oftentimes

saepe, adv. [old acc. n. of saepis].

Often, oft, oftentimes, many times, frequently (at indefinite intervals, while crebro denotes in close succession):

aperitur ostium, unde saturitate saepe ego exii ebrius,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 35:

multis damno et mihi lucro saepe eris,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 52:

audivi saepe hoc vulgo dicier,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 13:

saepe ex te audivi pater,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 40; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46:

saepe hoc de majoribus natu audivimus,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

cum saepe mecum ageres, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

sed... saepe enim redeo ad Scipionem, etc.,

id. ib. 17, 62; cf. comp.:

quocirca... dicendum est enim saepius, etc.,

id. ib. 22, 85:

licet lascivire, dum nihil metuas, ut in navi ac saepe etiam in morbo levi,

id. Rep. 1, 40, 63; so,

saepe etiam,

id. ib. 1, 17, 26:

in hoc statu rei publicae, quem dixi jam saepe non posse esse diuturnum,

id. ib. 2, 37:

minime saepe,

least frequently, Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

haud saepe,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 33:

non saepe,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 37:

solet jocari saepe mecum illo modo,

id. Men. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 18; so (with solere) Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 9; cf. sup.:

de quo (Homero) saepissime vigilans (Ennius) solebat cogitare et loqui,

id. ib. 6, 10; id. Lael. 8, 26:

vidi ego multa saepe picta, quae Acherunti fierent cruciamenta,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 1; so (with multus) id. ib. 2, 2, 78; id. Cas. 2, 5, 41; id. Mil. 3, 3, 12; id. Poen. 1, 1, 1; Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42; id. Lael. 1, 2; id. Off. 2, 6, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 219; cf.:

saepe et multum hoc mecum cogitavi,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

in hac (causā) multum et saepe versatus,

id. Quint. 1, 3:

quorum saepe et diu ad pedes jacuit stratus,

id. ib. 31, 96; Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 28:

nullus (piscis) minus saepe ad terram venit,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 56: illos (inimicos) saepe verum dicere, hos (amicos) numquam, Cato ap. Cic. Lael. 24, 90:

quod vos nimium saepe dicitis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41: bene saepe, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 3 (Ann. v. 241 Vahl.):

saepe antea (ante),

Sall. J. 107, 1; 112, 2.—

Comp.:

ibi eos conspicias quam praetorem saepius,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 8; cf.:

ego saepius quam vellem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 59.— More usu. without quam:

quod, etsi saepe dictum est, dicendum est tamen saepius, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf. Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 6, A:

semel atque iterum ac saepius,

Cic. Font. 12, 26 (16):

semel et saepius,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

bis ac saepius,

Quint. 10, 5, 7:

iterum et saepius te rogo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 2; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

iterum ac saepius,

Quint. 12, 8, 8:

quo quidem schemate utuntur poëtae saepius, sed ne oratores quidem raro,

id. 9, 3, 44:

quo magis novi, tanto saepius,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 14:

propterea saepius te, ut memineris, moneo,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 43:

ut verbis, quid sit... definiam saepius,

Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

quasi ipsos induxi loquentes, ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

quae potestas si mihi saepius sine meo vestroque periculo fiet, utar,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 38:

si saepius decertandum sit,

id. ib. 2, 17, 43.—

Sup.:

tibi saepissime Cyathisso,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 28; id. Ps. 2, 4, 56:

optare ut quam saepissime peccet amicus,

Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

ut vinum aegrotis, qui prodest raro, nocet saepissime,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

de quo (avo tuo) audisti multa ex me, eaque saepissime,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 34.—

In general propositions stating the results of experience, to denote that which is wont to take place frequently, Plaut. Capt. prol. 44:

illud saepe fit, tempestas venit, etc.,

id. Most. 1, 2, 27; cf.:

nam saepe est, quibus in rebus alius ne iratus quidem est, Cum, etc.,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 28:

saepe ex hujusmodi re quāpiam... magna familiaritas Conflatast,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 34:

non licet hominem esse saepe ita ut volt,

id. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 57;

repeated: saepe... saepe,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. Ep. 1, 19, 19; Liv. 23, 15:

saepe, five times in succession,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33 sq.; cf.:

saepe... persaepe... saepe... saepe... saepe... modo... modo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 9:

modo... saepe... modo... interdum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 11:

saepe... modo,

id. ib. 2, 7, 8.— Sup.:

bonum consilium subripitur saepissime, si, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 8.—

Sometimes with numero, and also joined in one word with it, saepenumero, to strengthen the main idea, like our oftentimes, again and again (perh. not before the class. per.):

Aeduos fratres consanguineosque saepenumero a senatu appellatos,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33; 1, 39; 1, 40; 6, 8; 7, 62; Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Sen. 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67; 41, 119; id. Fam. 16, 21, 3; Sall. C. 52, 7; 53, 3; Auct. B. Afr. 35, 4 al.—Once also in comp.:

gigni hominem saepe nono, saepiusnumero decimo mense,

Gell. 3, 16, 1.

* * *

crēber, bra, brum ( sup. creberrimus;

but crebrissimus,

Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170;

and CEREBERRIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).

Of material subjects:

lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf.

silva,

Lucr. 6, 135:

crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

rami,

id. ib. 2, 17:

(venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

funale,

numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

creberrima aedificia,

id. ib. 5, 12:

ignes quam creberrimi,

Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6:

vigilias ponere,

id. ib. 45, 2:

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.

exploratores,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf.

hostes,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84:

crebri cecidere caelo lapides,

Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—

Of immaterial subjects:

itiones,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf.

excursiones,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

ictus,

Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30:

impetus,

Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.:

anhelitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199:

commutationes aestuum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

rumores,

id. ib. 2, 1:

amplexus,

Ov. M. 9, 538 al.:

compellationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

sonus,

oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

argumentatio,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

supplosio pedis,

id. 11, 3, 128:

crebriores figurae,

id. 9, 2, 94:

quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua,

Quint. 12, 10, 46.—

Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in:

creber harundinibus lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 190:

Africus procellis,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of speech or writing:

sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc.,

you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83:

si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi... in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu,

id. Att. 1, 19, 1:

(Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. [p. 479] ib. §

68).—In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior,

Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,

Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times:

si crebro cades,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

ruri esse,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

mittere litteras,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1:

tussire et exspuere,

Quint. 11, 5, 56:

personare purgatam aurem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.:

qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59.— Comp. crebrius:

perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum,

i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14:

mittas litteras,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.:

crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes,

Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-):

commemorantur a Stoicis,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—

crē-bră ( acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly:

revisit ad stabulum (mater),

Lucr. 2, 359:

et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 500.—

crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place;

only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa,

Vitr. 2, 9, 10.— Sup.:

crates ex virgis creberrime textae,

Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—

crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

crēber, bra, brum ( sup. creberrimus;

but crebrissimus,

Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170;

and CEREBERRIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).

Of material subjects:

lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf.

silva,

Lucr. 6, 135:

crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

rami,

id. ib. 2, 17:

(venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

funale,

numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

creberrima aedificia,

id. ib. 5, 12:

ignes quam creberrimi,

Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6:

vigilias ponere,

id. ib. 45, 2:

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.

exploratores,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf.

hostes,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84:

crebri cecidere caelo lapides,

Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—

Of immaterial subjects:

itiones,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf.

excursiones,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

ictus,

Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30:

impetus,

Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.:

anhelitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199:

commutationes aestuum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

rumores,

id. ib. 2, 1:

amplexus,

Ov. M. 9, 538 al.:

compellationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

sonus,

oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

argumentatio,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

supplosio pedis,

id. 11, 3, 128:

crebriores figurae,

id. 9, 2, 94:

quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua,

Quint. 12, 10, 46.—

Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in:

creber harundinibus lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 190:

Africus procellis,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of speech or writing:

sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc.,

you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83:

si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi... in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu,

id. Att. 1, 19, 1:

(Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. [p. 479] ib. §

68).—In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior,

Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,

Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times:

si crebro cades,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

ruri esse,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

mittere litteras,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1:

tussire et exspuere,

Quint. 11, 5, 56:

personare purgatam aurem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.:

qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59.— Comp. crebrius:

perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum,

i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14:

mittas litteras,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.:

crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes,

Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-):

commemorantur a Stoicis,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—

crē-bră ( acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly:

revisit ad stabulum (mater),

Lucr. 2, 359:

et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 500.—

crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place;

only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa,

Vitr. 2, 9, 10.— Sup.:

crates ex virgis creberrime textae,

Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—

crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.