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laudābĭle

1 laudabile

laudābĭlis, e, adj. [laudo], to be praised, praiseworthy, laudable (class. and freq.).
I.
Lit.:
laudabile est, quod conficit honestam et praesentem et consequentem commemorationem,
Auct. Her. 3, 4, 7:
honestum, etiam si a nullo laudetur, natura esse laudabile,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14:
vita,
id. Lael. 7, 23:
orationes,
id. Brut. 95, 325; cf.
oratores,
id. ib. 97, 333:
vir erga rempublicam, Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 32, 2: civis,
Quint. 12, 1, 41; 3, 6, 84:
carmen,
Hor. A. P. 408:
fides,
Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 35:
in Rutilo luxuria est: in Ventidio laudabile nomen sumit,
Juv. 11, 22.— As subst.: laudābĭle, is, n., the praiseworthy, Auct. Her. 3, 4, 7.— Comp.:
vitae ratio laudabilior,
Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 6:
(voluptas) melioremne efficit aut laudabiliorem virum?
id. Par. 1 fin:
multo modestia post victoriam, quam ipsa victoria, laudabilior,
Liv. 36, 21.—
II.
Transf., valuable, precious, excellent (post-Aug.):
mel,
Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 38:
terra,
id. 17, 4, 3, § 28.— Comp.:
laudabilius vinum,
Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.— Hence, adv.: laudābĭlĭter, in a praiseworthy manner, praiseworthily, laudably, ad recte, honeste, laudabiliter, postremo ad bene vivendum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12:
laudabiliter ac placabiliter propitiandi judices,
by flattering expressions, Gell. 7, 3.— Comp.:
laudabilius,
Val. Max. 5, 1, 2 ext.; 5, 4, 3.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. appear not to occur.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laudabile
2 laudabilis

, laudabile (m = f,n)

похвальный, достойный похвалы

Dictionary Latin-Russian new > laudabilis
3 laudabilis

laudābĭlis, e, adj. [laudo], to be praised, praiseworthy, laudable (class. and freq.).
I.
Lit.:
laudabile est, quod conficit honestam et praesentem et consequentem commemorationem,
Auct. Her. 3, 4, 7:
honestum, etiam si a nullo laudetur, natura esse laudabile,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14:
vita,
id. Lael. 7, 23:
orationes,
id. Brut. 95, 325; cf.
oratores,
id. ib. 97, 333:
vir erga rempublicam, Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 32, 2: civis,
Quint. 12, 1, 41; 3, 6, 84:
carmen,
Hor. A. P. 408:
fides,
Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 35:
in Rutilo luxuria est: in Ventidio laudabile nomen sumit,
Juv. 11, 22.— As subst.: laudābĭle, is, n., the praiseworthy, Auct. Her. 3, 4, 7.— Comp.:
vitae ratio laudabilior,
Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 6:
(voluptas) melioremne efficit aut laudabiliorem virum?
id. Par. 1 fin:
multo modestia post victoriam, quam ipsa victoria, laudabilior,
Liv. 36, 21.—
II.
Transf., valuable, precious, excellent (post-Aug.):
mel,
Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 38:
terra,
id. 17, 4, 3, § 28.— Comp.:
laudabilius vinum,
Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.— Hence, adv.: laudābĭlĭter, in a praiseworthy manner, praiseworthily, laudably, ad recte, honeste, laudabiliter, postremo ad bene vivendum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12:
laudabiliter ac placabiliter propitiandi judices,
by flattering expressions, Gell. 7, 3.— Comp.:
laudabilius,
Val. Max. 5, 1, 2 ext.; 5, 4, 3.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. appear not to occur.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laudabilis
4 laudabilis

laudābilis, e (laudo), Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl., I) lobenswert, löblich (Ggstz. vituperabilis, culpabilis), orator, Cic.: carmen, Hor.: honestum, etiam si a nullo laudetur, naturā esse laudabile, Cic.: haec civilis (vitae) ratio est laudabilior et illustrior, Cic.: multo modestia post victoriam quam ipsa victoria laudabilior, Liv.: coniugi laudabilissimae, Corp. inscr. Lat. 11, 2547. – subst., laudābile, is, n., das Lobenswerte, Cornif. rhet. 3, 7. – insbes., glücklich zu preisen, preisenswert, vita, Cic. de amic. 23: fuit hic vir de primis erga rem publicam domi forisque laudabilis, Treb. Poll. trig. tyr. 32, 2. – II) übtr., gut in seiner Art, schätzbar, preiswürdig, mel, Plin.: vinum laudabilius, Plin.

lateinisch-deutsches > laudabilis
5 laudabilis

laudābilis, e (laudo), Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl., I) lobenswert, löblich (Ggstz. vituperabilis, culpabilis), orator, Cic.: carmen, Hor.: honestum, etiam si a nullo laudetur, naturā esse laudabile, Cic.: haec civilis (vitae) ratio est laudabilior et illustrior, Cic.: multo modestia post victoriam quam ipsa victoria laudabilior, Liv.: coniugi laudabilissimae, Corp. inscr. Lat. 11, 2547. – subst., laudābile, is, n., das Lobenswerte, Cornif. rhet. 3, 7. – insbes., glücklich zu preisen, preisenswert, vita, Cic. de amic. 23: fuit hic vir de primis erga rem publicam domi forisque laudabilis, Treb. Poll. trig. tyr. 32, 2. – II) übtr., gut in seiner Art, schätzbar, preiswürdig, mel, Plin.: vinum laudabilius, Plin.

Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > laudabilis
6 laudābilis

laudābilis e, adj. with comp. [laudo], praiseworthy, commendable, estimable, laudable: honestum naturā est laudabile: oratores: nomen, Iu.: vitae ratio laudabilior.
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laudabilis, laudabile ADJ

praiseworthy

Latin-English dictionary > laudābilis
7 cassus [1]

1. cassus, a, um (wohl Partiz. v. careo aus *casseo), von etw. leer-, entblößt sein), leer, I) eig.: A) leer, taub, anulus, Ring ohne Stein ( ἄλιθος, ἄψηφος), Fab. Pict. fr.: sphaera, hohle, Chalcid.: nux, Plaut. u. Hor.: granum, Plin.: canna, unfruchtbar, Ov. – subst., cassum, ī, n., das Leere (Ggstz. solidum), Tert. de res. carn. 4: Plur., palearum cassa, Solin. 52, 62. – B) poet. mit Abl. od. Genet., -los, ermangelnd, entbehrend, beraubt, cochlea sanguine cassa, blutlos, Poët. b. Cic.: virgo c. dote et illocabilis, Plaut.: corpus c. lumine, Lucr. – lumine cassus od. aethere cassus, des Lebens beraubt, tot, Verg. – selten mit Genet., non c. luminis ensis, Cic. Arat. 369: luna c. fulgoris, Apul. de deo Socr. 1. – II) übtr., eitel, leer, nichtig, vergeblich, erfolglos, unnütz, omne, quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicimus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicunt, Cic.: apud sapientes cassa habebantur, quae etc., Tac.: terricula, Afran. fr.: rumor, Arnob.: vota, Verg. u. Min. Fel.: preces, Lact.: spes (Plur.), Arnob.: fertilitas, Ov.: labores, Plin. ep. – Subst., α) Sing., cassum, ī, n., das Nichtige, quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 355 (352). – in Prosa nur in cassum (auch als ein Wort incassum geschr.), ins Leere, ins Blaue hinein = zwecklos, erfolglos, agi, Sall. fr.: recīdere, Col.: preces mittere, Liv.: vivere, Fronto: longos ciebat in cassum (mit vergeblichem Gram) fletus, Verg.: verb. in cassum frustraque, Lucr. 5, 1428, frustra in cassumque, Mart. Cap. 1. § 10: u. bl. cassum, Tert. de pall. 4. – β) Plur., cassa, ōrum, n., Leeres, Nichtiges, Sil. 4, 128. Arnob. adv. nat. 2, 12.

lateinisch-deutsches > cassus [1]
8 decoro

decoro, āvi, ātum, āre (decus), zieren, schmücken, verherrlichen, I) eig.: utrumque currus latus deorum simulacra ex auro argentoque expressa decorabant, Curt.: quem modo decoratum ovantemque victoriā incedentem vidistis, Liv. – m. Abl. womit? qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit? Cic.: Rhodios parte praedae et spoliis navalibus decoratos domum redire iubet, Liv.: Iovis optimi maximi ornatu decoratus, Liv.: his insignibus decoratus, Liv.: designatorem decorat (umgibt mit) lictoribus atris (scherzh. v. der ungesunden Jahreszeit, die den L. mit seinen schwarzen Dienern nötig macht), Hor. – II) übtr.: quam (rem publicam) ipse decorarat et auxerat, Cic.: haec omnia vitae decorabat dignitas et integritas, Cic. – m. Abl. womit? alqm lacrumis, Enn. fr. var. 17: egregias animas supremis muneribus, Verg.: alqm singularibus honoribus od. amplissimis honoribus et praemiis, Cic.: deorum delubra pietate, domos suas gloriā, Cic.: o clementiam admirabilem atque omni laude, praedicatione, litteris monumentisque decorandam! Cic.: ut omne, quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicimus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant, für ein nichtiges u. mit leerem Wortgeklingel herausstaffiertes Ding erklären, Cic. Tusc. 5, 119.

lateinisch-deutsches > decoro
9 natura

nātūra, ae, f. (nascor), I) die Geburt, 1) abstr.: naturā calamitosus, Curt.: naturā filius, Cic.: naturā pater, Ter.: naturā frater, adoptione filius, Liv.: naturā tu illi pater es, ego consiliis, Liv. – 2) konkr., Geburtsglied, männliches u. weibliches, Cic. u.a.: bei Tieren, Varro u.a.: vetulus hircus capreis naturam ligurrit, Poët. Atell. inc. 3. p. 174 R.² – II) die Natur, A) subi.: 1) die natürliche Beschaffenheit eines Gegenstandes, a) v. Lebl.: α) übh. Beschaffenheit, Eigenschaft, Wesen, Gestalt, Lage, aëris, Lucr.: animi, Lucr.: montis, Caes.: rerum et locorum, Cic.: alvi, Cic.: vis et natura divina, Wesen u. natürliche Beschaffenheit, Cic.: naturae rerum, die Eigenschaften (das Wesen) der Dinge, Hor.: naturā et opere munitus, Caes.: suā naturā laudabile, seinem Wesen nach, Cic.: mare suā naturā tranquillum, Cic.: insula naturā triquetra, Gestalt, Caes.: arbor excussis cuneis in suam naturam (natürl. Gestalt) revocata, Val. Max. – β) prägn., die gute, gehörige Beschaffenheit, natura margaritis deest, Tac. Agr. 12 extr. – b) v. leb. Wesen, α) körperlich, Leibesbeschaffenheit, Natur, Gestalt, tametsi bona natura est, Ter.: exiguae naturae homo, Macr.: natura serpentium, Sall. – β) geistig: αα) die Natur, die Naturanlage, das Temperament, die Denkungsart, der Charakter im weiteren Sinne, versare suam naturam, Cic.: non potest ea natura (Verris) hoc uno scelere esse contenta, Cic.: homo difficillimā naturā, Nep.: naturā optimus, sehr gutherzig, Sen.: praeter naturam, Ter.: loqui, ut natura fert, offenherzig, natürlich, Ter.: naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret, sprichw. = das Naturell läßt sich schwer ändern, Hor. ep. 1, 10, 24: nec tuae naturae est (es liegt nicht in deinem Charakter) m. folg. Infin., Plin. ep. 9, 37, 1. – ββ) die Natur, das natürliche Gefühl, der natürliche Trieb, naturā victus, Cic. – dafür rerum natura, Val. Max. 8, 1. abs. 13. – γγ) die zur anderen Natur gewordene Gewohnheit, Natur, mihi ex consuetudine in naturam vertit, ist mir zur Natur geworden, Sall.: facere sibi naturam rei, sich etwas natürlich oder zur anderen Natur machen, Quint. – 2) die natürliche Gesetzmäßigkeit, a) die natürliche Einrichtung der Welt, der natürliche Entwickelungsgang, der Lauf der Dinge, das Gesetz der Natur, die Natur, naturae satisfacere, euphem. = sterben, Cic.: ebenso naturae concedere, Sall.: naturam ipsam explere satietate vivendi, durch ein hinreichend langes Leben befriedigen, Cic.: a natura desciscere, Cic.: naturā insitum est, Cic.: secundum naturam (der N. gemäß) vivere, Cic.: ius in natura positum esse, Cic.: hoc exigit ipsa naturae ratio, Cic.: ea natura rerum, Cic.: natura rerum non patitur, Cic.: cotidie delabi ad naturam rerum (nach dem nat. L. der D.), Cic.: natura rerum publicarum, Cic.: civitatum, Nep. – naturae est m. Infin. = es ist der Natur eigen, naturae est potioribus deteriora submittere, Sen. ep. 90, 4. – b) die Natur, die Natürlichkeit, Möglichkeit, in rerum natura fuisse, möglich gewesen, Cic.: in rerum naturam cadit, Quint., od. est in rerum natura, ut etc., Cels., d.i. das trifft sich, ist ein möglicher Fall. – c) die Regelmäßigkeit, vernünftige Einrichtung, mundus naturā administratur, Cic. – 3) die natürliche Kraft, Wirksamkeit, rei, Cic.: deorum, Cic. – B) obi.: 1) die Natur = a) das Weltall, die Welt, die Schöpfung, Cic.: vollst. rerum natura, Cic.: rerum naturam peragrare (forschend, durchwandern), Sen. – b) insbes., die Natur als Weltseele u. schaffende Gottheit, Cic. u. Quint. – 2) das Wesen, der Grundstoff (Urstoff, das Element), die Substanz, die Kreatur, das Ding, haec terrena mortalisque natura, Cic.: nat. simplex, Chalcid. Tim.: de naturis (die vier Elemente) sic sentiebat, Cic.: ex duabus naturis conflata, Cic.: dafür naturas rerum esse, non figuras etc., wirkliche Dinge, Cic. – 3) (wie φύσις) die Gattung, das Geschlecht, natura animantum, Lucr. 1, 194 u. 1038. – / arch. Genet. naturai, Lucr. 1, 586 u. 1108; 2, 302.

lateinisch-deutsches > natura
10 quaero

quaero, quaesīvī, quaesītum, ere, I) suchen, aufsuchen, 1) eig.: α) v. leb. Wesen: αα) leb. Wesen: te, Enn. fr.: te ipsum, Ter.: suos, Caes.: suos notos hospitesque, Caes.: Hectora per acies, Ov.: iuvencum per nemora et lucos, Verg.: quaerens per arva piorum invenit Eurydicen, Ov.: quaeritur huic alius (ein Gegner), Verg.: quaeritur (man sucht einen), qui tantae pondera molis sustineat, Ov.: Gutrua- tus celeriter omnium curā quaesitus, Caes.: quaesitus matri (von der M.) agnus, Verg.: u. so filia matri est quaesita, Ov. – liberos ad necem, Cic. Sest. 54: alqm ad poenam, Eutr. 7, 15. – ββ) Lebl.: cibum (v. Hunde), Varro: portum, Caes.: Indiam, Curt.: terras, Ov.: viam, quā etc., Ov.: locum, in quo etc., Curt.: sibi hospitium, Plaut.: domicilia sibi, Curt.: escam in sterquilino, Phaedr. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: quod natura cibum quaerit cuiusque animantis, Lucr. 4, 856: per imas quaerit (Ufens) iter valles, sucht sich Bahn (= strömt dahin), Verg. Aen. 7, 802: te decisa suum dextera quaerit, Verg. Aen. 10, 395: mutilatae cauda colubrae... moriens dominae vestigia quaerit, Ov. met. 6, 560. – 2) übtr.: a) suchen, α) = aufzutreiben suchen, sich zu verschaffen-, zu erwerben suchen, zu gewinnen suchen, erstreben od. = etw. sich verschaffen, gewinnen, erringen, αα) leb. Wesen: sibi novum imperatorem, Sall.: alci generum, Plin. ep.: antiquis de moribus alci uxorem, Iuven.: heredem in regnum, Verg.: adversus externos militem, Tac. – liberos, zu zeugen suchen, erzielen, Plaut. u. Suet.: iustissimos viros ad administrandam rem publicam, zu gewinnen suchen, Eutr.: u. so melius visum amicos quam servos quaerere, Sall. – ββ) Lebl.: pecuniam (vom Borger), Nep.: opus (Arbeit), Cic. u. Liv.: alci venenum (jmd. zu vergiften suchen), Cic.: mortem, den T. suchen, Vell.: vitam, das L. zu erhalten suchen, Vell.: remedium sibi ad alqd, Cic.: locum (Gelegenheit) iniuriae, Liv., od. insidiis, Liv. u. Curt.: tempus aut locum pugnae, Sall.: tempus atque occasionem fraudis ac doli, passen auf usw., Caes.: armis gloriam atque divitias, Sall.: gloriam bello, Cic., belli domique, Eutr.: sibi dignitatem, Hirt. b. G.: alci od. sibi honores, Cic. u. Liv.: nobilitatem laboribus atque periculis, Sall.: bello concordiam, Sall. fr.: principatum armis, Vell.: immortalitatem sibi morte, Cic.: iustum amorem omni sibi liberalitate et docilitate, Eutr.: victoria quaeritur sollicitis armis, Ov.: quaesita per hoc dignitas, Sen. ep. 68, 11. – v. Lebl., quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? was soll das Kleid bedeuten? Ter. eun. 558. – β) suchen = zu bewerkstelligen-, zu bereiten suchen, od. = bewerkstelligen, bereiten, fugam ex Italia, Cic.: itineribus diversis fugam nequiquam, Caes.: alci ignominiam, Liv.: alci salutem malo, Ter.: dedecore potius quam manu salutem lieber sein Heil suchen in usw., Sall.: invidiam in alqm, zu erregen suchen, Cic.: u. so ex habitu invidiam Midiae (dem Midias), Quint.: ultionem, Veranlassung zur Rache suchen, Vell. – γ) nach jmd. od. etw. Verlangen tragen, trachten, etw. verlangen, begehren, erwarten, Caesarem, Hor. carm. 4, 5, 16: pocula aurea, Hor.: solacia, Curt.: novum statum, novam rem publicam, Vell.: non tam mortis quam belli remedium, Curt.: eas se tamen balneas non ex libris patris, sed ex tabulis et ex censu quaerere, Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., quaeris (du verlangst, wünschest), ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem, Cic. ad Att. 14, 20, 4 zw. (Wesenb. quod vis): u. so verb. quaerere et petere, ut etc., Gell. 13, 18 (17), 2. – δ) nach etw. sich umsehen = auf etw. sinnen, denken, consilium, Ter.: omisso veteri consilio novum, Sall.: consilia belli, Hirt. b. G.: aliquid duram in dominam, Prop. – mit folg. indir. Fragesatz, quaerere ipse secum et agitare cum suis coepit, quibusnam rebus in ea provincia maximam uno anno pecuniam facere posset, Cic. Verr. 2, 17: ut quaeramus, quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, Sall. Cat. 33, 5. – ε) mit folg. Infin., suchen = sich bemühen zu usw., od. = begehren, wünschen zu usw., bibere in somnis, Lucr.: abrumpere lucem, Verg.: mitibus mutare tristia, Hor.: mori, Sen., honeste mori, Iustin.: e monte aliquo in alium transilire, Plin.: mutare sedes, Tac. – b) beratend, besprechend untersuchen, zum Gegenstande der Beratung od. Untersuchung od. Betrachtung machen, profectionis tempus, Caes. b. c. 1, 67, 1: rationem perficiendi (consilii), Caes. b. G. 7, 37, 6: sed quaeramus unamquamque reliquorum sententiam, Cic. Tusc. 5, 48. – m. de u. Abl., Socratem de vita et de moribus solitum esse quaerere, Cic. de rep. 1, 16: iuvabat de aeternitate animarum quaerere (nachzudenken), Sen. ep. 102, 2. – absol., quaero, ich sinne darüber nach, Ter. Andr. 683. – c) zu erfahren od. zu ergründen suchen, wissen wollen, sich erkundigen, Erkundigung einziehen, fragen, forschen, α) übh.: αα) alqm, zB. alqm a ianua, ab ostio, nach jmd. an der Haustür fragen, Cic. de or. 2, 276. – ββ) alqd ab, ex od. de alqo, gew. m. folg. Fragesatz, quaerit ex solo ea, quae in conventu dixerat;... eadem secreto ab aliis quaerit, Caes.: a quo cum quaesivisset, quo duci se vellet, Nep.: quaero abs te teneasne memoriā etc., Cic.: quaero a te, utrum hoc adduxerit caeli temperatura an terrae bonitas? Varro fr.: de te ipso, Vatini, quaero, utrum... an etc., Cic.: ex me quaesieras, nonne putarem etc., Cic.: ex quibus quaererent scirentne etc., Cic. – dum inter se invicem quaerunt, quae sit huius perseverantiae causa, Lact. – quaere, cur? Cic.: quaerant, num quid etc., Cic.: quaesivit, si (ob) incolumis evasisset, Liv.: cum quaereretur, ecqui Campanorum bene meritus de re publica nostra esset, Liv. – nachaug. m. folg. an u. Konj. quaesitum est, an danda esset inquisitio, Plin. ep. 6, 29, 8 (u. so 7, 11, 1; 7, 19, 5 u.a.): quaesito (Abl. absol.), an Caesar venisset, Tac. ann. 2, 9. – cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, nach dem zu fragen, Ov. ex Pont. 4, 3, 18. – quid quaeris? was fragst du noch? = kurz, mit einem Worte, Cic. u. Hor.: ebenso noli quaerere, Cic. – si quaeris, wenn du weiter (nach dem weiteren Erfolge) fragst, das Weitere wissen willst, genauer auf die Frage eingehst, Cic.: ebenso si quaerimus, si quaeritis? Cic.: u. si verum quaeris, Cic. – Partiz. subst., quaesītum, ī, n., die Frage, Ov. met. 4, 794. Ov. fast. 1, 278. – als Übersetzung von πύσμα (als rhet. Fig.), Aquil. Rom. de fig. sent. § 12. Mart. Cap. 5. § 524. – β) von der wissenschaftl. Frage, an jmd. eine Frage richten, eine Frage aufstellen, -aufwerfen, multa ex eo saepe quaesivi, Cic.: si quis quid quaereret, Cic.: naturā fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, quaesitum est, Hor.: quaeritur inter medicos, cuius generis aquae sint utilissimae, Plin. – d) gerichtl. befragen, mit jmd. od. über etw. ein Verhör anstellen (halten), etw. gerichtl. untersuchen, wegen od. über etw. eine Untersuchung anstellen, rem per tormenta, Suet.: coniurationem, Liv.: de morte alcis, Cic.: absol., coëgit consules circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere et iudicia exercere, Liv. 39, 18, 2. – de servo in dominum, den Sklaven peinlich befragen wegen des H. (über den H.), Cic.: aber de Philota (mit Ph.), Curt.

II) prägn.: a) suchen = durch Arbeit, Verdienst zu erwerben suchen, erwerben, verdienen, tam facile victum, Ter.: victum vulgo (v. einer Buhldirne), Ter.: u. so victum sibi obscoenissimum, Lact.: victum sibi aegre quaesisse eumque sordide invenisse comparandis mulis et vehiculis, quae etc., Gell. 15, 4, 3: argentum, Hor.: pecuniam, Plaut.: nummos aratro et manu, Cic.: rem honeste mercaturis faciendis, Cic.: fruges boum labore quaesitae, Curt.: iam diu nihil quaesivisse, Cic.: ea, quae voce quaesierat, Quint.: miser homo est, qui ipsus sibi quod edit quaerit et id aegre invenit, Plaut.: ego quaero quod edim, his (= hi) quaerunt quod cacent, Pompon. com. fr.: alius quantum aleā quaesierit tantum bibit, Plin. – absol., conserva, quaere, parce, Ter.: laborans, quaerens, parcens, Ter.: nec minor est virtus quam quaerere, parta tueri, Ov.: contrivi in quaerendo vitam, Ter.: denique sit finis quaerendi, Hor.: quis hunc non putet confiteri sibi quaesito opus esse? er müsse etwas verdienen, Cic. – Partiz. subst., quaesītum, ī, n. u. Plur. quaesīta, ōrum, n., das Erworbene, quaesiti tenax, et qui quaesita reservent, Ov. met. 7, 657: asper et attentus quaesitis, Hor. sat. 2, 6, 82: bes. erworbene (gesammelte) Schätze, ante quaesita, Hor. sat. 1, 1, 38. – b) etw. vergebens suchen, sich vergebens nach etw. umse hen, etw. vermissen, Siciliam in Sicilia, Cic.: saepe Persas et Indos et imbellem Asiam, Liv.: optatos Tyndaridas, Prop.: occasionem omissam od. praetermissam, Liv.: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, Ov.: amnes quaerunt armenta, Stat.: soleo non numquam quaerere M. Regulum, nolo enim dicere desiderare, Plin. ep. 6, 2, 1: hic ego virtutem vestram quaero, sapientiam desidero, veterem consuetudinem requiro, Cornif. rhet. 4, 49. – c) etw. verlangen, erfordern; nötig machen (v. Lebl.), sic alia, quae umidum locum quaerunt, Varro r. r. 1, 23, 4: quia (alter collis) magnā parte editus et praeceps pauca munimenta quaerebat, Sall. Iug. 98, 3: ne limites ex litibus iudicem quaerant, Varro r. r. 1, 15 in.: nego ego quicquam a testibus dictum, quod cuiusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 29: quod bellum repens aut dictatoriam maiestatem aut Quinctium rectorem quaesisset, Liv. 4, 14, 2.

lateinisch-deutsches > quaero

11 laudabilis

laudābĭlis, e [st2]1 [-] louable, digne d'éloges. [st2]2 [-] renommé, estimé.
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laudābĭlis, e [st2]1 [-] louable, digne d'éloges. [st2]2 [-] renommé, estimé.
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Laudabilis, et hoc laudabile, pen. corr. Plaut. Qu'on doibt louer, Qui est à louer et recommander, Digne de louange, Louable.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > laudabilis

12 cassus

1. cassus, a, um (wohl Partiz. v. careo aus *casseo), von etw. leer-, entblößt sein), leer, I) eig.: A) leer, taub, anulus, Ring ohne Stein ( ἄλιθος, ἄψηφος), Fab. Pict. fr.: sphaera, hohle, Chalcid.: nux, Plaut. u. Hor.: granum, Plin.: canna, unfruchtbar, Ov. – subst., cassum, ī, n., das Leere (Ggstz. solidum), Tert. de res. carn. 4: Plur., palearum cassa, Solin. 52, 62. – B) poet. mit Abl. od. Genet., -los, ermangelnd, entbehrend, beraubt, cochlea sanguine cassa, blutlos, Poët. b. Cic.: virgo c. dote et illocabilis, Plaut.: corpus c. lumine, Lucr. – lumine cassus od. aethere cassus, des Lebens beraubt, tot, Verg. – selten mit Genet., non c. luminis ensis, Cic. Arat. 369: luna c. fulgoris, Apul. de deo Socr. 1. – II) übtr., eitel, leer, nichtig, vergeblich, erfolglos, unnütz, omne, quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicimus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicunt, Cic.: apud sapientes cassa habebantur, quae etc., Tac.: terricula, Afran. fr.: rumor, Arnob.: vota, Verg. u. Min. Fel.: preces, Lact.: spes (Plur.), Arnob.: fertilitas, Ov.: labores, Plin. ep. – Subst., α) Sing., cassum, ī, n., das Nichtige, quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 355 (352). – in Prosa nur in cassum (auch als ein Wort incassum geschr.), ins Leere, ins Blaue hinein = zwecklos, erfolglos, agi, Sall. fr.: recīdere, Col.: preces mittere, Liv.: vivere, Fronto: lon-

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gos ciebat in cassum (mit vergeblichem Gram) fletus, Verg.: verb. in cassum frustraque, Lucr. 5, 1428, frustra in cassumque, Mart. Cap. 1. § 10: u. bl. cassum, Tert. de pall. 4. – β) Plur., cassa, ōrum, n., Leeres, Nichtiges, Sil. 4, 128. Arnob. adv. nat. 2, 12.

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2. cāssus, s. casus ⇒.

Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > cassus

13 decoro

decoro, āvi, ātum, āre (decus), zieren, schmücken, verherrlichen, I) eig.: utrumque currus latus deorum simulacra ex auro argentoque expressa decorabant, Curt.: quem modo decoratum ovantemque victoriā incedentem vidistis, Liv. – m. Abl. womit? qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit? Cic.: Rhodios parte praedae et spoliis navalibus decoratos domum redire iubet, Liv.: Iovis optimi maximi ornatu decoratus, Liv.: his insignibus decoratus, Liv.: designatorem decorat (umgibt mit) lictoribus atris (scherzh. v. der ungesunden Jahreszeit, die den L. mit seinen schwarzen Dienern nötig macht), Hor. – II) übtr.: quam (rem publicam) ipse decorarat et auxerat, Cic.: haec omnia vitae decorabat dignitas et integritas, Cic. – m. Abl. womit? alqm lacrumis, Enn. fr. var. 17: egregias animas supremis muneribus, Verg.: alqm singularibus honoribus od. amplissimis honoribus et praemiis, Cic.: deorum delubra pietate, domos suas gloriā, Cic.: o clementiam admirabilem atque omni laude, praedicatione, litteris monumentisque decorandam! Cic.: ut omne, quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicimus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant, für ein nichtiges u. mit leerem Wortgeklingel herausstaffiertes Ding erklären, Cic. Tusc. 5, 119.

Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > decoro

14 natura

nātūra, ae, f. (nascor), I) die Geburt, 1) abstr.: naturā calamitosus, Curt.: naturā filius, Cic.: naturā pater, Ter.: naturā frater, adoptione filius, Liv.: naturā tu illi pater es, ego consiliis, Liv. – 2) konkr., Geburtsglied, männliches u. weibliches, Cic. u.a.: bei Tieren, Varro u.a.: vetulus hircus capreis naturam ligurrit, Poët. Atell. inc. 3. p. 174 R.² – II) die Natur, A) subi.: 1) die natürliche Beschaffenheit eines Gegenstandes, a) v. Lebl.: α) übh. Beschaffenheit, Eigenschaft, Wesen, Gestalt, Lage, aëris, Lucr.: animi, Lucr.: montis, Caes.: rerum et locorum, Cic.: alvi, Cic.: vis et natura divina, Wesen u. natürliche Beschaffenheit, Cic.: naturae rerum, die Eigenschaften (das Wesen) der Dinge, Hor.: naturā et opere munitus, Caes.: suā naturā laudabile, seinem Wesen nach, Cic.: mare suā naturā tranquillum, Cic.: insula naturā triquetra, Gestalt, Caes.: arbor excussis cuneis in suam naturam (natürl. Gestalt) revocata, Val. Max. – β) prägn., die gute, gehörige Beschaffenheit, natura margaritis deest, Tac. Agr. 12 extr. – b) v. leb. Wesen, α) körperlich, Leibesbeschaffenheit, Natur, Gestalt, tametsi bona natura est, Ter.: exiguae naturae homo, Macr.: natura serpentium, Sall. – β) geistig: αα) die Natur, die Naturanlage, das Temperament, die Denkungsart, der Charakter im weiteren Sinne, versare suam naturam, Cic.: non potest ea natura

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(Verris) hoc uno scelere esse contenta, Cic.: homo difficillimā naturā, Nep.: naturā optimus, sehr gutherzig, Sen.: praeter naturam, Ter.: loqui, ut natura fert, offenherzig, natürlich, Ter.: naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret, sprichw. = das Naturell läßt sich schwer ändern, Hor. ep. 1, 10, 24: nec tuae naturae est (es liegt nicht in deinem Charakter) m. folg. Infin., Plin. ep. 9, 37, 1. – ββ) die Natur, das natürliche Gefühl, der natürliche Trieb, naturā victus, Cic. – dafür rerum natura, Val. Max. 8, 1. abs. 13. – γγ) die zur anderen Natur gewordene Gewohnheit, Natur, mihi ex consuetudine in naturam vertit, ist mir zur Natur geworden, Sall.: facere sibi naturam rei, sich etwas natürlich oder zur anderen Natur machen, Quint. – 2) die natürliche Gesetzmäßigkeit, a) die natürliche Einrichtung der Welt, der natürliche Entwickelungsgang, der Lauf der Dinge, das Gesetz der Natur, die Natur, naturae satisfacere, euphem. = sterben, Cic.: ebenso naturae concedere, Sall.: naturam ipsam explere satietate vivendi, durch ein hinreichend langes Leben befriedigen, Cic.: a natura desciscere, Cic.: naturā insitum est, Cic.: secundum naturam (der N. gemäß) vivere, Cic.: ius in natura positum esse, Cic.: hoc exigit ipsa naturae ratio, Cic.: ea natura rerum, Cic.: natura rerum non patitur, Cic.: cotidie delabi ad naturam rerum (nach dem nat. L. der D.), Cic.: natura rerum publicarum,

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Cic.: civitatum, Nep. – naturae est m. Infin. = es ist der Natur eigen, naturae est potioribus deteriora submittere, Sen. ep. 90, 4. – b) die Natur, die Natürlichkeit, Möglichkeit, in rerum natura fuisse, möglich gewesen, Cic.: in rerum naturam cadit, Quint., od. est in rerum natura, ut etc., Cels., d.i. das trifft sich, ist ein möglicher Fall. – c) die Regelmäßigkeit, vernünftige Einrichtung, mundus naturā administratur, Cic. – 3) die natürliche Kraft, Wirksamkeit, rei, Cic.: deorum, Cic. – B) obi.: 1) die Natur = a) das Weltall, die Welt, die Schöpfung, Cic.: vollst. rerum natura, Cic.: rerum naturam peragrare (forschend, durchwandern), Sen. – b) insbes., die Natur als Weltseele u. schaffende Gottheit, Cic. u. Quint. – 2) das Wesen, der Grundstoff (Urstoff, das Element), die Substanz, die Kreatur, das Ding, haec terrena mortalisque natura, Cic.: nat. simplex, Chalcid. Tim.: de naturis (die vier Elemente) sic sentiebat, Cic.: ex duabus naturis conflata, Cic.: dafür naturas rerum esse, non figuras etc., wirkliche Dinge, Cic. – 3) (wie φύσις) die Gattung, das Geschlecht, natura animantum, Lucr. 1, 194 u. 1038. – ⇒ arch. Genet. naturai, Lucr. 1, 586 u. 1108; 2, 302.

Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > natura

15 quaero

quaero, quaesīvī, quaesītum, ere, I) suchen, aufsuchen, 1) eig.: α) v. leb. Wesen: αα) leb. Wesen: te, Enn. fr.: te ipsum, Ter.: suos, Caes.: suos notos hospitesque, Caes.: Hectora per acies, Ov.: iuvencum per nemora et lucos, Verg.: quaerens per arva piorum invenit Eurydicen, Ov.: quaeritur huic alius (ein Gegner), Verg.: quaeritur (man sucht einen), qui tantae pondera molis sustineat, Ov.: Gutrua- tus celeriter omnium curā quaesitus, Caes.: quaesitus matri (von der M.) agnus, Verg.: u. so filia matri est quaesita, Ov. – liberos ad necem, Cic. Sest. 54: alqm ad poenam, Eutr. 7, 15. – ββ) Lebl.: cibum (v. Hunde), Varro: portum, Caes.: Indiam, Curt.: terras, Ov.: viam, quā etc., Ov.: locum, in quo etc., Curt.: sibi hospitium, Plaut.: domicilia sibi, Curt.: escam in sterquilino, Phaedr. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: quod natura cibum quaerit cuiusque animantis, Lucr. 4, 856: per imas quaerit (Ufens) iter valles, sucht sich Bahn (= strömt dahin), Verg. Aen. 7, 802: te decisa suum dextera quaerit, Verg. Aen. 10, 395: mutilatae cauda colubrae... moriens dominae vestigia quaerit, Ov. met. 6, 560. – 2) übtr.: a) suchen, α) = aufzutreiben suchen, sich zu verschaffen-, zu erwerben suchen, zu gewinnen suchen, erstreben od. = etw. sich verschaffen, gewinnen, erringen, αα) leb. Wesen: sibi novum imperatorem, Sall.: alci generum, Plin. ep.:

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antiquis de moribus alci uxorem, Iuven.: heredem in regnum, Verg.: adversus externos militem, Tac. – liberos, zu zeugen suchen, erzielen, Plaut. u. Suet.: iustissimos viros ad administrandam rem publicam, zu gewinnen suchen, Eutr.: u. so melius visum amicos quam servos quaerere, Sall. – ββ) Lebl.: pecuniam (vom Borger), Nep.: opus (Arbeit), Cic. u. Liv.: alci venenum (jmd. zu vergiften suchen), Cic.: mortem, den T. suchen, Vell.: vitam, das L. zu erhalten suchen, Vell.: remedium sibi ad alqd, Cic.: locum (Gelegenheit) iniuriae, Liv., od. insidiis, Liv. u. Curt.: tempus aut locum pugnae, Sall.: tempus atque occasionem fraudis ac doli, passen auf usw., Caes.: armis gloriam atque divitias, Sall.: gloriam bello, Cic., belli domique, Eutr.: sibi dignitatem, Hirt. b. G.: alci od. sibi honores, Cic. u. Liv.: nobilitatem laboribus atque periculis, Sall.: bello concordiam, Sall. fr.: principatum armis, Vell.: immortalitatem sibi morte, Cic.: iustum amorem omni sibi liberalitate et docilitate, Eutr.: victoria quaeritur sollicitis armis, Ov.: quaesita per hoc dignitas, Sen. ep. 68, 11. – v. Lebl., quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? was soll das Kleid bedeuten? Ter. eun. 558. – β) suchen = zu bewerkstelligen-, zu bereiten suchen, od. = bewerkstelligen, bereiten, fugam ex Italia, Cic.: itineribus diversis fugam nequiquam, Caes.: alci ignominiam, Liv.: alci salutem malo, Ter.: dedecore potius quam manu salutem lie-

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ber sein Heil suchen in usw., Sall.: invidiam in alqm, zu erregen suchen, Cic.: u. so ex habitu invidiam Midiae (dem Midias), Quint.: ultionem, Veranlassung zur Rache suchen, Vell. – γ) nach jmd. od. etw. Verlangen tragen, trachten, etw. verlangen, begehren, erwarten, Caesarem, Hor. carm. 4, 5, 16: pocula aurea, Hor.: solacia, Curt.: novum statum, novam rem publicam, Vell.: non tam mortis quam belli remedium, Curt.: eas se tamen balneas non ex libris patris, sed ex tabulis et ex censu quaerere, Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., quaeris (du verlangst, wünschest), ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem, Cic. ad Att. 14, 20, 4 zw. (Wesenb. quod vis): u. so verb. quaerere et petere, ut etc., Gell. 13, 18 (17), 2. – δ) nach etw. sich umsehen = auf etw. sinnen, denken, consilium, Ter.: omisso veteri consilio novum, Sall.: consilia belli, Hirt. b. G.: aliquid duram in dominam, Prop. – mit folg. indir. Fragesatz, quaerere ipse secum et agitare cum suis coepit, quibusnam rebus in ea provincia maximam uno anno pecuniam facere posset, Cic. Verr. 2, 17: ut quaeramus, quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, Sall. Cat. 33, 5. – ε) mit folg. Infin., suchen = sich bemühen zu usw., od. = begehren, wünschen zu usw., bibere in somnis, Lucr.: abrumpere lucem, Verg.: mitibus mutare tristia, Hor.: mori, Sen., honeste mori, Iustin.: e monte aliquo in alium transilire,

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Plin.: mutare sedes, Tac. – b) beratend, besprechend untersuchen, zum Gegenstande der Beratung od. Untersuchung od. Betrachtung machen, profectionis tempus, Caes. b. c. 1, 67, 1: rationem perficiendi (consilii), Caes. b. G. 7, 37, 6: sed quaeramus unamquamque reliquorum sententiam, Cic. Tusc. 5, 48. – m. de u. Abl., Socratem de vita et de moribus solitum esse quaerere, Cic. de rep. 1, 16: iuvabat de aeternitate animarum quaerere (nachzudenken), Sen. ep. 102, 2. – absol., quaero, ich sinne darüber nach, Ter. Andr. 683. – c) zu erfahren od. zu ergründen suchen, wissen wollen, sich erkundigen, Erkundigung einziehen, fragen, forschen, α) übh.: αα) alqm, zB. alqm a ianua, ab ostio, nach jmd. an der Haustür fragen, Cic. de or. 2, 276. – ββ) alqd ab, ex od. de alqo, gew. m. folg. Fragesatz, quaerit ex solo ea, quae in conventu dixerat;... eadem secreto ab aliis quaerit, Caes.: a quo cum quaesivisset, quo duci se vellet, Nep.: quaero abs te teneasne memoriā etc., Cic.: quaero a te, utrum hoc adduxerit caeli temperatura an terrae bonitas? Varro fr.: de te ipso, Vatini, quaero, utrum... an etc., Cic.: ex me quaesieras, nonne putarem etc., Cic.: ex quibus quaererent scirentne etc., Cic. – dum inter se invicem quaerunt, quae sit huius perseverantiae causa, Lact. – quaere, cur? Cic.: quaerant, num quid etc., Cic.: quaesivit, si (ob) incolumis evasisset, Liv.: cum quaereretur, ecqui Campanorum

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bene meritus de re publica nostra esset, Liv. – nachaug. m. folg. an u. Konj. quaesitum est, an danda esset inquisitio, Plin. ep. 6, 29, 8 (u. so 7, 11, 1; 7, 19, 5 u.a.): quaesito (Abl. absol.), an Caesar venisset, Tac. ann. 2, 9. – cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, nach dem zu fragen, Ov. ex Pont. 4, 3, 18. – quid quaeris? was fragst du noch? = kurz, mit einem Worte, Cic. u. Hor.: ebenso noli quaerere, Cic. – si quaeris, wenn du weiter (nach dem weiteren Erfolge) fragst, das Weitere wissen willst, genauer auf die Frage eingehst, Cic.: ebenso si quaerimus, si quaeritis? Cic.: u. si verum quaeris, Cic. – Partiz. subst., quaesītum, ī, n., die Frage, Ov. met. 4, 794. Ov. fast. 1, 278. – als Übersetzung von πύσμα (als rhet. Fig.), Aquil. Rom. de fig. sent. § 12. Mart. Cap. 5. § 524. – β) von der wissenschaftl. Frage, an jmd. eine Frage richten, eine Frage aufstellen, -aufwerfen, multa ex eo saepe quaesivi, Cic.: si quis quid quaereret, Cic.: naturā fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, quaesitum est, Hor.: quaeritur inter medicos, cuius generis aquae sint utilissimae, Plin. – d) gerichtl. befragen, mit jmd. od. über etw. ein Verhör anstellen (halten), etw. gerichtl. untersuchen, wegen od. über etw. eine Untersuchung anstellen, rem per tormenta, Suet.: coniurationem, Liv.: de morte alcis, Cic.: absol., coëgit consules circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere et iudicia exercere, Liv. 39, 18, 2. – de servo in dominum,

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den Sklaven peinlich befragen wegen des H. (über den H.), Cic.: aber de Philota (mit Ph.), Curt.

II) prägn.: a) suchen = durch Arbeit, Verdienst zu erwerben suchen, erwerben, verdienen, tam facile victum, Ter.: victum vulgo (v. einer Buhldirne), Ter.: u. so victum sibi obscoenissimum, Lact.: victum sibi aegre quaesisse eumque sordide invenisse comparandis mulis et vehiculis, quae etc., Gell. 15, 4, 3: argentum, Hor.: pecuniam, Plaut.: nummos aratro et manu, Cic.: rem honeste mercaturis faciendis, Cic.: fruges boum labore quaesitae, Curt.: iam diu nihil quaesivisse, Cic.: ea, quae voce quaesierat, Quint.: miser homo est, qui ipsus sibi quod edit quaerit et id aegre invenit, Plaut.: ego quaero quod edim, his (= hi) quaerunt quod cacent, Pompon. com. fr.: alius quantum aleā quaesierit tantum bibit, Plin. – absol., conserva, quaere, parce, Ter.: laborans, quaerens, parcens, Ter.: nec minor est virtus quam quaerere, parta tueri, Ov.: contrivi in quaerendo vitam, Ter.: denique sit finis quaerendi, Hor.: quis hunc non putet confiteri sibi quaesito opus esse? er müsse etwas verdienen, Cic. – Partiz. subst., quaesītum, ī, n. u. Plur. quaesīta, ōrum, n., das Erworbene, quaesiti tenax, et qui quaesita reservent, Ov. met. 7, 657: asper et attentus quaesitis, Hor. sat. 2, 6, 82: bes. erworbene (gesammelte) Schätze, ante quaesita, Hor. sat. 1, 1, 38. – b) etw. vergebens suchen, sich vergebens nach etw. umse-

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hen, etw. vermissen, Siciliam in Sicilia, Cic.: saepe Persas et Indos et imbellem Asiam, Liv.: optatos Tyndaridas, Prop.: occasionem omissam od. praetermissam, Liv.: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, Ov.: amnes quaerunt armenta, Stat.: soleo non numquam quaerere M. Regulum, nolo enim dicere desiderare, Plin. ep. 6, 2, 1: hic ego virtutem vestram quaero, sapientiam desidero, veterem consuetudinem requiro, Cornif. rhet. 4, 49. – c) etw. verlangen, erfordern; nötig machen (v. Lebl.), sic alia, quae umidum locum quaerunt, Varro r. r. 1, 23, 4: quia (alter collis) magnā parte editus et praeceps pauca munimenta quaerebat, Sall. Iug. 98, 3: ne limites ex litibus iudicem quaerant, Varro r. r. 1, 15 in.: nego ego quicquam a testibus dictum, quod cuiusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 29: quod bellum repens aut dictatoriam maiestatem aut Quinctium rectorem quaesisset, Liv. 4, 14, 2.

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16 quaerō

quaerō sīvī, sītus, ere [QVAES-], to seek, look for: quaerenti (deae) defuit orbis, O.: te ipsum quaerebam, was looking for, T.: suos notos, Cs.: ab ostio quaerens Ennium, asking for: cum praetor quaereretur: quem quaeritis, adsum, V.: liberi ad necem quaerebantur: escam in sterquilinio, Ph.: per imas Quaerit iter vallīs (Ufens), V.: cauda colubrae... moriens dominae vestigia quaerit, O.— To seek to obtain, look for, strive for, seek: sibi alium imperatorem, S.: in regnum quaeritur heres, V.: milites ducem quaerentes: in eum invidia quaesita est, i. e. prejudice is excited: ad ornatum ludorum aurum: regia potestas hac lege quaeritur: ne quaeratur latebra periurio: voce pericula, provoke, O.: defensorem suae salutis eum.—With inf, to seek, strive, endeavor, ask: ne quaere doceri Quam poenam, etc., V.: Antequam... speciosa quaero Pascere tigrīs, i. e. let me rather, H.: classibus advehebantur, qui mutare sedes quaerebant, Ta.— To strive to gain, earn, win by effort, acquire: Conserva, quaere, parce, T.: Quaerit ac timet uti, H.: victum volgo, T.: confiteri sibi quaesito opus esse, that he must earn something.—To feel the want of, miss, lack: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte: ne ille saepe Persas et Indos quaesisset, L.: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, O.— To ask, desire, require, demand, need, call for: quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? i. e. what do you mean by? T.: collis pauca munimenta quaerebat, S.: qui tumultus dictatoriam maiestatem quaesisset, made necessary, L.: nego esse quicquam, quod cuiusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem.—Fig., to seek mentally, think over, meditate, aim at, plan, devise, find: consilium, T.: quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, S.: remedium: rationes eas, quae ex coniecturā pendent.— To seek to learn, make inquiry, ask, inquire, interrogate: item alio die Quaerebam, T.: quaerendo cognoveram: vide, quaere, circumspice!: quaesiturus, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia: Naturā fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est, has been made a question, H.: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Cs.: quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.: quaesivit a medicis, quem a modum se haberet, N.: quaero de te, num, etc.: Cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, O.: in dominos quaeri de servis iniquom est, i. e. to examine under torture: quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc., Cs.: habes, quod ex me quaesisti.— To examine, inquire into, make inquiry, investigate: coëgit consules circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere, L.: hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem, T.: scrutatus sum quae potui et quaesivi omnia: rem illam: quorum de naturā Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat, Cs.—Esp., of judicial investigation: de pecuniis repetundis: dum de patris morte quaereretur: ut veteribus legibus, tantum modo extra ordinem, quaereretur, the investigation should be made.—In parenthet. clauses, to inquire, consider: omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi: noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est, in short: si verum quaeritis, to speak the truth: si verum quaerimus.
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quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus V

search for, seek, strive for; obtain; ask, inquire, demand

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17 breve

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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18 brevi

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi

19 brevia

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevia

20 brevis

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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