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1 ēnōrmis
ēnōrmis e, adj. [ex + norma], out of rule, shapeless, irregular: spatium terrarum, Ta.: vici, Ta.— Immense, huge: gladii, Ta.* * *enormis, enorme ADJirregular; ill-fitting, shapeless; immense, huge, enormous; unusually large -
2 immensum
immensus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmensus], immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense (freq. and class.; syn.: infinitus, ingens, interminatus).I.Adj.A.Lit.:B.si immensam et interminatam in omnes partes magnitudinem regionum videretis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:aëra deum statuit eumque gigni esseque immensum et infinitum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 26:ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,
id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:in mari immenso vehi,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:domus,
Ov. F. 6, 640:mons,
Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96:via,
Ov. P. 3, 3, 78:fines ingenii,
Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214:series laborum,
Ov. H. 9, 5:jacuitque per antrum Immensus,
Verg. A. 3, 632; cf.:omnis eorum juventus infinita numero, immensa corporibus,
Vell. 2, 106, 1:argenti pondus et auri,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17; Hor. S. 1, 1, 41: pretiis [p. 892] emere, Suet. Calig. 39:observata sunt haec tempore immenso,
Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:nox,
Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 25.—Trop., vast, measureless, boundless:II.morae,
Ov. H. 1, 82:fletus,
id. M. 10, 136:immensa vorago aut gurges vitiorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:immensae, infinitae, immoderatae cupiditates,
Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:sitis cruoris,
Ov. M. 13, 768:difficultas,
Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4:differentia,
id. 36, 5, 4, § 20: fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless (the fig. being taken from a river), Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:immensum est, erratas dicere terras,
there is no end of recounting, Ov. F. 4, 573; cf.:quod persequi immensum est,
Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.— Sup. (very rare):immensissimae voluptates,
Spart. Hadr. 19.—Absol.A.Subst.: immensum, i, n., a boundless extent, immense size, boundlessness, immensity (rare;B.not in Cic.): extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,
Lucr. 1, 74; cf. id. 1, 957:loci,
Liv. 5, 37, 5:per immensum ventis discordibus actus,
Ov. M. 4, 620:proruta per immensum aedificia,
over a vast extent, Tac. A. 15, 40:aliquid mercari immenso,
at an enormous price, Plin. 9, 40, 64, § 138:mons saxeus in immensum editus,
Sall. J. 92, 5:ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus Aetne,
Ov. M. 2, 220:ad immensum aliquid augere,
Liv. 29, 25, 3:aliquid immenso plus laudare,
immoderately, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92. —Adv.: immensum, without end, exceedingly, immensely (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):creverat immensum,
Ov. F. 5, 537:immensum attolli,
Tac. A. 4, 40:vigere,
id. ib. 3, 30:luxus immensum proruperat,
id. ib. 3, 52:immensum quantum hinc Oceano, illinc Hiberico mari conprimentibus,
exceedingly, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110; 16, 36, 66, § 172. -
3 immensus
immensus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmensus], immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense (freq. and class.; syn.: infinitus, ingens, interminatus).I.Adj.A.Lit.:B.si immensam et interminatam in omnes partes magnitudinem regionum videretis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:aëra deum statuit eumque gigni esseque immensum et infinitum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 26:ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,
id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:in mari immenso vehi,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:domus,
Ov. F. 6, 640:mons,
Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96:via,
Ov. P. 3, 3, 78:fines ingenii,
Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214:series laborum,
Ov. H. 9, 5:jacuitque per antrum Immensus,
Verg. A. 3, 632; cf.:omnis eorum juventus infinita numero, immensa corporibus,
Vell. 2, 106, 1:argenti pondus et auri,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17; Hor. S. 1, 1, 41: pretiis [p. 892] emere, Suet. Calig. 39:observata sunt haec tempore immenso,
Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:nox,
Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 25.—Trop., vast, measureless, boundless:II.morae,
Ov. H. 1, 82:fletus,
id. M. 10, 136:immensa vorago aut gurges vitiorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:immensae, infinitae, immoderatae cupiditates,
Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:sitis cruoris,
Ov. M. 13, 768:difficultas,
Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4:differentia,
id. 36, 5, 4, § 20: fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless (the fig. being taken from a river), Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:immensum est, erratas dicere terras,
there is no end of recounting, Ov. F. 4, 573; cf.:quod persequi immensum est,
Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.— Sup. (very rare):immensissimae voluptates,
Spart. Hadr. 19.—Absol.A.Subst.: immensum, i, n., a boundless extent, immense size, boundlessness, immensity (rare;B.not in Cic.): extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,
Lucr. 1, 74; cf. id. 1, 957:loci,
Liv. 5, 37, 5:per immensum ventis discordibus actus,
Ov. M. 4, 620:proruta per immensum aedificia,
over a vast extent, Tac. A. 15, 40:aliquid mercari immenso,
at an enormous price, Plin. 9, 40, 64, § 138:mons saxeus in immensum editus,
Sall. J. 92, 5:ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus Aetne,
Ov. M. 2, 220:ad immensum aliquid augere,
Liv. 29, 25, 3:aliquid immenso plus laudare,
immoderately, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92. —Adv.: immensum, without end, exceedingly, immensely (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):creverat immensum,
Ov. F. 5, 537:immensum attolli,
Tac. A. 4, 40:vigere,
id. ib. 3, 30:luxus immensum proruperat,
id. ib. 3, 52:immensum quantum hinc Oceano, illinc Hiberico mari conprimentibus,
exceedingly, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110; 16, 36, 66, § 172. -
4 inmensus
immensus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmensus], immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense (freq. and class.; syn.: infinitus, ingens, interminatus).I.Adj.A.Lit.:B.si immensam et interminatam in omnes partes magnitudinem regionum videretis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:aëra deum statuit eumque gigni esseque immensum et infinitum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 26:ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,
id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:in mari immenso vehi,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:domus,
Ov. F. 6, 640:mons,
Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96:via,
Ov. P. 3, 3, 78:fines ingenii,
Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214:series laborum,
Ov. H. 9, 5:jacuitque per antrum Immensus,
Verg. A. 3, 632; cf.:omnis eorum juventus infinita numero, immensa corporibus,
Vell. 2, 106, 1:argenti pondus et auri,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17; Hor. S. 1, 1, 41: pretiis [p. 892] emere, Suet. Calig. 39:observata sunt haec tempore immenso,
Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:nox,
Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 25.—Trop., vast, measureless, boundless:II.morae,
Ov. H. 1, 82:fletus,
id. M. 10, 136:immensa vorago aut gurges vitiorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:immensae, infinitae, immoderatae cupiditates,
Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:sitis cruoris,
Ov. M. 13, 768:difficultas,
Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4:differentia,
id. 36, 5, 4, § 20: fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless (the fig. being taken from a river), Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:immensum est, erratas dicere terras,
there is no end of recounting, Ov. F. 4, 573; cf.:quod persequi immensum est,
Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.— Sup. (very rare):immensissimae voluptates,
Spart. Hadr. 19.—Absol.A.Subst.: immensum, i, n., a boundless extent, immense size, boundlessness, immensity (rare;B.not in Cic.): extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,
Lucr. 1, 74; cf. id. 1, 957:loci,
Liv. 5, 37, 5:per immensum ventis discordibus actus,
Ov. M. 4, 620:proruta per immensum aedificia,
over a vast extent, Tac. A. 15, 40:aliquid mercari immenso,
at an enormous price, Plin. 9, 40, 64, § 138:mons saxeus in immensum editus,
Sall. J. 92, 5:ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus Aetne,
Ov. M. 2, 220:ad immensum aliquid augere,
Liv. 29, 25, 3:aliquid immenso plus laudare,
immoderately, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92. —Adv.: immensum, without end, exceedingly, immensely (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):creverat immensum,
Ov. F. 5, 537:immensum attolli,
Tac. A. 4, 40:vigere,
id. ib. 3, 30:luxus immensum proruperat,
id. ib. 3, 52:immensum quantum hinc Oceano, illinc Hiberico mari conprimentibus,
exceedingly, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110; 16, 36, 66, § 172. -
5 sescenta
ses-centi (less correctly sex-centi; cf. Ritschl Proleg. ad Plaut. p. 114), ae, a, num. card. adj. [sex-centum].I.Prop., six hundred: sescenti aurei nummi Philippii. [p. 1685] Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 38:II.Romuli aetatem minus his sescentis annis fuisse cernimus,
Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18: argenti sescentum ac mille, Lucil. ap. Non. 493, 32:curriculum longum sescentos pedes,
Gell. 1, 1, 2.—Meton., like our hundred or thousand, to signify an immense number, an innumerable quantity, any amount, etc. (perh. because the Roman cohorts consisted originally of six hundred men; very freq. in prose and poet.):sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt colligi,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62:sescentas proinde scribito jam mihi dicas: Nihil do,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 63:venio ad epistulas tuas, quas ego sescentas uno tempore accepi,
Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:jam sescenti sunt, qui inter sicarios accusabant,
id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90:sescentos cives Romanos,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119.—As subst.: sescenta, ōrum, n. plur., an immense number of things:sescenta sunt, quae memorem, si sit otium,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 41; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; id. Att. 2, 19, 1; 6, 4, 1; 14, 12, 1:sescenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so id. Ps. 2, 2, 37. -
6 sescenti
ses-centi (less correctly sex-centi; cf. Ritschl Proleg. ad Plaut. p. 114), ae, a, num. card. adj. [sex-centum].I.Prop., six hundred: sescenti aurei nummi Philippii. [p. 1685] Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 38:II.Romuli aetatem minus his sescentis annis fuisse cernimus,
Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18: argenti sescentum ac mille, Lucil. ap. Non. 493, 32:curriculum longum sescentos pedes,
Gell. 1, 1, 2.—Meton., like our hundred or thousand, to signify an immense number, an innumerable quantity, any amount, etc. (perh. because the Roman cohorts consisted originally of six hundred men; very freq. in prose and poet.):sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt colligi,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62:sescentas proinde scribito jam mihi dicas: Nihil do,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 63:venio ad epistulas tuas, quas ego sescentas uno tempore accepi,
Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:jam sescenti sunt, qui inter sicarios accusabant,
id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90:sescentos cives Romanos,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119.—As subst.: sescenta, ōrum, n. plur., an immense number of things:sescenta sunt, quae memorem, si sit otium,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 41; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; id. Att. 2, 19, 1; 6, 4, 1; 14, 12, 1:sescenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so id. Ps. 2, 2, 37. -
7 vastus
I.Lit. (so rare but class.;B.syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,
id. Sest. 24, 53:agrum vastum ac desertum habere,
Liv. 28, 11, 10:vasta ac deserta urbs,
id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,
uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:urbs a defensoribus vasta,
without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:II.vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,
Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:vastus homo atque foedus,
id. ib. 1, 25, 117:vasti quidam et insubidi,
Gell. 19, 9, 9:fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,
Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,
Liv. 24, 48, 7:littera vastior,
too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—Transf.A.Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):B.dies per silentium vastus,
Tac. A. 3, 4.—Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.C. 1.vastatus): fit vasta Troja,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,
Verg. A. 9, 323:nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,
Liv. 10, 12, 8.—Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):2.immani et vastae insidens beluae,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:vasta et immanis belua,
id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:vastissimae beluae,
id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;ad figuram quae vastior?
id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,
id. ib. 3, 9, 7:fossa vastissima,
Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:solitudines,
id. ib. 2, 6, 19:campi,
Verg. A. 3, 13:Charybdis,
Lucr. 1, 722:antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,
Ov. M. 12, 236:antrum,
Verg. A. 1, 52:hiatus speluncae,
id. ib. 6, 237:suspectus turris,
id. ib. 9, 530:manus,
Ov. F. 2, 322:arma,
Verg. A. 10, 768:corpus,
Col. 7, 12, 3.—Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:3.iter,
i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:certamen,
Verg. A. 12, 553:impetus,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,
Gell. 5, 17, 5:tempestas,
Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:vapores vastissimi,
id. 2, 20, 1:clamor,
Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:murmur,
Verg. A. 1, 245:latratus,
Col. 7, 12, 3:tonitru,
Val. Fl. 1, 617:pondus,
Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—Trop.:1.vastus animus,
i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:quam vasta potentia nostra est,
Ov. M. 2, 520:varia vastaque scientia,
Col. 1, pr. 28:nefas,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:2.loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:ne vastius diducantur verba,
id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:vaste cedentia litora,
Mel. 1, 1, 4:vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,
Ov. M. 11, 530:vastius podagra correpti,
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8 immānis (inm-)
immānis (inm-) e, adj. with comp. and sup. [1 MA-], monstrous, enormous, immense, huge, vast: corporum magnitudo, Cs.: praeda: pocula: tegumen leonis, V.: studium loquendi, excessive, O.: avaritia, S.: impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae, the vast crash, Iu.: Immane quantum discrepat, vastly, H.—Fig., monstrous, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild: in ceteris rebus: gentes: Cerberus, H.: istius natura: facinus: dira atque inmania pati, Iu.: inmaniores canes: scelere immanior, V.: hic immanissimus verres. -
9 immēnsus (in-m-)
immēnsus (in-m-) adj., immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense: magnitudo regionum: domus, O.: fines ingeni: argenti pondus et auri, H.: agmen aquarum, V.: tempore immenso.— Fig., vast, measureless, boundless, limitless: Curriculum gloriae: fletus, O.: vorago vitiorum: laudum cupido, V.: immensus ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless, H.: immensum est, erratas dicere terras, there is no end of recounting, O. -
10 in-numerābilis
in-numerābilis e, adj., countless, innumerable, immeasurable, immense: copiae: pondus auri: frumenti numerus: annorum series, H. -
11 per-grandis
per-grandis e, adj., very large, vast, immense: gemma: pecuniae summa: pergrandis natu, extreme old age, L. -
12 per-māgnus
per-māgnus adj., very great, vast, immense: hereditas: numerus, Cs.: tua res permagna agitur, interests: negotia, H.—As subst n., a very great thing: permagnum existimans (with acc. and infin.): permagni interest, it is of vast moment: illud permagni referre arbitror, T.: decumas permagno vendere, at a very high price. -
13 sēscentī (sexcentī)
sēscentī (sexcentī) ae, a, adj. num. [sex+ centum], six hundred: Romuli aetatem minus his sescentis annis fuisse cernimus.—Often of an indefinite large number, a thousand, immense number, vast multitude, any amount: Sescentas scribito iam mihi dicas, T.: iam sescenti sunt, qui inter sicarios accusabant.— Plur n. as subst: sescenta praeterea, numberless other things. -
14 vāstus
vāstus adj. with comp. and sup. [VAC-], empty, unoccupied, waste, desert, devastated: genus agrorum: lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro: vasta incendiis urbs, L.: mons ab naturā, S.: urbs a defensoribus, without, L.: Haec ego vasta dabo, will lay waste, V.—Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous: belua: vastissimae beluae: ad figu<*>am quae (belua) vastior?: mare, Cs.: mare vastissimum: crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides, O.: vastus animus nimis alta cupiebat, i. e. insatiable ambition, S.: iter, i. e. on the vast ocean, O.: certamen, V.: impetus, H.— Fig., uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh: voltu motuque corporis: omnia vasta ac temeraria esse, L.: littera vastior, too harsh-sounding.* * *vasta -um, vastior -or -us, vastissimus -a -um ADJhuge, vast; monstrous -
15 immanis
immane, immanior -or -us, immanissimus -a -um ADJhuge/vast/immense/tremendous/extreme/monstrous; inhuman/savage/brutal/frightful -
16 immensus
immensa, immensum ADJimmeasurable, immense/vast/boundless/unending; infinitly great; innumerable -
17 inmanis
inmane, inmanior -or -us, inmanissimus -a -um ADJhuge/vast/immense/tremendous/extreme/monstrous; inhuman/savage/brutal/frightful -
18 inmensus
inmensa, inmensum ADJimmeasurable, immense/vast/boundless/unending; infinitly great; innumerable -
19 innumerabilis
innumerabilis, innumerabile ADJinnumerable, countless, numberless; without number; immense -
20 innumerus
innumera, innumerum ADJinnumerable, countless, numberless; without number; immense
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