
sŭpĕra, orum, n.
(α).
The heavenly bodies:
Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,
Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:
cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,
id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
(β).
Higher places (sc. loca):
supera semper petunt,
tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:
(Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,
the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
II.
Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
A.
Lit., of place, higher, upper:
inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46:
dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:
in superiore qui habito cenaculo,
Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:
tota domus superior vacat,
the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:
superior accumbere,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:
de loco superiore dicere,
i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:
agere,
i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;
and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,
id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,
ex loco superiore,
id. ib. 3, 4:
loca,
id. ib. 1, 10, 4;
3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,
id. B. C. 3, 98:
qui in superiore acie constiterant,
id. B. G. 1, 24:
ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,
i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:
posteriori superius non jungitur,
id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:
superiores solis defectiones,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,
id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 58:
superioribus aestivis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:
superioribus temporibus,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:
tempus (opp. posterius),
id. Dom. 37, 99:
tempora (opp. inferiora),
Suet. Claud. 41:
annus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:
anno superiore,
id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:
superioris anni acta,
Suet. Caes. 23:
in superiore vita,
Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:
testimonium conveniens superiori facto,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:
superius facinus novo scelere vincere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
superioris more crudelitatis uti,
Nep. Thras. 3, 1:
superius genus,
mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:
nuptiae,
former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:
vir,
first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
b.
Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:
omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 5:
aetate superiores,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:
superior Africanus,
the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:
Dionysius,
id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:
quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,
Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
2.
Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:
Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 65:
numero superiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:
hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,
id. ib. 8, 19:
se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,
Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:
semper discessit superior,
Nep. Hann. 1, 2:
si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,
Sall. C. 39, 4:
ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,
Caes. B. G. 5, 15:
multo superiores bello esse,
Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:
superiorem Appium in causa fecit,
Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
3.
Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
(α).
With abl. respect.:
pecuniis superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:
loco, fortuna, fama superiores,
id. Lael. 25, 94:
habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
ordine,
id. ib. 13, 5, 2:
facilitate et humanitate superior,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
si superior ceteris rebus esses,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
(β).
Absol.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:
ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:
premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12, 12:
cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,
Vell. 2, 101, 1.
III.
Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
A.
‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
B.
sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
1.
Lit. (only poet.; cf.
summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,
the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,
montes,
Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:
rupes,
Sen. Oedip. 95:
arx,
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:
supremae Tethyos unda,
Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
(α).
In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;
sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:
quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
supremo te sole domi manebo,
at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:
jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,
last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:
quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,
Ov. M. 12, 526.—
(β).
In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:
supremo vitae die,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:
dies,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:
hora,
Tib. 1, 1, 59:
tempus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:
incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,
i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:
mors,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:
finis,
id. ib. 2, 1, 12:
iter,
id. C. 2, 17, 11:
lumen,
Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,
ore,
id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:
haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,
Verg. A. 8, 583:
Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,
in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;
supremis suis annis,
in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:
suprema ejus cura,
id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:
spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,
Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:
funera,
Ov. M. 3, 137:
oscula,
id. ib. 6, 278:
tori,
i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:
ignis,
id. Am. 1, 15, 41:
ignes,
id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:
officia,
Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,
tabulae,
Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:
tituli,
i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:
Troiae sorte suprema,
Verg. A. 5, 190:
dies regnis,
Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:
animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,
for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:
anima exitura supremo,
Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
1.
sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):
ventum ad supremum est,
Verg. A. 12, 803.—
2.
suprēma, orum, n.
(α).
The last moments, the close of life, death:
ut me in supremis consolatus est!
Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:
statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,
the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:
circa suprema Neronis,
the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
(β).
The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:
supremis divi Augusti,
Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:
suprema ferre (sc. munera),
Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
(γ).
A last will, testament:
nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,
Tac. A. 1, 8:
miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,
Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
(δ).
The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
b.
Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:
multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,
Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:
macies,
Verg. A. 3, 590:
Juppiter supreme,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:
med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,
most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
C.
summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
1.
Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):
summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,
the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):
summum jugum montis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21:
summus mons,
the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:
feriunt summos fulmina montes,
the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:
locus castrorum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 23:
in summa sacra via,
on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
in summa columna conlocare,
id. Div. 1, 24, 48:
quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
Janus summus ab imo,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:
ad aquam summam appropinquare,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
in aqua summa natare,
the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:
apud summum puteum,
id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:
per summa volare aequora,
Verg. A. 5, 819:
summa cacumina linquunt,
id. ib. 6, 678:
mari summo,
id. ib. 1, 110:
prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,
id. ib. 6, 357:
summaque per galeam delibans oscula,
id. ib. 12, 434:
amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:
summam cutem novacula decerpito,
Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:
summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,
I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:
standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,
a summo dare (bibere),
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
b.
summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:
ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26:
qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:
leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,
id. Div. 1, 17, 30:
igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,
Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:
puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:
nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,
Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:
summa petere,
Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
2.
Transf., of the voice:
jubeo te salvere voce summa,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:
citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,
at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:
vox (opp. ima),
Quint. 11, 3, 15:
summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:
summo haec clamore,
Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:
exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,
Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:
bis, terve summum,
id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:
triduo aut summum quatriduo,
id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):
haec est praestituta summa argento dies,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,
venit summa dies,
Verg. A. 2, 324:
ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:
cum esset summa senectute,
id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:
in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,
Luc. 2, 211:
summo carmine,
at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:
eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,
the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;
quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,
at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:
nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,
Albin. 1, 137. —
b.
Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):
summi puerorum amores,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
spes civium,
id. ib. 3, 11:
fides, constantia justitiaque,
id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:
qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,
id. ib. 6, 20:
non agam summo jure tecum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:
tres fratres summo loco nati,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
qui summo magistratui praeerat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:
concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:
quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,
id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:
turpitudo,
id. Lael. 17, 61:
summum in cruciatum se venire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
scelus,
Sall. C. 12, 5:
hiems,
the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:
cum aestas summa esse coeperat,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,
id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:
summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,
id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:
optimi et summi viri diligentia,
id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:
summus Juppiter,
id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:
ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,
id. Am. 1, 2, 6:
miles summi inperatoris,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:
amicus summus,
the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:
nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:
summa ducum Atrides,
the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:
summo rei publicae tempore,
at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:
in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,
id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:
summa salus rei publicae,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,
res publica,
id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
ad summam rem publicam,
Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:
quo res summa loco, Panthu?
the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:
non agam summo jure tecum,
deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;
ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:
quod me sollicitare summe solet,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:
cupere aliquid,
id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:
contendere,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
diffidere,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:
admirari,
Quint. 10, 1, 70:
summe jucundum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:
officiosi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:
summe disertus vir,
Quint. 12, 1, 23:
summe munitus locus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:
summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:
mei summe observantissimus,
Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > suprema
13 supremum

sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:
super inferque vicinus,
Cato, R. R. 149, 1:
totus super ignis,
Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
I.
Posit.
A.
Adj.
1.
In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:
at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:
omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:
ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
portae Phrygiae limen,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):
carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:
di,
id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,
id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:
omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,
Verg. A. 6, 788:
supera ad convexa,
to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):
lumen,
Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:
domus deorum,
Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;
so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,
Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:
de supero, quom huc accesserit,
from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,
ex supero,
Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
2.
In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):
supera de parte,
i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:
superas evadere ad auras,
Verg. A. 6, 128:
superum ad lumen ire,
id. ib. 6, 680:
aurae,
Ov. M. 5, 641:
orae,
Verg. A. 2, 91:
limen,
id. ib. 6, 680.—
B.
Substt.
1.
Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
(α).
They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:
multum fleti ad superos,
i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:
(Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,
the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:
ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,
Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:
epistula ad superos scripta,
i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
(β).
(Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:
quae Superi Manesque dabant,
Verg. A. 10, 34:
aspiciunt Superi mortalia,
Ov. M. 13, 70:
o Superi!
id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;
pro Superi,
id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:
terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,
Verg. A. 1, 4:
illa propago Contemptrix Superum,
Ov. M. 1, 161:
exemplo Superorum,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,
Superorum,
id. P. 1, 1, 43:
postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,
Verg. A. 3, 2:
scilicet is Superis labor est,
id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
flectere Superos,
Verg. A. 7, 312:
te per Superos... oro,
id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
2.
sŭpĕra, orum, n.
(α).
The heavenly bodies:
Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,
Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:
cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,
id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
(β).
Higher places (sc. loca):
supera semper petunt,
tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:
(Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,
the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
II.
Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
A.
Lit., of place, higher, upper:
inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46:
dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:
in superiore qui habito cenaculo,
Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:
tota domus superior vacat,
the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:
superior accumbere,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:
de loco superiore dicere,
i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:
agere,
i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;
and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,
id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,
ex loco superiore,
id. ib. 3, 4:
loca,
id. ib. 1, 10, 4;
3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,
id. B. C. 3, 98:
qui in superiore acie constiterant,
id. B. G. 1, 24:
ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,
i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:
posteriori superius non jungitur,
id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:
superiores solis defectiones,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,
id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 58:
superioribus aestivis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:
superioribus temporibus,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:
tempus (opp. posterius),
id. Dom. 37, 99:
tempora (opp. inferiora),
Suet. Claud. 41:
annus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:
anno superiore,
id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:
superioris anni acta,
Suet. Caes. 23:
in superiore vita,
Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:
testimonium conveniens superiori facto,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:
superius facinus novo scelere vincere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
superioris more crudelitatis uti,
Nep. Thras. 3, 1:
superius genus,
mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:
nuptiae,
former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:
vir,
first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
b.
Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:
omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 5:
aetate superiores,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:
superior Africanus,
the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:
Dionysius,
id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:
quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,
Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
2.
Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:
Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 65:
numero superiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:
hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,
id. ib. 8, 19:
se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,
Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:
semper discessit superior,
Nep. Hann. 1, 2:
si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,
Sall. C. 39, 4:
ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,
Caes. B. G. 5, 15:
multo superiores bello esse,
Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:
superiorem Appium in causa fecit,
Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
3.
Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
(α).
With abl. respect.:
pecuniis superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:
loco, fortuna, fama superiores,
id. Lael. 25, 94:
habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
ordine,
id. ib. 13, 5, 2:
facilitate et humanitate superior,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
si superior ceteris rebus esses,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
(β).
Absol.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:
ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:
premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12, 12:
cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,
Vell. 2, 101, 1.
III.
Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
A.
‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
B.
sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
1.
Lit. (only poet.; cf.
summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,
the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,
montes,
Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:
rupes,
Sen. Oedip. 95:
arx,
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:
supremae Tethyos unda,
Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
(α).
In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;
sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:
quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
supremo te sole domi manebo,
at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:
jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,
last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:
quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,
Ov. M. 12, 526.—
(β).
In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:
supremo vitae die,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:
dies,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:
hora,
Tib. 1, 1, 59:
tempus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:
incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,
i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:
mors,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:
finis,
id. ib. 2, 1, 12:
iter,
id. C. 2, 17, 11:
lumen,
Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,
ore,
id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:
haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,
Verg. A. 8, 583:
Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,
in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;
supremis suis annis,
in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:
suprema ejus cura,
id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:
spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,
Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:
funera,
Ov. M. 3, 137:
oscula,
id. ib. 6, 278:
tori,
i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:
ignis,
id. Am. 1, 15, 41:
ignes,
id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:
officia,
Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,
tabulae,
Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:
tituli,
i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:
Troiae sorte suprema,
Verg. A. 5, 190:
dies regnis,
Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:
animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,
for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:
anima exitura supremo,
Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
1.
sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):
ventum ad supremum est,
Verg. A. 12, 803.—
2.
suprēma, orum, n.
(α).
The last moments, the close of life, death:
ut me in supremis consolatus est!
Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:
statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,
the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:
circa suprema Neronis,
the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
(β).
The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:
supremis divi Augusti,
Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:
suprema ferre (sc. munera),
Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
(γ).
A last will, testament:
nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,
Tac. A. 1, 8:
miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,
Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
(δ).
The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
b.
Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:
multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,
Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:
macies,
Verg. A. 3, 590:
Juppiter supreme,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:
med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,
most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
C.
summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
1.
Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):
summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,
the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):
summum jugum montis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21:
summus mons,
the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:
feriunt summos fulmina montes,
the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:
locus castrorum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 23:
in summa sacra via,
on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
in summa columna conlocare,
id. Div. 1, 24, 48:
quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
Janus summus ab imo,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:
ad aquam summam appropinquare,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
in aqua summa natare,
the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:
apud summum puteum,
id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:
per summa volare aequora,
Verg. A. 5, 819:
summa cacumina linquunt,
id. ib. 6, 678:
mari summo,
id. ib. 1, 110:
prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,
id. ib. 6, 357:
summaque per galeam delibans oscula,
id. ib. 12, 434:
amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:
summam cutem novacula decerpito,
Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:
summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,
I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:
standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,
a summo dare (bibere),
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
b.
summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:
ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26:
qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:
leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,
id. Div. 1, 17, 30:
igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,
Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:
puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:
nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,
Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:
summa petere,
Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
2.
Transf., of the voice:
jubeo te salvere voce summa,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:
citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,
at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:
vox (opp. ima),
Quint. 11, 3, 15:
summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:
summo haec clamore,
Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:
exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,
Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:
bis, terve summum,
id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:
triduo aut summum quatriduo,
id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):
haec est praestituta summa argento dies,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,
venit summa dies,
Verg. A. 2, 324:
ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:
cum esset summa senectute,
id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:
in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,
Luc. 2, 211:
summo carmine,
at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:
eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,
the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;
quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,
at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:
nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,
Albin. 1, 137. —
b.
Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):
summi puerorum amores,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
spes civium,
id. ib. 3, 11:
fides, constantia justitiaque,
id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:
qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,
id. ib. 6, 20:
non agam summo jure tecum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:
tres fratres summo loco nati,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
qui summo magistratui praeerat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:
concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:
quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,
id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:
turpitudo,
id. Lael. 17, 61:
summum in cruciatum se venire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
scelus,
Sall. C. 12, 5:
hiems,
the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:
cum aestas summa esse coeperat,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,
id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:
summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,
id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:
optimi et summi viri diligentia,
id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:
summus Juppiter,
id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:
ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,
id. Am. 1, 2, 6:
miles summi inperatoris,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:
amicus summus,
the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:
nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:
summa ducum Atrides,
the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:
summo rei publicae tempore,
at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:
in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,
id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:
summa salus rei publicae,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,
res publica,
id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
ad summam rem publicam,
Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:
quo res summa loco, Panthu?
the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:
non agam summo jure tecum,
deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;
ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:
quod me sollicitare summe solet,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:
cupere aliquid,
id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:
contendere,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
diffidere,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:
admirari,
Quint. 10, 1, 70:
summe jucundum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:
officiosi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:
summe disertus vir,
Quint. 12, 1, 23:
summe munitus locus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:
summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:
mei summe observantissimus,
Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > supremum
14 supremus

sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:
super inferque vicinus,
Cato, R. R. 149, 1:
totus super ignis,
Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
I.
Posit.
A.
Adj.
1.
In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:
at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:
omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:
ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,
Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
limen superum inferumque salve,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:
portae Phrygiae limen,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):
carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:
di,
id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:
spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,
id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:
omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,
Verg. A. 6, 788:
supera ad convexa,
to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):
lumen,
Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:
domus deorum,
Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;
so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,
Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:
de supero, quom huc accesserit,
from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,
ex supero,
Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
2.
In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):
supera de parte,
i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:
superas evadere ad auras,
Verg. A. 6, 128:
superum ad lumen ire,
id. ib. 6, 680:
aurae,
Ov. M. 5, 641:
orae,
Verg. A. 2, 91:
limen,
id. ib. 6, 680.—
B.
Substt.
1.
Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
(α).
They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:
multum fleti ad superos,
i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:
(Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,
the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:
ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,
Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:
epistula ad superos scripta,
i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
(β).
(Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:
quae Superi Manesque dabant,
Verg. A. 10, 34:
aspiciunt Superi mortalia,
Ov. M. 13, 70:
o Superi!
id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;
pro Superi,
id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:
terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,
Verg. A. 1, 4:
illa propago Contemptrix Superum,
Ov. M. 1, 161:
exemplo Superorum,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,
Superorum,
id. P. 1, 1, 43:
postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,
Verg. A. 3, 2:
scilicet is Superis labor est,
id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:
superis deorum Gratus et imis,
id. ib. 1, 10, 19:
flectere Superos,
Verg. A. 7, 312:
te per Superos... oro,
id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
2.
sŭpĕra, orum, n.
(α).
The heavenly bodies:
Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,
Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:
cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,
id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
(β).
Higher places (sc. loca):
supera semper petunt,
tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:
(Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,
the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
II.
Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
A.
Lit., of place, higher, upper:
inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 46:
dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:
in superiore qui habito cenaculo,
Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:
tota domus superior vacat,
the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:
superior accumbere,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:
de loco superiore dicere,
i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:
agere,
i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;
and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,
id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,
ex loco superiore,
id. ib. 3, 4:
loca,
id. ib. 1, 10, 4;
3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,
id. B. C. 3, 98:
qui in superiore acie constiterant,
id. B. G. 1, 24:
ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,
i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:
posteriori superius non jungitur,
id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:
superiores solis defectiones,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,
id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 58:
superioribus aestivis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:
superioribus temporibus,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:
tempus (opp. posterius),
id. Dom. 37, 99:
tempora (opp. inferiora),
Suet. Claud. 41:
annus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:
anno superiore,
id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:
superioris anni acta,
Suet. Caes. 23:
in superiore vita,
Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:
testimonium conveniens superiori facto,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:
superius facinus novo scelere vincere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
superioris more crudelitatis uti,
Nep. Thras. 3, 1:
superius genus,
mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:
nuptiae,
former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:
vir,
first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
b.
Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:
omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 5:
aetate superiores,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:
superior Africanus,
the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:
Dionysius,
id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:
quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,
Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
2.
Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:
Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 65:
numero superiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:
hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,
id. ib. 8, 19:
se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,
Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:
semper discessit superior,
Nep. Hann. 1, 2:
si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,
Sall. C. 39, 4:
ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,
Caes. B. G. 5, 15:
multo superiores bello esse,
Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:
superiorem Appium in causa fecit,
Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
3.
Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
(α).
With abl. respect.:
pecuniis superiores,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:
loco, fortuna, fama superiores,
id. Lael. 25, 94:
habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
ordine,
id. ib. 13, 5, 2:
facilitate et humanitate superior,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
si superior ceteris rebus esses,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
(β).
Absol.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:
ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,
id. Off. 1, 26, 90:
invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:
premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12, 12:
cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,
Vell. 2, 101, 1.
III.
Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
A.
‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
B.
sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
1.
Lit. (only poet.; cf.
summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,
the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,
montes,
Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:
rupes,
Sen. Oedip. 95:
arx,
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:
supremae Tethyos unda,
Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
(α).
In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;
sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:
quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
supremo te sole domi manebo,
at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:
jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,
last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:
quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,
Ov. M. 12, 526.—
(β).
In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:
supremo vitae die,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:
dies,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:
hora,
Tib. 1, 1, 59:
tempus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:
incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,
i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:
mors,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:
finis,
id. ib. 2, 1, 12:
iter,
id. C. 2, 17, 11:
lumen,
Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,
ore,
id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:
haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,
Verg. A. 8, 583:
Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,
in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;
supremis suis annis,
in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:
suprema ejus cura,
id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:
spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,
Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:
funera,
Ov. M. 3, 137:
oscula,
id. ib. 6, 278:
tori,
i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:
ignis,
id. Am. 1, 15, 41:
ignes,
id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:
officia,
Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,
tabulae,
Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:
tituli,
i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:
Troiae sorte suprema,
Verg. A. 5, 190:
dies regnis,
Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:
animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,
for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:
anima exitura supremo,
Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
1.
sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):
ventum ad supremum est,
Verg. A. 12, 803.—
2.
suprēma, orum, n.
(α).
The last moments, the close of life, death:
ut me in supremis consolatus est!
Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:
statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,
the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:
circa suprema Neronis,
the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
(β).
The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:
supremis divi Augusti,
Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:
suprema ferre (sc. munera),
Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
(γ).
A last will, testament:
nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,
Tac. A. 1, 8:
miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,
Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
(δ).
The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
b.
Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:
multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,
Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:
macies,
Verg. A. 3, 590:
Juppiter supreme,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:
med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,
most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
C.
summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
1.
Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):
summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,
the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):
summum jugum montis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21:
summus mons,
the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:
feriunt summos fulmina montes,
the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:
locus castrorum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 23:
in summa sacra via,
on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
in summa columna conlocare,
id. Div. 1, 24, 48:
quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
Janus summus ab imo,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:
ad aquam summam appropinquare,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
in aqua summa natare,
the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:
apud summum puteum,
id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:
per summa volare aequora,
Verg. A. 5, 819:
summa cacumina linquunt,
id. ib. 6, 678:
mari summo,
id. ib. 1, 110:
prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,
id. ib. 6, 357:
summaque per galeam delibans oscula,
id. ib. 12, 434:
amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:
summam cutem novacula decerpito,
Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:
summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,
I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:
standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,
a summo dare (bibere),
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
b.
summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:
ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26:
qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:
leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,
id. Div. 1, 17, 30:
igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,
Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:
puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:
nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,
Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:
summa petere,
Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
2.
Transf., of the voice:
jubeo te salvere voce summa,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:
citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,
at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:
vox (opp. ima),
Quint. 11, 3, 15:
summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:
summo haec clamore,
Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:
exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,
Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:
bis, terve summum,
id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:
triduo aut summum quatriduo,
id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):
haec est praestituta summa argento dies,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,
venit summa dies,
Verg. A. 2, 324:
ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:
cum esset summa senectute,
id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:
in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,
Luc. 2, 211:
summo carmine,
at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:
eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,
the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;
quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,
at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:
nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,
Albin. 1, 137. —
b.
Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):
summi puerorum amores,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
spes civium,
id. ib. 3, 11:
fides, constantia justitiaque,
id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:
qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,
id. ib. 6, 20:
non agam summo jure tecum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:
tres fratres summo loco nati,
id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:
qui summo magistratui praeerat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:
concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:
quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,
id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:
turpitudo,
id. Lael. 17, 61:
summum in cruciatum se venire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
scelus,
Sall. C. 12, 5:
hiems,
the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:
cum aestas summa esse coeperat,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,
id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:
summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,
id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:
optimi et summi viri diligentia,
id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:
summus Juppiter,
id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:
ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,
id. Am. 1, 2, 6:
miles summi inperatoris,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:
amicus summus,
the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:
nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:
summa ducum Atrides,
the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:
summo rei publicae tempore,
at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:
in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,
id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:
summa salus rei publicae,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,
res publica,
id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
ad summam rem publicam,
Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:
quo res summa loco, Panthu?
the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:
non agam summo jure tecum,
deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;
ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:
quod me sollicitare summe solet,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:
cupere aliquid,
id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:
contendere,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
diffidere,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:
admirari,
Quint. 10, 1, 70:
summe jucundum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:
officiosi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:
summe disertus vir,
Quint. 12, 1, 23:
summe munitus locus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:
summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:
mei summe observantissimus,
Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > supremus
15 amplē

amplē adv. with comp. and sup. [amplus], largely, broadly, abundantly, spaciously, extensively: exornare triclinium: cohortem donis amplissime donavit, Cs.: militibus amplissime (agri) dati.— Fig., liberally, magnificently, splendidly, handsomely: amplissime triumphare: quam amplissime efferri, in the greatest pomp; see also amplius.
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amplius, amplissime ADV

in liberal manner/complimentary terms/dignified style, handsomely, impressively

Latin-English dictionary > amplē
16 difficilis

difficilis e, adj. with comp. and sup. [dis- + facilis], hard, difficult, troublesome, impracticable, laborious, perilous: res, T.: facilia ex difficillimis redigere, Cs.: opus: locus: in locos difficilīs abire, S.: valles, Cs.: oppidum difficili ascensu: transitus, Cs.: aditūs, H.: tempus anni difficillimum, Cs.: difficili rei p. tempore, peril: casus difficilior, S.: difficilioribus usi tempestatibus, Cs: adversas (res) ferre difficile esset: non fuisse difficile cavere, Cs.—Prov.: difficile est, crimen non prodere voltu, O.—With supin. abl.: difficile factu est non probare: quo de genere difficile dictu est.— As subst n.: pati vel difficillima, the greatest hardships: in difficili esse, embarrassed, L.: ex difficili petenda, O.— Hard to manage, obstinate, captious, morose, surly: parens in liberos: Difficilem offendet garrulus, H.: senes: avunculus difficillimā naturā, N.: difficili bile tumet iecur, H.: Penelope procis, H.: precibus, O.: terrae, intractable, V.
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difficile, difficilior -or -us, difficillimus -a -um ADJ

difficult; hard; hard to manage, obstinate. intractable; morose

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17 extrēmus

extrēmus adj. sup. [exter], outermost, utmost, extreme, farthest, last: oppidum Allobrogum, Cs.: finis provinciae, L.: Indi, H.: in codicis extremā cerā: extremā lineā amare, i. e. to make love at a distance, T.: vinitor, i. e. at the end of his task, V.: cultores, in remotest lands, V.— The last part, end tip, extremity, boundary, surface (with a subst., denoting the whole): quibus (litteris) in extremis, at its end: in extremo libro tertio, at the end of: in extremo ponte, Cs.: cauda, tip, V.: extremis digitis aliquid attingere.—As subst n.: quod finitum est, habet extremum, an end: teretes, praeterquam ad extremum, at the end, L.: mundi: provinciae, Cs.: extrema agminis, L.—Of time or order, latest, last: mensis anni Februarius: finis vitae, L.: manus extrema non accessit operibus, finishing touches: extremum illud est, ut, etc., it remains only: ad extremam aetatem, old age, N.: extremo tempore, at last, N.: pueritia: extremo Peloponnesio bello, N.: Extremus galeāque imā subsedit Acestes, i. e. the lot of, V. — As subst m.: Extremi primorum, extremis usque priores, H.: Occupet extremum scabies, devil take the hindmost, H.—As subst n.: die extremum erat, S.: extremo anni, L.: in extremum (durare), O.: ad extremum incipit philosophari, at last: testis ad extremum reservatus, to the last: Extrema gemens, for the last time, V.— Fig., utmost, highest, greatest, extreme: fames, Cs.: ad extrema iura decurrere: extremae dementiae est (with infin.), the height of madness, S.: in extremis suis rebus, utmost danger, Cs. — As subst n.: audendi extrema cupido, V.: ad extrema ventum foret, ni, etc., L.: res p. in extremo sita, S.: non ad extremum perditus, utterly, L.— Last, least, lowest, meanest: Haud Ligurum, V.: ignis, flickering, V.: extremi ingeni est, qui, etc., L.
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extremi N M

rear (pl.)

Latin-English dictionary > extrēmus
18 fīnis

fīnis is, m (often f in sing., C., V., H., O.) [2 FID-], that which divides, a boundary, limit, border: loci: imperi, S.: haud procul Argivorum fine positis castris, L.: arbiter Nolanis de finibus: inter eos finīs, quos feci, L.— A mark, starting-point, goal: finibus omnes Prosiluere suis, V.: trans finem iaculo expedito, H.: Solus superest in fine, at the goal, V.— Borders, territory, land, country: iter in Santonum finīs facere, Cs.: his finibus eiectus sum, S.: alienos populari finīs, L.: Atlanteus, the remote land of Atlas, H.—Abl. with gen, up to, as far as: matres pectoris fine prominentes, Cs.: Fine genūs succincta, O.—Fig., a limit, bound: ingeni sui fines: finem aequitatis transire: finem potentia caeli Non habet, O.: sunt certi denique fines, H.: intra Naturae finīs vivere, H.— An end, termination, close, conclusion, period, stop: finem iniuriis facturus, Cs.: orandi finem face, T.: scribendi: vitae: orationi finem facere: operum, H.: Imperium sine fine, everlasting, V.: Poscens sine fine Oscula, O.: usque ad eum finem, dum, etc., until the time when: quem ad finem sese iactabit audacia? till when?: quem ad finem? how long? —An end, death: invidiam supremo fine domari, H.: quem tibi Finem di dederint, H.— An end, extremity, highest point, greatest degree, summit: omnia: fines bonorum et malorum, i. e. supreme good and evil: honorum: aequi iuris, Ta.— An end, purpose, aim, object: domūs finis est usus: Quae finis standi? V.
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finis N C

boundary, end, limit, goal; (pl.) country, territory, land

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19 inimīcus

inimīcus adj. with comp. and sup. [2 in+amicus], unfriendly, hostile, inimical: capere inimicos homines, incur the enmity of, T.: inimicior eram huic quam Caesari: animo inimico venisse: Pompeio, S.: sibi omnīs esse inimicos, Cs.: Hannibal nomini Romano, N.: Dis inimice senex, hateful, H. —As subst, an enemy, foe: populi R. inimici, Cs.: quis plenior inimicorum fuit Mario: tamquam inimicum insectari, L.: cuiusquam: inimicissimus suus, his greatest enemy: animorum motūs inimicissimi mentis tranquillae.—Of an enemy, hostile: nomina, V.: insigne, spoils of a vanquished foe, V.: inter omnia inimica infestaque, L.—Hurtful, injurious, damaging: (naves) accipiunt inimicum imbrem, V.: lux propinquat, unfavorable, V.: odor nervis, H.: nec quidquam inimicius quam illa (oratio) versibus.
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I
inimica -um, inimicior -or -us, inimicissimus -a -um ADJ

unfriendly, hostile, harmful
II
inimici N M

enemy (personal), foe

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20 plērusque

plērusque raque, rumque, adj. [plerus], a very great part, the majority, most: Sororem plerique esse credebant meam, T.: multi... plerique etiam: plerique Belgae, Cs.: erant pleraque (tecta) ex cratibus facta, usually, L.: plerique Poenorum: eorum plerique, S.: plerisque ex factione eius conruptis, S.: plerique omnes adulescentuli, almost all, T.: dixi pleraque omnia, about all, T.: iuventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the majority, S.: exercitum plerumque opperiri iubet, S.—As subst n., the greatest part: ubi plerumque noctis processit, S.: Europae, L.— Plur, about all, the greater part: nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant: pleraque eius insulae obsidebantur, Cu.— A considerable part, very many, a good many: non dubito fore plerosque, qui, etc., N.: urbium pleraeque, L.

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