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1.
magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:
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.
I.
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.
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.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:
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.—
2.
Rarely of time, for longus, multus:
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.—
3.
Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:
magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:
tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.
II.
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.):
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.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):
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).
A.
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:
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.—
(β).
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.):
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.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
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.—
(δ).
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:
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. —
b.
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.):
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.—
(β).
With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):
magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—
(δ).
With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:
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.—
2.
Strengthened.
a.
By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:
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.—
b.
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.:
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.—
3.
Pleon.
a.
With potius (anteclass.):
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.—
b.
With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;
his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:
finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —
C.
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:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:
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.—
4.
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.:
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.
A.
Lit.
1.
Alone.
a.
With a verb:
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.—
b.
With an adj.:
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.). —
c.
With numerals, at most:
puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—
d.
With an adv.:
ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—
2.
Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):
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.—
3.
With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:
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.—
4.
With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):
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.—
5.
In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:
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.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:
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.—
2.
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:
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.
2.
Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius.

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2 magnus

1.
magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:
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.
I.
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.
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.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:
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.—
2.
Rarely of time, for longus, multus:
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.—
3.
Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:
magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:
tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.
II.
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.):
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.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):
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).
A.
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:
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.—
(β).
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.):
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.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
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.—
(δ).
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:
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. —
b.
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.):
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.—
(β).
With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):
magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—
(δ).
With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:
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.—
2.
Strengthened.
a.
By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:
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.—
b.
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.:
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.—
3.
Pleon.
a.
With potius (anteclass.):
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.—
b.
With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;
his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:
finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —
C.
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:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:
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.—
4.
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.:
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.
A.
Lit.
1.
Alone.
a.
With a verb:
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.—
b.
With an adj.:
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.). —
c.
With numerals, at most:
puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—
d.
With an adv.:
ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—
2.
Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):
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.—
3.
With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:
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.—
4.
With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):
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.—
5.
In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:
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.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:
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.—
2.
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:
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.
2.
Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > magnus
3 majores

1.
magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:
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.
I.
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.
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.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:
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.—
2.
Rarely of time, for longus, multus:
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.—
3.
Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:
magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:
tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.
II.
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.):
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.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):
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).
A.
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:
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.—
(β).
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.):
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.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
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.—
(δ).
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:
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. —
b.
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.):
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.—
(β).
With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):
magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—
(δ).
With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:
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.—
2.
Strengthened.
a.
By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:
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.—
b.
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.:
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.—
3.
Pleon.
a.
With potius (anteclass.):
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.—
b.
With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;
his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:
finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —
C.
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:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:
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.—
4.
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.:
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.
A.
Lit.
1.
Alone.
a.
With a verb:
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.—
b.
With an adj.:
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.). —
c.
With numerals, at most:
puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—
d.
With an adv.:
ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—
2.
Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):
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.—
3.
With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:
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.—
4.
With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):
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.—
5.
In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:
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.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:
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.—
2.
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:
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.
2.
Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > majores
4 maxume

1.
magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:
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.
I.
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.
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.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:
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.—
2.
Rarely of time, for longus, multus:
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.—
3.
Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:
magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:
tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.
II.
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.):
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.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):
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).
A.
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:
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.—
(β).
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.):
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.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
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.—
(δ).
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:
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. —
b.
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.):
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.—
(β).
With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):
magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—
(δ).
With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:
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.—
2.
Strengthened.
a.
By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:
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.—
b.
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.:
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.—
3.
Pleon.
a.
With potius (anteclass.):
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.—
b.
With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;
his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:
finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —
C.
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:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:
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.—
4.
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.:
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.
A.
Lit.
1.
Alone.
a.
With a verb:
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.—
b.
With an adj.:
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.). —
c.
With numerals, at most:
puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—
d.
With an adv.:
ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—
2.
Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):
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.—
3.
With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:
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.—
4.
With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):
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.—
5.
In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:
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.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:
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.—
2.
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:
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.
2.
Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > maxume
5 maxumus

1.
magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:
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.
I.
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.
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.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:
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.—
2.
Rarely of time, for longus, multus:
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.—
3.
Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:
magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:
tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.
II.
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.):
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.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):
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).
A.
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:
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.—
(β).
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.):
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.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
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.—
(δ).
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:
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. —
b.
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.):
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.—
(β).
With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):
magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—
(γ).
With pronn.:
ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—
(δ).
With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:
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.—
2.
Strengthened.
a.
By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:
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.—
b.
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.:
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.—
3.
Pleon.
a.
With potius (anteclass.):
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.—
b.
With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;
his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:
finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —
C.
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:
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.—
2.
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:
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.—
3.
Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:
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.—
4.
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.:
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.
A.
Lit.
1.
Alone.
a.
With a verb:
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.—
b.
With an adj.:
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.). —
c.
With numerals, at most:
puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—
d.
With an adv.:
ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—
2.
Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):
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.—
3.
With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:
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.—
4.
With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):
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.—
5.
In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:
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.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:
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.—
2.
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:
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.
2.
Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > maxumus
6 concito

concĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [concieo], to move violently, to put in violent or quick motion, to stir up, rouse up, excite, incite, shake.
I.
Prop. (thus most freq. in the poets and histt.):
artus,
Lucr. 3, 292; 3, 301:
equum calcaribus,
Liv. 2, 6, 8; cf.:
equum in aliquem,
Nep. Pelop. 5, 4:
concitant equos permittuntque in hostem,
Liv. 3, 61, 8:
equos adversos,
id. 8, 7, 9; cf. also under P. a.:
naves quantā maximā celeritate poterat,
id. 36, 44, 4; cf.:
classem concitatam remis,
id. 30, 25, 8; 37, 11, 10:
navem remis,
Curt. 4, 3, 2:
in alteram (navem) quinqueremis eadem concitata,
id. 4, 4, 7:
agmen,
Ov. M. 14, 239:
omne nemus,
id. F. 1, 436:
feras,
id. ib. 2, 286:
tela,
Liv. 34, 39, 3:
eversas Eurus aquas,
Ov. H. 7, 42; cf.:
mare aeriore vento,
Curt. 4, 3, 17:
graves pluvias,
Ov. F. 2, 72:
se in hostem,
Liv. 8, 39, 7; cf.:
se in Teucros alis (Alecto),
Verg. A. 7, 476:
se in fugam,
to take to flight, Liv. 22, 17, 6; cf.:
se fugā in aliquem locum,
Val. Fl. 3, 383.—
II.
Trop. (class. and very freq. in prose and poetry).
A.
Aliquem, to rouse, urge, impel one to any act, feeling, etc., to move strongly, to influence, stir up, instigate, etc.; constr. with acc. pers. and ad, in, adversus, the inf. and absol.
(α).
With ad and a subst., gerund, or gerundive:
concitari ad studium cognoscendae percipiendaeque virtutis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 204; cf.:
concitatus ad philosophiam studio,
id. Brut. 89, 306:
judicem ad fortiter judicandum,
Quint. 6, 1, 20:
victum ad depellendam ignominiam,
id. 1, 2, 24:
nos ad quaerendum,
id. 10, 2, 5:
omnem Galliam ad nostrum auxilium,
Caes. B. G. 7, 77:
multitudinem ad arma,
id. ib. 7, 42 fin.; cf.: cessantes ad arma, * Hor. C. 1, 35, 16: colonias ad audendum aliquid, Suet. Caes. 8:
ad convicia,
id. Tib. 54:
ad despiciendam vitam,
id. Oth. 10.—
(β).
With in:
qui in iram concitat se,
Quint. 6, 2, 27; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6.—
(γ).
With adversus:
Etruriam omnem adversus nos,
Liv. 5, 4, 14:
exercitum adversus regem,
id. 1, 59, 12.—
* (δ).
With inf.:
quae vos dementia concitat captam dimittere Trojam?
Ov. M. 13, 226.—
(ε).
Absol., both with and without abl.:
te ipsum animi quodam impetu concitatum,
Cic. Mur. 31, 65; so,
uxorem dolore,
id. Scaur. 6, 9 (Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 689 P.):
aliquem injuriis,
Sall. C. 35, 3:
multitudinem fallaci spe,
Liv. 6, 15, 6:
familiam seditionibus,
Col. 1, 8, 18:
aliquem aliquo adfectu,
Quint. 10, 7, 15:
irā,
Liv. 23, 7, 7; 42, 59, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 46; Liv. 7, 8, 3:
aspectu pignorum suorum concitari,
Tac. Agr. 38; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6:
quo enim spectat illud... nisi ut opifices concitentur?
should be excited to sedition, id. Ac. 2, 47, 144; cf. id. Fl. 8, 18 sq.; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4; cf.
servitia,
Sall. C. 46, 3:
multitudinem,
Nep. Arist. 1, 3:
suos,
Caes. B. G. 5, 26:
judices (opp. flectere),
Quint. 6, 1, 9; cf.
(opp. placare),
id. 11, 3, 170;
(opp. mitigare),
id. 3, 4, 3; 4, 2, 9; 6, 2, 12:
concitare animos ac remittere,
id. 9, 4, 11:
tuas aures de nobis,
Prop. 3 (4), 15, 45.—
B.
Aliquid, to rouse, excite, cause, occasion, produce any action, passion, evil, etc.:
bellum,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; Nep. Ham. 4, 3; Liv. 5, 5, 11; Flor. 4, 5, 1 al.; cf.:
bellum Romanis,
Liv. 35, 12, 18:
quantas turbas mihi,
Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch; cf.:
quantam pugnam mihi,
Quint. 10, 1, 105:
lacrimas totius populi Romani,
id. 11, 3,:
misericordiam populi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:
odium (just before, commovere odium),
id. Inv. 1, 54, 105; cf. id. ib. 1, 53, 100:
invidiam in te ex illis rebus,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21:
invidiam, odium, iram,
Quint. 6, 1, 14:
iram (opp. lenire),
id. 3, 8, 12:
risum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235:
seditionem ac discordiam,
id. Mur. 39, 83:
tumultum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 18; Liv. 38, 33, 7:
aspera iambis maxime concitantur,
Quint. 9, 4, 136:
error vanis concitatus imaginibus,
Val. Max. 9, 9 init.:
morbos,
Cels. 2, 13:
pituitam,
id. 6, 6, 15:
somnum,
Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 189.—Hence, concĭtātus, a, um, P. a.
A.
(Acc. to I.) Violently moved, i. e. rapid, swift, quick:
equo concitato ad hostem vehitur,
at full speed, Nep. Dat. 4 fin. (more freq. citato equo; v. 2. cito, P. a.):
quam concitatissimos equos immittere jubet,
Liv. 35, 5, 8:
conversio caeli concitatior,
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; so,
cursu,
Liv. 35, 29, 6:
concitatissimus corporis motus,
Quint. 2, 11, 4.—
B.
(Acc. to II.) Roused up, excited, vehement, ardent (freq. in Quint.):
testimonia non concitatae contionis sed jurati senatūs,
Cic. Fl. 7, 17:
(in comoediis pater) interim concitatus, interim lenis est,
Quint. 11, 3, 74:
adfectus (opp. mites atque compositi),
id. 6, 2, 9; cf.
opp. flebiles,
id. 11, 3, 162:
animus an remissus,
id. 3, 9, 7:
causae,
id. 11, 1, 3:
oratio,
id. 3, 8, 58 and 60:
sententiae,
id. 12, 9, 3; 10, 1, 44:
erectā et concitatā voce (opp. summissā atque contractā),
id. 11, 3, 175:
Lucanus ardens et concitatus,
id. 10, 1, 91.— Comp.:
concitatior accidens clamor,
Liv. 10, 5, 2; Quint. 2, 15, 28; 8, 3, 14.—Hence, concĭtātē, adv. (not in Cic.).
1.
(Acc. to 1.) Quickly, rapidly:
agitur pecus,
Col. 6, 6, 4.—
2.
(Acc. to 2.) Impetuously, ardently (most freq. in Quint.):
dicere,
Quint. 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 23; 11, 3, 23;
12, 10, 71: itur,
id. 11, 3, 133.— Comp.:
dicere,
Quint. 1, 8, 1; 3, 8, 68; 9, 4, 130:
movere adfectus,
id. 12, 10, 26.—

* Sup.: raperet ventus, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 26.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concito
7 gravis

grăvis, e, adj. [Sanscr. gurus (root gar-); Gr. barus, heavy; gravis, for gar-uis; cf. also Brutus]. With respect to weight, heavy, weighty, ponderous, burdensome; or pass., loaded, laden, burdened (opp. levis, light; in most of its significations corresp. to the Gr. barus; cf. onerosus, onerarius).
I.
Lit. Absol. or with abl.
1.
In gen.: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; so,
tellus,
Ov. M. 7, 355:
corpora,
Lucr. 2, 225 sq.; cf. id. 5, 450 sq.:
limus,
id. 5, 496:
in eo etiam cavillatus est, aestate grave esse aureum amiculum, hieme frigidum,
Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:
navigia,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8, 4; cf.:
tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci pondere,
Hor. Epod. 4, 17:
cum gravius dorso (aselli) subiit onus,
id. S. 1, 9, 21:
sarcina,
id. Ep. 1, 13, 6: inflexi grave robur aratri, Verg. G. 1, 162:
cujus (tibicinae) Ad strepitum salias terrae gravis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26: terra, burdened (by the heavy body), Ov. M. 12, 118:
naves hostilibus spoliis graves,
heavily laden, Liv. 29, 35, 5; cf.:
agmen grave praedā,
id. 21, 5, 8;
for which also simply: grave agmen,
id. 31, 39, 2:
miles,
heavy-armed, Tac. A. 12, 35:
gravis aere dextra,
Verg. E. 1, 36:
cum fatalis equus saltu super ardua venit Pergama et armatum peditem gravis attulit alvo,
i. e. filled, full, id. A. 6, 516 (an imitation of Maximo saltu superavit Gravidus armatis equus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; v. gravidus, II. b):
graves imbre nubes,
Liv. 28, 15, 11:
graves fructu vites,
Quint. 8, 3, 8:
gravis vinculis,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 10.—
2.
In partic.
a.
With respect to value or number, heavy, great. So, aes grave, heavy money, money of the oldest standard, in which an as weighed a full pound: grave aes dictum a pondere, quia deni asses, singuli pondo libras, efficiebant denarium, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.:
et quia nondum argentum signatum erat, aes grave plaustris quidam (ex patribus) ad aerarium convehentes, etc.,
Liv. 4, 60, 6; 10, 46, 5; 22, 33, 2 et saep.:
populus Romanus ne argento quidem signato ante Pyrrhum regem devictum usus est: librales appendebantur asses. Quare aeris gravis poena dicta,
Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 42: argentum, i. e. uncoined = rude:
placet argentum grave rustici patris sine ullo opere et nomine artificis,
Sen. Tranq. 1, 4:
notavit aliquos, quod pecunias levioribus usuris mutuati graviore fenore collocassent,
at a higher rate, Suet. Aug. 39; cf.:
in graviore annona,
id. ib. 25: grave pretium, a high price, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 25.—With respect to number: graves pavonum greges, great or numerous flocks, Varr. ap. Non. 314, 31. —
b.
For the usual gravidus, with young, pregnant ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
regina sacerdos Marte gravis,
Verg. A. 1, 274; cf.
uterus (shortly after: gravidus tumet venter),
Ov. M. 10, 495:
balaenae utero graves (shortly before, gravidae),
Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Of hearing or sound, deep, grave, low, bass (opp. acutus, treble):
vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,
Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. id. ib. 3, 57, 216:
qui (sonus) acuta cum gravibus temperans, varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,
id. Rep. 6, 18:
vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 17; 42: sonus, 2, 8, 15; 5, 10, 125; 11, 3, 41; Ov. M. 12, 203:
tenor,
Quint. 1, 5, 26:
syllaba,
i. e. unaccented, id. 1, 5, 22 sq.; 12, 10, 33.—
2.
Of smell or flavor, strong, unpleasant, offensive:
an gravis hirsutis cubet hircus in alis,
rank, Hor. Epod. 12, 5:
chelydri,
Verg. G. 3, 415:
ellebori,
id. ib. 3, 451:
odor calthae,
strong, Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28; cf.:
herba odore suaviter gravi,
id. 25, 9, 70, § 118; cf.
117: habrotonum odore jucunde gravi floret,
id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: absynthium ut bibam gravem, i. e. bitter, Varr. ap. Non. 19, 27, and 314, 14.—
3.
Of the state of the body or health, gross, indigestible, unwholesome, noxious, severe; sick:
(Cleanthes) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24; so,
genera cibi graviora,
Cels. 2, 18:
gravissima bubula (caro),
id. ib.:
pisces gravissimi,
id. ib.:
neque ex salubri loco in gravem, neque ex gravi in salubrem transitus satis tutus est,
id. 1, 3; cf.:
solum caelumque juxta grave,
Tac. H. 5, 7:
solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra,
Verg. E. 10, 75:
anni tempore gravissimo et caloribus maximis,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 1; cf.:
gravis auctumnus in Apulia circumque Brundisium ex saluberrimis Galliae et Hispaniae regionibus, omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:
grave tempus et forte annus pestilens erat urbi agrisque,
Liv. 3, 6, 1; cf. also id. 3, 8, 1:
aestas,
Verg. G. 2, 377:
morbo gravis,
sick, id. ib. 3, 95; cf.:
gravis vulnere,
Liv. 21, 48, 4:
aetate et viribus gravior,
id. 2, 19, 6:
gravior de vulnere,
Val. Fl. 6, 65:
non insueta graves tentabunt pabula fetas,
sick, feeble, Verg. E. 1, 50; so absol.:
aut abit in somnum gravis,
heavy, languid, Lucr. 3, 1066.
II.
Trop.
A.
In a bad sense, heavy, burdensome, oppressive, troublesome, grievous, painful, hard, harsh, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant (syn.: molestus, difficilis, arduus): qui labores morte finisset graves, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115:
quod numquam tibi senectutem gravem esse senserim... quibus nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum, iis omnis aetas gravis est,
Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf.:
onus officii,
id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; id. Rep. 1, 23:
et facilior et minus aliis gravis aut molesta vita est otiosorum,
id. Off. 1, 21, 70; id. Rep. 1, 4:
miserior graviorque fortuna,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:
haec si gravia aut acerba videantur, multo illa gravius aestimare debere, etc.,
id. ib. 7, 14 fin.:
velim si tibi grave non erit, me certiorem facias,
Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2:
grave est homini pudenti petere aliquid magnum,
id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 4:
est in populum Romanum grave, non posse, etc.,
id. Balb. 7, 24:
verbum gravius,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:
ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret... quod si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 1 and 4:
gravissimum supplicium,
id. ib. 1, 31, 15:
habemus senatusconsultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:
edictum,
Liv. 29, 21, 5:
gravioribus bellis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 40:
gravis esse alicui,
id. Fam. 13, 76, 2; cf.:
adversarius imperii,
id. Off. 3, 22, 86:
gravior hostis,
Liv. 10, 18, 6:
senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant, ne sint iis odiosi et graves,
Cic. Rep. 1, 43:
gravis popularibus esse coepit,
Liv. 44, 30, 5.—Prov.:
gravis malae conscientiae lux est,
Sen. Ep. 122.—
B.
In a good sense, weighty, important, grave; with respect to character, of weight or authority, eminent, venerable, great:
numquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:
quod apud omnes leve et infirmum est, id apud judicem grave et sanctum esse ducetur?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:
ea (honestas) certe omni pondere gravior habenda est quam reliqua omnia,
id. Off. 3, 8, 35; id. Deiot. 2, 5:
cum gravibus seriisque rebus satisfecerimus,
id. ib. 1, 29, 103:
auctoritas clarissimi viri et in rei publicae maximis gravissimisque causis cogniti,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf. causa, Lucil. ap. Non. 315, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 3; Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4:
gravius erit tuum unum verbum ad eam rem, quam centum mea,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 107:
ut potentia senatus atque auctoritas minueretur: quae tamen gravis et magna remanebat,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:
sententiis non tam gravibus et severis quam concinnis et venustis,
id. Brut. 95, 325:
gravior oratio,
id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:
nihil sibi gravius esse faciendum, quam ut, etc.,
id. Clu. 6, 16:
inceptis gravibus et magna professis,
Hor. A. P. 14:
exemplum grave praebet ales, etc.,
id. C. 4, 11, 26:
non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloria clariores, aut auctoritate graviores, aut humanitate politiores,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:
et esse et videri omnium gravissimus et severissimus,
id. ib. 2, 56, 228:
homo prudens et gravis,
id. ib. 1, 9, 38:
neque oratio abhorrens a persona hominis gravissimi,
id. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:
auctor,
id. Pis. 6, 14:
testis,
id. Fam. 2, 2:
non idem apud graves viros, quod leviores (decet),
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
vir bonus et gravis,
id. 11, 3, 184:
gravissimi sapientiae magistri,
id. 12, 1, 36:
tum pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere,
Verg. A. 1, 151:
gravissima civitas,
Cic. Rep. 1, 3:
gravem atque opulentam civitatem vineis et pluteis cepit,
an important city, Liv. 34, 17, 12.— Hence, adv.: grăvĭter.
1.
Weightily, heavily, ponderously (very rare):
aëra per purum graviter simulacra feruntur,
Lucr. 4, 302; cf.:
graviter cadere,
id. 1, 741; Ov. P. 1, 7, 49.—
b.
Transf.
(α).
Of tones, deeply:
natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,
Cic. Rep. 6, 18; Lucr. 4, 543.—Far more freq.,
(β).
Vehemently, strongly, violently:
graviter crepuerunt fores,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52; so,
spirantibus flabris,
Lucr. 6, 428; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 2:
pertentat tremor terras,
Lucr. 6, 287:
ferire aliquem,
Verg. A. 12, 295:
conquassari omnia,
Lucr. 5, 105; cf.:
quae gravissime afflictae erant naves,
Caes. B. G. 4, 31, 2.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Vehemently, violently, deeply, severely; harshly, unpleasantly, disagreeably:
graviter aegrotare,
Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32:
se habere,
id. Att. 7, 2, 3:
neque is sum, qui gravissime ex vobis mortis periculo terrear,
Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 2:
gravissime dolere,
id. ib. 5, 54 fin.:
quem ego amarem graviter,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.: placere occoepit graviter, postquam est mortua, [p. 829] Caecil. ap. Non. 314, 19:
tibi edepol iratus sum graviter,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2:
cives gravissime dissentientes,
Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27:
si me meis civibus injuria suspectum tam graviter atque offensum viderem,
id. Cat. 1, 7, 17:
graviter angi,
id. Lael. 3, 10:
tulit hoc commune dedecus jam familiae graviter filius,
with chagrin, vexation, id. Clu. 6, 16; cf.:
graviter et acerbe aliquid ferre,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:
graviter accipere aliquid,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf.:
adolescentulus saepe eadem et graviter audiendo victus est,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 62:
nolo in illum gravius dicere,
more harshly, id. Ad. 1, 2, 60; cf.:
de amplissimis viris gravissime acerbissimeque decernitur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4; id. B. G. 3, 16, 4; cf.
also: severe et graviter et prisce agere,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33:
ut non gravius accepturi viderentur, si nuntiarentur omnibus eo loco mortem oppetendam esse,
more sorrowfully, Liv. 9, 4, 6.—
b.
In an impressive or dignified manner, impressively, gravely, seriously, with propriety or dignity:
his de rebus tantis tamque atrocibus neque satis me commode dicere neque satis graviter conqueri neque satis libere vociferari posse intelligo. Nam commoditati ingenium, gravitati aetas, libertati tempora sunt impedimento,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:
(Scipio) utrumque egit graviter,
with dignity, id. Lael. 21, 77:
res gestas narrare graviter,
id. Or. 9, 30; cf.:
locum graviter et copiose tractare,
id. Fin. 4, 2, 5.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gravis
8 per

per praep. with acc. [1 PAR-]. I. In space, through, across, through the midst of, from side to side of, traversing: itinera duo, unum per Sequanos... alterum per provinciam, Cs.: qui per agros fluit: it hasta per tempus utrumque, V.: per medios hostīs evasit, L.— Through, over, throughout, all over, along, among: per totam Italiam, S.: per omnīs partīs provinciae: per viam, along, L.: aegro per manūs tractus servatur, from hand to hand, Cs.: invitati hospita<*>iter per domos, from house to house, L.: passim per herbam Corpora fusa, V.: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, went around, L.: per alia atque alia pavida consilia trepidans, from one place to another, L.: Transtra per et remos, V.—With ora, oculos or aurīs, before, to: incedunt per ora vestrum, S.: traducti per hostium oculos, L.: vestras per aurīs ire, V.— II. In time, through, during, for, throughout, in the course of: per hosce annos: per triennium: per eos forte dies, L.— At, at the time of, during: per idem tempus: per meridiem, at noon, L.: per ludos, L.: per lunam, V.: per infrequentiam comitia perficiunt, L.: per tempus, at the right time, T.— III. Of agency, through, by, by the hands of, by the agency of: quae comperta sunt per me: per homines explorare, S.: per procuratores agere: quo minus cum eis amicitia esset, per populum R. stetisse, L.: occidebantur? per quos? et a quibus? by whose hands, and at whose instance? —With pronn. reflex., in person, alone, of oneself: milites qui per se de conciliandā pace egerint, Cs.: homo per se cognitus, by his own merit: per me tibi obstiti, single-handed: per se solus, L.—Restrictive, by, for, as far as regards: per me vel stertas licet, I don't care if: per me isti pedibus trahantur: si per suos esset licitum, N.— IV. Of means or manner, through, by, by means of: id a te per litteras petere: vates per avīs consulti, L.: per litteras certior fit, S.— Through, by, under pretence of, by the pretext of: nos per fidem fallere: per causam exercendorum remigum prodire, Cs.: per Caecilium Sulla accusatur, in the name of: per speciem alienae fungendae vicis suas opes firmavit, L.— Through, by, for the sake of, on account of, with a view to: cum per aetatem nondum auderem, etc. —Esp., in oaths and adjurations: si per plurīs deos iuret, by: per tuam fidem Te obtestor, T.: per ego te deos oro, T.—Poet. in ellipsis: per, si qua est... Intemerata fides, oro, V.—Of manner, in adverb. phrases, by, through, with, at, in: per vim, violently, T.: per ludum et iocum, in sport: per summum dedecus, most infamously: per iram, angrily: per commodum rei p., without injury, L.: per otium, at leisure, L.: per commodum, leisurely, L.: per ignaviam et superbiam aetatem agere, in inglorious pride, S.: per turpitudinem, basely, S.: per virtutem emori, bravely, S.: Per facinus, wickedly, O.: haud per ambages portendere, not obscurely, L.: per tumultum, in disorder, L.
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through (space); during (time); by, by means of

Latin-English dictionary > per
9 aufero

aufĕro, abstŭli, ablātum, auferre, v. a. [ab-fero; cf. ab init. ], to take or bear off or away, to carry off, withdraw, remove (very freq. in prose and poetry; syn.: tollo, fero, rapio, eripio, diripio, adimo, averto).
I.
In gen.
A.
1.. Lit.:
ab januā stercus,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 18:
dona,
id. Am. prol. 139:
aurum atque ornamenta abs te,
id. Mil. 4, 1, 36:
abstulit eos a conspectu,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 17, 18:
auferas me de terrā hac,
ib. Gen. 47, 30:
vos istaec intro auferte,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 1:
Auferte ista hinc,
Vulg. Joan. 2, 16:
aether multos secum levis abstulit ignīs,
Lucr. 5, 459; 3, 230; 3, 439; 3, 717; 5, 205; 5, 725; 6, 622; Turp. ap. Non. p. 422, 21:
multa domum suam auferebat,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.:
liberi per delectus alibi servituri auferuntur (a Romanis),
are carried away, Tac. Agr. 31:
quem vi abstulerant servi,
Vulg. Gen. 21, 25.—So of sick persons, or those unable to walk:
auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202 (cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 298:
lumbifragium hinc auferes): asoti, qui in mensam vomant et qui de conviviis auferantur,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23. —Auferre se, in colloquial lang., to remove one ' s self, to withdraw, retire, go away:
Te, obsecro hercle, aufer modo,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 93:
aufer te domum,
id. As. 2, 4, 63.—
2.
Of bodies that are borne away by wings, by the winds, waves, or any other quick motion, to bear or carry away, sweep away, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
aliquem ad scopulum e tranquillo auferre,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:
unda rates,
Prop. 1, 8, 14:
auferor in scopulos,
Ov. M. 9, 593:
auferet,
id. ib. 15, 292 al.:
in silvam pennis ablata refugit,
Verg. A. 3, 258; 11, 867:
ne te citus auferat axis,
Ov. M. 2, 75:
vento secundo vehementi satis profecti celeriter e conspectu terrae ablati sunt,
Liv. 29, 27:
(Bubo) volat numquam quo libuit, sed transversus aufertur,
Plin. 10, 12, 16, § 35:
(milites) pavore fugientium auferebantur,
Tac. A. 4, 73.—
B.
Trop., to carry away, mislead:
te hortor, ut omnia gubernes prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia,
Cic. Fam. 2, 7:
abstulerunt me velut de spatio Graecae res immixtae Romanis,
i. e. have diverted, withdrawn me, from the subject, Liv. 35, 40:
quae contemplatio aufert nos ad ipsorum animalium naturas,
Plin. 27, 13, 120, § 145:
auferre aliquem traversum,
id. 28, 1, 1, § 1 Jan:
ab intentione auferendus auditor,
Quint. 4, 5, 6:
somnus aufert,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 83:
auferimur cultu, i. e. decipimur,
are deceived, duped, Ov. R. Am. 343.—
II.
Esp.,
A.
1.. To take or snatch away; in a good, but more frequently in a bad sense, to take by force, to remove, withdraw, take away violently, rob, steal, etc.:
aliquid eris,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 8:
quod auri, quod argenti, quod ornamentorum in meis urbibus fuit, id mihi tu, C. Verres, eripuisti atque abstulisti,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19:
ab hoc abaci vasa omnia abstuiit,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 16; so,
pecuniam de aerario,
id. Att. 7, 21:
pecuniam in ventre,
to eat up, to squander, id. de Or. 2, 66, 265:
auriculam mordicus,
to bite off, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4:
vestimentum,
Vulg. Luc. 6, 29:
hi ludi dies quindecim auferent,
Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31:
imperium indignis,
Liv. 3, 67:
legionem,
Tac. H. 4, 48:
consulatum, censuram,
id. ib. 1, 52:
auferat omnia irrita oblivio si potest,
Liv. 28, 29:
spem, voluntatem defensionis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7:
fervorem et audaciam,
Liv. 3, 12:
obsequia,
Tac. H. 1, 80:
misericordiam,
id. ib. 3, 84:
spem veniae,
id. A. 14, 23:
studium,
Cat. 68, 19 sq.; and so Hor. C. 3, 12, 5:
metus,
to banish, Verg. A. 12, 316:
curas,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 26:
somnos,
id. C. 2, 16, 16; id. Epod. 5, 96:
pudorem,
Ov. M. 6, 617:
fugam,
to hinder, prevent, Flor. 3, 10, 3 al. —
2.
To take off or away, to destroy, consume, kill, slay, etc. (mostly poet. or in the Aug. histt.):
Tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis,
Cat. 3, 15:
abstulit clarum cita mors Achillem,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; so id. Epod. 5, 66; id. S. 1, 9, 31:
Auferat hora duos eadem,
Ov. M. 8, 709; 15, 157:
Labienum Varumque acies abstulit,
Vell. 2, 55 fin.:
Quidquid hinc aut illinc communis Mors belli aufert,
Liv. 7, 8; Flor. 3, 17, 9 al.:
Interea quodcumque fuit populabile flammae, Mulciber abstulerat,
had consumed, Ov. M. 9, 263; 14, 575.—
3.
Of places, to separate, sever, divide:
mare septem stadiorum intervallo Europam auferens Asiae,
Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75:
Armenia Euphrate amne aufertur Cappadociae,
id. 6, 9, 9, § 25. —
B.
To lay aside some action, manner of speaking, etc.; to cease from, desist from, leave off: proinde istaec tua aufer terricula, Att. ap. Non. p. 227, 31:
jurgium hinc auferas,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 19:
aufer nugas,
id. Truc. 4, 4, 8; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30:
pollicitationes aufer,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 17: Ge. Id nosmet ipsos facere oportet, Phaedria. Ph. Aufer mi "oportet:" quin tu, quod faciam, impera, id. ib. 1, 4, 45 Ruhnk. (cf. Juv. 6, 170):
Aufer abhinc lacrimas,
Lucr. 3, 955:
insolentiam,
Phaedr. 3, 6, 8; so absol.: Insanis? Aufer! away! (where nugas may be supplied, as in Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14.—With inf. as object:
aufer Me vultu terrere,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 43.—
C.
Meton., effect for cause, to corry off ( as the fruit or result of one ' s labor, exertions, errors, etc.), to obtain, get, receive, acquire:
Ecquas viginti minas Paritas ut auferas a me?
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 71; 1, 5, 90; id. Curc. 5, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 2, 9; id. Most. 4, 1, 32; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:
id inultum numquam auferet,
id. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Ad. 3, 4, 8 (cf. id. And. 1, 2, 4): paucos dies ab aliquo, to obtain a few days ' respite, Cic. Quinct. 5, 20:
quis umquam ad arbitrum quantum petiit, tantum abstulit?
id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12; so,
responsum ab aliquo,
id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:
decretum,
id. Att. 16, 16, A:
diploma,
id. Fam. 6, 12, 3:
praemium,
Suet. Gram. 17. —Also with ut: ut in foro statuerent (statuas), abstulisti, you have carried the point that they etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59 (so, adsequi, ut, Tac. G. 35).— Trop., to carry away the knowledge of a thing, to learn, understand: quis est in populo Romano, qui hoc non ex priore actione abstulerit? has not learned, does not know, Cic Verr. 2, 1, 8.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aufero
10 conflicto

conflicto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.].
I.
In gen., to strike together violently; hence, trop., mid., to fight with, contend or struggle with (rare):
qui cum ingeniis conflictatur ejusmodi,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 66; so,
cum adversā fortunā,
Nep. Pelop. 5, 1; Cic. Har. Resp. 19, 41:
odio inter sese gravi conflictati sunt,
Gell. 12, 8, 5:
cornibus,
with the wings of the army, Front. Strat. 2, 3, 5. —Once also act.:
ut conflictares malo,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 20.—
II.
Esp., to strike forcibly to the earth, to ruin; so very rare in act.:
qui plura per scelera rem publicam conflictavisset,
Tac. A. 6, 48:
fera sese conflictans maerore,
Plin. 8, 17, 21, § 59; but very freq. and in good prose (most freq. in Tac., never in Quint.) in pass.: conflictari aliquā re, to be severely tormented, vexed, harassed, afflicted; to be brought to ruin:
nos duriore (fortunā) conflictati videmur,
Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4:
judiciis turpibus,
id. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
honestiore judicio,
id. Quint. 13, 44:
superstitione,
id. Leg. 1, 11, 32:
iniquissimis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:
a quibus se putat diuturnioribus esse molestiis conflictatum,
id. Fam. 6, 13, 3:
magnis et multis incommodis,
Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37:
magna inopia necessariarum rerum (opp. abundare),
Caes. B. C. 1, 52:
gravi pestilentiā,
id. ib. 2, 22:
gravi morbo,
Nep. Dion, 2, 4; Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 58; Suet. Claud. 2:
iniquā valetudine,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4:
multis difficultatibus,
Liv. 40, 22, 8:
saevis tempestatibus,
Tac. Agr. 22; cf. Suet. Aug. 17; Tac. A. 1, 58 fin.:
multis aemulis,
id. ib. 6, 51:
pervicaci accusatione,
id. ib. 13, 33; 14, 50;
15, 50 al.: foedā hieme,
id. H. 3, 59:
saevissimā hieme,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 209.—
(β).
Without abl.:
ii (sc. milites) tantum conflictati sunt qui, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 82: filia Appii Caeci ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conflicto
11 declamito

dēclāmĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v., freq. n. and a. [declamo], to practise rhetorical delivery or declamation, to declaim (good prose; most frequent in Cic.).
I.
In a good sense.
(α).
Absol.:
commentabar declamitans (sic enim nunc loquuntur), saepe cum M. Pisone et cum Q. Pompeio aut cum aliquo cotidie,
Cic. Brut. 90, 310; so id. de Or. 1, 59, 251; id. Fam. 16, 21, 5; Quint. 12, 11, 15.—
* (β).
With acc.:
causas,
to plead for the sake of practise, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7.—
II.
In a bad sense, to talk violently, to bluster:
de aliquo,
Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 2, 17.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > declamito
12 flagro

flā̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [root in Sanscr. brag-, to glow; Gr. phlegô, phlegethô, phlox; Lat. fulgeo, fulgur, fulmen, flamma, flamen, fulvus; Angl.-Sax. blāc, pale; Germ. bleich; connected with flagito, flagitium, etc., by Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398], to flame, blaze, burn (class.; trop. signif. most freq.; not in Caes.; syn.: ardeo, deflagro, caleo, ferveo, etc.).
I.
Lit.:
flagrantes onerariae,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:
crinemque flagrantem excutere,
Verg. A. 2, 685:
flagrabant ignes,
Ov. F. 6, 439:
intima pars hominum vero flagrabat ad ossa,
Lucr. 6, 1168:
flocci molles et sine oleo flagrant,
Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28:
ut flagret (carbo),
id. 33, 13, 57, § 163.—
II.
Trop., sc. according as the notion of heat or of the pain produced by burning predominates (cf. flamma, II.).
A.
To be inflamed with passion (in a good and a bad sense), to blaze, glow, burn, be on fire, to be violently excited, stirred, provoked. —With abl.:
non dici potest, quam flagrem desiderio urbis,
Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; so,
desiderio tui,
id. ib. 7, 4, 1:
dicendi studio,
id. de Or. 1, 4, 14; cf.:
eximio litterarum amore, Quint. prooem. § 6: mirabili pugnandi cupiditate,
Nep. Milt. 5, 1:
cupiditate atque amentia,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75; cf. id. Clu. 5, 12:
amore,
id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Hor. Epod. 5, 81; cf.:
cupidine currus,
Ov. M. 2, 104:
libidinibus in mulieres,
Suet. Gramm. 23:
odio,
Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:
totam Italiam flagraturam bello intelligo,
id. Att. 7, 17, 4:
bello flagrans Italia,
id. de Or. 3, 2, 8:
convivia quae domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71.— Absol.:
flagrabant vitia libidinis apud illum,
id. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:
uti cujusque studium ex aetate flagrabat,
Sall. C. 14, 6.— Poet. with acc. of respect, to love:
caelestem flagrans amor Herculis Heben,
Prop. 1, 13, 23:
Cerberus et diris flagrat latratibus ora,
Verg. Cul. 220.—
* 2.
Poet. as a v. a., to inflame with passion:
Elisam,
Stat. S. 5, 2, 120.—
B.
To be greatly disturbed, annoyed, vexed; to suffer:
consules flagrant infamiā,
Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2; cf.:
invidiā et infamiā,
id. Verr. 1, 2, 5:
invidiā,
id. Clu. 49, 136; id. Sest. 67, 140: Tac. A. 13, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Galb. 16:
infamiā,
id. Caes. 52; id. Tib. 44:
rumore malo,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 125;
ignominiā et pudore,
Flor. 2, 18:
inopiā et cupidinibus,
Sall. Or. Philipp. p. 220 ed. Gerl.—Hence, flā̆grans, antis, P. a., flaming, blazing, burning, glowing.
A.
Lit.: fulmen, Varr. Atacin. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18; cf.
telum,
Verg. G. 1, 331:
flagrantis hora Caniculae,
Hor. C. 3, 13, 9; cf.:
flagrantissimo aestu,
Liv. 44, 36, 7:
genae,
Verg. A. 12, 65:
oscula,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 25.—
2.
Transf., of color, glittering, shining:
(Aeneas) Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis,
Verg. A. 12, 167:
redditur extemplo flagrantior aethere lampas (i. e. sol),
Sil. 12, 731.—
B.
Trop., glowing with passion, ardent, eager, vehement:
oratoria studia quibus etiam te incendi, quamquam flagrantissimum acceperam,
Cic. Fat. 2, 3:
non mediocris orator, sed et ingenio peracri et studio flagranti,
id. de Or. 3, 61, 230:
recentibus praeceptorum studiis flagrans,
id. Mur. 31, 65:
flagrans, odiosa, loquacula, Lampadium fit,
flickering, restless, Lucr. 4, 1165:
in suis studiis flagrans cupiditas,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:
flagrantissima flagitia, adulteria,
Tac. A. 14, 51:
flagrantissimus amor,
Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2:
Nero flagrantior in dies amore Poppaeae,
Tac. A. 14, 1; id. H. 4, 39:
Othonis flagrantissimae libidines,
id. ib. 2, 31; Val. Max. 8, 14 ext. 3:
studia plebis,
Tac. A. 2, 41 fin.:
aeger et flagrans animus,
id. ib. 3, 54:
flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri,
Juv. 13, 11: adhuc flagranti crimine comprehensi, i. e. in the very act, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1.—Hence, flā̆granter, adv., ardently, vehemently, eagerly (post-Aug.):
Germani exarsere flagrantius,
Amm. 31, 10, 5:
flagrantius amare,
Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 2 ed. Mai.:
flagrantissime cupĕre,
Tac. A. 1, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > flagro
13 insanum

in-sānus, a, um, adj., unsound in mind.
I.
Lit., mad, insane (syn.:
furiosus, fanaticus): quod idem contigit insanis,
Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:
si fecisset Juno maritum insanum,
Juv. 6, 620. —
II.
Transf., that acts like a madman, raging, raving, foolish, frantic.
A.
Ex stultis insanos facere, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:
acrior et insanior cupiditas,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:
insanissima concio,
id. Mil. 17, 45:
homo insanissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:
uter est insanior horum?
Hor. S. 2, 3, 102.—
2.
Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:
caedis insana cupido,
Verg. A. 9, 760:
amor duri Martis,
id. E. 10, 44:
insano verba tonare foro,
i. e. where there is a great bustle, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:
omnis et insana semita nocte sonat,
i. e. of women raving about, id. 4 (5), 8, 60:
insani enses,
Calp. Ecl. 1, 59:
fluctus,
Verg. E. 9, 43:
venti,
Tib. 2, 4, 9:
vires Austri,
Ov. M. 12, 510:
insana Caprae sidera,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 6. —
B.
That causes madness (cf. "The insane root, that takes the reason prisoner," Shaks. Macb. 1, 3):
laurum insanam vocant, quoniam si quid ex ea decerptum inferatur navibus, jurgia fiunt, donec abiciatur,
Plin. 16, 44, 89, § 239:
herba,
that produces madness, Ser. Samm. 20:
fames,
that drives one to madness, Luc. 7, 413.—
C.
Outrageous, monstrous, violent, extravagant, excessive:
substructionum insanae moles,
Cic. Mil. 31, 85:
substructiones Capitolii insanae,
Plin. 36, 14, 2, § 104:
labor,
Verg. A. 6, 135:
trepidatio,
Liv. 32, 17, 16:
cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 5:
vites,
that bear excessively, three times, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115; cf. adv., 3. insanum. —
D.
Enthusiastic, enraptured, inspired:
vates,
Verg. A. 3, 443. — Adv., in three forms.
1.
insānē.
a.
Madly, insanely:
amare,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20. — Comp.:
in silvam non ligna feras insanius,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.— Sup.:
insanissime desperare,
Aug. Ep. 238.—
b.
Outrageously, excessively:
esuriens insane bene,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 24; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 86 Müll.—
2.
in-sānĭter, madly, violently, excessively: ludit nimium insaniter, Pomp. ap. Non. 509, 31; Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
3.
insānum, outrageously, vehemently, excessively:
insanum malum = pessimum,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 47:
porticus, insanum bona,
id. Most. 3, 3, 5:
magnum molior negotium,
id. Bacch. 4, 5, 1: valde, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 26.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > insanum
14 insanus

in-sānus, a, um, adj., unsound in mind.
I.
Lit., mad, insane (syn.:
furiosus, fanaticus): quod idem contigit insanis,
Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:
si fecisset Juno maritum insanum,
Juv. 6, 620. —
II.
Transf., that acts like a madman, raging, raving, foolish, frantic.
A.
Ex stultis insanos facere, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:
acrior et insanior cupiditas,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:
insanissima concio,
id. Mil. 17, 45:
homo insanissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:
uter est insanior horum?
Hor. S. 2, 3, 102.—
2.
Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:
caedis insana cupido,
Verg. A. 9, 760:
amor duri Martis,
id. E. 10, 44:
insano verba tonare foro,
i. e. where there is a great bustle, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:
omnis et insana semita nocte sonat,
i. e. of women raving about, id. 4 (5), 8, 60:
insani enses,
Calp. Ecl. 1, 59:
fluctus,
Verg. E. 9, 43:
venti,
Tib. 2, 4, 9:
vires Austri,
Ov. M. 12, 510:
insana Caprae sidera,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 6. —
B.
That causes madness (cf. "The insane root, that takes the reason prisoner," Shaks. Macb. 1, 3):
laurum insanam vocant, quoniam si quid ex ea decerptum inferatur navibus, jurgia fiunt, donec abiciatur,
Plin. 16, 44, 89, § 239:
herba,
that produces madness, Ser. Samm. 20:
fames,
that drives one to madness, Luc. 7, 413.—
C.
Outrageous, monstrous, violent, extravagant, excessive:
substructionum insanae moles,
Cic. Mil. 31, 85:
substructiones Capitolii insanae,
Plin. 36, 14, 2, § 104:
labor,
Verg. A. 6, 135:
trepidatio,
Liv. 32, 17, 16:
cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 5:
vites,
that bear excessively, three times, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115; cf. adv., 3. insanum. —
D.
Enthusiastic, enraptured, inspired:
vates,
Verg. A. 3, 443. — Adv., in three forms.
1.
insānē.
a.
Madly, insanely:
amare,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20. — Comp.:
in silvam non ligna feras insanius,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.— Sup.:
insanissime desperare,
Aug. Ep. 238.—
b.
Outrageously, excessively:
esuriens insane bene,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 24; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 86 Müll.—
2.
in-sānĭter, madly, violently, excessively: ludit nimium insaniter, Pomp. ap. Non. 509, 31; Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
3.
insānum, outrageously, vehemently, excessively:
insanum malum = pessimum,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 47:
porticus, insanum bona,
id. Most. 3, 3, 5:
magnum molior negotium,
id. Bacch. 4, 5, 1: valde, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 26.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > insanus
15 premo

prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
I.
Lit.:
pede pedem alicui premere,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:
et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,
Verg. A. 7, 518:
veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,
id. ib. 2, 379:
novercae Monstra manu premens,
id. ib. 8, 288:
pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,
i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:
trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,
press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:
premere terga genu alicujus,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:
ubera plena,
i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:
vestigia alicujus,
to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:
nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,
Juv. 1, 43:
dente frena,
to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:
ore aliquid,
to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:
aliquid morsu,
Lucr. 3, 663:
presso molari,
with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:
pressum lac,
i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:
Hister Peucen premerat Antro,
forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:
uxorem,
Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:
feminas premunt galli,
Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:
premere litora,
Ov. M. 14, 416:
litus,
to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:
aëra,
i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
2.
Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:
premere frena manu,
Ov. M. 8, 37:
ferrum,
to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:
capulum,
id. 2, 615.—
3.
Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:
toros,
Ov. H. 12, 30:
sedilia,
id. M. 5, 317:
hoc quod premis habeto,
id. ib. 5, 135:
et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,
id. ib. 2, 421:
humum,
to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:
frondes tuo premis ore caducas,
id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
4.
To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):
aliquid terrā,
to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:
nonumque prematur in annum,
kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:
omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:
ossa male pressa,
i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:
ut premerer sacrā lauro,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:
molli Fronde crinem,
Verg. A. 4, 147:
canitiem galeā,
id. ib. 9, 612:
mitrā capillos,
Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
5.
To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):
quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,
they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:
os fingit premendo,
id. A. 6, 80:
caseos,
id. E. 1, 35:
mollem terram,
Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
6.
To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:
hostes de loco superiore,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:
Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,
id. B. C. 3, 46:
hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,
Verg. A. 1, 467:
Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,
Nep. Hann. 11, 5:
hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,
Verg. A. 8, 473:
obsidione urbem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:
ad retia cervum,
Verg. G. 3, 413:
spumantis apri cursum clamore,
id. A. 1, 324:
bestias venatione,
Isid. 10, 282.—
7.
To press down, burden, load, freight:
nescia quem premeret,
on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:
tergum equi,
id. ib. 8, 34;
14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,
Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):
pressae carinae,
Verg. G. 1, 303:
pressus membra mero,
Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:
magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,
Caes. B. G. 4, 24:
auro phaleras,
to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
8.
To press into, force in, press upon:
(caprum) dentes in vite prementem,
Ov. F. 1, 355:
presso sub vomere,
Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:
presso aratro,
Tib. 4, 1, 161:
alte ensem in corpore,
Stat. Th. 11, 542:
et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,
Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:
et cubito remanete presso,
leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
b.
To make with any thing ( poet.):
aeternā notā,
Ov. F. 6, 610:
littera articulo pressa tremente,
id. H. 10, 140:
multā via pressa rotā,
id. ib. 18, 134.—
9.
To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:
nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,
Ov. M. 2, 135:
humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,
id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:
mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,
sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
b.
In partic.
(α).
To set, plant:
virgulta per agros,
Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
(β).
To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:
vestigio leviter presso,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.
(trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,
id. Sest. 5, 13:
sulcum premere,
to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:
fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),
Front. Strat. 1, 5:
fossa pressa,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:
cavernae in altitudinem pressae,
Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
(γ).
To strike to the ground, to strike down:
tres famulos,
Verg. A. 9, 329:
paucos,
Tac. H. 4, 2.—
10.
To press closely, compress, press together, close:
oculos,
Verg. A. 9, 487:
alicui fauces,
Ov. M. 12, 509:
laqueo collum,
to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:
angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,
Ov. M. 9, 78:
presso gutture,
compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:
siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,
i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:
quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,
choked, id. 14, 221:
amplexu presso,
united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:
oscula jungere pressa,
to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,
pressa basia,
Mart. 6, 34, 1:
presso gradu incedere,
in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:
pede presso,
id. 8, 8.—
b.
In partic.
(α).
To shorten, tighten, draw in:
pressis habenis,
Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:
laxas dure habenas,
id. ib. 1, 63).—
(β).
To keep short, prune:
Calenā falce vitem,
Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:
luxuriem falce,
Ov. M. 14, 628:
falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),
Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:
molle salictum,
Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
(γ).
To check, arrest, stop:
premere sanguinem,
Tac. A. 15, 64:
vestigia pressit,
Verg. A. 6, 197:
attoniti pressere gradum,
Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
11.
To press out, bring out by pressure:
tenerā sucos pressere medullā,
Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
12.
To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):
ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:
quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:
ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,
id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:
aerumnae, quae me premunt,
Sall. J. 14, 22:
pressus gravitate soporis,
bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:
cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13:
invidia et odio populi premi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:
premi periculis,
id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:
cum a me premeretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:
aliquem verbo,
id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:
criminibus veris premere aliquem,
Ov. M. 14, 401:
cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,
was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:
a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;
mortali urgemur ab hoste,
Verg. A. 10, 375:
premere reum voce, vultu,
Tac. A. 3, 67:
crimen,
to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:
confessionem,
to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:
argumentum etiam atque etiam,
to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:
ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,
Verg. A. 3, 47:
maerore pressa,
Sen. Oct. 103:
veritate pressus negare non potuit,
overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):
dum nocte premuntur,
Verg. A. 6, 827:
curam sub corde,
id. ib. 4, 332:
odium,
Plin. Pan. 62:
iram,
Tac. A. 6, 50:
pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,
id. ib. 13, 16:
interius omne secretum,
Sen. Ep. 3, 4:
dolorem silentio,
Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:
aliquid ore,
Verg. A. 7, 103:
jam te premet nox,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
2.
To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:
premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12:
arma Latini,
Verg. A. 11, 402:
opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:
famam alicujus,
Tac. A. 15, 49:
premere ac despicere,
Quint. 11, 1, 16:
premere tumentia, humilia extollere,
id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
b.
To surpass, exceed:
facta premant annos,
Ov. M. 7, 449:
ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,
id. P. 3, 1, 116:
quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
c.
To rule ( poet.):
dicione premere populos,
Verg. A. 7, 737:
imperio,
id. ib. 1, 54:
Mycenas Servitio premet,
id. ib. 1, 285.—
3.
To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:
quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:
nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,
Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:
premebat reum crimen,
id. 3, 13, 1.—
4.
To compress, abridge, condense:
haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
5.
To check, arrest, repress, restrain:
cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,
Cic. Brut. 97, 332:
sub imo Corde gemitum,
Verg. A. 10, 464:
vocem,
to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:
sermones vulgi,
to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
6.
To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:
(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,
Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
I.
Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
A.
Lit.:
presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,
Liv. 8, 8, 9:
presso gradu,
id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:
pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
Ov. M. 3, 17.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of the voice or manner, subdued:
haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
2.
Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:
color pressus,
Pall. 4, 13, 4:
color viridi pressior,
Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:
spadices pressi,
Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
II.
Esp., of an orator or of speech.
A.
Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):
fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:
cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,
id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:
pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,
Quint. 10, 1, 102:
pressus et demissus stilus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
B.
Close, exact, accurate:
Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:
sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,
Gell. 2, 6, 5:
quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,
stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:
cogitationes pressiores,
id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:
(lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
B.
Closely, tightly.
1.
Lit.:
vites pressius putare,
Pall. 12, 9:
pressius colla radere,
Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:
loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
b.
Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:
definire presse et anguste,
Cic. Or. 33, 117:
abundanter dicere, an presse,
Quint. 8, 3, 40:
pressius et astrictius scripsi,
Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
(β).
Without ornament, simply:
unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,
Cic. Brut. 55, 202:
aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
(γ).
Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:
mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:
definiunt pressius,
id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:
anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,
Gell. 1, 3, 21.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > premo
16 sollicito

sollĭcĭto ( sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.
I.
Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A.
Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito;
ubicumque unguentum est, ungor,
keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10:
nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis.. ex sedibus,
Lucr. 5, 162:
pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos,
id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so,
tellurem,
Verg. G. 2, 418:
herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat,
Ov. F. 4, 396:
remis freta,
Verg. G. 2, 503:
spicula dextrā,
id. A. 12, 404:
totum tremoribus orbem,
Ov. M. 6, 699:
stamina docto Pollice, pregn.,
excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra):
stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione,
to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2:
hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non... pellitur, jacet innoxius... ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc.,
stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2:
sollicitavit aquas remis,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2:
lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis,
id. Idyll. 1, 3:
seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos,
id. Ruf. 1, 336:
Maenalias feras,
to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14:
ne salebris sollicitentur apes,
Col. 9, 8, 3.—Of a river:
cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.—In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.—
B.
To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.:
sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen,
Lucr. 4, 1037.—
II.
Trop., = sollicitum facere.
A.
With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.
1.
Of the body (very rare and poet.):
mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum,
distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. —
2.
Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.
(α).
To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one's self:
nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:
jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50:
sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier?
Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon' id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10:
aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum?
id. Hec. 4, 4, 54:
me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:
an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet?
id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:
multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque,
id. Att. 1, 18, 1:
ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum,
Liv. 45, 28 med.:
cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret,
id. 30, 36 fin.:
desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.—With de:
de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.— Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that ( lest):
et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:
sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent,
Amm. 14, 7, 9.—Also with quod, like verbs of emotion:
me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod... nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis... affluxit,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.—
(β).
More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched:
istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8:
sed erile scelus me sollicitat,
id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16:
haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium,
Cic. Brut. 97, 331.—With subject-clause:
nihil me magis sollicitat quam... non me ridere tecum,
Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
(γ).
To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare:
quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas?
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so,
quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 484:
temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant,
Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:
anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans,
id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68:
quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant,
Liv. 8, 13, 13:
finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant,
to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2:
unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit,
id. 21, 10, 12; so,
pacem,
id. 34, 16 fin.:
ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione,
id. 1, 31, 8:
ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat,
Verg. A. 4, 380:
alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2:
eum non metus sollicitabit,
id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:
et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem,
Ov. F. 5, 40:
sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes,
Luc. 4, 665:
ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret,
Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names:
parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.:
cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari?
Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Hence, pregn.:
sollicito manes,
I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699:
sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy,
Manil. 1, 93.—
B.
Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.
1.
To stir, rouse, excite, incite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor,
Ov. F. 6, 10, 76:
sollicitatque deas,
id. M. 4, 473:
vanis maritum sollicitat precibus,
id. ib. 9, 683:
quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 6:
labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem,
Mart. 66, 16:
me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas,
Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45:
deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat,
Sen. Ep. 56, 10.—Hence,
2.
To attract, to tempt, to invite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz:
nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem,
Mart. 12, 74, 5:
cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos,
Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.:
non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos,
Sen. Ep. 88, 7:
in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1:
quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat,
Just. 21, 1, 5:
omni studio sollicitatum spe regni,
id. 8, 3, 8:
in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi),
id. 9, 1:
sollicitati praeda,
id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.:
te plaga lucida caeli... sollicitet,
Stat. Th. 1, 27:
magno praemio sollicitatus,
bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.—So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind:
ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus,
Quint. 11, 3, 151.—
III.
Transf., to incite one to do something.
A.
To urge to wrong-doing, to inveigle, seduce, incite, stimulate, provoke, tempt, abet (class.).
1.
Absol.:
servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare,
Cic. Deiot. 11, 30:
non sollicitabit rursus agrarios?
id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:
sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo,
id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum;
sollicitavit quos potuit,
id. Cael. 13, 31:
Milo... quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12:
ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis,
Ov. M. 6, 463:
pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium,
Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—So esp. milit. t. t.,= temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.:
ad sollicitandas civitates,
Caes. B. G. 7, 63:
Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur,
id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53;
7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare,
Sall. C. 24 fin.:
nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares... miserunt,
Liv. 24, 49, 8:
vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari,
id. 8, 23, 2:
ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant,
id. 37, 8, 5:
num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent,
id. 42, 19 fin.:
omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere,
id. 42, 26 fin.; so,
diu,
id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7;
45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur,
Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—
2.
With ad and acc.:
in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis,
Cic. Cael. 21, 51:
servum ad venenum dandum,
id. Clu. 16, 47:
opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum,
Sall. C. 50, 1:
qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque,
Liv. 25, 15, 5.—After in:
cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet,
Curt. 4, 11, 1.—
3.
With ut: civitates sollicitant [p. 1722] ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8:
se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet,
Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6:
missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent,
Curt. 4, 10, 16.—
4.
With gen., gerund., and causa:
comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos,
Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.—
5.
With in and acc. (post-class.;
the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum,
Just. 1, 7, 18:
Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus,
urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1:
Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit,
id. 2, 12, 1:
qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret,
id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5. —
6.
With acc. of abstract objects ( poet.):
nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam),
to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.—
B.
In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move ( poet. and in postAug. prose):
antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus,
induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74:
quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos,
Mart. 6, 7, 4:
cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret,
Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:
sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant,
it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1:
cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret,
id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10:
alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit,
Suet. Dom. 2:
juvenum... corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis,
Stat. Th. 2, 485:
sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres,
id. ib. 6, 550:
ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent,
Just. 8, 3, 8:
Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus,
id. 12, 2, 1:
avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus),
id. 32, 2, 1:
sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium,
allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9:
hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam,
Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85:
serpentes sollicitant ad se avis,
id. 8, 23, 35, § 85:
hyaena ad sollicitandos canes,
id. 8, 30, 44, § 106:
velut vacua possessione sollicitatus,
Just. 31, 3, 2:
remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam),
Suet. Galb. 5:
quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum),
Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4:
ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant),
id. 4, 13, 11.—With inf. ( poet.):
finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos,
urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69:
cum rapiant mala facta bonos... sollicitor nullos esse putare deos,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.:
sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris,
Lucr. 4, 1196.—With ne:
maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte,
Ov. M. 9, 683.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sollicito
17 valens

vălĕo, ui, itum, 2, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. bala, vis, robur, balishtas, fortissimus; cf. debilis], to be strong.
I.
Lit., of physical strength, vigor, or health.
A.
In gen., to be strong, stout, or vigorous, to have strength (cf.: polleo, vigeo).
1.
Absol.: verum illi valent, qui vi luctantur cum leonibus, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 4 (Com. Rel. v. 176 Rib.):
puer ille (Hercules recens natus) ut magnus est et multum valet!
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus potest, qui plus valet: Vir erat;
plus valebat,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 38 sq.:
sanus homo, qui bene valet,
Cels. 1, 1 init.:
si magis valet,
id. 3, 18:
si satis valet (= si satis validae vires sunt, just before),
id. 4, 7 init.:
prout nervi valent,
id. 8, 16.—Of plants:
vitem novellam resecari tum erit tempus ubi valebit,
Cato, R. R. 33, 3 sq. —
2.
To be strong in or for something, to have the power or strength, be in condition to do something, etc.
a.
Of personal subjects, etc.
(α).
With ad and acc.:
alios videmus velocitate ad cursum, alios viribus ad luctandum valere,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107.—
(β).
With inf.:
manibus pedibusque morbo distortissimis, ut neque calceum perpeti nec libellos evolvere valeret,
Suet. Galb. 21:
mustela cum mures veloces non valeret assequi,
Phaedr. 4, 1, 10:
valet ima summis Mutare deus,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; cf. II. B. 2. h. infra; cf.:
illud mirari mitte, quod non valet e lapide hoc alias impellere res,
Lucr. 6, 1057:
versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri (sc. ferre),
Hor. A. P. 40:
nec valuere manus infixum educere telum,
Ov. M. 13, 393; 12, 101; Col. 6, 25 fin. —
b.
Of remedies or medicines, to be efficacious, be good for any thing; with ad and acc.:
fimum potum ad dysentericos valet,
Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 105.—With contra:
cimices valent contra serpentium morsus,
Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—With eodem:
id quoque collyrium eodem valet,
Cels. 6, 6, 21.—With pro:
ruta per se pro antidoto valet,
Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 132.—With abl.:
dictamnus valet potu et illitu et suffitu,
Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 153.— With inf.:
sandaracha valet purgare, sistere, excalfacere, perrodere,
Plin. 34, 18, 55, § 177.—
c.
Of sounds: cum C ac similiter G non valuerunt, in T ac D molliuntur, i. e. were not pronounced strongly, Quint. 1, 11, 5.—
B.
Esp., in respect of the natural condition of the body, to be well in health, to be in a sound or healthy condition, to be healthy, hale, hearty.
a.
In gen.
(α).
Absol.:
equidem valeo recte et salvus sum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 36:
perpetuon' valuisti?
id. Ep. 1, 1, 15; 1, 1, 18:
valen'? Valuistin? valeo et valui rectius,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 12 sq.: facile omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
dicit vilicus servos non valuisse,
Cato, R. R. 2, 3 sq.; 5, 6:
boves ut recte valeant,
id. ib. 103:
optime valere et gravissime aegrotare,
Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; 4, 25, 69:
cura est, ut valeat,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 4:
ego valeo recte et rem gero,
id. Pers. 2, 3, 34:
te recte valere operamque dare, ut cottidie melius,
Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1: deterius quam soleo, Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 1:
commode,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: Ni. Benene usque valuit? Chr. Pancratice atque athletice, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14:
minus valere... melius valere,
Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:
nam matri oculi si valerent, mecum venisset simul,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 8.—
(β).
With abl.:
si corpore valuisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 77:
nec melius valeo quam corpore, mente,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; cf. Sall. J. 11, 5:
pedibus,
Nep. Phoc. 4, 1:
stomacho,
Juv. 6, 100.—
(γ).
With ab and abl.:
ab oculis,
Gell. 13, 30, 10:
a morbo,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26; and facetiously: Me. Ain tu te valere? Eu. Pol ego haud a pecunia perbene, as to money, not very well, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9.—
b.
Esp., at the commencement of letters (very freq.), si vales, bene est, and abbreviated S. V. B. E.;
and, more fully, with the addition ego or equidem valeo (abbrev. E. V. or E. Q. V.),
Cic. Fam. 13, 6; 14, 11; 14, 16; 14, 17; 14, 21; 14, 22; 14, 23; 14, 24; 15, 1; 15, 2; Metell. ib. 5, 1; Vatin. ib. 5, 9; Luccei. ib. 5, 14 al.; cf.:
mos antiquis fuit usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales bene est,
Sen. Ep. 15, 1; so too: S. V. G. V. (si vales, gaudeo, valeo) et Tullia nostra recte V. Terentia minus belle habuit: sed certum scio jam convaluisse eam, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—
c.
Rarely impers. pass.:
quid agitur, Sagaristio? ut valetur?
Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 8.—
d.
Vale or valeas, in leave-taking, farewell, adieu (cf.: salve, ave).
(α).
In gen.: Di. Valeas. Ph. Vale, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79: Ar. Vale. Ph. Quo properas? Ar. Bene vale, id. As. 3, 3, 16; id. Mil. 4, 8, 51:
bene vale, Alcumena,
id. Am. 1, 3, 1:
vale atque salve,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 36: vale atque salve. Th. Male vale, male sit tibi, id. ib. 4, 4, 32; v. salvus: Ly. Ad portum propero. De. Bene ambulato. Ly. Bene valeto. De. Bene sit tibi, id. Merc. 2, 2, 55:
bene valete et vivite,
id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:
ite intro cito: valete,
id. As. 3, 3, 155:
abeo: valete, judices justissimi,
id. Capt. prol. 67:
vos valete et plaudite,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 64:
in hoc biduom vale,
id. ib. 1, 2, 110:
vive valeque,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 110.—Before a vowel, scanned vale:
et longum, Formose vale, vale, inquit Iolla,
Verg. E. 3, 79; Ov. M. 3, 501.—
(β).
At the conclusion of letters:
Vale,
Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 3; 6, 21, 3; 4, 8, 2; Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 3:
cura ut valeas,
Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; rarely bene vale, Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8; Cur. ib. 7, 29, 2; cf.:
tu me diligis et valebis,
Cic. ib. 9, 22, 5; 15, 18, 2: fac valeas meque mutuo diligas, Planc. ib. 10, 7, 2; Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8.—
(γ).
Also in bidding farewell to the dead:
salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,
Verg. A. 11, 97; Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l.;
v. salvus: in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale,
Cat. 101, 10:
terque, Vale, dixit,
Ov. F. 3, 563:
supremumque vale... dixit,
id. M. 10, 62.—
(δ).
As an expression of dismission, refusal, or scorn, be off, begone:
valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 46:
immo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illa,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 18:
valeas, habeas illam quae placet,
id. Ad. 4, 4, 14:
si talis est deus, ut nulla hominum caritate teneatur, valeat,
good-by to him, let me have nothing to do with him, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 124:
valeat res ludicra, si me Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: valeant, Qui inter nos discidium volunt, away with those, etc., Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:
quare ista valeant: me res familiaris movet,
Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5: castra peto, valeatque Venus, valeantque puellae, farewell to Venus, etc., Tib. 2, 6, 9:
valete curae,
Petr. 79; cf. Cat. 8, 12; 11, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 71 sqq.—
(ε).
With valere jubere or dicere (sometimes as one word, vălĕdīco, ere, 3, v. n.), to bid one good-by, farewell, adieu:
illum salutavi: post etiam jussi valere,
Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:
vix illud potui dicere triste vale,
Ov. H. 13, 14:
saepe vale dicto rursus sum multa locutus,
id. Tr. 1, 3, 57:
tibi valedicere non licet gratis,
Sen. Ep. 17, 11; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 1: obstinatissime [p. 1954] retinuit, ut liberti servique bis die frequentes adessent ac mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent, Suet. Galb. 4 fin.; id. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 72.—So (late Lat.):
vale facere (or valefacere),
August. Ep. 65; App. M. 4, p. 150, 24.
II.
Transf., to have power, force, or influence; to be powerful, effective, valid; to avail, prevail, be strong, effective, etc.
A.
In gen.:
fiet enim quodcunque volent, qui valebunt: valebunt autem semper arma,
will always have the power, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:
fuit enim populi potestas: de civitate ne tam diu quidem valuit quam diu illa Sullani temporis arma valuerunt,
id. Dom. 30, 79:
dicitur C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse dicendo,
id. Brut. 14, 57:
tribunus plebis tulit... ut lex Aelia et Fufia ne valeret,
id. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:
in more majorum, qui tum ut lex valebat,
id. Leg. 2, 10, 23:
valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:
verba si valent,
id. Caecin. 21, 61:
(ejus) valet opinio tarditatis,
is established, id. de Or. 1, 27, 125:
si conjuratio valuisset,
id. ib. 17, 7:
cujus ratio non valuit,
Nep. Milt. 3, 7:
jus tamen gentium valuit,
Liv. 2, 4, 7:
praetor... ratus repentinum valiturum terrorem, succedit, etc.,
id. 44, 31, 6:
et vestrae valuere preces,
Ov. M. 13, 89; id. P. 3, 3, 92; id. Ib. 241.—
B.
Esp.
1.
With respect to the source, character, or mode of exercise of the strength ascribed to the subject.
a.
With abl.:
non metuo mihi... Dum quidem hoc valebit pectus perfidia meum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 50:
reliqui duo sic exaequantur, ut Domitius valeat amicis, Memmius commendetur militibus,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6 (17, 2):
multa sanxit quae omnia magistratuum auctoritate et Halaesinorum summa voluntate valuerunt,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:
ita istam libertatem largior populo, ut auctoritate et valeant et utantur boni,
id. Leg. 3, 17, 38:
quae (voluntas militum) cum per se valet multitudine,
id. Mur. 18, 38:
parum valent (Graeci) verbo,
i. e. have no precise word, id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:
qui aut gratia aut misericordia valerent,
Caes. B. C. 2, 44:
dicendo,
Nep. Ages. 1, 2:
qui pedum cursu valet,
Verg. A. 5, 67; Quint. 9, 2, 78:
Battiades... Quamvis ingenio non valet, arte valet,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 14:
plerique plus ingenio quam arte valuerunt,
Quint. 1, 8, 8:
rogando,
Ov. M. 2, 183:
subtilitate vincimur, valeamus pondere,
Quint. 12, 11, 8.—
b.
With in and abl.:
Sp. Thorius satis valuit in populari genere dicendi,
Cic. Brut. 36, 136:
quid facilius est quam probari in uno servulo nomen familiae non valere,
id. Caecin. 19, 55:
in his maxime valet similitudo,
Quint. 6, 3, 57:
mire in causis valet praesumptio,
id. 9, 2, 16:
(digitus) in exprobrando et indicando valet,
id. 11, 3, 94.—
2.
With some definite end expressed, upon or towards which influence or power is exercised or directed, to be strong enough for, adequate to, or capable of any thing, to be able to do, to have force or efficacy, to be effectual, to avail, to be applicable.
a.
With in and acc.:
hoc evenit, ut in volgus insipientium opinio valeat honestatis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:
quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. Div. 2, 56, 116:
cum illud verbum unde in utramque rem valeat,
id. Caecin. 31, 89:
num etiam in deos inmortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv 7, 6, 11: utrumque hoc genus semel injectum in L. annos valet et frugum et pabuli ubertate,
Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44:
etiamsi in utramque partem valent arma facundiae,
Quint. 2, 16, 10:
hoc etiam in praeteritum valet,
id. 9, 2, 20; cf.:
cum... idque in omnis partis valeret,
Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2.—
b.
With eo: oratio me cohortabatur, ut, etc.... quod eo, credo, valebat, ut caerimonias religionesque defenderem, the force or point of which was, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5:
id responsum quo valeat, cum intellegeret nemo,
Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. II. B. 3. i, infra.—
c.
With ad and acc. of thing:
tu non solum ad neglegendas leges... verum etiam ad evertendas valuisti,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: astrorum affectio valeat, si vis, ad quasdam res;
ad omnis certe non valebit,
id. Fat. 4, 8:
illud perficiam ut invidia mihi valeat ad gloriam,
id. Cat. 3, 12, 29:
vitae adjuncta esse dicebant, quae ad virtutis usum valerent,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 21:
ista quaestura ad eam rem valet, ut, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 62: neque, quod Samnites... amici vobis facti sunt, ad id valere arbitror, ne nos in amicitiam accipiamur, Liv. 7, 30, 4:
eadem fictio valet et ad qualitates,
Quint. 5, 10, 99; cf. II. B. 3. infra.—
d.
With apud or ad and acc. of person influenced, etc.
(α).
With apud:
ibit ad illud ilico, Quo maxume apud te se valere sentiat,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 79:
non quin eam (commendationem) valituram apud te arbitrarer,
Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 3:
apud te veritas valebit,
id. Quint. 1, 5:
sed haec eadem nunc censes apud eos ipsos valere, a quibus... conscripta sunt?
id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:
magnis meritis apud regem... valebat,
Nep. Con. 3, 1:
jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
apud magnam partem senatus et magnitudine rerum gestarum valebat et gratia,
Liv. 31, 48, 1:
apud nos valeant ea, quae apud judices valere volumus,
Quint. 6, 2, 28.—
(β).
With ad:
dicitur enim C. Flaminius... ad populum valuisse dicendo,
Cic. Brut. 14, 57:
clementiae fama... ad ferociores jam populos valuit,
Liv. 21, 6, 4:
metus ad omnis valuit, ne deditionem recusarent,
id. 38, 28, 6.—
e.
With contra and acc.:
hoc nonne videtur contra te valere?
Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86:
quae valeant contra falsam criminationem,
id. de Or. 2, 79, 321:
ne quid esset... quod contra caput suum aut existimationem valere posset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 173: ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:
cum pro falsis contra veritatem (rhetorice) valet,
Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. f. infra.—
f.
With pro and abl.:
multa in adversos effudit verba penates Pro deplorato non valitura viro,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 46:
epitheton valet pro nomine,
Quint. 8, 6, 29; cf. I. A. 2, b. supra.—
g.
With dat. gerund. (post-class. and rare):
nam et augendae rei et minuendae valet (particula),
Gell. 5, 12, 10.—
h.
With inf. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;
not in Cic. or Caes.): nam si certam finem esse viderent Aerumnarum homines, aliqua ratione valerent Religionibus... obsistere,
Lucr. 1, 108:
hanc ob rem vitam retinere valemus,
id. 3, 257:
nec continere suos ab direptione castrorum valuit,
Liv. 38, 23, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:
quam (urbem) neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi,
Hor. Epod. 16, 3:
cetera... adeo sunt multa, loquacem Delassare valent Fabium,
id. S. 1, 1, 13; id. C. 4, 7, 27:
nec valuit locos coeptos avertere cursus,
Tib. 4, 1, 55:
qui relicti erant... ne conspectum quidem hostis sustinere valuerunt,
Curt. 3, 4, 5:
neque ex eo infamiam discutere valuit,
Suet. Caes. 79.—With things as subj.:
ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet,
Hor. A. P. 305; cf. I. A. 2. b, supra.—Esp.,
3.
With adverbial qualifications expressing the degree of power or influence exerted, etc.; very freq. with accs- multum, plus, plurimum, parum, minus, minimum, nihil, tantum, quantum, quid, id, idem, quiddam, quidquam, quidquid, etc.
(α).
Edepol, Cupido, cum tu tam pusillu's, nimis multum vales, Naev. ap. Non. 421, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 55 Rib.):
plus potest qui plus valet,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38:
neque ita inperita (sum), ut quid amor valeat nesciam,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 42.—So absol.: nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, Eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. Rel. v. 230 Vahl.):
ignari quid gravitas... quid denique virtus valeret,
Cic. Sest. 28, 60:
illa obnuntiatio nihil valuit, aut, si valuit, id valuit, ut, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 16, 30: omnia veniebant Antonio in mentem;
eaque suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent... collocabantur,
id. Brut. 37, 139:
cur minus Venena Medaeae valent?
Hor. Epod. 5. 62.—
(β).
With abl.:
quod tibi lubet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 240; cf.
v. 234: quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copiis,
Caes. B. G. 2, 17:
qui plus opibus, armis, potentia valent, perfecisse mihi videntur... ut etiam auctoritate jam plus valerent,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:
quasi vero ego... in isto genere omnino quidquam aut curatione aut potestate valuissem,
id. Dom. 6, 14:
Ti. Coruncanium longe plurimum ingenio valuisse,
id. Brut. 14, 55:
quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valerent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 63:
Caesar multum equitatu valebat,
id. B. C. 1, 61:
cum tantum equitatu valeamus,
id. ib. 3, 86:
equitatu plurimum valere,
id. B. G. 3, 20; Nep. Alcib. 8, 2.—
(γ).
With in and abl.:
nihil putas valere in judiciis conjecturam, nihil suspitionem, nihil ante actae vitae existimationem, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:
hic multum in Fabia (tribu) valet, ille Velina,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. —
(δ).
With ad and acc.:
multum valuisse ad patris honorem pietas filii videbitur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:
ex quo intellegitur, plus terrarum situs, quam lunae tractus, ad nascendum valere,
id. Div. 2, 46, 97:
valet igitur multum ad vincendum probari mores eorum, qui agent causas,
id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
ad subeundem periculum et ad vitandum multum fortuna valuit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 30:
genus ad probandam speciem minimum valet,
Quint. 5, 10, 56.—
(ε).
With apud and acc. of pers., to have influence, be influential, have weight with, influence:
apud quem (Caesarem) quicquid valebo vel auctoritate, vel gratia, valebo tibi,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13:
utrum apud eos pudor atque officium, an timor plus valeret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
tantum apud homines barbaros valuit, esse repertos aliquos principes belli inferendi,
id. ib. 5, 54:
potestis constituere, hanc auctoritatem quantum apud exteras nationes valituram esse existimetis,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 46:
non modo praemiis, quae apud me minimum valent, sed ne periculis quidem conpulsus ullis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 11:
facinus esse indignum, plus impudicissimae mulieris apud te de Cleomenis salute quam de sua vita lacrimas matris valere,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
apud quem ut multum gratia valeret, effecit,
Nep. Con. 2, 1.—
(ζ).
With contra: cur desperemus veritatem contra fallacem facundiam valituram? prevail, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20, 5; cf. Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8, II. B. 2, e. supra.—
(η).
With pro:
pro periculo magis quam contra salutem valere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; cf.:
quod minus multitudine militum legionariorum pro hostium numero valebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 51.—
(θ).
With inter:
plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute, et auctoritate, et hominum numero valere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4.—
(ι).
With adv. of pur pose:
hoc eo valebat, ut ingratiis ad de pugnandum omnes cogerentur,
Nep. Them. 4, 4:
non tamen hoc eo valet, ut fugien dae sint magnae scholae,
Quint. 1, 2, 16:
nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 73; cf. II. B. 2. b. supra. —
C.
Idiomatic uses.
1.
Of money value, to be of the value of, be worth: denarii, quod denos aeris valebant;
quinarii, quod quinos,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Mull.:
dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret,
Liv. 38, 11, 8:
ita ut scrupulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,
Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:
si haec praedia valeant nunc decem,
Dig. 24, 1, 7, § 4:
quasi minimo valeret hereditas,
ib. 19, 1, 13:
quanti omnibus valet (servus),
ib. 9, 2, 33; 5, 3, 25, § 1.—
2.
Of the signification of words, sentences, etc.; like the Gr. dunasthai, to mean, signify, import:
quaerimus verbum Latinum par Graeco et quod idem valeat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13: non usquam id quidem dicit omnino;
sed quae dicit, idem valent,
id. Tusc. 5, 10, 24:
quamquam vocabula prope idem valere videantur,
id. Top. 8, 34:
hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident,
id. Off. 3, 9, 39: cui nomen Becco fuerat;
id valet gallinacei rostrum,
Suet. Vit. 18:
pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,
Quint. 1, 4, 29 et saep.:
et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,
id. 10, 1, 13:
duo quae idem significant ac tantumdem valent,
id. 1, 5, 4.—Hence, vălens, entis, P. a., strong, stout, vigorous, powerful (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: nil moro discipulos mihi esse plenos sanguinis;
valens adflictet me,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 44:
virgatores,
id. As. 3, 2, 19:
robusti et valentes et audaces satellites,
Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:
cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:
valentissimi lictores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:
homines,
id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 35:
hic membris et mole valens,
Verg. A. 5, 431:
membris valens,
Ov. M. 9, 108:
corpore esse vegeto et valenti,
Gell. 3, 1, 11:
nervi musculique,
Cels. 8, 20:
trunci,
Verg. G. 2, 426: scire oportet, omnia legumina generis valentissimi esse: valentissimum voco, in quo plurimum alimenti est... Ex leguminibus valentior faba quam pisum, etc., strongest, i. e. most nutritire, Cels. 2, 18:
tunicae,
stout, thick, Ov. A. A. 3, 109: providendum ne infirmiores (apes) a valentioribus [p. 1955] opprimantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Well in health, healthy, hale, hearty:
valeo et venio ad minus valentem,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 24:
medicus plane confirmat, propediem te valentem fore,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:
puer, hora undecima cum valens in publico visus esset, ante noctem mortuus est,
id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.
valens (opp. imbecillus),
id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:
(sensus) si sani sunt et valentes,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:
si valens corpus est neque magno opere vexatum,
Cels. 7, 26, 5:
sive aegra, sive valens,
Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 20.— Subst.:
qui enim aegris subveniretur, quae esset oblectatio valentium, nisi, etc.,
Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15;
so opp. aeger,
id. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—
b.
Of medicines, strong, powerful, active:
valens est adversus cancerem intestinorum minii gleba,
Cels. 4, 15 fin.:
medicamenta,
id. 1, 3 med.:
silvestri (papaveri capita) ad omnes effectus valentiora,
Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; cf. id. 22, 22, 43, § 87.—
B.
Trop., strong, powerful, mighty:
mallem tantas ei (Caesari) vires non dedisset (res publica) quam nunc tam valenti resisteret,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4:
fuit quondam ita firma haec civitas et valens,
id. Har. Resp. 28, 60:
cum valentiore pugnare,
id. Fam. 5, 21, 2:
valens dialecticus,
id. Fat. 6, 12:
ut fieri nihil possit valentius,
id. Brut. 16, 64:
Philippus jam tum valens multa moliebatur,
Nep. Timoth. 3, 1:
opibus jam valentes,
id. Eum. 10, 3:
argumenta valentiora,
Quint. 5, 13, 12:
quid pars adversa habeat valentissimum,
id. 5, 13, 52:
nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum,
Cic. Univ. 11:
ad letum causae satis valentes,
Ov. M. 5, 174; so,
causae,
id. Tr. 1, 8, 29:
causa valentior,
id. P. 1, 10, 35:
deus morbo omni valentior,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 111:
oppida valentissima,
Nep. Ham. 2, 4.—Hence, adv.: vălenter, strongly, stoutly, powerfully, violently (perh. not ante-Aug.).
1.
Lit.:
resistere,
Col. 1, 5, 9; 3, 2, 15:
nimis valenter ibi retenta materia,
Cels. 5, 26, 21:
praeceps spirare valentius Eurus (coepit),
Ov. M. 11, 481.—
2.
Trop., of speech, forcibly, energetically:
non diu dicebat sed valenter,
Sen. Contr. 3, 22 med.:
si verba numeres, breviter et abscise: si sensum aestimes, copiose et valenter,
Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > valens
18 valeo

vălĕo, ui, itum, 2, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. bala, vis, robur, balishtas, fortissimus; cf. debilis], to be strong.
I.
Lit., of physical strength, vigor, or health.
A.
In gen., to be strong, stout, or vigorous, to have strength (cf.: polleo, vigeo).
1.
Absol.: verum illi valent, qui vi luctantur cum leonibus, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 4 (Com. Rel. v. 176 Rib.):
puer ille (Hercules recens natus) ut magnus est et multum valet!
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus potest, qui plus valet: Vir erat;
plus valebat,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 38 sq.:
sanus homo, qui bene valet,
Cels. 1, 1 init.:
si magis valet,
id. 3, 18:
si satis valet (= si satis validae vires sunt, just before),
id. 4, 7 init.:
prout nervi valent,
id. 8, 16.—Of plants:
vitem novellam resecari tum erit tempus ubi valebit,
Cato, R. R. 33, 3 sq. —
2.
To be strong in or for something, to have the power or strength, be in condition to do something, etc.
a.
Of personal subjects, etc.
(α).
With ad and acc.:
alios videmus velocitate ad cursum, alios viribus ad luctandum valere,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107.—
(β).
With inf.:
manibus pedibusque morbo distortissimis, ut neque calceum perpeti nec libellos evolvere valeret,
Suet. Galb. 21:
mustela cum mures veloces non valeret assequi,
Phaedr. 4, 1, 10:
valet ima summis Mutare deus,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; cf. II. B. 2. h. infra; cf.:
illud mirari mitte, quod non valet e lapide hoc alias impellere res,
Lucr. 6, 1057:
versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri (sc. ferre),
Hor. A. P. 40:
nec valuere manus infixum educere telum,
Ov. M. 13, 393; 12, 101; Col. 6, 25 fin. —
b.
Of remedies or medicines, to be efficacious, be good for any thing; with ad and acc.:
fimum potum ad dysentericos valet,
Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 105.—With contra:
cimices valent contra serpentium morsus,
Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—With eodem:
id quoque collyrium eodem valet,
Cels. 6, 6, 21.—With pro:
ruta per se pro antidoto valet,
Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 132.—With abl.:
dictamnus valet potu et illitu et suffitu,
Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 153.— With inf.:
sandaracha valet purgare, sistere, excalfacere, perrodere,
Plin. 34, 18, 55, § 177.—
c.
Of sounds: cum C ac similiter G non valuerunt, in T ac D molliuntur, i. e. were not pronounced strongly, Quint. 1, 11, 5.—
B.
Esp., in respect of the natural condition of the body, to be well in health, to be in a sound or healthy condition, to be healthy, hale, hearty.
a.
In gen.
(α).
Absol.:
equidem valeo recte et salvus sum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 36:
perpetuon' valuisti?
id. Ep. 1, 1, 15; 1, 1, 18:
valen'? Valuistin? valeo et valui rectius,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 12 sq.: facile omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
dicit vilicus servos non valuisse,
Cato, R. R. 2, 3 sq.; 5, 6:
boves ut recte valeant,
id. ib. 103:
optime valere et gravissime aegrotare,
Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; 4, 25, 69:
cura est, ut valeat,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 4:
ego valeo recte et rem gero,
id. Pers. 2, 3, 34:
te recte valere operamque dare, ut cottidie melius,
Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1: deterius quam soleo, Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 1:
commode,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: Ni. Benene usque valuit? Chr. Pancratice atque athletice, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14:
minus valere... melius valere,
Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:
nam matri oculi si valerent, mecum venisset simul,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 8.—
(β).
With abl.:
si corpore valuisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 77:
nec melius valeo quam corpore, mente,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; cf. Sall. J. 11, 5:
pedibus,
Nep. Phoc. 4, 1:
stomacho,
Juv. 6, 100.—
(γ).
With ab and abl.:
ab oculis,
Gell. 13, 30, 10:
a morbo,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26; and facetiously: Me. Ain tu te valere? Eu. Pol ego haud a pecunia perbene, as to money, not very well, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9.—
b.
Esp., at the commencement of letters (very freq.), si vales, bene est, and abbreviated S. V. B. E.;
and, more fully, with the addition ego or equidem valeo (abbrev. E. V. or E. Q. V.),
Cic. Fam. 13, 6; 14, 11; 14, 16; 14, 17; 14, 21; 14, 22; 14, 23; 14, 24; 15, 1; 15, 2; Metell. ib. 5, 1; Vatin. ib. 5, 9; Luccei. ib. 5, 14 al.; cf.:
mos antiquis fuit usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales bene est,
Sen. Ep. 15, 1; so too: S. V. G. V. (si vales, gaudeo, valeo) et Tullia nostra recte V. Terentia minus belle habuit: sed certum scio jam convaluisse eam, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—
c.
Rarely impers. pass.:
quid agitur, Sagaristio? ut valetur?
Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 8.—
d.
Vale or valeas, in leave-taking, farewell, adieu (cf.: salve, ave).
(α).
In gen.: Di. Valeas. Ph. Vale, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79: Ar. Vale. Ph. Quo properas? Ar. Bene vale, id. As. 3, 3, 16; id. Mil. 4, 8, 51:
bene vale, Alcumena,
id. Am. 1, 3, 1:
vale atque salve,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 36: vale atque salve. Th. Male vale, male sit tibi, id. ib. 4, 4, 32; v. salvus: Ly. Ad portum propero. De. Bene ambulato. Ly. Bene valeto. De. Bene sit tibi, id. Merc. 2, 2, 55:
bene valete et vivite,
id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:
ite intro cito: valete,
id. As. 3, 3, 155:
abeo: valete, judices justissimi,
id. Capt. prol. 67:
vos valete et plaudite,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 64:
in hoc biduom vale,
id. ib. 1, 2, 110:
vive valeque,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 110.—Before a vowel, scanned vale:
et longum, Formose vale, vale, inquit Iolla,
Verg. E. 3, 79; Ov. M. 3, 501.—
(β).
At the conclusion of letters:
Vale,
Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 3; 6, 21, 3; 4, 8, 2; Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 3:
cura ut valeas,
Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; rarely bene vale, Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8; Cur. ib. 7, 29, 2; cf.:
tu me diligis et valebis,
Cic. ib. 9, 22, 5; 15, 18, 2: fac valeas meque mutuo diligas, Planc. ib. 10, 7, 2; Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8.—
(γ).
Also in bidding farewell to the dead:
salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,
Verg. A. 11, 97; Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l.;
v. salvus: in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale,
Cat. 101, 10:
terque, Vale, dixit,
Ov. F. 3, 563:
supremumque vale... dixit,
id. M. 10, 62.—
(δ).
As an expression of dismission, refusal, or scorn, be off, begone:
valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 46:
immo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illa,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 18:
valeas, habeas illam quae placet,
id. Ad. 4, 4, 14:
si talis est deus, ut nulla hominum caritate teneatur, valeat,
good-by to him, let me have nothing to do with him, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 124:
valeat res ludicra, si me Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: valeant, Qui inter nos discidium volunt, away with those, etc., Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:
quare ista valeant: me res familiaris movet,
Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5: castra peto, valeatque Venus, valeantque puellae, farewell to Venus, etc., Tib. 2, 6, 9:
valete curae,
Petr. 79; cf. Cat. 8, 12; 11, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 71 sqq.—
(ε).
With valere jubere or dicere (sometimes as one word, vălĕdīco, ere, 3, v. n.), to bid one good-by, farewell, adieu:
illum salutavi: post etiam jussi valere,
Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:
vix illud potui dicere triste vale,
Ov. H. 13, 14:
saepe vale dicto rursus sum multa locutus,
id. Tr. 1, 3, 57:
tibi valedicere non licet gratis,
Sen. Ep. 17, 11; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 1: obstinatissime [p. 1954] retinuit, ut liberti servique bis die frequentes adessent ac mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent, Suet. Galb. 4 fin.; id. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 72.—So (late Lat.):
vale facere (or valefacere),
August. Ep. 65; App. M. 4, p. 150, 24.
II.
Transf., to have power, force, or influence; to be powerful, effective, valid; to avail, prevail, be strong, effective, etc.
A.
In gen.:
fiet enim quodcunque volent, qui valebunt: valebunt autem semper arma,
will always have the power, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:
fuit enim populi potestas: de civitate ne tam diu quidem valuit quam diu illa Sullani temporis arma valuerunt,
id. Dom. 30, 79:
dicitur C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse dicendo,
id. Brut. 14, 57:
tribunus plebis tulit... ut lex Aelia et Fufia ne valeret,
id. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:
in more majorum, qui tum ut lex valebat,
id. Leg. 2, 10, 23:
valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:
verba si valent,
id. Caecin. 21, 61:
(ejus) valet opinio tarditatis,
is established, id. de Or. 1, 27, 125:
si conjuratio valuisset,
id. ib. 17, 7:
cujus ratio non valuit,
Nep. Milt. 3, 7:
jus tamen gentium valuit,
Liv. 2, 4, 7:
praetor... ratus repentinum valiturum terrorem, succedit, etc.,
id. 44, 31, 6:
et vestrae valuere preces,
Ov. M. 13, 89; id. P. 3, 3, 92; id. Ib. 241.—
B.
Esp.
1.
With respect to the source, character, or mode of exercise of the strength ascribed to the subject.
a.
With abl.:
non metuo mihi... Dum quidem hoc valebit pectus perfidia meum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 50:
reliqui duo sic exaequantur, ut Domitius valeat amicis, Memmius commendetur militibus,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6 (17, 2):
multa sanxit quae omnia magistratuum auctoritate et Halaesinorum summa voluntate valuerunt,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:
ita istam libertatem largior populo, ut auctoritate et valeant et utantur boni,
id. Leg. 3, 17, 38:
quae (voluntas militum) cum per se valet multitudine,
id. Mur. 18, 38:
parum valent (Graeci) verbo,
i. e. have no precise word, id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:
qui aut gratia aut misericordia valerent,
Caes. B. C. 2, 44:
dicendo,
Nep. Ages. 1, 2:
qui pedum cursu valet,
Verg. A. 5, 67; Quint. 9, 2, 78:
Battiades... Quamvis ingenio non valet, arte valet,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 14:
plerique plus ingenio quam arte valuerunt,
Quint. 1, 8, 8:
rogando,
Ov. M. 2, 183:
subtilitate vincimur, valeamus pondere,
Quint. 12, 11, 8.—
b.
With in and abl.:
Sp. Thorius satis valuit in populari genere dicendi,
Cic. Brut. 36, 136:
quid facilius est quam probari in uno servulo nomen familiae non valere,
id. Caecin. 19, 55:
in his maxime valet similitudo,
Quint. 6, 3, 57:
mire in causis valet praesumptio,
id. 9, 2, 16:
(digitus) in exprobrando et indicando valet,
id. 11, 3, 94.—
2.
With some definite end expressed, upon or towards which influence or power is exercised or directed, to be strong enough for, adequate to, or capable of any thing, to be able to do, to have force or efficacy, to be effectual, to avail, to be applicable.
a.
With in and acc.:
hoc evenit, ut in volgus insipientium opinio valeat honestatis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:
quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. Div. 2, 56, 116:
cum illud verbum unde in utramque rem valeat,
id. Caecin. 31, 89:
num etiam in deos inmortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv 7, 6, 11: utrumque hoc genus semel injectum in L. annos valet et frugum et pabuli ubertate,
Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44:
etiamsi in utramque partem valent arma facundiae,
Quint. 2, 16, 10:
hoc etiam in praeteritum valet,
id. 9, 2, 20; cf.:
cum... idque in omnis partis valeret,
Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2.—
b.
With eo: oratio me cohortabatur, ut, etc.... quod eo, credo, valebat, ut caerimonias religionesque defenderem, the force or point of which was, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5:
id responsum quo valeat, cum intellegeret nemo,
Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. II. B. 3. i, infra.—
c.
With ad and acc. of thing:
tu non solum ad neglegendas leges... verum etiam ad evertendas valuisti,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: astrorum affectio valeat, si vis, ad quasdam res;
ad omnis certe non valebit,
id. Fat. 4, 8:
illud perficiam ut invidia mihi valeat ad gloriam,
id. Cat. 3, 12, 29:
vitae adjuncta esse dicebant, quae ad virtutis usum valerent,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 21:
ista quaestura ad eam rem valet, ut, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 62: neque, quod Samnites... amici vobis facti sunt, ad id valere arbitror, ne nos in amicitiam accipiamur, Liv. 7, 30, 4:
eadem fictio valet et ad qualitates,
Quint. 5, 10, 99; cf. II. B. 3. infra.—
d.
With apud or ad and acc. of person influenced, etc.
(α).
With apud:
ibit ad illud ilico, Quo maxume apud te se valere sentiat,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 79:
non quin eam (commendationem) valituram apud te arbitrarer,
Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 3:
apud te veritas valebit,
id. Quint. 1, 5:
sed haec eadem nunc censes apud eos ipsos valere, a quibus... conscripta sunt?
id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:
magnis meritis apud regem... valebat,
Nep. Con. 3, 1:
jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
apud magnam partem senatus et magnitudine rerum gestarum valebat et gratia,
Liv. 31, 48, 1:
apud nos valeant ea, quae apud judices valere volumus,
Quint. 6, 2, 28.—
(β).
With ad:
dicitur enim C. Flaminius... ad populum valuisse dicendo,
Cic. Brut. 14, 57:
clementiae fama... ad ferociores jam populos valuit,
Liv. 21, 6, 4:
metus ad omnis valuit, ne deditionem recusarent,
id. 38, 28, 6.—
e.
With contra and acc.:
hoc nonne videtur contra te valere?
Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86:
quae valeant contra falsam criminationem,
id. de Or. 2, 79, 321:
ne quid esset... quod contra caput suum aut existimationem valere posset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 173: ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:
cum pro falsis contra veritatem (rhetorice) valet,
Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. f. infra.—
f.
With pro and abl.:
multa in adversos effudit verba penates Pro deplorato non valitura viro,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 46:
epitheton valet pro nomine,
Quint. 8, 6, 29; cf. I. A. 2, b. supra.—
g.
With dat. gerund. (post-class. and rare):
nam et augendae rei et minuendae valet (particula),
Gell. 5, 12, 10.—
h.
With inf. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;
not in Cic. or Caes.): nam si certam finem esse viderent Aerumnarum homines, aliqua ratione valerent Religionibus... obsistere,
Lucr. 1, 108:
hanc ob rem vitam retinere valemus,
id. 3, 257:
nec continere suos ab direptione castrorum valuit,
Liv. 38, 23, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:
quam (urbem) neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi,
Hor. Epod. 16, 3:
cetera... adeo sunt multa, loquacem Delassare valent Fabium,
id. S. 1, 1, 13; id. C. 4, 7, 27:
nec valuit locos coeptos avertere cursus,
Tib. 4, 1, 55:
qui relicti erant... ne conspectum quidem hostis sustinere valuerunt,
Curt. 3, 4, 5:
neque ex eo infamiam discutere valuit,
Suet. Caes. 79.—With things as subj.:
ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet,
Hor. A. P. 305; cf. I. A. 2. b, supra.—Esp.,
3.
With adverbial qualifications expressing the degree of power or influence exerted, etc.; very freq. with accs- multum, plus, plurimum, parum, minus, minimum, nihil, tantum, quantum, quid, id, idem, quiddam, quidquam, quidquid, etc.
(α).
Edepol, Cupido, cum tu tam pusillu's, nimis multum vales, Naev. ap. Non. 421, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 55 Rib.):
plus potest qui plus valet,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38:
neque ita inperita (sum), ut quid amor valeat nesciam,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 42.—So absol.: nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, Eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. Rel. v. 230 Vahl.):
ignari quid gravitas... quid denique virtus valeret,
Cic. Sest. 28, 60:
illa obnuntiatio nihil valuit, aut, si valuit, id valuit, ut, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 16, 30: omnia veniebant Antonio in mentem;
eaque suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent... collocabantur,
id. Brut. 37, 139:
cur minus Venena Medaeae valent?
Hor. Epod. 5. 62.—
(β).
With abl.:
quod tibi lubet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 240; cf.
v. 234: quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copiis,
Caes. B. G. 2, 17:
qui plus opibus, armis, potentia valent, perfecisse mihi videntur... ut etiam auctoritate jam plus valerent,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:
quasi vero ego... in isto genere omnino quidquam aut curatione aut potestate valuissem,
id. Dom. 6, 14:
Ti. Coruncanium longe plurimum ingenio valuisse,
id. Brut. 14, 55:
quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valerent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 63:
Caesar multum equitatu valebat,
id. B. C. 1, 61:
cum tantum equitatu valeamus,
id. ib. 3, 86:
equitatu plurimum valere,
id. B. G. 3, 20; Nep. Alcib. 8, 2.—
(γ).
With in and abl.:
nihil putas valere in judiciis conjecturam, nihil suspitionem, nihil ante actae vitae existimationem, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:
hic multum in Fabia (tribu) valet, ille Velina,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. —
(δ).
With ad and acc.:
multum valuisse ad patris honorem pietas filii videbitur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:
ex quo intellegitur, plus terrarum situs, quam lunae tractus, ad nascendum valere,
id. Div. 2, 46, 97:
valet igitur multum ad vincendum probari mores eorum, qui agent causas,
id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
ad subeundem periculum et ad vitandum multum fortuna valuit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 30:
genus ad probandam speciem minimum valet,
Quint. 5, 10, 56.—
(ε).
With apud and acc. of pers., to have influence, be influential, have weight with, influence:
apud quem (Caesarem) quicquid valebo vel auctoritate, vel gratia, valebo tibi,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13:
utrum apud eos pudor atque officium, an timor plus valeret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
tantum apud homines barbaros valuit, esse repertos aliquos principes belli inferendi,
id. ib. 5, 54:
potestis constituere, hanc auctoritatem quantum apud exteras nationes valituram esse existimetis,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 46:
non modo praemiis, quae apud me minimum valent, sed ne periculis quidem conpulsus ullis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 11:
facinus esse indignum, plus impudicissimae mulieris apud te de Cleomenis salute quam de sua vita lacrimas matris valere,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
apud quem ut multum gratia valeret, effecit,
Nep. Con. 2, 1.—
(ζ).
With contra: cur desperemus veritatem contra fallacem facundiam valituram? prevail, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20, 5; cf. Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8, II. B. 2, e. supra.—
(η).
With pro:
pro periculo magis quam contra salutem valere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; cf.:
quod minus multitudine militum legionariorum pro hostium numero valebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 51.—
(θ).
With inter:
plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute, et auctoritate, et hominum numero valere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4.—
(ι).
With adv. of pur pose:
hoc eo valebat, ut ingratiis ad de pugnandum omnes cogerentur,
Nep. Them. 4, 4:
non tamen hoc eo valet, ut fugien dae sint magnae scholae,
Quint. 1, 2, 16:
nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 73; cf. II. B. 2. b. supra. —
C.
Idiomatic uses.
1.
Of money value, to be of the value of, be worth: denarii, quod denos aeris valebant;
quinarii, quod quinos,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Mull.:
dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret,
Liv. 38, 11, 8:
ita ut scrupulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,
Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:
si haec praedia valeant nunc decem,
Dig. 24, 1, 7, § 4:
quasi minimo valeret hereditas,
ib. 19, 1, 13:
quanti omnibus valet (servus),
ib. 9, 2, 33; 5, 3, 25, § 1.—
2.
Of the signification of words, sentences, etc.; like the Gr. dunasthai, to mean, signify, import:
quaerimus verbum Latinum par Graeco et quod idem valeat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13: non usquam id quidem dicit omnino;
sed quae dicit, idem valent,
id. Tusc. 5, 10, 24:
quamquam vocabula prope idem valere videantur,
id. Top. 8, 34:
hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident,
id. Off. 3, 9, 39: cui nomen Becco fuerat;
id valet gallinacei rostrum,
Suet. Vit. 18:
pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,
Quint. 1, 4, 29 et saep.:
et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,
id. 10, 1, 13:
duo quae idem significant ac tantumdem valent,
id. 1, 5, 4.—Hence, vălens, entis, P. a., strong, stout, vigorous, powerful (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: nil moro discipulos mihi esse plenos sanguinis;
valens adflictet me,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 44:
virgatores,
id. As. 3, 2, 19:
robusti et valentes et audaces satellites,
Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:
cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:
valentissimi lictores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:
homines,
id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 35:
hic membris et mole valens,
Verg. A. 5, 431:
membris valens,
Ov. M. 9, 108:
corpore esse vegeto et valenti,
Gell. 3, 1, 11:
nervi musculique,
Cels. 8, 20:
trunci,
Verg. G. 2, 426: scire oportet, omnia legumina generis valentissimi esse: valentissimum voco, in quo plurimum alimenti est... Ex leguminibus valentior faba quam pisum, etc., strongest, i. e. most nutritire, Cels. 2, 18:
tunicae,
stout, thick, Ov. A. A. 3, 109: providendum ne infirmiores (apes) a valentioribus [p. 1955] opprimantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Well in health, healthy, hale, hearty:
valeo et venio ad minus valentem,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 24:
medicus plane confirmat, propediem te valentem fore,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:
puer, hora undecima cum valens in publico visus esset, ante noctem mortuus est,
id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.
valens (opp. imbecillus),
id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:
(sensus) si sani sunt et valentes,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:
si valens corpus est neque magno opere vexatum,
Cels. 7, 26, 5:
sive aegra, sive valens,
Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 20.— Subst.:
qui enim aegris subveniretur, quae esset oblectatio valentium, nisi, etc.,
Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15;
so opp. aeger,
id. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—
b.
Of medicines, strong, powerful, active:
valens est adversus cancerem intestinorum minii gleba,
Cels. 4, 15 fin.:
medicamenta,
id. 1, 3 med.:
silvestri (papaveri capita) ad omnes effectus valentiora,
Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; cf. id. 22, 22, 43, § 87.—
B.
Trop., strong, powerful, mighty:
mallem tantas ei (Caesari) vires non dedisset (res publica) quam nunc tam valenti resisteret,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4:
fuit quondam ita firma haec civitas et valens,
id. Har. Resp. 28, 60:
cum valentiore pugnare,
id. Fam. 5, 21, 2:
valens dialecticus,
id. Fat. 6, 12:
ut fieri nihil possit valentius,
id. Brut. 16, 64:
Philippus jam tum valens multa moliebatur,
Nep. Timoth. 3, 1:
opibus jam valentes,
id. Eum. 10, 3:
argumenta valentiora,
Quint. 5, 13, 12:
quid pars adversa habeat valentissimum,
id. 5, 13, 52:
nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum,
Cic. Univ. 11:
ad letum causae satis valentes,
Ov. M. 5, 174; so,
causae,
id. Tr. 1, 8, 29:
causa valentior,
id. P. 1, 10, 35:
deus morbo omni valentior,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 111:
oppida valentissima,
Nep. Ham. 2, 4.—Hence, adv.: vălenter, strongly, stoutly, powerfully, violently (perh. not ante-Aug.).
1.
Lit.:
resistere,
Col. 1, 5, 9; 3, 2, 15:
nimis valenter ibi retenta materia,
Cels. 5, 26, 21:
praeceps spirare valentius Eurus (coepit),
Ov. M. 11, 481.—
2.
Trop., of speech, forcibly, energetically:
non diu dicebat sed valenter,
Sen. Contr. 3, 22 med.:
si verba numeres, breviter et abscise: si sensum aestimes, copiose et valenter,
Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > valeo
19 verso

verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).
I.
Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
turbinem puer,
Tib. 1, 5, 4:
turdos in igni,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:
ova non acri favillā,
Ov. M. 8, 667:
cum versati appositi essent pisces,
Quint. 6, 3, 90:
vinclorum inmensa volumina,
Verg. A. 5, 408:
manum,
Ov. M. 12, 493:
lumina,
id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;
7, 579: cardinem,
id. ib. 4, 93:
fusum,
id. ib. 4, 221;
6, 22: corpus,
id. Am. 1, 2, 4:
sortem urnā,
to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:
ligonibus glaebas,
to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,
rura (juvenci),
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:
terram,
Ov. R. Am. 173:
desectum gramen,
hay, id. M. 14, 646:
currum in gramine,
i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:
oves,
to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:
pulsat versatque Dareta,
id. A. 5, 460:
me versant in litore venti,
id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:
et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,
handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:
satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,
I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:
mundum versari circum axem caeli,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:
qui (orbes) versantur retro,
id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:
pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:
suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,
Cic. Fat. 18, 42:
ne versari aves possent,
Col. 8, 7, 1.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to turn, twist, bend:
versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,
Cic. Cael. 6, 13:
ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,
id. Clu. 26, 70:
eadem multis modis,
id. Or. 40, 137:
causas,
i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:
non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?
id. 5, 14, 32:
verba,
to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:
fors omnia versat,
turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;
so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,
Tib. 1, 5, 70:
huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:
in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,
id. ib. 5, 28, 86:
versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,
Curt. 6, 6, 27.—
2.
In partic. (rare in Cic.).
a.
Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:
versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:
haerere homo, versari, rubere,
to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):
miserum toto cubili,
Prop. 1, 14, 21:
illum toto versant suspiria lecto,
id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):
odiis domos,
to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:
ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,
i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:
sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,
alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:
pectora,
id. ib. 2, 45:
muliebrem animum in omnes partes,
Liv. 1, 58, 3:
patrum animos,
id. 1, 17, 1:
pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),
id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:
spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,
Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—
b.
To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:
volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:
versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,
Liv. 3, 34, 4:
illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,
Verg. A. 4, 563; so,
dolos,
id. ib. 2, 62:
versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,
Hor. A. P. 39:
ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,
Quint. 8, 3, 13:
versenturque omni modo numeri,
examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:
somnia decies,
to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:
multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,
examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—
II.
Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.
A.
Lit.:
vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,
Plaut. Am. prol. 128:
in medio pariete,
id. Cas. 1, 52:
non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,
Cic. Quint. 18, 59:
in fundo,
id. Mil. 20, 53:
in castris,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24:
inter aciem,
id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:
nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:
intra vallum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 96:
alicui inter femina,
Suet. Tib. 44:
nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,
Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;
apud praefectos regis,
Nep. Con. 2, 4.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:
nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:
certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,
Cat. 64, 149:
ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:
in clarissimā luce,
id. Off. 2, 13, 44:
Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,
id. Planc. 10, 26:
in simili culpā,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:
mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,
Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:
nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,
i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:
mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,
id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:
aliquid in dubitatione versatur,
id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:
Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,
waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—
2.
In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
a.
Of persons.
(α).
With in and abl. (class.):
opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:
in omnibus ingenuis artibus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:
versabor in re difficili,
id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:
in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,
id. Arch. 12, 30;
ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,
id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:
si diutius in hoc genere verser,
id. ib. 1, 46, 70:
multum in imperiis,
Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—
(β).
With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):
circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?
Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
(γ).
With inter:
inter arma ac studia versatus,
Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
b.
Of abstract subjects.
(α).
With in and abl. (class.):
haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,
depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:
dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,
is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:
ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:
imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,
Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;
quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,
id. Off. 1, 6, 19:
omnia quae in causā versarentur,
Quint. 7, 1, 4:
epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,
id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:
praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,
id. 5, 2, 1.—
(β).
With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):
haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,
Quint. 6, 2, 20:
circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,
id. 3, 6, 23:
quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,
id. 2, 15, 15.—
(γ).
With abl.:
itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,
Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—
c.
Part. perf.:
homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,
Cic. Quint. 1, 3:
viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,
id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:
semper inter arma ac studia versatus,
Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:
is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,
Tac. Agr. 7.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > verso
20 vorsor

verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).
I.
Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
turbinem puer,
Tib. 1, 5, 4:
turdos in igni,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:
ova non acri favillā,
Ov. M. 8, 667:
cum versati appositi essent pisces,
Quint. 6, 3, 90:
vinclorum inmensa volumina,
Verg. A. 5, 408:
manum,
Ov. M. 12, 493:
lumina,
id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;
7, 579: cardinem,
id. ib. 4, 93:
fusum,
id. ib. 4, 221;
6, 22: corpus,
id. Am. 1, 2, 4:
sortem urnā,
to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:
ligonibus glaebas,
to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,
rura (juvenci),
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:
terram,
Ov. R. Am. 173:
desectum gramen,
hay, id. M. 14, 646:
currum in gramine,
i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:
oves,
to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:
pulsat versatque Dareta,
id. A. 5, 460:
me versant in litore venti,
id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:
et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,
handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:
satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,
I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:
mundum versari circum axem caeli,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:
qui (orbes) versantur retro,
id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:
pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:
suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,
Cic. Fat. 18, 42:
ne versari aves possent,
Col. 8, 7, 1.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to turn, twist, bend:
versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,
Cic. Cael. 6, 13:
ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,
id. Clu. 26, 70:
eadem multis modis,
id. Or. 40, 137:
causas,
i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:
non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?
id. 5, 14, 32:
verba,
to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:
fors omnia versat,
turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;
so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,
Tib. 1, 5, 70:
huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:
in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,
id. ib. 5, 28, 86:
versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,
Curt. 6, 6, 27.—
2.
In partic. (rare in Cic.).
a.
Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:
versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:
haerere homo, versari, rubere,
to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):
miserum toto cubili,
Prop. 1, 14, 21:
illum toto versant suspiria lecto,
id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):
odiis domos,
to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:
ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,
i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:
sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,
alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:
pectora,
id. ib. 2, 45:
muliebrem animum in omnes partes,
Liv. 1, 58, 3:
patrum animos,
id. 1, 17, 1:
pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),
id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:
spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,
Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—
b.
To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:
volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:
versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,
Liv. 3, 34, 4:
illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,
Verg. A. 4, 563; so,
dolos,
id. ib. 2, 62:
versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,
Hor. A. P. 39:
ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,
Quint. 8, 3, 13:
versenturque omni modo numeri,
examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:
somnia decies,
to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:
multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,
examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—
II.
Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.
A.
Lit.:
vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,
Plaut. Am. prol. 128:
in medio pariete,
id. Cas. 1, 52:
non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,
Cic. Quint. 18, 59:
in fundo,
id. Mil. 20, 53:
in castris,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24:
inter aciem,
id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:
nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:
intra vallum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 96:
alicui inter femina,
Suet. Tib. 44:
nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,
Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;
apud praefectos regis,
Nep. Con. 2, 4.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:
nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:
certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,
Cat. 64, 149:
ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:
in clarissimā luce,
id. Off. 2, 13, 44:
Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,
id. Planc. 10, 26:
in simili culpā,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:
mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,
Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:
nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,
i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:
mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,
id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:
aliquid in dubitatione versatur,
id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:
Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,
waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—
2.
In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
a.
Of persons.
(α).
With in and abl. (class.):
opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:
in omnibus ingenuis artibus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:
versabor in re difficili,
id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:
in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,
id. Arch. 12, 30;
ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,
id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:
si diutius in hoc genere verser,
id. ib. 1, 46, 70:
multum in imperiis,
Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—
(β).
With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):
circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?
Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
(γ).
With inter:
inter arma ac studia versatus,
Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
b.
Of abstract subjects.
(α).
With in and abl. (class.):
haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,
depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:
dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,
is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:
ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:
imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,
Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;
quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,
id. Off. 1, 6, 19:
omnia quae in causā versarentur,
Quint. 7, 1, 4:
epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,
id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:
praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,
id. 5, 2, 1.—
(β).
With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):
haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,
Quint. 6, 2, 20:
circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,
id. 3, 6, 23:
quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,
id. 2, 15, 15.—
(γ).
With abl.:
itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,
Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—
c.
Part. perf.:
homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,
Cic. Quint. 1, 3:
viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,
id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:
semper inter arma ac studia versatus,
Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:
is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,
Tac. Agr. 7.

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