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lēnĭter

  • 1 lēniter

        lēniter adv. with comp. and sup.    [lenis], softly, mildly, gently: adridens: atterens Caudam, H.: lenius equites lacessere, with less fury, Cs.: collis leniter acclivis, gently, Cs.: editus collis, L.: torrens lenius decurrit, O.—Fig., quietly, calmly, gently, moderately, leniently: id ferre: lenissime sentire: multa leniter multa aspere dicta sunt: consulto lenius agere, S.: dicis lenius quam solebas.— Remissly, indolently: si cunctetur atque agat lenius, Cs.
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    lenius, lenissime ADV
    gently/mildly/lightly/slightly; w/gentle movement/incline; smoothly; moderately

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  • 2 leniter

    lēnĭter, adv., v. lenis fin.

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  • 3 lenis

    1.
    lēnis, e, adj. [cf. lentus], soft, smooth, mild, gentle, easy, calm.
    I.
    Lit.:

    sensus judicat dulce, amarum: lene, asperum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36; id. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

    vehemens fricatio spissat, lenis mollit,

    Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53:

    vinum hoc asperum est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 48:

    lenibus venenis uti,

    Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1:

    lenissimus ventus,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 1:

    motus laterum,

    moderate, gentle, Quint. 11, 3, 92; 161:

    leni igni sucus coquitur,

    Plin. 21, 18, 73, § 122.—Of the Nile:

    postea lenis,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

    tormentum,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 13:

    volatus,

    Ov. M. 12, 527:

    somnus,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 21.—Of heights, gently or gradually rising:

    clivus,

    Liv. 6, 24; cf. id. 29, 33.— Comp.:

    jugum paulo leniore fastigio ab ea parte quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 24;

    so fastigium,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—
    II.
    Trop., gentle, moderate, mild, lenient, calm.
    A.
    In gen.:

    servitutem lenem reddere,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5:

    Ecce me. Opusne (erit tibi) leni? leniorem dices quam mutumst mare,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 70:

    homo lenis et facilis,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    populus Romanus in hostes lenissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 154:

    lenissima verba,

    id. Fam. 5, 15, 1:

    lenissimum ingenium,

    id. Brut. 56, 204: lenior sententia, Caes. B. C. 1, 2: lene consilium dare, Hor C. 3, 4, 41.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non lenis precibus fata recludere Mercurius,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 17.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of speech, mild, gentle:

    oratio placida, submissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

    lenis et fluens contextus orationis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 127:

    leniores epilogi,

    id. 6, 1, 50.—
    2.
    In gram.: spiritus, the spiritus lenis, the smooth or soft breathing (opp. the spiritus asper), Prisc. p. 572 P.— Hence, adv. in two forms.
    A.
    lēne (only poet.), softly, mildly, gently:

    sectus humum rivo, lene sonantis aquae,

    Ov. F. 2, 704:

    clivi lene jacentes,

    gently rising, Calp. Ecl. 7, 25:

    lene fluens fons,

    Nemes. Ecl. 4, 47:

    lene Notus spirat,

    Avien. Descript. Orb. 857.—
    B.
    lēnĭter (class.), softly, mildly, gently.
    1.
    Lit.:

    leniter arridens,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

    leniter atterens Caudam,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 30:

    ventus leniter pluvius,

    Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 337:

    leniter ire per excubias custodum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 7: collis leniter acclivis, gradually or gently rising, Caes. B. G. 7, 19; so,

    editus collis,

    Liv. 2, 50.— Comp.:

    torrens lenius decurrit,

    Ov. M. 3, 568.—
    2.
    Trop., quietly, calmly, gently, moderately, leniently.
    a.
    In gen.:

    tentem leniter an minaciter?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 20:

    petere quippiam ab aliquo dictis bonis,

    id. Am. prol. 25:

    ferre aliquid,

    Ov. H. 5, 7:

    traducere aevum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 97:

    nimis leniter latam suam injuriam ratus,

    Liv. 29, 9 (al. leviter).— Sup.:

    lenissime sentire,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Of speech:

    multa leniter, multa aspere dicta sunt,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    agit versum Roscius quam leniter, quam remisse, quam non actuose,

    id. de Or. 3, 26, 102.— Comp.:

    qui jamdiu multo dicis remissius et lenius quam solebas,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255.—
    (β).
    Moderately, i. e. very little, not at all:

    hoc leniter laudabitis,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 40; 3, 3, 9:

    leniter qui saeviunt sapiunt magis,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 4.—
    (γ).
    In a bad sense, remissly, indolently:

    si cunctetur atque agat lenius,

    too slowly, Caes. B. C. 1, 1.
    2.
    lenis, is, m., a kind of vessel, Afran. and Laber. ap. Non. 544, 31.

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  • 4 castigatus

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 5 castigo

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 6 consurgo

    con-surgo, surrexi, surrectum, 3, v. n., to raise one's self, to rise (esp. of a multitude), to rise up together, stand up, arise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of living beings:

    cum Athenis ludis quidam in theatrum grandis natu venisset... consurrexisse omnes,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; so, out of respect, impers.:

    itaque in curiam venimus: honorifice consurgitur,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 62, § 138; and:

    in venerationem tui,

    Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

    (in concilio Germanorum) consurgunt ii, qui et causam et hominem probant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 23:

    consurrexit senatus cum clamore ad unum,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

    ex insidiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37; cf. Liv. 2, 50, 6:

    senatum... consurrexisse et petisse,

    id. 38, 57, 5:

    ubi triarii consurrexerunt integri,

    id. 8, 10, 5; cf. id. 8, 8, 12; Cat. 62, 1; Ov. M. 7, 570:

    consurgere tonsis,

    Verg. A. 10, 299:

    consurgitur ex consilio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31; so,

    in plausus consurrectum est,

    Phaedr. 5, 7, 28:

    leniter est consurgendum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 156 al.:

    toro consurgere,

    Ov. M. 7, 344:

    ad iterandum ictum,

    Liv. 8, 7, 10; cf.:

    in ensem,

    Verg. A. 9, 749:

    in poenam,

    Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43:

    ad finitimorum motus,

    Liv. 33, 21, 8:

    ad novas res,

    Suet. Caes. 9.—
    B.
    Of inanimate subjects (mostly poet.):

    consurgeret aër,

    Lucr. 2, 1111.— With ex, Lucr. 6, 498; 4, 929; 6, 474:

    de terra ignis corpora,

    id. 6, 886:

    in auras corpora sponte suā,

    id. 6, 1020:

    mare imo fundo ad aethera,

    Verg. A. 7, 530:

    terno ordine remi,

    id. ib. 5, 120:

    limen earum in tantam altitudinem consurgit quantam, etc.,

    Col. 7, 9, 13:

    villa leniter et sensim clivo fallente consurgit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 14:

    consurgunt geminae quercus,

    grow up, Verg. A. 9, 681:

    jugata vineta,

    Col. 4, 1, 5:

    in gelidas consurgens Caucasus Arctos,

    Val. Fl. 5, 155:

    tantamque operis consurgere molem,

    id. ib. 1, 499.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Of living beings; constr., ad or in aliquid, also absol., to rise or stand up for any (esp. a hostile) action (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    ad bellum,

    Liv. 10, 13, 4; 33, 19, 7:

    ad novas res,

    Suet. Caes. 9:

    in arma,

    Verg. A. 10, 90:

    in iras truces,

    Val. Fl. 1, 673:

    in poenam,

    Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43:

    in aemulationem,

    Just. 12, 15:

    consurgunt iterum partes,

    rise, Luc. 1, 692; cf. Tac. H. 3, 1:

    in nostri curam consurge tuendi,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 71:

    carmine Maeonio,

    id. P. 3, 3, 31.—
    B.
    Of inanimate things, to arise, take rise (like A., perh. not ante-Aug.):

    vespere ab atro consurgunt venti,

    Verg. A. 5, 19;

    so of winds: e terrā,

    Plin. 2, 43, 44, § 114:

    subitoque novum consurgere bellum,

    Verg. A. 8, 637; Sen. Ep. 91, 5:

    quā concitatione consurgat ira,

    Quint. 1, 11, 12:

    fama consurgit,

    Val. Fl. 1, 75.

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  • 7 levis

    1.
    lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

    Lucr. 2, 227:

    aether,

    id. 5, 459:

    aura,

    id. 3, 196:

    levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    stipulae,

    Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

    levis armaturae Numidae,

    the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

    sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

    miles,

    a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

    of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

    Tac. G. 6:

    flebis in solo levis angiportu,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

    terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

    Tib. 2, 4, 50;

    esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

    the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

    virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

    lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

    leves malvae,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

    gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

    id. Epod. 2, 57).—
    2.
    Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

    agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

    a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

    leves venti,

    Ov. M. 15, 346:

    flatus,

    Sil. 15, 162:

    currus,

    light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

    levi deducens pollice filum,

    light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

    pollex,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    saltus,

    id. ib. 7, 767;

    3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1:

    Messapus levis cursu,

    Verg. A. 12, 489:

    leves Parthi,

    id. G. 4, 314:

    equus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 389:

    Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

    quaere modos leviore plectro,

    nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

    et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

    Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

    omnes ire leves,

    Sil. 16, 488:

    exsultare levis,

    id. 10, 605:

    levior discurrere,

    id. 4, 549:

    nullo levis terrore moveri,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

    hora,

    fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

    terra,

    light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

    et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

    so (opp graviora),

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

    tactus,

    a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

    strepitus,

    id. ib. 7, 840:

    stridor,

    id. ib. 4, 413.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

    nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

    grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

    leve et infirmum,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

    ad motum animi... leviora,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

    id. Planc. 26, 63:

    auditio,

    a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

    cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

    something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    dolor,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

    proelium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    periculum,

    id. B. C. 3, 26:

    in aliquem merita,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

    leviore de causa,

    id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

    praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

    Juv. 13, 182:

    effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

    Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

    in levi habitum,

    was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

    levia sed nimium queror,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

    quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

    no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

    quidquid levius putaris,

    easier, id. 10, 344.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    opum levior,

    Sil. 2, 102.—
    B.
    In disposition or character.
    1.
    Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

    homo levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    ne me leviorem erga te putes,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

    tu levior cortice,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

    quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

    id. ib. 17, 63:

    leves ac nummarii judices,

    id. Clu. 28, 75:

    sit precor illa levis,

    Tib. 1, 6, 56:

    levi brachio aliquid agere,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

    quid levius aut turpius,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

    auctor,

    Liv. 5, 15:

    leves amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

    spes,

    vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

    leviores mores,

    Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—
    2.
    Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

    quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

    levior reprehensio,

    id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

    tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

    the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

    nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

    exsilium,

    mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    armati,

    light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

    levius casura pila sperabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

    leviter densae nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 248:

    inflexum bacillum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saucius,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    non leviter lucra liguriens,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

    agnoscere aliquid,

    id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

    eruditus,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

    quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

    so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    dolere,

    Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

    ut levissime dicam,

    to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —
    b.
    Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

    id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

    sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

    id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

    levius torquetis Arachne,

    more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.
    2.
    lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

    in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

    id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

    Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

    id. Univ. 6:

    pocula,

    smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

    pharetrae,

    id. ib. 5, 558:

    brassica,

    Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

    levissima corpora,

    Lucr. 4, 659:

    coma pectine levis,

    Ov. M. 12, 409:

    nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

    levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

    Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

    levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

    smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

    ora,

    Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

    crura,

    Juv. 8, 115:

    sponsus,

    id. 3, 111:

    caput,

    id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

    pectus,

    Verg. A. 11, 40:

    frons,

    id. E. 6, 51:

    umeri,

    id. A. 7, 815:

    colla,

    Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

    vir,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

    externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

    smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

    per leve,

    Pers. 1, 64:

    per levia,

    Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

    oratio (opp. aspera),

    Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

    levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

    id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

    levis et aspera (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    levis et quadrata compositio,

    id. 2, 5, 9:

    levia ac nitida,

    id. 5, 12, 18:

    (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

    id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > levis

  • 8 sensim

    sensim, adv. [sentio] (prop. sensibly, i. e. perceptibly, observably, visibly; hence, as opp. to what is unforeseen, unexpected, sudden), slowly, gently, soflly, gradually (freq. and class.; syn.: paulatim, pedetemptim;

    opp. repente): sensim tardeve potius quasi nosmet ipsos cognoscimus,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 41: sensim et pedetemptim, Lucil. ap. Non. 29, 7; cf.:

    sensim et pedetemptim progrediens extenuatur dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 54:

    sensim pedetemptimque... sensim dissuere amicitias,

    id. Off. 1, 33, 120:

    ille sensim dicebat, quod causae prodesset, tu cursim dicis aliena,

    id. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

    submissius a primo, post sensim incedens,

    id. Or. 8, 26; Liv. 10, 5:

    sensim sine sensu aetas senescit (an alliteration),

    Cic. Sen. 11, 38:

    non sensim atque moderate arrepserat, sed brevi tempore totum hominem possederat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158:

    animos sensim ac leniter accendere,

    id. Cael. 11, 25:

    leniter et sensim,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 14; so (with modice) Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 57; (with placide) Gell. 5, 14, 11; (with comiter) id. 13, 4, 3; (with paulatim) Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 4; Gell. 12, 1, 22:

    sensim super attolle limen pedes, nova nupta,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1:

    consuetudo sensim eo deducta est, ut,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 9:

    vocem cubantes sensim excitant,

    id. de Or. 1, 59, 251:

    minuere,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 27:

    memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 95:

    sed sensim is a nonnullis reprehendebatur,

    Nep. Att. 9:

    sensim temptantium animos sermo,

    Liv. 2, 2; cf.:

    mentio sensim illata,

    id. 4, 1:

    non jam sensim, ut ante, principes, sed passim omnes postulat,

    id. 2, 45:

    sensim incedere jubet,

    id. 10, 5:

    sensim et sapienter amare,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 565:

    parce gaudere oportet et sensim queri,

    Phaedr. 4, 16, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sensim

  • 9 acclīvis (ad-c-)

        acclīvis (ad-c-) e (once acclīvus, O.), adj.    [CLI-], up-hill, ascending, steep: leniter adclivis aditus, Cs.: trames, O.: tumulis adclive solum, sloping in knolls, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > acclīvis (ad-c-)

  • 10 ad-flō (aff-)

        ad-flō (aff-) āvī, —, āre,    to blow on, breathe upon: terga tantum adflante vento, L.: me ful minis ventis, blasted with, V.: qui (odores) adflarentur e floribus: taurorum adflabitur ore, i. e. scorched by the breath, O.: (pennarum) iactatibus adflata est tellus, is fanned, O.: Hos necat adflati tabe veneni, poisonous breath, O.: quidquid aurae fluminis adpropinquabant, adflabat verior frigoris vis, the nearer... the keener blew, L.: velut illis Canidia adflasset, H. — Fig., to inspire: adflata est numine... dei, V.: te adflavit E tribus soror, a Fury has inflamed thee, O.: gregibus amores, Tb.—To breathe on, impart by breathing: laetos oculis adflarat (Venus) honores, breathed charms upon, V.—To waft towards (only fig.): sperat sibi auram posse aliquam adflari voluntatis, some intimation of good-will; cf. cui placidus leniter adflat amor, i. e. is propitious, Pr.

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  • 11 āla

        āla ae, f    [for * axla; dim. of axis], a wing: aquila suspensis demissa leniter alis, L.: stridentes, V. — Fig.: mors alis circumvolat atris, H.: furva, Tb.: iocunda, Pr.: fulminis ocior alis, V.: timor addidit alas, i. e. speed, V.—Of sails: velorum pandimus alas, V.—In man, the armpit, L.: aliquid sub alā portare, H.—Of an army, the wing, usu. including the cavalry and the auxiliaries, C., L. — A division of cavalry: Campanorum, L.: mille ferme equitum, L.—Poet.: Dum trepidant alae, while the troops are in hot pursuit, V.
    * * *
    wing; upper arm/foreleg/fin; armpit; squadron (cavalry), flank, army's wing

    Latin-English dictionary > āla

  • 12 collis

        collis is, m    [2 CEL-], an elevation, high ground, hill: iugum collis, Cs.: aequaliter declivis, Cs.: leniter adclivis, Cs.: altus, O.: celsus, V.: septem colles, i. e. Rome, H.: summa collium insederant, Ta.
    * * *
    hill, hillock, eminence, hill-top; mound; high ground; mountains (pl.) (poetic)

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  • 13 ēminēns

        ēminēns entis, adj. with comp.    [P. of emineo], standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty: oculi: promunturia, Cs.: saxa, S.: genae leniter: trabes eminentiores, Cs.: per inaequaliter eminentia rupis, irregular spurs, L. — Fig., prominent, distinctive: species, quae nihil habeat eminentis. — Eminent, distinguished: eminentior eloquentia, Ta.: oratores, Ta. — Plur m. as subst: sinistra erga eminentīs interpretatio, Ta.
    * * *
    eminentis (gen.), eminentisor -or -us, eminentissimus -a -um ADJ
    eminent/distingished/notable; lofty/towering; prominent/projecting; foreground

    Latin-English dictionary > ēminēns

  • 14 fastīgātus

        fastīgātus adj.    [cf. fastigium], pointed, sharp, wedge-shaped: testudo, L.: collis in modum metae, L.— Sloping, descending: collis leniter, Cs.
    * * *
    fastigata, fastigatum ADJ
    pointed, sharp; wedge shaped; sloping, descending

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  • 15 īnfimus or īnfumus

        īnfimus or īnfumus adj. sup.    [cf. inferus], lowest, last (cf. īmus, but of the lowest of several objects, infimus is used): radices montis, Cs.: cum scripsissem haec infima: arā, lowest part: sub infimo colle, foot, Cs.: collis passūs circiter CC infimus apertus, at the bottom, Cs.—As subst n., the lowest part, bottom: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis, at the foot, Cs.: ad infimum, at the bottom, Cs.—Fig., lowest, meanest, basest: esse infra infumos Homines, T.: quisquam: faex populi: infimo loco natus: summos cum infimis pari iure retinebat: preces, most humble, L.

    Latin-English dictionary > īnfimus or īnfumus

  • 16 meritum

        meritum ī, n    [P. n. of mero], a merit, service, kindness, benefit, favor: pro merito ab illo tibi referri gratia, T.: nobis ob merita sua carus, S.: pro singulari eorum merito: merito tuo feci, as you deserved: ex merito, Ta.: recordatio ingentium meritorum, L.: meritis pro talibus, V.: magna in me.— Demerit, blame, fault, offence: merito hoc meo videtur factum? T.: a me nullo meo merito alienus, by no fault of mine: nullo meo in se merito, no offence against him, L.: Leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est, O.— Merit, worth, value, importance: quo sit merito quaeque notata dies, O.: sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis, H.
    * * *
    merit, service; value, due reward

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  • 17 prō-lābor

        prō-lābor lapsus, ī,    to glide forward, slide along, slip: at Canis ad caudam serpens prolabitur Argo, C. poët.: conlapsus pons, usque ad alterius initium pontis prolabi eum leniter cogebat, to slide along, L.—To fall forward, tumble, fall in ruins: equus cum prolapsum per caput regem effudisset, who fell headlong, L.: prolabens ex equo, L.: pro lapsa Pergama, ruined, V.: ipsis adminiculis prolapsis corruere, sliding from under them, L.—Fig., to go forward, be led on: me longius prolapsum esse, quam, etc., have spoken at more length: in misericordiam prolapsus est animus victoris, L.— To slip out, escape: ab aliquā cupiditate prolapsum verbum.—To fall, fail, err, be led astray: timore: cupiditate regni, L.—To fall to decay, sink, decline, go to ruin: ita prolapsa est (iuventus) ut coërcenda sit: rem temeritate eius prolapsam restituit, L.

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  • 18 red-eō

        red-eō iī    (redīt, T., Iu.), itus, īre.—Of persons, to go back, turn back, return, turn around: velletne me redire: et non si revocaretis, rediturus fuerim, L.: territus ille retro redit, V.: tardius, O.: mature, H.: e provinciā: ex illis contionibus domum, L.: a cenā: a nobis, V.: ab Africā, H.: a flumine, O.: ne rure redierit, T.: suburbanā aede, O.: eodem, unde redierat, proficiscitur, Cs.: inde domum, O.: Quo rediturus erat, H.: retro in urbem, L.: in viam: in proelium, renew, L.: Serus in caelum redeas, H.: ad imperatorem suum: ad penates et in patriam, Cu.: Romam: Cirtam, S.: Itque reditque viam, V.: dum ab illo rediri posset, Cs.—Of things, to come back, return, be brought back, be restored: ad idem, unde profecta sunt, astra: sol in sua signa, O.: redeuntis cornua lunae, O.: flumen in eandem partem, ex quā venerat, redit, Cs.: redeunt iam gramina campis, H.—In thought, to go back, return, recur: mitte ista, atque ad rem redi, T.: ad illum: ad inceptum, S.: Illuc, unde abii, H.: res redit, comes up again.—Of revenue, to come in, arise, proceed, be received: pecunia publica, quae ex metallis redibat, N.—Of time, to come around, return, recur: redeuntibus annis, revolving, V.: Nonae redeunt Decembres, H.—To come to, be brought to, arrive at, reach, attain: pilis missis ad gladios redierunt, took to, Cs.: Caesar opinione trium legionum deiectus, ad duas redierat, was reduced, Cs.: collis leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planitiem redibat, sloped down, Cs.: ad te summa rerum redit, all depends on you, T.: ad interregnum res, L.: Ut ad pauca redeam, i. e. to cut the story short, T.: haec bona in tabulas publicas nulla redierunt, have not been registered: Germania in septentrionem ingenti flexu redit, trends towards the north, Ta.: Quod si eo meae fortunae redeunt, ut, etc., come to that, T.: omnia verba huc redeunt, amount to this, T. —Fig., to go back, come back, return, be brought back, be restored: istoc verbo animus mihi redit, T.: Et mens et rediit verus in ora color, O.: spiritus et vita redit bonis ducibus, H.: in pristinum statum, Cs.: res in antiquum statum rediit, L.: cum suis inimicissimis in gratiam: in amicitiam Romanorum, L.: in memoriam mortuorum, call to mind: redii mecum in memoriam, T.: redit agricolis labor actus in orbem, V.: rursum ad ingenium redit, to his natural bent, T.: ad suum vestitum: ad te redi, control yourself, T.: sine paululum ad me redeam, recollect myself, T.: iam ad se redisse, recovered consciousness, L.: ad sanitatem: In veram faciem, resume his proper form, O.: in annos Quos egit, rediit, i. e. he renewed his youth, O.: in fastos, i. e. refers, H.

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  • 19 spēs

        spēs speī (spei, monosyl., T.), f    [SPA-], hope: aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur: miserum est nec habere ne spei quidem extremum: spem ponere in armis, V.: spem deponere, abandon, H.: spem salutis suae in Meleagri morte deponebat, placed, Cu.: spem Catilinae mollibus sententiis alere: ut eos homines spes falleret: nostris militibus spem minuit, Cs.: de spe conatuque depulsus: morando spem destituere, L.: Philippus, magnā spe depulsus, L.: repente praeter spem dixit, etc.: cetera contra spem salva invenit, L.: omnia bona in spe habere, S.: omnīs Catilinae spes atque opes concidisse: (cadus) Spes donare novas largus, H.: spem istoc pacto nuptiarum omnem eripis, T.: qui spem salutis in aliā ratione non habuerit: unius recuperandi fili spes: Antiochus a spe societatis Prusiae decidit, L.: Spem suae mortis conceperat, O.: magna me spes tenet, explicare, etc.: in spem maximam adducti, hunc ipsum annum salutarem civitati fore: magnam in spem veniebat, fore, uti, etc., Cs.: te in istam spem inducere, ut, etc.: leniter in spem Adrepe officiosus, ut scribare Heres, H.: spem de eo iam puero habuerant: tantum spei habere ad vivendum: Gallis ad temptanda ea defuit spes, L.— A hope, ground of hope, object of desire, deliverance, trust: puppes, Spes vestri reditūs, O.: vestras spes uritis, V.: Spe (i. e. re speratā) potitur, O.—Of offspring, a hope, promise: Devovit nati spemque caputque parens, O.: nec spes iam restat Iuli, V.: spes reliqua nostra, Cicero.— An anticipation, expectation, apprehension, dread: si meam spem vis improborum fefellerit: mala res, spes multo asperior, S.: (bellum) spe omnium serius, L.: cum Tarentinorum defectio in spe Hannibali esset, L.—Person., as a divinity, Hope: ad Spei, at the temple of Hope, L., C., H.
    * * *
    I
    Spes, goddess of hope, hope personified
    II
    hope/anticipation/expectation

    Latin-English dictionary > spēs

  • 20 submissus (summ-)

        submissus (summ-) adj. with comp.    [P. of submitto], let down, lowered, low: stantibus primis, secundis summissioribus, stooping lower, L.: Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postīs, O.—Fig., of speech, low, soft, gentle, calm, composed, moderate: dicere summissā (voce) leniter: forma summissi oratoris.—Of character, humble, submissive: Submissi petimus terram, V.— Low, mean, grovelling, abject: ne quid submissum faciamus.

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