immoderate

immoderate, excessive, beyond measure.

immŏdĕrātus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [in-moderatus], without measure, measureless, immeasurable.

Lit. (only poet.): vides sublime, fusum, immoderatum aethera, unbounded (= immensum), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 25, 65; Lucr. 1, 1013.—

Trop., unrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderate (freq. and class.):

ipsum illum Aristotelis discipulum, superbum, crudelem, immoderatum fuisse,

Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3:

homo et turbulentus,

id. Phil. 10, 11, 23:

mulier,

id. Cael. 21, 53:

immensae cupiditates, infinitae et immoderatae sunt,

Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:

intemperantia,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 39:

quippe duos pro uno dominos acceptos, inmoderata, infinita potestate,

Liv. 3, 9, 4:

res immoderata cupido est,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 31:

motus animi, cum immoderatiores sunt, vitia fiunt,

Gell. 19, 12, 4:

immoderatissimae luxuriae esse,

Suet. Ner. 51:

immoderato potu et pastu pars animi obstupefacta,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

ne immoderata aut angusta sit oratio,

id. Or. 58, 198: vox immoderatior, Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51: tam immoderatae linguae fuit, unbridled, Suet. Vit. Luc.:

tempestates,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131.—Hence, adv.: immŏdĕrātē.

Lit.: without measure or rule:

moveri immoderate et fortuitu,

Cic. Univ. 13:

vox immoderate profusa,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

effunditur spiritus,

Quint. 11, 3, 63.—

Trop., immoderately, extravagantly:

vivere,

Cic. Univ. 12:

jactari,

id. Div. 1, 29, 60:

abuti nostra facilitate,

id. Fam. 12, 1, 2.— Comp.:

ferre casum incommodorum tuorum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5.— Sup.:

laetari,

Spart. Sev. 20.

immŏdĕrātus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [in-moderatus], without measure, measureless, immeasurable.

Lit. (only poet.): vides sublime, fusum, immoderatum aethera, unbounded (= immensum), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 25, 65; Lucr. 1, 1013.—

Trop., unrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderate (freq. and class.):

ipsum illum Aristotelis discipulum, superbum, crudelem, immoderatum fuisse,

Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3:

homo et turbulentus,

id. Phil. 10, 11, 23:

mulier,

id. Cael. 21, 53:

immensae cupiditates, infinitae et immoderatae sunt,

Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:

intemperantia,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 39:

quippe duos pro uno dominos acceptos, inmoderata, infinita potestate,

Liv. 3, 9, 4:

res immoderata cupido est,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 31:

motus animi, cum immoderatiores sunt, vitia fiunt,

Gell. 19, 12, 4:

immoderatissimae luxuriae esse,

Suet. Ner. 51:

immoderato potu et pastu pars animi obstupefacta,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

ne immoderata aut angusta sit oratio,

id. Or. 58, 198: vox immoderatior, Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51: tam immoderatae linguae fuit, unbridled, Suet. Vit. Luc.:

tempestates,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131.—Hence, adv.: immŏdĕrātē.

Lit.: without measure or rule:

moveri immoderate et fortuitu,

Cic. Univ. 13:

vox immoderate profusa,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

effunditur spiritus,

Quint. 11, 3, 63.—

Trop., immoderately, extravagantly:

vivere,

Cic. Univ. 12:

jactari,

id. Div. 1, 29, 60:

abuti nostra facilitate,

id. Fam. 12, 1, 2.— Comp.:

ferre casum incommodorum tuorum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5.— Sup.:

laetari,

Spart. Sev. 20.

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immŏdĭcus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [in modicus], beyond bounds, beyond measure, excessive, unrestrained, unruly, immoderate (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit. (very rare):

prominet immodicum pro longa cuspide rostrum,

Ov. M. 6, 673:

tuber,

id. ib. 8, 808:

fluctus,

id. H. 18, 137:

frigus,

id. P. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

continuae et immodicae tempestates,

Suet. Aug. 47.—Far more freq.,

Trop., excessive, unrestrained, extravagant, immoderate, etc.:

immodicus in numero augendo esse solet,

is in the habit of exaggerating numbers, Liv. 38, 23, 8:

in appetendis honoribus immodicus,

Vell. 2, 33, 3:

immodicus linguā,

Liv. 22, 12, 11:

animi,

Sall. H. 1, 114 Dietsch:

tum verbis tum rebus immodicus,

extravagant in words and deeds, Suet. Dom. 12:

Gracchi legibus (ferendis),

Luc. 6, 796:

assiduus potius quam immodicus (praeceptor),

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

imperia,

Liv. 21, 3, 5; so,

licentia crudelitatis,

Vell. 2, 28, 2:

decreta ad honores sociorum,

Liv. 31, 45, 2:

libido possidendi,

Col. 1, 3, 11:

fastus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 511:

populi acclamationes,

Suet. Caes. 79:

oratio,

too long, Plin. Ep. 9, 4, 1:

periodus,

Quint. 9, 4, 125.—

With gen.:

gloriae,

Vell. 2, 11:

irae,

Stat. Th. 1, 41:

libidinis,

Col. 7, 6, 3:

laetitiae et maeroris,

Tac. A. 15, 23:

fugae,

Sil. 12, 268:

animi,

Tac. H. 1, 53.—As subst.:

immodica cupere,

Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 2.—Hence, adv.: immŏ-dĭcē, beyond measure, excessively, immoderately:

si sanguis ex vulnere immodice fluat,

Plin. 30, 13, 38, § 112:

fucata formam,

Luc. 10, 137:

frequenter id potius quam immodice facere,

Col. 2, 16, 2:

opportunae positae (figurae) cum immodice petantur,

Quint. 9, 3, 100:

immodesteque gloriari,

Liv. 22, 27, 2:

sibi arrogare eloquentiam,

Quint. 11, 1, 19:

ferocire,

Gell. 1, 11, 2:

capere voluptatem ex aliqua re,

id. 19, 2, 1.

immŏdĭcus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [in modicus], beyond bounds, beyond measure, excessive, unrestrained, unruly, immoderate (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit. (very rare):

prominet immodicum pro longa cuspide rostrum,

Ov. M. 6, 673:

tuber,

id. ib. 8, 808:

fluctus,

id. H. 18, 137:

frigus,

id. P. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

continuae et immodicae tempestates,

Suet. Aug. 47.—Far more freq.,

Trop., excessive, unrestrained, extravagant, immoderate, etc.:

immodicus in numero augendo esse solet,

is in the habit of exaggerating numbers, Liv. 38, 23, 8:

in appetendis honoribus immodicus,

Vell. 2, 33, 3:

immodicus linguā,

Liv. 22, 12, 11:

animi,

Sall. H. 1, 114 Dietsch:

tum verbis tum rebus immodicus,

extravagant in words and deeds, Suet. Dom. 12:

Gracchi legibus (ferendis),

Luc. 6, 796:

assiduus potius quam immodicus (praeceptor),

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

imperia,

Liv. 21, 3, 5; so,

licentia crudelitatis,

Vell. 2, 28, 2:

decreta ad honores sociorum,

Liv. 31, 45, 2:

libido possidendi,

Col. 1, 3, 11:

fastus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 511:

populi acclamationes,

Suet. Caes. 79:

oratio,

too long, Plin. Ep. 9, 4, 1:

periodus,

Quint. 9, 4, 125.—

With gen.:

gloriae,

Vell. 2, 11:

irae,

Stat. Th. 1, 41:

libidinis,

Col. 7, 6, 3:

laetitiae et maeroris,

Tac. A. 15, 23:

fugae,

Sil. 12, 268:

animi,

Tac. H. 1, 53.—As subst.:

immodica cupere,

Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 2.—Hence, adv.: immŏ-dĭcē, beyond measure, excessively, immoderately:

si sanguis ex vulnere immodice fluat,

Plin. 30, 13, 38, § 112:

fucata formam,

Luc. 10, 137:

frequenter id potius quam immodice facere,

Col. 2, 16, 2:

opportunae positae (figurae) cum immodice petantur,

Quint. 9, 3, 100:

immodesteque gloriari,

Liv. 22, 27, 2:

sibi arrogare eloquentiam,

Quint. 11, 1, 19:

ferocire,

Gell. 1, 11, 2:

capere voluptatem ex aliqua re,

id. 19, 2, 1.

in-tempĕrans, antis, adj., intemper, ate, immoderate.

Lit.:

intemperans atque immoderata permixtio,

App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 11.— Comp., Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6, 3.—

Trop.

That cannot govern himself, without moderation, extravagant, immoderate, intemperate:

intemperantis esse arbitror scribere, quod occultari velit,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1:

fui paulo intemperantior fortasse, quam debui,

i. e. I ought to have exhibited more moderation, id. Vatin. 1:

intemperans sum in ejus rei cupiditate,

id. Att. 13, 26:

intemperans militaris in forti viro gloria,

id. Tusc. 2, 17:

in augendo eo non alius intemperantior est,

Liv. 36, 38:

avidi atque intemperantes animi,

id. 24, 25:

in voluptates,

Sen. Ira, 1, 3:

ad vescendum,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 6.—

Incontinent, profligate, debauched:

inter impudicas mulieres, et intemperantes viros versari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,

id. de Sen. 9, 29:

impurissima atque intemperantissima pecus,

id. Pis. 29.— Adv.: intempĕranter, immoderately, extravagantly, intemperately:

nimis iracunde hoc quidem, et valde intemperanter,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5: intemperanter abuti et otio et litteris, [p. 975] id. Tusc. 1, 3:

lacerare aliquem,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

ne intemperantius opibus suis utatur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18:

insequi,

Liv. 31, 37:

amare,

Plin. Pan. 68: adesse adversus aliquem. Suet. Claud. 38.— Sup.:

intemperantissime gloriari,

App. Mag. p. 321, 33.

in-tempĕrans, antis, adj., intemper, ate, immoderate.

Lit.:

intemperans atque immoderata permixtio,

App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 11.— Comp., Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6, 3.—

Trop.

That cannot govern himself, without moderation, extravagant, immoderate, intemperate:

intemperantis esse arbitror scribere, quod occultari velit,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1:

fui paulo intemperantior fortasse, quam debui,

i. e. I ought to have exhibited more moderation, id. Vatin. 1:

intemperans sum in ejus rei cupiditate,

id. Att. 13, 26:

intemperans militaris in forti viro gloria,

id. Tusc. 2, 17:

in augendo eo non alius intemperantior est,

Liv. 36, 38:

avidi atque intemperantes animi,

id. 24, 25:

in voluptates,

Sen. Ira, 1, 3:

ad vescendum,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 6.—

Incontinent, profligate, debauched:

inter impudicas mulieres, et intemperantes viros versari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,

id. de Sen. 9, 29:

impurissima atque intemperantissima pecus,

id. Pis. 29.— Adv.: intempĕranter, immoderately, extravagantly, intemperately:

nimis iracunde hoc quidem, et valde intemperanter,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5: intemperanter abuti et otio et litteris, [p. 975] id. Tusc. 1, 3:

lacerare aliquem,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

ne intemperantius opibus suis utatur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18:

insequi,

Liv. 31, 37:

amare,

Plin. Pan. 68: adesse adversus aliquem. Suet. Claud. 38.— Sup.:

intemperantissime gloriari,

App. Mag. p. 321, 33.

in-tempĕrātus, a, um, adj., untempered, inclement.

Lit.:

quid ad caeli naturam intemperatius,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6;

hence: intemperatum vinum,

unmixed wine, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, § 158.—

Trop., immoderate, intemperate:

benevolentia,

Cic. Lael. 20.— Adv.: intempĕ-rātē, intemperately:

immoderate et intemperate vivere,

Cic. Univ. 12.

luxŭrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [luxuria], rank, luxuriant, exuberant.

Lit.:

frumenta,

Cic. Or. 24, 81:

seges,

Ov. F. 1, 690:

vitis valida et luxuriosa,

Col. 5, 6, 36:

vitis,

id. 4, 21, 2.—

Trop.

Immoderate, excessive:

luxurioso otio esse,

Sall. J. 100:

laetitia,

Liv. 2, 21.—

Immoderate, extravagant, wanton:

luxuriosissimum dictum,

Col. 8, 16:

amor,

Ov. R. Am. 746.—

Excessive, profuse, luxurious, voluptuous:

reprehendere luxuriosos,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21:

multa et lauta supellex, non illa quidem luxuriosi hominis, sed tamen abundantis,

id. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

nihil luxuriosius,

id. Pis. 27, 66: homines luxuriosi prodigi (vocantur), Paul. ex Fest. p. 250:

cena,

Juv. 11, 77.—Hence, adv.: luxŭrĭōsē.

Wantonly, immoderately, excessively: ne haec laetitia nimis luxuriose eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3.—

Luxuriously, voluptuously:

cum libidinosis luxuriose vivere,

Cic. Cael. 6:

exercitum luxuriose habere,

Sall. C. 11. — Comp.:

luxuriosius epulari,

Nep. Paus. 3: struere fercula, Col. prooem.— Sup.:

luxuriosissime bibere,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. Cath. 34.

prō̆-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour out or forth, to shed copiously, to cause to flow (class.).

Lit.:

sanguinem suum profundere omnem cupit, dummodo profusum hujus ante videat,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

sanguinem pro patriā,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; 2, 30, 97:

vim lacrimarum,

id. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

lacrimas oculis,

Verg. A. 12, 154; Ov. M. 9, 679; 7, 91; Sen. Med. 541:

sanguinem ex oculis,

Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164:

aquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29:

vinum,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 92:

vina deo tamquam sitienti,

Lact. 2, 4, 13; 6, 1, 5:

aquas sub mensas,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 26. —With se, to burst or gush forth:

lacrimae se subito profuderunt,

Cic. Ac. 11, 7, 6.—

Transf.

To stretch at full length, to prostrate ( poet.):

cum somnus membra profudit,

Lucr. 4, 757:

praecipites profusae in terram,

id. 6, 744.—Mid.: profusus, abjectus jacens. Pacuvius: profusus gemitu, murmure, stretched at full length, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 321 Rib.). —

To pour or cast out, bring forth, produce (class.): posticā parte profudit, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 16:

(puerum) ex alvo matris natura profudit,

Lucr. 5, 225:

sonitus,

id. 6, 401:

ignes,

id. 6, 210:

omnia ex ore,

id. 6, 6:

pectore voces,

to pour forth, utter, Cat. 64, 202:

vocem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

clamorem,

id. Fl. 6, 15; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

voces,

Cat. 64, 202:

vitia,

Suet. Tib. 42:

dolorem,

Vop. Aur. 1:

palmites,

Col. 5, 5, 17.—

With se, to pour forth, rush forth or out; of bees:

cum se nova profundent examina,

Col. 9, 3;

of archers: omnis multitudo sagittariorum se profudit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93;

of luxuriant plants: ea, quae se nimium profuderunt,

have shot out, sent out shoots, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

profundit se supra modum numerus palmitum,

Col. 7, 24, 4.—

Trop., to cast or throw away:

ventis verba profundere,

Lucr. 4, 931:

quae si non profundere ac perdere videbor,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 17.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, spend uselessly; to lavish, dissipate, squander:

profundat, perdat, pereat,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 155:

patrimonia,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

pecunias in res,

id. Off. 2, 16, 55.—

In a good sense, to spend, sacrifice:

non modo pecuniam, sed vitam etiam profundere pro patriā,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84.—

Esp., of life, to yield, give up:

animam,

Cic. Marc. 10, 32:

si pateretur natura, vel denas animas profundere praestabat in pugnā, quam, etc.,

Amm. 26, 10, 13:

spiritum in acie,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—

To pour out, vent; to expend, exert, employ; to set forth, show, explain:

odium in aliquem,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

omnes profudi vires animi atque ingenii mei,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

res universas,

to set forth, explain, id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

With se, to pour itself forth, i. e. to rush forth, break out:

voluptates cum inclusae diutius, subito se nonnumquam profundunt atque eiciunt universae,

Cic. Cael. 31, 75:

si totum se ille in me profudisset,

had wholly poured himself out to me, had been liberal, id. Att. 7, 3, 3:

in questus flebiles sese in vestibulo curiae profuderunt,

Liv. 23, 20, 5.—Hence, prŏ-fūsus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., spread out, extended, hanging down (ante- and postclass.):

cauda profusa usque ad calces,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5.— Comp.:

equi coma et cauda profusior,

longer, Pall. 4, 13.—

Trop.

Lavish, extravagant, profuse (class.; cf.

prodigus): perditus ac profusus nepos,

Cic. Quint. 12, 40:

reus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20.—With gen.:

alieni appetens, sui profusus,

lavish of his own, Sall. C. 5, 4.—With in and abl.:

simul ad jacturam temporis ventum est, profusissimi in eo, cujus unius honesta avaritia est,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 2.—Of things abstr. and concr.:

profusis sumptibus vivere,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

profusa luxuria in aedificiis,

Vell. 2, 33, 4.—

In a good sense, liberal ( poet.):

mens profusa,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 91:

homo,

Mart. 8, 38, 11.—

Costly, expensive:

amare profusas epulas,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

convivia,

Suet. Tit. 7.—

Immoderate, excessive, extravagant:

profusa hilaritas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15:

genus jocandi,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

cupido,

Tac. H. 1, 52.— Sup.:

profusissima libido,

Suet. Claud. 53.— Adv.: prŏfūsē.

Lit., lavishly, extravagantly, profusely (post-Aug.):

aedes profuse exstructa,

at an immoderate expense, Suet. Aug. 72.— Sup.:

festos et solemnes dies profusissime celebrabat,

Suet. Aug. 75.—

Trop.

In disorder, confusedly:

consul obstitit profuse tendentibus suis in castra,

Liv. 10, 36.—

Immoderately, excessively:

profuse prolixeque laudare,

Gell. 5, 1, 2.— Comp.:

eo profusius sumptui deditus erat,

Sall. C. 13, 5.

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