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  • 1 potis or pote

        potis or pote adj. indecl. with comp. potior, potius, and sup. potissimus    [POT-].    I. Posit, able, capable (with es or est): Potin ut desinas (sc. es)? Can you stop? T.: dum potis (es), aridum Compone lignum, H.: At non Euandrum potis est vis ulla tenere, V.— Possible: nihil potis supra, nothing could exceed it, T.: ubi Nec potis est fluctūs aequare sequendo, V.: quantum pote, as soon as possible.—    II. Comp., of persons, better, preferable, superior: ut sit potior, qui prior ad dandumst, T.: cives potiores quam peregrini: heres, L.: qui potior nunc es, Tb.—Of things, better, preferable, more useful, more important: Novistine locum potiorem rure beato? H.: mors civibus semper fuit servitute potior: nihil mihi fuit potius quam ut, etc., more urgent: semper se rei p. commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora, Cs.: potiora quaedam agere, more important matters, Cu. —    III. Sup, chief, principal, most prominent, strongest: quae dubia nisu videbantur, potissumus temptare, foremost, S.: quid potissimum sit, quaeritur: causa, Ta.: potissimi libertorum, Ta.

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  • 2 satius

        satius adj. n    [comp. of satis], more satisfying, better, more serviceable, fitter, preferable.—Only as predicate of a clause: tibi perdere Talentum satius est quam illo minam, T.: mergi freto satius illi insulae esse quam dedi inimico, L.: nonne satius est mutum esse quam dicere, etc.: Nonne fuit satius tristīs Amaryllidis iras pati? V.: terga impugnare hostium satius visum est, L.: satius putarunt in urbe eum comprehendi, thought it more expedient, N.
    * * *
    I
    rather; preferably
    II
    better, more serviceable/satisfactory; fitter, preferable; (COMP of satis)

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  • 3 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:

    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.—
    II.
    Comp.: pŏtĭor, us, that may be preferred, preferred; better, preferable (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    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.—
    B.
    Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:

    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.—
    III.
    Sup.: pŏtissĭmus, a, um, the chief, principal, most prominent, most important.
    A.
    Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    B.
    Of things (class.):

    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.
    A.
    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:

    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.—
    2.
    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.:

    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.—
    B.
    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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  • 4 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:

    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.—
    II.
    Comp.: pŏtĭor, us, that may be preferred, preferred; better, preferable (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    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.—
    B.
    Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:

    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.—
    III.
    Sup.: pŏtissĭmus, a, um, the chief, principal, most prominent, most important.
    A.
    Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    B.
    Of things (class.):

    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.
    A.
    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:

    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.—
    2.
    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.:

    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.—
    B.
    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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  • 5 potissimus

    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:

    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.—
    II.
    Comp.: pŏtĭor, us, that may be preferred, preferred; better, preferable (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    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.—
    B.
    Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:

    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.—
    III.
    Sup.: pŏtissĭmus, a, um, the chief, principal, most prominent, most important.
    A.
    Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    B.
    Of things (class.):

    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.
    A.
    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:

    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.—
    2.
    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.:

    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.—
    B.
    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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  • 6 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:

    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.—
    II.
    Comp.: pŏtĭor, us, that may be preferred, preferred; better, preferable (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    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.—
    B.
    Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:

    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.—
    III.
    Sup.: pŏtissĭmus, a, um, the chief, principal, most prominent, most important.
    A.
    Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    B.
    Of things (class.):

    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.
    A.
    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:

    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.—
    2.
    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.:

    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.—
    B.
    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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  • 7 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:

    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.—
    II.
    Comp.: pŏtĭor, us, that may be preferred, preferred; better, preferable (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    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.—
    B.
    Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:

    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.—
    III.
    Sup.: pŏtissĭmus, a, um, the chief, principal, most prominent, most important.
    A.
    Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    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.—
    B.
    Of things (class.):

    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.
    A.
    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:

    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.—
    2.
    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.:

    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.—
    B.
    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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  • 8 antīquus (-īcus)

        antīquus (-īcus) adj. with comp. and sup.    [ante], ancient, former, of old times: tua duritia, former severity, T.: causa antiquior memoriā tuā: patria, L.: urbs, V.: antiquae leges et mortuae. — Plur m. as subst, the ancients, ancient writers: antiquorum auctoritas: traditus ab antiquis mos, H.—Old, long in existence, aged: hospes, T.: genus, N.: Graiorum antiquissima scripta, H.: antiquissimum quodque tempus spectare, i. e. longestablished rights, Cs.: antiquum obtinere, to hold fast an old custom, T.: morem antiquum obtines, T. — Fig., old, venerable, reverend, authoritative: fanum Iunonis: templa deum, H.: longe antiquissimum ratus sacra facere, etc., a most venerable custom, L.: antiquior alia causa (amicitiae), more original.—Old-fashioned: (cives) antiquā virtute, T.: homines: vestigia antiqui officii. — Comp, more desirable, preferable: ne quid vitā existimem antiquius: antiquior ei fuit gloria quam regnum: id antiquius consuli fuit, was of more pressing importance, L.

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  • 9 potius

        potius adv. comp.    [potis], rather, preferable, more: sed scin', quid volo potius facias? T.: nec vero imperia expetenda, ac potius non accipienda interdum: Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi R., Cs.: si domus haec habenda est potius quam deversorium: se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur, L.: mansurus, potius quam incertae vitae parceret, S.: per interregem comitia habenda esse potius, quam consul alter a bello avocaretur, L.: vel haec patienda censeo potius, quam trucidari corpora, L.—With aut or vel, or rather, or I may better say: efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius: quam fuit imbecillus, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine: Cato magnus homo, vel potius summus vir.
    * * *
    rather, more, preferably

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  • 10 praepositus

        praepositus adj.    [P. of praepono], preferable, preferred.—As subst n., that which is desirable (opp. both to the absolete good, and to evil).

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  • 11 prae-stābilis

        prae-stābilis e, adj.    with comp, pre-eminent, distinguished, excellent: res magnitudine: dignitas praestabilior: fuerat praestabilius, preferable, T.: nihil amicitiā praestabilius: neque aliud praestabilius invenies, S.

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  • 12 prae-stō

        prae-stō itī, itus    (P. fut. praestatūrus), āre, to stand out, stand before, be superior, excel, surpass, exceed, be excellent: suos inter aequalīs: civitas hominum multitudine praestabat, Cs.: sacro, quod praestat, peracto, Iu.: probro atque petulantiā maxume, to be pre-eminent, S.: virtute omnibus, Cs.: quā re homines bestiis praestent: pingendo aliis: praestare honestam mortem existimans turpi vitae, N.: quantum ceteris praestet Lucretia, L.: virtute ceteros mortales, L.: gradu honoris nos, L.: imperatores prudentiā, N.—Impers. with subject-clause, it is preferable, is better: sibi praestare, quamvis fortunam pati, quam interfici, etc., Cs.: mori milies praestitit, quam haec pati: motos praestat componere fluctūs, V.—To become surety for, answer for, vouch for, warrant, be responsible for, take upon oneself: ut omnīs ministros imperi tui rei p. praestare videare: ut nihil in vitā nobis praestandum praeter culpam putemus, i. e. that we have nothing to answer for if free from guilt: impetūs populi praestare nemo potest, answer for the outbreaks of the people: emptori damnum praestari oportere, compensation ought to be made: nihil, be responsible for nothing: quod ab homine non potuerit praestari, what none could guaranty against: tibi a vi nihil, give no guaranty against: meliorem praesto magistro Discipulum, warrant, Iu.: quis potest praestare, semper sapientem beatum fore, cum, etc.?: Illius lacrimae praestant Ut veniam culpae non abnuat Osiris, insure, Iu.—To fulfil, discharge, maintain, perform, execute: in pugnā militis officia, Cs.: amicitiae ius officiumque: praestiti, ne quem pacis per me partae paeniteat, have taken care, L.: quamcumque ei fidem dederis, ego praestabo, will keep the promise: ei fidem, L.: mea tibi fides praestabitur: pacem cum iis populus R. praestitit, maintained, L.: argenti pondo bina in militem, pay as ransom, L.: tributa, pay, Iu.: triplicem usuram, Iu.—To keep, preserve, maintain, retain: pueri, quibus videmur praestare rem p. debuisse: nepotibus aequor, O.: omnīs socios salvos praestare poteramus: Incolumem me tibi, H.—To show, exhibit, prove, evince, manifest, furnish, present, assure: mobilitatem equitum in proeliis, Cs.: in iis rebus eam voluntatem: consilium suum fidemque: honorem debitum patri: senatui sententiam, to give his vote: terga hosti, i. e. flee, Ta.: voluptatem sapienti, assure: praesta te eum, qui, etc., show thyself such, as, etc.: teque praesta constanter ad omne Indeclinatae munus amicitiae, show thyself constant, O.: vel magnum praestet Achillen, approve himself a great Achilles, V.

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  • 13 prior

        prior neut. prius, ōris, adj. comp. (for sup. see primus)    [PRO-], former, previous, prior, first: me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus R. faciebat: qui prior has angustias occupaverit, first, Cs.: exercitus, L.: priore loco causam dicere, first: priore aestate, last summer: prioribus comitiis: priore anno, the preceding year, L.: Dionysius prior, the elder, N.: pedes, the forefeet, N.— Plur m. as subst, forefathers, ancestors, the ancients: abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt, Ph.: nomen dixere priores Ortygiam, V.: more priorum, O.—Fig., better, superior, preferable, more excellent: color puniceae flore prior rosae, H.: ut nemo haberetur prior, L.: aetate et sapientiā, S.: quanto prius potiusque est... quam, etc., L.— Plur f. as subst. (only acc; sc. partīs), superior rank, preference, lead: etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio.
    * * *
    I
    superior/elder monk; (later) second in dignity to abbot/head of priory, prior
    II
    ancestors (pl.), forefathers, predecessors, people of an earlier time

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  • 14 prōductus

        prōductus adj. with comp.    [P. of produco], lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus: productiora alia, too long: nomen, formed by prolongation: neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula, longer, H. — Plur n. as subst, preferable things.

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  • 15 proēgmena

        proēgmena ōrum, n, προηγμένα, preferable things (in the Stoic philosophy).

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  • 16 prōmōta

        prōmōta ōrum, n    [P. of promoveo], preferable things.

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  • 17 poti

    better, preferable, superior; more useful (things), more important

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  • 18 antiqui

    antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

    to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

    hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

    thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

    causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

    tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

    id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

    Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

    Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.
    A.
    antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

    antiquorum auctoritas,

    Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

    quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

    id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

    in antiquis est sapientia,

    Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

    sapientia omnium antiquorum,

    ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

    dictum est antiquis,

    ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

    facere in antiquum,

    to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

    vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

    Tac. Or. 15:

    simultas vetus et antiqua,

    Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—
    B.
    an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

    Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

    Ov. M. 14, 396:

    novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

    antiqua ne intueamini,

    ib. Isa. 43, 18.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

    vulnus,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

    vigor,

    id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

    carcer,

    Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

    dies antiqui,

    Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

    anni,

    ib. Mal. 3, 4:

    tempora,

    ib. Act. 15, 21.—
    B.
    In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

    melior,

    Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

    antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

    id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

    neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

    ne quid existimem antiquius,

    id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

    judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

    navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

    id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

    antiquis est adulescens moribus,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

    homo antiquā virtute et fide,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

    homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

    people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

    vestigia antiqui officii,

    id. ib. 10, 27:

    vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

    id. Att. 9, 15:

    vir sanctus, antiquus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—
    D.
    With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    terra antiqua potens armis,

    Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

    urbs,

    id. ib. 11, 540:

    Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

    Sabinae,

    id. Med. 11:

    Amyclae,

    id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

    Antiquus Dierum,

    the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—
    E.
    Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

    mos,

    id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

    hospes,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

    amicus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

    discipulus,

    ib. Act. 21, 16:

    artificium,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

    genus,

    Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

    templa,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

    antiquissima scripta,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

    ne transfer terminos antiquos,

    Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.
    a.
    In mal. part.:

    antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —
    b.
    In bon. part.:

    O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

    Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—
    F.
    Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

    Butes,

    Verg. A. 9, 647:

    antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

    Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).
    I.
    In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

    Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

    tectum antiquitus constitutum,

    Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

    Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

    Sol. 11.—
    II.
    From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

    cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

    Quint. 1, 10, 12:

    jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

    Liv. 9, 29:

    hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

    id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

    cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

    Quint. 1, 10, 30.—
    III.
    In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

    nimis antique dicere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

    simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

    in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

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  • 19 antiquum

    antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

    to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

    hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

    thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

    causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

    tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

    id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

    Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

    Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.
    A.
    antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

    antiquorum auctoritas,

    Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

    quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

    id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

    in antiquis est sapientia,

    Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

    sapientia omnium antiquorum,

    ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

    dictum est antiquis,

    ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

    facere in antiquum,

    to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

    vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

    Tac. Or. 15:

    simultas vetus et antiqua,

    Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—
    B.
    an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

    Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

    Ov. M. 14, 396:

    novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

    antiqua ne intueamini,

    ib. Isa. 43, 18.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

    vulnus,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

    vigor,

    id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

    carcer,

    Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

    dies antiqui,

    Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

    anni,

    ib. Mal. 3, 4:

    tempora,

    ib. Act. 15, 21.—
    B.
    In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

    melior,

    Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

    antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

    id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

    neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

    ne quid existimem antiquius,

    id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

    judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

    navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

    id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

    antiquis est adulescens moribus,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

    homo antiquā virtute et fide,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

    homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

    people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

    vestigia antiqui officii,

    id. ib. 10, 27:

    vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

    id. Att. 9, 15:

    vir sanctus, antiquus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—
    D.
    With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    terra antiqua potens armis,

    Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

    urbs,

    id. ib. 11, 540:

    Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

    Sabinae,

    id. Med. 11:

    Amyclae,

    id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

    Antiquus Dierum,

    the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—
    E.
    Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

    mos,

    id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

    hospes,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

    amicus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

    discipulus,

    ib. Act. 21, 16:

    artificium,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

    genus,

    Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

    templa,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

    antiquissima scripta,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

    ne transfer terminos antiquos,

    Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.
    a.
    In mal. part.:

    antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —
    b.
    In bon. part.:

    O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

    Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—
    F.
    Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

    Butes,

    Verg. A. 9, 647:

    antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

    Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).
    I.
    In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

    Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

    tectum antiquitus constitutum,

    Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

    Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

    Sol. 11.—
    II.
    From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

    cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

    Quint. 1, 10, 12:

    jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

    Liv. 9, 29:

    hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

    id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

    cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

    Quint. 1, 10, 30.—
    III.
    In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

    nimis antique dicere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

    simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

    in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

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  • 20 antiquus

    antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

    to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

    hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

    thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

    causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

    tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

    id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

    Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

    Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.
    A.
    antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

    antiquorum auctoritas,

    Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

    quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

    id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

    in antiquis est sapientia,

    Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

    sapientia omnium antiquorum,

    ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

    dictum est antiquis,

    ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

    facere in antiquum,

    to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

    vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

    Tac. Or. 15:

    simultas vetus et antiqua,

    Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—
    B.
    an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

    Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

    Ov. M. 14, 396:

    novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

    antiqua ne intueamini,

    ib. Isa. 43, 18.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

    vulnus,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

    vigor,

    id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

    carcer,

    Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

    dies antiqui,

    Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

    anni,

    ib. Mal. 3, 4:

    tempora,

    ib. Act. 15, 21.—
    B.
    In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

    melior,

    Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

    antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

    id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

    neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

    ne quid existimem antiquius,

    id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

    judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

    navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

    id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

    antiquis est adulescens moribus,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

    homo antiquā virtute et fide,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

    homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

    people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

    vestigia antiqui officii,

    id. ib. 10, 27:

    vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

    id. Att. 9, 15:

    vir sanctus, antiquus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—
    D.
    With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    terra antiqua potens armis,

    Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

    urbs,

    id. ib. 11, 540:

    Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

    Sabinae,

    id. Med. 11:

    Amyclae,

    id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

    Antiquus Dierum,

    the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—
    E.
    Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

    mos,

    id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

    hospes,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

    amicus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

    discipulus,

    ib. Act. 21, 16:

    artificium,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

    genus,

    Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

    templa,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

    antiquissima scripta,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

    ne transfer terminos antiquos,

    Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.
    a.
    In mal. part.:

    antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —
    b.
    In bon. part.:

    O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

    Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—
    F.
    Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

    Butes,

    Verg. A. 9, 647:

    antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

    Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).
    I.
    In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

    Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

    tectum antiquitus constitutum,

    Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

    Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

    Sol. 11.—
    II.
    From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

    cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

    Quint. 1, 10, 12:

    jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

    Liv. 9, 29:

    hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

    id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

    cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

    Quint. 1, 10, 30.—
    III.
    In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

    nimis antique dicere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

    simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

    in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

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