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  • 1 locuplēs

        locuplēs ētis （abl. -plētī or -plēte; plur gen. -plētium and -plētum), adj. with comp. and sup.    [locus+PLE-], rich in lands, substantial, opulent: pecuniosi et locupletes.— Rich, wealthy, opulent: egebat? immo locuples erat: aquila, i. e. the lucrative post of centurion, Iu.: locupletem optare podagram, the rich man's, Iu.: praedā locuples, S.: frugibus annus, H.: urbs locupletissima.—As subst: agros locupletium plebi colendos dedit, the rich: proscriptiones locupletium, S.: locuples quae nupsit avaro, Iu.—Fig., well stored, provided, richly supplied, rich: domus: oratione: Latina lingua locupletior quam Graeca.— Responsible, trustworthy, trusty, safe, sure: reus, that can fulfill his engagement, L.: locupletissimi auctores: tabellarius.
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    locupletis (gen.), locupletior -or -us, locupletissimus -a -um ADJ
    substantial, opulent, wealthy; rich in lands; rich, richly provided; trusty

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  • 2 locuples

    lŏcū̆ples, ētis (ū, Mart. 5, 36, 6; gen. locupletium and locupletum; abl. sing. locuplete, usu. of a person, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29; id. Att. 12, 43, 2; Tac. H. 1, 46;

    rarely of a thing,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 102; Pers. 3, 74:

    locupleti, of things,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 4;

    rarely of a person,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46; Macrob. S. 5, 18, 14; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 49 sq.), adj. [locus-plenus], rich in lands, substantial, opulent (syn.: dives, abundans, copiosus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quod tum erat res in pecore et locorum possessionibus: ex quo pecuniosi et locupletes vocabantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16; cf.:

    (P. Nigidius) locupletem dictum ait ex compositis vocibus, qui pleraque loca, hoc est, qui multas possessiones teneret,

    Gell. 10, 5: locupletes locorum multorum domini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 119 Müll.—

    So too, locupletem a locorum copia,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    locupletes dicebant loci, hoc est agri plenos,

    Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

    unum genus est eorum, qui magno in aere alieno, majores etiam possessiones habent: horum hominum species est honestissima, sunt enim locupletes,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 8;

    rarely of things: neque minus locuples ad eos hereditas perveniat,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 192.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., rich, wealthy, opulent:

    de ornatu ut locupletes simus scitis,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 4:

    egebat? immo locuples erat,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

    mulier copiosa plane et locuples,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55.—As subst.:

    Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,

    the rich, Cic. Rep. 3, 9 fin.:

    ut suffragia non in multitudinis, sed in locupletium potestate essent,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 39.—So fem.:

    locuples quae nupsit avaro,

    Juv. 6, 141:

    locuples et referta domus,

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

    in locuplete penu,

    Pers. 3, 74:

    locupletem optare podagram,

    i. e. characteristic of the rich, Juv. 13, 96. —With abl.:

    praedā locuples,

    Sall. J. 84:

    locuples frugibus annus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 137:

    mancipiis locuples,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 39.—With gen.:

    pecuniae,

    App. M. 8, p. 202, 12:

    locuples aquila,

    i. e. the lucrative post of centurion, Juv. 14, 197.—With in and abl. in thesauris, Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.— Comp.:

    locupletior negotiator,

    Quint. 1, 12, 17.— Sup.:

    urbs locupletissima,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

    locupletissimae urbes,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 31.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Well stored or provided, richly supplied, rich:

    Lyslas oratione locuples, rebus ipsis jejunior,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. N. D. 1, 40, 112:

    Latinam linguam non modo non inopem, sed locupletiorem etiam esse quam Graecam,

    id. Fin. 1, 3, 10.—
    B.
    Transf., that is able to answer for a thing, that is a good surety, responsible, trustworthy, reliable, safe, sure:

    reus,

    that can fulfil his engagement, Liv. 9, 9: auctor, testis, a sufficient surety, a credible witness:

    Pythagoras et Plato locupletissimi auctores, jubent,

    Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119; cf.:

    quem enim auctorem de illo (Socrate) locupletiorem Platone laudare possumus?

    id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    locuples auctor Thucydides,

    id. Brut. 12, 47; id. Div. 1, 19, 37:

    accedit etiam testis locuples, Posidonius,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 10:

    tabellarius,

    a trusty, safe letter-carrier, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 6.—Hence, adv.: lŏcū̆plētē, richly, amply (postclass.).
    1.
    Lit., sup.:

    locupletissime mu neratus,

    Spart. Hadr. 3:

    dotata filia,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 9.—
    2.
    Trop., in comp., Front. ad Anton. Imp. 1, 3 Mai.

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  • 3 egeo

    ĕgĕo, ŭi, 2 ( part. fut. egitura, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 24), v. n. [cf. Gr. achên, poor; root ach-, anch, in achos, anchô, etc.; Lat. angustus, [p. 633] angina], to be needy (for syn. cf.: indigeo, careo, vaco).
    I.
    Prop.
    a.
    Absol. (so usually in Plaut. and Ter.), to be needy, to be in want, to be poor:

    me in divitiis esse agrumque habere, egere illam autem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 57; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 73; id. Truc. 2, 1, 12; 4, 2, 32; id. Trin. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 49; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11; Cic. Rosc. Com. 8 (opp. locupletem esse); Hor. S. 2, 2, 103 (opp. dives); id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 1, 228 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    amatur atque egetur acriter,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 39.—
    b.
    To need, want, lack, to be in need of, with the thing needed.
    (α).
    In the abl.:

    earum rerum, quibus egeremus, invectio,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 5; id. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

    omnibus necessariis rebus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    copiis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 16 fin.:

    oculis ad cernendum,

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

    bibliothecis Graecis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6; cf. id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    medicină,

    id. Lael. 3:

    nullo,

    id. ib. 9, 30:

    consilio, opera nostra,

    id. ib. 14 fin.:

    auxilio,

    id. Fam. 2, 17, 16:

    sapiens eget nulla re: egere enim necessitatis est,

    Sen. Ep. 9 med. (cf. I. a. supra).—Of inanimate subjects:

    opus eget exercitatione non parva,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 38; 1, 8, 4; 1, 10, 7 et saep.—
    (β).
    In the gen. (in Cic. dub., v. the foll.):

    si pudoris egeas,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 187:

    tui, admonitricis,

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67:

    auxilii,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 11, 4: medicinae (al. medicina; cf.

    the preced.),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3 fin.:

    medici, curatoris,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102; cf.

    custodis,

    id. S. 1, 4, 118:

    aeris (opp. locuples mancipiis),

    id. Ep. 1, 6, 39:

    nullius,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 22:

    nutricis,

    Ov. Tr. 6, 135:

    alienae facundiae,

    Tac. A. 13, 3 al. —Of inanimate subjects:

    nec prosum quicquam nostrae rationis egere,

    Lucr. 3, 44; Quint. 5, 14, 5; 2, 16, 13; 3, 8, 63 al.—
    (γ).
    In the acc.:

    nec quicquam eges,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 12; cf. the foll.—
    (δ).
    Supplied by inf. pass.:

    clariores quam ut indicari egeant, Athenae,

    Mel. 2, 3, 4; cf. id. 2, 4, 1.
    II.
    Sometimes transf.
    A.
    (For the usual careo.) To be without, to be destitute of, not to have:

    C. Macer auctoritate semper eguit,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    donis tuis, somne,

    Stat. S. 5, 4, 2.—Of inanimate subjects:

    res proprio nomine,

    Lucr. 3, 134. —
    * B.
    To do without, to bear the want of: si quid est, quod utar, utor; si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1.—
    C.
    Like the Gr. deomai (cf. also the Engl. to want), to desire, wish for:

    tui amans abeuntis egeo,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 1:

    plausoris,

    Hor. A. P. 154:

    tantuli,

    id. S. 1, 1, 59; cf. in the abl.:

    pane,

    id. Ep. 1, 10, 11.—Hence, ĕgens, entis, P. a., needy, necessitous, in want, very poor (class.; cf.:

    egenus, indigens, indigus, inops, pauper, mendicus): quocirca (amici) et absentes assunt egentes abundant,

    Cic. Lael. 7; Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 1; 2, 3, 4; id. Stich. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 10; Cic. Clu. 59, 163; id. Fl. 15, 35 et saep.; cf.

    opp. locuples,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 2; Dig. 22, 5, 3;

    opp. abundans,

    Cic. Par. 6, 1, 43:

    delectus egentium ac perditorum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 2; cf. Sall. C. 31, 1; 18, 4.— Comp.:

    nihil rege egentius,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.— Sup.:

    egestates tot egentissimorum hominum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Sest. 52, 111; id. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.;

    opp. locuples,

    Liv. 1, 47.— Adv. does not occur.

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  • 4 certē

        certē adv. with comp.    [certus], really, surely, assuredly, actually, certainly, as a fact: fuit certe id aequum: ea certe vera sunt, admitted facts: qui certius explorata referant, L.: Si reperire vocas amittere certius, O.: o dea certe, V.: Certe edepol nutricem video, T. — Esp., in answers: estne hic ipsus? et certe is est, T.: num is est Cluentius? certe non est. — In confirmation, no doubt, of course, certainly: venerat, ut opinor, haec res in iudicium. Certe: atqui vis in foro versata est. Certe, admitted.—Of belief, without doubt, with assurance, confidently, surely, certainly: iste certe statuerat non adesse: de casu Cottae certius ex captivis cognoscit, Cs.—With scio, to have no doubt, be sure: ex litteris certe scire potuistis: (legiones) comprobaturas esse certe scio. — Ironic.: Regium certe genus Maeret, no doubt, H.: credo fore qui... inponant, certe quibus videtur, etc., men who no doubt think, etc., S.—Restrictive, at least, yet certainly, but surely: Si non ipsā re tibi istuc dolet, simulare certe est hominis, T.: res fortasse verae, certe graves: desilite, milites... ego certe meum officium praestitero, Cs.: quo quid sit beatius, mihi certe in mentem venire non potest: si tibi fortuna non dedit... at natura certe dedit: maior haec praeda, sed illa impudentia certe non minor: hoc vero edictum certe silentio non potest praeteriri: vestrae quidem certe vitae prospiciam, Cs. (quidem emphasizes the preceding word, while certe belongs to the whole clause): bona femina, locuples quidem certe: sed alias ubi sit animus; certe quidem in te est (quidem emphasizes certe).
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    surely, certainly, without doubt, really; at least/any rate, in all events

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  • 5 continēns

        continēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of contineo], bounding, limiting, enclosing: litas, i. e. of the continent, L.: parum locuples continente ripā, H.—Bordering, neighboring, contiguous, near, adjacent: silvae, Cs.: fundus fundo eius: aër mari: ripae collis, Cs.: cum Ciliciā.— Holding together, cohering, connected, continuous, uninterrupted: silvae, Cs.: grex, L.: agmen, L.: ruinae, L.: terra, N.—Fig., in time, following, next, consequent upon: continentibus diebus, Cs.: motus sensui iunctus et continens: timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit, L.—Continual, consecutive, uninterrupted: continenti labore omnia superare, Cs.: imber per noctem totam, L.: e continenti genere, in unbroken descent: continenti impetu, without a pause, Cs.—In character, continent, moderate, temperate: hoc nemo fuit magis continens, T.: continentior in vitā quam in pecuniā, Cs.: Epaminondas, N.: continentissimi homines.
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    I
    mainland; continent; forming part of a continuous mass
    II
    essential point, central argument, hinge, basis; suburbs (pl.), (outside walls)
    III
    continentis (gen.), continentior -or -us, continentissimus -a -um ADJ
    bordering, adjacent, contiguous, next; immediately, without delay (w/in/ex); temperate, moderate, n0t indulging in excess; restrained, exhibiting restraint; close (in time); linked; continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted; homogeneous

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  • 6 cum

        cum (with pers. pron., and with unemphatic relat. pron., - cum enclit.; in compounds, com-), praep. with abl.    [for *scom; SEC-], with, together with, in the company of, in connection with, along with, together, and: cum veteribus copiis sese coniungere, Cs.: antea cum uxore, tum sine eā: si cenas mecum, in my house, H.: errare cum Platone: cum lacte errorem suxisse: qui unum magistratum cum ipsis habeant, Cs.: foedera quibus etiam cum hoste devincitur fides: sentire cum rege, on the side of, L.: volentibus cum magnis dis: vivitur cum iis: cum quibus amicitias iunxerant, L.: ut te di cum tuo incepto perduint, T.: oratio habenda cum multitudine: ita cum Caesare egit, Cs.: agere cum civibus: quid mihi cum istā diligentiā?: tempus cum coniuratis consultando absumunt, L.: quibuscum belium gerunt, Cs.: cum Volscis aequo Marte discessum est, L.: cum coniuge distractus: cum Catone dissentire: hanc rationem dicendi cum imperatoris laude comparare: voluptatem cum cupiditate deliberare, against. —Of time, at, with, at the same time with, at the time of: cum primā luce domum venisse: pariter cum occasu solis, S.: cum sole reliquit, V.: exit cum nuntio Crassus, Cs.—With abl. of circumstance, manner, etc., with, in, under, in the midst of, among, to, at: cum ratione insanire, T.: cum dis bene iuvantibus arma capite (i. e. dis adiuvantibus), L.: cum summā rei p. salute: magno cum periculo provinciae, Cs.: magno cum gemitu civitatis: speculatus omnia cum curā, L: illud cum pace agemus, peacefully: bonā cum veniā audiatis: cui sunt inauditae cum Deiotaro querelae tuae? the remonstrances you made: servare fidem cum hoste, the faith pledged to.—Esp., after idem: tibi mecum in eodem est pistrino vivendum (i. e. in quo vivo): in eisdem flagitiis mecum versatus. —In the phrase, cum eo, with the circumstance, under the condition: sit sane, sed tamen cum eo, credo, quod sine peccato meo fiat: colonia missa cum eo, ut Antiatibus permitteretur, si, etc., L.— With primis, with the foremost, eminently, especially: homo cum primis locuples.—With an ordinal number, of increase, - fold: age<*> efficit cum octavo, cum decimo, eightfold.—Praegn., with, possessing, holding, wearing, owning: haud magnā cum re, Enn. ap. C.: iuvenes cum equis albis, upon: consul cum volnere gravi, L.: cum tunicä pullā sedere: vidi Cupidinem cum lampade, holding: cum eisdem suis vitiis nobilissimus, with all his faults.—In compounds com- was unchanged before b, p, m, and in comes and its derivatives; m was usu. assimilated before r, sometimes before l, but was usu. dropped before n; before other consonants m became n, but conicio was written for coniicio. Before a vowel (or h) m was dropped.
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    I
    when, at the time/on each occasion/in the situation that; after; since/although; as soon; while, as (well as); whereas, in that, seeing that; on/during which
    II
    with, together/jointly/along/simultaneous with, amid; supporting; attached; under command/at the head of; having/containing/including; using/by means of

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  • 7 egeō

        egeō uī, —, ēre    [EG-], to be needy, be in want, be poor, need, want, lack, have need: egebat? immo locuples erat: Semper avarus eget, H.: omnibus rebus, Cs.: medicinā: auxilio, S.: auspicia non egent interpretatione: auxili, Cs.: audaciae, S.: sum classis egeret (Aeneas), V.: si quid monitoris eges tu, H.: tantuli quanto est opus, H.— To be without, be destitute of, not to have: quibus (rebus) nos suppeditamur, eget ille, senatu, etc.: auctoritate semper eguit.
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    egere, egui, - V
    need (w/GEN/ABL), lack, want; require, be without

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  • 8 locuplētō

        locuplētō āvī, ātus, āre    [locuples], to make rich, enrich: homines fortunis: Africam equis, armis, N.—Fig.: sapientem locupletat natura: templum picturis, i. e. adorn.
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    locupletare, locupletavi, locupletatus V

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  • 9 mancipium (mancupium)

        mancipium (mancupium) ī, n    [manceps], a taking by hand, formal acceptance, taking possession, seisin, legal purchase: hoc in mancipio non dixerat, at the sale: in mancipi lege, in the contract of sale.—A possession, property, right of ownership: mancipio dare... accipere, give... take formal possession.—In the phrase, res mancipi (opp. res nec mancipi), property, the legal title to which was only transferred by formal delivery before witnesses (see mancipo): quae (res) mancipi sunt: quaero sintne ista praedia necne sint mancipi.— A slave obtained by legal transfer: mancipia, quae dominorum sunt facta nexo aut aliquo iure civili: mancipia haec ducam ad Thaïdem, T.: pecoris et mancipiorum praedae, S.: Mancipiis locuples, H.: argento parata mancipia, purchased slaves, L.: Se fore mancipio tempus in omne tuum, thy servant, O.

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  • 10 modicē

        modicē adv.    [modicus], with moderation, modestly, discreetly: disserere, S.: agere: se recipere, in good order, L.: uti re aliquā.— In moderation, slightly, not much: minae Clodi modice me tangunt: vino usi, L.: locuples, fairly well off, L.

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  • 11 (ops)

        (ops) opis (no nom. or dat sing.), f    [2 AP-], aid, help, support, assistance, succor: opis egens tuae: siquid opis potes adferre huic, T.: moran-tibus opem ferre, Cs.: aliquid opis rei p. tulissemus: ad opem iudicum confugiunt: exitium superabat opem, i. e. baffled medical skill, O.: Adfer opem! help! O.: sine hominum opibus et studiis: (equus) Imploravit opes hominis, H.—Power, might, strength, ability, influence, weight: summa nituntur opum vi, V.: summā ope niti, S.: omni ope atque operā enitar, with might and main: quācumque ope possent: Non opis est nostrae, in our power, V.: Dissimulator opis propriae, H.— Means, property, substance, wealth, riches, treasure, resources, might, power (rare in sing.): vidi ego te, astante ope barbaricā, etc., Enn. ap. C.: barbarica, V.— Plur: nostrae opes contusae erant, S.: privatae, H.: magnas inter opes inops, H.: ruris parvae, O.: vita opibus firma, copiis locuples: Troianas ut opes Eruerint Danai, V.: opes amovento, avoid display.—Person., the goddess of abundance, sister and wife of Saturn, identified with the Earth, C., O.: ad Opis (sc. aedem).

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  • 12 podagra

        podagra ae, f, ποδάγρα, the gout, podagra: dolores podagrae: turpes podagrae, V.: nodosa, O.: locuples, Iu.
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  • 13 prīmus

        prīmus adj. sup.    [PRO-], the first, first: Primus sentio mala nostra, T.: primae litterae: primus Graecae civitatis in Thraciam introiit, N.: primus de mille fuisses, O.— Plur m. as subst: in primis stetit, among the foremost, N.: in primis pugnantes, in the van, S.: Utque pedum primis infans vestigia plantis Institerat (i. e. ut primum), V.—In time or place, first, fore, foremost: in primā provinciā, at the entrance of the province: sol, i. e. the rising sun, V.—With quisque, the first possible, the very first: primo quoque tempore, at the very first opportunity: me tibi primum quidque concedente.—As subst n., sing. and plur, the first part, beginning: quod bellum, si prima satis prospera fuissent, L.: utinam a primo ita tibi esset visum, from the first: equites in primo late ire iubet, in the van, S.: qui numerus in primo viget, iacet in extremo, first part.—Fig., of rank or merit, first, chief, principal, excellent, eminent, distinguished, noble: evocat ad se Massiliā quindecim primos, Cs.: sui municipi facile primus: primis urbis placuisse, H.: iuvenum primi, V.: apud te primus, first in your favor, T.: otium atque divitiae, quae prima mortales putant, S.: primas partīs qui aget, plays the leading part, T.: si Allienus tibi primas in dicendo partes concesserit.— Plur f. as subst. (only acc; sc. partīs), the first rank, lead, highest place: actioni primas dedisse Demosthenes dicitur, ascribed supreme importance: amoris erga me tibi primas defero, i. e. the first place among those who love me.—Plur. abl. as subst., in the phrases, in primis, cum primis, among the first, with the foremost, eminently, chiefly, especially, principally, particularly: vir fortis in primis: oppidum in primis Siciliae clarum: homo in primis improbissimus: in primis... deinde, in the first place, S.: homo cum primis locuples.
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    I
    prima, primum ADJ
    first, foremost/best, chief, principal; nearest/next
    II
    chiefs (pl.), nobles

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  • 14 prīvus

        prīvus adj.    [PRO-], each, every individual, one each: ut privos lapides secum ferrent, each a stone, L. (SC.).— One's own, private, peculiar, particular: locuples, quem ducit priva triremis, H.: privum aliquid da, Quod possim titulis incidere, Iu.
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    priva, privum ADJ
    one's own, private; separate, single

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  • 15 quadrāns

        quadrāns antis, m    [quattuor], a fourth part, quarter ; esp., the fourth part of an as, quarter as, three unciae: in consulis domum quadrantes iactasse, L.: quadrante lavatum ire (the usual price of a bath), H.— The smallest coin, a farthing, doit, mite: minus locuples uno quadrante, H.: nullus, Iu.
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    fourth part, a quarter; 1/4 as, small coin, "farthing"

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  • 16 satis

        satis adj. (for comp. see satius), n indecl.    [2 SA-].—Only nom. and acc, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, ample, adequate: cui satis una Farris libra foret, H.: Duo talenta pro re nostrā ego esse decrevi satis, T.: si ad arcendum Italiā Poenum consul satis esset, L.: animo istuc satis est, auribus non satis: qui non sentirent, quid esset satis: avidior, quam satis est, gloriae: poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est, H.: ut ea modo exercitui satis superque foret, S.: satis una excidia, V.: satis erat respondere ‘magnas’; ‘ingentīs,’ inquit: nunc libertatem repeti satis est, L.: Fabio satis visum, ut ovans urbem iniret, L.: vos satis habebitis animam retinere, will be content, S.: si non satis habet avaritiam explere, is not satisfied: non satis habitum est quaeri quid... verum etiam, etc., it was not thought sufficient: ut Lacedaemonii satis haberent, si salvi esse possent, were content, N.: senatus censuit satis habendum, quod praetor ius iurandum polliceretur, must be accepted as satisfactory, L.—As subst n., enough, a sufficiency: satis superque dictum est: Satis mihi id habeam supplici, T.: ea amicitia non satis habet firmitatis: satis est tibi in te praesidi: Iam satis terris nivis misit pater, H.: satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum.—In law, satisfaction, security, guaranty, in phrases with do (less correctly as one word, satisdo) and accipio: quibus a me verbis satis accipiet, isdem ipse satis det, in the same form in which he takes security from me, let him give it: iudicatum solvi satis daturos esse dicebant, for the payment of the judgment: de satis dando vero te rogo... tu ut satis des, give bonds. —As adv., enough, sufficiently, adequately, amply, fully: ego istuc satis scio, T.: satis esse arbitror demonstratum: Satis superque me benignitas tua ditavit, H.: pugnatur acriter, agitur tamen satis, i. e. it goes on satisfactorily: existimasti satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore, si, etc., that you would have secured your defence well enough: mulier satis locuples: satis superque humilis est, qui, etc., L.: Satis scite, T.: satis opportune accidisse, Cs.— Enough, just, tolerably, moderately, somewhat: Sy. (mulier) formā luculentā. Ch. sic satis, T.: satis litteratus: satis bene pascere, pretty well ; see also satisdato, satis facio.
    * * *
    I
    enough, adequately; sufficiently; well enough, quite; fairly, pretty
    II
    enough, adequate, sufficient; satisfactory

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  • 17 adsiduissime

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

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  • 18 adsiduus

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

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  • 19 ambitiose

    ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].
    I.
    (Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

    lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

    undique ambientibus ramis,

    Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

    Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

    Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

    vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

    Hor. A. P. 447.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

    qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

    Cic. Fl. 18:

    homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

    id. Fam. 13, 1:

    ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

    desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

    pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

    i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

    malis artibus ambitiosus,

    seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

    salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

    Suet. Aug. 42 al. —
    B.
    Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

    ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

    Gell. 9, 12:

    turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

    Ov. F. 5, 298:

    sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

    Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

    si pauper, ambitiosi,

    id. Agr. 30:

    nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

    not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —
    C.
    Of things, vain, ostentatious:

    amicitiae,

    founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

    rogationes,

    id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

    gloriandi genus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 22:

    preces,

    urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

    sententiae,

    Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

    medicina ars,

    boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

    et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

    Luc. 4, 376:

    atria,

    splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

    ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

    Quint. 1, 2, 27:

    ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

    more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—
    D.
    In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

    antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

    de triumpho ambitiose agere,

    Cic. Att. 15, 1:

    ambitiose regnum petere,

    Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

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  • 20 ambitiosus

    ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].
    I.
    (Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

    lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

    undique ambientibus ramis,

    Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

    Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

    Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

    vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

    Hor. A. P. 447.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

    qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

    Cic. Fl. 18:

    homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

    id. Fam. 13, 1:

    ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

    desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

    pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

    i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

    malis artibus ambitiosus,

    seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

    salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

    Suet. Aug. 42 al. —
    B.
    Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

    ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

    Gell. 9, 12:

    turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

    Ov. F. 5, 298:

    sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

    Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

    si pauper, ambitiosi,

    id. Agr. 30:

    nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

    not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —
    C.
    Of things, vain, ostentatious:

    amicitiae,

    founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

    rogationes,

    id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

    gloriandi genus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 22:

    preces,

    urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

    sententiae,

    Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

    medicina ars,

    boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

    et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

    Luc. 4, 376:

    atria,

    splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

    ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

    Quint. 1, 2, 27:

    ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

    more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—
    D.
    In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

    antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

    de triumpho ambitiose agere,

    Cic. Att. 15, 1:

    ambitiose regnum petere,

    Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

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