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101 menor
adj.1 smaller.2 younger, junior.3 minor, lesser.f. & m.minor (law) (child).m.1 minor, young man, youngster.2 minor, young girl.* * *► adjetivo3 (inferior) minor4 MÚSICA minor1 DERECHO minor\al por menor retailser menor de edad to be under agemenor de edad minortribunal de menores juvenile court* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.1) minor2) smaller, smallest3) lesser, least4) younger, youngest•* * *1. ADJ1) [comparativo]a) [de tamaño] smallerlos libros están ordenados de menor a mayor — the books are arranged by size, from small to large
b) [de cantidad] fewer, less•
menor que algo — less than sthc) [de importancia, tiempo]existe un menor control en las aduanas — customs controls are not as strict o tight as they were
d) [de edad] younger•
menor que algn — younger than sb•
ser menor de edad — to be under age; (Jur) to be a minordos jóvenes menores de edad se han escapado de su casa — two under-age youngsters have run away from home
e) (Mús) minorf) (Rel) [orden] minor2) [superlativo]a) [de tamaño] smallestb) [de cantidad] lowest, smallestel partido de menor asistencia de la liga — the match with the lowest o smallest attendance in the league
realizó la vuelta en el menor número de golpes — he finished the round in the lowest number of shots
c) [de importancia, tiempo] leastidea 4)no le doy la menor importancia — I don't attach the slightest o least importance to it
d) [de edad] youngesteste es Miguel, mi hijo menor — this is Miguel, my youngest son
2.SMF (=niño) child, minor frmlos menores deben ir acompañados — children who are under age o minors frm must be accompanied
•
apto/ no apto para menores — suitable/not suitable for (young) childrenapto para menores acompañados — (Cine) ≈ certificate PG
menor de edad — (Jur) minor
tribunal 1)los menores de edad — those who are under age, minors
3. SM1) (Com)2) Esp•
contar algo al por menor — to recount sth in detail* * *I1)a) ( comparativo de pequeño)en menor medida/grado — to a lesser extent o degree
un porcentaje menor — a lower o smaller percentage
X < Z — (Mat) (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X < Z; (léase: X is less than Z)
sucede con menor frecuencia que antes — it happens less often o less frequently than before
b) ( superlativo de pequeño)2) ( en edad)a) ( comparativo)¿tienes hermanas menores? — do you have any younger sisters?
b) ( superlativo)¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? — who's the youngest of the brothers?
3) ( secundario) <escritor/obra> minor4) (Mús) minor5) (Com)IIlos distribuidores (al) por menor — retail shops o outlets
masculino y femenino (Der) minor* * *I1)a) ( comparativo de pequeño)en menor medida/grado — to a lesser extent o degree
un porcentaje menor — a lower o smaller percentage
X < Z — (Mat) (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X < Z; (léase: X is less than Z)
sucede con menor frecuencia que antes — it happens less often o less frequently than before
b) ( superlativo de pequeño)2) ( en edad)a) ( comparativo)¿tienes hermanas menores? — do you have any younger sisters?
b) ( superlativo)¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? — who's the youngest of the brothers?
3) ( secundario) <escritor/obra> minor4) (Mús) minor5) (Com)IIlos distribuidores (al) por menor — retail shops o outlets
masculino y femenino (Der) minor* * *el menor= least, theEx: Of these three connectors, 'and' focusses your search with the least precision since it retrieves all records that contain both words anywhere in the record.
menor11 = infant, juvenile, juvenile, minor.Ex: The article 'Sitting pretty: infants, toddlers, & lapsits' outlines the procedures followed at San Francisco public library to help parents introduce their babies to appropriate literature.
Ex: The construction of the hypothesis, however, should be limited to such considerations as whether the subject heading list is designed to serve the adult or the juvenile user.Ex: The library provides services to 2,903 adults and juveniles who have been sentenced or remanded to the care of the Department.Ex: This new Act requires US libraries to block obscenity, child pornography and all material deemed harmful to minors on all computers used by minors.* abandono de menores = child neglect.* abuso de menores = child abuse.* apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13.* centro de menores = young offender institution.* centro tutelar de menores = juvenile detention centre.* consumo de bebidas alcohólicas por menores de edad = underage drinking.* departamento de corrección de menores = department of corrections.* embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy.* escuela de niños menores = infant school.* explotación de menores = child labour.* grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.* juzgado de asuntos menores = magistrates' court.* manutención del menor = child maintenance.* manutención de menores = child support.* menor de edad = underage.* menores de cinco años, los = under-fives, the.* no apto para menores = X-rated.* pensión de menores = child support.* protección de menores = child protection, child welfare.* sexo de menores = underage sex.* trabajo de menores = child labour.* tribunal de menores = juvenile court, minors' court.menor22 = minor, reduced, slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], low-key [low key], lesser, lower-key, diminished, low-keyed.Ex: A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major, and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.
Ex: The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.Ex: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.Ex: The catalog's deterioration is leading us down the road to lesser quality library service.Ex: After all, print technology can be represented by pencial, pen, type, laser output, and so forth, but the effect is lower-key.Ex: This volume comes at a time when increasingly frequent criticisms have been leveled at superpower nations for their diminished interest in problems in Africa.Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.* a menor escala = at a reduced rate.* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.* con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.* delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].* delito menor = petty offense, petty crime, minor offence.* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.* de menor impacto = low impact [low-impact].* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* de venta al por menor = retail.* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.* en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.* en menor cantidad = less copiously.* en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.* en paños menores = in + Posesivo + underclothes.* la menor duda de que = no doubt whatsoever.* menor de + Número = fewer than + Número.* menor, el = least, the.* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.* paños menores = undies.* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.* ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.* ser menor = be less.* símbolo de menor-que (<) = left angled bracket (<), less-than sign (<).* sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.* sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.* sin la menor idea = clueless.* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.* vender al por menor = retail.* venta al por menor = retailing, retail trade.* ventas al por menor = retail sales.* * *Aun período de menor interés histórico que el anterior a period of less historical interest than the previous onenuestro poder adquisitivo es cada vez menor our purchasing power decreases every dayen menor medida to a lesser extent o degreeen mayor o menor grado to a greater or lesser extent o degreealimentos de menor contenido calórico food which is lower in caloriesmenor QUE algo:un ingreso tres veces menor que el mío an income three times lower than mineun porcentaje de indecisos menor que el del último sondeo a lower o smaller percentage of don't knows than in the last pollesto sucede con menor frecuencia que antes this happens less often o less frequently than beforehaciendo el menor ruido posible making as little noise as possibleeligió el de menor tamaño she chose the smallest one¿cuál es la menor de las islas Baleares? which is the smallest of the Balearic islands?1(comparativo): ¿tienes hermanas menores? do you have any younger sisters?menor QUE algn younger THAN sbes un año menor que yo she's a year younger than me2(superlativo): ¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? who's the youngest of the brothers?mi hijo menor my youngest sonel menor de los dos niños the younger of the two boysC (secundario) ‹escritor/obra› minorsufrió lesiones de menor importancia she received minor injuriesD ( Mús) minorE ( Com):(al) por menor retail[ S ] venta (al) por menor retail saleslos distribuidores (al) por menor retail shops o outlets( Der) minor[ S ] película no apta para menores movie not suitable for under-18s, certificate 18Compuesto:masculine and feminine minorser menor de edad to be a minor, be underage* * *
menor adjetivo
1a) ( comparativo de
en menor medida/grado to a lesser extent o degree;
menor que algo lower than sth;
un ingreso menor que el mío an income lower than mineb) ( superlativo de◊ pequeño): el país con el menor número de parados the country with the lowest unemployment figures;
haciendo el menor ruido posible making as little noise as possible;
el de menor tamaño the smallest one
2 ( en edad)
menor que algn younger than sbb) ( superlativo):◊ ¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? who's the youngest of the brothers?;
el menor de los dos niños the younger of the two boys
3 ( secundario) ‹escritor/obra› minor;
4 (Mús) minor
5 (Com):
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: tb
película no apta para menores film not suitable for under-18s
menor
I adjetivo
1 (comparativo de tamaño) smaller: una habitación menor que la mía, a room smaller than mine
(superlativo) smallest
el tamaño menor, the smallest size
2 (comparativo de grado) less: su alegría es menor que la mía, his happiness is less than mine
(superlativo) least, slightest: no tiene la menor idea, he hasn't the slightest idea
3 (comparativo de edad) younger: es menor de sesenta años, she is under sixty
es menor que mi prima, he's younger than my cousin
(superlativo) youngest
la menor de nosotras, the youngest of us
4 Mús minor
5 Com al por menor, retail
II mf Jur minor
' menor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abusar
- Asia
- caza
- edad
- efecto
- menos
- mínima
- mínimo
- osa
- re
- relevancia
- sol
- sombra
- trascendencia
- vender
- venta
- cazar
- compás
- de
- duda
- enfadado
- enfadar
- enojado
- enojar
- intención
- movimiento
- noción
English:
age
- Asia Minor
- barge in
- clue
- deaf
- doubt
- extent
- fact
- foggy
- guardian
- junior
- juvenile
- least
- lesser
- may
- minor
- misdemeanor
- misdemeanour
- retail
- retail sale
- retailing
- show
- under
- young
- magistrate
- marginal
- offender
- out
- rough
- slight
* * *♦ adj1. [comparativo] [en tamaño] smaller ( que than); [en edad] younger ( que than); [en importancia] less, lesser ( que than); [en número] lower ( que than);mi hermana menor my younger sister;es ocho años menor que yo he's eight years younger than me;reciben menor formación que nosotros they receive less training than us;en menor grado to a lesser extent;un menor número de víctimas a lower o smaller number of victims;una menor tasa de inflación a lower rate of inflation;apartamentos menores de 100 metros cuadrados Br flats o US apartments of less than o under 100 square metres;ayudas para empresarios menores de veinticinco años grants for businessmen (of) under twenty-five;sólo la menor parte de los encuestados estaba en contra only a minority of those interviewed were opposed;Matmenor que less than2. [superlativo][en edad] the youngest…; [en importancia] the slightest…; [en número] the lowest…;el/la menor… [en tamaño] the smallest…;la menor de las islas the smallest island, the smallest of the islands;la menor de todos nosotros/de la clase the youngest of all of us/in the class;la menor de las dos hermanas the younger of the two sisters;el menor ruido le molesta the slightest noise disturbs him;no creo que tenga el menor interés I don't think it's at all o the slightest bit interesting;no te preocupes, no tiene la menor importancia don't worry, it doesn't matter at all o in the least;no tengo la menor idea I haven't the slightest idea3. [intrascendente, secundario] minor;un problema menor a minor problemser menor de edad [para votar, conducir] to be under age;Der to be a minor5. Mús minor;en do menor in C minorvender algo al por menor to retail sth;puntos de venta al por menor retail outlets♦ nmf1. [superlativo]el/la menor [hijo, hermano] the youngestes una película no apta para menores this film has been classified as unsuitable for children;no apta para menores [en letrero] = unsuitable for childrenmenor de edad minor* * *I adjser menor de edad be a minor2 sup:el número menor the lowest number;no tengo la menor idea I don’t have the slightest ideami menor E minor4 COM:al por menor retailII m/f minor* * *menor adj3) : minor4)al por menor : retail5)ser menor de edad : to be a minor, to be underagemenor nmf: minor, juvenile* * *menor1 adj1. (comparativo menos grande) smaller2. (ningún) slightest3. (comparativo más joven) younger4. (superlativo más joven) youngestmenor2 n1. (más joven) youngest2. (menor de edad) minor -
102 menu
I.menu1 [məny]1. masculine nouna. ( = carte) menu• quel est le menu ? what's on the menu?• qu'y a-t-il au menu ? what's on the menu?• vous prenez le menu ou la carte ? are you having the set menu or the à la carte?b. ( = programme) quel est le menu de la réunion ? (inf) what's the agenda for the meeting?2. compoundsII.menu2, e [məny]1. adjectiveb. [difficultés, incidents, préoccupations] minor ; [détail] minute2. adverb* * *
1.
menue məny adjectif1) ( petit) [personne] slight; [pied, morceau] tiny; [brindille, écriture] small2) ( sans importance) [corvées, travaux] small; [frais, soucis] minor; [détails] minute
2.
adverbe [écrire] small; [hacher] finely
3.
nom masculin1) ( liste) menumenu gastronomique/touristique — gourmet/middle-price menu
2) ( repas) meal3) ( régime) diet4) ( programme) programme [BrE]5) Informatique menu
4.
par le menu locution adverbiale in (great) detailPhrasal Verbs:* * *məny menu, -e1. adj1) (personne) (= petit et mince) slight2) (frais, difficulté) minor2. adv[couper, hacher] very fineLes oignons doivent être coupés menu. — The onions must be sliced very fine.
3. nm1) (au restaurant) set menu2) INFORMATIQUE menupar le menu [raconter] — in minute detail
* * *A adj1 ( petit) [personne] slight; [pied] tiny; [taille] slender; [brindille, écriture] small; [voix] thin; couper en menus morceaux to cut into tiny pieces; à pas menus with tiny steps;2 ( sans importance) [corvées, travaux] small; [occupations, obligations] trifling; [frais, soucis, dépenses, difficultés] minor; [détails] minute; [plaisirs] little.B adv [écrire] small; [hacher] finely.C nm1 ( liste) menu; le menu à 35 €/à prix fixe the €35 /set menu; menu dégustation special house menu; le menu du jour today's menu; menu gastronomique/touristique gourmet/middle-price menu; au menu on the menu; choisir au menu to choose from the menu;2 ( repas) meal; planifiez vos menus plan your meals;3 ( régime) diet;5 Ordinat menu.menu déroulant Ordinat pull-down menu; menue monnaie small change; menu fretin lit, fig small fry; menu gibier small game; menu peuple humble folk (+ v pl); menus propos small talk ¢.I[enfant] tiny3. (avant le nom) [négligeable]————————adverbeII[məny] nom masculin1. [liste] menu[carte] menu (card)2. [repas] set mealle menu gastronomique the gourmet menu, the special fare menu3. INFORMATIQUE menu————————par le menu locution adverbiale[raconter] in detail[vérifier] thoroughly -
103 rolle
f; -, -n1. roll (auch Geld-, Papier-, Tabakrolle etc.); (Draht-, Taurolle) coil; (Papyrusrolle) roll, scroll; Rolle Garn reel of cotton, Am. spool of thread; Rolle Film roll of film; Rolle Pfefferminz roll of peppermints; eine Rolle Münzen a roll of coins2. (Walze) roller, cylinder; an Möbeln: castor; von Flaschenzug: pulley; ein Nachttisch auf Rollen a bedside table on castors4. fig., umg.: völlig von der Rolle sein have lost one’s grip on things; SPORT have completely lost one’s touch; ihr Tod hat ihn total von der Rolle gebracht he went completely to pieces after her death—f; -, -n; THEAT. und fig. role, part; kleine Rolle small ( oder bit) part, minor role; führende Rolle lead; seine Rolle lernen learn one’s part ( oder lines); die Rollen eines Stückes besetzen cast a play; ein Stück mit verteilten Rollen lesen have a play-reading; die Rolle ist ihr auf den Leib geschrieben the part could have been written for her ( oder suits her down to the ground); er ist in seiner Rolle völlig aufgegangen he was completely taken over by the role; fig. he became completely absorbed in his task; eine Rolle spielen fig. play a part ( oder role) (bei, in + Dat in); eine große Rolle spielen fig. play an important part ( oder role); Person, Firma: auch be a key player; in einer Firma etc.: be in an influential position; eine untergeordnete Rolle spielen fig. play a subsidiary role, be less important; sich mit der Rolle des Zuschauers begnügen be content to be a mere spectator; eine klägliche Rolle spielen oder abgeben cut a poor figure; er spielt gern eine Rolle pej. he likes to be involved ( bei in); er gefällt sich in der Rolle des... he likes playing the...; sich in der Rolle der Hausfrau etc. ( nicht) wohl fühlen (not) feel at home in the role of a housewife etc.; Spiel mit vertauschten Rollen reversal of roles; das spielt keine Rolle it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t make any difference; Geld spielt keine Rolle money is no object; aus der Rolle fallen step out of line; stärker: forget oneself* * *die Rolle(Gerolltes) roll; coil;(Spule) spool; reel;(Theater) part; person; role;(Walze) roller* * *Rọl|le ['rɔlə]f -, -n1) (= Zusammengerolltes) roll; (= Garnrolle, Zwirnrolle) reel, bobbin (spec); (= Papierrolle) reel; (= Urkunde) scrolleine Rolle Garn/Zwirn — a reel of thread
eine Rolle Bindfaden — a ball of string
eine Rolle Toilettenpapier — a toilet roll, a roll of toilet paper
eine Rolle Drops — a tube of fruit drops
eine Rolle Film — a roll of film; (im Kino) a reel of film
2) (= kleines Rad, Walze) roller; (an Möbeln, Kisten) caster, castor; (an Flaschenzug) pulley; (= Gardinenrolle) runnervon der Rolle sein (fig inf) — to have lost it (inf)
3) (SPORT, AVIAT) rolleine Rolle machen — to do a roll
eine Rolle vorwärts/rückwärts — a forward/backward roll
4) (THEAT, FILM fig) role, part; (SOCIOL) rolees war ein Spiel mit vertauschten Rollen (fig) — it was a situation where the roles were reversed
ein Stück mit verteilten Rollen lesen — to read a play with the parts cast; (in Schule) to read a play with the parts given out
der literarische Kreis liest jeden Dienstag ein Stück mit verteilten Rollen — the literary circle has a play-reading every Tuesday
in der Rolle von jdm/etw auftreten — to appear in the role of sb/sth
in der Rolle des... (fig) — he likes to think of or see himself in the role of the...
sich in die Rolle eines anderen versetzen (fig) — to put oneself in sb else's place
eine Rolle spielen — to play a part in sth; (Mensch auch) to play a role in sth
als Lehrer hat er eine klägliche Rolle gespielt — as a teacher he was not up to much or he left much to be desired
es spielt keine Rolle, (ob)... — it doesn't matter (whether)..., it doesn't make any difference (whether)..., whether... doesn't come into it
aus der Rolle fallen (fig) — to do/say the wrong thing
5) (dial = Wäschemangel) roller iron* * *die1) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) character2) (a character in a play etc: She played the part of the queen.) part3) (the words, actions etc of a character in a play etc: He learned his part quickly.) part4) (a person's share, responsibility etc in doing something: He played a great part in the government's decision.) part5) (a wheel over which a rope etc can pass in order to lift heavy objects.) pulley6) (a part played by an actor or actress in a play etc: He is playing the rôle of King Lear.) rôle7) (the actions or functions of a person in some activity: He played the rôle of peacemaker in the dispute.) rôle8) (a part played by an actor or actress in a play etc: He is playing the rôle of King Lear.) role9) (the actions or functions of a person in some activity: He played the rôle of peacemaker in the dispute.) role10) (anything flat (eg a piece of paper, a carpet) rolled into the shape of a tube, wound round a tube etc: a roll of kitchen foil; a toilet-roll.) roll11) (a small solid wheel or cylinder on which something can be rolled along.) roller12) (a round wheel-shaped or cylindrical object of wood, metal etc on which thread, film, fishing-lines etc can be wound: a reel of sewing-cotton; He changed the reel in the projector.) reel* * *Rol·le<-, -n>[ˈrɔlə]fTapete wird in \Rollen verkauft wallpaper is sold in rollseine \Rolle Draht a reel [or spool] of wireeine \Rolle Film a roll [or BRIT reel] [or spool] of filmeine \Rolle Garn a reel of cotton BRIT, a spool of threadeine \Rolle Toilettenpapier a roll of toilet paper, a toilet roll BRITeine \Rolle Eurostücke a roll of one euro pieceseine \Rolle Kekse a [round] packet of biscuitseine \Rolle Pfefferminzbonbons a roll of mintseine \Rolle Smarties® a tube of Smarties®wir können das Klavier nur auf \Rollen verschieben we'll need to move the piano on rollers4. (Turnübung) rolleine \Rolle vorwärts/rückwärts a forward/backward rolleine \Rolle machen to do a roll8. FILM, THEAT role, parter war sehr gut in der \Rolle des Königs he was very good in the part of the kingsie gefiel sich in der \Rolle der Heldin she liked playing the role of the heroinein der \Rolle von jdm auftreten to appear in the role of sbmit verteilten \Rollen with each role castsie lasen das Stück mit verteilten \Rollen they read the play with the parts cast9. (Beteiligung, Part) role, partin der Situation waren die \Rollen vertauscht it was a situation where the roles were reversedich sehe meine \Rolle bei diesem Projekt als Organisatorin I see my role in this project as an organizerin jds \Rolle schlüpfen (fam) to slip into sb's role [or the role of sb]10. SOZIOL roleein Ehe mit streng verteilten \Rollen a marriage with strict allocation of rolessie weigerte sich, die traditionelle \Rolle der Frau zu übernehmen she refused to take the traditional woman's role11.▶ seine \Rolle ausgespielt haben to be finished▶ aus der \Rolle fallen to behave badlydas spielt doch keine \Rolle! it's of no importance!, it doesn't matter!das spielt jetzt keine \Rolle that does not concern us nowdas Alter spielt natürlich eine wichtige \Rolle of course, age plays an important part [or role]Geld spielt bei ihr keine \Rolle with her money is no object▶ es spielt keine \Rolle, ob/wie... it doesn't matter whether/how...* * *die; Rolle, Rollen1) (Spule) reel; spool2) (zylindrischer [Hohl]körper; Zusammengerolltes) roll; (SchriftRolle) scrolleine Rolle Bindfaden/Zweieurostücke/Kekse — a reel of string/roll of two-euro pieces/[round] packet of biscuits
3) (Walze) roller; (TeigRolle) rolling pin[bei jemandem/einer Sache] eine entscheidende Rolle spielen — be of crucial importance [to somebody/for something]
es spielt keine Rolle — it is of no importance; (es macht nichts aus) it doesn't matter
* * *…rolle f im subst1. THEAT etc:Bühnenrolle stage part;Fernsehrolle television part;Serienrolle part in a series2. fig:Beschützerrolle role of protector;Mutterrolle role of mother;Vaterrolle role of father* * *die; Rolle, Rollen1) (Spule) reel; spool2) (zylindrischer [Hohl]körper; Zusammengerolltes) roll; (SchriftRolle) scrolleine Rolle Bindfaden/Zweieurostücke/Kekse — a reel of string/roll of two-euro pieces/[round] packet of biscuits
3) (Walze) roller; (TeigRolle) rolling pin5) (Turnen, Kunstflug) roll6) (Theater, Film usw., fig.) role; part; (Soziol.) role[bei jemandem/einer Sache] eine entscheidende Rolle spielen — be of crucial importance [to somebody/for something]
es spielt keine Rolle — it is of no importance; (es macht nichts aus) it doesn't matter
* * *-n (Theater, Film) f.role n. -n f.character n.part n.role n.roll n.roller n. -
104 ordre
ordre [ɔʀdʀ]1. masculine nouna. ( = succession régulière) orderb. ( = catégorie) orderd. ( = bonne organisation) [de personne, chambre] tidinesse. ( = commandement) order• j'ai reçu l'ordre de... I've been given orders to...f. ( = association) order2. compounds► ordre du jour [de conférence, réunion] agenda* * *ɔʀdʀnom masculin1) ( commandement) orderà vos ordres! — Armée yes, sir!; (à un ami, parent) hum at your service! hum
2) ( disposition régulière) orderen bon ordre — [être aligné, avancer] in an orderly fashion
avancer en ordre dispersé/serré — to advance in scattered/close formation
3) Informatique command4) ( fait d'être rangé) tidiness, orderliness; ( fait d'être bien organisé) orderêtre en ordre — [maison, armoire] to be tidy; [comptes] to be in order
mettre de l'ordre dans — to tidy up [pièce, placard]
mettre de l'ordre dans sa vie — to set ou put one's life in order
remise en ordre — fig rationalization
5) ( état stable et normal) ordertout est rentré dans l'ordre — gén everything is back to normal; ( après des émeutes) order has been restored
6) ( nature) naturede l'ordre de 30% — in the order of 30% GB, on the order of 30% US
dans le même ordre d'idées, je voudrais vous demander — talking of which, I would like to ask you
7) Architecture, Biologie, Zoologie order8) ( confrérie) order9) Religion order10) Finance orderlibellez le chèque à l'ordre de X — make the cheque GB ou check US payable to X
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ɔʀdʀ1. nm1) (injonction) orderÇa ne se discute pas, c'est un ordre. — There's no discussion, it's an order.
2) (classement) order3) (= nature, type)4) (organisation) orderliness, tidinessavoir de l'ordre — to be tidy, to be orderly
mettre en ordre — to tidy, to tidy up, to put in order
mettre bon ordre à — to put to rights, to sort out
5) (légalité, discipline) orderbousculer l'ordre établi; bouleverser l'ordre établi — to overthrow the established order
6) COMMERCE order7) (= association) order2. ordres nmplRELIGION Holy Orders* * *ordre nm1 ( commandement) order; donner un ordre à qn to give sb an order; donner à qn l'ordre de faire to give sb the order to do, to order sb to do; recevoir l'ordre de faire qch to be given the order to do sth, to be ordered to do sth; je n'ai d'ordre à recevoir de personne I don't take orders from anybody; j'ai des ordres I'm acting under orders; agir sur ordre de qn to act on sb's orders; travailler sous les ordres de qn to work under sb; elle a 30 personnes sous ses ordres she has 30 people (working) under her; être aux ordres de qn Mil to serve under sb, to be under sb's command; ( employé de maison) to be in sb's service; prendre qn à ses ordres to take sb on; à vos ordres! Mil yes, sir!; hum (à un ami, parent) at your service! hum; jusqu' à nouvel ordre until further notice;2 ( disposition régulière) order; par ordre alphabétique/chronologique in alphabetical/chronological order; en ordre croissant/décroissant in ascending/descending order; par ordre de préférence in order of preference; par ordre d'entrée en scène in order of appearance; l'ordre des mots word order; l'ordre des cérémonies the order of ceremonies; procédons par ordre let's do things in order; tu dois, dans l'ordre, téléphoner à la gare, à l'aéroport, à l'hôtel you've got to phone the station, the airport and the hotel, in that order; selon un ordre strict in strict order; en bon ordre [être aligné, avancer] in an orderly fashion ; avancer en ordre dispersé/serré to advance in scattered/close formation; ordre de bataille battle order;3 Ordinat command;4 ( fait d'être rangé) tidiness, orderliness; ( fait d'être bien organisé) order; être en ordre [maison, armoire] to be tidy; [comptes] to be in order; tenir une pièce en ordre to keep a room tidy; mettre de l'ordre dans to tidy up [pièce, placard]; mettre de l'ordre dans ses comptes to get one's accounts in order; mettre de l'ordre dans ses idées to get one's ideas straight; mettre de l'ordre dans sa vie to sort out one's life○; mettre ses affaires en ordre ( avant de mourir) to put one's affairs in order;5 ( qualité) tidiness; elle n'a pas beaucoup d'ordre ( rangé) she' s not very tidy; ( méthodique) she's not very methodical; mettre bon ordre à qch to sort out sth; remettre une pièce en ordre to put everything back where it was in a room; remise en ordre fig rationalization;6 ( comme valeur) order; aimer l'ordre et le travail sérieux to like order and hard work;7 ( état stable et normal) order; maintenir l'ordre dans sa classe to keep order in the classroom; rappeler qn à l'ordre to reprimand sb; tout est rentré dans l'ordre gén everything is back to normal; ( après des émeutes) order has been restored; l'ordre public public order; maintenir/rétablir l'ordre (public) to maintain/restore law and order; troubler l'ordre public [individu] to cause a breach of the peace; [groupe d'insurgés] to disturb the peace; le respect de l'ordre établi respect for the established order; c'est dans l'ordre des choses it's in the nature of things; en ordre de marche in working order;8 ( nature) nature; un problème de cet ordre a problem of that nature; un problème de cet ordre (de grandeur) a problem on that scale; c'est un problème d'ordre économique it's a problem of an economic nature; d'ordre officiel/personnel of an official/a personal nature; de l'ordre de 30% in ou of the order of 30% GB, on the order of 30% US; ordre de prix price range; de quel ordre de grandeur? [somme] how much approximately?; pour vous donner un ordre de grandeur to give you a rough idea; de premier ordre first-rate; de second ordre second-rate; dans le même ordre d'idées, je voudrais vous demander talking of which, I would like to ask you; c'est du même ordre it's the same kind of thing; c'est d'un tout autre ordre it's a completely different kind of thing; des préoccupations d'un tout autre ordre very different worries;10 ( confrérie) order; ordre de chevalerie order of chivalry; l'ordre des médecins the medical association; l'ordre des avocats the lawyers' association; être rayé de l'ordre [avocat] to be disbarred; [médecin] to be struck off (the medical register) GB, to lose one's license US;11 Relig order; ordre monastique monastic order; entrer dans les ordres to take (holy) orders; l'ordre des cisterciens the Cistercian order; l'ordre des Templiers the Knights Templar; les ordres majeurs/mineurs major/minor orders;12 ( sous l'Ancien Régime) estate;13 Fin order; ordre d'achat/de vente order to buy/to sell; libellez le chèque à l'ordre de X make the cheque GB ou check US payable to X; c'est à quel ordre? who do I make it payable to?;ordre du jour ( de réunion) agenda; être à l'ordre du jour lit to be on the agenda; fig to be talked about; inscrire qch à l'ordre du jour to put sth on the agenda; ordre de mobilisation Mil marching orders (pl).[ɔrdr] nom masculinA.[INSTRUCTION]1. [directive, injonction] ordera. [parent] to give an orderb. [officiel, policier, officier] to issue ou to give an orderdonner à quelqu'un l'ordre de faire quelque chose to order somebody to do something, to give somebody the order to do something2. BANQUE & BOURSEà l'ordre de payable to, to the order ofchèque à mon ordre cheque made out ou payable to meordre d'achat/de vente order to buy/to sellordre de paiement/virement order to pay/to transferB.[HIÉRARCHIE, AGENCEMENT]par ordre d'arrivée/de grandeur/d'importance in order of arrival/size/importancepar ordre chronologique/croissant/décroissant in chronological/ascending/descending order[sens du rangement]manquer ou ne pas avoir d'ordre to be untidy3. [organisation méthodique - de documents] ordermettre en ordre, mettre de l'ordre dans [documents, comptabilité] to set in order, to tidy up (separable)il a laissé ses papiers/comptes en ordre avant de partir he left his papers/accounts in order before leaving4. [discipline sociale]faire régner l'ordre to keep ou maintain ordera. [dans une assemblée] to be called to orderb. [dans une classe] to get told offl'ordre public public order, law and orderrentrer dans l'ordre: puis tout est rentré dans l'ordre then order was restored, then everything went back to normalC.[CLASSIFICATION, DOMAINE]du même ordre [proposition, responsabilités] similar, of the same naturede l'ordre de in the region ou order ofune augmentation de 5 %? — oui, de cet ordre a 5% rise? — yes, roughly ou in that regionc'est dans l'ordre des choses it's in the order ou nature of thingsordre attique/dorique/ionique Attic/Doric/Ionic orderde dernier ordre locution adjectivalede premier ordre locution adjectivalede second ordre locution adjectivale[question] of secondary importance[artiste, personnalité] second-rateordre du jour nom masculin1. [d'un comité] agendamettre quelque chose à l'ordre du jour to put ou to place something on the agendaPut the cases down here, please. Posez les valises là, s'il vous plaîtTake the bags out to the car, will you? Portez les bagages à la voiture, voulez-vous ?Quiet, please. Un peu de silence, s'il vous plaîtTurn left at the traffic lights. Tournez à gauche au feuDon't walk on the grass - it's wet. Ne marche pas sur l'herbe, elle est mouilléePut that down! Pose ça !Get out (of my house)! Sortez (d'ici) !Just leave it alone, will you! Laisse-ça tranquille, tu m'entends ! -
105 envergadura
f.1 size, extent (importancia).una reforma de gran envergadura a wide-ranging reform2 wingspan.3 importance, reach, significance.* * *1 (de pájaro) spread, span, wingspan2 MARÍTIMO breadth (of sail)3 figurado (de avión) span, wingspan4 figurado (importancia) importance, scope\de gran envergadura / de mucha envergadura very important, consequential, far-reachingde poca envergadura unimportant, inconsequential* * *SF1) (=importancia) importanceel edificio sufrió daños de cierta envergadura — the building suffered considerable o substantial damage
un programa de gran envergadura — a wide-ranging programme, a programme of considerable scope
2) (=tamaño) scope, magnitude3) (=extensión) [gen] expanse, spread; (Náut) breadth, beam; (Aer, Orn) wingspan; [de boxeador] reach* * *1) ( importancia) magnitude (frml), importancede gran/cierta envergadura — of great/some importance
2) (de avión, ave) wingspan* * *= comprehensive, comprehensiveness, magnitude, sweep, massiveness, scale.Ex. One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.Ex. The importance of currency in relation to comprehensiveness and other features of the abstracting publication depends upon the subject area and audience.Ex. Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Ex. The grand design is visible in the sweep of development from baked clay tablets to computerized typesetting.Ex. With praise for the completeness and the massiveness of the project is mixed a lack of confidence in the method of arrangement and the accuracy with which some of the entries are compiled.Ex. I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.----* de envergacura = heavy lifting.* de tal envergadura = of such magnitude, such that.* envergadura de ala = wingspan.* * *1) ( importancia) magnitude (frml), importancede gran/cierta envergadura — of great/some importance
2) (de avión, ave) wingspan* * *= comprehensive, comprehensiveness, magnitude, sweep, massiveness, scale.Ex: One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.
Ex: The importance of currency in relation to comprehensiveness and other features of the abstracting publication depends upon the subject area and audience.Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Ex: The grand design is visible in the sweep of development from baked clay tablets to computerized typesetting.Ex: With praise for the completeness and the massiveness of the project is mixed a lack of confidence in the method of arrangement and the accuracy with which some of the entries are compiled.Ex: I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.* de envergacura = heavy lifting.* de tal envergadura = of such magnitude, such that.* envergadura de ala = wingspan.* * *A (importancia) magnitude ( frml), importanceun proyecto de gran envergadura a project of great importance o magnitudeun político de cierta envergadura a politician of some importanceB1 (de un avión, ave) wingspan2 (de una vela) breadth* * *
envergadura sustantivo femenino ( importancia) magnitude (frml), importance;
envergadura sustantivo masculino
1 (de un avión, un ave) wingspan
2 (importancia) significance, scope, extent: resolvieron problemas de cierta envergadura, they resolved quite complicated problems
' envergadura' also found in these entries:
English:
large-scale
- size
- small-scale
- span
- spread
- spur
- full
- magnitude
- wingspan
* * *envergadura nf1. [importancia] size, extent;[complejidad] complexity;para un negocio de esta envergadura se necesita mucho dinero a business of this size needs a lot of money;una reforma de gran envergadura a large-scale reform;políticos de poca envergadura minor politicians;el accidente fue de tal envergadura que hubo que cerrar el aeropuerto the accident was so serious that the airport had to be shut down2. [de ave, avión] wingspan3. [de brazos] span4. [de vela] breadth* * *magnitude, importance;de gran omucha envergadura fig of great importance* * *envergadura nf1) : span, breadth, spread2) : importance, scope -
106 lieve
light( di poca gravità) slight, minorsorriso, rumore faint* * *lieve agg.1 (leggero, di poco peso) light: un carico lieve, a light load2 (tenue, debole) gentle, light; slight, soft: una lieve brezza, a light (o gentle) breeze; un tocco lieve, a light touch; c'è nelle sue parole una lieve vena di umorismo, there is a slight (o faint) touch of humour in his words; c'era una lieve differenza di opinioni fra di noi, there was a slight difference in our opinions; non c'è il più lieve dubbio, there is not the slightest doubt; sul suo volto si diffuse un lieve rossore, a slight blush spread over her cheeks3 (poco grave) slight, minor, light: te la sei cavata con una lieve ferita, you have got off with a slight injury4 (facile) light, easy: il compito non è così lieve, the task is not so easy.* * *['ljɛve]1) (leggero) [diminuzione, cambiamento, miglioramento, ritardo] light, slight; [ tocco] light, delicate, soft; [ ferita] minor, slight; [malessere, mal di testa] mild; [ scossa sismica] light; [ brezza] faint, gentle, soft; [ pendenza] gentle2) (trascurabile) [mancanza, differenza, spesa, danno] light* * *lieve/'ljεve/1 (leggero) [diminuzione, cambiamento, miglioramento, ritardo] light, slight; [ tocco] light, delicate, soft; [ ferita] minor, slight; [malessere, mal di testa] mild; [ scossa sismica] light; [ brezza] faint, gentle, soft; [ pendenza] gentle; avere un lieve difetto di pronuncia to have a slight speech defect o impediment2 (trascurabile) [mancanza, differenza, spesa, danno] light; di lieve entità of little importance. -
107 klein
I Adj.1. small (auch kleingewachsen); bes. attr. und gefühlsbetont: little; (winzig) tiny; Finger, Zehe: little; Buchstabe: small; ein rundlicher kleiner Mann a chubby little man; sie ist von uns allen die Kleinste she is the smallest of us; als ich noch klein war when I was a little boy ( oder girl); er ist doch noch klein he’s only small ( oder a child); zu einem Kind: he’s much smaller than you, remember; von klein auf from an early age, since childhood, since I was etc. a child; kleine Augen haben (müde aussehen) look tired; da wurde er ganz klein fig. that cut him down to size; (er schwieg dann) that shut him up; könnt ihr euch klein machen? fig. can you make yourselves thin ( oder squeeze up a bit) ?2. (unbedeutend) small ( auch Stimme); Fehler, Vergehen etc.: little, minor; kleine Rolle small ( oder bit) part; kleiner Bauer / Geschäftsmann small farmer / businessman; seine kleinen Intrigen / Launen his little intrigues / moods; es ist ein kleiner Anfang it’s just a start; der kleine Mann the man in the street; kleine Leute ordinary people; aus kleinen Verhältnissen stammen come from a humble background; und er hat daran kein kleines Verdienst and it’s no small thanks to him4. Pause, Unterbrechung etc.: short, brief8. in Wendungen: umg.: es klein haben (Betrag) have the right change; klein, aber fein good things come in small packages; klein, aber oho! umg. a mighty midget, Person: auch a pocket dynamo; Geschäft 6, ÜbelII Adv.1. small; klein gedruckt in small print; siehe auch Kleingedruckte; klein gemustert with a small pattern, small-patterned; klein gehackt finely chopped; klein hacken chop (up) fine; klein machen (Holz) chop up; (Geldschein) change; klein schneiden (Holz, Fleisch etc.) cut up into small pieces; ( auf) klein drehen / stellen (Herd etc.) turn down, put on low; den Benzinverbrauch klein halten keep fuel consumption low, keep down fuel consumption2. fig.: klein anfangen start off small, start from small beginnings; klein beigeben give in; klein denken be small-minded; Höflichkeit etc. wird bei ihr klein geschrieben politeness etc. is not one of her priorities; klein machen Kinderspr. do number one* * *short; little; small; exiguous; slight; faint; petit; runty; wee; diminutive; tiny; petty* * *[klain]1. adj1) little, small; Finger little; Format, Gehalt, Rente, Zahl, (Hand)schrift, Buchstabe small; (MUS ) Terz minorder Kleine Bär or Wagen — the Little Bear, Ursa Minor
x ist kléíner als 10 (Math) — x is less than ten
haben Sie es nicht kléíner? — don't you have anything smaller?
ein kléín bisschen or wenig — a little (bit)
ein kléín bisschen or wenig Salat — a little (bit of) salad
kléínes Geld — small change
du kléíner Teufel! — you little devil!
ein süßes kléínes Püppchen — a sweet little thing
hallo, kléíner Mann! — hello, little man
ein schönes kléínes Auto — a nice little car
mit seiner kléínen Frau — with his little wife
ich wusste nicht, dass seine Frau so kléín ist — I didn't know his wife was so small or little
eine kléíne, hübsche Wohnung — a small, pretty flat (Brit) or apartment
eine hübsche kléíne Wohnung — a nice little flat (Brit) or apartment
mein kléíner Bruder — my little brother
er ist kléíner als sein Bruder — he's smaller than his brother
kléín für sein Alter — small or little for his age
macht euch ein bisschen kléíner! — squeeze up closer
kléín aber oho (inf) — small but impressive
ganz kléín (und hässlich) werden (inf) — to look humiliated or deflated
im Kleinen — in miniature
kléíne Kinder kléíne Sorgen, große Kinder große Sorgen (prov) —
um ein Kleines zu... (geh) — a little or a trifle too...
See:kléínen Augenblick, bitte! — just one moment, please
einen Kopf kléíner als jd sein — to be a head shorter than sb
3) (= geringfügig) little, small, slight; Betrag, Summe little, smallbeim kléínsten Schreck — at the slightest or smallest shock
das kléínere Übel — the lesser evil
ein paar kléínere Fehler — a few minor mistakes
eine kléínere Unpässlichkeit — a minor ailment
er ist ein kléíner Geist — he is small-minded
der kléíne Mann — the ordinary citizen, the man in the street
ein kléíner Ganove — a small-time or petty crook
die Kleinen fängt man or werden gehängt, die Großen lässt man laufen (prov) — it's always the big fish that get away
sein Vater war (ein) kléíner Beamter — his father was a minor civil servant
See:→ Fisch5) (= armselig) Verhältnisse humble, lowly, modest6) Prüfung intermediate2. adv1) (= in kleiner Schrift) smaller schreibt sehr kléín — he writes very small, his writing is very small
ein Wort kléín drucken — to print a word without a capital
kléín gedruckt — in small print
kléín gemustert — small-patterned
kléín kariert (Stoff) — finely checked or chequered (Brit) or checkered (US)
See:2)etw kléíner stellen or drehen — to turn sth down
3)kléín anfangen — to start off in a small waykléín beigeben (inf) — to give in
kléín geraten sein (Gegenstand) — to have come out a little (too) small; (Mensch) to be a bit small
kléín gewachsen — short, small; (Baum) small
* * *1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) little2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) short3) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) small4) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) small5) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) small* * *[klain]I. adjsie fährt ein \kleines Auto she drives a small [or little] carsie hat ein schnuckeliges \kleines Auto she's got a nice little carer ist ein \kleiner Schlingel he's a little rascalim \kleinen Format in a small format▪ \klein geschnitten finely choppedetw \klein hacken to chop up sth sep\klein gehackte Zwiebeln finely chopped onionsim K\kleinen on a small scalebis ins K\kleinste [right] down to the smallest detail, in minute detaileinen Kopf \kleiner sein als jd to be a head shorter than sbder \kleine Peter/die \kleine Anna little Peter/Anna[jdm] etw \klein schneiden to cut up sth sep [into small pieces] [for sb]; s.a. Bier, Buchstabe, Finger, Terz, Zeh2. (Kleidung) smallhaben Sie das gleiche Modell auch in \kleiner? do you have the same style but in a size smaller?▪ jdm zu \klein sein to be too small for sbetw \kleiner machen to make sth smaller, to take in [or up] sth sepsein \kleiner Bruder his little [or younger] brothervon \klein auf from childhood [or an early age4. (kurz) shortein \kleiner Vorsprung a short [or small] start5. (kurz dauernd) shorteine \kleine Pause machen to have a short [or little] breakein \klein[es] bisschen [o \klein wenig] a little bit7. (geringer Betrag) smallein \kleines Gehalt a small [or low] salary8. (Wechselgeld) smallhaben Sie es nicht \kleiner? haven't you got anything smaller?9. (geringfügig) smalldie \kleinste Bewegung the slightest movementein \kleiner Fehler/Verstoß a minor mistake/violationeine \kleine Übelkeit a slight feeling of nauseaer fing als \kleiner Portier in dem Hotel an his first job in the hotel was as a lowly porterein \kleiner Bauer a small farmerein \kleiner Ganove a petty [or small-time] crookdie \kleinen Leute ordinary peopleaus \kleinen Verhältnissen stammen to come from a humble background11. (erniedrigt) small12. (weniger intensiv) low13. (in kleiner Schrift)etw \klein schreiben to write sth in small letters14. MATH\kleinste Fehlerquadrate least error squares\kleinster gemeinsamer Nenner lowest common denominator\kleinstes gemeinsames Vielfaches lowest common multiple15.▶ im K\kleinen wie im Großen in little things as well as in big ones▶ die K\kleinen [o \kleinen Gauner] hängt man, die Großen lässt man laufen (prov) the small fry get caught, while the big fish get away▶ \klein, aber oho (fam) small but eminently capable [or he/she packs a powerful punch]; s.a. Fakultas, LatinumII. adv▶ \klein anfangen (fam: seine Karriere ganz unten beginnen) to start at the bottom; (mit ganz wenig beginnen) to start off in a small way▶ \klein beigeben to give in [quietly]* * *1.das Kleid ist mir zu klein — the dress is too small for me
ein kleines Bier — a small beer; ≈ a half[-pint]
etwas klein hacken — chop something up [small]
Zwiebeln klein schneiden — chop up onions [small]
etwas klein machen — cut something up small; (ugs.): (aufbrauchen) get through or (sl.) blow something
auf kleinstem Raum — in the minimum of space
sie ist klein [von Gestalt/für ihr Alter] — she is small [in stature/for her age]
er ist [einen Kopf] kleiner als ich — he is [a head] shorter than me or shorter than I am [by a head]
im Kleinen — in miniature; on a small scale
klein, aber oho — he/she may be small, but he/she certainly makes up for it
klein, aber fein — little, but very nice
2) (jung) little <brother, sister>als ich [noch] klein war — when I was small or little
von klein auf — from an early age; s. auch Kleine I, 2, III
3) (von kurzer Dauer) little, short < while>; short <walk, break>; short, brief <delay, introduction>; brief < moment>4) (von geringer Menge) small <family, amount, audience, staff>; small, low < salary>; low < price>kleines Geld haben — have some [small] change
einen Schein klein machen — (ugs.): (wechseln) change a note
kann mir jemand ein Fünfzigeuroschein klein machen? — (ugs.) can anyone give me change for a fifty-euro note?
haben Sie es klein? — (ugs.) do you have the right money?
5) (von geringem Ausmaß) light < refreshment>; small < party, gift>; scant, little < attention>; slight <cold, indisposition>; slight, small <mistake, irregularity>; minor < event, error>das kleinere Übel — the lesser evil; the lesser of the two evils
ein klein[es] bisschen — a little or tiny bit
bis ins Kleinste — down to the smallest or tiniest detail
der kleine Mann — the ordinary citizen; the man in the street
die kleinen Leute — ordinary people; the man sing. in the street
klein anfangen — (ugs.) start off in a small way
7)ganz klein [und hässlich] werden — become meek and subdued
8)2.ein kleiner Geist — (engstirnig) a narrow-minded person; (beschränkt) a person of limited intellect
die Heizung klein/kleiner [ein]stellen — turn the heating down low/lower
klein gedruckt — in small print postpos.
klein kariert — <skirt, shirt, etc.> with a small check
klein machen — (Kinderspr.) do number one
klein geschrieben werden — (ugs.) count for [very] little ( bei with); (child lang.); s. auch beigeben 2.
* * *A. adj1. small (auch klein gewachsen); besonders attr und gefühlsbetont: little; (winzig) tiny; Finger, Zehe: little; Buchstabe: small;ein rundlicher kleiner Mann a chubby little man;sie ist von uns allen die Kleinste she is the smallest of us;als ich noch klein war when I was a little boy ( oder girl);er ist doch noch klein he’s only small ( oder a child); zu einem Kind: he’s much smaller than you, remember;von klein auf from an early age, since childhood, since I was etc a child;kleine Augen haben (müde aussehen) look tired;kleine Rolle small ( oder bit) part;kleiner Bauer/Geschäftsmann small farmer/businessman;seine kleinen Intrigen/Launen his little intrigues/moods;es ist ein kleiner Anfang it’s just a start;der kleine Mann the man in the street;kleine Leute ordinary people;aus kleinen Verhältnissen stammen come from a humble background;und er hat daran kein kleines Verdienst and it’s no small thanks to him3. (jünger) little, younger;mein kleiner Bruder my little ( oder younger) brother4. Pause, Unterbrechung etc: short, brief5. (gering) small;auf kleiner Flamme kochen cook on a low flame6.im Kleinen on a small scale, engS. in miniature;bis ins Kleinste down to the last detail7. MUS:es klein haben (Betrag) have the right change;klein, aber fein good things come in small packages;B. adv1. small;klein gedruckt in small print;klein gemustert with a small pattern, small-patterned;klein gehackt finely chopped;klein gewachsen small, short;klein hacken chop (up) fine;klein schneiden (Holz, Fleisch etc) cut up into small pieces;2. fig:klein anfangen start off small, start from small beginnings;klein beigeben give in;klein machen kinderspr do number one* * *1.1) little; small <format, letter>; little <finger, toe>; small, short < steps>ein kleines Bier — a small beer; ≈ a half[-pint]
etwas klein hacken — chop something up [small]
Zwiebeln klein schneiden — chop up onions [small]
etwas klein machen — cut something up small; (ugs.): (aufbrauchen) get through or (sl.) blow something
sie ist klein [von Gestalt/für ihr Alter] — she is small [in stature/for her age]
er ist [einen Kopf] kleiner als ich — he is [a head] shorter than me or shorter than I am [by a head]
im Kleinen — in miniature; on a small scale
klein, aber oho — he/she may be small, but he/she certainly makes up for it
klein, aber fein — little, but very nice
2) (jung) little <brother, sister>als ich [noch] klein war — when I was small or little
von klein auf — from an early age; s. auch Kleine I, 2, III
3) (von kurzer Dauer) little, short < while>; short <walk, break>; short, brief <delay, introduction>; brief < moment>4) (von geringer Menge) small <family, amount, audience, staff>; small, low < salary>; low < price>kleines Geld haben — have some [small] change
einen Schein klein machen — (ugs.): (wechseln) change a note
kann mir jemand ein Fünfzigeuroschein klein machen? — (ugs.) can anyone give me change for a fifty-euro note?
haben Sie es klein? — (ugs.) do you have the right money?
5) (von geringem Ausmaß) light < refreshment>; small <party, gift>; scant, little < attention>; slight <cold, indisposition>; slight, small <mistake, irregularity>; minor <event, error>das kleinere Übel — the lesser evil; the lesser of the two evils
ein klein[es] bisschen — a little or tiny bit
bis ins Kleinste — down to the smallest or tiniest detail
der kleine Mann — the ordinary citizen; the man in the street
die kleinen Leute — ordinary people; the man sing. in the street
klein anfangen — (ugs.) start off in a small way
7)ganz klein [und hässlich] werden — become meek and subdued
8)2.ein kleiner Geist — (engstirnig) a narrow-minded person; (beschränkt) a person of limited intellect
die Heizung klein/kleiner [ein]stellen — turn the heating down low/lower
klein gedruckt — in small print postpos.
klein kariert — <skirt, shirt, etc.> with a small check
klein machen — (Kinderspr.) do number one
klein geschrieben werden — (ugs.) count for [very] little ( bei with); (child lang.); s. auch beigeben 2.
* * *adj.little adj.lower adj.petite adj.petty adj.short adj.slight adj.small adj.small-sized adj.smallish adj.wee adj. -
108 geringfügig
I Adj. Abweichung, Unterschied etc.: slight, small; Betrag etc.: paltry; (unbedeutend) negligible, insignificant; Änderung etc.: minor, marginal; geringfügiges Vergehen petty crime; siehe auch geringII Adv. very slightly, marginally* * *negligible; small; slight; minor; little; petty* * *ge|rịng|fü|gig [-fyːgɪç]1. adj(= unwichtig) insignificant; Verbesserung, Unterschied slight; Vergehen, Verletzung minor; Einzelheiten minor, trivial; Betrag small2. advslightlysein Zustand hat sich geringfügig gebessert — his condition is marginally or slightly improved
* * *1) pettily2) (of very little importance; trivial: petty details.) petty* * *ge·ring·fü·gig[gəˈrɪngfy:gɪç]I. adj insignificantein \geringfügiger Betrag/ \geringfügiges Einkommen a small amount/incomeein \geringfügiger Unterschied a slight difference\geringfügige Verbesserungen slight improvementsein \geringfügiges Vergehen/ein \geringfügiger Verstoß/eine \geringfügige Verletzung a minor [or trivial] offence/violation/injuryII. adv slightly* * *1.Adjektiv slight <difference, deviation, improvement>; slight, minor <alteration, injury>; small, trivial < amount>; minor, trivial < detail>2.adverbial slightly* * *A. adj Abweichung, Unterschied etc: slight, small; Betrag etc: paltry; (unbedeutend) negligible, insignificant; Änderung etc: minor, marginal;B. adv very slightly, marginally* * *1.Adjektiv slight <difference, deviation, improvement>; slight, minor <alteration, injury>; small, trivial < amount>; minor, trivial < detail>2.adverbial slightly* * *adj.negligible adj.slight adj. adv.pettily adv.slightly adv. -
109 small
1. adjective1) (in size) klein; gering [Wirkung, Appetit, Fähigkeit]; schmal [Taille, Handgelenk]; dünn [Stimme]it's a small world — die Welt ist klein
2) attrib. (small-scale) klein; Klein[aktionär, -sparer, -händler, -betrieb, -bauer]3) (young, not fully grown) klein4) (of the smaller kind) kleinsmall letter — Kleinbuchstabe, der
feel small — (fig.) sich (Dat.) ganz klein vorkommen
make somebody feel/look small — (fig.) jemanden beschämen/ein schlechtes Licht auf jemanden werfen
5) (not much) wenigdemand for/interest in the product was small — die Nachfrage nach/das Interesse an dem Produkt war gering
[it's] small wonder — [es ist] kein Wunder
6) (trifling) kleinwe have a few small matters/points/problems to clear up before... — es sind noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten zu klären, bevor...
7) (minor) unbedeutend8) (petty) kleinlich (abwertend)2. nounhave a small mind — ein Kleinkrämer sein (abwertend)
(Anat.)3. adverbsmall of the back — Kreuz, das
* * *[smo:l]1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) klein2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) klein3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) wenig4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) klein•- academic.ru/118481/small_ads">small ads- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look small* * *I. adj1. (not large) kleinhe's quite \small for his age er ist ziemlich klein für sein Alter\small amount geringer Betrag\small circulation MEDIA niedrige Auflage\small craft NAUT [kleines] Boot\small fortune kleines Vermögen\small number/quantity kleine [o geringe] Menge/Zahl\small percentage geringe Prozentzahlin \small quantities in kleinen Mengen\small street enge Straße\small town Kleinstadt f\small turnout geringe Beteiligung2. (young) klein\small child Kleinkind nt3. (insignificant) klein, unbedeutend\small consolation ein schwacher Trostno \small feat keine schlechte Leistung\small wonder kein Wunderto feel \small sich dat klein und unbedeutend vorkommento look \small schlecht dastehento make sb look \small jdn niedermachen fam4. (on a limited scale) klein, bescheiden\small investor Kleinanleger(in) m(f)in a \small way bescheiden, im Kleinenin sb's own \small way auf jds eigene bescheidene Art5. TYPO\small letter Kleinbuchstabe m6.▶ to be grateful [or thankful] for \small mercies mit wenig zufrieden seinIII. adv think, plan in kleinem Rahmen* * *[smɔːl]1. adj (+er)1) klein; supply, stock klein, gering; waist schmal; (= not much) reason, desire wenig, gering; effort geringsmall in size — von geringer Größe, klein
the smallest possible number of books — so wenig Bücher wie möglich
to have a small appetite —
it's written with a small "e" — es wird mit kleinem "e" geschrieben
to look small (fig) — schlecht aussehen or dastehen
he/it made me feel pretty small — da kam ich mir ziemlich klein vor
to be of small concern to sb — jdn nur wenig betreffen
a few small matters/problems —
to be of no small consequence — nicht unbeträchtliche Folgen haben
to help/contribute in a small way —
to start in a small way — bescheiden or klein anfangen
2. n1)2) pl (Brit inf) Unterwäsche f3. adv* * *small [smɔːl]A adj1. allg klein:cut small klein schneiden;make o.s. small sich kleinmachen;2. klein, schmächtig (Junge etc)3. klein, gering (Anzahl, Grad etc):a small fortune ein kleines Vermögen;they came in small numbers es kamen nur wenige;I’ve only got small appetite ich habe nur wenig Appetit;small eater schlechte(r) Esser(in);small saver Kleinsparer(in)4. wenig:small blame to him ihn trifft kaum eine Schuld;have small cause for kaum Anlass zu Dankbarkeit etc haben5. klein, armselig, dürftig6. klein, mit wenig Besitz:small businessman kleiner Geschäftsmann;7. klein, (sozial) niedrig:small people kleine Leute8. unbedeutend, klein (Dichter etc)9. bescheiden, klein (Anfang etc)10. klein, trivial:the small worries die kleinen Sorgen;a small matter eine Kleinigkeit oder Bagatelle;a) bescheiden leben etc,b) im Kleinen handeln etc11. pej kleinlich12. pej niedrig, moralisch verwerflich (Charakter etc)13. klein umg, beschämt:feel small sich klein (u. hässlich) vorkommen, sich schämen;make sb feel small jemanden beschämen;look small beschämt dastehen14. schwach, klein (Stimme):the small voice of conscience die Stimme des Gewissens15. obs dünn (Bier etc)B adv1. fein, klein3. auf bescheidene Art4. gering(schätzig):think small kleinkariert denken pej;think small of sb auf jemanden herabsehenC sthe small of the back das Kreuz (Körperteil)3. pl besonders Br umg Unterwäsche f, Taschentücher pl etc:wash one’s smalls seine kleine Wäsche waschen* * *1. adjective1) (in size) klein; gering [Wirkung, Appetit, Fähigkeit]; schmal [Taille, Handgelenk]; dünn [Stimme]2) attrib. (small-scale) klein; Klein[aktionär, -sparer, -händler, -betrieb, -bauer]3) (young, not fully grown) klein4) (of the smaller kind) kleinsmall letter — Kleinbuchstabe, der
feel small — (fig.) sich (Dat.) ganz klein vorkommen
make somebody feel/look small — (fig.) jemanden beschämen/ein schlechtes Licht auf jemanden werfen
5) (not much) wenigdemand for/interest in the product was small — die Nachfrage nach/das Interesse an dem Produkt war gering
[it's] small wonder — [es ist] kein Wunder
6) (trifling) kleinwe have a few small matters/points/problems to clear up before... — es sind noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten zu klären, bevor...
7) (minor) unbedeutend8) (petty) kleinlich (abwertend)2. nounhave a small mind — ein Kleinkrämer sein (abwertend)
(Anat.)3. adverbsmall of the back — Kreuz, das
* * *adj.gering adj.klein adj.unbedeutend adj. adj.zu klein adj. -
110 ثانوي
ثَانَوِيّ \ minor: smaller; less important, unimportant: a minor road; a minor difficulty. petty: unimportant. secondary: less important; not first in importance: a secondary road; a secondary reason. subordinate: a person of lower rank or importance: a subordinate official. -
111 petty
ثَانَوِيّ \ minor: smaller; less important, unimportant: a minor road; a minor difficulty. petty: unimportant. secondary: less important; not first in importance: a secondary road; a secondary reason. subordinate: a person of lower rank or importance: a subordinate official. -
112 secondary
ثَانَوِيّ \ minor: smaller; less important, unimportant: a minor road; a minor difficulty. petty: unimportant. secondary: less important; not first in importance: a secondary road; a secondary reason. subordinate: a person of lower rank or importance: a subordinate official. -
113 subordinate
ثَانَوِيّ \ minor: smaller; less important, unimportant: a minor road; a minor difficulty. petty: unimportant. secondary: less important; not first in importance: a secondary road; a secondary reason. subordinate: a person of lower rank or importance: a subordinate official. -
114 cuantía
f.1 quantity, total sum, magnitude.2 importance.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cuantiar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: cuantiar.* * *1 (cantidad) quantity; (importe) amount2 (dimensión) extent\de mayor cuantía importantde menor cuantía insignificant, lesser* * *SF1) (=cantidad)a) (=importe) quantity, amount¿cómo se calcula la cuantía de la pensión? — how is the amount o level of pension calculated?
b) (=alcance) extent2) (=importancia) importancede mayor cuantía — more important, more significant
de menor cuantía, de poca cuantía — unimportant, of little account
* * *a) ( importe)una cuantía mínima de 20.000 euros — a minimum (amount) of 20,000 euros
b) ( importancia) significance, importancede mayor cuantía — of major significance o importance
de menor cuantía — unimportant, insignificant
c) (Der) claim, sum claimed* * *= magnitude, total, count.Ex. Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Ex. Someone must read a total on the card, so that the machine can add its computed item to it.Ex. Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.* * *a) ( importe)una cuantía mínima de 20.000 euros — a minimum (amount) of 20,000 euros
b) ( importancia) significance, importancede mayor cuantía — of major significance o importance
de menor cuantía — unimportant, insignificant
c) (Der) claim, sum claimed* * *= magnitude, total, count.Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.
Ex: Someone must read a total on the card, so that the machine can add its computed item to it.Ex: Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.* * *1(importe): la rebaja de las cuantías de las pensiones the reduction in the level of pensionsse desconoce la cuantía de los daños materiales the extent of the damage is not knownuna cuantía mínima de 50.000 euros mensuales a minimum (amount) of 50,000 euros a monthla cuantía de la deuda asciende a miles de dólares the total of the debt amounts to thousands of dollarsun aumento de la cuantía de las becas an increase in the size of grants2 (importancia) significance, importanceun asunto de mayor cuantía a matter of major significance o importance, a highly significant o an extremely important matterun funcionario de escasa cuantía an insignificant civil servantde menor cuantía unimportant, insignificant3 ( Der) claim, sum o amount claimed* * *
cuantía sustantivo femenino amount: se desconoce la cuantía de lo sustraído, the amount stolen is not known
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* * *cuantía nf1. [suma] amount, quantity;todavía no se conoce la cuantía de los daños causados por el terremoto the final cost of the damage caused by the earthquake is not yet known;van a conceder una ayuda de una cuantía sin precisar todavía they are going to grant an as yet unspecified amount of aid;recibió la cuantía íntegra del premio he received the full amount of the prize money;va a subir la cuantía del subsidio de desempleo unemployment benefit is set to rise2. [alcance] extent;ése es un problema de menor cuantía that is a relatively insignificant o minor problem3. Der claim, amount claimed* * *f amount, quantity; figimportance* * *cuantía nf1) : quantity, extent2) : significance, import -
115 unbedeutend
II Adv. (geringfügig) slightly* * *small-time; unimportant; petty; negligible; petit; small; two-bit; slight; faint; null; minor; insignificant; inconsequential; weak; trifling; inconsiderable; little* * *ụn|be|deu|tend1. adj(= unwichtig) insignificant, unimportant; (= geringfügig) Rückgang, Änderung etc minor, minimal2. adv(= geringfügig) slightly* * *1) (very small: a fractional amount.) fractional2) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) little3) (unimportant: a trifling amount of money.) trifling4) ((of a thief etc) not working on a large scale: a small-time crook/thief.) small-time5) (of very little importance: trivial details.) trivial* * *un·be·deu·tend[ˈʊnbədɔytn̩t]I. adj1. (nicht bedeutend) insignificant, unimportant, inconsiderableII. adv insignificantly, minimally* * *1.Adjektiv insignificant; minor <artist, poet>; slight, minor <improvement, change, error>2.adverbial slightly* * *B. adv (geringfügig) slightly* * *1.Adjektiv insignificant; minor <artist, poet>; slight, minor <improvement, change, error>2.adverbial slightly* * *adj.inconsiderable adj.insignificant adj.negligible adj.petty adj.slight adj.small adj.trivial adj. adv.inconsiderably adv.pettily adv.trivially adv. -
116 Magnus
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
117 magnus
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
119 maxume
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
120 maxumus
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius.
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