in-fāmis

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fămes, is (ante- and post-class. nom. sing.:

famis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; Prud. Psych. 479; gen.: fami, Cato and Lucil. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 10; abl., scanned fămē, Lucr. 3, 732; Verg. A. 6, 421; Ov. M. 5, 165; 8, 846; 11, 370 al.) f. [root gha-; Sanscr. gahami, to leave, abandon; Gr. chatis, chêtos, want; chêros, deprived of], hunger (syn.: inedia, jejunium, esuries, esuritio).

Lit.:

interficere aliquem siti fameque atque algu,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 36; id. Rud. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

cibi condimentum esse famem, potionis sitim,

id. ib. 2, 28, 90:

bestiae fame monitae,

id. Clu. 25, 67:

fame atque inopia rerum omnium confecti,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134;

(avis) fame enecta,

starved to death, id. Div. 2, 35, 73; cf.:

plebem fame necare,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

patientia famis,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: famem explere, to satiate, id. pro Dom. 23:

tolerare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 3:

extremam famem sustentare,

id. ib. 7, 17, 3:

duram propellere,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

pellere querna glande,

Tib. 2, 1, 38:

propulsare,

Col. 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 14, 24:

deponere,

Ov. F. 6, 530:

levare,

to assuage, id. H. 14, 96:

vincere sacris extis,

Val. Fl. 2, 347 et saep.:

in principio fame utendum,

the patient must fast, Cels. 8, 10, 7; cf.:

primis diebus fames, deinde liberalius alimentum,

id. ib. —Prov.:

ambitiosa non est fames,

is not nice, Sen. Ep. 119, 14:

malum panem tibi tenerum et siligineum fames reddet,

id. ib. 123, 2.—

Transf.

Famine, dearth (rare in class. Lat.):

fames, quae tum erat in hac mea Asia: messis enim nulla fuerat,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

fames esse coepit,

Curt. 10, 8:

in fame frumentum exportare,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17; Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1; id. Matt. 24, 7 et saep.—

In gen., poverty, indigence:

aliquem ad famem reicere,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 19.

Trop.

Like sitis, a violent longing for any thing, greediness, greed, avidity ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!

Verg. A. 3, 57; so,

auri fames,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 72; cf.:

argenti sitis importuna famesque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23; Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6; cf.:

auri fames durissima est,

id. 33, 4, 21, § 72:

ex longa fame satiaret se auro,

Curt. 5, 1, 4:

crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam Majorumque fames,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 17:

honorum Marii fames,

Flor. 3, 21, 6.—

Of speech, poverty of expression:

jejunitatem et famem malle quam ubertatem et copiam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3.—

Personified: Fames, as a goddess, Verg. A. 6, 276; Ov. M. 8, 784; 785 et saep.

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impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.

impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.

pătĭentĭa, ae, f. [patior], the quality of bearing, suffering, or enduring, patience, endurance.

Lit.

In gen.:

pati entia est honestatis aut utilitatis causā rerum arduarum ac difficilium voluntaria ac diuturna perpessio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 163:

patientia famis et frigoris,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

hominum ea patientia, virtus frugalitasque est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7:

paupertatis,

id. Agr. 2, 24, 64:

audiendi,

Quint. 11, 2, 8; 12, 9, 9.—

In partic., submission to unnatural lust, pathicism, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34; Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 5; id. Vit. Beat. 13, 3; Tac. A. 6, 1; Petr. 9 and 25; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 2.—

Transf.

Forbearance, indulgence, lenity:

constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possem dicere,

Cic. Lig. 9, 26:

quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientiā nostrā?

id. Cat. 1, 1, 1; id. Pis. 2, 5:

quem duplici panno patientia velat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 25:

levius fit patientiā Quicquid corrigere est nefas,

id. C. 1, 24, 19.—

In a bad sense, indolence, want of spirit: ne quis in me aut nimiam patientiam, aut nimium stuporem arguat, Porc. Latro ap. Sen. Contr. 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 5:

in patientiā firmitudinem simulans,

Tac. A. 6, 46.—

Submissiveness, subjection:

usque ad servilem patientiam demissus,

Tac. A. 14, 26:

Britanniam uno praelio veteri patientiae restituit,

id. Agr. 16; id. H. 2, 29.

prae-clārus, a, um, adj., very clear, very bright.

Lit. (only poet. and very rare):

lux,

Lucr. 2, 1032:

sol,

id. 5, 120:

iaspis,

Juv. 5, 42.—

Transf., very beautiful (physically or morally), magnificent, honorable, splendid, noble, remarkable, distinguished, excellent, famous, celebrated (class.):

vultus,

Lucr. 4, 1033: urbs situ praeclaro ad aspectum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117: aries praeclarior, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

homo praeclarā virtute et formā,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 51:

praeclaris operibus laetari,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

praeclara indoles ad dicendum,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 131:

genus dicendi magnificum atque praeclarum,

id. ib. 2, 21, 82:

eximia et praeclara,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

praeclara et magnifica,

id. Or. 4, 15:

multi praeclari in philosophiā et nobiles,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 46:

gens bello praeclara,

Verg. A. 8, 480; 12, 347:

nec quicquam est praeclarius aut praestantius,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2:

praeclarissimum facinus,

Nep. Tim. 1, 5:

praeclarum est popularem me esse in populi salute,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 2 fin.:

res,

distinguished wealth, opulence, Hor. S. 2, 5, 46.— Of medicines that operate well, excellent, efficacious, etc.:

rubrica in medicinā res praeclara habetur,

Plin. 35, 6, 14, § 33; 20, 7, 26, § 61; 27, 4, 14, § 31; cf.

usus,

id. 23, 3, 36, § 73:

utilitas,

id. 22, 24, 51, § 110.—Ironically:

illa praeclara tua patientia famis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

praeclaram populo Romano refers gratiam,

id. ib. 1, 11, 28.—In a bad sense, noted, notorious:

sceleribus suis ferox atque praeclarus,

Sall. J. 14, 21.—

With gen.:

T. Livius, eloquentiae ac fidei praeclarus in primis,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—Hence, adv., in two forms, praeclare and praeclariter.

Form praeclārē.

Very clearly, very plainly:

praeclare aliquid explicare,

Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33:

praeclare intellego,

id. Fam. 13, 7, 1:

praeclare memini,

id. ib. 4, 7, 2:

invenire,

Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 3:

praeclare et apposite et facete scribere,

Gell. 2, 23, 11.—

Excellently, admirably, very well:

praeclare nobiscum actum iri, si, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9; cf.:

omnino praeclare te habes, cum, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 61, §

149: simulacrum praeclare factum e marmore,

id. ib. 2, 4, 44, §

96: praeclare facitis, qui, etc.,

id. Phil. 3, 10, 25:

praeclare dicere aliquid,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

gerere negotium,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 34:

praeclarissime aliquid facere,

id. Mil. 35, 96.—Of medicines that operate well, excellently, efficaciously, etc.:

radix caeliacis praeclare facit,

Plin. 22, 19, 22, § 48; 26, 15, 90, § 161; 29, 4, 25, § 78;

32, 4, 14, § 35.—As an expression of assent: pacem vult M. Lepidus: praeclare, si, etc.,

very good, very well, Cic. Phil. 13, 4, 8 sq. —

Form prae-clārĭter, excellently: rebus praeclariter gestis, Quadrig. ap. Non. 516, 12; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180 Vahl.).