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  • 41 beneficio

    m.
    1 benefit (bien).
    a beneficio de in aid of (gala, concierto)
    en beneficio de for the good of
    en beneficio de todos in everyone's interest
    en beneficio propio for one's own good
    Para su bien For his sake.
    2 profit (ganancia).
    beneficio bruto/neto gross/net profit
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: beneficiar.
    * * *
    1 (ganancia) profit
    2 (bien) benefit
    \
    en beneficio de for the good of, for the benefit of, in the interest of
    a beneficio de in aid of
    sacar beneficio de to profit from
    beneficio bruto gross profit
    beneficio neto clear profit
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) gain, profit
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=ventaja) benefit

    a beneficio de algn — in aid of sb

    en beneficio de algn, aprovechó las cualidades literarias de su mujer en beneficio propio — he exploited his wife's literary talent to his own advantage o for his own benefit

    en o por tu propio beneficio, es mejor que no vengas — for your own good o benefit o in your own interests, it's best if you don't come

    oficio 1)
    2) (Com, Econ) profit

    obtener o tener beneficios — to make a profit

    obtuvieron 1.500 millones de beneficio el año pasado — they made a profit of 1,500 million last year

    beneficio de explotación — operating profit, trading profit

    beneficio líquido[en un balance] net profit; [en una transacción] net profit, clear profit

    beneficio neto= beneficio líquido

    beneficio operativo — operating profit, trading profit

    beneficios antes de impuestos — pre-tax profits, profits before tax

    beneficios postimpositivos — after-tax profits, profits after tax

    margen 1., 4)
    3) (=función benéfica) benefit (performance)
    4) (=donación) donation
    5) (Rel) living, benefice
    6) (Min) [de mina] exploitation, working; [de mineral] (=extracción) extraction; (=tratamiento) processing, treatment
    7) LAm (=descuartizamiento) butchering; (=matanza) slaughter
    8) CAm [de café] coffee processing plant
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Com, Fin) profit

    producir or reportar beneficios — to yeild o bring returns o profits

    b) (ventaja, bien) benefit
    2)
    a) (AmL) ( de animal) dressing
    b) (AmC) (Agr) coffee processing plant
    c) (Chi) ( de mineral) extraction
    * * *
    = benefit, gain, profit, plus [pluses, -pl.], dividend, payback, payoff [pay-off], perk, mileage.
    Ex. The examples that follow will give you a glimpse of the important features and benefits of the SCI CD Edition.
    Ex. This is likely to lead to shorter and less complex profiles for searches, and the gains will be most obvious in a natural language system.
    Ex. As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.
    Ex. Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
    Ex. The article has the title ' Dividends: the value of public libraries in Canada'.
    Ex. In the 1980s the illegal reproduction and distribution of information was a tedious process that generally produced poor payback.
    Ex. Although setting up a security policy may demand considerable upheaval, it has significant payoff in safety and efficiency.
    Ex. At almost every conference I've spoken at one of the perks is free conference registration.
    Ex. Reports produced by government-sponsored projects may not be widely distributed until the government has had good mileage from them = Los informes obtenidos de los proyectos patrocinados por el gobierno puede que no se distribuyan de forma general hasta que el gobierno les haya sacado un buen provecho.
    ----
    * análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * análisis de costos-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * aportar beneficios = lead to + benefits, bring + benefits.
    * beneficio añadido = added benefit.
    * beneficio de bolsa = share dividend.
    * beneficio directo = direct benefit.
    * beneficio económico = economic benefit, financial benefit, economic return.
    * beneficio extra = bonus [bonuses, -pl.].
    * beneficio fiscal = tax benefit, fiscal benefit.
    * beneficio indirecto = spin-off, indirect benefit, spinoff benefit, spillover benefit.
    * beneficio marginal = marginal benefit.
    * beneficio material = material benefit.
    * beneficio mutuo = mutual benefit.
    * beneficio neto = net trading profit, net profit, net gain, net benefit.
    * beneficio para la salud = health benefit.
    * beneficio personal = personal gain.
    * beneficio positivo = positive return.
    * beneficio público = public interest.
    * beneficio recíproco = mutual benefit.
    * beneficios = return.
    * beneficios acumulados = accruing benefits.
    * beneficios brutos = gross benefits.
    * beneficios complementarios = fringe benefits.
    * beneficios de la inversión = return on investment (ROI).
    * beneficios del cargo, los = spoils of office, the.
    * beneficios en metálico = cash benefit.
    * beneficios en relación con la inversión = return on investment (ROI).
    * beneficios netos = net income.
    * beneficio social = societal benefit, social return, social benefit.
    * concierto a beneficio = benefit concert.
    * conseguir beneficio = accrue + benefit.
    * costes y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * costos y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * dar a Alguien el beneficio de la duda = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.
    * de mucho beneficio = high-payoff.
    * el beneficio de la duda = the benefit of the doubt.
    * en beneficio de = for the benefit of, to the benefit of.
    * en beneficio propio = to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * en + Posesivo + propio beneficio = to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * escaparse de los beneficios de Internet = fall through + the net.
    * explotar beneficios = exploit + benefits.
    * margen de beneficio = markup rate, markup [mark-up], profit margin.
    * muchos beneficios = high return.
    * obtener beneficios = gain + benefit, make + a profit, realise + benefits, derive + benefit, reap + rewards, reap + benefits, reap + returns, make + profit.
    * obtener el máximo beneficio = reap + full potential.
    * para beneficio de = for the good of.
    * para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.
    * precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.
    * producir beneficios = reap + dividends, render + returns, achieve + returns, pay + dividends, return + dividends.
    * que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.
    * reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.
    * relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relación costos-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relativo a la relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * relativo a la relación costos-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * reportar beneficio = provide + benefit.
    * reportar beneficios = have + benefits, bring + benefits.
    * riesgos-beneficios = risk-return.
    * ser de gran beneficio para = be of great benefit to.
    * ser un beneficio inesperado para = be a boon to.
    * tener beneficios = have + benefits.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Com, Fin) profit

    producir or reportar beneficios — to yeild o bring returns o profits

    b) (ventaja, bien) benefit
    2)
    a) (AmL) ( de animal) dressing
    b) (AmC) (Agr) coffee processing plant
    c) (Chi) ( de mineral) extraction
    * * *
    = benefit, gain, profit, plus [pluses, -pl.], dividend, payback, payoff [pay-off], perk, mileage.

    Ex: The examples that follow will give you a glimpse of the important features and benefits of the SCI CD Edition.

    Ex: This is likely to lead to shorter and less complex profiles for searches, and the gains will be most obvious in a natural language system.
    Ex: As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.
    Ex: Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
    Ex: The article has the title ' Dividends: the value of public libraries in Canada'.
    Ex: In the 1980s the illegal reproduction and distribution of information was a tedious process that generally produced poor payback.
    Ex: Although setting up a security policy may demand considerable upheaval, it has significant payoff in safety and efficiency.
    Ex: At almost every conference I've spoken at one of the perks is free conference registration.
    Ex: Reports produced by government-sponsored projects may not be widely distributed until the government has had good mileage from them = Los informes obtenidos de los proyectos patrocinados por el gobierno puede que no se distribuyan de forma general hasta que el gobierno les haya sacado un buen provecho.
    * análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * análisis de costos-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * aportar beneficios = lead to + benefits, bring + benefits.
    * beneficio añadido = added benefit.
    * beneficio de bolsa = share dividend.
    * beneficio directo = direct benefit.
    * beneficio económico = economic benefit, financial benefit, economic return.
    * beneficio extra = bonus [bonuses, -pl.].
    * beneficio fiscal = tax benefit, fiscal benefit.
    * beneficio indirecto = spin-off, indirect benefit, spinoff benefit, spillover benefit.
    * beneficio marginal = marginal benefit.
    * beneficio material = material benefit.
    * beneficio mutuo = mutual benefit.
    * beneficio neto = net trading profit, net profit, net gain, net benefit.
    * beneficio para la salud = health benefit.
    * beneficio personal = personal gain.
    * beneficio positivo = positive return.
    * beneficio público = public interest.
    * beneficio recíproco = mutual benefit.
    * beneficios = return.
    * beneficios acumulados = accruing benefits.
    * beneficios brutos = gross benefits.
    * beneficios complementarios = fringe benefits.
    * beneficios de la inversión = return on investment (ROI).
    * beneficios del cargo, los = spoils of office, the.
    * beneficios en metálico = cash benefit.
    * beneficios en relación con la inversión = return on investment (ROI).
    * beneficios netos = net income.
    * beneficio social = societal benefit, social return, social benefit.
    * concierto a beneficio = benefit concert.
    * conseguir beneficio = accrue + benefit.
    * costes y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * costos y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * dar a Alguien el beneficio de la duda = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.
    * de mucho beneficio = high-payoff.
    * el beneficio de la duda = the benefit of the doubt.
    * en beneficio de = for the benefit of, to the benefit of.
    * en beneficio propio = to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * en + Posesivo + propio beneficio = to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * escaparse de los beneficios de Internet = fall through + the net.
    * explotar beneficios = exploit + benefits.
    * margen de beneficio = markup rate, markup [mark-up], profit margin.
    * muchos beneficios = high return.
    * obtener beneficios = gain + benefit, make + a profit, realise + benefits, derive + benefit, reap + rewards, reap + benefits, reap + returns, make + profit.
    * obtener el máximo beneficio = reap + full potential.
    * para beneficio de = for the good of.
    * para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.
    * precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.
    * producir beneficios = reap + dividends, render + returns, achieve + returns, pay + dividends, return + dividends.
    * que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.
    * reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.
    * relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relación costos-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relativo a la relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * relativo a la relación costos-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * reportar beneficio = provide + benefit.
    * reportar beneficios = have + benefits, bring + benefits.
    * riesgos-beneficios = risk-return.
    * ser de gran beneficio para = be of great benefit to.
    * ser un beneficio inesperado para = be a boon to.
    * tener beneficios = have + benefits.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Com, Fin) profit
    este negocio produce grandes beneficios this business yields large profits
    una inversión que reportó importantes beneficios an investment that brought significant returns o profits
    margen de beneficio(s) profit margin
    2 (ventaja, bien) benefit
    no va a sacar gran beneficio del asunto he's not going to benefit much from this affair
    una colecta a beneficio de las víctimas a collection in aid of the victims
    en beneficio de todos in the interests of everyone
    todo lo hace en beneficio propio everything he does is for his own gain o advantage
    tales mejoras redundarán en beneficio del público these improvements will benefit the public o will be in the public interest
    3 (función benéfica) charity performance
    Compuestos:
    gross profit
    entitlement to legal aid
    fringe benefit
    net profit
    net profit
    earnings per share (pl)
    fringe benefit
    B ( AmL) (de un animal) dressing
    C ( Chi) (de un mineral) extraction
    D ( AmC) ( Agr) coffee processing plant
    * * *

     

    Del verbo beneficiar: ( conjugate beneficiar)

    beneficio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    benefició es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    beneficiar    
    beneficio
    beneficiar ( conjugate beneficiar) verbo transitivo ( favorecer) to benefit, to be of benefit to;

    salir beneficiado con algo to be better off with sth
    beneficiarse verbo pronominal
    to benefit;
    beneficiose con/de algo to benefit from sth
    beneficio sustantivo masculino
    a) (Com, Fin) profit;

    producir or reportar beneficios to yield o bring returns o profits
    b) (ventaja, bien) benefit;


    en beneficio de todos in the interests of everyone
    beneficiar verbo transitivo to benefit
    beneficio sustantivo masculino
    1 Com Fin profit
    2 (provecho, ventaja) benefit
    en beneficio de todos, in everyone's benefit
    3 (ayuda) a beneficio de, in aid of: un partido de fútbol a beneficio de los huérfanos, a football match in aid of orphans
    Profit o profits se refieren únicamente al beneficio económico.
    Benefit hace referencia a otro tipo de beneficios y también a ciertas subvenciones de la Seguridad Social.
    ' beneficio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bota
    - dar
    - inventario
    - menoscabar
    - partida
    - partido
    - provecho
    - redundar
    - revertir
    - sacar
    - bien
    - bonificación
    - disfrutar
    - margen
    - mayor
    - mutuo
    - propio
    - renta
    - utilidad
    - ventaja
    English:
    aid
    - benefit
    - blessing
    - cancel out
    - clear
    - gain
    - good
    - interest
    - mark-up
    - perk
    - profit
    - return
    - tidy
    * * *
    1. [bien] benefit;
    a beneficio de [gala, concierto] in aid of;
    en beneficio de for the good of;
    ello redundó en beneficio nuestro it was to our advantage;
    en beneficio de todos in everyone's interest;
    en beneficio propio for one's own good;
    sólo buscan el beneficio propio they're only interested in what's in it for them
    2. [ganancia] profit;
    la tienda ya está dando beneficios the shop is already making a profit
    beneficio bruto gross profit;
    beneficio neto net profit
    3. Min [extracción] extraction
    4. Carib, Chile [de res] slaughter
    * * *
    m
    1 ( ventaja) benefit;
    en beneficio de in aid of
    2 COM profit
    2 Rpl
    para ganado slaughterhouse
    3 C.Am.
    coffee-processing plant
    * * *
    1) ganancia, provecho: gain, profit
    2) : benefit
    * * *
    1. (bien) benefit
    2. (ganancias) profit
    el beneficio neto fue de más de 9.000 millones de pesetas the net profit was over 9,000 million pesetas
    en beneficio de in the interests of / for the good of
    en su propio beneficio in his own interests / for his own good

    Spanish-English dictionary > beneficio

  • 42 amplus

        amplus adj. with comp. and sup.    [am- (for ambi-) + PLE-], of large extent, great, ample, spacious, roomy: domus, V.: civitas, Cs., C.: porticūs, V.: ter amplum Geryonem... compescit, H.: amplum et excelsum signum, broad and tall: collis castris parum amplus, not broad enough, S.: amplissima curia.—Meton., abundant, numerous, great, full, copious, large: res familiaris: divitiae, H.: dimissis amplioribus copiis, the greater part of the troops, Cs.: ampliores copias expectare, larger reinforcements, Cs.: ut is amplior numerus esset: commeatus spe amplior, S.: amplissima pecunia.—Fig., ample, great, strong, violent: morbus amplior factus, T.: metus: spes, S.: pro amplissimis meritis (honos).—Of external appearance, etc., magnificent, splendid, glorious: praemia: funus, N.: res gestae, S.: honores, H.: occasio calumniae: orator, eminent: munus aedilitatis amplius: ut ampliore quam gerebat dignus haberetur (sc, potestate), S.: funere ampliore efferri, L.: monumentum quam amplissimum facere: mihi gratiae verbis amplissimis aguntur, in the handsomest terms.—In opinion or judgment, illustrious, noble, renowned, distinguished, glorious: familia: Etruscae gentis regem amplum Tuscis ratus, a proud thing for, L.: sibi amplum esse urbem ab se captam frequentari, L.: parvi et ampli, small and great, H.: amplissimo genere natus, Cs.: honos et nomen: ut quisque est genere copiisque amplissimus, Cs.—Esp.: amplissimus, most honorable (of a high office or an illustrious man): amplissimum collegium decemvirale: res gestae: vir.—Of an orator, copious; see also amplius.
    * * *
    ampla -um, amplior -or -us, amplissimus -a -um ADJ
    great, large, spacious, wide, ample; distinguished, important, honorable

    Latin-English dictionary > amplus

  • 43 contemno

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contemno

  • 44 contempno

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 45 contemte

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 46 contemtus

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 47 moltus

    multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):

    multi fortissimi viri,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:

    rationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:

    multae et magnae contentiones,

    many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:

    O multas et graves offensiones,

    id. Att. 11, 7, 3:

    multi et graves dolores,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

    multi et varii timores,

    Liv. 3, 16, 3:

    multae bonaeque artes animi,

    Sall. J. 28, 5:

    multa et clara facinora,

    Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:

    multi improbi,

    Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:

    multi boni, docti, prudentes,

    id. Fl. 4, 8:

    multi nobiles,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    multa acerba habuit ille annus,

    id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:

    multa infanda,

    Liv. 28, 12, 5:

    multa falsa,

    id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:

    multa secunda proelia,

    victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:

    multa libera capita,

    freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:

    multae liberae civitates,

    republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    multos fortes viros,

    id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:

    multi clari viri,

    noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

    multi primarii viri,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:

    multi clarissimi viri,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

    multi amplissimi viri,

    id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

    multi honestissimi homines,

    id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:

    multi peritissimi homines,

    id. Caecin. 24, 69:

    multi summi homines,

    id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,

    id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:

    in veteribus patronis multis,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:

    multa praeterea bella gravia,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

    multis suppliciis justis,

    id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

    multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:

    plurima signa pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:

    virtutes animi multae et magnae,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    causas ille multas et graves habuit,

    id. Clu. 30, 82;

    and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,

    id. Cael. 5, 12:

    prodigia multa, foeda,

    Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:

    multi hominum,

    Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:

    multae silvestrium arborum,

    id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:

    nimium multa,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

    nimis multa,

    id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    insulae non ita multae,

    not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:

    parum multa scire,

    too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,

    as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

    minime multi remiges,

    exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,

    id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:

    multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:

    nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,

    Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:

    aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,

    with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:

    multa prece prosequi,

    id. C. 4, 5, 33:

    multa victima,

    Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:

    avis,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 4:

    tabella,

    Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:

    exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

    multo labore quaerere aliquid,

    with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:

    cura,

    Sall. J. 7, 4:

    sol,

    much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

    multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,

    Liv. 23, 30, 2:

    multum sanguinem haurire,

    Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:

    multam harenam mare evomit,

    id. 4, 6, 8:

    arbor,

    id. 7, 4, 26:

    silva,

    id. 8, 10, 14:

    multae vestis injectu opprimi,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    multa et lauta supellex,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

    aurum,

    Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:

    libertas,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:

    multam salutem dicere alicui,

    to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:

    cum auro et argento multo,

    Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:

    Itaque multum diei processerat,

    a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:

    ad multum diem,

    till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

    multo adhuc die,

    when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:

    multo denique die,

    when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    multa nocte,

    late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

    multo mane,

    very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:

    multa opinio, for multorum,

    the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:

    velut multa pace,

    as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:

    multus homo,

    one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:

    video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,

    id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:

    unus de multis esse,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;

    potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    numerarer in multis,

    among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:

    e multis una sit tibi,

    no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:

    multum est,

    it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:

    ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

    ne multis: Diogenes emitur,

    id. ib. 16, 47:

    quid multis moror?

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:

    multa reluctari,

    Verg. G. 4, 301:

    gemens,

    id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:

    deos testatus,

    id. ib. 7, 593:

    invehi,

    Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):

    haud multa moratus,

    Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:

    in multum velociores,

    by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Too much, overmuch, excessive:

    supellex modica, non multa,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5.—
    2.
    In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:

    qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

    ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,

    id. ib. 2, 87, 358:

    nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,

    id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—
    3.
    Frequent, frequently present:

    in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,

    Sall. J. 96, 3:

    multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,

    was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:

    hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

    troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:

    instare,

    Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    A.
    multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):

    salve multum, gnate mi,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:

    multum vale,

    farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:

    hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 42:

    opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,

    not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,

    often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:

    non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,

    id. Brut. 34, 128:

    non multum confidere,

    not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

    sunt in venationibus,

    often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:

    in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

    multum fuisse cum aliquo,

    to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,

    id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

    gratia valere,

    to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:

    res multum et saepe quaesita,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

    longe omnes multumque superabit,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

    multum et diu cogitans,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    diu multumque scriptitare,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:

    multum loquaces,

    very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:

    mepti labores,

    very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:

    multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,

    much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

    multum robustior illo,

    Juv. 19, 197:

    majora,

    Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:

    haud multum infra viam,

    Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:

    haud multum post mortem ejus,

    Tac. A. 5, 3:

    ut multum,

    at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—
    B.
    multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).
    1.
    With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:

    multo tanto carior,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:

    pauciores oratores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:

    facilius atque expeditius iter,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:

    virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:

    multo ceteros anteibant,

    Tac. H. 4, 13:

    multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,

    Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:

    multo mavolo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:

    meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—
    2.
    With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:

    quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:

    simulacrum multo antiquissimum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

    maxima pars,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:

    multo id bellum maximum fuit,

    Liv. 1, 11, 5:

    pars multo maxima,

    id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:

    multo gratissima lux,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:

    foedissimum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 72:

    optimum,

    id. ib. 26:

    pulcherrimum,

    id. 1, 2, 24:

    utilissima,

    id. 2, 10, 1:

    maxime,

    Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:

    multo maxime miserabile,

    Sall. C. 36, 4:

    multo maxime ingenio validus,

    id. J. 6, 1.—
    3.
    With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:

    multo aliter,

    Ter. And. prol. 4:

    multo aliter ac sperabat,

    far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:

    quod non multo secus fieret, si,

    not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —
    4.
    In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:

    non multo ante urbem captam,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

    non multo ante,

    not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:

    multo ante,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

    non multo post, quam, etc.,

    not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:

    haud multo ante solis occasum,

    Liv. 5, 39, 2:

    multo ante noctem,

    id. 27, 42, 13.—
    5.
    Very rarely with the positive for multum:

    maligna multo,

    very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—
    6.
    Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:

    multo multoque longior,

    far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:

    multo multoque operosius est,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.
    II.
    Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.
    A.
    In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;

    so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

    ne plus minusve loqueretur,

    Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);

    so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:

    speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,

    Mart. 8, 71, 4:

    aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,

    too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:

    tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:

    vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,

    and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:

    verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,

    Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:

    apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:

    valet enim salus plus quam libido,

    id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—
    (β).
    With a partitive gen.:

    vultis pecuniae plus habere,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:

    nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,

    plus virium,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

    plus hostium,

    Liv. 2, 42:

    plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:

    in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:

    plus ingenii,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 22:

    Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,

    as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—
    (γ).
    With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):

    non plus quam semel,

    Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:

    confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

    ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

    id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:

    non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,

    into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:

    plus quam decem dies abesse,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

    nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,

    with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—
    (δ).
    Without quam:

    HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,

    Liv. 24, 44:

    plus milies audivi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:

    plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

    ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    non plus mille quingentos aeris,

    id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,

    Liv. 31, 34:

    cum plus annum aeger fuisset,

    id. 40, 2:

    parte plus dimidia rem auctam,

    id. 29, 25.—
    (ε).
    With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:

    VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

    more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:

    ex his alius alio plus habet virium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:

    alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:

    in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

    annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,

    or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:

    plus aequo,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    plus paulo,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:

    paulo plus,

    Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:

    plus nimio,

    overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

    uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,

    one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—
    2.
    In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:

    ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,

    of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:

    ager multo pluris est,

    is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:

    quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

    pluris emere,

    dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,

    vendere,

    id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:

    aedificare,

    Col. 1, 4, 7:

    pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,

    of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:

    mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:

    facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,

    id. ib. 8, 2, 4:

    facere aliquem pluris,

    make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    pluris habere,

    id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    aestimare,

    id. Par. 6, 2, 48:

    ducere,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

    putare,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—
    3.
    Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—
    4.
    Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—
    * 5.
    Like magis, with an adj.:

    plus formosus, for formosior,

    Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—
    B.
    In the plur.
    1.
    Comparatively, more in number:

    omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:

    ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:

    multo plura,

    many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—
    2.
    In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;

    1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,

    id. B. C. 3, 52:

    summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

    pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,

    id. 8, 4, 27:

    quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,

    Cic. Clu. 41, 115:

    eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;

    without verba: quid ego plura dicam?

    id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:

    pluribus haec exsecutus sum,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;

    also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,

    what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,

    id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
    b.
    Esp.: plures.
    (α).
    The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—
    (β).
    Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:

    quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—
    (γ).
    The greater number, the majority:

    plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,

    Vulg. Act. 19, 32.
    III.
    Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):

    hujus sunt plurima simulacra,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    plurimae et maximae partes,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 8:

    plurimorum seculorum memoria,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 14:

    haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:

    me plurima praeda onustum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:

    sermo,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    risus,

    id. 6, 3, 85:

    res,

    id. 6, 1, 51:

    exercitatio,

    id. 8 prooem. §

    28: mons,

    very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:

    cervix,

    id. G. 3, 52:

    Aetna,

    Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:

    medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,

    very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:

    coma plurima,

    very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:

    sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,

    mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:

    plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,

    many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,

    oleaster plurimus,

    Verg. G. 2, 183:

    qua plurima mittitur ales,

    Mart. 9, 56, 1:

    plurima lecta rosa est,

    Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):

    ut haberet quam plurimum,

    as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:

    caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:

    et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

    si vero populus plurimum potest,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:

    qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

    plurimum aliis praestare,

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    ut te plurimum diligam,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

    hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,

    id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:

    quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):

    plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,

    Min. Fel. Oct. 22:

    gratulor,

    id. ib. 40:

    (elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,

    at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,

    cum plurimum,

    id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
    (β).
    In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:

    artis,

    Quint. 10, 5, 3:

    auctoritatis et ponderis,

    id. 9, 4, 91:

    ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,

    id. 10, 3, 1:

    virtutum,

    id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—
    (γ).
    In the gen. pretii:

    plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,

    values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

    quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,

    Nep. Eum. 2, 2:

    ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > moltus

  • 48 multi

    multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):

    multi fortissimi viri,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:

    rationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:

    multae et magnae contentiones,

    many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:

    O multas et graves offensiones,

    id. Att. 11, 7, 3:

    multi et graves dolores,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

    multi et varii timores,

    Liv. 3, 16, 3:

    multae bonaeque artes animi,

    Sall. J. 28, 5:

    multa et clara facinora,

    Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:

    multi improbi,

    Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:

    multi boni, docti, prudentes,

    id. Fl. 4, 8:

    multi nobiles,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    multa acerba habuit ille annus,

    id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:

    multa infanda,

    Liv. 28, 12, 5:

    multa falsa,

    id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:

    multa secunda proelia,

    victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:

    multa libera capita,

    freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:

    multae liberae civitates,

    republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    multos fortes viros,

    id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:

    multi clari viri,

    noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

    multi primarii viri,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:

    multi clarissimi viri,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

    multi amplissimi viri,

    id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

    multi honestissimi homines,

    id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:

    multi peritissimi homines,

    id. Caecin. 24, 69:

    multi summi homines,

    id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,

    id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:

    in veteribus patronis multis,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:

    multa praeterea bella gravia,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

    multis suppliciis justis,

    id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

    multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:

    plurima signa pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:

    virtutes animi multae et magnae,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    causas ille multas et graves habuit,

    id. Clu. 30, 82;

    and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,

    id. Cael. 5, 12:

    prodigia multa, foeda,

    Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:

    multi hominum,

    Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:

    multae silvestrium arborum,

    id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:

    nimium multa,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

    nimis multa,

    id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    insulae non ita multae,

    not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:

    parum multa scire,

    too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,

    as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

    minime multi remiges,

    exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,

    id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:

    multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:

    nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,

    Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:

    aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,

    with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:

    multa prece prosequi,

    id. C. 4, 5, 33:

    multa victima,

    Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:

    avis,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 4:

    tabella,

    Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:

    exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

    multo labore quaerere aliquid,

    with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:

    cura,

    Sall. J. 7, 4:

    sol,

    much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

    multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,

    Liv. 23, 30, 2:

    multum sanguinem haurire,

    Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:

    multam harenam mare evomit,

    id. 4, 6, 8:

    arbor,

    id. 7, 4, 26:

    silva,

    id. 8, 10, 14:

    multae vestis injectu opprimi,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    multa et lauta supellex,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

    aurum,

    Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:

    libertas,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:

    multam salutem dicere alicui,

    to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:

    cum auro et argento multo,

    Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:

    Itaque multum diei processerat,

    a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:

    ad multum diem,

    till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

    multo adhuc die,

    when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:

    multo denique die,

    when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    multa nocte,

    late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

    multo mane,

    very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:

    multa opinio, for multorum,

    the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:

    velut multa pace,

    as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:

    multus homo,

    one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:

    video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,

    id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:

    unus de multis esse,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;

    potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    numerarer in multis,

    among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:

    e multis una sit tibi,

    no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:

    multum est,

    it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:

    ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

    ne multis: Diogenes emitur,

    id. ib. 16, 47:

    quid multis moror?

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:

    multa reluctari,

    Verg. G. 4, 301:

    gemens,

    id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:

    deos testatus,

    id. ib. 7, 593:

    invehi,

    Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):

    haud multa moratus,

    Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:

    in multum velociores,

    by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Too much, overmuch, excessive:

    supellex modica, non multa,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5.—
    2.
    In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:

    qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

    ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,

    id. ib. 2, 87, 358:

    nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,

    id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—
    3.
    Frequent, frequently present:

    in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,

    Sall. J. 96, 3:

    multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,

    was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:

    hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

    troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:

    instare,

    Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    A.
    multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):

    salve multum, gnate mi,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:

    multum vale,

    farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:

    hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 42:

    opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,

    not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,

    often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:

    non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,

    id. Brut. 34, 128:

    non multum confidere,

    not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

    sunt in venationibus,

    often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:

    in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

    multum fuisse cum aliquo,

    to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,

    id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

    gratia valere,

    to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:

    res multum et saepe quaesita,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

    longe omnes multumque superabit,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

    multum et diu cogitans,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    diu multumque scriptitare,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:

    multum loquaces,

    very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:

    mepti labores,

    very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:

    multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,

    much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

    multum robustior illo,

    Juv. 19, 197:

    majora,

    Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:

    haud multum infra viam,

    Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:

    haud multum post mortem ejus,

    Tac. A. 5, 3:

    ut multum,

    at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—
    B.
    multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).
    1.
    With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:

    multo tanto carior,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:

    pauciores oratores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:

    facilius atque expeditius iter,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:

    virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:

    multo ceteros anteibant,

    Tac. H. 4, 13:

    multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,

    Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:

    multo mavolo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:

    meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—
    2.
    With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:

    quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:

    simulacrum multo antiquissimum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

    maxima pars,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:

    multo id bellum maximum fuit,

    Liv. 1, 11, 5:

    pars multo maxima,

    id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:

    multo gratissima lux,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:

    foedissimum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 72:

    optimum,

    id. ib. 26:

    pulcherrimum,

    id. 1, 2, 24:

    utilissima,

    id. 2, 10, 1:

    maxime,

    Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:

    multo maxime miserabile,

    Sall. C. 36, 4:

    multo maxime ingenio validus,

    id. J. 6, 1.—
    3.
    With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:

    multo aliter,

    Ter. And. prol. 4:

    multo aliter ac sperabat,

    far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:

    quod non multo secus fieret, si,

    not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —
    4.
    In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:

    non multo ante urbem captam,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

    non multo ante,

    not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:

    multo ante,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

    non multo post, quam, etc.,

    not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:

    haud multo ante solis occasum,

    Liv. 5, 39, 2:

    multo ante noctem,

    id. 27, 42, 13.—
    5.
    Very rarely with the positive for multum:

    maligna multo,

    very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—
    6.
    Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:

    multo multoque longior,

    far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:

    multo multoque operosius est,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.
    II.
    Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.
    A.
    In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;

    so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

    ne plus minusve loqueretur,

    Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);

    so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:

    speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,

    Mart. 8, 71, 4:

    aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,

    too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:

    tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:

    vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,

    and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:

    verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,

    Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:

    apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:

    valet enim salus plus quam libido,

    id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—
    (β).
    With a partitive gen.:

    vultis pecuniae plus habere,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:

    nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,

    plus virium,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

    plus hostium,

    Liv. 2, 42:

    plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:

    in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:

    plus ingenii,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 22:

    Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,

    as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—
    (γ).
    With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):

    non plus quam semel,

    Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:

    confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

    ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

    id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:

    non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,

    into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:

    plus quam decem dies abesse,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

    nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,

    with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—
    (δ).
    Without quam:

    HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,

    Liv. 24, 44:

    plus milies audivi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:

    plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

    ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    non plus mille quingentos aeris,

    id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,

    Liv. 31, 34:

    cum plus annum aeger fuisset,

    id. 40, 2:

    parte plus dimidia rem auctam,

    id. 29, 25.—
    (ε).
    With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:

    VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

    more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:

    ex his alius alio plus habet virium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:

    alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:

    in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

    annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,

    or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:

    plus aequo,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    plus paulo,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:

    paulo plus,

    Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:

    plus nimio,

    overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

    uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,

    one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—
    2.
    In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:

    ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,

    of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:

    ager multo pluris est,

    is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:

    quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

    pluris emere,

    dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,

    vendere,

    id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:

    aedificare,

    Col. 1, 4, 7:

    pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,

    of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:

    mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:

    facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,

    id. ib. 8, 2, 4:

    facere aliquem pluris,

    make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    pluris habere,

    id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    aestimare,

    id. Par. 6, 2, 48:

    ducere,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

    putare,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—
    3.
    Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—
    4.
    Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—
    * 5.
    Like magis, with an adj.:

    plus formosus, for formosior,

    Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—
    B.
    In the plur.
    1.
    Comparatively, more in number:

    omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:

    ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:

    multo plura,

    many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—
    2.
    In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;

    1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,

    id. B. C. 3, 52:

    summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

    pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,

    id. 8, 4, 27:

    quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,

    Cic. Clu. 41, 115:

    eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;

    without verba: quid ego plura dicam?

    id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:

    pluribus haec exsecutus sum,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;

    also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,

    what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,

    id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
    b.
    Esp.: plures.
    (α).
    The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—
    (β).
    Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:

    quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—
    (γ).
    The greater number, the majority:

    plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,

    Vulg. Act. 19, 32.
    III.
    Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):

    hujus sunt plurima simulacra,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    plurimae et maximae partes,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 8:

    plurimorum seculorum memoria,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 14:

    haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:

    me plurima praeda onustum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:

    sermo,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    risus,

    id. 6, 3, 85:

    res,

    id. 6, 1, 51:

    exercitatio,

    id. 8 prooem. §

    28: mons,

    very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:

    cervix,

    id. G. 3, 52:

    Aetna,

    Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:

    medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,

    very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:

    coma plurima,

    very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:

    sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,

    mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:

    plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,

    many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,

    oleaster plurimus,

    Verg. G. 2, 183:

    qua plurima mittitur ales,

    Mart. 9, 56, 1:

    plurima lecta rosa est,

    Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):

    ut haberet quam plurimum,

    as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:

    caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:

    et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

    si vero populus plurimum potest,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:

    qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

    plurimum aliis praestare,

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    ut te plurimum diligam,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

    hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,

    id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:

    quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):

    plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,

    Min. Fel. Oct. 22:

    gratulor,

    id. ib. 40:

    (elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,

    at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,

    cum plurimum,

    id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
    (β).
    In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:

    artis,

    Quint. 10, 5, 3:

    auctoritatis et ponderis,

    id. 9, 4, 91:

    ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,

    id. 10, 3, 1:

    virtutum,

    id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—
    (γ).
    In the gen. pretii:

    plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,

    values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

    quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,

    Nep. Eum. 2, 2:

    ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > multi

  • 49 multus

    multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):

    multi fortissimi viri,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:

    rationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:

    multae et magnae contentiones,

    many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:

    O multas et graves offensiones,

    id. Att. 11, 7, 3:

    multi et graves dolores,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

    multi et varii timores,

    Liv. 3, 16, 3:

    multae bonaeque artes animi,

    Sall. J. 28, 5:

    multa et clara facinora,

    Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:

    multi improbi,

    Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:

    multi boni, docti, prudentes,

    id. Fl. 4, 8:

    multi nobiles,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    multa acerba habuit ille annus,

    id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:

    multa infanda,

    Liv. 28, 12, 5:

    multa falsa,

    id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:

    multa secunda proelia,

    victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:

    multa libera capita,

    freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:

    multae liberae civitates,

    republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    multos fortes viros,

    id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:

    multi clari viri,

    noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

    multi primarii viri,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:

    multi clarissimi viri,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

    multi amplissimi viri,

    id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

    multi honestissimi homines,

    id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:

    multi peritissimi homines,

    id. Caecin. 24, 69:

    multi summi homines,

    id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,

    id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:

    in veteribus patronis multis,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:

    multa praeterea bella gravia,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

    multis suppliciis justis,

    id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

    multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:

    plurima signa pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:

    virtutes animi multae et magnae,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    causas ille multas et graves habuit,

    id. Clu. 30, 82;

    and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,

    id. Cael. 5, 12:

    prodigia multa, foeda,

    Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:

    multi hominum,

    Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:

    multae silvestrium arborum,

    id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:

    nimium multa,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

    nimis multa,

    id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    insulae non ita multae,

    not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:

    parum multa scire,

    too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,

    as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

    minime multi remiges,

    exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,

    id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:

    multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:

    nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,

    Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:

    aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,

    with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:

    multa prece prosequi,

    id. C. 4, 5, 33:

    multa victima,

    Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:

    avis,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 4:

    tabella,

    Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:

    exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

    multo labore quaerere aliquid,

    with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:

    cura,

    Sall. J. 7, 4:

    sol,

    much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

    multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,

    Liv. 23, 30, 2:

    multum sanguinem haurire,

    Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:

    multam harenam mare evomit,

    id. 4, 6, 8:

    arbor,

    id. 7, 4, 26:

    silva,

    id. 8, 10, 14:

    multae vestis injectu opprimi,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    multa et lauta supellex,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

    aurum,

    Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:

    libertas,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:

    multam salutem dicere alicui,

    to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:

    cum auro et argento multo,

    Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:

    Itaque multum diei processerat,

    a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:

    ad multum diem,

    till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

    multo adhuc die,

    when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:

    multo denique die,

    when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    multa nocte,

    late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

    multo mane,

    very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:

    multa opinio, for multorum,

    the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:

    velut multa pace,

    as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:

    multus homo,

    one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:

    video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,

    id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:

    unus de multis esse,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;

    potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    numerarer in multis,

    among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:

    e multis una sit tibi,

    no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:

    multum est,

    it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:

    ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

    ne multis: Diogenes emitur,

    id. ib. 16, 47:

    quid multis moror?

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:

    multa reluctari,

    Verg. G. 4, 301:

    gemens,

    id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:

    deos testatus,

    id. ib. 7, 593:

    invehi,

    Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):

    haud multa moratus,

    Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:

    in multum velociores,

    by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Too much, overmuch, excessive:

    supellex modica, non multa,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5.—
    2.
    In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:

    qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

    ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,

    id. ib. 2, 87, 358:

    nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,

    id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—
    3.
    Frequent, frequently present:

    in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,

    Sall. J. 96, 3:

    multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,

    was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:

    hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

    troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:

    instare,

    Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    A.
    multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):

    salve multum, gnate mi,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:

    multum vale,

    farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:

    hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 42:

    opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,

    not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,

    often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:

    non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,

    id. Brut. 34, 128:

    non multum confidere,

    not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

    sunt in venationibus,

    often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:

    in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

    multum fuisse cum aliquo,

    to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,

    id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

    gratia valere,

    to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:

    res multum et saepe quaesita,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

    longe omnes multumque superabit,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

    multum et diu cogitans,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    diu multumque scriptitare,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:

    multum loquaces,

    very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:

    mepti labores,

    very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:

    multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,

    much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

    multum robustior illo,

    Juv. 19, 197:

    majora,

    Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:

    haud multum infra viam,

    Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:

    haud multum post mortem ejus,

    Tac. A. 5, 3:

    ut multum,

    at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—
    B.
    multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).
    1.
    With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:

    multo tanto carior,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:

    pauciores oratores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:

    facilius atque expeditius iter,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:

    virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:

    multo ceteros anteibant,

    Tac. H. 4, 13:

    multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,

    Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:

    multo mavolo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:

    meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—
    2.
    With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:

    quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:

    simulacrum multo antiquissimum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

    maxima pars,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:

    multo id bellum maximum fuit,

    Liv. 1, 11, 5:

    pars multo maxima,

    id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:

    multo gratissima lux,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:

    foedissimum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 72:

    optimum,

    id. ib. 26:

    pulcherrimum,

    id. 1, 2, 24:

    utilissima,

    id. 2, 10, 1:

    maxime,

    Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:

    multo maxime miserabile,

    Sall. C. 36, 4:

    multo maxime ingenio validus,

    id. J. 6, 1.—
    3.
    With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:

    multo aliter,

    Ter. And. prol. 4:

    multo aliter ac sperabat,

    far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:

    quod non multo secus fieret, si,

    not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —
    4.
    In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:

    non multo ante urbem captam,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

    non multo ante,

    not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:

    multo ante,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

    non multo post, quam, etc.,

    not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:

    haud multo ante solis occasum,

    Liv. 5, 39, 2:

    multo ante noctem,

    id. 27, 42, 13.—
    5.
    Very rarely with the positive for multum:

    maligna multo,

    very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—
    6.
    Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:

    multo multoque longior,

    far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:

    multo multoque operosius est,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.
    II.
    Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.
    A.
    In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;

    so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

    ne plus minusve loqueretur,

    Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);

    so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:

    speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,

    Mart. 8, 71, 4:

    aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,

    too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:

    tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:

    vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,

    and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:

    verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,

    Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:

    apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:

    valet enim salus plus quam libido,

    id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—
    (β).
    With a partitive gen.:

    vultis pecuniae plus habere,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:

    nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,

    plus virium,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

    plus hostium,

    Liv. 2, 42:

    plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:

    in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:

    plus ingenii,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 22:

    Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,

    as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—
    (γ).
    With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):

    non plus quam semel,

    Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:

    confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

    ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

    id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:

    non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,

    into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:

    plus quam decem dies abesse,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

    nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,

    with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—
    (δ).
    Without quam:

    HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,

    Liv. 24, 44:

    plus milies audivi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:

    plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

    ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    non plus mille quingentos aeris,

    id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,

    Liv. 31, 34:

    cum plus annum aeger fuisset,

    id. 40, 2:

    parte plus dimidia rem auctam,

    id. 29, 25.—
    (ε).
    With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:

    VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

    more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:

    ex his alius alio plus habet virium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:

    alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:

    in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

    annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,

    or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:

    plus aequo,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    plus paulo,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:

    paulo plus,

    Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:

    plus nimio,

    overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

    uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,

    one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—
    2.
    In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:

    ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,

    of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:

    ager multo pluris est,

    is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:

    quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

    pluris emere,

    dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,

    vendere,

    id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:

    aedificare,

    Col. 1, 4, 7:

    pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,

    of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:

    mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:

    facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,

    id. ib. 8, 2, 4:

    facere aliquem pluris,

    make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    pluris habere,

    id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    aestimare,

    id. Par. 6, 2, 48:

    ducere,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

    putare,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—
    3.
    Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—
    4.
    Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—
    * 5.
    Like magis, with an adj.:

    plus formosus, for formosior,

    Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—
    B.
    In the plur.
    1.
    Comparatively, more in number:

    omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:

    ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:

    multo plura,

    many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—
    2.
    In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;

    1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,

    id. B. C. 3, 52:

    summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

    pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,

    id. 8, 4, 27:

    quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,

    Cic. Clu. 41, 115:

    eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;

    without verba: quid ego plura dicam?

    id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:

    pluribus haec exsecutus sum,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;

    also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,

    what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,

    id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
    b.
    Esp.: plures.
    (α).
    The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—
    (β).
    Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:

    quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—
    (γ).
    The greater number, the majority:

    plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,

    Vulg. Act. 19, 32.
    III.
    Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):

    hujus sunt plurima simulacra,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    plurimae et maximae partes,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 8:

    plurimorum seculorum memoria,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 14:

    haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:

    me plurima praeda onustum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:

    sermo,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    risus,

    id. 6, 3, 85:

    res,

    id. 6, 1, 51:

    exercitatio,

    id. 8 prooem. §

    28: mons,

    very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:

    cervix,

    id. G. 3, 52:

    Aetna,

    Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:

    medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,

    very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:

    coma plurima,

    very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:

    sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,

    mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:

    plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,

    many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,

    oleaster plurimus,

    Verg. G. 2, 183:

    qua plurima mittitur ales,

    Mart. 9, 56, 1:

    plurima lecta rosa est,

    Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):

    ut haberet quam plurimum,

    as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:

    caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:

    et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

    si vero populus plurimum potest,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:

    qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

    plurimum aliis praestare,

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    ut te plurimum diligam,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

    hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,

    id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:

    quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):

    plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,

    Min. Fel. Oct. 22:

    gratulor,

    id. ib. 40:

    (elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,

    at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,

    cum plurimum,

    id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
    (β).
    In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:

    artis,

    Quint. 10, 5, 3:

    auctoritatis et ponderis,

    id. 9, 4, 91:

    ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,

    id. 10, 3, 1:

    virtutum,

    id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—
    (γ).
    In the gen. pretii:

    plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,

    values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

    quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,

    Nep. Eum. 2, 2:

    ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > multus

  • 50 plurimum

    multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):

    multi fortissimi viri,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:

    rationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:

    multae et magnae contentiones,

    many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:

    O multas et graves offensiones,

    id. Att. 11, 7, 3:

    multi et graves dolores,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

    multi et varii timores,

    Liv. 3, 16, 3:

    multae bonaeque artes animi,

    Sall. J. 28, 5:

    multa et clara facinora,

    Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:

    multi improbi,

    Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:

    multi boni, docti, prudentes,

    id. Fl. 4, 8:

    multi nobiles,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    multa acerba habuit ille annus,

    id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:

    multa infanda,

    Liv. 28, 12, 5:

    multa falsa,

    id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:

    multa secunda proelia,

    victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:

    multa libera capita,

    freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:

    multae liberae civitates,

    republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

    multos fortes viros,

    id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:

    multi clari viri,

    noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

    multi primarii viri,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:

    multi clarissimi viri,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

    multi amplissimi viri,

    id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

    multi honestissimi homines,

    id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:

    multi peritissimi homines,

    id. Caecin. 24, 69:

    multi summi homines,

    id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,

    id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:

    in veteribus patronis multis,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:

    multa praeterea bella gravia,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

    multis suppliciis justis,

    id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

    multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:

    plurima signa pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:

    virtutes animi multae et magnae,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    causas ille multas et graves habuit,

    id. Clu. 30, 82;

    and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,

    id. Cael. 5, 12:

    prodigia multa, foeda,

    Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:

    multi hominum,

    Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:

    multae silvestrium arborum,

    id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:

    nimium multa,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

    nimis multa,

    id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    insulae non ita multae,

    not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:

    parum multa scire,

    too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,

    as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

    minime multi remiges,

    exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,

    id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:

    multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:

    nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,

    Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:

    aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,

    with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:

    multa prece prosequi,

    id. C. 4, 5, 33:

    multa victima,

    Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:

    avis,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 4:

    tabella,

    Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:

    exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

    multo labore quaerere aliquid,

    with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:

    cura,

    Sall. J. 7, 4:

    sol,

    much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

    multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,

    Liv. 23, 30, 2:

    multum sanguinem haurire,

    Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:

    multam harenam mare evomit,

    id. 4, 6, 8:

    arbor,

    id. 7, 4, 26:

    silva,

    id. 8, 10, 14:

    multae vestis injectu opprimi,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    multa et lauta supellex,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

    aurum,

    Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:

    libertas,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:

    multam salutem dicere alicui,

    to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:

    cum auro et argento multo,

    Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:

    Itaque multum diei processerat,

    a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:

    ad multum diem,

    till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

    multo adhuc die,

    when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:

    multo denique die,

    when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    multa nocte,

    late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

    multo mane,

    very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:

    multa opinio, for multorum,

    the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:

    velut multa pace,

    as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:

    multus homo,

    one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:

    video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,

    id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:

    unus de multis esse,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;

    potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    numerarer in multis,

    among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:

    e multis una sit tibi,

    no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:

    multum est,

    it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:

    ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

    ne multis: Diogenes emitur,

    id. ib. 16, 47:

    quid multis moror?

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:

    multa reluctari,

    Verg. G. 4, 301:

    gemens,

    id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:

    deos testatus,

    id. ib. 7, 593:

    invehi,

    Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):

    haud multa moratus,

    Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:

    in multum velociores,

    by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Too much, overmuch, excessive:

    supellex modica, non multa,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5.—
    2.
    In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:

    qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

    ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,

    id. ib. 2, 87, 358:

    nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,

    id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—
    3.
    Frequent, frequently present:

    in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,

    Sall. J. 96, 3:

    multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,

    was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:

    hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

    troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:

    instare,

    Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    A.
    multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):

    salve multum, gnate mi,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:

    multum vale,

    farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:

    hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 42:

    opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,

    not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,

    often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:

    non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,

    id. Brut. 34, 128:

    non multum confidere,

    not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

    sunt in venationibus,

    often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:

    in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

    multum fuisse cum aliquo,

    to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,

    id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

    gratia valere,

    to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:

    res multum et saepe quaesita,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

    longe omnes multumque superabit,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

    multum et diu cogitans,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    diu multumque scriptitare,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:

    multum loquaces,

    very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:

    mepti labores,

    very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:

    multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,

    much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

    multum robustior illo,

    Juv. 19, 197:

    majora,

    Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:

    haud multum infra viam,

    Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:

    haud multum post mortem ejus,

    Tac. A. 5, 3:

    ut multum,

    at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—
    B.
    multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).
    1.
    With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:

    multo tanto carior,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:

    pauciores oratores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:

    facilius atque expeditius iter,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:

    virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:

    multo ceteros anteibant,

    Tac. H. 4, 13:

    multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,

    Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:

    multo mavolo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:

    meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—
    2.
    With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:

    quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:

    simulacrum multo antiquissimum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

    maxima pars,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:

    multo id bellum maximum fuit,

    Liv. 1, 11, 5:

    pars multo maxima,

    id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:

    multo gratissima lux,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:

    foedissimum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 72:

    optimum,

    id. ib. 26:

    pulcherrimum,

    id. 1, 2, 24:

    utilissima,

    id. 2, 10, 1:

    maxime,

    Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:

    multo maxime miserabile,

    Sall. C. 36, 4:

    multo maxime ingenio validus,

    id. J. 6, 1.—
    3.
    With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:

    multo aliter,

    Ter. And. prol. 4:

    multo aliter ac sperabat,

    far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:

    quod non multo secus fieret, si,

    not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —
    4.
    In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:

    non multo ante urbem captam,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

    non multo ante,

    not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:

    multo ante,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

    non multo post, quam, etc.,

    not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:

    haud multo ante solis occasum,

    Liv. 5, 39, 2:

    multo ante noctem,

    id. 27, 42, 13.—
    5.
    Very rarely with the positive for multum:

    maligna multo,

    very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—
    6.
    Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:

    multo multoque longior,

    far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:

    multo multoque operosius est,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.
    II.
    Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.
    A.
    In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;

    so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

    ne plus minusve loqueretur,

    Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);

    so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:

    speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,

    Mart. 8, 71, 4:

    aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,

    too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:

    tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:

    vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,

    and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:

    verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,

    Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:

    apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:

    valet enim salus plus quam libido,

    id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—
    (β).
    With a partitive gen.:

    vultis pecuniae plus habere,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:

    nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,

    plus virium,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

    plus hostium,

    Liv. 2, 42:

    plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:

    in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:

    plus ingenii,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 22:

    Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,

    as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—
    (γ).
    With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):

    non plus quam semel,

    Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:

    confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

    ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

    id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:

    non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,

    into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:

    plus quam decem dies abesse,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

    nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,

    with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—
    (δ).
    Without quam:

    HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,

    Liv. 24, 44:

    plus milies audivi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:

    plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

    ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    non plus mille quingentos aeris,

    id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,

    Liv. 31, 34:

    cum plus annum aeger fuisset,

    id. 40, 2:

    parte plus dimidia rem auctam,

    id. 29, 25.—
    (ε).
    With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:

    VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

    more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:

    ex his alius alio plus habet virium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:

    alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:

    in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

    annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,

    or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:

    plus aequo,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    plus paulo,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:

    paulo plus,

    Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:

    plus nimio,

    overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

    uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,

    one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—
    2.
    In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:

    ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,

    of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:

    ager multo pluris est,

    is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:

    quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

    pluris emere,

    dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,

    vendere,

    id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:

    aedificare,

    Col. 1, 4, 7:

    pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,

    of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:

    mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:

    facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,

    id. ib. 8, 2, 4:

    facere aliquem pluris,

    make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    pluris habere,

    id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    aestimare,

    id. Par. 6, 2, 48:

    ducere,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

    putare,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—
    3.
    Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—
    4.
    Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—
    * 5.
    Like magis, with an adj.:

    plus formosus, for formosior,

    Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—
    B.
    In the plur.
    1.
    Comparatively, more in number:

    omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:

    ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:

    multo plura,

    many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—
    2.
    In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;

    1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,

    id. B. C. 3, 52:

    summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

    pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,

    id. 8, 4, 27:

    quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,

    Cic. Clu. 41, 115:

    eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;

    without verba: quid ego plura dicam?

    id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:

    pluribus haec exsecutus sum,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;

    also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,

    what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,

    id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
    b.
    Esp.: plures.
    (α).
    The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—
    (β).
    Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:

    quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—
    (γ).
    The greater number, the majority:

    plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,

    Vulg. Act. 19, 32.
    III.
    Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):

    hujus sunt plurima simulacra,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    plurimae et maximae partes,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 8:

    plurimorum seculorum memoria,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 14:

    haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:

    me plurima praeda onustum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:

    sermo,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    risus,

    id. 6, 3, 85:

    res,

    id. 6, 1, 51:

    exercitatio,

    id. 8 prooem. §

    28: mons,

    very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:

    cervix,

    id. G. 3, 52:

    Aetna,

    Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:

    medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,

    very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:

    coma plurima,

    very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:

    sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,

    mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:

    plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,

    many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,

    oleaster plurimus,

    Verg. G. 2, 183:

    qua plurima mittitur ales,

    Mart. 9, 56, 1:

    plurima lecta rosa est,

    Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):

    ut haberet quam plurimum,

    as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:

    caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:

    et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

    si vero populus plurimum potest,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:

    qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

    plurimum aliis praestare,

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    ut te plurimum diligam,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

    hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,

    id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:

    quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):

    plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,

    Min. Fel. Oct. 22:

    gratulor,

    id. ib. 40:

    (elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,

    at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,

    cum plurimum,

    id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
    (β).
    In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:

    artis,

    Quint. 10, 5, 3:

    auctoritatis et ponderis,

    id. 9, 4, 91:

    ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,

    id. 10, 3, 1:

    virtutum,

    id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—
    (γ).
    In the gen. pretii:

    plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,

    values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

    quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,

    Nep. Eum. 2, 2:

    ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > plurimum

  • 51 spannen

    I v/t
    1. stretch; (straff spannen) tighten; (Muskeln) flex, tense; (Bogen) draw; TECH. (Werkstück) clamp; (Feder) tighten, tension; (Gewehr, Kamera) cock; fig. (Nerven) strain; Leinwand auf einen Rahmen spannen stretch a canvas over a frame; einen Bogen Papier in die Schreibmaschine spannen put a sheet of paper in(to) the typewriter; neue Saiten auf eine Gitarre spannen restring a guitar; einen Tennisschläger spannen put a tennis racket in a press; seine Erwartungen hoch / zu hoch spannen fig. have high expectations / pitch one’s expectations too high
    3. fachspr.: die Tragflächen des Flugzeugs spannen 18 Meter the aircraft has a wingspan of 18 met|res (Am. -ers)
    4. umg. (merken) get wise to; er hat’s gespannt (gemerkt) he’s caught on; (kapiert) auch he’s got it, the penny’s dropped; Folter, gespannt
    II v/refl stretch ( über + Akk across, over); Muskel: flex; Haut: be taut ( oder tight); sich über einen Fluss spannen span a river; das Seil spannte sich und riss the rope tautened ( oder took up the strain) and broke
    III v/i
    1. Rock, Schuhe: be (too) tight; Haut: be taut ( oder tight); das Hemd spannt über dem Bauch the shirt is (too) tight over the stomach
    2. spannen auf (+ Akk) fig. (erwarten) be anxiously waiting for; (beobachten) follow closely, have one’s eyes fixed on
    * * *
    to strain; to wind up; to brace; to stretch
    * * *
    spạn|nen ['ʃpanən]
    1. vt
    1) Saite, Seil, Geigenbogen to tighten, to tauten; Bogen to draw; Feder to tension; Muskeln to tense, to flex; Strickteile, Wolle to stretch; Gewehr, Abzugshahn, Kameraverschluss to cock

    einen Tennisschläger spannen — to put a tennis racket in a/the press

    2) (= straff befestigen) Werkstück to clamp; Wäscheleine to put up; Netz, Plane, Bildleinwand to stretch
    3) Zugtier to hitch up (an +acc, vor +acc to)
    4) (fig)
    See:
    Folter
    5)
    See:
    6) (S Ger, Aus inf = merken) to catch on to (inf), to get wise to (inf)
    2. vr
    1) (Haut) to go or become taut; (Muskeln) to tense
    2)

    spannen (Regenbogen, Brücke) — to span sth; (Haut) to stretch over sth

    3. vi
    1) (Kleidung) to be (too) tight; (Haut) to be taut
    2) (= Gewehr spannen) to cock; (= Kamera spannen) to cock the shutter
    * * *
    span·nen
    [ˈʃpanən]
    I. vt
    etw \spannen to tighten sth, to make sth taut
    die Zügel \spannen to pull [back] on the reins
    eine Hängematte/Wäscheleine über/zwischen etw akk \spannen to put [or hang] up a hammock/washing line sep over/between sth
    ein Seil über/zwischen etw akk \spannen to stretch a rope over/between sth
    ein Tier vor etw akk \spannen to harness an animal to sth
    etw \spannen Muskeln to flex [or tense] sth; Gewehr to cock sth; s.a. Bogen
    einen Bogen in die Schreibmaschine \spannen to insert [or put] a sheet in the typewriter
    eine Leinwand zwischen die Bretter \spannen to stretch a canvas between the boards
    ein Werkstück in/zwischen etw akk \spannen to clamp a workpiece in/between sth
    5. DIAL (sl: merken)
    \spannen, dass... to catch on that...
    II. vr
    sich akk \spannen Seil to become taut
    2. (geh: sich wölben)
    sich akk über etw akk \spannen to span [or stretch across] sth
    III. vi
    im Schnitt/unter den Armen/an den Schultern \spannen to be too close-fitting/[too] tight under the arms/at the shoulders
    [an etw dat/in etw dat] \spannen to be [or feel] taut [on/in sth]
    meine Haut spannt von der Sonne/an den Schultern/im Gesicht the sun has made my skin taut/my skin is taut on my shoulders/face
    die Erben \spannen darauf, dass sie endlich stirbt the heirs can't wait for her to die
    * * *
    1.
    1) tighten, tauten <violin string, violin bow, etc.>; draw < bow>; tension <spring, tennis net, drumhead, saw-blade>; stretch <fabric, shoe, etc.>; draw or pull < line> tight or taut; tense, flex < muscle>; cock <gun, camera shutter>
    2) (befestigen) put up < washing-line>; stretch <net, wire, tarpaulin, etc.> (über + Akk. over)

    einen Bogen Papier in die Schreibmaschine spanneninsert or put a sheet of paper in the typewriter

    3) (schirren) hitch up, harness (vor, an + Akk. to)
    4) (bes. südd., österr.): (merken) notice
    2.
    1) become or go taut; < muscles> tense
    2) (geh.): (sich wölben)

    sich über etwas (Akk.) spannen — <bridge, rainbow> span something

    3.
    intransitives Verb (zu eng sein) < clothing> be [too] tight; < skin> be taut
    * * *
    A. v/t
    1. stretch; (straff spannen) tighten; (Muskeln) flex, tense; (Bogen) draw; TECH (Werkstück) clamp; (Feder) tighten, tension; (Gewehr, Kamera) cock; fig (Nerven) strain;
    Leinwand auf einen Rahmen spannen stretch a canvas over a frame;
    einen Bogen Papier in die Schreibmaschine spannen put a sheet of paper in(to) the typewriter;
    einen Tennisschläger spannen put a tennis racket in a press;
    seine Erwartungen hoch/zu hoch spannen fig have high expectations/pitch one’s expectations too high
    vor den Wagen spannen (Pferde) harness to the carriage
    3. fachspr:
    die Tragflächen des Flugzeugs spannen 18 Meter the aircraft has a wingspan of 18 metres (US -ers)
    4. umg (merken) get wise to;
    er hat’s gespannt (gemerkt) he’s caught on; (kapiert) auch he’s got it, the penny’s dropped; Folter, gespannt
    B. v/r stretch (
    über +akk across, over); Muskel: flex; Haut: be taut ( oder tight);
    das Seil spannte sich und riss the rope tautened ( oder took up the strain) and broke
    C. v/i
    1. Rock, Schuhe: be (too) tight; Haut: be taut ( oder tight);
    das Hemd spannt über dem Bauch the shirt is (too) tight over the stomach
    2.
    spannen auf (+akk) fig (erwarten) be anxiously waiting for; (beobachten) follow closely, have one’s eyes fixed on
    * * *
    1.
    1) tighten, tauten <violin string, violin bow, etc.>; draw < bow>; tension <spring, tennis net, drumhead, saw-blade>; stretch <fabric, shoe, etc.>; draw or pull < line> tight or taut; tense, flex < muscle>; cock <gun, camera shutter>
    2) (befestigen) put up < washing-line>; stretch <net, wire, tarpaulin, etc.> (über + Akk. over)

    einen Bogen Papier in die Schreibmaschine spanneninsert or put a sheet of paper in the typewriter

    3) (schirren) hitch up, harness (vor, an + Akk. to)
    4) (bes. südd., österr.): (merken) notice
    2.
    1) become or go taut; < muscles> tense
    2) (geh.): (sich wölben)

    sich über etwas (Akk.) spannen — <bridge, rainbow> span something

    3.
    intransitives Verb (zu eng sein) < clothing> be [too] tight; < skin> be taut
    * * *
    v.
    to stretch v.
    to tension v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > spannen

  • 52 alta resolución

    f.
    high resolution, hi res.
    * * *
    Ex. It integrates into a single system a wide range of IT capabilities, including CD-ROM and WORM optical discs, scanning, OCR, laser printers, low and high resolution displays, softstrips and page formatting techniques = Integra en un único sistema una amplia variedad de medios técnicos, como discos ópticos CD-ROM y WORM, escaneado, OCR, impresoras láser, presentaciones en pantalla de baja y alta resolución, códigos de barras y técnicas para el formateo de páginas.
    * * *

    Ex: It integrates into a single system a wide range of IT capabilities, including CD-ROM and WORM optical discs, scanning, OCR, laser printers, low and high resolution displays, softstrips and page formatting techniques = Integra en un único sistema una amplia variedad de medios técnicos, como discos ópticos CD-ROM y WORM, escaneado, OCR, impresoras láser, presentaciones en pantalla de baja y alta resolución, códigos de barras y técnicas para el formateo de páginas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alta resolución

  • 53 auf

    I Präp.
    1. (+ Dat) räumlich, als Ortsangabe: on, in; auf dem Tisch on the table; auf der Welt in the world; nirgends auf der Welt nowhere in the (whole wide) world; auf der Straße in (Am. auch on) the street; (Fahrbahn) on the road; auf dem Feld in the field; auf See at sea; auf Malta in Malta; auf der Insel on the island; auf dem Rücken liegen etc. on one’s back; auf seiner Seite at ( oder by) his side; liegen etc.: on his side; auf Seite 15 on page 15; er ist auf seinem Zimmer he is in his room; (etw.) auf der Geige etc. spielen play (s.th. on) the violin etc.; auf einem Auge blind blind in one eye; auf einem Ohr taub deaf in one ear; das Wort endet auf t the word ends with ( oder in) a t; auf der Stelle fig. on the spot
    2. (+ Akk) räumlich, als Richtungsangabe: on(to); to; towards; up; auf den Tisch legen etc. on the table; auf die Erde fallen fall (on)to the ground; auf die Post etc. gehen go to the post office etc.; auf sein Zimmer gehen go to one’s room; auf die Straße gehen go (out) into the street; auf einen Berg klettern climb up a mountain; ein Fenster auf die Straße a window (giving on, Am. looking on)to the street; sie ging auf ihn zu she walked toward(s) him
    3. (+ Dat) Aufenthalt: at, by; (während) during, on; auf der Ausstellung ( Post) at the exhibition (post office); auf einer Party (Schule, Universität) at a party (school, university); auf dem Markt at the market; auf Reisen ( sein) (be) travel(l)ing, on a trip; auf einem Spaziergang entdeckte sie... she discovered... during ( oder on) a walk; auf Besuch sein be visiting
    4. (+ Akk) Aufenthalt (beginnen): auf eine höhere Schule kommen / gehen move / go up to a secondary (Am. auch high) school; sie geht aufs Gymnasium etwa she goes to grammar (Am. auch grade, high) school; auf Reisen gehen go travel(l)ing; auf die Jagd gehen go hunting, auf das Land ziehen move to the country
    5. (+ Akk) Zeitraum: (für) for; auf Jahre hinaus for years to come; auf Monate ( hinaus) ausgebucht booked ( oder sold) out (for) months ahead ( oder in advance); auf ( immer und) ewig for ever (and ever); auf Zeit for a period ( oder time); auf unbestimmte Zeit ( verreisen) (go away on a trip) for an indefinite period of time; auf vier Jahre gewählt elected for four years; ich bleibe noch auf eine Tasse Tee I’ll stay for a cup of tea
    6. (+ Akk) Reihenfolge: Monat auf Monat verging months went by; er macht Fehler auf Fehler he makes one mistake after the other; in der Nacht vom 1. auf den 2. Mai in the night from the 1st to the 2nd of May (Am. auch from May 1 to 2); sie hat es von einem Tag auf den anderen vergessen she forgot (about) it from one day to the next
    7. (+ Akk) Zeitpunkt: es geht auf neun ( Uhr) it’s getting on for (Am. getting close to) nine; er geht auf die Siebzig zu he’s getting on for (Am. getting close to, umg. pushing) seventy; den Wecker auf 7 ( Uhr) stellen set the alarm for 7 (o’clock); bis auf den heutigen Tag until today ( oder the present day); auf morgen! see you tomorrow!; auf bald! see you soon!
    8. (+ Akk) Entfernung: auf eine Entfernung von... at a distance of...; ( noch) auf 100 Meter zu erkennen / verstehen sein be recognizable / comprehensible from ( oder at a distance of) 100 met|res (Am. -ers); sie kam ( bis) auf zwei Schritte heran she came up (to) within a yard
    9. (+ Dat/Akk) Art und Weise: auf (in) direktem Wege (in)directly; auf dem Seeweg by sea; auf Englisch in English; auf diese Weise in this way; auf meine Kosten on me; jemanden auf das oder aufs Äußerste oder äußerste reizen push s.o. to the limit; er hat sie auf das oder aufs Übelste oder übelste betrogen he deceived her in the most despicable way
    10. (+ Akk) Folge: auf seinen Antrag ( hin) following his application; auf ihren Rat ( hin) following her advice; auf vielfachen Wunsch upon repeated request; den Ausweis auf Verlangen vorzeigen show identification upon request ( oder when requested); auch auf die Gefahr ( hin), dass... even if it means risking that...
    11. (+ Akk) (hinsichtlich) auf Mängel ( hin) überprüfen / untersuchen inspect / examine for faults
    12. (+ Akk) Ziel, Zweck: auf Zeit spielen play for time; auf jemanden anstoßen / trinken drink to s.o.(‘s health); auf dein Wohl! (here’s) to you ( oder your health)!; auf ein gutes Gelingen! (here’s) to our, your etc. success ( oder a successful outcome)!; auf jemanden / etw. aus sein be out for ( oder to get) s.o. / s.th.
    13. (+ Akk) (im Verhältnis zu) to, per, for; drei Eier auf ein Pfund Mehl three eggs to one ( oder for every) pound of flour; durchschnittlich ein Fehler auf zehn Zeilen on average one mistake (in) every ten lines
    14. er kam um 6, auf die Minute genau he came at 6 o’clock on the dot; das stimmt auf den Pfennig / Zentimeter ( genau) that’s right down to the last penny / centimet|re (Am. -er)
    15. es hat was auf sich there’s something to it; es hat nichts auf sich, dass... the fact that... doesn’t mean anything; das Gerücht hat nichts auf sich there’s nothing in ( oder to) the rumo(u)r; ich frage mich, was es mit... auf sich hat I wonder what’s behind...
    16.
    a) (+ Akk): eifersüchtig auf jealous of; sich freuen auf look forward to; hoffen auf hope for; mit Rücksicht auf... in consideration of..., taking... into consideration; stolz sein auf be proud of; es besteht Verdacht auf Schädelbruch etc. there is a suspected skull fracture; im Vertrauen auf seine Pünktlichkeit etc. counting on ( oder trusting [to]) his punctuality; das Bier geht auf mich fig. the beer’s on me ( oder my treat); in Pub: I’ll get this umg.;
    b) (+ Dat): beharren auf insist on; beruhen auf be based on; auf dem Fuße folgen follow at s.o.’s heels; etc.; Anhieb, bis, einmal und die mit „auf“ verbundenen Adjektive, Verben und Substantive
    II Adv.
    1. umg. (offen) open; Mund auf! open wide!; Tür auf! open the door!; ist die Bank schon auf? is the bank open yet ( oder already open)?; komm rein, die Tür ist auf come (on) in, the door’s open ( oder not locked)
    2. umg.: auf sein (nicht im Bett sein) be up; auf! (get) up!
    3. umg.: Helm auf! helmets on!
    4. (los) auf (geht’s)! antreibend: up!, get up!, let’s get going!; anfeuernd: come on!; auffordernd: let’s go!; Glück auf! (Bergmannsgruß) good luck!
    5. auf und ab oder nieder up and down, back and forth; im Zimmer etc. auf und ab gehen walk ( oder pace) up and down ( oder to and fro, Am. back and forth); mit ihrer Beziehung geht es auf und ab she’s having ups and downs in her relationship
    6. sich auf und davon machen clear off; bugger off umg.; und schon war sie auf und davon and she’d already taken off ( oder disappeared)
    III Konj.: auf dass (in order) that; auf dass nicht that not, for fear that, to avoid that; lest geh.
    * * *
    onto (Präp.); unto (Präp.); on (Präp.); upon (Präp.); at (Präp.); to (Präp.); at the top of (Präp.);
    (offen) open (Adj.)
    * * *
    [auf]
    nt inv

    das Áúf und Ab or Nieder — the up and down; (fig) the ups and downs

    das Áúf und Ab des Kolbens — the up(ward) and down(ward) movement of the piston

    * * *
    1) at
    2) (touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: The book was lying on the table; He was standing on the floor; She wore a hat on her head.) on
    3) (supported by: She was standing on one leg.) on
    4) (receiving, taking: on drugs; on a diet.) on
    5) (by means of: He played a tune on the violin; I spoke to him on the telephone.) on
    6) (followed by: disaster on disaster.) on
    7) ((especially of something being worn) so as to be touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: She put her hat on.) on
    8) (on: He sat upon the floor; Please place it upon the table; Upon arrival, they went in search of a hotel.) upon
    9) to
    10) (erect: Sit/Stand up; He got up from his chair.) up
    11) (out of bed: What time do you get up?; I'll be up all night finishing this work.) up
    12) (into the presence, or consideration, of a person, group of people etc: He brought up the subject during the conversation.) up
    13) (to or at a higher level on: He climbed up the tree.) up
    * * *
    [auf]
    nt
    das/ein \Auf und Ab up and down, to and fro; (ständiger Wechsel zwischen gut und schlecht) up and down
    in jedem Leben ist es doch immer ein \Auf und Ab every life has its ups and downs
    * * *
    1.
    1) on

    auf Seeat sea

    das Thermometer steht auf 15° — the thermometer stands at or reads 15°

    2) (in) at < post office, town hall, police station>

    auf seinem Zimmer(ugs.) in his room

    auf der Schule/Uni — at school/university

    3) (bei) at < party, wedding>; on <course, trip, walk, holiday, tour>
    4)
    2.
    1) on; on to

    er nahm den Rucksack auf den Rückenhe lifted the rucksack up on to his back

    sich (Dat.) einen Hut auf den Kopf setzen — put a hat on [one's head]

    jemandem auf den Fuß tretenstep on somebody's foot

    auf die Straße gehengo [out] into the street

    jemanden auf den Rücken legen — lay somebody on his/her back

    jemanden auf den Rücken drehen — turn somebody on to his/her back

    etwas auf ein Konto überweisentransfer something to an account

    das Thermometer ist auf 0° gefallen — the thermometer has fallen to 0°

    auf ihn!(ugs.) get him!

    2) (zu) to

    auf die Schule/Uni gehen — go to school/university

    auf 10 km [Entfernung] — for [a distance of] 10 km

    wir näherten uns der Hütte [bis] auf 30 m — we approached to within 30 m of the hut

    4) (zeitlich) for

    auf Jahre [hinaus] — for years [to come]

    etwas auf nächsten Mittwoch festlegen/verschieben — arrange something for/postpone something until next Wednesday

    wir verschieben es auf den 3. Mai — we'll postpone it to 3 May

    5) (zur Angabe der Art und Weise)

    auf die Tour erreichst du bei mir nichts(ugs.) you won't get anywhere with me like that

    auf das sorgfältigste/herzlichste — (geh.) most carefully/warmly

    auf vielfachen Wunsch [hin] — in response to numerous requests

    auf meinen Vorschlag [hin] — at my suggestion

    das Bier geht auf mich(ugs.) the beer's on 'me (coll.)

    jemanden auf seine Eignung prüfentest somebody's suitability

    auf die Sekunde [genau] — [precise] to the second

    auf ein gutes Gelingen — to our/your success

    auf bald/morgen! — (bes. südd.) see you soon/tomorrow

    auf 10 zählen(bes. südd.) count [up] to 10; s. auch einmal 1. 1); machen 3. 6)

    3.

    auf! — up you get!; (zu einem Hund) up!

    2)
    3) (bes. südd.): (Aufforderung, zu handeln)
    4) (Aufforderung, sich aufzumachen)

    auf ins Schwimmbad! — come on, off to the swimming pool!

    5)

    auf und ab — up and down; (hin und her) up and down; to and fro

    6) (Aufforderung, sich etwas aufzusetzen)

    Helm/Hut/Brille auf! — helmet/hat/glasses on!

    7) (ugs.): (offen) open

    Fenster/Türen/Mund auf! — open the window/doors/your mouth!

    8) (nicht im Bett) up
    4.

    auf dassKonjunktion (veralt.) so that

    * * *
    A. präp
    1. (+dat) räumlich, als Ortsangabe: on, in;
    auf dem Tisch on the table;
    auf der Welt in the world;
    nirgends auf der Welt nowhere in the (whole wide) world;
    auf der Straße in (US auch on) the street; (Fahrbahn) on the road;
    auf dem Feld in the field;
    auf See at sea;
    auf Malta in Malta;
    auf der Insel on the island;
    auf dem Rücken liegen etc on one’s back;
    auf seiner Seite at ( oder by) his side; liegen etc: on his side;
    auf Seite 15 on page 15;
    er ist auf seinem Zimmer he is in his room;
    (etwas) auf der Geige etc
    spielen play (sth on) the violin etc;
    auf einem Auge blind blind in one eye;
    auf einem Ohr taub deaf in one ear;
    das Wort endet auf t the word ends with ( oder in) a t;
    auf der Stelle fig on the spot
    2. (+akk) räumlich, als Richtungsangabe: on(to); to; towards; up;
    auf den Tisch legen etc on the table;
    auf die Erde fallen fall (on)to the ground;
    gehen go to the post office etc;
    auf sein Zimmer gehen go to one’s room;
    auf die Straße gehen go (out) into the street;
    auf einen Berg klettern climb up a mountain;
    ein Fenster auf die Straße a window (giving on, US looking on)to the street;
    sie ging auf ihn zu she walked toward(s) him
    3. (+dat) Aufenthalt: at, by; (während) during, on;
    auf der Ausstellung (Post) at the exhibition (post office);
    auf einer Party (Schule, Universität) at a party (school, university);
    auf dem Markt at the market;
    auf Reisen (sein) (be) travel(l)ing, on a trip;
    auf einem Spaziergang entdeckte sie … she discovered … during ( oder on) a walk;
    auf Besuch sein be visiting
    4. (+akk) Aufenthalt (beginnen):
    auf eine höhere Schule kommen/gehen move/go up to a secondary (US auch high) school;
    sie geht aufs Gymnasium etwa she goes to grammar (US auch grade, high) school;
    auf Reisen gehen go travel(l)ing;
    auf die Jagd gehen go hunting,
    auf das Land ziehen move to the country
    5. (+akk) Zeitraum: (für) for;
    auf Jahre hinaus for years to come;
    auf Monate (hinaus) ausgebucht booked ( oder sold) out( for) months ahead ( oder in advance);
    auf (immer und) ewig for ever (and ever);
    auf Zeit for a period ( oder time);
    auf unbestimmte Zeit (verreisen) (go away on a trip) for an indefinite period of time;
    auf vier Jahre gewählt elected for four years;
    ich bleibe noch auf eine Tasse Tee I’ll stay for a cup of tea
    6. (+akk) Reihenfolge:
    Monat auf Monat verging months went by;
    er macht Fehler auf Fehler he makes one mistake after the other;
    in der Nacht vom 1. auf den 2. Mai in the night from the 1st to the 2nd of May (US auch from May 1 to 2);
    sie hat es von einem Tag auf den anderen vergessen she forgot (about) it from one day to the next
    7. (+akk) Zeitpunkt:
    es geht auf neun (Uhr) it’s getting on for (US getting close to) nine;
    er geht auf die Siebzig zu he’s getting on for (US getting close to, umg pushing) seventy;
    den Wecker auf 7 (Uhr) stellen set the alarm for 7 (o’clock);
    bis auf den heutigen Tag until today ( oder the present day);
    auf morgen! see you tomorrow!;
    auf bald! see you soon!
    8. (+akk) Entfernung:
    auf eine Entfernung von … at a distance of …;
    (noch) auf 100 Meter zu erkennen/verstehen sein be recognizable/comprehensible from ( oder at a distance of) 100 metres (US -ers);
    sie kam (bis) auf zwei Schritte heran she came up (to) within a yard
    9. (+dat/akk) Art und Weise:
    auf (in)direktem Wege (in)directly;
    auf Englisch in English;
    auf diese Weise in this way;
    äußerste reizen push sb to the limit;
    übelste betrogen he deceived her in the most despicable way
    10. (+akk) Folge:
    auf seinen Antrag (hin) following his application;
    auf ihren Rat (hin) following her advice;
    auf vielfachen Wunsch upon repeated request;
    den Ausweis auf Verlangen vorzeigen show identification upon request ( oder when requested);
    auch auf die Gefahr (hin), dass … even if it means risking that …
    11. (+akk) (hinsichtlich)
    auf Mängel (hin) überprüfen/untersuchen inspect/examine for faults
    12. (+akk) Ziel, Zweck:
    auf Zeit spielen play for time;
    auf jemanden anstoßen/trinken drink to sb(’s health);
    auf dein Wohl! (here’s) to you ( oder your health)!;
    auf ein gutes Gelingen! (here’s) to our, your etc success ( oder a successful outcome)!;
    auf jemanden/etwas aus sein be out for ( oder to get) sb/sth
    13. (+akk) (im Verhältnis zu) to, per, for;
    drei Eier auf ein Pfund Mehl three eggs to one ( oder for every) pound of flour;
    durchschnittlich ein Fehler auf zehn Zeilen on average one mistake (in) every ten lines
    14.
    er kam um 6, auf die Minute genau he came at 6 o’clock on the dot;
    das stimmt auf den Pfennig/Zentimeter (genau) that’s right down to the last penny/centimetre (US -er)
    15.
    es hat was auf sich there’s something to it;
    es hat nichts auf sich, dass … the fact that … doesn’t mean anything;
    das Gerücht hat nichts auf sich there’s nothing in ( oder to) the rumo(u)r;
    ich frage mich, was es mit … auf sich hat I wonder what’s behind …
    16. (+akk):
    eifersüchtig auf jealous of;
    sich freuen auf look forward to;
    hoffen auf hope for;
    mit Rücksicht auf … in consideration of …, taking … into consideration;
    stolz sein auf be proud of;
    es besteht Verdacht auf Schädelbruch etc there is a suspected skull fracture;
    im Vertrauen auf seine Pünktlichkeit etc counting on ( oder trusting [to]) his punctuality;
    das Bier geht auf mich fig the beer’s on me ( oder my treat); in Pub: I’ll get this umg; (+dat):
    beharren auf insist on;
    beruhen auf be based on;
    auf dem Fuße folgen follow at sb’s heels; etc; Anhieb, bis, einmal und die mit „auf“ verbundenen Adjektive, Verben und Substantive
    B. adv
    1. umg (offen) open;
    Mund auf! open wide!;
    Tür auf! open the door!;
    ist die Bank schon auf? is the bank open yet ( oder already open)?;
    komm rein, die Tür ist auf come (on) in, the door’s open ( oder not locked)
    2. umg:
    auf sein (nicht im Bett sein) be up;
    auf! (get) up!
    3. umg:
    Helm auf! helmets on!
    4. (los)
    auf (geht’s)! antreibend: up!, get up!, let’s get going!; anfeuernd: come on!; auffordernd: let’s go!;
    Glück auf! (Bergmannsgruß) good luck!
    5.
    nieder up and down, back and forth;
    im Zimmer etc
    auf und ab gehen walk ( oder pace) up and down ( oder to and fro, US back and forth);
    mit ihrer Beziehung geht es auf und ab she’s having ups and downs in her relationship
    6.
    sich auf und davon machen clear off; bugger off umg;
    und schon war sie auf und davon and she’d already taken off ( oder disappeared)
    C. konj:
    auf dass (in order) that;
    auf dass nicht that not, for fear that, to avoid that; lest geh
    * * *
    1.
    1) on

    das Thermometer steht auf 15° — the thermometer stands at or reads 15°

    2) (in) at <post office, town hall, police station>

    auf seinem Zimmer(ugs.) in his room

    auf der Schule/Uni — at school/university

    3) (bei) at <party, wedding>; on <course, trip, walk, holiday, tour>
    4)
    2.
    1) on; on to

    sich (Dat.) einen Hut auf den Kopf setzen — put a hat on [one's head]

    auf die Straße gehen — go [out] into the street

    jemanden auf den Rücken legen — lay somebody on his/her back

    jemanden auf den Rücken drehen — turn somebody on to his/her back

    das Thermometer ist auf 0° gefallen — the thermometer has fallen to 0°

    auf ihn!(ugs.) get him!

    2) (zu) to

    auf die Schule/Uni gehen — go to school/university

    auf 10 km [Entfernung] — for [a distance of] 10 km

    wir näherten uns der Hütte [bis] auf 30 m — we approached to within 30 m of the hut

    4) (zeitlich) for

    auf Jahre [hinaus] — for years [to come]

    etwas auf nächsten Mittwoch festlegen/verschieben — arrange something for/postpone something until next Wednesday

    wir verschieben es auf den 3. Mai — we'll postpone it to 3 May

    5) (zur Angabe der Art und Weise)

    auf die Tour erreichst du bei mir nichts(ugs.) you won't get anywhere with me like that

    auf das sorgfältigste/herzlichste — (geh.) most carefully/warmly

    auf vielfachen Wunsch [hin] — in response to numerous requests

    auf meinen Vorschlag [hin] — at my suggestion

    das Bier geht auf mich(ugs.) the beer's on 'me (coll.)

    auf die Sekunde [genau] — [precise] to the second

    auf ein gutes Gelingen — to our/your success

    auf bald/morgen! — (bes. südd.) see you soon/tomorrow

    auf 10 zählen(bes. südd.) count [up] to 10; s. auch einmal 1. 1); machen 3. 6)

    3.
    1) (Aufforderung, sich zu erheben)

    auf! — up you get!; (zu einem Hund) up!

    2)
    3) (bes. südd.): (Aufforderung, zu handeln)
    4) (Aufforderung, sich aufzumachen)

    auf ins Schwimmbad! — come on, off to the swimming pool!

    5)

    auf und ab — up and down; (hin und her) up and down; to and fro

    6) (Aufforderung, sich etwas aufzusetzen)

    Helm/Hut/Brille auf! — helmet/hat/glasses on!

    7) (ugs.): (offen) open

    Fenster/Türen/Mund auf! — open the window/doors/your mouth!

    4.

    auf dassKonjunktion (veralt.) so that

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    (per) Knopfdruck ausdr.
    at the touch of a button expr. adv.
    up adv. präp.
    at prep.
    in prep.
    on prep.
    onto prep.
    to prep.
    up prep.
    upon prep.

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  • 54 liegen

    v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd., österr., schw.: ist) gelegen
    1. Sache: lie; die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat; der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers; der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several met|res (Am. -ers); es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground); liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?; der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand
    2. Person: lie; im Gras / auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass / on the bed; liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down; er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured
    3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up; liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat; er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks
    4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc.: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located); das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley; liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook
    5. NAUT., Schiff: lie; im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segelyacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday
    6. fig.: da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies; wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment; es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us; da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up; in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice; das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention; die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass... the problem is that...
    7. liegen bleiben Sachen: be left ( auf + Dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig. be forgotten; fig. Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTS., Waren: be left unsold; umg. be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto: unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way; das kann liegen bleiben fig. that can wait; liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc.: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned; liegen gebliebene Bücher etc. books etc. left behind
    8. liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished); die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, Am. walk out; alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up; lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links I
    9. (gemäß sein) das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing; er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type; nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind
    10. mit Präp.: liegen an (+ Dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig., Ursache: be because of; an der Spitze etc. liegen be in front etc.; es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etw. zu tun: it’s up to you; an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way; an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schief geht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong; es liegt daran, dass... it’s because...; es liegt mir daran zu (+ Inf.) I’m keen (Am. eager) to (+ Inf.) es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me; es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me; mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me; es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me; es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not
    11. mit Präp.: liegen auf (+ Akk) lie on; Akzent: be on; der Wagen liegt gut ( auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well; es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1
    12. mit Präp.: der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million; die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade); die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc.
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    to recline; to be situated; to lie; to be
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    lie|gen
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    1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) lie
    2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) lie
    3) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) rest
    4) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) sit
    5) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stand
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    lie·gen
    < lag, gelegen>
    [ˈli:gn̩]
    vi Hilfsverb: haben o SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sein
    1. (sich in horizontaler Lage befinden) to lie
    ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed
    während der Krankheit musste sie \liegen while she was ill she had to lie down all the time
    Weinflaschen müssen \liegen wine bottles should lie flat
    hast du irgendwo meine Schlüssel \liegen gesehen? have you seen my keys lying [around] anywhere?
    deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk
    Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised
    das Flugzeug lag ganz ruhig in der Luft the plane was flying quite smoothly
    der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße the car holds the road well
    auf dieser Matratze liegt man weich/weicher this mattress is soft/softer for lying on
    in diesem Bett liegt es sich hart/weich this bed is hard/soft
    krank im Bett \liegen to be ill in bed
    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 2 \liegen to be in hospital/in ward 2
    unbequem \liegen to lie uncomfortably [or in an uncomfortable position]
    \liegen bleiben (im Bett) to stay in bed; (nicht aufstehen) to remain lying [down]
    bleib \liegen! don't get up!, stay down!
    sie blieb bewusstlos auf dem Boden \liegen she lay unconscious on the floor; s.a. Knie, links, stehen
    2. (sich befinden) to be [lying]
    ein Lächeln lag auf seinem Gesicht there was a smile on his face
    die Stadt lag in dichtem Nebel the town was enveloped in thick fog, thick fog hung [or lay] over the town
    die Betonung liegt auf der zweiten Silbe the stress is on the second syllable
    ich habe noch einen guten Wein im Keller \liegen I have a good wine in the cellar
    etw liegt [nicht] in jds Absicht sth is [not] sb's intention
    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun it is not my intention to do that
    etw liegt nicht in jds Hand/Macht sth is out of sb's hands/not within sb's power
    das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power
    verstreut \liegen to be [or lie] scattered
    [irgendwo] \liegen bleiben (nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere]
    Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the book's going nowhere!
    etw \liegen lassen (zurücklassen) to leave sth [there]; (verstreut) to leave sth lying about [or around]
    er ließ die Briefe auf dem Tisch liegen he left the letters [lying] on the desk
    er ließ alles \liegen und eilte ihr zur Hilfe he dropped everything to [go and] help her
    3. (sich abgesetzt haben) Schnee to lie; Hitze, Nebel a. to hang
    der Schnee lag 1 Meter hoch the snow was 1 metre deep
    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen there is snow [lying] on the hills
    hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April
    auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars
    bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here
    über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture
    4. (vergessen werden)
    irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere
    mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant
    etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind
    verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!
    5. (nicht erledigt werden)
    \liegen bleiben to be left [undone], not to get done
    diese Briefe können bis morgen \liegen bleiben these letters can wait until tomorrow
    etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]
    \liegen bleiben (nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold, not to sell
    wenn uns diese Waren \liegen bleiben... if we are left with these things [on our hands]...
    7. (geografisch gelegen sein) to be; Haus, Stadt etc. a. to be situated [or located], to lie
    ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake
    das liegt auf dem Weg/ganz in der Nähe it's on the way/quite nearby
    eine bildhübsch/ruhig/verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location
    etw links/rechts \liegen lassen to leave sth on one's left/right
    nach Norden/zum Garten/zur Straße \liegen to face north/the garden/the road
    diese Wohnung liegt nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street
    das Fenster liegt zum Garten the window faces the garden
    verkehrsgünstig \liegen Stadt to have good communications
    8. (begraben sein)
    irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere
    irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere
    ein paar Fischerboote lagen am Kai a couple of fishing boots were moored to the quay
    10. MIL
    irgendwo liegen Truppen to be stationed
    vor Paris \liegen to be stationed outside Paris
    irgendwo [in Quartier] \liegen to be quartered somewhere
    11. AUTO (nicht weiterfahren können)
    \liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown], to conk out fam
    12. (zeitlich) to be
    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir I still have that to come/that's all behind me now
    die Stunden, die zwischen den Prüfungen lagen the hours between the examinations
    13. (in einem Wettbewerb)
    irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere
    wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?
    die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division
    in den Charts an erster Stelle \liegen to top the charts
    in Führung/auf den hinteren Plätzen/an der Spitze \liegen to be in the lead/at the bottom/right out in front
    14. (gestylt sein)
    gut \liegen Haare to stay in place [well]
    richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place
    15. (bedeckt sein)
    der Tisch liegt voller Bücher the desk is covered with books
    16. MODE (eine bestimmte Breite haben)
    irgendwie \liegen Stoff to be a certain size
    wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?
    der Stoff liegt quer/90 cm breit the material is on the cross/is 90 cm wide
    17. ÖKON
    bei [o um] ... \liegen to cost...
    zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...
    der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros
    damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros
    damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros
    18. (begründet sein)
    an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused [or because of] by sb/sth
    woran liegt es? why is that?, what is the reason [for that]?
    es liegt daran, dass... it is because...
    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt I don't know what the reason is
    woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?
    an mir soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me stop you!, I won't stand in your way!
    19. (wichtig sein)
    jdm liegt etw an jdm/etw sb attaches a certain importance to sb/sth
    du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me
    es liegt mir schon etwas an ihr I do care about her [a bit]
    ihm liegt [einiges] daran, respektiert zu werden it is of [some] importance to him to be respected
    jdm ist etwas/nichts/viel an jdm/etw gelegen sb/sth means something/nothing/a lot to sb
    an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer
    es liegt jdm nichts/wenig an etw sth doesn't matter at all/much to sb, sth isn't at all/not very important to sb
    es liegt jdm viel an etw sth matters a lot to sb, sth is very important to sb
    es liegt ihm sehr viel an seiner Arbeit his job matters a lot to him
    20. oft verneint (jdm gemäß sein)
    etw liegt jdm sb likes sth; (entspricht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth
    Mathe scheint dir wirklich zu \liegen (fam) maths seems right up your street fam
    diese Arbeit liegt mir total (fam) this job suits me down to the ground fam
    etw liegt jdm nicht (jd hat kein Talent) sb has no aptitude for sth; (es gefällt jdm nicht) sth doesn't appeal to sb; (jd mag es nicht) sb doesn't like [or care for] sth
    Französisch liegt ihm nicht he has no aptitude for French
    körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr weniger she's not really cut out for physical work
    Peter ist ganz nett, aber er liegt mir irgendwie nicht Peter's nice enough but not really my cup of tea
    21. (lasten)
    auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb
    auf ihr liegt eine große Verantwortung a heavy responsibility rests on her shoulders
    auf ihm scheint ein Fluch zu \liegen there seems to be a curse on him
    die Schuld lag schwer auf ihm his guilt weighed heavily on him; s.a. Magen
    22. (abhängig sein)
    bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb
    das liegt ganz bei dir that is completely up to you
    die Entscheidung liegt bei dir/beim Volk the decision rests with you/the people
    die Verantwortung liegt bei dir it's your responsibility
    23. (stehen, sich verhalten) to be
    die Sache liegt ganz anders the situation is quite different; s.a. Ding
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    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) lie; < person> be lying down

    während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

    [krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

    [im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

    bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

    2) (vorhanden sein) lie

    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

    3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

    wie die Dinge liegenas things are or stand [at the moment]

    die Stadt liegt an der Küstethe town is or lies on the coast

    etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

    das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

    das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

    5)

    das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

    die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

    an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

    woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

    es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

    es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

    7)

    daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

    an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

    9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie
    10)

    liegen bleiben< things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

    etwas liegen lassen (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

    alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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    liegen v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd, österr, schweiz: ist) gelegen
    1. Sache: lie;
    die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat;
    der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers;
    der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several metres (US -ers);
    es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground);
    liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?;
    der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand
    2. Person: lie;
    im Gras/auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass/on the bed;
    liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down;
    er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured
    3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up;
    liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat;
    er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks
    4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located);
    das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley;
    liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook
    5. SCHIFF, Schiff: lie;
    im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segeljacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday
    6. fig:
    da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies;
    wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment;
    es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us;
    da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up;
    in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice;
    das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention;
    die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass … the problem is that …
    7.
    auf +dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig be forgotten; fig Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTSCH, Waren: be left unsold; umg be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto:
    unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way;
    das kann liegen bleiben fig that can wait;
    liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned;
    liegen gebliebene Bücher etc books etc left behind
    8.
    liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished);
    die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, US walk out;
    alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up;
    lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links A
    das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing;
    er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type;
    nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind
    10. mit präp:
    liegen an (+dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig, Ursache: be because of;
    liegen be in front etc;
    es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etwas zu tun: it’s up to you;
    an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way;
    an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schiefgeht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong;
    es liegt daran, dass … it’s because …;
    es liegt mir daran zu (+inf) I’m keen (US eager) to (+inf)
    es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me;
    es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me;
    mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me;
    es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me;
    es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not
    11. mit präp:
    liegen auf (+akk) lie on; Akzent: be on;
    der Wagen liegt gut (auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well;
    es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1
    12. mit präp:
    der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million;
    die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade);
    die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc
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    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) lie; < person> be lying down

    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

    [krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

    [im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

    bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

    3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

    wie die Dinge liegenas things are or stand [at the moment]

    die Stadt liegt an der Küstethe town is or lies on the coast

    etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

    das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

    das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

    5)

    das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

    die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

    an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

    woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

    es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

    es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

    7)

    daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

    an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

    9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie
    10)

    liegen bleiben< things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

    etwas liegen lassen (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

    alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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    n.
    recumbency n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > liegen

  • 55 weit

    I Adj.
    1. wide; (ausgedehnt) extensive; stärker: vast, immense; Entfernung, Weg: long; von weitem from a distance; ich sah sie von weitem kommen I could see her coming in the distance; man konnte seine Fahne von weitem riechen umg. you could smell his breath a mile away; in weiten Abständen räumlich: widely spaced; zeitlich: at long intervals; weiter Blick über das Land commanding view of the countryside ( oder landscape)
    2. fig.: weites Gewissen elastic conscience; ein weites Herz haben have a big heart; weiter Horizont broad outlook; im weitesten Sinne in the broadest sense (of the word); weiter Begriff etc. broad concept etc.; weite Teile der Bevölkerung large parts of the population
    3. (lose) loose (auch TECH.); Kleid etc.: wide, loose; die Hose ist viel zu weit the trousers (Am. pants) are much (Am. way) too big; ein Kleid weit machen let out; Feld, Kreis etc.
    II Adv.
    1. far, wide(ly); schneller, höher, weiter - darum geht es im Sport going faster, higher, or further - that’s what sport is (Am. sports are) all about; er springt sieben Meter weit he can jump (a distance of) seven met|res (Am. -ers); weiter ist bisher niemand gekommen nobody has gone further to date; weit daneben fig. wide of (way off umg.) the mark
    2. bequem weit geschnitten Mantel etc.: roomy, comfortably loose-fitting; weit offen wide open; weit oben high up; fig., SPORT well-placed ( oder high up) in the (league) table
    3. weit entfernt far away; eine Meile weit entfernt a mile away; weit entfernt von a long way from; fig. a far cry from; weit davon entfernt sein, etw. zu tun fig. be far from doing s.th., be not about to do s.th. umg.; ich bin weit davon entfernt, das zu tun! I’ve (absolutely) no intention of doing that
    4. kein Mensch etc. weit und breit not a soul etc. to be seen ( oder as far as the eye could see); weit und breit der Beste etc. far and away the best etc., the best etc. by far; daneben etc.
    5. fig.: weit bekannt attr. widely-known..., präd. widely known; weit gefehlt! far from it; es ist nicht weit her mit... umg.... isn’t (aren’t) up to much; weit vom Thema abkommen get right off the subject; das liegt weit zurück that’s a long way back, that was a long time ago; das Geld reicht nicht weit the money won’t go far; es weit bringen ( im Leben) go far, go places; zu weit gehen oder es zu weit treiben go too far, overshoot the mark; das geht zu weit that’s going too far, that’s a bit much umg.; ich bin so weit I’m ready; wie weit bist du? how far have you got?; wenn es so weit ist when the time comes; so weit ist es nun gekommen? has it come to that?; es ist noch nicht so weit, dass... things haven’t yet come to the point where; er ist so weit genesen, dass er... kann he’s recovered to the extent of being able to (+Inf.)
    6. fig., vor Komp.: weit besser etc. far better etc.; bei weitem besser etc. far (Am. umg. way) better etc., bei weitem der Beste etc. by far ( oder far and away) the best etc.; bei weitem nicht so gut etc. not nearly as good etc.; weit über sechzig well over sixty; weit nach Mitternacht long after (Am. auch way past) midnight
    7. mit Part. Präs.: weit gehend extensive; Auswirkungen: far-reaching; Unterstützung: broad; weiter gehend further; weiter gehende Auswirkungen etc. more far-reaching ( oder broader) implications etc.; ein weiter gehendes Problem a larger issue; die weiter gehende Zusammenarbeit / Frage etc. wider ( oder more extensive) cooperation / the wider ( oder broader) question etc.; weit greifend far-reaching; weit reichend Entscheidung etc.: far-reaching; Diskussion etc.: wide-ranging; MIL. attr. long-range...; weit tragend Rakete etc.: long-range; fig., Konsequenzen: far-reaching; (breit gefächert) wide-ranging
    8. mit P.P.: weit gedehnt extensive; weit gefächert wide-ranging; weit gefasst broad; weit gereist attr. widely-travel(l)ed; weit gereist sein auch have been around umg.; weit gespannt fig., Erwartungen etc.: broad; weit gesteckt Ziel: long-range, long-term; ( ziemlich) weit hergeholt (a bit) far-fetched; weit verbreitet widespread; Ansicht: auch widely held; Zeitung: widely read; weit verbreiteter Irrtum auch popular fallacy, widely-held misconception; weit verzweigt intricate, complex; Weite1, weiter
    * * *
    much (Adv.); far (Adv.);
    (Ausdehnung) spacious (Adj.); extensive (Adj.); large (Adj.); wide (Adj.);
    (Breite) broad (Adj.);
    (Entfernung) far (Adj.); long (Adj.)
    * * *
    [vait]
    1. ADJEKTIV
    1) = breit wide; Pupille dilated; Meer open; Begriff broad; Unterschied, Herz big
    2) = lang Weg, Reise, Wurf etc long

    in weiten Abständen — widely spaced; (zeitlich) at long intervals

    in weiter Ferne — far in the distance, a long way away

    das liegt (noch) in weiter Ferne — it's still a long way away; (zeitlich auch) it's still in the distant future, it's still a long way off

    seid ihr schon so weit, dass ihr anfangen könnt? — are you ready to start?

    es ist/war bald so weit — the time has/had nearly come

    wie lange dauert es noch, bis der Film anfängt? – es ist gleich so weit — how long will it be till the film starts? – not long, it'll start any minute now

    2. ADVERB
    1) Entfernung far

    weiter — further, farther

    am weitesten — (the) furthest, (the) farthest

    Bremen ist 10 km weit — Bremen is 10 kms away, it's 10 kms to Bremen

    3,60 m weit springen — to jump 3m 60

    (sehr) weit springen/fahren — to jump/drive a (very) long way

    weit gereistwidely travelled (Brit) or traveled (US)

    weit am Anfang/Ende/Rand — right at the beginning/end/edge

    weit gestecktambitious◆ weit entfernt far away, a long way away

    ich bin weit davon entfernt, das zu tun — I have no intention of doing that

    der Prototyp ist weit davon entfernt, in Serie gebaut zu werden — the prototype is a long way from being ready for mass-production

    2) = breit offen, öffnen wide; verzweigt, herumkommen widely

    weit ausholend (Geste etc) — expansive; (fig) Erzählung etc long-drawn-out, long-winded

    3)

    in Entwicklung weit fortgeschritten — far or well advanced

    wie weit ist das Essen? — how far have you/they etc got with the food?

    so weit, so gut — so far so good

    jdn so weit bringen, dass... — to bring sb to the point where...

    es so weit bringen, dass... — to bring it about that...

    sie hat es so weit gebracht, dass man sie entließ — she drove them to dismiss her

    4)

    zeitlich es ist noch weit (hin) bis Ostern — Easter is still a long way off

    5) = erheblich far
    6)

    andere Wendungen◆ zu weit zu weit gehen — to go too far

    bei Weitem nicht so gut etc (wie...) — not nearly as good etc (as...)

    das ist nicht weit her (inf)that's not up to much (Brit inf), that's nothing to write home about (inf)

    damit ist es nicht weit her (inf)this isn't up to much (Brit inf), this isn't much use

    * * *
    1) (indicating distance, progress etc: How far is it from here to his house?) far
    2) (at or to a long way away: She went far away/off.) far
    3) (very much: She was a far better swimmer than her friend (was).) far
    4) ((of clothes) containing a large amount of material: a full skirt.) full
    5) ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) way
    6) (to a great or considerable extent: He is well over fifty.) well
    7) wide
    9) (with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) wide
    * * *
    [vait]
    I. adj
    1. MODE (locker sitzend) loose, baggy
    etw \weiter machen to let sth out
    2. (räumlich) wide, vast; Pupillen dilated; Meer open
    man hat hier einen \weiten Blick [o eine \weite Sicht] you can see a long way from here
    das Herz wurde mir \weit (geh) my heart swelled [with emotion]
    in \weiter Ferne far in the distance, in the far distance
    Paris liegt noch in \weiter Ferne Paris is still a long way away
    das \weite suchen to take to one's heels
    ein \weiter Weg a long way
    in die \weite Welt ziehen to go out into the big wide world
    ein \weiter Wurf a long throw; s.a. Abstand
    3. (zeitlich) long
    bis dahin ist es noch \weit it will be a long time yet before we get there
    das liegt [noch] in \weiter Ferne it's still in the distant future
    in \weiten Abständen at long intervals
    eine \weite Reise a long journey
    4. (fig: groß) Begriff broad
    das ist ein \weites Feld that is a big subject
    \weite Kreise [o Teile] der Bevölkerung large sections [or parts] of the population
    im \weiteren Sinn in the broader sense; s.a. Feld
    II. adv
    1. (eine lange Strecke) far, a long way
    \weiter further, farther
    am \weitesten [the] furthest, farthest
    hast du es noch \weit [nach Hause]? have you got a long way to go [to get home]?
    ja, es ist noch \weit yes, it's still a long way
    wie \weit bist du gesprungen? how far did you jump?
    ich bin 4 Meter \weit gesprungen I jumped [a distance of] 4 metres
    wie \weit ist Paris? how far is Paris?
    es ist noch \weit bis Paris it's still a long way to Paris
    Paris ist 500 km weit Paris is 500 km away [or off]
    er ist \weit herumgekommen he has got around a good deal
    \weit am Anfang/Ende/Rand right at the beginning/end/edge
    ziemlich \weit am Ende fairly near the end
    \weit entfernt [o weg] sein [von etw] to be far away [from sth]
    \weit entfernt [o weg] wohnen to live far away
    [sehr] \weit fahren/gehen to drive/go a [very] long way
    \weit gereist well [or widely] travelled [or AM usu traveled]
    es noch \weit haben to have a long way to go
    \weit hergeholt sein to be far-fetched
    ... Meter \weit springen to jump... meters
    von \weitem from far away [or geh afar]
    von \weit her from far [or a long way] away
    5 cm \weit 5 cm wide
    \weit geöffnet wide open
    \weit verzweigt TRANSP widely spread pred; Unternehmen with many branches pred
    etw \weit öffnen to open sth wide
    3. (fig: in der Entwicklung, im Handeln) far
    wie \weit bist du? how far have you got?
    wie \weit bist du mit dem Essen? how far have you got with the food?
    sie wird es [im Leben] einmal \weit bringen she will go far one [in life] of these days
    sie hat es \weit gebracht she has come a long way [or got on in the world]
    so \weit ist es schon mit dir gekommen? have things come to that with you?
    so \weit wollen wir es gar nicht kommen lassen we do not want to let it come to that
    der Frühling ist schon ziemlich \weit spring is already quite [far] advanced
    sein Einfluss reicht sehr \weit his influence is far-reaching
    jdn so \weit bringen, dass er/sie etw tut to bring sb to the point where he/she does sth
    es [noch] so \weit bringen, dass etw passiert/dass jd etw tut to bring it about that sth happens/sb does sth
    er hat es so \weit gebracht, dass man ihm gekündigt hat he drove them to the point of dismissing him
    \weit fortgeschritten [o gediehen] sein to be far [or well] advanced
    es gedeiht noch so \weit, dass... it will come to [or reach] the point [or stage] where...
    mit jdm/etw ist es \weit gediehen sb has gone far/sth has progressed a great deal
    so \weit gehen, etw zu tun to go so far as to do sth
    mit etw [nicht] \weit kommen to [not] get far with sth
    jdn \weit hinter sich akk lassen to leave sb far behind
    das würde zu \weit führen that would be getting too far away from the issue
    es würde zu \weit führen, das jetzt alles zu analysieren it would be too much to analyse it all now
    zu \weit gehen to go too far
    das geht [entschieden] zu \weit! that's [definitely] going [or taking it] too far!
    etw [o es mit etw] zu \weit treiben to overdo sth, to carry sth too far
    jetzt hast du es zu \weit getrieben! now you've taken it too far!
    \weit über 80 well over 80
    das hat unsere Erwartungen \weit übertroffen that far exceeded our expectations
    \weit bekannt widely known
    \weit blickend sein to have vision, to be far-sighted [or visionary]
    \weit gehend extensive, far-reaching
    \weit gehende Übereinstimmung/Unterstützung extensive agreement/support
    ich habe das Problem \weit gehend alleine gelöst to a large extent I managed to solve the problem myself
    \weit greifend [o tragend] [o reichend] far-reaching
    \weit verbreitet widespread, common
    eine \weit verbreitete Meinung a widely-held [or common] view
    bei \weitem/bei \weitem nicht by far/not nearly [or not by a long shot]
    bei \weitem besser/schöner als... far better/more beautiful than..., better/more beautiful than... by far
    das ist bei \weitem nicht alles that's not nearly all [or not all by a long way]
    das ist bei \weitem nicht so gut wie... that's nowhere near as good as...
    es ist noch \weit bis Weihnachten there's still a long way to go till Christmas
    \weit zurückliegen to be a long way back [or far back in the past]
    \weit nach Mitternacht well after midnight
    [bis] \weit in die Nacht [till] late into the night
    7.
    \weit und breit for miles around
    \weit und breit war niemand zu sehen there was no one to be seen anywhere
    \weit gefehlt! (geh) quite the opposite!, you're way out! BRIT fam [or fam way off!]
    so \weit, so gut (prov) so far so good prov
    mit etw dat ist es nicht \weit her (fam) sth is nothing much to write home about fam
    damit/mit ihm ist es nicht \weit her this/he isn't up to much
    so \weit kommt es [noch] (fam) you'd like that, wouldn't you! fam
    * * *
    1.
    1) wide; long <way, journey, etc.>; (fig.) broad < concept>

    im weiteren Sinn(fig.) in the broader sense

    das Weite suchen(fig.) take to one's heels

    jemandem zu weit sein< clothes> be too loose on somebody

    einen Rock weiter machen — let out a skirt; s. auch weiter...

    2.
    1)

    weit verbreitet — widespread; common; common <plant, animal>

    weit verzweigtextensive < network>; < firm> with many [different] branches

    weit herumgekommen sein — have got around a good deal; have travelled widely

    weit [entfernt od. weg] wohnen — live a long way away or off; live far away

    weit reichend — long-range; (fig.) far-reaching <importance, consequences>; sweeping <changes, powers>; extensive <relations, influence>

    15 km weit — 15 km. away

    von weit her — from far away; (fig.)

    es würde zu weit führen, das alles jetzt zu analysieren — it would be too much to analyse it all now

    etwas zu weit treiben, es mit etwas zu weit treiben — overdo something; carry something too far

    so weit, so gut — so far, so good; s. auch entfernt 1); hersein 3)

    weit zurückliegenbe a long way back or a long time ago

    5) (weitaus) far

    bei weitem — by far; by a long way

    bei weitem nicht so gut wie... — nowhere near as good as...; s. auch gefehlt 2.; weiter

    * * *
    A. adj
    1. wide; (ausgedehnt) extensive; stärker: vast, immense; Entfernung, Weg: long;
    von Weitem from a distance;
    ich sah sie von Weitem kommen I could see her coming in the distance;
    man konnte seine Fahne von Weitem riechen umg you could smell his breath a mile away;
    in weiten Abständen räumlich: widely spaced; zeitlich: at long intervals;
    weiter Blick über das Land commanding view of the countryside ( oder landscape)
    2. fig:
    weites Gewissen elastic conscience;
    ein weites Herz haben have a big heart;
    weiter Horizont broad outlook;
    im weitesten Sinne in the broadest sense (of the word);
    weiter Begriff etc broad concept etc;
    weite Teile der Bevölkerung large parts of the population
    3. (lose) loose ( auch TECH); Kleid etc: wide, loose;
    die Hose ist viel zu weit the trousers (US pants) are much (US way) too big;
    weit machen let out; Feld, Kreis etc
    B. adv
    1. far, wide(ly);
    schneller, höher, weiter - darum geht es im Sport going faster, higher, or further - that’s what sport is (US sports are) all about;
    er springt sieben Meter weit he can jump (a distance of) seven metres (US -ers);
    weiter ist bisher niemand gekommen nobody has gone further to date;
    weit daneben fig wide of (way off umg) the mark
    2.
    bequem weit geschnitten Mantel etc: roomy, comfortably loose-fitting;
    weit offen wide open;
    weit oben high up; fig, SPORT well-placed ( oder high up) in the (league) table
    3.
    weit entfernt far away;
    weit entfernt von a long way from; fig a far cry from;
    weit davon entfernt sein, etwas zu tun fig be far from doing sth, be not about to do sth umg;
    ich bin weit davon entfernt, das zu tun! I’ve (absolutely) no intention of doing that
    4.
    weit und breit not a soul etc to be seen ( oder as far as the eye could see);
    weit und breit der Beste etc far and away the best etc, the best etc by far; daneben etc
    5. fig:
    weit bekannt attr widely-known …, präd widely known;
    weit gefehlt! far from it;
    es ist nicht weit her mit … umg … isn’t (aren’t) up to much;
    weit vom Thema abkommen get right off the subject;
    das liegt weit zurück that’s a long way back, that was a long time ago;
    das Geld reicht nicht weit the money won’t go far;
    es weit bringen (im Leben) go far, go places;
    es zu weit treiben go too far, overshoot the mark;
    das geht zu weit that’s going too far, that’s a bit much umg;
    ich bin so weit I’m ready;
    wie weit bist du? how far have you got?;
    wenn es so weit ist when the time comes;
    so weit ist es nun gekommen? has it come to that?;
    es ist noch nicht so weit, dass … things haven’t yet come to the point where;
    er ist so weit genesen, dass er … kann he’s recovered to the extent of being able to (+inf)
    6. fig, vor komp:
    weit besser etc far better etc;
    bei Weitem besser etc far (US umg way) better etc,
    bei Weitem der Beste etc by far ( oder far and away) the best etc;
    bei Weitem nicht so gut etc not nearly as good etc;
    weit über sechzig well over sixty;
    weit nach Mitternacht long after (US auch way past) midnight
    7. mit ppr:
    weiter gehend further;
    weiter gehende Auswirkungen etc more far-reaching ( oder broader) implications etc;
    die weiter gehende Zusammenarbeit/Frage etc wider ( oder more extensive) cooperation/the wider ( oder broader) question etc;
    weit greifend far-reaching;
    8. mit pperf:
    weit gedehnt extensive;
    weit gefächert wide-ranging;
    weit gefasst broad;
    weit gereist attr widely-travel(l)ed;
    weit gereist sein auch have been around umg;
    weit gespannt fig, Erwartungen etc: broad;
    weit gesteckt Ziel: long-range, long-term;
    (ziemlich) weit hergeholt (a bit) far-fetched;
    * * *
    1.
    1) wide; long <way, journey, etc.>; (fig.) broad < concept>

    im weiteren Sinn(fig.) in the broader sense

    das Weite suchen(fig.) take to one's heels

    jemandem zu weit sein< clothes> be too loose on somebody

    einen Rock weiter machen — let out a skirt; s. auch weiter...

    2.
    1)

    weit verbreitet — widespread; common; common <plant, animal>

    weit verzweigtextensive < network>; < firm> with many [different] branches

    weit herumgekommen sein — have got around a good deal; have travelled widely

    weit [entfernt od. weg] wohnen — live a long way away or off; live far away

    weit reichend — long-range; (fig.) far-reaching <importance, consequences>; sweeping <changes, powers>; extensive <relations, influence>

    15 km weit — 15 km. away

    von weit her — from far away; (fig.)

    es würde zu weit führen, das alles jetzt zu analysieren — it would be too much to analyse it all now

    etwas zu weit treiben, es mit etwas zu weit treiben — overdo something; carry something too far

    so weit, so gut — so far, so good; s. auch entfernt 1); hersein 3)

    weit zurückliegenbe a long way back or a long time ago

    5) (weitaus) far

    bei weitem — by far; by a long way

    bei weitem nicht so gut wie... — nowhere near as good as...; s. auch gefehlt 2.; weiter

    * * *
    adj.
    ample adj.
    far adj.
    large adj.
    long adj.
    wide adj. adv.
    afar adv.
    widely adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > weit

  • 56 Liegen

    v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd., österr., schw.: ist) gelegen
    1. Sache: lie; die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat; der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers; der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several met|res (Am. -ers); es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground); liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?; der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand
    2. Person: lie; im Gras / auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass / on the bed; liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down; er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured
    3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up; liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat; er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks
    4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc.: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located); das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley; liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook
    5. NAUT., Schiff: lie; im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segelyacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday
    6. fig.: da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies; wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment; es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us; da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up; in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice; das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention; die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass... the problem is that...
    7. liegen bleiben Sachen: be left ( auf + Dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig. be forgotten; fig. Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTS., Waren: be left unsold; umg. be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto: unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way; das kann liegen bleiben fig. that can wait; liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc.: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned; liegen gebliebene Bücher etc. books etc. left behind
    8. liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished); die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, Am. walk out; alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up; lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links I
    9. (gemäß sein) das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing; er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type; nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind
    10. mit Präp.: liegen an (+ Dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig., Ursache: be because of; an der Spitze etc. liegen be in front etc.; es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etw. zu tun: it’s up to you; an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way; an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schief geht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong; es liegt daran, dass... it’s because...; es liegt mir daran zu (+ Inf.) I’m keen (Am. eager) to (+ Inf.) es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me; es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me; mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me; es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me; es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not
    11. mit Präp.: liegen auf (+ Akk) lie on; Akzent: be on; der Wagen liegt gut ( auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well; es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1
    12. mit Präp.: der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million; die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade); die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc.
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    to recline; to be situated; to lie; to be
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    lie|gen
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    1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) lie
    2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) lie
    3) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) rest
    4) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) sit
    5) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stand
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    lie·gen
    < lag, gelegen>
    [ˈli:gn̩]
    vi Hilfsverb: haben o SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sein
    1. (sich in horizontaler Lage befinden) to lie
    ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed
    während der Krankheit musste sie \liegen while she was ill she had to lie down all the time
    Weinflaschen müssen \liegen wine bottles should lie flat
    hast du irgendwo meine Schlüssel \liegen gesehen? have you seen my keys lying [around] anywhere?
    deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk
    Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised
    das Flugzeug lag ganz ruhig in der Luft the plane was flying quite smoothly
    der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße the car holds the road well
    auf dieser Matratze liegt man weich/weicher this mattress is soft/softer for lying on
    in diesem Bett liegt es sich hart/weich this bed is hard/soft
    krank im Bett \liegen to be ill in bed
    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 2 \liegen to be in hospital/in ward 2
    unbequem \liegen to lie uncomfortably [or in an uncomfortable position]
    \liegen bleiben (im Bett) to stay in bed; (nicht aufstehen) to remain lying [down]
    bleib \liegen! don't get up!, stay down!
    sie blieb bewusstlos auf dem Boden \liegen she lay unconscious on the floor; s.a. Knie, links, stehen
    2. (sich befinden) to be [lying]
    ein Lächeln lag auf seinem Gesicht there was a smile on his face
    die Stadt lag in dichtem Nebel the town was enveloped in thick fog, thick fog hung [or lay] over the town
    die Betonung liegt auf der zweiten Silbe the stress is on the second syllable
    ich habe noch einen guten Wein im Keller \liegen I have a good wine in the cellar
    etw liegt [nicht] in jds Absicht sth is [not] sb's intention
    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun it is not my intention to do that
    etw liegt nicht in jds Hand/Macht sth is out of sb's hands/not within sb's power
    das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power
    verstreut \liegen to be [or lie] scattered
    [irgendwo] \liegen bleiben (nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere]
    Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the book's going nowhere!
    etw \liegen lassen (zurücklassen) to leave sth [there]; (verstreut) to leave sth lying about [or around]
    er ließ die Briefe auf dem Tisch liegen he left the letters [lying] on the desk
    er ließ alles \liegen und eilte ihr zur Hilfe he dropped everything to [go and] help her
    3. (sich abgesetzt haben) Schnee to lie; Hitze, Nebel a. to hang
    der Schnee lag 1 Meter hoch the snow was 1 metre deep
    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen there is snow [lying] on the hills
    hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April
    auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars
    bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here
    über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture
    4. (vergessen werden)
    irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere
    mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant
    etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind
    verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!
    5. (nicht erledigt werden)
    \liegen bleiben to be left [undone], not to get done
    diese Briefe können bis morgen \liegen bleiben these letters can wait until tomorrow
    etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]
    \liegen bleiben (nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold, not to sell
    wenn uns diese Waren \liegen bleiben... if we are left with these things [on our hands]...
    7. (geografisch gelegen sein) to be; Haus, Stadt etc. a. to be situated [or located], to lie
    ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake
    das liegt auf dem Weg/ganz in der Nähe it's on the way/quite nearby
    eine bildhübsch/ruhig/verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location
    etw links/rechts \liegen lassen to leave sth on one's left/right
    nach Norden/zum Garten/zur Straße \liegen to face north/the garden/the road
    diese Wohnung liegt nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street
    das Fenster liegt zum Garten the window faces the garden
    verkehrsgünstig \liegen Stadt to have good communications
    8. (begraben sein)
    irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere
    irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere
    ein paar Fischerboote lagen am Kai a couple of fishing boots were moored to the quay
    10. MIL
    irgendwo liegen Truppen to be stationed
    vor Paris \liegen to be stationed outside Paris
    irgendwo [in Quartier] \liegen to be quartered somewhere
    11. AUTO (nicht weiterfahren können)
    \liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown], to conk out fam
    12. (zeitlich) to be
    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir I still have that to come/that's all behind me now
    die Stunden, die zwischen den Prüfungen lagen the hours between the examinations
    13. (in einem Wettbewerb)
    irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere
    wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?
    die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division
    in den Charts an erster Stelle \liegen to top the charts
    in Führung/auf den hinteren Plätzen/an der Spitze \liegen to be in the lead/at the bottom/right out in front
    14. (gestylt sein)
    gut \liegen Haare to stay in place [well]
    richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place
    15. (bedeckt sein)
    der Tisch liegt voller Bücher the desk is covered with books
    16. MODE (eine bestimmte Breite haben)
    irgendwie \liegen Stoff to be a certain size
    wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?
    der Stoff liegt quer/90 cm breit the material is on the cross/is 90 cm wide
    17. ÖKON
    bei [o um] ... \liegen to cost...
    zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...
    der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros
    damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros
    damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros
    18. (begründet sein)
    an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused [or because of] by sb/sth
    woran liegt es? why is that?, what is the reason [for that]?
    es liegt daran, dass... it is because...
    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt I don't know what the reason is
    woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?
    an mir soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me stop you!, I won't stand in your way!
    19. (wichtig sein)
    jdm liegt etw an jdm/etw sb attaches a certain importance to sb/sth
    du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me
    es liegt mir schon etwas an ihr I do care about her [a bit]
    ihm liegt [einiges] daran, respektiert zu werden it is of [some] importance to him to be respected
    jdm ist etwas/nichts/viel an jdm/etw gelegen sb/sth means something/nothing/a lot to sb
    an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer
    es liegt jdm nichts/wenig an etw sth doesn't matter at all/much to sb, sth isn't at all/not very important to sb
    es liegt jdm viel an etw sth matters a lot to sb, sth is very important to sb
    es liegt ihm sehr viel an seiner Arbeit his job matters a lot to him
    20. oft verneint (jdm gemäß sein)
    etw liegt jdm sb likes sth; (entspricht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth
    Mathe scheint dir wirklich zu \liegen (fam) maths seems right up your street fam
    diese Arbeit liegt mir total (fam) this job suits me down to the ground fam
    etw liegt jdm nicht (jd hat kein Talent) sb has no aptitude for sth; (es gefällt jdm nicht) sth doesn't appeal to sb; (jd mag es nicht) sb doesn't like [or care for] sth
    Französisch liegt ihm nicht he has no aptitude for French
    körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr weniger she's not really cut out for physical work
    Peter ist ganz nett, aber er liegt mir irgendwie nicht Peter's nice enough but not really my cup of tea
    21. (lasten)
    auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb
    auf ihr liegt eine große Verantwortung a heavy responsibility rests on her shoulders
    auf ihm scheint ein Fluch zu \liegen there seems to be a curse on him
    die Schuld lag schwer auf ihm his guilt weighed heavily on him; s.a. Magen
    22. (abhängig sein)
    bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb
    das liegt ganz bei dir that is completely up to you
    die Entscheidung liegt bei dir/beim Volk the decision rests with you/the people
    die Verantwortung liegt bei dir it's your responsibility
    23. (stehen, sich verhalten) to be
    die Sache liegt ganz anders the situation is quite different; s.a. Ding
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    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) lie; < person> be lying down

    während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

    [krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

    [im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

    bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

    2) (vorhanden sein) lie

    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

    3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

    wie die Dinge liegenas things are or stand [at the moment]

    die Stadt liegt an der Küstethe town is or lies on the coast

    etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

    das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

    das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

    5)

    das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

    die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

    an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

    woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

    es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

    es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

    7)

    daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

    an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

    9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie
    10)

    liegen bleiben< things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

    etwas liegen lassen (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

    alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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    Liegen n; -s, kein pl lying; Stellung: lying ( oder horizontal) position;
    im Liegen lying down;
    das Liegen bekommt ihm nicht he can’t take all this lying down
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    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) lie; < person> be lying down

    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

    [krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

    [im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

    bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

    3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

    wie die Dinge liegenas things are or stand [at the moment]

    die Stadt liegt an der Küstethe town is or lies on the coast

    etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

    das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

    das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

    5)

    das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

    die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

    an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

    woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

    es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

    es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

    7)

    daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

    an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

    9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie
    10)

    liegen bleiben< things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

    etwas liegen lassen (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

    alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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    n.
    recumbency n.

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  • 57 Meer

    n; -(e)s, -e sea (auch fig.); (Weltmeer) ocean; das offene Meer the open sea; am Meer by the sea; Urlaub: auch at the seaside; ans Meer fahren go to the seaside; auf dem Meer (out) at sea; auf dem offenen Meer out on the open sea; über dem Meer (Meeresspiegel) above sea level; Meer der Ruhe ASTRON. Sea of Tranquility
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    das Meer
    ocean; sea
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    [meːɐ]
    nt -(e)s, -e
    1) sea; (= Weltmeer) ocean

    am Méér(e) — by the sea

    diesseits des Mééres — at home

    jenseits des Mééres — across the sea

    übers Méér fahren — to travel (across) the seas

    ans Méér fahren — to go to the sea(side)

    über dem Méér — above sea level

    2) (fig = riesige Menge) sea
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    ((often with the) the mass of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface: I enjoy swimming in the sea; over land and sea; The sea is very deep here; ( also adjective) A whale is a type of large sea animal.) sea
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    <-[e]s, -e>
    [ˈme:ɐ̯]
    nt
    1. (Ozean) sea; (Weltmeer) ocean
    die sieben \Meere the seven seas
    auf dem [weiten] \Meer [[far] out] to sea, on the high seas
    der Grund des \Meeres the seabed, the bottom of the sea, Davy Jones['s locker] a. hum
    das Rote/Schwarze/Tote \Meer the Red/Black/Dead Sea
    ans \Meer fahren to go the sea[side]
    am \Meer by the sea
    jenseits des \Meeres across the sea
    2. (fig geh) sea
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    das; Meer[e]s, Meere (auch fig.) sea; (WeltMeer) ocean
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    Meer n; -(e)s, -e sea (auch fig); (Weltmeer) ocean;
    das offene Meer the open sea;
    am Meer by the sea; Urlaub: auch at the seaside;
    ans Meer fahren go to the seaside;
    auf dem Meer (out) at sea;
    auf dem offenen Meer out on the open sea;
    über dem Meer (Meeresspiegel) above sea level;
    Meer der Ruhe ASTRON Sea of Tranquility
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    das; Meer[e]s, Meere (auch fig.) sea; (WeltMeer) ocean
    * * *
    -e n.
    ocean n.
    sea n.

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  • 58 Vorjahresniveau

    n previous year’s level; vom letzten Jahr: last year’s level
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    Vor|jah|res|ni|veau
    nt
    previous year's level
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    Vor·jah·res·ni·veau
    nt ÖKON previous year level
    hohes \Vorjahresniveau last year's high level
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    Vorjahresniveau n previous year’s level; vom letzten Jahr: last year’s level

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  • 59 animus

    ănĭmus, i, m. [a Graeco-Italic form of anemos = wind (as ego, lego, of ego, lego); cf. Sanscr. an = to breathe, anas = breath, anilas = wind; Goth. uz-ana = exspiro; Erse, anal = breath; Germ. Unst = a storm (so, sometimes); but Curt. does not extend the connection to AФ, aêmi = to blow; a modification of animus—by making which the Romans took a step in advance of the Greeks, who used hê psuchê for both these ideas—is anima, which has the physical meaning of anemos, so that Cic. was theoretically right, but historically wrong, when he said, ipse animus ab anima dictus est, Tusc. 1, 9, 19; after the same analogy we have from psuchô = to breathe, blow, psuchê = breath, life, soul; from pneô = to breathe, pneuma = air, breath, life, in class. Greek, and = spirit, a spiritual being, in Hellenistic Greek; from spiro = to breathe, blow, spiritus = breath, breeze, energy, high spirit, and poet. and post-Aug. = soul, mind; the Engl. ghost = Germ. Geist may be comp. with Germ. giessen and cheô, to pour, and for this interchange of the ideas of gases and liquids, cf. Sol. 22: insula adspiratur freto Gallico, is flowed upon, washed, by the Gallic Strait; the Sanscr. atman = breath, soul, with which comp. aytmê = breath; Germ. Odem = breath, and Athem = breath, soul, with which group Curt. connects auô, aêmi; the Heb. = breath, life, soul; and = breath, wind, life, spirit, soul or mind].
    I.
    In a general sense, the rational soul in man (in opp. to the body, corpus, and to the physical life, anima), hê psuchê:

    humanus animus decerptus ex mente divina,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38:

    Corpus animum praegravat, Atque affixit humo divinae particulam aurae,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 77:

    credo deos immortales sparsisse animos in corpora humana, ut essent qui terras tuerentur etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 21, 77:

    eas res tueor animi non corporis viribus,

    id. ib. 11, 38; so id. Off. 1, 23, 79:

    quae (res) vel infirmis corporibus animo tamen administratur,

    id. Sen. 6, 15; id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    omnes animi cruciatus et corporis,

    id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

    levantes Corpus et animum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 141:

    formam et figuram animi magis quam corporis complecti,

    Tac. Agr. 46; id. H. 1, 22:

    animi validus et corpore ingens,

    id. A. 15, 53:

    Aristides primus animum pinxit et sensus hominis expressit, quae vocantur Graece ethe, item perturbationes,

    first painted the soul, put a soul into his figures, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 98 (cf.:

    animosa signa,

    life-like statues, Prop. 4, 8, 9): si nihil esset in eo (animo), nisi id, ut per eum viveremus, i. e. were it mere anima, Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 56:

    Singularis est quaedam natura atque vis animi, sejuncta ab his usitatis notisque naturis, i. e. the four material elements,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 66: Neque nos corpora sumus. Cum igitur nosce te dicit, hoc dicit, nosce animum tuum, id. ib. 1, 22, 52:

    In quo igitur loco est (animus)? Credo equidem in capite,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 70:

    corpora nostra, terreno principiorum genere confecta, ardore animi concalescunt,

    derive their heat from the fiery nature of the soul, id. ib. 1, 18, 42:

    Non valet tantum animus, ut se ipsum ipse videat: at, ut oculus, sic animus, se non videns alia cernit,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 67: foramina illa ( the senses), quae patent ad animum a corpore, callidissimo artificio natura fabricata est, id. ib. 1, 20, 47: dum peregre est animus sine corpore velox, independently of the body, i. e. the mind roaming in thought, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13:

    discessus animi a corpore,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18; 1, 30, 72:

    cum nihil erit praeter animum,

    when there shall be nothing but the soul, when the soul shall be disembodied, id. ib. 1, 20, 47; so,

    animus vacans corpore,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50; and:

    animus sine corpore,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 51:

    sine mente animoque nequit residere per artus pars ulla animai,

    Lucr. 3, 398 (for the pleonasm here, v. infra, II. A. 1.):

    Reliquorum sententiae spem adferunt posse animos, cum e corporibus excesserint in caelum pervenire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

    permanere animos arbitramur consensu nationum omnium,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 36:

    Pherecydes primus dixit animos esse hominum sempiternos,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 38:

    Quod ni ita se haberet, ut animi immortales essent, haud etc.,

    id. Sen. 23, 82: immortalitas animorum, id. ib. 21, 78; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24; 1, 14, 30:

    aeternitas animorum,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 39; 1, 22, 50 (for the plur. animorum, in this phrase, cf. Cic. Sen. 23, 84); for the atheistic notions about the soul, v. Lucr. bk. iii.—
    II.
    In a more restricted sense, the mind as thinking, feeling, willing, the intellect, the sensibility, and the will, acc. to the almost universally received division of the mental powers since the time of Kant (Diog. Laert. 8, 30, says that Pythagoras divided hê psuchê into ho nous, hai phrenes, and ho thumos; and that man had ho nous and ho thumos in common with other animals, but he alone had hai phrenes. Here ho nous and ho thumos must denote the understanding and the sensibility, and hai phrenes, the reason. Plutarch de Placit. 4, 21, says that the Stoics called the supreme faculty of the mind (to hêgemonikon tês psuchês) ho logismos, reason. Cic. sometimes speaks of a twofold division; as, Est animus in partes tributus duas, quarum altera rationis est particeps, altera expers (i. e. to logistikon and to alogon of Plato; cf. Tert. Anim. 16), i. e. the reason or intellect and the sensibility, Tusc. 2, 21, 47; so id. Off. 1, 28, 101; 1, 36, 132; id. Tusc 4, 5, 10; and again of a threefold; as, Plato triplicem finxit animum, cujus principatum, id est rationem in capite sicut in arce posuit, et duas partes ( the two other parts) ei parere voluit, iram et cupiditatem, quas locis disclusit; iram in pectore, cupiditatem subter praecordia locavit, i. e. the reason or intellect, and the sensibility here resolved into desire and aversion, id. ib. 1, 10, 20; so id. Ac. 2, 39, 124. The will, hê boulêsis, voluntas, arbitrium, seems to have been sometimes merged in the sensibility, ho thumos, animus, animi, sensus, and sometimes identified with the intellect or reason, ho nous, ho logismos, mens, ratio).
    A.
    1.. The general power of perception and thought, the reason, intellect, mind (syn.: mens, ratio, ingenium), ho nous:

    cogito cum meo animo,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; so Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 55:

    cum animis vestris cogitare,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 24:

    recordari cum animo,

    id. Clu. 25, 70;

    and without cum: animo meditari,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 1; cf. id. Ham. 4, 2:

    cogitare volvereque animo,

    Suet. Vesp. 5:

    animo cogitare,

    Vulg. Eccli. 37, 9:

    statuere apud animum,

    Liv. 34, 2:

    proposui in animo meo,

    Vulg. Eccli. 1, 12:

    nisi me animus fallit, hi sunt, etc.,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 23:

    in dubio est animus,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; id. ib. prol. 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 29:

    animum ad se ipsum advocamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

    lumen animi, ingenii consiliique tui,

    id. Rep. 6, 12 al. —

    For the sake of rhet. fulness, animus often has a synonym joined with it: Mens et animus et consilium et sententia civitatis posita est in legibus,

    Cic. Clu. 146:

    magnam cui mentem animumque Delius inspirat vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 11:

    complecti animo et cogitatione,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 117; id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    animis et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. Fl. 27, 66:

    cum omnia ratione animoque lustraris,

    id. Off. 1, 17, 56:

    animorum ingeniorumque naturale quoddam quasi pabulum consideratio naturae,

    id. Ac. 2, 41, 127.—Hence the expressions: agitatio animi, attentio, contentio; animi adversio; applicatio animi; judicium, opinio animorum, etc. (v. these vv.); and animum advertere, adjungere, adplicare, adpellere, inducere, etc. (v. these vv.).—
    2.
    Of particular faculties of mind, the memory:

    etiam nunc mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 46:

    An imprimi, quasi ceram, animum putamus etc. (an idea of Aristotle's),

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:

    ex animo effluere,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 300: omnia fert aetas, animum quoque;

    ... Nunc oblita mihi tot carmina,

    Verg. E. 9, 51.—
    3.
    Consciousness (physically considered) or the vital power, on which consciousness depends ( = conscientia, q. v. II. A., or anima, q. v. II. E.):

    vae miserae mihi. Animo malest: aquam velim,

    I'm fainting, my wits are going, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 6; id. Curc. 2, 3, 33:

    reliquit animus Sextium gravibus acceptis vulneribus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 38:

    Una eademque via sanguis animusque sequuntur,

    Verg. A. 10, 487:

    animusque reliquit euntem,

    Ov. M. 10, 459:

    nisi si timor abstulit omnem Sensum animumque,

    id. ib. 14, 177:

    linqui deinde animo et submitti genu coepit,

    Curt. 4, 6, 20: repente animo linqui solebat, Suet. Caes. 45:

    ad recreandos defectos animo puleio,

    Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152.—
    4.
    The conscience, in mal. part. (v. conscientia, II. B. 2. b.):

    cum conscius ipse animus se remordet,

    Lucr. 4, 1135:

    quos conscius animus exagitabat,

    Sall. C. 14, 3:

    suae malae cogitationes conscientiaeque animi terrent,

    Cic. Sex. Rosc. 67.—
    5.
    In Plaut. very freq., and once also in Cic., meton. for judicium, sententia, opinion, judgment; mostly meo quidem animo or meo animo, according to my mind, in my opinion, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 17:

    e meo quidem animo aliquanto facias rectius, si, etc.,

    id. Aul. 3, 6, 3:

    meo quidem animo, hic tibi hodie evenit bonus,

    id. Bacch. 1, 1, 69; so id. Aul. 3, 5, 4; id. Curc. 4, 2, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10; id. Ep. 1, 2, 8; id. Poen. 1, 2, 23; id. Rud. 4, 4, 94; Cic. Sest. 22:

    edepol lenones meo animo novisti,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 19:

    nisi, ut meus est animus, fieri non posse arbitror,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 5 (cf.:

    EX MEI ANIMI SENTENTIA,

    Inscr. Orell. 3665:

    ex animi tui sententia,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108).—
    6.
    The imagination, the fancy (for which Cic. often uses cogitatio, as Ac. 2, 15, 48):

    cerno animo sepultam patriam, miseros atque insepultos acervos civium,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

    fingere animo jubebat aliquem etc.,

    id. Sen. 12, 41: Fingite animis;

    litterae enim sunt cogitationes nostrae, et quae volunt, sic intuentur, ut ea cernimus, quae videmus,

    id. Mil. 29, 79:

    Nihil animo videre poterant,

    id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38.—
    B.
    The power of feeling, the sensibility, the heart, the feelings, affections, inclinations, disposition, passions (either honorable or base; syn.: sensus, adfectus, pectus, cor), ho thumos.
    1.
    a.. In gen., heart, soul, spirit, feeling, inclination, affection, passion: Medea, animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22 (cf. Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 36:

    animo hercle homo suo est miser): tu si animum vicisti potius quam animus te, est quod gaudeas, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 27 -29:

    harum scelera et lacrumae confictae dolis Redducunt animum aegrotum ad misericordiam,

    Ter. And. 3, 3, 27:

    Quo gemitu conversi animi (sunt),

    Verg. A. 2, 73:

    Hoc fletu concussi animi,

    id. ib. 9, 498;

    4, 310: animum offendere,

    Cic. Lig. 4; id. Deiot. 33; so Vulg. Gen. 26, 35.—Mens and animus are often conjoined and contrasted, mind and heart (cf. the Homeric kata phrena kai kata thumon, in mind and heart): mentem atque animum delectat suum, entertains his mind and delights his heart, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10:

    Satin tu sanus mentis aut animi tui?

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

    mala mens, malus animus,

    bad mind, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137:

    animum et mentem meam ipsa cogitatione hominum excellentium conformabam,

    Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

    Nec vero corpori soli subveniendum est, sed menti atque animo multo magis,

    id. Sen. 11, 36:

    ut omnium mentes animosque perturbaret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 1, 21:

    Istuc mens animusque fert,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 8:

    Stare Socrates dicitur tamquam quodam recessu mentis atque animi facto a corpore,

    Gell. 2, 1; 15, 2, 7.—

    And very rarely with this order inverted: Jam vero animum ipsum mentemque hominis, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 147:

    mente animoque nobiscum agunt,

    Tac. G. 29:

    quem nobis animum, quas mentes imprecentur,

    id. H. 1, 84;

    and sometimes pleon. without such distinction: in primis regina quietum Accipit in Teucros animum mentemque benignam,

    a quiet mind and kindly heart, Verg. A. 1, 304; so,

    pravitas animi atque ingenii,

    Vell. 2, 112, 7 (for mens et animus, etc., in the sense of thought, used as a pleonasm, v. supra, II. A. 1.):

    Verum animus ubi semel se cupiditate devinxit mala, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 34:

    animus perturbatus et incitatus nec cohibere se potest, nec quo loco vult insistere,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    animum comprimit,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 53:

    animus alius ad alia vitia propensior,

    id. ib. 4, 37, 81; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1:

    sed quid ego hic animo lamentor,

    Enn. Ann. 6, 40:

    tremere animo,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4:

    ingentes animo concipit iras,

    Ov. M. 1, 166:

    exsultare animo,

    id. ib. 6, 514.—So often ex animo, from the heart, from the bottom of one's heart, deeply, truly, sincerely:

    Paulum interesse censes ex animo omnia facias an de industria?

    from your heart or with some design, Ter. And. 4, 4, 55; id. Ad. 1, 1, 47:

    nisi quod tibi bene ex animo volo,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 6: verbum [p. 124] ex animo dicere, id. Eun. 1, 2, 95:

    sive ex animo id fit sive simulate,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 67, 168:

    majore studio magisve ex animo petere non possum,

    id. Fam. 11, 22:

    ex animo vereque diligi,

    id. ib. 9, 6, 2:

    ex animo dolere,

    Hor. A. P. 432:

    quae (gentes) dederunt terram meam sibi cum gaudio et toto corde et ex animo,

    Vulg. Ezech. 36, 5; ib. Eph. 6, 6; ib. 1 Pet. 5, 3.—And with gen.
    (α).
    With verbs:

    Quid illam miseram animi excrucias?

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 76; 4, 6, 65:

    Antipho me excruciat animi,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 10:

    discrucior animi,

    id. Ad. 4, 4, 1:

    in spe pendebit animi,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 5: juvenemque animi miserata repressit, pitying him in her heart, thumôi phileousa te kêdomenê te (Hom. Il. 1, 196), Verg. A. 10, 686.—
    (β).
    With adjj.:

    aeger animi,

    Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; 6, 10; Curt. 4, 3, 11; Tac. H. 3, 58:

    infelix animi,

    Verg. A. 4, 529:

    felix animi,

    Juv. 14, 159:

    victus animi,

    Verg. G. 4, 491:

    ferox animi,

    Tac. A. 1, 32:

    promptus animi,

    id. H. 2, 23:

    praestans animi,

    Verg. A. 12, 19:

    ingens animi,

    Tac. A. 1, 69 (for this gen. v. Ramsh. Gr. p. 323; Key, § 935; Wagner ad Plaut. Aul. v. 105; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. p. 443).—
    b.
    Meton., disposition, character (so, often ingenium): nimis paene animo es Molli, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 49:

    animo audaci proripit sese,

    Pac. Trag. Rel. p. 109 Rib.:

    petulans protervo, iracundo animo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 1; id. Truc. 4, 3, 1:

    ubi te vidi animo esse omisso (omisso = neglegenti, Don.),

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 9; Cic. Fam. 2. 17 fin.:

    promptus animus vester,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 2: animis estis simplicibus et mansuetis nimium creditis unicuique, Auct. ad Her. 4, 37:

    eorum animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    Hecabe, Non oblita animorum, annorum oblita suorum,

    Ov. M. 13, 550:

    Nihil est tam angusti animi tamque parvi, quam amare divitias,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    sordidus atque animi parvi,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 10; Vell. 2, 25, 3:

    Drusus animi fluxioris erat,

    Suet. Tib. 52.—
    2.
    In particular, some one specific emotion, inclination, or passion (honorable or base; in this signif., in the poets and prose writers, very freq. in the plur.). —
    a.
    Courage, spirit:

    ibi nostris animus additus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 94; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 31; id. And. 2, 1, 33:

    deficiens animo maesto cum corde jacebat,

    Lucr. 6, 1232:

    virtute atque animo resistere,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8:

    fac animo magno fortique sis,

    id. ib. 6, 14 fin.:

    Cassio animus accessit, et Parthis timor injectus est,

    id. Att. 5, 20, 3:

    nostris animus augetur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 70:

    mihi in dies magis animus accenditur,

    Sall. C. 20, 6; Cic. Att. 5, 18; Liv. 8, 19; 44, 29:

    Nunc demum redit animus,

    Tac. Agr. 3:

    bellica Pallas adest, Datque animos,

    Ov. M. 5, 47:

    pares annis animisque,

    id. ib. 7, 558:

    cecidere illis animique manusque,

    id. ib. 7, 347 (cf.:

    tela viris animusque cadunt,

    id. F. 3, 225) et saep.—Hence, bono animo esse or uti, to be of good courage, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5: Am. Bono animo es. So. Scin quam bono animo sim? Plaut. Am. 22, 39:

    In re mala animo si bono utare, adjuvat,

    id. Capt. 2, 1, 9:

    bono animo fac sis,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 1:

    quin tu animo bono es,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    quare bono animo es,

    Cic. Att. 5, 18; so Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 26; ib. Act. 18, 25;

    so also, satis animi,

    sufficient courage, Ov. M. 3, 559.—Also for hope:

    magnus mihi animus est, hodiernum diem initium libertatis fore,

    Tac. Agr, 30.— Trop., of the violent, stormy motion of the winds of AEolus:

    Aeolus mollitque animos et temperat iras,

    Verg. A. 1, 57.—Of a top:

    dant animos plagae,

    give it new force, quicker motion, Verg. A. 7, 383.—

    Of spirit in discourse: in Asinio Pollione et consilii et animi satis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 113. —
    b.
    Haughtiness, arrogance, pride: quae civitas est in Asia, quae unius tribuni militum animos ac spiritus capere possit? can bear the arrogance and pride, etc., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 66:

    jam insolentiam noratis hominis: noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios,

    id. Clu. 39, 109; so id. Caecin. 11 al.; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 3 (cf.:

    quia paululum vobis accessit pecuniae, Sublati animi sunt,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56).—
    c.
    Violent passion, vehemence, wrath:

    animum vincere, iracundiam cohibere, etc.,

    Cic. Marcell. 3:

    animum rege, qui nisi paret Imperat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    qui dominatur animo suo,

    Vulg. Prov. 16, 32.—So often in plur.; cf hoi thumoi: ego meos animos violentos meamque iram ex pectore jam promam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 43:

    vince animos iramque tuam,

    Ov. H. 3, 85; id. M. 8, 583; Prop. 1, 5, 12:

    Parce tuis animis, vita, nocere tibi,

    id. 2, 5, 18:

    Sic longius aevum Destruit ingentes animos,

    Luc. 8, 28:

    coeunt sine more, sine arte, Tantum animis iraque,

    Stat. Th. 11, 525 al. —
    d.
    Moderation, patience, calmness, contentedness, in the phrase aequus animus, an even mind:

    si est animus aequos tibi,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 10; id. Rud. 2, 3, 71; Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145; and often in the abl., aequo animo, with even mind, patiently, etc.:

    aequo animo ferre,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 23; Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Sen. 23, 84; Nep. Dion. 6, 4; Liv. 5, 39:

    aequo animo esse,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7; ib. Judith, 7, 23: Aequo animo est? of merry heart (Gr. euthumei), ib. Jac. 5, 13:

    animis aequis remittere,

    Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    aequiore animo successorem opperiri,

    Suet. Tib. 25:

    haud aequioribus animis audire,

    Liv. 23, 22: sapientissimus quisque aequissimo animo moritur; stultissimus iniquissimo. Cic. Sen. 23, 83; so id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109; Sall. C. 3, 2; Suet. Aug. 56:

    iniquo animo,

    Att. Trag. Rel. p. 150 Rib.; Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Quint. 11, 1, 66.—
    e.
    Agreeable feeling, pleasure, delight:

    cubat amans animo obsequens,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134:

    indulgent animis, et nulla quid utile cura est,

    Ov. M. 7, 566; so, esp. freq.: animi causa (in Plaut. once animi gratia), for the sake of amusement, diversion (cf.:

    haec (animalia) alunt animi voluptatisque causa,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12):

    Post animi causa mihi navem faciam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 27; so id. Trin. 2, 2, 53; id. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

    liberare fidicinam animi gratia,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 90:

    qui illud animi causa fecerit, hunc praedae causa quid facturum putabis?

    Cic. Phil. 7, 6:

    habet animi causa rus amoenum et suburbanum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 46 Matth.; cf. id. ib. § 134, and Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 56; Cic. Fam. 7, 2:

    Romanos in illis munitionibus animine causa cotidie exerceri putatis?

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Plin. praef. 17 Sill.—
    f.
    Disposition toward any one:

    hoc animo in nos esse debebis, ut etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 1 fin.:

    meus animus erit in te semper, quem tu esse vis,

    id. ib. 5, 18 fin.:

    qui, quo animo inter nos simus, ignorant,

    id. ib. 3, 6; so id. ib. 4, 15;

    5, 2: In quo in primis quo quisque animo, studio, benevolentia fecerit, ponderandum est,

    id. Off. 1, 15, 49:

    quod (Allobroges) nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,

    to be well disposed, Caes. B. G. 1, 6 fin. —In the pregn. signif. of kind, friendly feeling, affection, kindness, liberality:

    animum fidemque praetorianorum erga se expertus est,

    Suet. Oth. 8:

    Nec non aurumque animusque Latino est,

    Verg. A. 12, 23.—Hence, meton., of a person who is loved, my heart, my soul:

    salve, anime mi,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 3:

    da, meus ocellus, mea rosa, mi anime, da, mea voluptas,

    id. As. 3, 3, 74; so id. ib. 5, 2, 90; id. Curc. 1, 3, 9; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 48; id. Most. 1, 4, 23; id. Men. 1, 3, 1; id. Mil. 4, 8, 20; id. Rud. 4, 8, 1; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 15 et saep. —
    C.
    The power of willing, the will, inclination, desire, purpose, design, intention (syn.: voluntas, arbitrium, mens, consilium, propositum), hê boulêsis:

    qui rem publicam animo certo adjuverit,

    Att. Trag Rel. p. 182 Rib.:

    pro inperio tuo meum animum tibi servitutem servire aequom censui,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 23:

    Ex animique voluntate id procedere primum,

    goes forth at first from the inclination of the soul, Lucr. 2, 270; so,

    pro animi mei voluntate,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 8 (v. Manut. ad h.l.):

    teneo, quid animi vostri super hac re siet,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 58; 1, 1, 187:

    Nam si semel tuom animum ille intellexerit, Prius proditurum te etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 69:

    Prius quam tuom ut sese habeat animum ad nuptias perspexerit,

    id. And. 2, 3, 4:

    Sin aliter animus voster est, ego etc.,

    id. Ad. 3, 4, 46:

    Quid mi istaec narras? an quia non audisti, de hac re animus meus ut sit?

    id. Hec. 5, 2, 19:

    qui ab auro gazaque regia manus, oculos, animum cohibere possit,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 66:

    istum exheredare in animo habebat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52: nobis crat in animo Ciceronem ad Caesarem mittere, we had it in mind to send, etc., id. Fam. 14, 11; Serv. ad Cic. ib. 4, 12:

    hostes in foro constiterunt, hoc animo, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

    insurrexerunt uno animo in Paulum,

    with one mind, Vulg. Act. 18, 12; 19, 29: persequi Jugurtham animus ardebat, Sall. J. 39, 5 Gerlach (others, animo, as Dietsch); so id. de Rep. Ord. 1, 8: in nova fert an mus mutatas dicere formas, my mind inclines to tell of, etc., Ov. M. 1, 1.—Hence, est animus alicui, with inf., to have a mind for something, to aim at, etc.:

    omnibus unum Opprimere est animus,

    Ov. M. 5, 150:

    Sacra Jovi Stygio perficere est animus,

    Verg. A. 4, 639:

    Fuerat animus conjuratis corpus occisi in Tiberim trahere,

    Suet. Caes. 82 fin.; id. Oth. 6; cf. id. Calig. 56.—So, aliquid alicui in animo est, with inf., Tac. G. 3.—So, inducere in animum or animum, to resolve upon doing something; v. induco.—
    D.
    Trop., of the principle of life and activity in irrational objects, as in Engl. the word mind is used.
    1.
    Of brutes:

    in bestiis, quarum animi sunt rationis expertes,

    whose minds, Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

    Sunt bestiae, in quibus etiam animorum aliqua ex parte motus quosdam videmus,

    id. Fin. 5, 14, 38:

    ut non inscite illud dictum videatur in sue, animum illi pecudi datum pro sale, ne putisceret,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 38, ubi v. Madv.:

    (apes Ingentes animos angusto in pectore versant,

    Verg. G. 4, 83:

    Illiusque animos, qui multos perdidit unus, Sumite serpentis,

    Ov. M. 3, 544:

    cum pecudes pro regionis caelique statu et habitum corporis et ingenium animi et pili colorem gerant,

    Col. 6, 1, 1:

    Umbria (boves progenerat) vastos nec minus probabiles animis quam corporibus,

    id. 6, 1, 2 si equum ipsum nudum et solum corpus ejus et animum contemplamur, App. de Deo Socr. 23 (so sometimes mens:

    iniquae mentis asellus,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 20).—
    2.
    Of plants:

    haec quoque Exuerint silvestrem animum, i. e. naturam, ingenium,

    their wild nature, Verg. G. 2, 51.—
    III.
    Transf. Of God or the gods, as we say, the Divine Mind, the Mind of God:

    certe et deum ipsum et divinum animum corpore liberatum cogitatione complecti possumus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 51 (so mens, of God, id. ib. 1, 22, 66; id. Ac. 2, 41, 126):

    Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

    Verg. A. 1, 11.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > animus

  • 60 color

    cŏlor (old form cŏlos, like arbos, clamos, honos, etc., Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43; Lucr. 6, 208; 6, 1073; Sall. C. 15, 5, acc. to Prob. II. pp. 1456 and 1467 P.; Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98; 35, 11, 42, § 150), ōris, m. [root cal-, to cover; cf.: caligo, occulere, calyx], color, hue, tint.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    varii rerum,

    Lucr. 2, 786:

    nequeunt sine luce Esse,

    id. 2, 795:

    aureus ignis,

    id. 6, 205:

    albus,

    id. 2, 823; cf.:

    color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

    purpureus conchyli,

    Lucr. 6, 1073:

    Tyrios mirare,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18; Ov. M. 4, 165; 10, 261; cf. id. ib. 6, 65; Verg. G. 1, 452:

    colorem accipere,

    Plin. 11, 38, 91, § 225:

    bibere,

    id. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

    inducere picturae,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 102:

    color caerulo albidior, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    amethystinus,

    Suet. Ner. 32:

    color in pomo est, ubi permaturuit, ater,

    Ov. M. 4, 165; Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16:

    bonus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10:

    melior,

    Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41: colores, oculos qui pascere possunt, [p. 371] Lucr. 2, 419:

    rebus nox abstulit atra colorem,

    Verg. A. 6, 272:

    quam cito purpureos deperdit terra colores,

    Tib. 1, 4, 30:

    nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

    Verg. E. 4, 42:

    Iris, Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

    id. A. 4, 701.— Poet.:

    ducere, of grapes, etc.,

    to acquire color, become colored, Verg. E. 9, 49; Ov. M. 3, 485; cf. Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—
    2.
    Meton.
    a.
    Coloring stuff, dyestuff:

    regionis naturā minii et chrysocollae et aliorum colorum ferax,

    Flor. 4, 12, 60; Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30 sq.—
    b.
    Flowers of varied colors:

    aspice quo submittat humus formosa colores,

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 492.—
    B.
    Specif., the natural color of men, the complexion, tint, hue:

    qui color, nitor, vestitus,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 11:

    formae autem dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est, color exercitationibus corporis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    venusti oculi, color suavis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

    verus (opp. to paint),

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27 Don.; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 164;

    and fucatus,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 10:

    senex colore mustellino,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 22:

    niveus,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 3:

    albus,

    fair, Ov. M. 2, 541:

    egregius,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

    verecundus,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 21; cf.:

    vide Num ejus color pudoris signum indicat,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 7: colorem mutare, to change or lose color (on account of any excitement of the passions, from shame, fear, pain, etc.), to blush, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38; cf. Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

    color excidit,

    Ov. M. 2, 602:

    perdere,

    id. ib. 3, 99:

    adeo perturbavit ea vox regem, ut non color, non voltus ei constaret,

    Liv. 39, 34, 7.—
    * b.
    Prov.:

    homo nullius coloris,

    an unknown man, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 (like the phrase: albus an ater sit; v. albus).—
    2.
    Sometimes for beautiful complexion, fine tint, beauty:

    o formose puer, nimium ne crede colori,

    Verg. E. 2, 17:

    quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color?

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 17; Ov. H. 3, 141.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., color, i.e. external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance (predominant in rhet.; v. 2.; elsewh. rare, and mostly poet.):

    amisimus omnem non modo sucum ac sanguinem, sed etiam colorem et speciem pristinam civitatis,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10:

    vitae,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 60; cf.: omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res, every color became him, i. e. he accommodated himself to every condition, id. Ep. 1, 17, 23: novimus quosdam, qui multis apud philosophum annis persederint, et ne colorem quidem duxerint, have not acquired even the outward appearance, i.e. have imbibed or learned nothing, Sen. Ep. 108, 5; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 59: omnia eundem ducunt colorem;

    nec Persis Macedonum mores adumbrare nec Macedonibus Persas imitari indecorum,

    Curt. 10, 3, 14 Vogel ad loc. —
    2.
    A class, fashion, kind.
    a.
    In gen. (rare):

    hos maxime laudat.. egregium hoc quoque, sed secundae sortis ingenium... hic tertius color est,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 4:

    tertium illud genus... sed ne hic quidem contemnendus est color tertius,

    id. ib. 75, 15; cf.:

    in omni vitae colore,

    Stat. S. 2 prooem. init.
    b.
    Esp., of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style:

    ornatur igitur oratio genere primum et quasi colore quodam et suco suo,

    Cic. de Or 3, 25, 95; cf. id. ib. 3, 52, 199:

    non unus color prooemii, narrationis, argumentorum, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 10, 71:

    qui est, inquit, iste tandem urbanitatis color?

    Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

    color dicendi maculis conspergitur,

    Quint. 8, 5, 28; cf.:

    color totus orationis,

    id. 6, 3, 110:

    simplicis atque inaffectati gratia,

    id. 9, 4, 17:

    tragicus,

    Hor. A. P. 236:

    operum colores,

    id. ib. 86.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. supra, 1. B. 2.), a beautiful, brilliant quality or nature, splendor, lustre, brilliancy (freq. only in rhet. lang.):

    nullus argento color est avaris Abdito terris,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 1.—
    2.
    Of diction.
    a.
    A high, lively coloring, embellishment:

    intelleges nihil illius (Catonis) lineamentis nisi eorum pigmentorum quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse,

    Cic. Brut. 87, 298; id. de Or. 3, 25, 100; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, t. t., an artful concealment of a fault, a pretext, palliation, excuse, Quint. 4, 2, 88 Spald.; 6, 5, 5; 10, 1, 116; 11, 1, 81; 12, 1, 33; cf. Sen. Contr. 3, 21; 3, 25:

    res illo colore defenditur apud judicem, ut videatur ille non sanae mentis fuisse, etc.,

    Dig. 5, 2, 5: sub colore adipiscendae possessionis, Cod. Th. 3, 6, 3; Juv. 6, 280.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > color

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