haughty speech

ef-fĕro or ecfĕro (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 766), extŭli, ēlatum, efferre or ecferre, v. a., to bring or carry out, to bring forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ex navi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 82; cf.

tela, etc., ex aedibus Cethegi,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3 fin.:

argentum jubeo jam intus efferri foras,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 127; id. Most. 2, 1, 58; id. Mil. 4, 8, 4:

argentum ad aliquem,

id. Epid. 5, 1, 27; id. Truc. 3, 1, 16:

machaeram huc,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 53; cf. id. Stich. 2, 2, 28:

puerum extra aedes usquam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:

cistellam domo,

id. Eun. 4, 6, 15; cf.:

cibaria sibi quemque domo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3:

frumentum ab Ilerda,

id. B. C. 1, 78, 1:

piscem de custodia,

Col. 8, 17 fin.:

litteras,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

mucronem,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

vexilla, signa, arma (e castris, extra fines, etc.),

Liv. 10, 19; 27, 2; 29, 21; Tac. H. 3, 31 al.:

ferrum a latere deripuit, elatumque deferebat in pectus,

id. A. 1, 35 fin.: Colchis pedem, Enn. ap. Non. 297, 20; so,

pedem,

Verg. A. 2, 657; cf.

pedem aedibus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

pedem portā,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5; 7, 2, 6; Suet. Tib. 38:

pedem quoquam,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

se hinc (ignis),

Lucr. 6, 89 and 385:

se vallo (equus),

Tac. A. 15, 7:

Furium longius extulit cursus,

Liv. 3, 5; cf.:

Messium impetus per hostes extulit,

id. 4, 29.—

In partic.

Like the Gr. ekpherô, to carry out (of the house) for burial, to bear to the grave, to bury (cf.: cremo, humo, sepelio, prosequor): optumum'st Loces illum efferendum;

nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 32; id. Most. 4, 3, 8 sqq.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 90 Don. and Ruhnk.; 1, 1, 101; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80; Nep. Att. 17; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 18 fin.; Quint. 8, 5, 21; Suet. Aug. 99; Hor. S. 2, 5, 85; Vulg. Luc. 7, 12.—

Transf.: meo unius funere elata populi Romani esset res publica, carried to burial, i. e. overthrown, destroyed, Liv. 28, 28; 24, 22; 31, 29.—

Of a fruit-bearing soil, to bring forth, bear, produce:

id, quod agri efferant,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4 fin.; id. Brut. 4, 16; cf. also id. Verr. 2, 3, 47 fin.; 86 al.—

Transf.:

ea, quae efferant aliquid ex sese, perfectiores habere naturas quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 109; poet.:

(Italia) genus acre virum,

Verg. G. 2, 169.—

Of motion in an upward direction (cf.: erigo and educo, II. B. 1.), to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt, Lucil. ap. Non. 297, 25:

aliquem in murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.:

pars operis in altitudinem turris elata,

id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 103; and Suet. Calig. 32:

corvus e conspectu elatus,

Liv. 7, 26:

pulvis elatus,

id. 4, 33:

elata super capita scuta,

Tac. H. 3, 27: jubar (luna), Petron. Poët. 89, 2, 54; poet.:

caput Auctumnus agris extulit,

Hor. Epod. 2, 18.

Trop.

To set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim:

clamorem,

to raise, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73:

quod neque in vulgum disciplinam efferri velint, neque, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 2, 12, 9:

vocem ejus in vulgus,

Tac. A. 12, 21:

tuum peccatum foras,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 65 Ruhnk.:

hoc foras,

Cic. Phil. 10, 3; so,

clandestina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

rem,

id. ib. 7, 2, 2:

has meas ineptias,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

divinitus dicta,

id. ib. 3, 1 fin. et saep.—With a rel. clause:

posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4.—

In partic., of speech, to utter, pronounce, express, declare:

verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

ut verba inter se ra tione conjuncta sententiam efferant,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 1 Müll.:

si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur,

Cic. Or. 44, 150; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 13:

quae incisim aut membratim efferuntur, ea, etc.,

Cic. Or. 67; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 33; 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 17: pleraque utroque modo efferuntur, luxuriatur, luxuriat, etc., id. 9, 3, 7; cf. id. 1, 5, 16; 64; 2, 14, 2.—

In the pass., qs. to be carried out of one's self by passions, feelings, etc.; to be carried away, transported, hurried away: usque adeo studio atque odio illius efferor ira, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21 fin.; so,

studio,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; cf.

cupiditate,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

vi naturae atque ingenii,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

laetitia,

id. Deiot. 9, 26 (cf. act.:

comitia ista praeclara, quae me laetitia extulerunt,

id. Fam. 2, 10):

incredibili gaudio,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; cf. id. Rep. 3, 30; Suet. Caes. 22:

voluptate canendi ac saltandi,

id. Calig. 54:

popularitate,

id. Ner. 53.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To raise, elevate, exalt:

pretia alicujus rei,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6 fin.:

quorum animi altius se extulerunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus,

id. Cat. 1, 11, 28; cf.:

aliquem supra leges,

Tac. A. 2, 34; and:

aliquem geminatis consulatibus,

id. ib. 1, 3; cf. also id. ib. 4, 40:

aliquem pecunia aut honore,

Sall. J. 49, 4:

patriam demersam extuli,

Cic. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion. 6; Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

aliquem maximis laudibus,

id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14; cf. Nep. Dion. 7 fin.:

aliquid maximis laudibus,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

aliquem laudibus,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

aliquem verbis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

aliquid versibus,

id. Rep. 1, 14;

and simply aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 63:

aliquem in summum odium,

id. H. 4, 42; cf.:

rem in summam invidiam,

Quint. 8, 4, 19.—

In partic., with se, to raise, elevate one's self; to rise, advance (cf.:

appareo, eluceo, exsisto): cum (virtus) se extulit et ostendit suum lumen,

Cic. Lael. 27; cf.

so with a figure borrowed from the heavenly bodies: qua in urbe (Athenis) primum se orator extulit,

id. Brut. 7, 26:

volo se efferat in adolescente fecunditas,

id. de Or. 2, 21.—

In a bad sense, with se, or in the [p. 629] pass., to lift up one's self, to carry one's self high; to be puffed up, haughty, proud on account of any thing (the figure being borrowed from a prancing horse; cf. Liv. 30, 20; and Quint. 10, 3, 10):

nec cohibendo efferentem se fortunam, quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit (Atilius),

Liv. 30, 30:

quod aut cupias ardenter aut adeptus ecferas te insolenter,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

qui enim victoria se ecferunt, quasi victos nos intuentur,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; cf.:

se altius et incivilius,

Flor. 1, 26, 8:

sese audacia, scelere atque superbia,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

hic me magnifice effero,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 31:

(fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

se efferre in potestate,

to be insolent in office, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.:

stulta ac barbara arrogantia elati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3:

recenti victoria,

id. B. G. 5, 47, 4:

spe celeris victoriae,

id. ib. 7, 47, 3:

gloria,

id. B. C. 3, 79, 6:

elatus et inflatus his rebus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

secunda fortuna magnisque opibus,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; id. Milt. 7, 2:

elatus ad vanam fiduciam,

Curt. 3, 19, 10;

but also: ad justam fiduciam,

Liv. 27, 8, 7 et saep.—In the act. (rare, and with a fig. perh. borrowed from the wind): is demum vir erit, cujus animum nec prospera (fortuna) flatu suo efferet ( elates, inflates), nec adversa infringet, Liv. 45, 8 fin. —

Ante-class. and very rare, to carry out to the end, to support, endure: laborem, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 48; cf.: malum patiendo, to get rid of, do away with, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 4, 29, 63 (but not in Lucr. 1, 141, where the better reading is sufferre).—Hence, ēlā-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 3. and II. C. 2.), exalted, lofty, high (rare; cf.: superbus, insolens, arrogans, etc.).

Lit.:

modo in elatiora modo in depressiora clivi,

Col. 2, 4, 10:

elatissimae lucernae,

Tert. Apol. 53.—

Trop.:

animus magnus elatusque,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

verba,

high-sounding, id. Or. 36, 124;

hoc casu elatior Julianus,

Amm. 21, 4, 7; Vulg. Rom. 1, 30:

insula opibus,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2. — Adv.: ēlāte, loftily, proudly:

elate et ample loqui, opp. humiliter demisseque sentire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9:

dicere (opp. summisse),

id. Opt. Gen. 4, 10.— Comp.:

se gerere,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

elatius et arrogantius praefatur,

Gell. 9, 15, 4.

ef-fĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ferus], to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).

Physically:

terram immanitate beluarum efferari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

speciem oris,

Liv. 2, 23; cf.

vultum,

Suet. Calig. 50:

efferantia sese ulcera,

becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.— Poet.:

Mars efferat aurum,

i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.:

homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum,

i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—

Mentally:

gentes sic immanitate efferatae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

militem dux ipse efferavit,

Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29:

animos,

id. 1, 19; 25, 26:

ingenia,

Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19:

efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum,

exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce:

sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

vultus,

Petr. 82, 1:

animi,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.— Comp.:

mores ritusque,

Liv. 34, 24.— Sup.:

effectus,

Sen. Ep. 121, 4:

canes in homines,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.— Adv.: effĕrāte, fiercely:

saevire,

Lact. 5, 20, 10.

in-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.

Lit.

In gen.:

age, jam infla buccas,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 26:

ex ore in os palumbi inflare aquam,

Cato, R. R. 90:

tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,

is swelled, Verg. A. 3, 357:

merito quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet,

should in a rage puff up both his cheeks, Hor. S. 1, 1, 21:

inflant (corpus) omnia fere legumina,

make flatulent, Cels. 2, 26.—

In partic., to play upon a wind instrument:

inflare cavas cicutas,

Lucr. 5, 1383:

calamos leves,

Verg. E. 5, 2.— Absol., to blow:

simul inflavit tibicen, a perito carmen agnoscitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86.— With cognate acc.:

sonum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225. —

Trop., to puff up, inflate:

spe falsa animos,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

regis spem (with erigere animos),

Liv. 35, 42, 5:

animos ad intolerabilem superbiam,

id. 45, 31, 31; 37, 26, 4:

purpuratis solita vanitate spem ejus inflantibus,

Curt. 3, 2, 10; 5, 10, 3:

crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 98:

ipse erit glorià inflandus,

Quint. 11, 1 med. — Absol., of speech:

Antipater paulo inflavit vehementius,

blew a little too hard, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Of music:

illi qui fecerunt modos, a quibus aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, variatur,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 102 fin.:

et ea (medicamenta) quae ob caritatem emendi mulo inedicorum cupiditas inflaverat,

puffed, bepraised, Veg. Vet. 4, 7, 4.— Hence, inflātus, a, um, P. a., blown into, filled with blowing.

Lit.:

si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum,

Cic. Brut. 51, 192:

bucina cecinit jussos inflata receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340:

nolo verba inflata et quasi anhelata gravius exire,

with a too great expenditure of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40.—

Transf., swelled up, swollen, puffed up:

serpens inflato collo,

Cic. Vatin. 2, 4:

bucca inflatior,

Suet. Rhet. 5:

inflatum hesterno venas Iaccho,

Verg. E. 6, 15:

Volturnus amnis inflatus aquis,

swollen, enlarged, Liv. 23, 19, 4:

amnes,

id. 40, 33, 2:

capilli,

hanging loose, dishevelled, Ov. A. A. 3, 145:

inflata rore non Achaico turba,

Verg. Cat. 7, 2. — Comp.:

vestis inflatior,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Trop.

In gen., puffed up, inflated, haughty, proud:

quibus illi rebus elati et inflati non continebantur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

inflatus et tumens animus,

id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19:

inflata spe atque animis,

id. Mur. 15, 33:

promissis,

id. ib. 24, 49:

laetitia atque insolentia,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

jactatione,

Liv. 29, 37, 9:

assensionibus,

id. 24, 6, 8:

estne quisquam tanto inflatus errore,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

opinionibus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 91:

his opinionibus animus,

Liv. 6, 11, 6, 6, 18, 5:

vana spe,

id. 35, 49, 4:

vano nuntio,

id. 24, 32, 3:

successu tantae rei,

id. 37, 12, 4:

legionum numero,

Vell. 2, 80, 2:

superbus et inflatus,

Juv. 8, 72:

elatus inflatusque,

Suet. Ner. 37.— Comp.:

juvenis inflatior,

Liv. 39, 53, 8.—

In partic., of style, inflated, turgid:

Attici pressi et integri, Asiani inflati et inanes,

Quint. 12, 10, 16:

inflatus et tumidus,

Tac. Or. 18:

Callimachus,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 32; Suet. Rhet. 2.— Hence, adv.: inflātē, only in comp., haughtily, proudly, pompously:

aliquid latius atque inflatius perscribere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3:

inflatius commemorare,

id. ib. 2, 39, 4:

inflatius multo, quam res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat,

id. ib. 3, 79, 4:

fabulari inflatius,

Amm. 22, 16, 10.

tŭmĭdus, a, um, adj. [tumeo], swollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid (class.).

Lit.:

membrum tumidum ac turgidum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19:

serpens inflato collo, tumidis cervicibus,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

Python,

Ov. M. 1, 460:

Echidnae,

id. ib. 10, 313:

venter,

id. Am. 2, 14, 15:

papillae,

id. R. Am. 338:

virginitas,

i. e. with swelling breasts, Stat. Th. 2, 204:

mare,

Verg. A. 8, 671:

aequor,

id. ib. 3, 157; Ov. M. 14, 544:

fluctus,

id. ib. 11, 480:

Nilus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 48:

vela,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 201:

montes,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 51:

terrae Germaniae,

Tac. A. 2, 23 Ritter; cf.

Nipperd. ad loc. (Halm, umidis): crudi tumidique lavemur,

i. e. swollen, stuffed with food, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 61.— Comp.:

oculi,

Cels. 2, 6:

humus,

Col. 4, 1, 3.—

Trop.

Swollen or swelling with passionate excitement; excited, incensed, enraged, exasperated; puffed up, elated, haughty, arrogant; restless, violent, ready to break out (mostly poet.; not in Cic.);

with anger: tumida ex irā tum corda residunt,

Verg. A. 6, 407:

ōs,

Hor. A. P. 94:

es tumidus genitoris imagine falsi,

Ov. M. 1, 754.—With pride, Ov. M. 8, 396; 8, 495; Hor. S. 1, 7, 7:

sermo,

id. ib. 2, 5, 98:

minae,

id. C. 4, 3, 8:

cum tumidum est cor,

i. e. swells with ambition, Hor. S. 2, 3, 213:

tumidi minantur,

swelling with rage, Stat. Achill. 1, 155:

ingenia genti tumida,

Just. 41, 3, 7:

tumidae gentium inflataeque cervices,

Flor. 4, 12, 2:

quem tumidum ac sui jactantem et ambitiosum institorem eloquentiae videat,

Quint. 11, 1, 50.— Sup.:

(Alexander) tumidissimum animal,

most arrogant, Sen. Ben. 2, 16, 2:

Eridani tumidissimus accola Celtae,

most seditious, Sil. 11, 25.—

Of style, etc.

Of the orator himself, bombastic, pompous:

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

quem (Ciceronem) et suorum homines temporum incessere audebant ut tumidiorem, ut Asianum et redundantem,

id. 12, 10, 12.—

Of speech, inflated, turgid, tumid, bombastic:

non negaverim et totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia et nostrorum tumidiorem sermonem esse,

Liv. 45, 23, 16:

quod alibi magnificum, tumidum alibi,

Quint. 8, 3, 18:

visus es mihi in scriptis meis annotasse quaedam ut tumida, quae ego sublimia arbitrabar,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 5; 7, 12, 4; Quint. 8, 3, 13; 8, 3, 56; 2, 5, 10:

sufflati atque tumidi,

Gell. 7, 14, 5.— Comp.:

tumidior sermo,

Liv. 45, 23, 16:

ut tibi tumidius videretur, quod est sonantius et elatius,

Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 4:

fuisset tumidius, si, etc.,

Quint. 11, 1, 28.—

Act., puffing up, causing to swell:

tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,

Verg. A. 3, 357 Forbig. ad loc.:

nec tumidos causabitur Euros,

Ov. Am. 1, 9, 13.— Trop.:

Qui nunc in tumidum jactando venit honorem,

Prop. 2, 24, 31 (3, 16, 15) Paley ad loc.—Hence, adv.: tŭmĭdē (acc. to II. A.), haughtily, pompously:

tumidissime dixit Murrhedius,

Sen. Contr. 4, 25 fin.