haughty

in-sŏlens, ntis, adj. [2. in-soleo].

In gen., i. q. insuetus, contrary to custom, unaccustomed to a thing; unusual, not in use (class.); constr. absol., or with gen.:

quid tu Athenas insolens?

Ter. And. 5, 4, 4:

mutatos deos flebit et aspera aequora emirabitur insolens (= antea insuetus tam celeris immutationis),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 8:

verbum, i. q. insuetum, insolitum,

Cic. Or. 8, 25; Quint. 4, 1, 58; Gell. 11, 7, 1; cf. in sup.: insolentissimum nomen, Quint. prooem. § 14.—With gen.:

infamiae,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3; id. de Or. 1, 48, 207:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36:

bellorum,

Tac. H. 1, 87:

audiendi,

id. A. 15, 67:

vera accipiendi,

Sall. H. 4, 48 Dietsch:

ruris colendi,

Gell. 19, 12, 7:

malarum artium,

Sall. C. 3, 4 al. —

In partic.

Excessive, immoderate; haughty, arrogant, insolent:

insolenti alacritate gestire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42:

ostentatio,

id. Par. 6, 1, 42:

victoria,

id. Marc. 3, 9:

laetitia,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 3:

exercitus,

id. ib. 1, 6, 21:

nec erat ei verendum, ne vera de se praedicans, nimis videretur aut insolens, aut loquax,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 31:

ne in re nota multus et insolens sim,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

non tam insolens sum, quam ineruditus,

id. Dom. 34, 92:

nihil umquam neque insolens, neque gloriosum ex ore ejus exiit,

Nep. Tim. 4:

Fortuna ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 50.— Comp.:

secundis rebus insolentiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.: insolentissimi homines, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3.—

Extravagant, prodigal:

in aliena re,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

in pecunia,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—

Unfrequented, lonely:

locus,

Pall. 12, 4, 2.— Hence, adv.: insŏlenter.

Unusually, contrary to custom (class.):

evenire insolenter et raro,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

verbum fingere,

Gell. 1, 21, 5.— Comp.:

insolentius hac figura uti,

Gell. 10, 13, 4.—

Immoderately; haughtily, insolently:

Gorgias his festivitatibus insolentius abutitur,

Cic. Or. 52, 176:

auctorem extinctum laete atque insolenter ferre,

with insolent exultation, id. Phil. 9, 3, 7:

victoriā suā insolenter gloriari,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

se efferre,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

a sorore irrisa,

Flor. 1, 26:

dictum,

Quint. 1, 5, 9:

hostis insequens,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.— Comp.:

se insolentius jactare,

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20; Caes. B. C. 3, 46. — Sup.:

insolentissime obequitare,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 21.

insŏlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [insolens], to become unusual or strange.

Lit., of the voice, to begin to change, to become manly:

coepit Caelo vox insolescere,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12;

of the womb: uterus insolescens,

i. e. swelling up, Hier. in Helv. 18.—

Trop., to grow haughty or insolent, to become elated (mostly post-Aug.): ad superbiam, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 15:

per licentiam animus humanus insolescit,

Sall. C. 6, 7:

rebus secundis,

Tac. H. 2, 7; Just. 31, 8, 7.

spīrĭtus, ūs (scanned spĭrĭtus, Sedul. Hymn. 1 fin.; dat. SPIRITO, Inscr. Orell. 3030; gen., dat., and abl. plur. only eccl. and late Lat., e. g. spirituum, Vulg. Marc. 6, 7:

spiritibus,

Aug. Serm. 216, 11 fin.; Vulg. Luc. 8, 2), m. [spiro], a breathing or gentle blowing of air, a breath, breeze (syn.: aura, flatus).

Lit.

In gen.:

spiritum a vento modus separat: vehementior enim spiritus ventus est, invicem spiritus leviter fluens aër,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: spiritus Austri Imbricitor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

Boreae,

Verg. A. 12, 365:

quo spiritus non pervenit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2; cf.:

silentis vel placidi spiritus dies,

Col. 3, 19 fin.:

alvus cum multo spiritu redditur,

Cels. 2, 7 med. —

In partic.

The air: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 511 Vahl.):

proximum (igni) spiritus, quem Graeci nostrique eodem vocabulo aëra appellant,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10:

quid tam est commune quam spiritus vivis?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 13:

potestne tibi haec lux, Catilina, aut hujus caeli spiritus esse jucundus?

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15.—

An exhalation, smell, odor:

spiritus unguenti suavis,

Lucr. 3, 222:

foedi odoris,

Cels. 5, 26, 31 fin.:

florum,

Gell. 9, 4, 10:

sulfuris,

Pall. Aug. 9, 1; cf. Hor. C. 3, 11, 19.—

Breathed air, a breath:

quojus tu legiones difflavisti spiritu,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17.— Absol.: (equus) saepe jubam quassit simul altam: Spiritus ex animā calida spumas agit albas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 507 Vahl.):

creber spiritus,

Lucr. 6, 1186:

ardentes oculi atque attractus ab alto Spiritus,

Verg. G. 3, 505:

petitus imo spiritus,

Hor. Epod. 11, 10:

in pulmonibus inest raritas... ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

diffunditur spiritus per arterias,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potione, spiritu,

id. ib. 2, 54, 134:

si spiritum ducit, vivit,

id. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

tranquillum atque otiosum spiritum ducere,

id. Arch. 12, 30:

longissima est complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest,

id. de Or. 3, 47, 182:

versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

id. ib. 1, 61, 261:

spiritus nec crebro receptus concidat sententiam, nec eo usque trahatur, donec deficiat,

Quint. 11, 3, 53:

lusit vir egregius (Socrates) extremo spiritu,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; cf. id. Sest. 37, 79: quorum usque ad extremum spiritum est provecta prudentia, id. Sen. 9, 27:

quos idem Deus de suis spiritibus figuravit,

Lact. Epit. 42, 3.—With gen.:

ut filiorum suorum postremum spiritum ore excipere liceret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; Cels. 4, 4; 3, 27; Col. 6, 9, 3; Quint. 9, 4, 68; 11, 3, 32; 11, 3, 53 sq.—

Transf.

In abstr., a breathing:

aspera arteria excipiat animam eam, quae ducta sit spiritu,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf. id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

aër spiritu ductus alit et sustentat animantes,

id. ib. 2, 39, 101:

crevit onus neque habet quas ducat spiritus auras,

Ov. M. 12, 517.—Esp.: spiritum intercludere (includere), to stop the breath, suffocate, choke, etc.:

lacrimae spiritum et vocem intercluserunt,

Liv. 40, 16, 1; 40, 24, 7; so,

includere,

id. 21, 58, 4.—

The breath of a god, inspiration:

haec fieri non possent, nisi ea uno divino et continuato spiritu continerentur,

by a divine inspiration, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 3, 11, 28; cf.:

poëtam quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari,

id. Arch. 8, 18.—

The breath of life, life:

eum spiritum, quem naturae debeat, patriae reddere,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

vos vero qui extremum spiritum in victoriā effudistis,

id. ib. 14, 12, 32:

dum spiritus hos regit artus,

Verg. A. 4, 336; cf. Hor. C. 4, 8, 14:

ne cum sensu doloris aliquo spiritus auferatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

aliquem spiritu privare,

Vell. 2, 87, 2:

merula spiritum reddidit,

to expire, die, id. 2, 22, 2:

spiritus tenues vanescat in auras,

Ov. H. 12, 85:

non effundere mihi spiritum videbar, sed tradere,

Sen. Ep. 78, 4:

novissimum spiritum per ludibrium effundere,

Tac. H. 3, 66 fin.; cf. supra, I. B.—

Poet.,= suspirium, a sigh, Prop. 1, 16, 32; 2, 29 (3, 27), 38.—

In gram., a breathing or aspiration (asper and lenis), Prisc. p. 572 P.; Aus. Idyll. 12 de Monos. Graec. et Lat. 19. —

The hiss of a snake, Verg. Cul. 180.—

Trop.

(Class.) A haughty spirit, haughtiness, pride, arrogance; also, spirit, high spirit, energy, courage (esp. freq. in the plur.; syn. animi).

Sing. (in the best prose only in gen. and abl., which are wanting in plur.):

regio spiritu,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

quem hominem! quā irā! quo spiritu!

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6:

illos ejus spiritus Siciliensis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 22:

tantum fiduciae ac spiritūs,

Caes. B. C. 3, 72:

filia Hieronis, inflata adhuc regiis animis ac muliebri spiritu,

Liv. 24, 22:

patricii spiritūs animus,

id. 4, 42, 5:

ex magnitudine rerum spiritum ducat,

Quint. 1, 8, 5:

corpore majorem rides Turbonis in armis Spiritum et incessum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:

cecidit spiritus ille tuus,

Prop. 2, 3, 2:

spiritu divino tactus,

Liv. 5, 22, 5:

non negaverim fuisse alti spiritūs viros,

Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—

Plur.:

res gestae, credo, meae me nimis extulerunt ac mihi nescio quos spiritus attulerunt,

Cic. Sull. 9, 27:

noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios, etc.,

id. Clu. 39, 109; cf.:

unius tribuni militum animos ac spiritus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 66:

tantos sibi spiritus, sumpserat, ut ferendus non videretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin. in re militari sumere, id. ib. 2, 4:

nam Dion regios spiritus repressit,

Nep. Dion, 5, 5:

cum spiritus plebes sumpsisset,

Liv. 4, 54:

si cui honores subdere spiritus potuerunt,

id. 7, 40:

remittant spiritus, comprimant animos suos, sedent arrogantiam, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 22, 53:

spiritus feroces,

Liv. 1, 31:

quorum se vim ac spiritus fregisse,

id. 26, 24:

cohibuit spiritus ejus Thrasea,

Tac. A. 16, 26:

Antipater, qui probe nosset spiritus ejus,

Curt. 6, 1, 19.—

(Mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose.) Spirit, soul, mind.

Sing.:

quoslibet occupat artus Spiritus,

Ov. M. 15, 167; Tac. A. 16, 34: spiritum Phoebus mihi, Phoebus artem Carminis dedit, poetic spirit or inspiration, Hor. C. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

mihi Spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non mendax dedit,

id. ib. 2, 16, 38:

qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 40:

imperator generosi spiritŭs,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 149: avidus (i. e. to epithumêtikon, the desiring, coveting soul), Hor. C. 2, 2, 10:

quidam comoedia necne poëma Esset, quaesivere: quod acer spiritus ac vis Nec verbis nec rebus inest,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 46:

majoris operis ac spiritūs,

Quint. 1, 9, 15:

alti spiritūs plena,

id. 10, 1, 44:

virtus magni spiritus est et recti,

Sen. Ep. 74, 29:

qui spiritus illi, Quis vultus vocisque sonus,

Verg. A. 5, 648.—

Plur.: Coriolanus hostiles jam tum spiritus gerens, Liv. 2, 35; Curt. 5, 8, 17.—

Transf. (like anima, and the Engl. soul), a beloved object, Vell. 2, 123 fin. —

Spiritus, personified, a spirit (late Lat.); so,

esp., Spiritus Sanctus or simply Spiritus,

the Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Cod. Just. 1, 1, 1; Aus. Ephem. 2, 18:

jurare per Deum et per Christum et per Spiritum Sanctum,

Veg. 2, 5:

nocens ille Spiritus,

an evil spirit, Lact. 4, 27, 12:

Spiritus nigri,

evil spirits, Sedul. Carm. 3, 41.

sŭperbĭo, īre, 4, v. n. [superbus], to be haughty or proud, to take pride in a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.: si habes quod liqueat, neque respondes, superbis, * Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94 Orell. (dub.;

B. and K. and Halm, superbe): ut nostris tumefacta superbiat Umbria libris,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 63:

avi nomine,

Ov. M. 11, 218:

patriis actis,

id. H. 8, 43:

formā multa superbit avis,

id. Med. Fac. 34:

formā,

id. A. A. 3, 103:

nimis triumviratu suo,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122:

honore,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 38:

superbire miles, quod, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 19 fin. — Poet. with inf.:

spoliare superbit Oenides,

disdains, Stat. Th. 8, 588.— Absol., Vulg. Deut. 17, 12 al.—

Transf., of things and in a good sense, to be superb, splendid, magnificent:

et quae sub Tyriā concha superbit aquā,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 22:

torus radiis auri,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 79:

silva Phlegraeis exuviis,

id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337:

hac (gemma) apud Menandrum et Philemonem fabulae superbiunt,

Plin. 37, 7, 33, § 106.

sŭperbus, a, um, adj. [super; cf. Gr. huperbios].

In a bad sense, that thinks himself above others, haughty, proud, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, uncivil, rude, supercilious, domineering (cf.: arrogans, insolens, fastidiosus, vanus, elatus): reges odisse superbos, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7:

reges,

Lucr. 5, 1222:

domini,

id. 2, 1091; Verg. A. 12, 236:

juvenis,

id. ib. 3, 326; 10, [p. 1805] 514:

victor,

id. G. 3, 226:

non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64:

freti virtute et viribus superbi,

id. Am. 1, 1, 58:

superbum se praebuit in fortunā,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1:

vide ne superbi (animi) sit aspernari ejusdem liberalitatem,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

licet superbus ambules pecuniā,

id. ib. 4, 5:

opibus superbi,

Verg. A. 5, 268:

utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit, an quod te imperator consulit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1:

laudato pavone superbior,

Ov. M. 13, 802:

homines superbissimi,

Sall. J. 31, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 57, 6: eum, qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, superbum judico magis quam sapientem,

Liv. 44, 22, 11:

non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit,

id. 42, 40, 2.—In a pun on the literal meaning of super: Merc. Faciam ego te superbum, nisi hinc abis. So. Quonam modo? Merc. Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, I will make you, i. e. one who rides or is carried, rather than walks, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 201.—

Transf., of things concr. or abstr.:

aures,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 169:

arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 5:

postisque superbos Unguit amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1179:

sceptra,

id. 5, 1137:

voces,

id. 5, 1173:

dens,

delicate, fastidious, squeamish, Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

corpus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 109:

inguen,

id. Epod. 8, 19:

manus,

Sen. Med. 205:

vultus,

id. Herc. Fur. 721:

non est inhumana virtus neque immanis neque superba,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

victoria, quae naturā insolens et superba est,

id. Marcell. 3, 9:

pax,

Liv. 9, 12, 1:

jura,

id. 31, 29, 9; cf.:

superbissima lex,

id. 4, 4, 10:

mutatio vestis,

id. 9, 18, 4:

vita,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 48:

aures quarum est judicium superbissimum,

i. e. very severe, utterly impartial, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

scilicet aspera mea natura, difficilis aditus, superba responsa,

uncivil, arrogant, id. Vatin. 3, 8:

cujus tu superbissima decreta et preces repudiasti,

id. Pis. 27, 64:

ipsum dicendi genus nihil superbum, nihil elatum saltem ac sublime desideret,

Quint. 6, 2, 19; cf. id. 11, 1, 37.—With foll. inf., Sil. 3, 374; 12, 433; 14, 646.— Neutr. absol.:

reliqua multo major multitudo neque excluderetur suffragiis, ne superbum esset, nec valeret nimis, ne esset periculosum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

superba loqui,

Prop. 1, 10, 22.—Superbum est, with a subject-clause, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 45; Ov. M. 13, 17.—

Sŭperbus, i, m., surname of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. F. 2, 718 al.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

In a good sense, proud, superior, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent, superb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae (virtus) inter hanc fortunam et illam superba incedit cum magno utriusque contemptu,

Sen. Ep. 76, 21:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21:

animae virtute et factis,

Sil. 10, 573:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 3; 1, 37, 31:

merum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 27; cf.:

limina civium potentiorum,

id. Epod. 2, 7:

postes,

id. C. 4, 15, 7:

Tibur,

Verg. A. 7, 630:

Phoebe superbe lyrā,

Tib. 4, 2, 22:

sedes Dolopum,

Verg. A. 2, 785; Cat. 64, 85:

domus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 509:

dapes,

Mart. 3, 45, 3.—

In partic.

Superba pira, an excellent kind of pear, perh. the muscatel, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; cf. superbia, II. B.—

Olivae, of a very large and plump kind, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17.—

Herba = chamaemeli, App. Herb. 23.—Hence, adv. (acc. to I.), haughtily, proudly, superciliously.

Form sŭ-perbē, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 38; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 22; Lucr. 5, 1224:

imperare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 (with crudeliter); Liv. 2, 45, 6 (with insolenter); 37, 10, 2 (with contemptim); 24, 25, 8 (opp. humiliter); 9, 14;

10, 10: Rhodii, superbe commemoratis meritis suis, etc.,

id. 44, 14, 8.—

Form sŭperbĭter (anteclass.), Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 515, 10 sq.; 516, 1; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180, 40 Vahl.).—

Comp.:

superbius,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

preces alicujus superbius accipere,

Tac. A. 2, 37.—

Sup.:

superbissime,

Cic. Pis. 27, 64.

sŭperbus, a, um, adj. [super; cf. Gr. huperbios].

In a bad sense, that thinks himself above others, haughty, proud, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, uncivil, rude, supercilious, domineering (cf.: arrogans, insolens, fastidiosus, vanus, elatus): reges odisse superbos, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7:

reges,

Lucr. 5, 1222:

domini,

id. 2, 1091; Verg. A. 12, 236:

juvenis,

id. ib. 3, 326; 10, [p. 1805] 514:

victor,

id. G. 3, 226:

non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64:

freti virtute et viribus superbi,

id. Am. 1, 1, 58:

superbum se praebuit in fortunā,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1:

vide ne superbi (animi) sit aspernari ejusdem liberalitatem,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

licet superbus ambules pecuniā,

id. ib. 4, 5:

opibus superbi,

Verg. A. 5, 268:

utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit, an quod te imperator consulit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1:

laudato pavone superbior,

Ov. M. 13, 802:

homines superbissimi,

Sall. J. 31, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 57, 6: eum, qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, superbum judico magis quam sapientem,

Liv. 44, 22, 11:

non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit,

id. 42, 40, 2.—In a pun on the literal meaning of super: Merc. Faciam ego te superbum, nisi hinc abis. So. Quonam modo? Merc. Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, I will make you, i. e. one who rides or is carried, rather than walks, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 201.—

Transf., of things concr. or abstr.:

aures,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 169:

arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 5:

postisque superbos Unguit amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1179:

sceptra,

id. 5, 1137:

voces,

id. 5, 1173:

dens,

delicate, fastidious, squeamish, Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

corpus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 109:

inguen,

id. Epod. 8, 19:

manus,

Sen. Med. 205:

vultus,

id. Herc. Fur. 721:

non est inhumana virtus neque immanis neque superba,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

victoria, quae naturā insolens et superba est,

id. Marcell. 3, 9:

pax,

Liv. 9, 12, 1:

jura,

id. 31, 29, 9; cf.:

superbissima lex,

id. 4, 4, 10:

mutatio vestis,

id. 9, 18, 4:

vita,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 48:

aures quarum est judicium superbissimum,

i. e. very severe, utterly impartial, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

scilicet aspera mea natura, difficilis aditus, superba responsa,

uncivil, arrogant, id. Vatin. 3, 8:

cujus tu superbissima decreta et preces repudiasti,

id. Pis. 27, 64:

ipsum dicendi genus nihil superbum, nihil elatum saltem ac sublime desideret,

Quint. 6, 2, 19; cf. id. 11, 1, 37.—With foll. inf., Sil. 3, 374; 12, 433; 14, 646.— Neutr. absol.:

reliqua multo major multitudo neque excluderetur suffragiis, ne superbum esset, nec valeret nimis, ne esset periculosum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

superba loqui,

Prop. 1, 10, 22.—Superbum est, with a subject-clause, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 45; Ov. M. 13, 17.—

Sŭperbus, i, m., surname of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. F. 2, 718 al.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

In a good sense, proud, superior, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent, superb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae (virtus) inter hanc fortunam et illam superba incedit cum magno utriusque contemptu,

Sen. Ep. 76, 21:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21:

animae virtute et factis,

Sil. 10, 573:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 3; 1, 37, 31:

merum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 27; cf.:

limina civium potentiorum,

id. Epod. 2, 7:

postes,

id. C. 4, 15, 7:

Tibur,

Verg. A. 7, 630:

Phoebe superbe lyrā,

Tib. 4, 2, 22:

sedes Dolopum,

Verg. A. 2, 785; Cat. 64, 85:

domus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 509:

dapes,

Mart. 3, 45, 3.—

In partic.

Superba pira, an excellent kind of pear, perh. the muscatel, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; cf. superbia, II. B.—

Olivae, of a very large and plump kind, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17.—

Herba = chamaemeli, App. Herb. 23.—Hence, adv. (acc. to I.), haughtily, proudly, superciliously.

Form sŭ-perbē, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 38; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 22; Lucr. 5, 1224:

imperare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 (with crudeliter); Liv. 2, 45, 6 (with insolenter); 37, 10, 2 (with contemptim); 24, 25, 8 (opp. humiliter); 9, 14;

10, 10: Rhodii, superbe commemoratis meritis suis, etc.,

id. 44, 14, 8.—

Form sŭperbĭter (anteclass.), Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 515, 10 sq.; 516, 1; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180, 40 Vahl.).—

Comp.:

superbius,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

preces alicujus superbius accipere,

Tac. A. 2, 37.—

Sup.:

superbissime,

Cic. Pis. 27, 64.

sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).

Lit.

In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

stertitque supinus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

Lucr. 4, 441:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

cubitus,

a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

caput,

thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

cervix,

id. 11, 3, 82:

vultus,

id. 1, 11, 9:

ora,

Cic. Univ. 14:

venter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

testudines,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

apes,

id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

pugnans falce supinā,

Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

manus,

Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

cathedra,

an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —

In partic.

Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

cursus fluminum,

id. P. 4, 5, 43:

carmen,

i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—

Of localities.

Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

per supinam vallem fusi,

Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

Verg. G. 2, 276:

per supina camporum,

undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

Stretched out, extended:

Tibur,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

solum,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

mare,

Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

vindemia,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of the mind.

Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

otiosi et supini (oratores),

Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

supini securique,

id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

animus,

Cat. 17, 25:

Maecenas,

Juv. 1, 66:

auris,

Mart. 6, 42, 22:

compositio (with tarda),

Quint. 9, 4, 137:

ignorantia,

Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

deliciae supiniores,

Mart. 2, 6, 13. —

With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

haec et talia dum refert supinus,

Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—

In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).

The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—

The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

beneficium accipere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).

Lit.

In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

stertitque supinus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

Lucr. 4, 441:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

cubitus,

a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

caput,

thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

cervix,

id. 11, 3, 82:

vultus,

id. 1, 11, 9:

ora,

Cic. Univ. 14:

venter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

testudines,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

apes,

id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

pugnans falce supinā,

Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

manus,

Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

cathedra,

an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —

In partic.

Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

cursus fluminum,

id. P. 4, 5, 43:

carmen,

i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—

Of localities.

Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

per supinam vallem fusi,

Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

Verg. G. 2, 276:

per supina camporum,

undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

Stretched out, extended:

Tibur,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

solum,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

mare,

Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

vindemia,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of the mind.

Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

otiosi et supini (oratores),

Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

supini securique,

id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

animus,

Cat. 17, 25:

Maecenas,

Juv. 1, 66:

auris,

Mart. 6, 42, 22:

compositio (with tarda),

Quint. 9, 4, 137:

ignorantia,

Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

deliciae supiniores,

Mart. 2, 6, 13. —

With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

haec et talia dum refert supinus,

Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—

In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).

The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—

The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

beneficium accipere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3, v. a. ( perf. tollit, Pers. 4, 2:

tollisse,

Dig. 46, 4, 13) [root Sanscr. tul-, tulajāmi, lift up, weigh; Gr. tal-, tel, in tlênai, talanton; cf.: tuli, tlātus (latus), tolerare], to lift or take up, to raise, always with the predom. idea of motion upwards or of removal from a former situation.

To lift up, raise up, elevate, exalt, etc. (syn.: effero, elevo).

Lit.

In gen.: unus erit quem tu tolles in caerula caeli templa, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.): pileum ad caelum tollit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 15:

fulgor ibi ad caelum se tollit,

Lucr. 2, 325;

for which also: aliquem tollere in caelum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

quem (Herculem) in caelum ista ipsa sustulit fortitudo,

id. Tusc. 4, 22, 50; id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

tollam ego ted in collum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 42:

Phaëthon optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur: sublatus est,

Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; cf. id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

aliquem in equum,

id. Deiot. 10, 28:

quos in crucem sustulit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

aliquem in crucem,

id. ib. 2, 1, 5, §

13: aquila in sublime sustulit testudinem,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 4:

in arduos Tollor Sabinos,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 22 et saep.:

ut me hic jacentem aliquis tollat,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 2; so,

jacentes,

id. Most. 1, 4, 17: mulum suum tollebat Fufius, lifted up, raised up, Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:

nequeo caput tollere,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 45:

sustulimus manus et ego et Balbus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

manus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5:

gradum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: scorpius caudā sublatā, Lucil. ap. Non. 385, 31:

lubrica convolvit sublato pectore terga (coluber),

Verg. A. 2, 474:

terrā,

Ov. M. 15, 192:

de terrā,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:

se tollere a terrā,

id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

ignis e speculā sublatus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93.—

In partic.

Tollere liberos, to take up, i. e. to accept, acknowledge; and so, to raise up, bring up, educate as one's own (from the custom of laying new-born children on the ground at the father's feet; cf.

suscipio): quod erit natum, tollito,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 3:

puerum,

id. Men. prol. 33; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

natum filium,

Quint. 4, 2, 42:

nothum,

id. 3, 6, 97:

puellam,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15; cf. id. And. 1, 3, 14.—Also of the mother:

si quod peperissem, id educarem ac tollerem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 45.—

Transf., in gen., to get, beget a child:

qui ex Fadiā sustulerit liberos,

Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 23:

decessit morbo aquae intercutis, sublato filio Nerone ex Agrippinā,

Suet. Ner. 5 fin. —

Nautical t. t.: tollere ancoras, to lift the anchor, weigh anchor; esp. in part. pass.:

sublatis ancoris,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23; id. B. C. 1, 31; Liv. 22, 19, 6. —

Transf. out of the nautical sphere, to break up, proceed:

si vultis ancoras tollere,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1.—

To build, raise, erect:

tollam altius tectum,

Cic. Har. Resp. 15, 33:

si juxta habeas aedificia, eaque jure tuo altius tollas,

Dig. 39, 2, 26.—

To take on board, carry, of vessels or vehicles:

navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret, parasse,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 75:

naves, quae equites sustulerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 28:

altera navis ducentos ex legione tironum sustulerat,

id. B. C. 3, 28;

Auct. B. Afr. 54: tollite me, Teucri,

Verg. A. 3, 601:

ut se sublatum in lembum ad Cotym deveheret,

Liv. 45, 6, 2:

Maecenas me tollere raedā vellet,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 42:

Talem te Bacchus... sustulit in currus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 157. —

Trop.

To raise, lift, lift up, elevate, set up, etc.: tollitur in caelum clamor exortus utrimque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 422 Vahl.):

clamorem in caelum,

Verg. A. 11, 745:

clamores ad sidera,

id. ib. 2, 222; cf.:

clamor magnus se tollit ad auras,

rises, id. ib. 11, 455:

clamor a vigilibus tollitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

clamorem,

Flor. 3, 8, 6:

cachinnum,

Cic. Fat. 5, 10:

risum,

Hor. A. P. 381: litterulae meae tui desiderio oblanguerunt: hac tamen epistulā oculos paulum sustulerunt, have opened [p. 1877] their eyes again, have reanimated them, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2.—Esp. with animos: ne in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to elevate, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 6:

animos,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 10; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 57:

animos alicui,

to raise, excite, animate, Liv. 3, 67, 6:

nec dubium est quin omnis Hispania sublatura animos fuerit,

id. 35, 1, 3;

opp. abicere animos,

Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 7:

aliquid dicendo augere et tollere altius (opp. extenuare et abicere),

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104:

ad caelum te tollimus verissimis ac justissimis laudibus,

id. Fam. 15, 9, 1:

monumentum illud, quod tu tollere laudibus solebas,

id. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14):

nostras laudes in astra,

id. ib. 2, 25, 1:

Daphnim tuum ad astra,

Verg. E. 5, 51:

tergeminis tollere honoribus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 8:

vos Tempe tollite laudibus,

id. ib. 1, 21, 9 (cf. also Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; v. infra, II. A. 2.):

supra modum se tollens oratio,

Quint. 4, 2, 61; cf.:

se eadem geometria tollit ad rationem usque mundi,

id. 1, 10, 46; 1, 2, 26:

amicum Tollere (i. q. consolari),

to cheer up, console, Hor. S. 2, 8, 61.—

To take on one, assume, bear, endure:

providere non solum quid oneris in praesentia tollant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:

at Apollodorus poenas sustulit,

id. N. D. 3, 33, 82. —

To take up a thing from its place, to take away, remove, to bear or carry away, make way with, take away with one (syn.: aufero, adimo).

Lit.

In gen.:

frumentum de areā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:

solem e mundo tollere videntur, qui amicitiam e vitā tollunt,

id. Lael. 13, 47:

ut aliquis nos deus ex hac hominum frequentiā tolleret,

id. ib. 23, 87:

simulacra ex delubris,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3; so,

pecunias e fano,

Caes. B. C. 3, 105:

sphaeram ex urbe (Syracusis),

Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21:

praedam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

posita,

id. ib. 6, 17:

patinam,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 80; cf.:

his sublatis,

id. ib. 2, 8, 10:

mensam tolli jubet,

Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

me per hostes Denso paventem sustulit aëre,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 14:

jubet sublata reponi Pocula,

Verg. A. 8, 175:

cuncta,

id. ib. 8, 439:

tecum me tolle per undas,

id. ib. 6, 370:

me quoque tolle simul,

Ov. M. 11, 441:

tollite me, Libyes, comitem poenaeque necisque,

Sil. 6, 500.—

In partic.

Pregn., to take off, carry off, make away with, to kill, destroy, ruin, etc.:

aliquem de medio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

aliquem e medio,

Liv. 24, 6, 1:

aliquem ferro, veneno,

Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

Titanas fulmine (Juppiter),

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44: quem febris una potuit tollere, Lucil. ap. Non. 406, 25:

me truncus illapsus cerebro Sustulerat, nisi, etc.,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 28:

tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta,

id. S. 2, 1, 56:

sorbitio tollit quem dira cicutae,

Pers. 4, 2:

majores nostri Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt,

laid waste, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

ademptus Hector Tradidit fessis leviora tolli Pergama Graiis,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—In a play with I. B. supra: te dixisse, laudandum adulescentem (Caesarem), ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; cf.:

se non esse commissurum, ut tolli posset,

id. ib. 11, 20, 1.—

Milit. t. t.: tollere signa, to break up for marching, to decamp, Caes. B. C. 2, 20; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1.—

Trop., to do away with, remove; to abolish, annul, abrogate, cancel (very freq., esp. in Cic.;

syn.: oblittero, aboleo): rei memoriam tollere ac delere,

Cic. Quint. 21, 70; cf.

metum,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

sublatā benevolentiā amicitiae nomen tollitur,

id. Lael. 5, 19; cf.:

maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex eā tollit verecundiam,

id. ib. 22, 82:

dubitationem,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

errorem,

id. ib. 1, 24, 38:

librariorum menda,

id. Att. 13, 23, 2:

ut id nomen ex omnibus libris tollatur,

id. ib. 13, 44, 3:

legem,

id. Leg. 2, 12, 31:

veteres leges novis legibus,

id. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

dictaturam funditus ex re publicā,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

sublato Areopago,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43:

deos,

to deny the existence of, id. N. D. 1, 30, 85; id. Ac. 2, 11, 33:

diem,

to consume in speechmaking, id. Leg. 3, 18, 40; id. Dom. 17, 45:

morbus facile tollitur,

is removed, Cels. 2, 14; 4, 18; so,

dolores et tumores,

Plin. 26, 12, 75, § 122:

foeditates cicatricum maculasque,

id. 33, 6, 35, § 110:

muliebrem luctum,

Hor. Epod. 16, 39:

querelas,

id. Ep. 1, 12, 3.—Hence,

sublātus

, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), elated, proud, haughty (rare):

quo proelio sublati Helvetii,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

hac victoriā,

id. ib. 5, 38: quibus omnibus rebus, id. B. C. 2, 37:

rebus secundis,

Verg. A. 10, 502:

gloriā,

Tac. A. 13, 11 et saep.:

fidens magis et sublatior ardet,

Ov. Hal. 54. — Adv.:

sublātē

, highly, loftily. *

Lit.:

Nilus diebus centum sublatius fluens, minuitur postea,

higher, Amm. 22, 15, 12. —

Trop.:

sublate ampleque dicere (opp. attenuate presseque),

loftily, with elevation, Cic. Brut. 55, 201:

sublatius dicere,

more proudly, id. Dom. 36, 95:

sublatius insolescentes,

Amm. 15, 12, 1.

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.