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ălĭōquī (Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 839, questions the MS. authority for the forms ălĭ-ōquin and cĕtĕrōquin, but if they are genuine, he believes they have the prep. in affixed, as in deoin), adv. (prop. abl. alioqui, i. e. alio quo modo, in some other way; used in the ante-Aug. per. only once in Lucr.; but freq. after that per., esp. by the histt., and by Pliny the younger).

Lit., to indicate that something has its existence or right in all but the exception given, in other respects, for the rest, otherwise; Gr. allôs, often with adj. standing either before or after it:

milites tantum, qui sequerentur currum, defuerunt: alioqui magnificus triumphus fuit,

Liv. 37, 46 Madv.;

8, 9: Hannibal tumulum tutum commodumque alioqui, nisi quod longinquae aquationis erat, cepit,

id. 30, 29, 10:

atqui si vitiis mediocribus ac mea paucis Mendosa est natura, alioquin recta,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 66 K. and H.:

solitus alioquin id temporis luxus principis intendere,

Tac. A. 13, 20 Halm; so id. ib. 4, 37; Curt. 7, 4, 8; 8, 2, 2.—Sometimes concessive, hence also with quamquam, quamvis, cum, as for the rest, besides: triumphatum de Tiburtibus: alioqui mitis victoria fuit, i. e. although in other respects the victory was, etc., Liv. 7, 19: at si tantula pars oculi media illa peresa est, Incolumis quamvis alioqui splendidus orbis ( al though in other respects uninjured and clear) occidit extemplo lumen, Lucr. 3, 414 (Lachmann rejected this line; Munro receives it and reads alioquoi):

ideo nondum eum legi, cum alioqui validissime cupiam,

Plin. Ep. 9, 35 Keil; so Plin. 10, 69, 93, § 198.—

Transf.

To indicate that something exists, avails, or has influence in other cases beside those mentioned, yet, besides, moreover (syn.:

porro, praeterea): sed haec quidem alioquin memoria magni professoris, uti interponeremus, effecit,

Cels. 8, 4:

ne pugnemus igitur, cum praesertim plurimis alioqui Graecis sit utendum,

very many other Greek words besides, Quint. 2, 14, 4 Halm:

non tenuit iram Alexander, cujus alioqui potens non erat,

of which he had not the control at other times, Curt. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 3, 32:

quā occasione Caesar, validus alioquin spernendis honoribus hujuscemodi orationem coepit,

id. A. 4, 37.—So in questions, Quint. 4, 5, 3.—Also et alioqui in Pliny: afficior curā; et alioqui meus pudor, mea dignitas in discrimen adducitur, Plin Ep. 2, 9, 1; so id. ib. 10, 42, 2; id. Pan. 45, 4; 68, 7; 7, 9.—And in copulative clauses with et... et, cum... tum, etc., both in general (or in other respects)... and:

et alioqui opportune situm, et transitus eā est in Labeates,

Liv. 43, 19:

mors Marcelli cum alioqui miserabilis fuit, tum quod, etc.,

id. 27, 27, 11; so Quint. 5, 6, 4; 12, 10, 63.—

To indicate that something is in itself situated so and so, or avails in a certain manner, in itself, even in itself, himself, etc.: corpus, quod illa (Phryne) speciosissima alioqui ( in herself even most beautiful) diductā nudaverat tunicā, Quint. 2, 15, 9 Spald.; 10, 3, 13; 2, 1, 4.—

Ellipt. like the Gr. allôs, and commonly placed at the beginning of a clause, to indicate that something must happen, if the previous assertion or assumption shall not be (which fact is not [p. 86] expressed), otherwise, else (cf. aliter, b. g):

vidistine aliquando Clitumnum fontem? si nondum (et puto nondum: alioqui narrāsses mihi),

Plin. Ep. 8, 8; 1, 20: Nec, si pugnent inter se, qui idem didicerunt, idcirco ars, quae utrique tradita est, non erit;

alioqui nec armorum, etc.,

Quint. 2, 17, 33; so id. 4, 2, 23:

non inornata debet esse brevitas, alioqui sit indocta,

id. 4, 2, 46:

Da mihi liberos, alioquin moriar,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 1; ib. Matt. 6, 1; ib. Heb. 9, 17:

languescet alioqui industria, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

(Eccl. Lat.) As an advers. conj., but (cf. ceterum and the Gr. alla):

alioquin mitte manum tuam et tange os ejus et carnem,

Vulg. Job, 2, 5. Cf. Hand, Turs. I. pp. 234-241.

ălĭōquī (Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 839, questions the MS. authority for the forms ălĭ-ōquin and cĕtĕrōquin, but if they are genuine, he believes they have the prep. in affixed, as in deoin), adv. (prop. abl. alioqui, i. e. alio quo modo, in some other way; used in the ante-Aug. per. only once in Lucr.; but freq. after that per., esp. by the histt., and by Pliny the younger).

Lit., to indicate that something has its existence or right in all but the exception given, in other respects, for the rest, otherwise; Gr. allôs, often with adj. standing either before or after it:

milites tantum, qui sequerentur currum, defuerunt: alioqui magnificus triumphus fuit,

Liv. 37, 46 Madv.;

8, 9: Hannibal tumulum tutum commodumque alioqui, nisi quod longinquae aquationis erat, cepit,

id. 30, 29, 10:

atqui si vitiis mediocribus ac mea paucis Mendosa est natura, alioquin recta,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 66 K. and H.:

solitus alioquin id temporis luxus principis intendere,

Tac. A. 13, 20 Halm; so id. ib. 4, 37; Curt. 7, 4, 8; 8, 2, 2.—Sometimes concessive, hence also with quamquam, quamvis, cum, as for the rest, besides: triumphatum de Tiburtibus: alioqui mitis victoria fuit, i. e. although in other respects the victory was, etc., Liv. 7, 19: at si tantula pars oculi media illa peresa est, Incolumis quamvis alioqui splendidus orbis ( al though in other respects uninjured and clear) occidit extemplo lumen, Lucr. 3, 414 (Lachmann rejected this line; Munro receives it and reads alioquoi):

ideo nondum eum legi, cum alioqui validissime cupiam,

Plin. Ep. 9, 35 Keil; so Plin. 10, 69, 93, § 198.—

Transf.

To indicate that something exists, avails, or has influence in other cases beside those mentioned, yet, besides, moreover (syn.:

porro, praeterea): sed haec quidem alioquin memoria magni professoris, uti interponeremus, effecit,

Cels. 8, 4:

ne pugnemus igitur, cum praesertim plurimis alioqui Graecis sit utendum,

very many other Greek words besides, Quint. 2, 14, 4 Halm:

non tenuit iram Alexander, cujus alioqui potens non erat,

of which he had not the control at other times, Curt. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 3, 32:

quā occasione Caesar, validus alioquin spernendis honoribus hujuscemodi orationem coepit,

id. A. 4, 37.—So in questions, Quint. 4, 5, 3.—Also et alioqui in Pliny: afficior curā; et alioqui meus pudor, mea dignitas in discrimen adducitur, Plin Ep. 2, 9, 1; so id. ib. 10, 42, 2; id. Pan. 45, 4; 68, 7; 7, 9.—And in copulative clauses with et... et, cum... tum, etc., both in general (or in other respects)... and:

et alioqui opportune situm, et transitus eā est in Labeates,

Liv. 43, 19:

mors Marcelli cum alioqui miserabilis fuit, tum quod, etc.,

id. 27, 27, 11; so Quint. 5, 6, 4; 12, 10, 63.—

To indicate that something is in itself situated so and so, or avails in a certain manner, in itself, even in itself, himself, etc.: corpus, quod illa (Phryne) speciosissima alioqui ( in herself even most beautiful) diductā nudaverat tunicā, Quint. 2, 15, 9 Spald.; 10, 3, 13; 2, 1, 4.—

Ellipt. like the Gr. allôs, and commonly placed at the beginning of a clause, to indicate that something must happen, if the previous assertion or assumption shall not be (which fact is not [p. 86] expressed), otherwise, else (cf. aliter, b. g):

vidistine aliquando Clitumnum fontem? si nondum (et puto nondum: alioqui narrāsses mihi),

Plin. Ep. 8, 8; 1, 20: Nec, si pugnent inter se, qui idem didicerunt, idcirco ars, quae utrique tradita est, non erit;

alioqui nec armorum, etc.,

Quint. 2, 17, 33; so id. 4, 2, 23:

non inornata debet esse brevitas, alioqui sit indocta,

id. 4, 2, 46:

Da mihi liberos, alioquin moriar,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 1; ib. Matt. 6, 1; ib. Heb. 9, 17:

languescet alioqui industria, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

(Eccl. Lat.) As an advers. conj., but (cf. ceterum and the Gr. alla):

alioquin mitte manum tuam et tange os ejus et carnem,

Vulg. Job, 2, 5. Cf. Hand, Turs. I. pp. 234-241.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

ălĭōquī (Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 839, questions the MS. authority for the forms ălĭ-ōquin and cĕtĕrōquin, but if they are genuine, he believes they have the prep. in affixed, as in deoin), adv. (prop. abl. alioqui, i. e. alio quo modo, in some other way; used in the ante-Aug. per. only once in Lucr.; but freq. after that per., esp. by the histt., and by Pliny the younger).

Lit., to indicate that something has its existence or right in all but the exception given, in other respects, for the rest, otherwise; Gr. allôs, often with adj. standing either before or after it:

milites tantum, qui sequerentur currum, defuerunt: alioqui magnificus triumphus fuit,

Liv. 37, 46 Madv.;

8, 9: Hannibal tumulum tutum commodumque alioqui, nisi quod longinquae aquationis erat, cepit,

id. 30, 29, 10:

atqui si vitiis mediocribus ac mea paucis Mendosa est natura, alioquin recta,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 66 K. and H.:

solitus alioquin id temporis luxus principis intendere,

Tac. A. 13, 20 Halm; so id. ib. 4, 37; Curt. 7, 4, 8; 8, 2, 2.—Sometimes concessive, hence also with quamquam, quamvis, cum, as for the rest, besides: triumphatum de Tiburtibus: alioqui mitis victoria fuit, i. e. although in other respects the victory was, etc., Liv. 7, 19: at si tantula pars oculi media illa peresa est, Incolumis quamvis alioqui splendidus orbis ( al though in other respects uninjured and clear) occidit extemplo lumen, Lucr. 3, 414 (Lachmann rejected this line; Munro receives it and reads alioquoi):

ideo nondum eum legi, cum alioqui validissime cupiam,

Plin. Ep. 9, 35 Keil; so Plin. 10, 69, 93, § 198.—

Transf.

To indicate that something exists, avails, or has influence in other cases beside those mentioned, yet, besides, moreover (syn.:

porro, praeterea): sed haec quidem alioquin memoria magni professoris, uti interponeremus, effecit,

Cels. 8, 4:

ne pugnemus igitur, cum praesertim plurimis alioqui Graecis sit utendum,

very many other Greek words besides, Quint. 2, 14, 4 Halm:

non tenuit iram Alexander, cujus alioqui potens non erat,

of which he had not the control at other times, Curt. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 3, 32:

quā occasione Caesar, validus alioquin spernendis honoribus hujuscemodi orationem coepit,

id. A. 4, 37.—So in questions, Quint. 4, 5, 3.—Also et alioqui in Pliny: afficior curā; et alioqui meus pudor, mea dignitas in discrimen adducitur, Plin Ep. 2, 9, 1; so id. ib. 10, 42, 2; id. Pan. 45, 4; 68, 7; 7, 9.—And in copulative clauses with et... et, cum... tum, etc., both in general (or in other respects)... and:

et alioqui opportune situm, et transitus eā est in Labeates,

Liv. 43, 19:

mors Marcelli cum alioqui miserabilis fuit, tum quod, etc.,

id. 27, 27, 11; so Quint. 5, 6, 4; 12, 10, 63.—

To indicate that something is in itself situated so and so, or avails in a certain manner, in itself, even in itself, himself, etc.: corpus, quod illa (Phryne) speciosissima alioqui ( in herself even most beautiful) diductā nudaverat tunicā, Quint. 2, 15, 9 Spald.; 10, 3, 13; 2, 1, 4.—

Ellipt. like the Gr. allôs, and commonly placed at the beginning of a clause, to indicate that something must happen, if the previous assertion or assumption shall not be (which fact is not [p. 86] expressed), otherwise, else (cf. aliter, b. g):

vidistine aliquando Clitumnum fontem? si nondum (et puto nondum: alioqui narrāsses mihi),

Plin. Ep. 8, 8; 1, 20: Nec, si pugnent inter se, qui idem didicerunt, idcirco ars, quae utrique tradita est, non erit;

alioqui nec armorum, etc.,

Quint. 2, 17, 33; so id. 4, 2, 23:

non inornata debet esse brevitas, alioqui sit indocta,

id. 4, 2, 46:

Da mihi liberos, alioquin moriar,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 1; ib. Matt. 6, 1; ib. Heb. 9, 17:

languescet alioqui industria, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

(Eccl. Lat.) As an advers. conj., but (cf. ceterum and the Gr. alla):

alioquin mitte manum tuam et tange os ejus et carnem,

Vulg. Job, 2, 5. Cf. Hand, Turs. I. pp. 234-241.

clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

but -te,

Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].

Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

clementior Auster vela vocat,

Stat. Th. 5, 468:

aura Favoni,

Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

clementior dies,

Col. 11, 2, 2:

clementior Arctos,

Sil. 1, 198:

clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,

Esp.

Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

mare,

Gell. 2, 21, 1:

Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

Curt. 5, 3, 1:

quā sit clementissimus amnis,

Ov. M. 9, 116.—

Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

clivulus,

App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

vita urbana atque otium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

(Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—

Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—

Specif.

Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

judices et misericordes,

Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.

C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

legis interpres,

Liv. 1, 26, 8:

dominus facilis et clemens,

Suet. Aug. 67:

justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

castigatio,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

clementior sententia,

Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—

Poet. of places:

pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.

(Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

agitant venti oleas,

Pall. Nov. 5:

spirant clementius Austri,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

calces deteris,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

editum jugum,

id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

accedere,

Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

id. H. 3, 52.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

86: ferre aliquid,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

consolationes clementer admotae,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

Gell. 5, 14, 12.—

(Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

clementer et moderate jus dicere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

clementer a consule accepti,

Liv. 27, 15, 2:

clementer ductis militibus,

i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

clementius tractare aliquem,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

clementissime scribere de aliquo,

Gell. 1, 18, 3:

qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.

Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

Julius,

Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

Arretinus,

id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

Flavius,

id. ib. 15.

clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

but -te,

Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].

Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

clementior Auster vela vocat,

Stat. Th. 5, 468:

aura Favoni,

Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

clementior dies,

Col. 11, 2, 2:

clementior Arctos,

Sil. 1, 198:

clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,

Esp.

Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

mare,

Gell. 2, 21, 1:

Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

Curt. 5, 3, 1:

quā sit clementissimus amnis,

Ov. M. 9, 116.—

Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

clivulus,

App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

vita urbana atque otium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

(Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—

Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—

Specif.

Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

judices et misericordes,

Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.

C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

legis interpres,

Liv. 1, 26, 8:

dominus facilis et clemens,

Suet. Aug. 67:

justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

castigatio,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

clementior sententia,

Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—

Poet. of places:

pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.

(Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

agitant venti oleas,

Pall. Nov. 5:

spirant clementius Austri,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

calces deteris,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

editum jugum,

id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

accedere,

Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

id. H. 3, 52.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

86: ferre aliquid,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

consolationes clementer admotae,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

Gell. 5, 14, 12.—

(Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

clementer et moderate jus dicere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

clementer a consule accepti,

Liv. 27, 15, 2:

clementer ductis militibus,

i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

clementius tractare aliquem,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

clementissime scribere de aliquo,

Gell. 1, 18, 3:

qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.

Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

Julius,

Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

Arretinus,

id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

Flavius,

id. ib. 15.

clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

but -te,

Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].

Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

clementior Auster vela vocat,

Stat. Th. 5, 468:

aura Favoni,

Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

clementior dies,

Col. 11, 2, 2:

clementior Arctos,

Sil. 1, 198:

clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,

Esp.

Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

mare,

Gell. 2, 21, 1:

Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

Curt. 5, 3, 1:

quā sit clementissimus amnis,

Ov. M. 9, 116.—

Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

clivulus,

App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

vita urbana atque otium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

(Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—

Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—

Specif.

Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

judices et misericordes,

Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.

C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

legis interpres,

Liv. 1, 26, 8:

dominus facilis et clemens,

Suet. Aug. 67:

justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

castigatio,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

clementior sententia,

Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—

Poet. of places:

pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.

(Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

agitant venti oleas,

Pall. Nov. 5:

spirant clementius Austri,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

calces deteris,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

editum jugum,

id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

accedere,

Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

id. H. 3, 52.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

86: ferre aliquid,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

consolationes clementer admotae,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

Gell. 5, 14, 12.—

(Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

clementer et moderate jus dicere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

clementer a consule accepti,

Liv. 27, 15, 2:

clementer ductis militibus,

i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

clementius tractare aliquem,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

clementissime scribere de aliquo,

Gell. 1, 18, 3:

qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.

Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

Julius,

Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

Arretinus,

id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

Flavius,

id. ib. 15.

cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [kindr. with Sanscr. pak; Gr. pep in peptô or pessô; Germ. backen; Engl. bake], to cook, to prepare by cooking, to bake, boil, roast, parch, steep, melt, heat (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

cenam,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 7:

cottidie sic cena ei coquebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Cim. 4, 3:

cibum,

Lucr. 5, 1102; cf.

cibaria,

Liv. 3, 27, 3; 29, 25, 6; 44, 32, 11;

44, 35, 13 al.: qui illa coxerat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:

quae coxerat aere cavo,

Ov. M. 4, 505:

dulce dedit, tostā quod coxerat ante polentā,

cooked from parched malt, id. ib. 5, 450:

humana exta,

Hor. A. P. 186:

(pavonem),

id. S. 2, 2, 28:

aliquid ex oleo,

in oil, Cels. 5, 177; so,

aliquid ex aceto,

Scrib. Comp. 252. — Absol.:

si nusquam coctum is, quidnam cenat Juppiter?

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 56:

in nonum diem solet ire coctum,

id. Aul. 2, 4, 46; 3, 2, 15:

coquendo sit faxo et molendo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61.—

Subst.

coctum, i, n., cooked food:

quid tu, malum, curas, utrum crudum an coctum edim?

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16 Ussing:

ne quid in popinas cocti praeter legumina aut olera veniret,

Suet. Ner. 16.— Plur.:

cocta vendere,

Suet. Claud. 38.—

cocta, ae, f., water boiled, and cooled by ice; a decoction, Mart. 2, 85, 1; cf. Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55; Suet. Ner. 48.—

Transf.

To prepare by fire, to burn, parch, etc.:

laterculos,

Cato, R. R. 39, 2:

calcem,

id. ib. 38, 1 sq.:

carbonem,

id. ib. fin.:

locum sol,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2; cf.:

glaebas maturis solibus aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 66:

cocta ligna,

dried, hardened by drying, Dig. 32, 1, 55, § 7:

coctus agger,

i. e. built of bricks, Prop. 3 (4), 11, 22:

rosaria cocta matutino Noto,

dried up, parched, id. 4 (5), 5, 62; cf.:

at vos, praesentes Austri, coquite horum obsonia,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 41:

aurum cum plumbo,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 60:

aera fornacibus,

Luc. 6, 405.—

To ripen, make mature:

arbores sol ac luna,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:

uvas,

id. ib. 1, 54, 1; cf.

vinum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 125; and:

mitis vindemia,

Verg. G. 2, 522:

poma (with matura),

Cic. Sen. 19, 71:

fructus solibus,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

messem,

Mart. 10, 62 al. —

= concoquo, to digest:

cibus confectus jam coctusque,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; 2, 54, 136 (but in these passages Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64, would read concoquo, denying that coquo ever means to digest; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 8, 4, 16); Lact. Opif. Dei, 14, 5; cf.:

balineae ardentes, quibus persuasere in corporibus cibos coqui,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26:

plerique... bubulum coquunt,

Cels. 4, 5, § 27; 4, 18, § 4.—

Trop. (in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).

To elaborate something in mind, to consider, to think, meditate upon, contrive, plan: quicquid est, incoctum non expromet;

bene coctum dabit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 55: bene cocto, condito, sermone bono, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25; cf.:

consilia secreto,

Liv. 2, 36, 2:

bellum,

id. 8, 3, 2:

trucem invidiam,

Stat. Th. 2, 300:

iras cum fraude,

Sil. 7, 403:

Latio extrema coepta,

id. 10, 431.—

To vex, harass, torment, disturb the mind:

egomet me coquo et macero et defetigo,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 3: si quid ego adjuero curamve levasso, quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1; cf.:

si sollicitudo oratorem macerat et coquit,

Quint. 12, 10, 77:

quos ira metusque coquebat,

Sil. 14, 103:

quam... Femineae ardentem curaeque iraeque coquebant,

Verg. A. 7, 345.—Hence, Ital. cuocere; Fr. cuire. —Hence, coctus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to III. A. supra), well considered, well digested: bene coctus sermo, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf., of persons: hodie juris coctiores non sunt, qui lites creant. Quam, etc. (alluding to the double meaning of jus), better skilled in, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 9.