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monstrous size

  • 1 чудовищные размеры

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > чудовищные размеры

  • 2 чудовищные размеры

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > чудовищные размеры

  • 3 чудовищный

    monstrous

    чудовищное преступление — monstrous / appalling / shocking crime

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > чудовищный

  • 4 чудовищный

    чудо́вищные разме́ры — monstrous size sg

    чудо́вищное преступле́ние — monstrous / appalling / shocking crime

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > чудовищный

  • 5 monstrueusement

    monstrueusement [mɔ̃stʀyøzmɑ̃]
    adverb
    [laid] monstrously ; [intelligent] prodigiously ; [riche] enormously
    * * *
    mɔ̃stʀyøzmɑ̃
    adverbe lit, fig [riche, bête, intelligent] horrendously
    * * *
    mɔ̃stʀyøzmɑ̃ adv
    * * *
    monstrueusement adv lit, fig [riche, bête, intelligent] horrendously; il est monstrueusement gros he's a monstrous size.
    [mɔ̃stryøzmɑ̃] adverbe
    [intelligent] prodigiously, stupendously

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > monstrueusement

  • 6 Monstrosität

    f; -, -en monstrosity
    * * *
    Monst|ro|si|tät [mɔnstrozi'tɛːt]
    f -, -en
    monstrosity; (= riesige Größe) monstrous size; (= Ungeheuer) monster
    * * *
    Mons·tro·si·tät
    <-, -en>
    [mɔnstroziˈtɛ:t]
    f
    1. kein pl (geh: Ungeheuerlichkeit) monstrosity, atrocity
    2. (ungeheures Gebilde) monstrosity
    * * *
    Monstrosität f; -, -en monstrosity
    * * *
    f.
    freak n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Monstrosität

  • 7 immānitās (inm-)

        immānitās (inm-) ātis, f    [immanis], monstrous size, hugeness, vastness, excess: vitiorum.— Monstrousness, enormity, heinousness, savageness, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism: immanitate bestias vincere: gentes immanitate efferatae: in tantā immanitate versari, among such barbarians: barbariae: facinoris.

    Latin-English dictionary > immānitās (inm-)

  • 8 immanitas

    immānĭtas, ātis, f. [immanis].
    I.
    Monstrous size, hugeness, vastness, excess (very rare, but class.):

    serpens inusitatae immanitatis,

    Gell. 6, 3, 1:

    vitiorum,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 14:

    frigoris,

    Just. 2, 1.—
    II.
    Monstrousness, enormity, heinousness, savageness, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism (so most freq.):

    ista in figura hominis feritas et immanitas beluae,

    Cic. Off. 3, 6, 32:

    feritas quaedam atque agrestis immanitas,

    id. Div. 1, 29, 60; cf.:

    multas esse gentes sic immanitate efferatas ut, etc.,

    id. N. D. 1, 23, 62:

    omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus,

    id. Vatin. 3, 9:

    inter feras satius est aetatem degere, quam in tanta immanitate versari,

    in such barbarism, id. Rosc. Am. 52, 150:

    asperitas et immanitas naturae,

    id. Lael. 23, 87:

    morum immanitate vastissimas vincit beluas,

    id. Rep. 2, 26:

    in animo, stupor in corpore,

    id. Tusc. 3, 6, 12; cf.:

    temperantiam immanitas in voluptatibus aspernandis imitatur,

    id. Part. 23, 81:

    M. Antonii tanta est non insolentia (nam id quidem vulgare vitium est), sed immanitas, non modo ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 10, 1, 1:

    tanti facinoris immanitas,

    id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

    parricidii,

    Quint. 9, 2, 53:

    priorum temporum,

    Plin. Pan. 47, 1:

    ista verborum,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 9 fin. (v. Madv. ad h. l.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > immanitas

  • 9 decidir

    v.
    1 to decide, to choose.
    el juez decidirá si es inocente o no the judge will decide o determine whether or not he is innocent
    decidir hacer algo to decide to do something
    ¿a qué restaurante vamos? — tú decides which restaurant shall we go to? — you decide
    decidir entre dos cosas to choose between two things
    Ella decidió la forma de proceder She decided the way to proceed.
    Ella decide y no escucha She makes a decision and doesn't listen.
    2 to decide.
    el voto de la clase media decidió la elección the middle-class vote decided o swung the election
    3 to decide to, to resolve to.
    Ella decidió hacer una balsa She decided to make a raft.
    4 to determine, to ascertain, to pinpoint.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to decide; (asunto) to settle
    2 (convencer) to persuade, convince
    3 (resolver) to resolve, decide
    1 to decide, choose
    1 to make up one's mind
    \
    decidirse por to decide on
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=tomar una decisión) to decide

    ¿habéis decidido lo que vais a hacer? — have you decided what you are going to do?

    después de pensarlo mucho he decidido que sí — after giving it a lot of thought, I've decided to go ahead

    decidir hacer algo — to decide to do sth

    2) (=determinar) [+ futuro, resultado] to decide; [+ asunto, disputa] to settle, resolve
    3) (=convencer)

    ¿qué fue lo que al final te decidió? — what finally made up your mind?, what finally decided you?, what finally made you decide?

    2.

    tuvo que decidir entre varias opcionesshe had to choose o decide from a number of options

    decidir sobre algo — to decide on sth, make a decision on sth

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tomar una determinación) to decide

    decidir + inf — to decide to + inf

    b) < persona> to make... decide
    2) < asunto> to settle; < resultado> to decide
    2.
    decidir vi to decide

    no sé, decide tú — I don't know, you decide

    tiene que decidir entre dos opciones igualmente interesantesshe has to choose o decide between two equally attractive options

    3.
    decidirse v pron to decide, to make up one's mind

    decidirse a + inf — to decide to + inf

    * * *
    = decide, decision to the contrary, make + choices, opt (for), settle, sort out, take + viewpoint, adjudicate, resolve, take + view, take + Posesivo + pick, call + the shots, be the boss, rule + the roost.
    Ex. At the two extremes, the order may simply be decided for each topic as and when it arises, and followed thereafter.
    Ex. Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.
    Ex. Frequently it is necessary for the librarian or information worker to make choices concerning record size and field size.
    Ex. However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.
    Ex. Once the name to be used in a heading and its form have been settled, it is time to decide upon the entry element, or in more general terms, to examine the preferred order of the components of a name as the name is to appear as a heading.
    Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex. Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex. I know a large library catalog in this country where the person in charge of filing has to adjudicate on the average four times a day on where a particular card should go.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. There are those, sometimes found in the corridors of power, who would take such a view.
    Ex. We can offer them both and let our users take their pick.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Who's calling the shots in the semiconductor industry'.
    Ex. One of the hardest things about being the boss is that no one tells you what you're doing wrong.
    Ex. Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.
    ----
    * decidir Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.
    * decidir hacer = spring for.
    * decidir + Infinitivo = choose to + Infinitivo, elect to + Infinitivo.
    * decidir no + Infinitivo = decide against + Gerundio, decide against + Nombre.
    * decidir no ser incluido en = opt out of.
    * decidir por cuenta propia = take it upon + Reflexivo + to.
    * decidir qué hacer con = make + disposition of.
    * decidirse = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind, make + Posesivo + mind up.
    * decidirse por = marry, settle on/upon, go for, come down in + favour of, plump for.
    * decidirse por uno mismo = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind.
    * estar decidido a = be determined to.
    * por decidir = to be decided.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tomar una determinación) to decide

    decidir + inf — to decide to + inf

    b) < persona> to make... decide
    2) < asunto> to settle; < resultado> to decide
    2.
    decidir vi to decide

    no sé, decide tú — I don't know, you decide

    tiene que decidir entre dos opciones igualmente interesantesshe has to choose o decide between two equally attractive options

    3.
    decidirse v pron to decide, to make up one's mind

    decidirse a + inf — to decide to + inf

    * * *
    = decide, decision to the contrary, make + choices, opt (for), settle, sort out, take + viewpoint, adjudicate, resolve, take + view, take + Posesivo + pick, call + the shots, be the boss, rule + the roost.

    Ex: At the two extremes, the order may simply be decided for each topic as and when it arises, and followed thereafter.

    Ex: Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.
    Ex: Frequently it is necessary for the librarian or information worker to make choices concerning record size and field size.
    Ex: However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.
    Ex: Once the name to be used in a heading and its form have been settled, it is time to decide upon the entry element, or in more general terms, to examine the preferred order of the components of a name as the name is to appear as a heading.
    Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex: Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex: I know a large library catalog in this country where the person in charge of filing has to adjudicate on the average four times a day on where a particular card should go.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: There are those, sometimes found in the corridors of power, who would take such a view.
    Ex: We can offer them both and let our users take their pick.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Who's calling the shots in the semiconductor industry'.
    Ex: One of the hardest things about being the boss is that no one tells you what you're doing wrong.
    Ex: Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.
    * decidir Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.
    * decidir hacer = spring for.
    * decidir + Infinitivo = choose to + Infinitivo, elect to + Infinitivo.
    * decidir no + Infinitivo = decide against + Gerundio, decide against + Nombre.
    * decidir no ser incluido en = opt out of.
    * decidir por cuenta propia = take it upon + Reflexivo + to.
    * decidir qué hacer con = make + disposition of.
    * decidirse = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind, make + Posesivo + mind up.
    * decidirse por = marry, settle on/upon, go for, come down in + favour of, plump for.
    * decidirse por uno mismo = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind.
    * estar decidido a = be determined to.
    * por decidir = to be decided.

    * * *
    decidir [I1 ]
    vt
    todavía no han decidido nada they still haven't reached a decision o haven't decided anything
    iba a aceptar pero después decidí que no I was going to accept but then I decided against it o decided not to
    hemos decidido que no nos vamos a mudar we've decided that we're not going to move, we've decided not to move
    decidir + INF to decide to + INF
    decidieron prorrogarle el contrato they decided to extend his contract
    2 ‹persona›
    eso fue lo que me decidió that was what made up my mind for me, that was what decided me
    aquel incidente me decidió a actuar that incident made me decide to act
    3 ‹asunto› to settle; ‹resultado› to decide
    este contrato va a decidir el futuro de la empresa this contract is going to decide the future of the company
    el gol que decidió el partido the goal that decided the game
    ■ decidir
    vi
    to decide
    no sé, decide tú I don't know, you decide
    otra persona había decidido por él someone else had made the decision for him
    tiene que decidir entre dos opciones igualmente interesantes she has to choose o decide between two equally attractive options
    decidir SOBRE algo to make o take a decision ON sth, decide ON sth
    no es la persona más adecuada para decidir sobre este asunto she's not the best person to decide on o to make o to take a decision on this matter
    yo no tengo autoridad para decidir sobre su suerte I do not have the authority to decide (on) his fate
    to make up one's mind
    aún no me he decidido del todo I still haven't quite made up my mind o decided
    decídete, me tengo que ir make up your mind, I have to go
    ¿va a llover? — no sé, no se decide is it going to rain? — I don't know, it can't seem to make up its mind
    decidirse A + INF to decide to + INF decidirse POR algo to decide ON sth
    se decidió por el verde she decided on the green one
    * * *

     

    decidir ( conjugate decidir) verbo transitivo
    1


    b) personato make … decide;


    2 asunto to settle;
    resultado to decide
    verbo intransitivo
    to decide;
    tiene que decidir entre los dos she has to choose o decide between the two;

    decidir sobre algo to decide on sth
    decidirse verbo pronominal
    to decide, to make up one's mind;
    decidirse a hacer algo to decide to do sth;
    decidirse por algo to decide on sth
    decidir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to decide: tú decides, it's up to you
    el penalty en el último minuto decidió el partido, the last-minute penalty decided the game

    ' decidir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acertar
    - indecisa
    - indeciso
    - mover
    - solucionar
    - vacilante
    - pensar
    - resolver
    - votación
    English:
    choose
    - conclude
    - decide
    - fix
    - heart
    - open
    - opt out
    - seal
    - settle
    - up to
    - adjudicate
    - agree
    - determine
    - for
    - opt
    - priority
    - resolve
    - spot
    - up
    * * *
    vt
    1. [tomar una decisión sobre] to decide;
    el juez decidirá si es inocente o no the judge will decide o determine whether or not he is innocent;
    no hay nada decidido por el momento nothing has been decided for the moment;
    todo está aún por decidir everything's still up in the air, nothing's been decided yet;
    decidir hacer algo to decide to do sth;
    he decidido cambiar de apartamento I've decided to move Br flat o US apartment;
    decidió que no valía la pena arriesgarse she decided (that) it wasn't worth the risk;
    han decidido que no van a tener más hijos they've decided not to have any more children
    2. [determinar] to decide;
    el voto de la clase media decidió la elección the middle-class vote decided o swung the election;
    el gol de Márquez decidió el partido Márquez's goal decided o settled the game
    3. [persuadir] to persuade, to convince;
    lo decidí a quedarse I convinced him to stay;
    su madre le decidió a dejar de fumar his mother persuaded him to stop smoking;
    ¿qué te decidió a seguir con el negocio? what made you decide to carry on with the business?
    vi
    to decide, to choose;
    ¿a qué restaurante vamos? – tú decides which restaurant shall we go to? – you decide;
    decidir entre dos cosas to choose between two things;
    ellos decidieron por mí they decided for me, they took the decision for me;
    tenemos que decidir sobre la decoración del dormitorio we have to decide how we're going to decorate the bedroom, we have to take a decision on the décor for the bedroom
    * * *
    I v/t decide
    II v/i decide, make up one’s mind
    * * *
    1) : to decide, to determine
    no he decidido nada: I haven't made a decision
    2) : to persuade, to decide
    su padre lo decidió a estudiar: his father persuaded him to study
    : to decide
    * * *
    decidir vb to decide

    Spanish-English dictionary > decidir

  • 10 gigantesco

    adj.
    giant-sized, enormous, gigantic, colossal.
    * * *
    1 giant, gigantic, giant-size
    * * *
    (f. - gigantesca)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ gigantic, giant antes de s
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantescait was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex. The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex. The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex. The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    ----
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantescait was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.

    Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.

    Ex: Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex: The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex: The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.

    * * *
    de dimensiones gigantescas of gigantic o giant proportions
    un palacio gigantesco a huge o gigantic palace
    fue una empresa gigantesca it was a massive o mammoth o huge undertaking
    * * *

    gigantesco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    huge, gigantic

    ' gigantesco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gigantesco-a
    English:
    gigantic
    - mammoth
    - monster
    - giant
    - monstrous
    - out
    * * *
    gigantesco, -a adj
    gigantic
    * * *
    adj gigantic
    * * *
    gigantesco, -ca adj
    : gigantic, huge
    * * *
    gigantesco adj gigantic

    Spanish-English dictionary > gigantesco

  • 11 immania

    immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).
    I.
    Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

    corporum magnitudo,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

    simulacra immani magnitudine,

    id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

    immani corpore serpens,

    Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

    ingens immanisque praeda,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

    pecunia,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

    pocula,

    id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

    immania ponti Aequora,

    Lucr. 4, 410:

    templa caeli,

    id. 5, 521:

    antrum,

    Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

    spelunca vasto hiatu,

    id. ib. 6, 237:

    barathrum,

    id. ib. 8, 245:

    tegumen leonis,

    id. ib. 7, 666:

    telum,

    id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

    magna atque immanis,

    Lucr. 4, 1163:

    cete,

    Verg. A. 5, 822:

    numerus annorum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

    exercitus,

    Vell. 2, 51, 1:

    frequentia amicorum,

    id. 2, 59 fin.:

    geminos immani pondere caestus,

    Verg. A. 5, 401:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

    dissensio civitatis,

    Vell. 2, 2, 1:

    studium loquendi,

    Ov. M. 5, 678:

    avaritia,

    Sall. J. 31, 12:

    vitium,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

    soloecismus,

    Gell. 15, 9, 3:

    impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

    the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

    vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

    how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

    civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

    Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

    and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

    Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—
    II.
    Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

    opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

    nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

    ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

    id. Rep. 2, 14:

    belua (with fera),

    id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

    (with taetra),

    id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

    immanis et vasta belua,

    id. Rep. 2, 40:

    nihil ista immanius belua est,

    id. ib. 3, 33:

    janitor aulae, Cerberus,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

    ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

    istius immanis atque importuna natura,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

    immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

    immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

    Cic. Font. 10, 21:

    tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

    id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    coeptis effera Dido,

    Verg. A. 4, 642:

    orae,

    id. ib. 1, 616:

    Raeti,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

    Agathyrsi,

    Juv. 15, 125:

    Pyrrhus,

    id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

    quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

    stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

    dira atque inmania pati,

    Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

    scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

    Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

    voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

    Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

    immaniter clamare,

    Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.
    (α).
    Form immane:

    leo hians immane,

    Verg. A. 10, 726:

    sonat fluctus per saxa,

    id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

    fremant torrentes,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

    spirans rapta securi,

    Verg. A. 7, 510.—
    (β).
    Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

    perdite et immaniter vivere,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    immanius efferascunt,

    Amm. 18, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > immania

  • 12 immanis

    immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).
    I.
    Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

    corporum magnitudo,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

    simulacra immani magnitudine,

    id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

    immani corpore serpens,

    Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

    ingens immanisque praeda,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

    pecunia,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

    pocula,

    id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

    immania ponti Aequora,

    Lucr. 4, 410:

    templa caeli,

    id. 5, 521:

    antrum,

    Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

    spelunca vasto hiatu,

    id. ib. 6, 237:

    barathrum,

    id. ib. 8, 245:

    tegumen leonis,

    id. ib. 7, 666:

    telum,

    id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

    magna atque immanis,

    Lucr. 4, 1163:

    cete,

    Verg. A. 5, 822:

    numerus annorum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

    exercitus,

    Vell. 2, 51, 1:

    frequentia amicorum,

    id. 2, 59 fin.:

    geminos immani pondere caestus,

    Verg. A. 5, 401:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

    dissensio civitatis,

    Vell. 2, 2, 1:

    studium loquendi,

    Ov. M. 5, 678:

    avaritia,

    Sall. J. 31, 12:

    vitium,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

    soloecismus,

    Gell. 15, 9, 3:

    impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

    the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

    vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

    how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

    civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

    Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

    and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

    Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—
    II.
    Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

    opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

    nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

    ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

    id. Rep. 2, 14:

    belua (with fera),

    id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

    (with taetra),

    id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

    immanis et vasta belua,

    id. Rep. 2, 40:

    nihil ista immanius belua est,

    id. ib. 3, 33:

    janitor aulae, Cerberus,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

    ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

    istius immanis atque importuna natura,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

    immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

    immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

    Cic. Font. 10, 21:

    tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

    id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    coeptis effera Dido,

    Verg. A. 4, 642:

    orae,

    id. ib. 1, 616:

    Raeti,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

    Agathyrsi,

    Juv. 15, 125:

    Pyrrhus,

    id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

    quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

    stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

    dira atque inmania pati,

    Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

    scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

    Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

    voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

    Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

    immaniter clamare,

    Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.
    (α).
    Form immane:

    leo hians immane,

    Verg. A. 10, 726:

    sonat fluctus per saxa,

    id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

    fremant torrentes,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

    spirans rapta securi,

    Verg. A. 7, 510.—
    (β).
    Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

    perdite et immaniter vivere,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    immanius efferascunt,

    Amm. 18, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > immanis

  • 13 inmanis

    immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).
    I.
    Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

    corporum magnitudo,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

    simulacra immani magnitudine,

    id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

    immani corpore serpens,

    Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

    ingens immanisque praeda,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

    pecunia,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

    pocula,

    id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

    immania ponti Aequora,

    Lucr. 4, 410:

    templa caeli,

    id. 5, 521:

    antrum,

    Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

    spelunca vasto hiatu,

    id. ib. 6, 237:

    barathrum,

    id. ib. 8, 245:

    tegumen leonis,

    id. ib. 7, 666:

    telum,

    id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

    magna atque immanis,

    Lucr. 4, 1163:

    cete,

    Verg. A. 5, 822:

    numerus annorum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

    exercitus,

    Vell. 2, 51, 1:

    frequentia amicorum,

    id. 2, 59 fin.:

    geminos immani pondere caestus,

    Verg. A. 5, 401:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

    dissensio civitatis,

    Vell. 2, 2, 1:

    studium loquendi,

    Ov. M. 5, 678:

    avaritia,

    Sall. J. 31, 12:

    vitium,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

    soloecismus,

    Gell. 15, 9, 3:

    impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

    the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

    vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

    how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

    civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

    Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

    and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

    Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—
    II.
    Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

    opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

    nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

    ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

    id. Rep. 2, 14:

    belua (with fera),

    id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

    (with taetra),

    id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

    immanis et vasta belua,

    id. Rep. 2, 40:

    nihil ista immanius belua est,

    id. ib. 3, 33:

    janitor aulae, Cerberus,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

    ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

    istius immanis atque importuna natura,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

    immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

    immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

    Cic. Font. 10, 21:

    tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

    id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    coeptis effera Dido,

    Verg. A. 4, 642:

    orae,

    id. ib. 1, 616:

    Raeti,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

    Agathyrsi,

    Juv. 15, 125:

    Pyrrhus,

    id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

    quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

    stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

    dira atque inmania pati,

    Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

    scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

    Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

    voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

    Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

    immaniter clamare,

    Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.
    (α).
    Form immane:

    leo hians immane,

    Verg. A. 10, 726:

    sonat fluctus per saxa,

    id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

    fremant torrentes,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

    spirans rapta securi,

    Verg. A. 7, 510.—
    (β).
    Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

    perdite et immaniter vivere,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    immanius efferascunt,

    Amm. 18, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inmanis

  • 14 ὄγκος

    ὄγκος (A), ,
    A barb of an arrow, in pl., the barbed points,

    νεῦρόν τε καὶ ὄγκους Il.4.151

    , cf. 214 ;

    ὄγκοι τοῦ βέλους Philostr.Im.2.23

    : sg., Onos.19.3.
    2

    οἱ τῆς νεὼς ὄ.

    brackets,

    Moschio

    ap.Ath.5.208b.
    ------------------------------------
    ὄγκος (B), ,
    A bulk, size, mass of a body,

    μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄ. Emp. 20.1

    ;

    ἀέρος ὄ. Id.100.13

    ;

    σφαίρης ἐναλίγκιον ὄγκῳ Parm.8.43

    : freq. in Pl.,

    μήτε ὄγκῳ μήτε ἀριθμῷ Tht. 155a

    ; τὸν.. ὄ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ their total number, Lg. 737c ; τὸν τῶν σαρκῶν ὄ. ib. 959c ; σμικρᾶς πόλεως ὄ. a city of small size, Plt. 259b ;

    ἔχθρας ὄ. μέγαν Lg. 843b

    ; θαυμαστὸν ὄ. ἀράμενοι τοῦ μύθου taking on my shoulders a monstrous great story, Plt. 277b, etc.: freq. also in Arist., the space filled by a body, opp. τὸ κενόν, Ph. 203b28, al. ;

    ἴσος τὸν ὄ.

    in bulk, GC

    326b20

    ;

    ὄγκῳ μικρόν EN 1178a1

    , etc.
    b flatulent distentions, Diocl.Fr.43 (pl.).
    2 bulk, mass, body, ὄ. φρυγάνων a heap of faggots, Hdt. 4.62 ; ὄ. μαλθακός mass or roll of something soft, Hp.Art.26 ; σμικρὸς ὄ. ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει, of a dead man's ashes, S.El. 1142 ; γαστρὸς ὄ., of a child in the womb, E. Ion15 ;

    ὄ. πλήρης φλεβίων Arist.HA 515b1

    : pl.,

    ὄγκοι

    bodies, material substances,

    Id.Metaph. 1085a12

    , 1089b14 ; also ὁ ὄ. τῆς φωνῆς the volume of the note, Id.Aud. 804a15.
    3 a bushy top-knot, Poll.4.133.
    4 the human body,

    τῆς χολῆς ἀναχεομένης εἰς τὸν ὄ. Ruf.Anat.30

    , cf. Sor.1.26, Plu.2.653f, Gal.1.272.
    II metaph., bulk, weight, trouble,

    βραχεῖ σὺν ὄ. S.OC 1341

    .
    2 weight, dignity, pride, and in bad sense, self-importance, pretension, ὄ. ὀνόματος μητρῷος pride in the name of mother, Id.Tr. 817 ; ὄγκον αἴρειν exalt one's dignity, Id.Aj. 129 ;

    βραχὺν.. μῦθον οὐκ ὄγκου πλέων

    of pretension,

    Id.OC 1162

    ;

    μείζον' ὄ. δορὸς ἤ φρενῶν E. Tr. 1158

    ;

    ἔχει τιν' ὄ. Ἄργος Ἑλλήνων πάρα Id.Ph. 717

    ;

    ἐς ὄ. βλέπειν τύχης Id.Fr.81

    ;

    τοῖς ζῶσι δ' ὄγκος Id.Rh. 760

    ;

    ὁ τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄ. Isoc.1.30

    ;

    τῷ.. γένους ὄγκῳ Pl.Alc.1.121b

    ;

    πραγμάτων ὄ. Epicur. Fr. 548

    ;

    τῆς ἀρχῆς τὸ μέγεθος καὶ ὁ ὄ. Plu.Fab.4

    ;

    ὄγκον περιθεῖναί τινι Id.Per.4

    , etc.
    3 of style, loftiness, majesty,

    ὄ. τῆς λέξεως Arist. Rh. 1407b26

    ;

    ὁ τοῦ ποιήματος ὄ. Id.Po. 1459b28

    , cf. Demetr.Eloc.36, al.: in bad sense, bombast,

    ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὄ. Plu.2.79b

    .
    III in Philos., particle, mass, body, Epicur.Ep.1p.16U., Nat.12G., Asclep. Bith. ap. S.E.M.9.363 ; so in the physiology of the Methodics, ὄγκοι καὶ πόροι, = molecules and pores, Id. ap. Gal.1.499.
    ------------------------------------
    ὄγκος (C), ον, as Adj. ;
    A v. ὀγκηρός fin.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὄγκος

  • 15 विकट


    ví-kaṭa
    1) mfn. having no mat, without a mat MW. ;

    2) mf (ā orᅠ ī)n. (prob. Prākṛit. for vi-kṛita cf. ut-, pra-k- etc.)
    having an unusual size orᅠ aspect, horrible, dreadful, monstrous, huge, large, great RV. etc. etc. (am ind. terribly);
    unusually handsome R. Chandom. ;
    large-toothed L. ;
    knitted (as brows), frowning Prab. ;
    obscure, obsolete W. ;
    m. a kind of plant orᅠ fruit L. ;
    N. of a son of Dhṛita-rāshṭra MBh. ;
    of one of the attendants of Skanda ib. ;
    of a Rākshasa L. ;
    of a mythical person Kathās. ;
    of a goose ib. Pañcat. ;
    (ā) f. a bandy-legged girl (unfit for marriage) ĀpGṛ. ;
    N. of the mother of Gautama Buddha L. ;
    of a female divinity peculiar to Buddhists W. ;
    of a Rākshasī R. ;
    n. (only L.) white arsenic;
    sandal;
    a peculiar attitude in sitting, a boil, tumour;
    - grāma m. N. of a village Cat. ;
    - tva n. (in rhet.) a sound of words reminding of a dance Sāh. ;
    - nitambā f. N. of a poetess, Cat;
    - mūrti mfn. having a hideous orᅠ distorted shape, deformed, ugly MW. ;
    - vadana m. « hideous-faced»
    N. of an attendant of Durgā Kathās. ;
    - varman m. N. of a king Daṡ. ;
    - vishāṇa orᅠ - ṡṛiṅga m. « largehorned», a stag L. ;
    -ṭâ̱kṛiti mfn. of dreadful appearance Kathās. ;
    -ṭâ̱ksha mf (ī)n. having dreadful eyes Pañcar. ;
    m. N. of an Asura Kathās. ;
    -ṭâ̱nana mfn. ugly-faced Kathās. ;
    m. N. of a son of Dhṛitarāshṭra MBh. ;
    -ṭâ̱bha m. « of terrible appearance»
    N. of an Asura Hariv.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > विकट

  • 16 ingens

    of immoderate size, vast, huge, monstrous, remarkable.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > ingens

  • 17 ingens

    ingens, tis, adj. [2. in-genus, gens, that goes beyond its kind or species, qs. uncouth, monstrous], of immoderate size, vast, huge, prodigious, enormous; great, remarkable: magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi? Gn. Ingentes, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1 (cf.:

    satis erat respondere magnas: ingentes inquit, semper auget assentator,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 98):

    ingens immanisque praeda,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

    ingens immensusque campus,

    id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

    pecunia,

    an exorbitant sum, id. Div. in Caecil. 10 init.; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

    aquae,

    Liv. 35, 9, 2:

    aequor,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 32:

    pinus,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

    exitus Istri,

    Val. Fl. 8, 185:

    clamor,

    Liv. 2, 23, 7:

    gloria,

    id. 2, 22, 6:

    virtus atque animus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 103:

    ingentia facta,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 6:

    vir,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 441: ingens aliquā re, great, remarkable, distinguished in any respect:

    vir famā ingens, ingentior armis,

    Verg. A. 11, 124:

    gloriā,

    Tac. A. 11, 10:

    viribus opibusque,

    id. H. 1, 61:

    eloquio,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 71.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    ingens virium atque animi,

    Sall. H. 3, 13 Dietsch: femina [p. 951] ingens animi, Tac. A. 1, 69:

    vir ingens rerum,

    id. H. 4, 66.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    ingens ferre mala,

    Sil. 10, 216.— Comp. ( poet.), Verg. A. 11, 124.—
    II.
    Trop., great, strong, powerful:

    senatus,

    Sil. 11, 67:

    Paulus,

    id. 17, 298:

    ingentis spiritus vir,

    Liv. 21, 1, 5:

    cui genus a proavis ingens,

    Verg. A. 12, 225.

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  • 18 vastus

    vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.
    I.
    Lit. (so rare but class.;

    syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,

    id. Sest. 24, 53:

    agrum vastum ac desertum habere,

    Liv. 28, 11, 10:

    vasta ac deserta urbs,

    id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:

    mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,

    uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:

    urbs a defensoribus vasta,

    without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—
    B.
    Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:

    vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

    vastus homo atque foedus,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 117:

    vasti quidam et insubidi,

    Gell. 19, 9, 9:

    fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,

    Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:

    omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,

    Liv. 24, 48, 7:

    littera vastior,

    too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):

    dies per silentium vastus,

    Tac. A. 3, 4.—
    B.
    Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.

    vastatus): fit vasta Troja,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:

    jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,

    Verg. A. 9, 323:

    nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,

    Liv. 10, 12, 8.—
    C.
    With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).
    1.
    Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):

    immani et vastae insidens beluae,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

    vasta et immanis belua,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

    vastissimae beluae,

    id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;

    ad figuram quae vastior?

    id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

    summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:

    in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 7:

    fossa vastissima,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

    solitudines,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

    campi,

    Verg. A. 3, 13:

    Charybdis,

    Lucr. 1, 722:

    antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,

    Ov. M. 12, 236:

    antrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 52:

    hiatus speluncae,

    id. ib. 6, 237:

    suspectus turris,

    id. ib. 9, 530:

    manus,

    Ov. F. 2, 322:

    arma,

    Verg. A. 10, 768:

    corpus,

    Col. 7, 12, 3.—
    2.
    Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:

    iter,

    i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:

    certamen,

    Verg. A. 12, 553:

    impetus,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

    pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,

    Gell. 5, 17, 5:

    tempestas,

    Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

    vapores vastissimi,

    id. 2, 20, 1:

    clamor,

    Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 1, 245:

    latratus,

    Col. 7, 12, 3:

    tonitru,

    Val. Fl. 1, 617:

    pondus,

    Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—
    3.
    Trop.:

    vastus animus,

    i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:

    quam vasta potentia nostra est,

    Ov. M. 2, 520:

    varia vastaque scientia,

    Col. 1, pr. 28:

    nefas,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.
    1.
    (Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:

    ne vastius diducantur verba,

    id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:

    vaste cedentia litora,

    Mel. 1, 1, 4:

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530:

    vastius podagra correpti,

    Scrib. Comp. 107.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vastus

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