ntis

grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

hoc grassari gradu,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

recte grassatur via,

Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—

Of things:

(aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

Just. 23, 2:

neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

Curt. 5, 6, 6.—

In partic.

To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—

To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

in umbris,

Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,

With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

turmas,

Stat. Th. 8, 571.

Trop.

In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

consimili grassantur via,

Afran. ib. 9:

ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

Sall. J. 1, 3:

grassandum ad clara periclis,

Sil. 1, 570:

(assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

longe alia via grassabantur,

id. 2, 27, 7:

consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

id. 10, 14, 13:

mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

Tac. H. 4, 56:

cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

obsequio,

to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

dolo,

to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

assentando multitudini grassari,

Liv. 45, 23, 9:

superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

Suet. Aug. 67.—

In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

in possessionem agri publici grassari,

id. 6, 5, 4:

in externos grassari,

Suet. Ner. 36:

adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

id. Calig. 34; cf.:

qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

Just. 1, 9:

ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

Suet. Calig. 56:

omni rapinarum genere grassati,

id. Vesp. 6:

diverso vitiorum genere,

id. Galb. 14; cf.:

placuit veneno grassari,

Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

Tac. A. 4, 66:

ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

id. ib. 13, 4:

dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

Prud. Psych. 468:

grassandi in re familiari facultas,

of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

Juv. 14, 174.—

With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

in-diffĕrens, entis, adj., in which there is no difference, indifferent.

Act., of persons, making no difference, indifferent, careless (post-class.):

circa victum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

Philos. t. t., neither good nor evil, not to be sought or avoided (class.): necesse est, nec bonum esse nec malum hoc quod praepositum vel praecipuum nominamus; idque ita definimus, quod sit indifferens cum aestimatione mediocri; quod enim illi adiaphoron dicunt, id mihi ita occurrit ut indifferens dicerem, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53: nihil indifferens gloriosum est; mors autem gloriosum est;

ergo mors non est indifferens,

Sen. Ep. 82, 10.—Hence, subst.: indiffĕrens, ntis, n., a thing indifferent, neither good nor evil:

si valetudo indifferens est, bene valere indifferens est,

Sen. Ep. 117, 8:

cur dolor apud Stoicos indifferens esse dicitur, non malum,

Gell. 12, 5, 4:

Zeno censuit voluptatem esse indifferens, id est neutrum, neque bonum neque malum,

id. 9, 5, 5.— Plur.:

haec quae indifferentia vocamus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 4 al. —

In gram., of the syllaba anceps, doubtful, Quint. 9, 9, 48; 93.—Hence, adv.: in-diffĕrenter, without distinction, indiscriminately, indifferently (post-Aug.):

uti utraque appellatione,

Quint. 11, 3, 1; 9, 2, 6:

uti his litteris,

Gell. 10, 24, 8: ferre, to bear with indifference, unconcern; opp. graviter, Suet. Dom. 23:

vivere,

to eat of everything without distinction, Scrib. Comp. 122.

in-diffĕrens, entis, adj., in which there is no difference, indifferent.

Act., of persons, making no difference, indifferent, careless (post-class.):

circa victum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

Philos. t. t., neither good nor evil, not to be sought or avoided (class.): necesse est, nec bonum esse nec malum hoc quod praepositum vel praecipuum nominamus; idque ita definimus, quod sit indifferens cum aestimatione mediocri; quod enim illi adiaphoron dicunt, id mihi ita occurrit ut indifferens dicerem, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53: nihil indifferens gloriosum est; mors autem gloriosum est;

ergo mors non est indifferens,

Sen. Ep. 82, 10.—Hence, subst.: indiffĕrens, ntis, n., a thing indifferent, neither good nor evil:

si valetudo indifferens est, bene valere indifferens est,

Sen. Ep. 117, 8:

cur dolor apud Stoicos indifferens esse dicitur, non malum,

Gell. 12, 5, 4:

Zeno censuit voluptatem esse indifferens, id est neutrum, neque bonum neque malum,

id. 9, 5, 5.— Plur.:

haec quae indifferentia vocamus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 4 al. —

In gram., of the syllaba anceps, doubtful, Quint. 9, 9, 48; 93.—Hence, adv.: in-diffĕrenter, without distinction, indiscriminately, indifferently (post-Aug.):

uti utraque appellatione,

Quint. 11, 3, 1; 9, 2, 6:

uti his litteris,

Gell. 10, 24, 8: ferre, to bear with indifference, unconcern; opp. graviter, Suet. Dom. 23:

vivere,

to eat of everything without distinction, Scrib. Comp. 122.

indĭgĕo, ŭi, ēre, v. n. [indu-egeo], to need, want, to stand in need or want of any thing (class.).

Lit., with abl.:

bona existimatione,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

pecunia,

Nep. Ages. 7:

medicina,

id. Att. 21:

iis rebus, quae ad oppugnationem castrorum sunt usui,

Caes. B. C. 4, 35:

cibo,

Suet. Galb. 7:

constantia inter dubia,

Tac. H. 3, 73:

pecunia,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 9.—

In gen.

To need, be in want of, require.

With gen. (class.):

ingenii et virtutis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 2:

indigeo tui consilii,

id. Att. 12, 35, 2:

alterius,

id. Lael. 14, 51.—

With abl., Cic. Fam. 12, 11, 2; Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2.— Pass.:

cum praesidio earum (avium) indigetur,

Plin. 10, 27, 39, § 75:

fruges indigebant tecto,

Col. 12 praef. §

3: pax et quies bonis artibus indigent,

Tac. H. 4, 1; 4, 51; Suet. Aug. 29. —

With acc. (ante-class.):

nihil,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.—

With inf.:

hoc plane indigeo discere,

Gell. 4, 1, 6.—

To long for, desire; with gen. (class.):

non auri, non argenti, non ceterarum rerum indigere,

Cic. Sull. 8, 25.—Hence, indĭgens, entis, P. a., in want of, needing any thing

With gen.:

quid enim? Africanus indigens mei? minime hercle: at ne ego quidem illius,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

alienarum opum,

Nep. Reg. 3: praesidii, Auct. B. Hisp. 17.—

With abl. (post-Aug.):

cotes oleo indigentes,

Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 164:

disceptatio multā curā indigens,

Gell. 14, 2, 13.—

Subst.: indĭgens, ntis, comm., a needy or indigent person:

indigentibus benigne facere,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52; id. Fin. 2, 35, 118.

in-sŏlens, ntis, adj. [2. in-soleo].

In gen., i. q. insuetus, contrary to custom, unaccustomed to a thing; unusual, not in use (class.); constr. absol., or with gen.:

quid tu Athenas insolens?

Ter. And. 5, 4, 4:

mutatos deos flebit et aspera aequora emirabitur insolens (= antea insuetus tam celeris immutationis),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 8:

verbum, i. q. insuetum, insolitum,

Cic. Or. 8, 25; Quint. 4, 1, 58; Gell. 11, 7, 1; cf. in sup.: insolentissimum nomen, Quint. prooem. § 14.—With gen.:

infamiae,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3; id. de Or. 1, 48, 207:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36:

bellorum,

Tac. H. 1, 87:

audiendi,

id. A. 15, 67:

vera accipiendi,

Sall. H. 4, 48 Dietsch:

ruris colendi,

Gell. 19, 12, 7:

malarum artium,

Sall. C. 3, 4 al. —

In partic.

Excessive, immoderate; haughty, arrogant, insolent:

insolenti alacritate gestire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42:

ostentatio,

id. Par. 6, 1, 42:

victoria,

id. Marc. 3, 9:

laetitia,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 3:

exercitus,

id. ib. 1, 6, 21:

nec erat ei verendum, ne vera de se praedicans, nimis videretur aut insolens, aut loquax,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 31:

ne in re nota multus et insolens sim,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

non tam insolens sum, quam ineruditus,

id. Dom. 34, 92:

nihil umquam neque insolens, neque gloriosum ex ore ejus exiit,

Nep. Tim. 4:

Fortuna ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 50.— Comp.:

secundis rebus insolentiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.: insolentissimi homines, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3.—

Extravagant, prodigal:

in aliena re,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

in pecunia,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—

Unfrequented, lonely:

locus,

Pall. 12, 4, 2.— Hence, adv.: insŏlenter.

Unusually, contrary to custom (class.):

evenire insolenter et raro,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

verbum fingere,

Gell. 1, 21, 5.— Comp.:

insolentius hac figura uti,

Gell. 10, 13, 4.—

Immoderately; haughtily, insolently:

Gorgias his festivitatibus insolentius abutitur,

Cic. Or. 52, 176:

auctorem extinctum laete atque insolenter ferre,

with insolent exultation, id. Phil. 9, 3, 7:

victoriā suā insolenter gloriari,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

se efferre,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

a sorore irrisa,

Flor. 1, 26:

dictum,

Quint. 1, 5, 9:

hostis insequens,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.— Comp.:

se insolentius jactare,

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20; Caes. B. C. 3, 46. — Sup.:

insolentissime obequitare,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 21.

in-sŏlens, ntis, adj. [2. in-soleo].

In gen., i. q. insuetus, contrary to custom, unaccustomed to a thing; unusual, not in use (class.); constr. absol., or with gen.:

quid tu Athenas insolens?

Ter. And. 5, 4, 4:

mutatos deos flebit et aspera aequora emirabitur insolens (= antea insuetus tam celeris immutationis),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 8:

verbum, i. q. insuetum, insolitum,

Cic. Or. 8, 25; Quint. 4, 1, 58; Gell. 11, 7, 1; cf. in sup.: insolentissimum nomen, Quint. prooem. § 14.—With gen.:

infamiae,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3; id. de Or. 1, 48, 207:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36:

bellorum,

Tac. H. 1, 87:

audiendi,

id. A. 15, 67:

vera accipiendi,

Sall. H. 4, 48 Dietsch:

ruris colendi,

Gell. 19, 12, 7:

malarum artium,

Sall. C. 3, 4 al. —

In partic.

Excessive, immoderate; haughty, arrogant, insolent:

insolenti alacritate gestire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42:

ostentatio,

id. Par. 6, 1, 42:

victoria,

id. Marc. 3, 9:

laetitia,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 3:

exercitus,

id. ib. 1, 6, 21:

nec erat ei verendum, ne vera de se praedicans, nimis videretur aut insolens, aut loquax,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 31:

ne in re nota multus et insolens sim,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

non tam insolens sum, quam ineruditus,

id. Dom. 34, 92:

nihil umquam neque insolens, neque gloriosum ex ore ejus exiit,

Nep. Tim. 4:

Fortuna ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 50.— Comp.:

secundis rebus insolentiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.: insolentissimi homines, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3.—

Extravagant, prodigal:

in aliena re,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

in pecunia,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—

Unfrequented, lonely:

locus,

Pall. 12, 4, 2.— Hence, adv.: insŏlenter.

Unusually, contrary to custom (class.):

evenire insolenter et raro,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

verbum fingere,

Gell. 1, 21, 5.— Comp.:

insolentius hac figura uti,

Gell. 10, 13, 4.—

Immoderately; haughtily, insolently:

Gorgias his festivitatibus insolentius abutitur,

Cic. Or. 52, 176:

auctorem extinctum laete atque insolenter ferre,

with insolent exultation, id. Phil. 9, 3, 7:

victoriā suā insolenter gloriari,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

se efferre,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

a sorore irrisa,

Flor. 1, 26:

dictum,

Quint. 1, 5, 9:

hostis insequens,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.— Comp.:

se insolentius jactare,

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20; Caes. B. C. 3, 46. — Sup.:

insolentissime obequitare,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 21.

in-sons, ntis, adj.

Guiltless, innocent; constr. with gen. or absol. (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.):

insontem probri accusare,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 9:

aliquem falso atque insontem arguere,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 10:

publici consilii,

Liv. 34, 32, 8:

culpae,

id. 22, 49.— With abl. (rare):

si regni crimine insons fuerit,

Liv. 4, 15, 1.— Absol.:

purus et insons... si vivo,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 69; Sen. Hipp. 486:

amicus,

Verg. A. 2, 93; 5, 350. — Esp., as subst.: insontes, um, m., the innocent (opp. sontes):

circumvenire, jugulare,

Sall. C. 16, 3.—

Harmless (only poet.):

Cerberus,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 29:

oliva,

Stat. Th. 12, 682:

casa,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 66.

in-sons, ntis, adj.

Guiltless, innocent; constr. with gen. or absol. (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.):

insontem probri accusare,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 9:

aliquem falso atque insontem arguere,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 10:

publici consilii,

Liv. 34, 32, 8:

culpae,

id. 22, 49.— With abl. (rare):

si regni crimine insons fuerit,

Liv. 4, 15, 1.— Absol.:

purus et insons... si vivo,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 69; Sen. Hipp. 486:

amicus,

Verg. A. 2, 93; 5, 350. — Esp., as subst.: insontes, um, m., the innocent (opp. sontes):

circumvenire, jugulare,

Sall. C. 16, 3.—

Harmless (only poet.):

Cerberus,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 29:

oliva,

Stat. Th. 12, 682:

casa,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 66.