meanly

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illībĕrālis ( inl-), e, adj. [in-liberalis], unworthy of a freeman, ignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging (class.;

mostly of things): illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

labor,

id. Fin. 1, 1, 3:

facinus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 3:

duplex omnino est jocandi genus, unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum: alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

res ad cognoscendum non illiberalis,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 146:

mens,

Quint. 1, 3, 14:

cibus (raphanus),

Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 79:

servom haud illiberalem praebes te,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 5:

non te in me illiberalem putabit,

disobliging, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—

Niggardly, grasping:

paulatim illiberali adiectione ad centum talenta perductus,

Liv. 38, 14, 14. — Adv.: illībĕrālĭter, ignobly, ungenerously, meanly:

factum a vobis (with duriter immisericorditerque),

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:

me audiatis ut unum e togatis, patris diligentia non illiberaliter institutum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Att. 16, 3, 2:

aliquid aestimare valde illiberaliter,

i. e. meanly, stingily, id. ib. 4, 2, 5.

illībĕrālis ( inl-), e, adj. [in-liberalis], unworthy of a freeman, ignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging (class.;

mostly of things): illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

labor,

id. Fin. 1, 1, 3:

facinus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 3:

duplex omnino est jocandi genus, unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum: alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

res ad cognoscendum non illiberalis,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 146:

mens,

Quint. 1, 3, 14:

cibus (raphanus),

Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 79:

servom haud illiberalem praebes te,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 5:

non te in me illiberalem putabit,

disobliging, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—

Niggardly, grasping:

paulatim illiberali adiectione ad centum talenta perductus,

Liv. 38, 14, 14. — Adv.: illībĕrālĭter, ignobly, ungenerously, meanly:

factum a vobis (with duriter immisericorditerque),

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:

me audiatis ut unum e togatis, patris diligentia non illiberaliter institutum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Att. 16, 3, 2:

aliquid aestimare valde illiberaliter,

i. e. meanly, stingily, id. ib. 4, 2, 5.

mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).

In a good sense:

modico gradu ire,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

potiones,

Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

convivia,

id. Sen. 13, 44:

severitas,

id. ib. 18, 65:

industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

Sall. J. 85, 1:

domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2:

modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—

In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

Cic. Or. 21, 69:

oculi,

middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

Graecis hoc modicum est,

not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

pecunia,

little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

acervus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

incrementa,

small, Just. 7, 1:

tempus,

short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

rem pateris modicam,

a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

modici amici,

humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

Sabinus modicus originis,

Tac. A. 6, 39:

virium,

Vell. 1, 12, 4:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

voluptatum,

id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

modicum progredi,

a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

modico deinde regressa,

i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

modico secus progredi,

to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).

Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

dolorem modice ferre,

quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

se recipere,

quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

modice et modeste vitam vivere,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

dicere,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—

Slightly, not very, not much:

minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

modice vinosus,

Liv. 41, 4:

locuples,

id. 38, 14, 9:

modice instratus torus,

slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).

In a good sense:

modico gradu ire,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

potiones,

Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

convivia,

id. Sen. 13, 44:

severitas,

id. ib. 18, 65:

industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

Sall. J. 85, 1:

domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2:

modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—

In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

Cic. Or. 21, 69:

oculi,

middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

Graecis hoc modicum est,

not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

pecunia,

little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

acervus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

incrementa,

small, Just. 7, 1:

tempus,

short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

rem pateris modicam,

a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

modici amici,

humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

Sabinus modicus originis,

Tac. A. 6, 39:

virium,

Vell. 1, 12, 4:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

voluptatum,

id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

modicum progredi,

a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

modico deinde regressa,

i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

modico secus progredi,

to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).

Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

dolorem modice ferre,

quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

se recipere,

quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

modice et modeste vitam vivere,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

dicere,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—

Slightly, not very, not much:

minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

modice vinosus,

Liv. 41, 4:

locuples,

id. 38, 14, 9:

modice instratus torus,

slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

sordĭdus, a, um, adj. [sordeo], dirty, unclean, foul, filthy, squalid, sordid (class.).

Lit. (syn.: squalidus, obscenus): vestem squalam et sordidam, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.):

amictus,

Verg. A. 6, 301; cf.:

sordidior toga,

Mart. 1, 104, 5:

mappa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 20, 8:

lana,

Ov. A. A. 3, 222:

fumus,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:

at pol nitent, haud sordidae videntur ambae,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:

servolicolae,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 55:

nati,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 28; cf.:

magnos duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidos,

id. ib. 2, 1, 22:

puer sordidissimus dentibus,

Petr. 64, 6 et saep.—Esp.:

sordido in loco sedere,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.— Transf., of mourners, clad in mourning, Cic. Mur. 40, 86.— Poet.:

Auctumnus calcatis sordidus uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897;

Col. poët. 10, 44: terga suis,

sooty, dingy, Ov. M. 8, 648.—Prov.: saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia, wisdom is often hid under a ragged cloak, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56.—

Transf., low, base, mean, as to birth, rank, or condition; poor, humble, small, paltry (syn.:

illiberalis, infimus): causam commisisse homini egenti, sordido, sine honore, sme censu,

Cic. Fl. 22, 52; id. Att. 8, 4, 2; id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.— Sup.:

sordidissimus quisque,

Liv. 1, 47, 11:

familiae sordidissima pars,

Petr. 132, 3; cf.:

loco non humili solum sed etiam sordido ortus,

Liv. 22, 25, 18:

a sordidis initiis ad summa crevere,

Just. 2, 6, 2:

sordidum et obscurum Macedonum nomen,

id. 6, 9, 7:

genus alicujus,

id. 22, 1, 1:

panis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 16; Sen. Ep. 18, 5:

villula,

Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1; cf.

tecta,

Luc. 4, 396:

sedes,

id. 5, 9:

lar villae,

Mart. 12, 57, 2:

rura (with humiles casae),

Verg. E. 2, 28:

aratra,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 414;

hence also, otia, i. e. ruris,

Mart. 1, 56, 4 —

Trop., low, mean, base, abject, vile, despicable, disgraceful (syn. turpis).

In gen., Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

multo homo sordidissimus,

id. Scaur. 2, § 23:

homo furiosus ac sordidus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

nec minus laetabor, cum te semper sordidum, quam si paulisper sordidatum viderem,

id. Pis. 41, 99:

illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur... Sordidi etiam putandi, qui mercantur a mercatoribus, quod statim vendant, etc.... Opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur, etc.... mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

lucrum,

Quint. 1, 2, 16 sq.; cf.: sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 21:

qui (oratores) ne sordidiores quidem (artis) repudiarint (opp. praeclarissimas),

id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:

virtus repulsae nescia sordidae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 17:

adulterium,

Liv. 1, 58:

nomen,

Quint. 8, 3, 21:

verba,

id. 8, 3, 17; 8, 3, 49; 2, 5, 10:

multa,

id. 2, 12, 7:

omnia, id 10, 1, 9: homines nullā re bonā dignos, cum quibus comparari sordidum, confligere autem miserum et periculosum sit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; cf.:

qui pecuniam praeferre amicitiae sordidum existiment,

id. Lael. 17, 63.—

In partic., mean, niggardly, penurious, sordid (cf. parcus):

ita sordidus, ut se Non umquam servo melius vestiret,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 96; 1, 1, 65; 1, 2, 10; 2, 3, 164; Quint. 5, 13, 26; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1 (opp. sumptuosus):

perjurium,

Phaedr. 4, 19, 23:

cupido,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 16; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 supra.—Hence, adv.: sordĭdē.

Lit., dirtily, foully:

per plateas tractus est sordidissime,

through the deepest mire, Lampr. Heliog. 33 med. —

Transf., meanly, basely:

quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

Tac. Or. 8.—

Trop.

Vulgarly, unbecomingly, poorly:

loquitur laute et minime sordide,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 11:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

contionari,

id. Att. 15, 2, 2:

declamare (opp. splendide atque ornate),

Suet. Rhet. 6; Gell. 15, 4, 3.—

Meanly, stingily, penuriously, sordidly:

nimis illum sordide Simonidi dixisse, se dimidium ejus ei, quod pactus esset, pro illo carmine daturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

facere aliquid (opp. largissime),

Suet. Dom. 9:

gerere proconsulatum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2.

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to think meanly of, despise, condemn, hate.

ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.

ăbĭci,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;

ăbĭcit,

Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.

Lit.:

in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:

scutum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

insigne regium de capite,

id. Sest. 27:

socer ad pedes abjectus,

id. ib. 34; so,

se ad pedes,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

se e muro in mare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,

corpus in mare,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

se abjecit exanimatus,

he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:

si te uret sarcina, abicito,

throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:

anulum in mari,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:

statuas in propatulo domi,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

cadaver in viā,

Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:

ubi cadaver abjeceris,

Tac. A. 1, 22.

Fig.

In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:

ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,

as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:

vitam,

Cic. Att. 3, 19:

salutem pro aliquo,

id. Planc. 33:

memoriam beneficiorum,

id. Phil. 8, 11:

versum,

to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).

In partic.

To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:

abicimus ista,

we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:

fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,

I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:

abjectis nugis,

nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).

To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.

Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.

Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,

Cic. Att. 3, 2.—

Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

contemptum atque abjectum,

id. Agr. 2, 34:

verbis nec inops nec abjectus,

id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:

animus abjectior,

Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:

animus abjectissimus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.

Dispiritedly, despondingly:

in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—

Low, meanly:

quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

Tac. Or. 8:

incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,

improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

picis e caelo demissum flumen,

Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

caelo imbrem,

Verg. G. 1, 23:

caelo ancilia,

Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

barbam malis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

latum clavum pectore,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

monilia pectoribus,

Verg. A. 7, 278:

laenam ex humeris,

id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

aliquem in sporta per murum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

taleam (sc. in terram),

to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

arbores altius,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

puteum alte in solido,

i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

Curt. 5, 1, 31:

arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

Lucr. 5, 670:

demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

fasces,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

cibos (sc. in alvum),

Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

arma, classem, socios Rheno,

Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

and pecora secundā aquā,

id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

brachia,

id. 2, 13, 9:

frontem (opp. attolli),

id. 11, 3, 78:

supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

auriculas,

id. S. 1, 9, 20:

caput,

Ov. M. 10, 192:

crinem,

id. ib. 6, 289:

demisso capite,

Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

aliquos per funem,

Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

vestem,

id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

tunicam,

id. ib. 25:

stolam,

id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

equum in flumen,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

equos a campo in cavam viam,

Liv. 23, 47:

aliquem in carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

aliquem ad imos Manes,

Verg. A. 12, 884:

hostem in ovilia,

Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

ferrum in ilia,

Ov. M. 4, 119:

sublicas in terram,

Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

huc stipites,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

huc caementa,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

nummum in loculos,

to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

calculum atrum in urnam,

Ov. M. 15, 44:

milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

navem secundo amni Scodam,

Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

aliquem neci,

Verg. A. 2, 85:

aliquem Orco,

id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

aliquem umbris,

Sil. 11, 142:

ferrum jugulo,

Ov. H. 14, 5:

ferrum lacubus,

id. M. 12, 278:

offa demittitur faucibus boum,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—

Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

Lucr. 6, 446:

se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

Cels. 1, 3:

se ad aurem alicujus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

cum se demittit ob assem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—

Esp., milit. t. t.

To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

in loca plana agmen demittunt,

Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

agmen in vallem infimam,

id. 7, 34:

equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

id. 27, 18:

agmen in Thessaliam,

id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

agmen,

Liv. 9, 2:

levem armaturam,

id. 22, 28 al.:

cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

so with se,

id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—

Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —

Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

vultu demisso,

Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

demissis in terram oculis,

Liv. 9, 38, 13;

also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

Val. Fl. 3, 41:

vultum,

Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

vultum animumque metu,

Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

vultus,

id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

eas voces in pectora animosque,

Liv. 34, 50; and:

dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

dignitatem in discrimen,

Liv. 3, 35:

vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

me penitus in causam,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

me in res turbulentissimas,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

se in comparationem,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

se in adulationem,

to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

se usque ad servilem patientiam,

id. ib. 14, 26:

se ad minora illa,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

animos (with contrahere),

id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

animum (with contrahere),

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

mentes,

Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

ne se admodum animo demitterent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.

Lit.

Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

campestribus ac demissis locis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

loca demissa ac palustria,

id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—

Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

demissis umeris esse,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

tremulus, labiis demissis,

with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

demisso capite discedere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

tristes, capite demisso,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

demisso vultu,

with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

Dido vultum demissa,

Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

demissa vulnera,

Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —

Trop.

Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

erigebat animum jam demissum,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

esse fracto animo et demisso,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

(homines) animo demisso atque humili,

id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

demisso animo fuit,

Sall. J. 98 al.:

demissa voce loqui,

Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

videsne illum demissum?

id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

Cic. Or. 24, 81.—

Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

multum demissus homo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—

Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

Sall. C. 51, 12.—

Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.

Lit., low:

hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—

Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

id. Fl. 10, 21:

se tueri,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

humilior munitio,

id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

(naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

humiles habitare casas,

Verg. E. 2, 29:

domus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

postes,

Ov. M. 8, 639:

arcus,

id. ib. 3, 30:

arae,

Val. Fl. 3, 426:

virgas humilis mordere salicti,

Juv. 11, 67:

Forentum,

low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

Myconos,

Ov. M. 7, 463:

Italia,

Verg. A. 3, 522:

humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

Just. 2, 1 med.:

avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

decisis humilis pennis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

brevi atque humili corpore homines,

Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

humiles Cleonae,

little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

Troja,

id. ib. 15, 424:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

fossa,

Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

radix,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.

Trop.

As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

humillimus homo de plebe,

Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

Liv. 3, 53, 9:

junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

id. Arch. 5, 10:

humiles et sordidae curae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

rei pictor,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

Nep. Ages. 8:

agna,

poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

fortuna,

Juv. 6, 287:

domus,

id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

ex humili potens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

Juv. 3, 39.—

Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—

Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

sermo,

Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

Cic. Or. 57, 192:

verbum,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

humilia et vulgaria verba,

Quint. 10, 1, 9:

translatio,

id. 8, 6, 5:

si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

id. 8, 3, 60:

quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

id. 8, 3, 18:

humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

id. 11, 1, 6:

of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—

Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

humillimus assentator,

Vell. 2, 83, 1:

neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13:

privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

animi,

Lucr. 6, 52:

si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

id. Planc. 20, 50:

humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

metus,

Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.

Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

Pall. 3, 13, 3:

eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —

Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

Liv. 24, 25, 8:

servire alicui,

id. 45, 32, 5:

audacter territas, humiliter placas,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

Sen. Ep. 120 med.

hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

humilior munitio,

id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

(naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

humiles habitare casas,

Verg. E. 2, 29:

domus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

postes,

Ov. M. 8, 639:

arcus,

id. ib. 3, 30:

arae,

Val. Fl. 3, 426:

virgas humilis mordere salicti,

Juv. 11, 67:

Forentum,

low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

Myconos,

Ov. M. 7, 463:

Italia,

Verg. A. 3, 522:

humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

Just. 2, 1 med.:

avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

decisis humilis pennis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

brevi atque humili corpore homines,

Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

humiles Cleonae,

little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

Troja,

id. ib. 15, 424:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

fossa,

Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

radix,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.

Trop.

As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

humillimus homo de plebe,

Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

Liv. 3, 53, 9:

junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

id. Arch. 5, 10:

humiles et sordidae curae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

rei pictor,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

Nep. Ages. 8:

agna,

poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

fortuna,

Juv. 6, 287:

domus,

id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

ex humili potens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

Juv. 3, 39.—

Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—

Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

sermo,

Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

Cic. Or. 57, 192:

verbum,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

humilia et vulgaria verba,

Quint. 10, 1, 9:

translatio,

id. 8, 6, 5:

si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

id. 8, 3, 60:

quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

id. 8, 3, 18:

humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

id. 11, 1, 6:

of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—

Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

humillimus assentator,

Vell. 2, 83, 1:

neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13:

privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

animi,

Lucr. 6, 52:

si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

id. Planc. 20, 50:

humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

metus,

Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.

Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

Pall. 3, 13, 3:

eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —

Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

Liv. 24, 25, 8:

servire alicui,

id. 45, 32, 5:

audacter territas, humiliter placas,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

Sen. Ep. 120 med.