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1.myrīcē, ēs, or myrīca, ae, f., = murikê, the tamarisk, a kind of shrub, Plin. 13, 21, 37, § 116; 24, 9, 41, § 67.—Prov., to signify something impossible:2.pinguia corticibus sudent electra myricae,
Verg. E. 8, 54.Myrīcē, ēs, f., a nymph, from whom Hannibal's wife Imilce was said to be descended, Sil. 3, 103. -
82 nefas
nĕ-fas, n. indecl., something contrary to divine law, sinful, unlawful, execrable, abominable, criminal; an impious or wicked deed, a sin, a crime (cf.: scelus, flagitium, peccatum).I.Lit.:II.quicquid non licet, nefas putare debemus,
Cic. Par. 3, 2. 25; cf.:officia tua mihi nefas est oblivisci,
id. Fam. 15, 21, 5:Mercurius, quem Aegyptii nefas habent nominare,
id. N. D. 3, 22, 56: nefas est dictu, miseram fuisse talem senectutem, id. Sen. 5, 13:eum, cui nihil umquam nefas fuit,
id. Mil. 27, 73:quibus nefas est... deserere patronos,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:corpora viva nefas Stygiā vectare carinā,
Verg. A. 6, 391:fas atque nefas,
right and wrong, id. G. 1, 505; Hor. Epod. 5, 87; cf. id. C. 1, 18, 10; Ov. M. 6, 585:per omne fas ac nefas,
in every way, Liv. 6, 14, 10:nefas triste piare,
Verg. A. 2, 184:illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectore versat, Certa mori,
id. ib. 4, 563:lex maculosum edomuit nefas,
i. e. adultery, Hor. C. 4, 5, 22:in omne nefas se parare,
Ov. M. 6, 613:summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori,
Juv. 8, 83:belli,
civil war, Luc. 2, 507; cf.:fugiens civile nefas,
id. 7, 432:magnum nefas contrahere,
Just. 24, 3:facere nefas,
Vulg. Deut. 22, 21:operari,
ib. Lev. 20, 13.— Poet., of a wicked person, a wretch, monster:exstinxisse nefas tamen... Laudabor (i. e. Helen, as the destroyer of Troy),
Verg. A. 2, 585.—Also inserted as an interjection, O horrid! shocking! dreadful! quātenus, heu nefas! virtutem incolumem odimus, Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; cf.:heu nefas, heu!
id. ib. 4, 6, 17:quosne, nefas! omnes infandā in morte reliqui?
Verg. A. 10, 673:sequiturque, nefas! Aegyptia conjux,
id. ib. 8, 688:Lavinia virgo Visa, nefas! longis comprendere crinibus ignem,
O horrible! id. ib. 7, 73.—Esp.:est nefas,
it is forbidden, contrary to law, Varr. L. L. 6, 4. —Poet., transf.A.A horrible or monstrous thing:B.Eumenides Stygiumque nefas,
Luc. 6, 695; 1, 626:infernum,
id. 7, 170; Stat. Th. 6, 942.—Impossible: levius fit patientiā Quicquid corrigere est nefas, an impossibility (= athemiton, adunaton), Hor. C. 1, 24, 20. -
83 nequeo
nĕquĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (lengthened collat. form: nequinont pro nequeunt, ut solinunt, ferinunt, pro solent, et feriunt dicebant antiqui. Livius in Odysseā: partim errant, nequinont Graeciam redire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.— Imperf. nequibat, Sall. C. 59, 5; id. J. 56, 2.— Fut. nequibunt, Lucr. 1, 380.— Part. pres. nequiens, euntis:A.Spartacus nequiens prohibere,
Sall. Fragm. p. 254 Gerl.; so,nequiens,
App. M. 8, p. 207; Aus. Prof. 2:sustinere corpora plerique nequeuntes,
Sall. H. 3, 72; so,nequeuntes,
Arn. 1, 13; 7, 239), v. n. [nequeo:libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle,
Cic. Or. 45, 154; but Cic. himself always writes non queo in first pers. pres. ], not to be able, to be unable, I cannot (class.).Act.:B.ubi habitaret, invenires saltem, si nomen nequis,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 51.—With inf.:nequeo contineri quin loquar,
Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28:actam aetatem meminisse nequimus,
Lucr. 3, 672:fecundae saepe nequissent uxores parere,
id. 4, 1254:cum pisces ire nequibunt,
id. 1, 380:ut ea, cum velimus, laxare nequeamus,
Cic. Or. 65, 220:cum Demosthenes rho dicere nequiret,
id. Div. 2, 46, 96:quod proelio adesse nequibat,
Sall. C. 59, 5; id. J. 14, 11; Hor. S. 1, 4, 85; id. A. P. 87; Verg. A. 6, 507.— Impers., it is impossible; with quin:Satin qui amat, nequit quin nihili sit,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 3.—Pass., with inf. pass.: nequitum et nequitur pro non posse dicebant ut Plautus in Satyrione: retrahi nequitum, quoquo progressa est semel, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.: ut nequitur comprimi, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 20:quid. quid sine sanguine civium ulcisci nequitur, jure factum sit,
Sall. J. 31, 8. -
84 potis
pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3. -
85 potissimum
pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3. -
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pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3. -
87 potissume
pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3. -
88 potissumum
pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3. -
89 testudo
testūdo, ĭnis, f. [testa], a tortoise.I.Lit., Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; 32, 4, 14, § 32; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; 2, 52, 129; Liv. 36, 32, 6; Sen. Ep. 121, 9; Phaedr. 2, 6, 5 al.—Prov.:II.testudo volat, of any thing impossible,
Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—Transf., tortoise-shell.A.Used for overlaying or veneering, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; Verg. G. 2, 463; Ov. M. 2, 737; Mart. 12, 66, 5; Luc. 10, 120; Juv. 14, 308. —B.From the arched shape of a tortoise-shell.1.Of any stringed instrument of music of an arched shape, a lyre, lute, cithern, Verg. G. 4, 464; Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; 4, 3, 17; id. Epod. 14, 11; id. A. P. 395; Val. Fl. 1, 187; 1, 277. —2.An arch, vault in buildings (syn.:3. a.fornix, camera),
Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 79 and 161 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 5, 1; 3, 6, 4; Cic. Brut. 22, 87; Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 16; Verg. A. 1, 505. —Made of wood, for the protection of besiegers, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; 5, 52; Vitr. 10, 19 sq. —b.Formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads, Liv. 34, 39, 6; 44, 9, 6; Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 3, 31; 3, 27; 4, 23; Verg. A. 9, 505; 9, 514 al. —4.The covering of the hedgehog, Mart. 13, 86, 1. —5.A head-dress in imitation of a lyre, Ov. A. A. 3, 147. -
90 vestimentum
vestīmentum, i, n. [vestis], clothing, a garment, vestment, bedclothes, tapestry, etc., Dig. 34, 2, 24; Cic. Mil. 10, 28; Liv. 4, 25, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 32:aestiva, hiberna,
Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 30; Sen. Ep. 67, 2; 78, 21; Auct. B. Afr. 47; id. B. Hisp. 33.—Prov.: nudo detrahere vestimenta, to strip the naked (of any thing impossible), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79. -
91 Voltur
1.vultur ( volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus ( volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.I.Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:II.vultur profert cornua, for something impossible,
Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.2.Vultur ( Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus ( Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:ventus,
a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14. -
92 volturus
1.vultur ( volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus ( volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.I.Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:II.vultur profert cornua, for something impossible,
Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.2.Vultur ( Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus ( Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:ventus,
a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14. -
93 vulpes
vulpes ( volp-), is (collat. form, nom. vulpis, Petr. 58; Avien. 40, 7), f. [cf. Gr. alôpêx], a fox.I.Lit., Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 165; Hor. S. 2, 3, 186; id. Ep. 1, 1, 73; id. C. 3, 27, 4 al.—II. a.Jungere vulpes, for any absurd or impossible undertaking, Verg. E. 3, 91.—b.Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores, Suet. Vesp. 16.—c.Tam facile, quam pirum vulpes comest, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 32.—III.Transf.: vulpes marina, a kind of shark: Squalus alopecia, Linn.; Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145. -
94 Vultur
1.vultur ( volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus ( volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.I.Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:II.vultur profert cornua, for something impossible,
Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.2.Vultur ( Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus ( Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:ventus,
a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14. -
95 vultur
1.vultur ( volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus ( volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.I.Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:II.vultur profert cornua, for something impossible,
Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.2.Vultur ( Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus ( Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:ventus,
a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14.
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