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  • 1 mediocriter

        mediocriter adv. with comp.    [mediocris], moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not very, not remarkably, slightly, somewhat: ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet: res mediocriter utiles, H.: vestita, unostentatiously, T.: hoc vellem mediocrius: non mediocriter, in no moderate degree, Cs.: ne mediocriter quidem disertus, not in the least.—With moderation, calmly, tranquilly: non mediocriter ferendum: alqd velle.
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    mediocrius, mediocrissime ADV
    to a moderate extent/degree, ordinarily, moderately, tolerably; not very

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  • 2 mediocris

    mĕdĭō̆cris, e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj. [medius], in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre.
    I.
    In gen. (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things:

    castellum,

    Sall. J. 92, 5:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

    agmen,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

    intervallum,

    id. B. Alex. 30.—
    B.
    Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.:

    C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres,

    Cic. Brut. 36, 136:

    L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero,

    id. ib. 36, 137:

    non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti,

    id. Rep. 3, 11, 19:

    homines,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

    vir,

    Just. 1, 4, 4:

    poëta,

    Hor. A. P. 372:

    in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    amicitia,

    id. Lael. 6, 10:

    malum,

    id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22:

    artes,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    eloquentia,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 133:

    ingenium,

    id. ib. 2, 27, 119:

    excusare... mediocris est animi,

    narrow, small, Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus,

    Juv. 13, 7.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial:

    Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant,

    i. e. ardent, ambitious, Sall. J. 8, 1:

    non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9:

    haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre [p. 1124] telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61:

    non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat,

    uncommon, extraordinary, Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

    praemium non mediocre,

    Suet. Vesp. 18:

    non mediocris dissensio,

    Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—
    * B.
    With syllaba, common = anceps:

    syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura,

    Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭter.
    1.
    Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.):

    ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

    corpus mediocriter aegrum,

    id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—
    (β).
    By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.:

    supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13:

    non mediocriter,

    in no moderate degree, Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    reprehensus est non mediocriter,

    i. e. greatly, exceedingly, very much, Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—
    (γ).
    Very little:

    ne mediocriter quidem disertus,

    not in the least, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—
    2.
    With moderation, calmly, tranquilly = modice (rare, and perh. only in Cic.):

    quod mihi non mediocriter ferendum videtur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.:

    hoc vellem mediocrius,

    Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5.

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  • 3 medius

    mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
    I.
    Adj.
    A.
    Lit.:

    terra complexa medium mundi locum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

    medium mundi locum petere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:

    ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    in foro medio,

    in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    medio foro,

    in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:

    in solio medius consedit,

    sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:

    considit scopulo medius,

    id. G. 4, 436:

    concilio medius sedebat,

    Ov. M. 10, 144:

    ignes,

    Verg. A. 12, 201:

    medio tempore,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:

    cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,

    full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:

    Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,

    midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:

    si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,

    between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:

    cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,

    there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:

    inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),

    Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:

    locus medius regionum earum,

    half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

    locus medius juguli summique lacerti,

    between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:

    et medius juvenum ibat,

    id. F. 5, 67:

    medius silentūm,

    Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:

    medius ex tribus,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    medium arripere aliquem,

    to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

    juvenem medium complectitur,

    Liv. 23, 9, 9:

    Alcides medium tenuit,

    held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:

    medium ostendere unguem,

    to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—
    2.
    Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):

    hieme demunt cibum medium,

    half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

    scrupulum croci,

    Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —
    B.
    Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
    1.
    Of age:

    aetatis mediae vir,

    of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—
    2.
    Of plans, purposes, etc.:

    nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,

    Liv. 2, 49, 5:

    medium quiddam tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—
    3.
    Of intellect:

    eloquentiā medius,

    middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:

    ingenium,

    moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—
    4.
    Undetermined, undecided:

    medios esse,

    i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:

    medium se gerere,

    Liv. 2, 27:

    se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,

    Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

    responsum,

    indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —
    5.
    Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:

    medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:

    ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,

    id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.

    sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,

    which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—
    6.
    Intermediate:

    medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,

    of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:

    nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,

    Quint. 6, 1, 45:

    ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,

    Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:

    medium sese offert,

    as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:

    pacator mediusque Syphax,

    Sil. 16, 222:

    pacis eras mediusque belli,

    arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

    nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,

    oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—
    7.
    Central, with ex or in:

    ex factione media consul,

    fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;

    so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,

    these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,

    id. Part. Or. 40, 139:

    ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,

    id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    in medio maerore et dolore,

    id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:

    in media dimicatione,

    the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:

    in medio ardore certaminis,

    Curt. 8, 4, 27:

    in media solitudine,

    the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:

    in mediis divitiis,

    in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

    in medio robore virium,

    Liv. 28, 35, 6:

    in medio ardore belli,

    id. 24, 45, 4:

    in media reipublicae luce,

    the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    media inter pocula,

    Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of space (very rare in Cic.):

    in medio aedium sedens,

    Liv. 1, 57, 9:

    maris,

    id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:

    medio viae ponere,

    id. 37, 13, 10:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,

    Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:

    medio montium porrigitur planities,

    id. ib. 1, 64:

    medio stans hostia ad aras,

    Verg. G. 3, 486:

    medio tutissimus ibis,

    Ov. M. 2, 137:

    in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,

    Verg. A. 5, 401:

    in medium sarcinas coniciunt,

    Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:

    equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,

    id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:

    tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,

    to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:

    intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,

    Liv. 45, 35.—
    2.
    Of time:

    diei,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    medio temporis,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:

    nec longum in medio tempus, cum,

    the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):

    in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,

    lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:

    tabulae sunt in medio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

    rem totam in medio ponere,

    publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

    29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

    dicendi ratio in medio posita,

    lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    rem in medium proferre,

    to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:

    rem in medium vocare coeperunt,

    id. Clu. 28, 77:

    in medio relinquere,

    to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:

    cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,

    adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:

    litteras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:

    hominem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    de medio removere,

    to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:

    e medio excessit,

    she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:

    ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 30:

    tollite lumen e medio,

    Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:

    cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

    in medio esse,

    to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:

    in medium venire or procedere,

    to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:

    communes utilitates in medium afferre,

    id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

    consulere in medium,

    to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;

    so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,

    Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:

    quaerere,

    to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:

    conferre laudem,

    i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:

    dare,

    to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:

    in medium conferre, in gaming,

    to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:

    scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,

    Pall. 1, 35, 12.—
    2.
    A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7:

    scrobem ad medium completo,

    Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,
    III.
    Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):

    qui noluerant medie,

    kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:

    nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:

    ortus medie humilis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—
    2.
    Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.

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  • 4 gradus

    grădus, ūs (archaic gen. sing. graduis, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 17; dat. gradu, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. remeligines, p. 276 Müll.), m. [kindr. with Sanscr. kram, to go; v. gradior], a step, pace (cf.: gressus, passus, incessus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ad hanc conversionem, quae pedibus et gradu non egeret, ingrediendi membra non dedit,

    Cic. Univ. 6: quaenam vox ex te resonans meo gradu remoram facit? Lucil. l. l.: gradum proferre pedum, Enn. ap. Fest. S. V. PEDUM, p. 249, a Müll. (Trag. v. 248 Vahl.): quo nunc incerta re atque inorata gradum Regredere conare? id. ap. Non. 166, 23 (Trag. v. 12 Vahl.):

    gradum facere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249:

    tollere gradum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 6:

    ad forum suspenso gradu placide ire perrexi,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 27:

    quieto et placido gradu sequi,

    Phaedr. 2, 7, 6; cf.

    , on the contrary: celeri gradu Eunt uterque,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 22:

    ut tu es gradibus grandibus,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 11:

    citato gradu in hostem ducere,

    Liv. 28, 14, 17:

    concito gradu properare,

    Phaedr. 3, 2, 11:

    gradum celerare,

    to hasten, Verg. A. 4, 641: so,

    corripere,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:

    addere,

    Liv. 26, 9, 5:

    sistere,

    Verg. A. 6, 465:

    sustinere,

    Ov. F. 6, 398:

    revocare,

    Verg. A. 6, 128:

    referre,

    Ov. F. 5, 502:

    vertere,

    Stat. Th. 8, 138 et saep.:

    peditum aciem instructam pleno gradu in hostem inducit,

    at full pace, at a quick step, Liv. 4, 32, 10; 34, 15, 3; 34, 16, 2; cf.: militari gradu viginti milia passuum horis quinque dumtaxat aestivis conficienda sunt;

    pleno autem gradu, qui citatior est, totidem horis XXIV. milia peragenda sunt,

    Veg. 1, 9:

    modico gradu,

    Liv. 30, 5, 3: presso gradu, = badên, with measured step, a moderate pace, id. 28, 14, 14:

    citato gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 17; Trebon. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 2: non gradu, sed praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum, step by step, = gradatim, Vell. 2, 1, 1:

    per gradus,

    Ov. M. 2, 354.—
    B.
    Trop., a step, stage, degree:

    quem mortis timuit gradum,

    pace, approach, Hor. C. 1, 3, 17:

    hunc quasi gradum quendam atque aditum ad cetera factum intelligitis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 38; cf.:

    itaque majoribus nostris in Africam ex hac provincia gradus imperii factus est,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 3; Quint. 3, 6, 8; so,

    Crassus Licinius nec consul nec praetor ante fuerat, quam censor est factus: ex aedilitate gradum censuram fecit,

    Liv. 27, 6, 17; 6, 35, 2 Drak.:

    hunc gradum mei reditus esse, quod mulieres revertissent,

    a step towards my return, Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2; cf. Liv. 6, 42, 2:

    notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit: Tempore crevit amor,

    Ov. M. 4, 59; cf. Prop. 1, 13, 8:

    cum consuleretur, quid sentiret, Non possum, inquit, tibi dicere: nescio enim quid de gradu faciat: tamquam de essedario interrogaretur,

    i. e. of the Peripatetics, Sen. Ep. 29:

    etsi spondeus, quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior, habet tamen stabilem quendam et non expertem dignitatis gradum,

    pace, Cic. Or. 64, 216.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In milit. and gladiator's lang., station, position, ground taken by a combatant:

    obnisos vos (velim) stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere,

    Liv. 6, 12, 8; cf. Tac. H. 2, 35:

    de gradu libero ac stabili conari,

    Liv. 34, 39, 3:

    in suo quisque gradu obnixi, urgentes scutis, sine respiratione ac respectu pugnabant,

    id. 8, 38, 11:

    inque gradu stetimus, certi non cedere,

    Ov. M. 9, 43:

    hostes gradu demoti,

    Liv. 6, 32, 8 Drak. N. cr.; for which:

    turbare ac statu movere,

    id. 30, 18, 4.—
    2.
    Trop., a firm position or stand:

    corda virum mansere gradu,

    i. e. firm, steadfast, Sil. 16, 21:

    fortis et constantis est, non perturbari in rebus asperis, nec tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,

    to let one's self be disconcerted, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf.:

    dejectus de gradu,

    id. Att. 16, 15, 3: motus gradu, Sen. Const. Sap. 19:

    gradu depulsus,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1; cf.:

    nam si gradum, si caritatem filii apud te haberem,

    Liv. 40, 9, 3.—
    B. 1.
    Lit. (usu. in plur.): quemadmodum scalarum gradus si alios tollas, alios incidas, etc., Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3:

    haerent parietibus scalae, postesque sub ipsos Nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 443:

    gradus templorum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 1, 5:

    gradus ejusdem templi tollebantur,

    id. Sest. 15, 34; cf.:

    aerea cui (templo) gradibus surgebant limina,

    Verg. A. 1, 448; Vell. 2, 3, 1:

    pro Palatii gradibus,

    Suet. Ner. 8; id. Vit. 15:

    praeceps per gradus ire,

    id. Calig. 35:

    si gradibus trepidatur ab imis,

    Juv. 3, 200.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    cum dextro pede primus gradus ascenditur,

    Vitr. 3, 3.—
    b.
    Transf., of things that rise by steps.
    (α).
    In hair-dressing, a braid of hair:

    caput in gradus atque anulos comptum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 47:

    comam in gradus frangere,

    id. 1, 6, 44; cf.:

    coma in gradus formata,

    Suet. Ner. 51.—
    (β).
    In econom. lang., a spit or such a depth of earth as can be dug at once with the spade, Col. 3, 13, 19; 4, 1, 3.—
    (γ).
    In math., a degree of a circle, Manil. 1, 579.—
    (δ).
    In veterin. lang., a wrinkle on the roof of a horse's mouth, Veg. Vet. 1, 2; 32; 4, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., a step, degree in tones, in age, relationship, rank, etc. (equally common in sing. and plur.):

    ille princeps variabit et mutabit, omnes sonorum tum intendens tum remittens persequetur gradus,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf. id. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

    ab ima ad summam (vocem) ac retro multi sunt gradus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 15; cf. Vulg. Psa. 119 Tit. et saep.:

    Paulatim gradus aetatis scandere adultae,

    Lucr. 2, 1123; cf.:

    quod tanta penuria est in omni vel honoris vel aetatis gradu, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3; so,

    aetatis,

    Vell. 2, 36, 2; Quint. 3, 7, 15; Suet. Aug. 79; id. Tit. 3 al.:

    unus gradus et una progenies,

    Lact. 2, 10, 10:

    nostri quoque sanguinis auctor Juppiter est, totidemque gradus distamus ab illo,

    Ov. M. 13, 143; cf.:

    a matre Magnum Pompeium artissimo contingebat gradu,

    Suet. Aug. 4; id. Ner. 2:

    qui (populus) te tam mature ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus extulit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 28:

    gradus dignitatis,

    id. Rep. 1, 27; cf. id. ib. 1, 27 fin.—Sing.:

    ex tam alto dignitatis gradu,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12 fin.:

    gradus altior, altissimus, amplissimus, dignitatis,

    id. Clu. 55, 150; id. Phil. 1, 6, 14; id. Mur. 14, 30; cf. also id. ib. 27, 55:

    summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenere et dignitatis et gratiae,

    id. Planc. 13, 32:

    a senatorio gradu longe abesse,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 21, 61; cf.:

    ascendens gradibus magistratuum,

    id. Brut. 81, 281.—Without gen.:

    etenim quis est civis praesertim hoc gradu, quo me vos esse voluistis, tam oblitus beneficii vestri, etc.,

    id. Phil. 6, 7, 18; id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

    omni gradu amplissimo dignissimus,

    id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    gradus officiorum,

    id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

    temporum servantur gradus,

    id. Part. 4, 12: cf.:

    non iidem erunt necessitudinum gradus qui temporum,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    gradus cognationis,

    Dig. 38, 10, 1 sqq.:

    v. de gradibus,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1 -8:

    agnationis,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 10, 11:

    si plures eodem gradu sint agnati,

    Ulp. Fragm. 26, 5: cognati ex transverso gradu usque ad quartum gradum, i. e. collateral kindred (opp. parentes et liberi), id. ib. 5, 6:

    gradus plures sunt societatis hominum,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 53:

    peccatorum gradus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172:

    oratorum aetates et gradus,

    id. Brut. 32, 122; cf.:

    gradus et dissimilitudines Atticorum,

    id. ib. 82, 285:

    accendendi judicis plures sunt gradus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 166; 6, 4, 67: nec gradus est ultra Fabios cognominis ullus;

    Illa domus meritis Maxima dicta suis,

    Ov. F. 1, 605:

    si ita esset, quid opus erat te gradatim istuc pervenire?... A beatis ad virtutem, a virtute ad rationem video te venisse gradibus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 89; cf.:

    omnes gradus virtutis implere,

    Lact. 5, 14, 18; and:

    hi plerumque gradus,

    Juv. 11, 46.

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  • 5 gradus

        gradus ūs, m    [GRAD-], a step, pace, gait, walk: gradum facere: Suspenso gradu ire, T.: quieto et placido gradu sequi, Ph.: citato gradu, L.: concito gradu, Ph.: pleno gradu, at a quick step, S.: presso gradu, at a moderate pace, L.: gradum celerare, hasten, V.: conripere, H.: addere, L.: sistere, V.: sustinere, O.: revocare, V.: referre, O.: ferre per agmen gradūs, charge, O.— A station, position, ground: stabili gradu impetum excipere, L.: In gradu stetimus, O.: hostes gradu demoti, L.— Plur, steps, rounds, stairs: in gradibus Concordiae stare: templi: cui (templo) gradibus surgebant limina, V.: si gradibus trepidatur ab imis, Iu.—Fig., a step, stage, degree, grade: ex aedilitate gradum ad censuram fecit, L.: hunc gradum mei reditūs esse, quod, etc., towards my return: primos gradūs vicina fecit (of love), O.: gradu post me sedet uno, H.— An approach, advance, progress, march: Quem mortis timuit gradum? form, H.: imperi: spondeus habet non expertem dignitatis gradum, march.—A step, degree, grade, stage, rank, interval: civis hoc gradu: senatorius: gradu amplissimo dignissimus: omnes sonorum, notes: totidem gradūs distamus ab illo, O.: per omnīs honorum gradūs: altior dignitatis: ascendens gradibus magistratuum: sonorum gradūs, intervals: peccatorum gradūs: cognominis, distinction, O.: Per gradūs (i. e. gradatim), O.: Hi plerumque gradūs, stages (of ruin), Iu.— Self-possession: de gradu deici, be disconcerted.—A position, relation: gradu depulsus, overthrown, N.: gradum filii apud te habere, L.
    * * *
    step; position

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  • 6 aliquantus

    ălĭquantus, a, um, adj. [alius-quantus; v. aliquis], somewhat, some, moderate, tolerable; considerable, not a little (designating the medium between much and little; cf. Ernest. ad Suet. Caes. 87; Wolf ad Suet. Caes. 10; Hotting. ad Cic. Div. 2, 1; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 13; 5, 10; Brut. ad Nep. Dion, 3, 3; Kritz ad Sall. C. 8, 2).
    I.
    In gen.: M. sed quaero, utrum aliquid actum superioribus diebus, an nihil arbitremur: A. Actum vero et aliquantum quidem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15:

    Romani signorum et armorum aliquanto numero, hostium paucorum potiti,

    Sall. J. 74, 3:

    timor aliquantus, sed spes amplior,

    id. ib. 105, 4:

    spatium,

    Liv. 38, 27:

    iter,

    id. 25, 35:

    pecunia,

    App. Mag. p. 320, 1.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In the neutr. as subst.:

    ad quos aliquantum ex cotidianis sumptibus redundet,

    Cic. Cael. 57:

    Alienus ex eā facultate, si quam habet, aliquantum detracturus est,

    somewhat, id. Div. in Caecil. 15:

    ut aliquantum se arbitrentur adeptos ad dicendum,

    id. Off. 1, 1; id. Phil. 8, 27; and esp. with partit. gen., some part, some:

    aliquantum agri,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    nummorum aliquantum et auri,

    id. Clu. 179:

    temporis,

    id. Quint. 22:

    animi,

    id. Att. 7, 13 fin.:

    noctis,

    id. Fam. 7, 25 fin. al.:

    aliquantum negotii sustinere,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

    itineris,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 10 Herz.:

    equorum et armorum,

    Sall. J. 62, 5:

    famae et auctoritatis,

    Liv. 44, 33; 21, 28; 30, 8; 41, 16 al.; Suet. Caes. 81.—
    B.
    The plur. rare, and only in later Lat.:

    aliquanti in caelestium numerum referuntur,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 33:

    aliquanta oppida,

    Eutr. 4 fin.; Spart. Hadr. 7 fin.:

    aliquantis diebus,

    Pall. 1, 19.—Whence, ălĭquantum and ălĭ-quantō, adv. (on the proportionate use of these forms with the posit. and comp. v. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 5, 10; Web. ad Luc. 2, 225; Zumpt, Gr. § 488), somewhat, in some degree, a little, rather; considerably, not a little (cf. aliquantus).
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Aliquantum: Ba. Nam ut in navi vecta es, credo timida es. So. Aliquantum, soror, somewhat so, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73:

    quae (consolatio) mihi quidem ipsi sane aliquantum medetur, ceteris item multum illam profuturam puto,

    Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3: item qui processit aliquantum ad virtutis aditum ( has come somewhat near), nihilominus, etc., id. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    aliquantum commoveri,

    id. Clu. 140:

    quod nisi meo adventu illius conatus aliquantum repressissem,

    id. Verr. 2, 64:

    movit aliquantum oratio regis legatos,

    Liv. 39, 29; so id. 5, 23 al.: huc concede aliquantum ( a little), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 116:

    aliquantum ventriosus,

    id. As. 2, 3, 20:

    quale sit, non tam definitione intellegi potest (quamquam aliquantum potest), quam, etc.,

    to some extent, in some degree, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

    litteris lectis aliquantum acquievi,

    id. Fam. 4, 6:

    adjutus aliquantum,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—
    (β).
    Aliquanto:

    non modo non contra legem, sed etiam intra legem et quidem aliquanto,

    not a little, considerably so, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 9: terra etsi aliquanto specie differt, etc., * Tac. G. 5.—
    2.
    Esp., with compp. it has greater or less force, acc. to the context, much more or a little more, somewhat more (the latter sometimes ironic. instead of the former; cf. Quint. 1, 12, 4 Spald.; in class. prose very freq.; most freq. prob. in Suet.; but never perh. in poetry, except in the examples from the ante-class. per.).
    (α).
    With aliquanto: Ch. Abeamus intro hinc ad me. St. Atque aliquanto lubentius quam abs te sum egressus, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 43:

    aliquanto amplius,

    id. As. 3, 3, 2; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1:

    aliquanto plus,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    minus aliquanto,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 18:

    melius aliquanto,

    id. Brut. 78, 270:

    sed certe idem melius aliquanto dicerent, si, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 103:

    carinae aliquanto planiores quam nostrarum navium,

    much flatter, Caes. B. G. 3, 13 Herz.; so,

    aliquanto crudelior esse coepit,

    Nep. Dion, 3, 3:

    cum majore aliquanto numero quam decretum erat,

    Sall. J. 86, 4; so id. C. 8, 2; id. J. 79, 4:

    aliquanto superior,

    Liv. 5, 26, 6:

    ad majus aliquanto certamen redit,

    Liv. 5, 29, 5; so id: 27, 36, 7; Quint. 1, 12, 4; Suet. Caes. 10; 86; id. Tib. 62 al.:

    soluta est navis aliquanto prius,

    some time before, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 15:

    maturius aliquanto lupinus seritur,

    Pall. R. R. 10, 5:

    aliquanto serius quam per aetatem liceret,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 3.—So with ante and post:

    aliquanto ante in provinciam proficiscitur, quam,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 149; 3, 44:

    ante aliquanto quam est mortuus,

    id. ib. 2, 46; id. Vatin. 25:

    ad illos aliquanto post venit,

    id. Verr. 4, 85:

    porticum post aliquanto Q. Catulus fecit,

    id. Dom. 102: atque ille primo quidem negavit; post autem aliquanto ( but some time afterwards) surrexit, id. Cat. 3, 11:

    postea aliquanto,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154.—
    (β).
    With aliquantum:

    aliquantum ad rem est avidior,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

    fortasse aliquantum iniquior erat,

    id. Heaut. 1, 2, 27:

    aliquantum amplior augustiorque,

    Liv. 1, 7, 9:

    aliquantum taetrior,

    Val. Max. 5, 9, 3:

    Garumna aliquantum plenior,

    Mel. 3, 2, 5.

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