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1 Nox

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.
I.
Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):
ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:
negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,
in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):
quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,
id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:
dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,
id. ib. 3, 2, 3:
Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,
id. Att. 4, 3, 4:
omni nocte dieque,
Juv. 3, 105:
de nocte,
by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:
multā de nocte profectus est,
late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:
vigilare de nocte,
id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):
multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:
qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,
id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:
ad multam noctem pugnatum est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
sub noctem naves solvit,
id. B. C. 1, 28:
noctes et dies urgeri,
night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:
qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,
id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):
concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—
(β).
Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,
hac noctu,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:
noctu hac,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):
senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,
Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;
v. lux): in sereno noctu,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—
2.
In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—
B.
Transf.
1.
That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):
omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,
nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—
2.
Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:
talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,
Stat. Th. 10, 219:
abrupere oculi noctem,
id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—
3.
In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:
nox vidua,
Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—
4.
Death ( poet.):
omnes una manet nox,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:
jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 16:
in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,
Verg. A. 10, 746.—
5.
Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:
quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,
Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:
carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,
Sen. Ep. 82, 16:
taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,
Lucr. 4, 172:
imber Noctem hiememque ferens,
Verg. A. 3, 194:
venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,
Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:
veteris sub nocte cupressi,
the shadow, id. 1, 774.—
6.
Blindness:
perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,
Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —
7.
The shades below, the infernal regions:
descendere nocti,
Sil. 13, 708:
noctis arbiter,
i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:
doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,
Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:
rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,
id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:
nox ingens scelerum,
Luc. 7, 571.—
B.
Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):
quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,
Ov. M. 6, 472.—
2.
Obscurity, unintelligibility:
mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,
Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.
(α).
Form nocte (rare but class.):
luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,
Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:
in campum nocte venire,
Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:
in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,
Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:
nec nocte nec interdiu,
id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:
velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,
Quint. 7 prol. 3.—
(β).
Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):
noctuque et diu,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:
continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,
Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:
quā horā, noctu an interdiu,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:
nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:
noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:
noctu ad oppidum respicientes,
id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:
noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,
Sall. J. 12, 4:
noctu profugere,
id. ib. 106, 2:
dum noctu stertit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:
noctu litigare,
Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—
(γ).
Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:
hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,
Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nox
2 nox

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.
I.
Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):
ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:
negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,
in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):
quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,
id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:
dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,
id. ib. 3, 2, 3:
Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,
id. Att. 4, 3, 4:
omni nocte dieque,
Juv. 3, 105:
de nocte,
by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:
multā de nocte profectus est,
late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:
vigilare de nocte,
id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):
multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:
qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,
id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:
ad multam noctem pugnatum est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
sub noctem naves solvit,
id. B. C. 1, 28:
noctes et dies urgeri,
night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:
qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,
id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):
concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—
(β).
Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,
hac noctu,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:
noctu hac,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):
senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,
Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;
v. lux): in sereno noctu,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—
2.
In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—
B.
Transf.
1.
That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):
omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,
nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—
2.
Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:
talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,
Stat. Th. 10, 219:
abrupere oculi noctem,
id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—
3.
In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:
nox vidua,
Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—
4.
Death ( poet.):
omnes una manet nox,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:
jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 16:
in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,
Verg. A. 10, 746.—
5.
Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:
quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,
Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:
carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,
Sen. Ep. 82, 16:
taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,
Lucr. 4, 172:
imber Noctem hiememque ferens,
Verg. A. 3, 194:
venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,
Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:
veteris sub nocte cupressi,
the shadow, id. 1, 774.—
6.
Blindness:
perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,
Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —
7.
The shades below, the infernal regions:
descendere nocti,
Sil. 13, 708:
noctis arbiter,
i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:
doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,
Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:
rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,
id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:
nox ingens scelerum,
Luc. 7, 571.—
B.
Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):
quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,
Ov. M. 6, 472.—
2.
Obscurity, unintelligibility:
mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,
Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.
(α).
Form nocte (rare but class.):
luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,
Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:
in campum nocte venire,
Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:
in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,
Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:
nec nocte nec interdiu,
id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:
velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,
Quint. 7 prol. 3.—
(β).
Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):
noctuque et diu,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:
continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,
Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:
quā horā, noctu an interdiu,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:
nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:
noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:
noctu ad oppidum respicientes,
id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:
noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,
Sall. J. 12, 4:
noctu profugere,
id. ib. 106, 2:
dum noctu stertit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:
noctu litigare,
Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—
(γ).
Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:
hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,
Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nox
3 nox

nox noctis, f [1 NEC-], night: umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit: nocte et die concoqui, in twenty-four hours: dinumerationes noctium ac dierum: omni nocte dieque, Iu.: primā nocte, at nightfall, Cs.: de nocte, by night: multā de nocte, late at night: multā nocte: ad multam noctem, Cs.: intempestā nocte, S.: nox proelium diremit, S.: sub noctem naves solvit, Cs.: Conari noctīsque et dies, T.: noctes et dies urgeri, night and day: concubiā nocte: nec discernatur, interdiu nocte, pugnent, by night, L.: O noctes cenaeque deum! i. e. glorious late suppers, H.: omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat, a revelling by night, Pr. — A dream: pectore noctem Accipit, V.— Death: omnīs una manet nox, H.: aeterna, V.— Darkness, obscurity, gloom of tempest: quae quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet: imber Noctem hiememque ferens, V.— Blindness: Perpetua, O.— Person., the goddess of Night, sister of Erebus, C., V., O.—Fig., darkness, confusion: in hanc rei p. noctem incidisse.— Mental darkness, ignorance: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent, O.— Obscurity, unintelligibility: mei versūs aliquantum noctis habebunt, O.
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noctis N F

night

prima nocte -- early in the night; multa nocte -- late at night

Latin-English dictionary > nox
4 nox

night.

Latin-English dictionary of medieval > nox
5 per-nox

per-nox noctis, adj., through the night, all night: (bos) iacet pernox instrato cubili, V. (al. pernix): luna, full, L.: lunā pernocte, by the full moon, O.: luditur alea pernox, Iu.

Latin-English dictionary > per-nox
6 Omnes una manet nox

• The same night awaits us all. (Horace)

Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Omnes una manet nox
7 nocte

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.
I.
Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):
ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:
negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,
in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):
quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,
id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:
dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,
id. ib. 3, 2, 3:
Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,
id. Att. 4, 3, 4:
omni nocte dieque,
Juv. 3, 105:
de nocte,
by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:
multā de nocte profectus est,
late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:
vigilare de nocte,
id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):
multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:
qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,
id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:
ad multam noctem pugnatum est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
sub noctem naves solvit,
id. B. C. 1, 28:
noctes et dies urgeri,
night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:
qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,
id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):
concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—
(β).
Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,
hac noctu,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:
noctu hac,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):
senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,
Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;
v. lux): in sereno noctu,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—
2.
In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—
B.
Transf.
1.
That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):
omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,
nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—
2.
Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:
talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,
Stat. Th. 10, 219:
abrupere oculi noctem,
id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—
3.
In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:
nox vidua,
Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—
4.
Death ( poet.):
omnes una manet nox,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:
jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 16:
in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,
Verg. A. 10, 746.—
5.
Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:
quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,
Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:
carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,
Sen. Ep. 82, 16:
taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,
Lucr. 4, 172:
imber Noctem hiememque ferens,
Verg. A. 3, 194:
venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,
Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:
veteris sub nocte cupressi,
the shadow, id. 1, 774.—
6.
Blindness:
perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,
Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —
7.
The shades below, the infernal regions:
descendere nocti,
Sil. 13, 708:
noctis arbiter,
i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:
doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,
Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:
rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,
id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:
nox ingens scelerum,
Luc. 7, 571.—
B.
Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):
quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,
Ov. M. 6, 472.—
2.
Obscurity, unintelligibility:
mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,
Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.
(α).
Form nocte (rare but class.):
luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,
Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:
in campum nocte venire,
Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:
in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,
Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:
nec nocte nec interdiu,
id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:
velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,
Quint. 7 prol. 3.—
(β).
Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):
noctuque et diu,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:
continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,
Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:
quā horā, noctu an interdiu,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:
nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:
noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:
noctu ad oppidum respicientes,
id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:
noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,
Sall. J. 12, 4:
noctu profugere,
id. ib. 106, 2:
dum noctu stertit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:
noctu litigare,
Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—
(γ).
Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:
hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,
Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

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8 intempestus

intempestus adj. [2 in+tempus], unseasonable, unpropitious, dark: nox, the dead of night.— Person.: intempesta silet Nox, dismal Night (mother of the Furies), V.—Unwholesome, unhealthy: Graviscae, V.
* * *

intempesta, intempestum ADJ

unseasonable stormy, unhealthy; nox intempesta the dead of night

Latin-English dictionary > intempestus
9 conscius

con-scĭus, a, um, adj. [scio], that knows something in company with others or by himself, knowing with others or self-knowing (freq. in all periods and species of composition).
I.
Knowing or conscious of something with another, privy to; and subst., a (male or female) participant in a thing, an accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc.; constr. with the gen., dat., in, and de aliquā re, an obj.- or rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 71).
(α).
With gen. with or without dat. pers. (cf. b infra):
qui tam audacis facinoris mi conscius,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 4; cf.:
alius alii tanti facinoris conscii,
Sall. C. 22, 2:
si conscius Dymno tanti sceleris fuissem,
Curt. 6, 10, 20; and:
nondum tot flagitiorum exercitui meo conscius,
Tac. A. 1, 43:
T. Pomponius, homo omnium meorum in te studiorum et officiorum maxime conscius,
Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 1; so,
maleficii,
id. Clu. 22, 59:
conjurationis,
Sall. C. 37, 1:
ante actae vitae,
Liv. 9, 26, 14:
infirmitatis nostrae,
Quint. 10, 3, 19:
interficiendi Postumi Agrippae,
Tac. A. 3, 30; cf.:
Caesarianae necis,
Suet. Ner. 3;
and necis (opp. auctor),
id. ib. 33:
peccati erilis,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 60:
adjutores quosdam, conscios sui ( = sui consilii) nactus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 2.— Poet.:
arva versi regis,
Ov. M. 7, 385; cf.:
quorum nox conscia sola est,
id. ib. 13, 15:
fati sidera,
Verg. A. 4, 519:
mentis,
Ov. H. 17, 265 al. —
(β).
With dat.:
huic facinori tanto tua mens liberalis conscia esse non debuit,
Cic. Cael. 21, 52:
temeritati et mendacio meo,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (quoted in Arus. Mess. p. 220 Lind.):
Fabricium quem... conscium illi facinori fuisse arbitrabatur,
Cic. Clu. 20, 56 al.:
verbis,
Tib. 1, 9, 41:
coeptis,
Ov. M. 7, 194.— Poet.:
sacris nox,
Ov. M. 6, 588 Heins.:
deliciis meis antra,
id. H. 15, 138:
conubiis aether,
Verg. A. 4, 168 Wagn. N. cr.:
gens nascenti conscia Nilo,
Luc. 1, 20.—
(γ).
With in:
mihi in privatis omnibus conscius,
Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1; so,
conscius vestris in lacrimis adfueram,
Prop. 1, 10, 2.—
* (δ).
With de:
addit ad extremum, se audisse a Curione his de rebus conscium esse Pisonem,
Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf. conscientia, II. A. b.—
(ε).
With rel.-clause:
multis consciis quae gereretur,
Nep. Dion, 8, 4.—
(ζ).
Absol.:
nec mihi conscius est ullus homo,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 21; id. Truc. 1, 1, 40; cf.:
fac me consciam,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 46; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69; Cic. Att. 2, 24, 1; cf. Nep. Milt. 3, 6; Quint. 5, 7, 37; Tac. A. 1, 5; Hor. C. 3, 6, 29.— Poet.:
cetera nox et nos et turris conscia novit,
Ov. H. 18, 105:
silva,
id. M. 2, 438:
rubor,
Cat. 65, 24 al. —Hence, subst.: conscĭus, i, m., of those who are participants in a crime, conspiracy, etc., a partaker, jointconspirator, accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc., Nep. Dion, 9, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 48; 9, 2, 81 sq.; Suet. Dom. 10:
consciorum nomina exponere,
Curt. 8, 6, 24:
Othonis,
Tac. H. 1, 39 al.:
se (sacerdotes Germanorum) ministros deorum, illos (equos) conscios putant (sc. deorum),
id. G. 10.—
II.
With sibi, knowing something in one's self, conscious of.
A.
In gen., in a good and bad sense.
(α).
With gen.:
qui (sc. populus Romanus) si alicujus injuriae sibi conscius fuisset, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so,
sibi nullius culpae,
Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73:
mihi dissimulati in ullā parte judicii,
Quint. 3, 6, 64:
sibi irae et iracundiae,
Suet. Claud. 38:
sermonis adversus majestatem tuam habiti nullius conscii sumus nobis,
Curt. 7, 1, 21:
mens sibi recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604; cf.
without sibi,
Ov. F. 4, 311:
admissae nequitiae,
Prop. 1, 15, 38:
audacis facti (lupus),
Verg. A. 11, 812.—
(β).
With dat.:
sibi factis mens,
Lucr. 3, 1018.—
(γ).
With in:
nuila sibi turpi in re,
Lucr. 6, 393.—
(δ).
With acc. and inf. as object, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 50: etsi mihi sum conscius, numquam [p. 427] me nimis cupidum fuisse vitae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; Quint. 12, 11, 8.—
(ε).
With rel. - or subj.-clause:
cum sibi conscius esset, quam inimicum deberet Caesarem habere,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 44 fin. —With adv.:
mulieres male sibi consciae,
Just. 2, 5, 7.— Absol.:
ego pol, quae mihi sum conscia, hoc certo scio, etc.,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 119:
conscia mens ut cuique sua est, etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 485.— Poet.:
virtus,
Verg. A. 12, 668.— Constrr. analogous to the Greek: conscius sum mihi benefacienti and benefaciens (sunoida emautôi pepoiêkoti or poiôn), are mentioned by Prisc. p. 1205 P., as much used earlier, but without exs. in proof.—
B.
In partic., conscious to one's self of wrong (rare, and mostly poet.):
nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 13:
animus,
Lucr. 4, 1131; Sall. C. 14, 3; Sen. Hippol. 496.— Poet.:
vultus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 692.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conscius
10 intempestus

intempestus, a, um, adj. [2. in-tempus], unseasonable.
I.
Lit.:
intempesta nox,
the dead of night, Cic. Phil. 1, 3; id. Pis. 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Verg. A. 3, 587; id. G. 1, 247 al.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 7; 7, § 72:
nox intempesta, quae non habet idoneum tempus rebus gerendis,
Macr. S. 1, 3, p. 209 Bip.—Hence, personified:
intempesta silet Nox,
dismal Night, the mother of the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 846.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Unwholesome, unhealthy:
Graviscae,
Verg. A. 10, 184.—
B.
Stormy, tempestuous:
Tonans,
Stat. Th. 2, 153.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intempestus
11 tacenda

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].
I.
Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:
silete et tacete,
id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:
taceamne an praedicem,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:
ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:
ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,
id. As. 3, 1, 15:
tacendo loqui videbantur,
Cic. Sest. 18, 40:
hic Abdera, non tacente me,
id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:
nobis tacentibus,
id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:
an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?
id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:
taceamus,
Liv. 40, 9, 5:
tacere nondum volumus,
Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:
taceri si vis, vera dicito,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:
ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,
Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—
B.
Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):
canis ipse tacet,
Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:
vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,
Ov. A. A. 1, 271:
nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,
Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.
nox,
Cat. 7, 7:
nec diu taceat procax locutio,
id. 61, 126:
non oculi tacuere tui,
Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;
muta dolore lyra est,
id. H. 15, 198:
tacet stridor litui,
Sen. Thyest. 575:
essedo tacente,
noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:
Ister tacens,
i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:
solitudo et tacentes loci,
hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:
loca tacentia,
the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:
aquae tacentes,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:
tacere indolem illam Romanam,
i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:
blanditiae taceant,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—
II.
Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):
et tu hoc taceto,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:
quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:
enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:
quid dixit aut quid tacuit?
Hor. Epod. 5, 49:
commissa tacere Qui nequit,
id. S. 1, 4, 84:
ut alios taceam,
not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,
Narcissum,
Verg. G. 4, 123:
novercas,
Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:
tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?
Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:
ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:
aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,
Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:
vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,
Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:
gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,
Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:
prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
aliquid tacitum tenere,
id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:
quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,
Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:
tacitum erit,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:
suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,
i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:
cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,
Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:
ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,
Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:
tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,
silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —
2.
Transf.
a.
In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:
non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,
Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:
conventio,
Dig. 20, 2, 3:
condicio,
ib. 23, 3, 68:
jus,
ib. 29, 2, 66:
substitutio,
ib. 28, 5, 25:
indutiae,
Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:
fideicommissum,
Quint. 9, 2, 74.—
b.
That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:
senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,
Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:
aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,
id. Or. 60, 203:
omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,
id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:
ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,
Vell. 2, 93, 2:
tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,
Verg. A. 4, 67; so,
affectus,
Ov. M. 7, 147:
pudor,
id. ib. 7, 743:
ira,
id. ib. 6, 623:
dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,
secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:
taciti vulgator,
Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —
B.
Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:
quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,
Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:
tacitus tace modo,
id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:
mulier,
id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:
lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:
quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?
Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:
vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:
quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,
id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;
quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,
id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:
nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,
id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:
si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,
id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
tacita vestra exspectatio,
id. Clu. 23, 63:
assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,
implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:
si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,
i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:
contumeliam tacitus tulit,
id. 35, 19, 1:
ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,
i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:
pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,
eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:
tacitus pasci si posset corvus,
id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:
tacitā fistula cum lyrā,
id. C. 3, 19, 20:
totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,
with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:
fulmen,
i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:
per tacitum nemus ire,
still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,
unda,
id. ib. 8, 87:
caelum,
id. ib. 3, 515:
aër,
Mart. 8, 32, 1:
domus,
id. 9, 62, 12:
limen,
Verg. A. 7, 343:
nox,
Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:
septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,
in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:
trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,
i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:
somnus per tacitum allapsus,
silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:
erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,
id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—
C.
As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:
ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,
Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):
auscultemus,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:
tacite rogare,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:
tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,
id. Mil. 4, 11:
perire tacite obscureque,
id. Quint. 15, 50:
non tulit verecundiam senatus,
Liv. 5, 28, 1:
exsecrari praetereuntem,
id. 2, 58, 8:
annus labens,
Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

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12 taceo

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].
I.
Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:
silete et tacete,
id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:
taceamne an praedicem,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:
ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:
ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,
id. As. 3, 1, 15:
tacendo loqui videbantur,
Cic. Sest. 18, 40:
hic Abdera, non tacente me,
id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:
nobis tacentibus,
id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:
an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?
id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:
taceamus,
Liv. 40, 9, 5:
tacere nondum volumus,
Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:
taceri si vis, vera dicito,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:
ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,
Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—
B.
Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):
canis ipse tacet,
Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:
vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,
Ov. A. A. 1, 271:
nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,
Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.
nox,
Cat. 7, 7:
nec diu taceat procax locutio,
id. 61, 126:
non oculi tacuere tui,
Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;
muta dolore lyra est,
id. H. 15, 198:
tacet stridor litui,
Sen. Thyest. 575:
essedo tacente,
noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:
Ister tacens,
i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:
solitudo et tacentes loci,
hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:
loca tacentia,
the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:
aquae tacentes,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:
tacere indolem illam Romanam,
i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:
blanditiae taceant,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—
II.
Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):
et tu hoc taceto,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:
quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:
enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:
quid dixit aut quid tacuit?
Hor. Epod. 5, 49:
commissa tacere Qui nequit,
id. S. 1, 4, 84:
ut alios taceam,
not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,
Narcissum,
Verg. G. 4, 123:
novercas,
Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:
tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?
Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:
ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:
aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,
Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:
vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,
Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:
gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,
Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:
prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
aliquid tacitum tenere,
id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:
quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,
Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:
tacitum erit,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:
suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,
i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:
cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,
Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:
ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,
Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:
tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,
silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —
2.
Transf.
a.
In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:
non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,
Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:
conventio,
Dig. 20, 2, 3:
condicio,
ib. 23, 3, 68:
jus,
ib. 29, 2, 66:
substitutio,
ib. 28, 5, 25:
indutiae,
Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:
fideicommissum,
Quint. 9, 2, 74.—
b.
That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:
senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,
Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:
aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,
id. Or. 60, 203:
omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,
id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:
ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,
Vell. 2, 93, 2:
tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,
Verg. A. 4, 67; so,
affectus,
Ov. M. 7, 147:
pudor,
id. ib. 7, 743:
ira,
id. ib. 6, 623:
dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,
secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:
taciti vulgator,
Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —
B.
Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:
quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,
Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:
tacitus tace modo,
id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:
mulier,
id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:
lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:
quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?
Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:
vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:
quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,
id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;
quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,
id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:
nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,
id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:
si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,
id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
tacita vestra exspectatio,
id. Clu. 23, 63:
assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,
implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:
si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,
i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:
contumeliam tacitus tulit,
id. 35, 19, 1:
ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,
i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:
pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,
eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:
tacitus pasci si posset corvus,
id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:
tacitā fistula cum lyrā,
id. C. 3, 19, 20:
totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,
with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:
fulmen,
i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:
per tacitum nemus ire,
still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,
unda,
id. ib. 8, 87:
caelum,
id. ib. 3, 515:
aër,
Mart. 8, 32, 1:
domus,
id. 9, 62, 12:
limen,
Verg. A. 7, 343:
nox,
Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:
septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,
in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:
trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,
i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:
somnus per tacitum allapsus,
silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:
erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,
id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—
C.
As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:
ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,
Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):
auscultemus,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:
tacite rogare,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:
tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,
id. Mil. 4, 11:
perire tacite obscureque,
id. Quint. 15, 50:
non tulit verecundiam senatus,
Liv. 5, 28, 1:
exsecrari praetereuntem,
id. 2, 58, 8:
annus labens,
Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > taceo
13 tacitum

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].
I.
Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:
silete et tacete,
id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:
taceamne an praedicem,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:
ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:
ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,
id. As. 3, 1, 15:
tacendo loqui videbantur,
Cic. Sest. 18, 40:
hic Abdera, non tacente me,
id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:
nobis tacentibus,
id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:
an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?
id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:
taceamus,
Liv. 40, 9, 5:
tacere nondum volumus,
Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:
taceri si vis, vera dicito,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:
ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,
Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—
B.
Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):
canis ipse tacet,
Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:
vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,
Ov. A. A. 1, 271:
nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,
Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.
nox,
Cat. 7, 7:
nec diu taceat procax locutio,
id. 61, 126:
non oculi tacuere tui,
Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;
muta dolore lyra est,
id. H. 15, 198:
tacet stridor litui,
Sen. Thyest. 575:
essedo tacente,
noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:
Ister tacens,
i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:
solitudo et tacentes loci,
hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:
loca tacentia,
the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:
aquae tacentes,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:
tacere indolem illam Romanam,
i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:
blanditiae taceant,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—
II.
Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):
et tu hoc taceto,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:
quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:
enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:
quid dixit aut quid tacuit?
Hor. Epod. 5, 49:
commissa tacere Qui nequit,
id. S. 1, 4, 84:
ut alios taceam,
not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,
Narcissum,
Verg. G. 4, 123:
novercas,
Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:
tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?
Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:
ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:
aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,
Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:
vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,
Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:
gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,
Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:
prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
aliquid tacitum tenere,
id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:
quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,
Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:
tacitum erit,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:
suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,
i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:
cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,
Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:
ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,
Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:
tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,
silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —
2.
Transf.
a.
In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:
non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,
Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:
conventio,
Dig. 20, 2, 3:
condicio,
ib. 23, 3, 68:
jus,
ib. 29, 2, 66:
substitutio,
ib. 28, 5, 25:
indutiae,
Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:
fideicommissum,
Quint. 9, 2, 74.—
b.
That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:
senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,
Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:
aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,
id. Or. 60, 203:
omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,
id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:
ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,
Vell. 2, 93, 2:
tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,
Verg. A. 4, 67; so,
affectus,
Ov. M. 7, 147:
pudor,
id. ib. 7, 743:
ira,
id. ib. 6, 623:
dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,
secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:
taciti vulgator,
Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —
B.
Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:
quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,
Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:
tacitus tace modo,
id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:
mulier,
id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:
lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:
quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?
Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:
vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:
quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,
id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;
quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,
id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:
nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,
id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:
si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,
id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:
tacita vestra exspectatio,
id. Clu. 23, 63:
assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,
implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:
si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,
i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:
contumeliam tacitus tulit,
id. 35, 19, 1:
ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,
i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:
pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,
eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:
tacitus pasci si posset corvus,
id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:
tacitā fistula cum lyrā,
id. C. 3, 19, 20:
totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,
with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:
fulmen,
i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:
per tacitum nemus ire,
still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,
unda,
id. ib. 8, 87:
caelum,
id. ib. 3, 515:
aër,
Mart. 8, 32, 1:
domus,
id. 9, 62, 12:
limen,
Verg. A. 7, 343:
nox,
Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:
septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,
in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:
trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,
i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:
somnus per tacitum allapsus,
silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:
erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,
id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—
C.
As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:
ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,
Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):
auscultemus,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:
tacite rogare,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:
tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,
id. Mil. 4, 11:
perire tacite obscureque,
id. Quint. 15, 50:
non tulit verecundiam senatus,
Liv. 5, 28, 1:
exsecrari praetereuntem,
id. 2, 58, 8:
annus labens,
Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tacitum
14 arcānus

arcānus adj. [arca], secret, trusty, silent: nox, O.—Hidden, close, secret, private, concealed: consilia, H.: Littera, O.: sensūs, V.: sacra, mysteries, H.—Poet., of Ceres, H. — As subst n., a secret, mystery: nox arcanis fidissima, O.: arcani Fides prodiga, H.: si quid arcani fuerit, L.: prodere, Iu.: fatorum arcana, V.: Iovis, secret decrees, H.
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I
arcana, arcanum ADJ

secret, private, hidden; intimate, personal; confidential; mysterious, esoteric
II
arcani N M

confidant, trustworthy friend, keeper of secrets

Latin-English dictionary > arcānus
15 dirimō

dirimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere [dis- + emo], to take apart, part, separate, divide, cut off: dirimi (corpus) distrahive: dirimit Suebiam montium iugum, Ta.: urbs flumine dirempta, L.: a continenti urbem, Cu.: si quem dirimit plaga solis, whom the torrid zone parts (from us), V.: infestas acies, iras (i. e. iratos), to stand between, L.—Fig., to break off, interrupt, disturb, put off, delay: proelium dirimitur, Cs.: proelium nox diremit, S.: proelia voce, V.: venerunt ad dirimendum bellum, L.: certamina, O.: controversiam, to end: rem arbitrio, O.— To separate, dissolve, break off: coniunctionem civium: caritas dirimi non potest, etc.: dirempta pax, L.: conubium, L. — To interrupt, disturb, break up: conloquium, Cs.: ut concilia populi dirimerentur, L.: actum est nihil, nox diremit.— To destroy, frustrate, bring to naught: auspicium, L.: rem susceptam: consilium, S.
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dirimere, diremi, diremptus V

divide, pull apart, separate, break up, dissolve; interrupt, delay

Latin-English dictionary > dirimō
16 praecipitō

praecipitō āvī, ātus, āre [praeceps], to throw headlong, cast down, hurl down, precipitate: p<*>ae in mare praecipitatae, N.: currum scopulis, hurl against, O.: se ex altissimo muro: sese in fossas, Cs.: se (sc. de muro), L.: se in Tiberim, L.: se in medios ignīs, Cu.: etiam pulcherrima, throw overboard, Iu.: cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur, threw themselves down, S.: lux Praecipitatur aquis, sets in the ocean, O.: hac te praecipitato, run this way for life! T.: iis (parvis) minari, praecipitaturos alicunde, threaten to throw them down.—To rush down, throw oneself down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, drop, tumble, fall (of involuntary falling): statim praecipitat in Lirem: nimbi In vada praecipitant, V.: in fossam, L.: sol praecipitans: iam nox caelo Praecipitat, is sinking, V.: hiems iam praecipitaverat, had come to an end, Cs.—Fig., to throw down, hurl down, precipitate: praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu: semet ipse praecipitare, destroy oneself, S.: se in insidias, L.: furor iraque mentem Praecipitant, carry headlong, V.: quosdam praecipitat potentia Invidiae, Iu.: nox praecipitata, declining, O.— To hasten, hurry: quae Praecipitent obitum, hasten their setting: praecipitata raptim consilia, precipitate, L.: moras, i. e. exchange for haste, V.: dare tempus Praecipitant curae, hasten, V.— To fall down, fall, sink, be ruined: ubi non subest, quo praecipitet, may tumble down: cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res, L.: ad exitium praecipitans.— To be too hasty, be precipitate: sustinenda est adsensio, ne praecipitet: praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere, to jump at a conclusion.
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praecipitare, praecipitavi, praecipitatus V

throw headlong, cast down

Latin-English dictionary > praecipitō
17 breve

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breve
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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi
19 brevia

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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