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1 Potius mori quam foedari
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3 subodiosus
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4 mālō
mālō māluī, mālle (old māvolō for mālō, T.) [magis+volo], to choose rather, prefer: sicut ego malo: Quid est quod mihi malim quam, etc., T.: omnia malle quam victi abire, S.: pacem quam bellum, S.: quin omnia malit, H.: acceptā iniuriā ignoscere quam persequi malebant, S.: rem obtinere, Cs.: quae cum audire mallem quam videre: nisi mavis Carpere pensum, H.: Mori me, T.: homines peccare quam deos: esse quam videri bonus malebat, S.: fraterculus esse gigantis, Iu.: Sis licet felix ubicumque mavis (sc. felix esse), H.: hos mallem secum milites eduxisset: Byblida mavult vocem sororem, ctc., O.: Nullos his mallem ludos spectasse, rather than these, H.: se ab omnibus desertos potius quam abs te defensos esse malunt: mature vincere quam diu imperare, L.: de flumine Quam ex fonticulo sumere, H.: meo iudicio multo stare malo quam omnium reliquorum, much rather.—To incline, prefer, be more favorable: in hac re malo universae Asiae: quamquam illi omnia malo quam mihi, i. e. would rather he had them.* * *malle, malui, - Vprefer; incline toward, wish rather -
5 malo
mālo, mālui, malle (old forms, mavolo for malo, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 18; id. Curc. 2, 3, 41; id. Poen. 1, 2, 88; 90; id. Rud. 5, 3, 57; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 25:I.mavolunt for malunt, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. stuprum, p. 317 Müll.: mavoluit for maluit,
Petr. S. p. 77:mavelim for malim,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 27; id. Aul. 4, 5, 1; id. Capt. 3, 3, 1; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 18; id. Men. 5, 1, 20; id. Mil. 4, 8, 46; id. Merc. 4, 3, 21; 5, 4, 48; id. Poen. 1, 1, 23; 4, 2, 5; 5, 2, 31; id. Pers. 1, 1, 4; id. Rud. 2, 7, 12; id. Truc. 2, 2, 22; 2, 4, 68; 4, 2, 29; 30; 33: mavelis for malis, id. Capt. 2, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 2, 8:mavelit for malit,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 25:mavellem for mallem,
id. Am. 1, 3, 14; id. Curc. 4, 2, 26; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 21; 3, 3, 48; 4, 9, 125; id. Mil. 2, 2, 16; id. Ps. 1, 1, 128; 4, 5, 6; id. Poen. 3, 3, 37:mavolet for malet,
id. As. 1, 1, 108), v. a. [magis - volo], to choose rather, to prefer.In gen., constr. with acc. of the person or thing, with an object-clause, or with subj. (class.).(α).With acc. of the person or thing (rare): bonos et senatum malet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2:(β).ambigua, ancipitia malebat,
Tac. H. 2, 86:quin omnia malit,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 61:quod mallem,
which I would prefer, Ov. Tr. 2, 239; id. H. 21, 35:malo, Malo Venusinam quam te,
Juv. 6, 167:ridenda poëmata malo, quam te,
id. 10, 124; 14, 153.—In late Lat. also with acc. and dat.:ut me aliis omnibus mallet,
App. Mag. 73, p. 321, 10.—With object-clause (usu. class. constr.): seseque ii perire mavolunt ibidem, quam, etc., Naev. ap. Fest. p. 317 Müll.; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Cic. Off. 1, 19, 65:(γ).Cato jam servire quam pugnare mavult,
id. Att. 7, 15, 2:maluit illum esse deum,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 3; Cic. Att. 13, 22, 3; id. Div. 2, 57, 118:judicium prius de probro quam de re maluit fieri,
id. Quint. 2, 9:praetextam sumere mavis, an esse, etc.,
Juv. 10, 99.—With nom. and inf.:(δ).esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:unde fit ut malim fraterculus esse gigantis,
Juv. 4, 98.—With subj. (mostly poet.):II.mallem... cognoscerem,
Cic. Fam. 7, 14:mallem divitias mihi dedisses, Quam, etc.,
Cat. 24, 4:fabula sit mavult, quam sine amore deus,
Tib. 2, 3, 32:malo pater tibi sit Thersites,
Juv. 8, 269.—Sometimes with comp. abl. instead of quam ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):nullos his mallem ludos spectasse,
rather than these, Hor. S. 2, 8, 79:ne dubitaret armis incruentas conditiones malle,
to choose rather than arms, prefer to arms, Tac. A. 12, 46.—Sometimes followed pleonastically by potius:se ab omnibus desertos potius quam abs to defensos esse malunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21:an ille Uticae potius, quam Romae, cum alienis esse quam cum suis maluisset?
id. Lig. 2, 5; id. Cat. ap. Fam. 15, 5, 2; Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3.—Also by quam:qui magis vere vincere, quam diu imperare malit,
Liv. 22, 34 fin. —Strengthened by multo or haud paulo:meo judicio multo stare malo, quam aliorum,
much rather, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5:haud paulo hunc animum malim quam, etc.,
id. Tusc. 1, 42, 99.—In partic., to be more favorable to one:in hac re malo universae Asiae et negotiatoribus,
Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:quamquam illi omnia malo, quam mihi,
i. e. would rather he had them, id. Planc. 24, 59.—Hence, mālens, entis, P. a., preferring (late Lat.), Hier. in Matt. 2, ad 14, 4; Aug. c. Jul. 4, 14, 68. -
6 an
an conj. I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter clause; in Engl. represented by or and the interrog. form of the clause.—After utrum, in direct questions: utrum has corporis an Pythagorae tibi malis viris ingeni dari?: utrum superbiam prius commemorem an crudelitatem?: utrumne iussi persequemur otium, an, etc., H.—In indirect questions, whether... or: intellegere utrum pudor an timor valeret, Cs.: quaero, utrum clemens an inhumanissimus videatur: agitamus utrumne... an, etc., H.—After enclitic -ne in direct questions: vosne Domitium an vos Domitius deseruit? Cs.: uter... isne, qui... an ille, qui? etc.—Annon (an non) in the latter clause simply negatives the former: hocine agis an non? T.—Indirect, whether... or: agitur liberine vivamus an mortem obeamus: quaeso sitne aliqua actio an nulla.—Rarely annon: Roga velitne an non uxorem, T. — After a clause without correl. interrog. particle, in direct questions: ipse percussit an aliis occidendum dedit?: eloquar an sileam? V.—So with -ne pleonast.: obtrectatum esse, Gabinio dicam anne Pompeio, an utrique?—By ellips. of verb, an becomes simply disjunctive between two words: cum Simonides an quis alius polliceretur: cum id constaret, iure an iniuriā eripiendos esse reos, L.—Indirect: vivat an mortuus sit, quis curat?: hoc quaeramus, verum sit an falsum?— With ellips. of verb: neque, recte an perperam (sc. fiat), interpretor, L.; cf. discrimine recte an perperam facti confuso, L.—The former interrog. clause is often implied in a previous affirmation, and the clause with an expects a negative answer: quid enim actum est? an litteris pepercisti? (was it as I have said?), or did you, etc., i. e. you surely did not, etc.: at Pompeii voluntatem a me abalienabat oratio mea. An ille quemquam plus dilexit? or rather: sive vetabat, ‘an hoc inhonestum... necne sit addubites?’ (where an addubites asks a direct question, and hoc... sit an indirect question dependent on it), H.: quas Kalendas Iunias expectasti? an eas, ad quas, etc.?: an Scipio Gracchum interfecit, Catilinam... nos perferemus? or (if what I have said be questioned) while Scipio slew... are we to tolerate Catiline?—After a question, with num, an introduces a new question, correcting or denying the former, or rather: num iniquom postulo? an ne hoc quidem ego adipiscar...? or rather am I not even to get, etc., T.: num Homerum coegit obmutescere senectus? an studiorum agitatio vitae aequalis fuit? or was not rather? etc.—Sometimes the former interrog. clause, to be supplied, expects a negative answer, and the clause with an is an implied affirmation: a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit? Quibus? an iis, etc.: unde ordiar? an eadem attingam, quae, etc.—So often annon? or is it not so? hem quo fretus sim... annon dixi, etc., T.: annon sensistis triumphatum hodie de vobis esse? or have you not? etc., L. — Ellipt.: cuium pecus? an Meliboei? Meliboeus's, I suppose, V.— II. Meton., without disjunctive force.—With expressions of doubt, ignorance, uncertainty, the former interrog. clause is regularly omitted, the latter with an expressing the belief or opinion of the speaker, I know not but, I incline to think, I suspect, perhaps, probably: hau scio an quae dixit sint vera, T.: res nescio an maxima, L.: dubito an Apronio data sit merces: haud sciam an ne opus sit quidem, etc., possibly it may not be desirable: is mortuus est, nescio an antequam, etc.: Qui scis, an, quae iubeam, sine vi faciat, T.—In indirect questions, whether: quaesivi an misisset: quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent, L.—With an repeated: animo nunc huc nunc fluctuat illuc, an sese mucrone... Induat... Fluctibus an iaciat, V.: temptare an sit Corpus an illud ebur, O.* * *can it be that (introduces question expecting negative answer/further question); whether; (utrum... an = whether... or); or; either -
7 magis
magis adv. comp. [1 MAC-], more, in a higher degree, more completely.—With adjj.: magis iuris consultus quam iustitiae: beatus, H.: vis magis necessaria recte ad vivendum: magis verum atque hoc responsum, T.—With advv.: magis aperte, T.: magis inpense, T.—With verbs: magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere, Cs.: tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.: quod magis vellem evenire (i. e. mallem), T.: magis Pugnas bibit volgus, is more eager for, H.: magis aedilis fieri non potuisset, better.—With abl: videntur omnes errasse, sed alius alio magis, in different degrees: alii aliis magis recusare, L.: quid philosophiā magis colendum?: quā fluvius solito magis inundaverat, L.: hac magis illam petere (i. e. quam hanc), H.: magis solito incauti, L.—In phrases, with negatives: ius apud eos non legibus magis quam naturā valebat, as much by natural disposition, etc., S.: nec magis dolo capi quam armis vinci posse, just as little, L.: domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati, i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner: animus in morbo non magis est sanus quam corpus, i. e. is just as far from being sound: hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere, i. e. less than: hunc ego me Non magis esse velim, quam vivere, etc., H.—With abl. of difference: illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos, far more: quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis convalescebat: eoque magis, quod, etc.: hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc., Cs.: aliud (malum) multo tremendum magis, V.: deus paulo magis adfabre factus: nihilo magis descendere, Cs.—With adv. of degree: nihilo minus... haud scio an magis etiam, even more: Tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis crudescunt pugnae (i. e. eo magis... quo magis), V.: magis magisque in dies, more and more, S.: cottidie magis magisque: de Graeciā cottidie magis et magis cogito.—Poet.: magis atque magis, V.— With more cause, more truly, with better reason, rather, in preference: magis ratione quam virtute vicisse, Cs.: timori magis quam religioni consulere, Cs.: amoris magis quam honoris gratiā: corpora magna magis quam firma, L.: Quae poscenti magis gaudeat eripi, H.: neque uti aeterni forent optavit; magis ut, etc., but rather, S.: forma Aut fuit aut visa est: sed fuit illa magis, O.: Non equidem invideo, Miror magis, V.: pernā magis Flagitat (stomachus) refici, H.—In the phrase, magis est, with quod or ut, there is better reason to, etc.: magis est quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem, I have more reason to, etc.: magis est ut ipse moleste ferat, quam ut, etc., he has cause rather.* * *to greater extent, more nearly; rather, instead; more; (forms COMP of an ADJ) -
8 aut
aut, conj. [aut, Osc. auti, Umbr. ote, ute, may be a modification of autem, as at of et, the suffix -t being a relic of the demonstrative -tem, which appears in item, and is the same as -dem in quidem, and -dam in quondam, and of which the demonstrative adverbs, tam and tum, are absolute forms; the first part of these words may be compared with the Gr. au (cf. aute and autar), and with the Sanscr. vā = or, with which again may be compared ve and vel; v. Corss. Ausspr. II. p. 595, and also pp. 130, 223, 411], or; and repeated: aut... aut, either... or; so in Sanscr. vā... vā.I.In gen. it puts in the place of a previous assertion another, objectively and absolutely antithetical to it, while vel indicates that the contrast rests upon subjective opinion or choice; i. e. aut is objective, vel subjective, or aut excludes one term, vel makes the two indifferent.a.Used singly, or:b.omnia bene sunt ei dicenda, qui hoc se posse profitetur aut eloquentiae nomen relinquendum est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:quibusnam manibus aut quibus viribus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 30:Vinceris aut vincis,
Prop. 2, 8, 10:cita mors venit aut victoria laeta,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 8:ruminat herbas aut aliquam in magno sequitur grege,
Verg. E. 6, 55 et persaep. (cf. on the contrary, Tac. G. 8: quae neque confirmare argumentis, neque refellere in animo est: ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem).—Repeated, aut... aut, either... or:c.Ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni, aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?
Cic. Sen. 16, 57:Nam ejus per unam, ut audio, aut vivam aut moriar sententiam,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 3,1,11 sq.:aut, quicquid igitur eodem modo concluditur, probabitis, aut ars ista nulla est,
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:partem planitiae aut Jovis templum aut oppidum tenet,
Liv. 44, 6, 15:terra in universum aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda,
Tac. G. 5:hoc bellum quis umquam arbitraretur aut ab omnibus imperatoribus uno anno aut omnibus annis ab uno imperatore confici posse?
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11,31.—More than twice repeated:d.aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum, aut ad philosophos, Ter And. 1, 1, 29: Uxor, si cesses, aut te amare cogitat Aut tete amare aut potare atque animo obsequi,
id. Ad. 1, 1, 7 sq.; so four times in Lucr. 4, 935 sq.; five times in Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; and Prop. 4, 21, 26 sqq.; and six times in Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.—Sometimes double disjunctive phrases with aut... aut are placed together:e.Adsentior Crasso, ne aut de C. Laelii soceri mei aut de hujus generi aut arte aut gloriā detraham,
Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35:res ipsa et rei publicae tempus aut me ipsum, quod nolim, aut alium quempiam aut invitabit aut dehortabitur,
id. Pis. 39, 94.—Repeated after negatives:f.ne aut ille alserit Aut ceciderit atque aliquid praefregerit,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:ne tanti facinoris immanitas aut exstitisse aut non vindicata esse videatur,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14; id. Sull. 43; id. Sest. 37; 39:neque enim sunt aut obscura aut non multa post commissa,
id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; id. Off. 1, 20, 66; 1, 11, 36; 1, 20, 68; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:nec milites ad scelus missos aut numero validos aut animo promptos,
Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 1, 18; id. Or. 12:nec erit mirabilis illic Aut Stratocles aut cum molli Demetrius Haemo,
Juv. 3, 98 sq.:neque aut quis esset ante detexit aut gubernatorem cedere adversae tempestati passus est,
Suet. Caes. 58; id. Ner. 34:Nec aut Persae aut Macedones dubitavere,
Curt. 4, 15, 28: Non sum aut tam inhumanus aut tam alienus a Sardis. Cic. Scaur. 39; id. Cat. 1, 13:Nihil est tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam etc.,
id. Mil. 36 al. —In interrogations:g.quo modo aut geometres cernere ea potest, quae aut nulla sunt aut internosci a falsis non possunt aut is, qui fidibus utitur, explere numeros et conficere versus?
Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22; so id. de Or. 1, 9, 37; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 118; id. N. D. 1, 43, 121.—In comparative clauses:II.talis autem simulatio vanitati est conjunctior quam aut liberalitati aut honestati,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 44.—Esp.A.Placed singly, to connect to something more important that which is less so, or at least.a.Absol.:b.Incute vim ventis submersasque obrue puppes, Aut age diversos et dissice corpora ponto,
Verg. A. 1, 69 sq. Rib. (furens Juno et irata, quod gravissimum credebat, optavit, deinde quod secundum intulit, Diom. p. 411 P.):quaero, num injuste aut improbe fecerit,
or at least unfairly, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54:a se postulari aut exspectari aliquid suspicantur,
id. ib. 2, 20, 69:quā re vi aut clam agendum est,
or at least by stealth, id. Att. 10, 12:profecto cuncti aut magna pars Siccensium fidem mutavissent,
Sall. J. 56, 6:Audendum est aliquid universis aut omnia singulis patienda,
Liv. 6, 18, 7:pars a centurionibus aut praetoriarum cohortium militibus caesi,
Tac. A. 1, 30:potentiā suā numquam aut raro ad impotentiam usus,
Vell. 2, 29.—With certe, etc., v. infra, F. 2.—B.To connect something which must take place, if that which is previously stated does not, or, otherwise, or else, in the contrary case, = alioqui:C.Redduc uxorem, aut quam obrem non opus sit cedo,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 76:id (principium) nec nasci potest nec mori, aut concidat omne caelum etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (Seyffert ad h. l., but preferring ut non; B. and K. and Kühner, vel):nunc manet insontem gravis exitus: aut ego veri Vana feror,
Verg. A. 10, 630:effodiuntur bulbi ante ver: aut deteriores fiunt,
Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 96:Mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis... Aut dicant iste mihi, quae sit alia ratio discendi,
Quint. 1, 12, 6; 2, 17, 9.—To restrict or correct an expression which is too general or inaccurate, or, or rather, or more accurately.a.Absol.:b.de hominum genere, aut omnino de animalium loquor,
Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 5, 20, 57; id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:Aut scilicet tua libertas disserendi amissa est, aut tu is es, qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36: cenaene causā, aut tuae mercedis gratiā Nos nostras aedīs postulas comburere? or rather, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 11.—In this signification aut sometimes begins a new clause: Potestne igitur quisquam dicere, inter eum, qui doleat, et inter eum, qui in voluptate sit, nihil interesse? Aut, ita qui sentiet, non apertissime insaniat? or is not rather, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:Quid est enim temeritate turpius? Aut quid tam temerarium tamque indignum sapientis gravitate atque constantiā, quam, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 3.—With potius (v. infra, F. 4.).—D.Neque... aut sometimes, but chiefly in the poets, takes the place of neque... neque: Neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam;E.nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas aut haec in foedera veni,
Verg. A. 4, 339:Si neque avaritiam neque sordes aut mala lustra Obiciet vere quisquam mihi,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 Bentl., but ac, K. and H.:Nunc neque te longi remeantem pompa triumphi Excipit aut sacras poscunt Capitolia lauros,
Luc. 1, 287:Nam neque plebeiam aut dextro sine numine cretam Servo animam,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 66:Neque enim Tyriis Cynosura carinis Certior aut Grais Helice servanda magistris,
Val. Fl. 1, 17; so also Tacitus: nec litore tenus adcrescere aut resorberi, Agr. 10; G. 7 ter; H. 1, 32; so after non:Non eo dico, quo mihi veniat in dubium tua fides, aut quo etc.,
Cic. Quinct. 5:non jure aut legibus cognoscunt,
Tac. Or. 19; id. Agr. 41; id. G. 24; after haud:Haud alias populus plus occultae vocis aut suspicacis silentii permisit,
id. A. 3, 11; after nihil:nihil caedis aut praedae,
id. A. 15, 6; 13, 4; id. H. 1, 30.—The poets connect by aut... vel, vel... aut, instead of aut... aut, or vel... vel: Quotiens te votui Argu [p. 211] rippum Conpellare aut contrectare conloquive aut contui? Plaut. As. 3, 1, 19:F.aut appone dapes, Vare, vel aufer opes,
Mart. 4, 78, 6 (this epigram is rejected by Schneid.):Non ars aut astus belli vel dextera deerat,
Sil. 16, 32.—In connection with other particles.1.Aut etiam, to complete or strengthen an assertion, or also, or even:2.quid ergo aut hunc prohibet, aut etiam Xenocratem, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:conjectura in multas aut diversas, aut etiam in contrarias partes,
id. Div. 2, 26, 55; id. Off. 1, 9, 28:si aut ambigue aut inconstanter aut incredibiliter dicta sunt, aut etiam aliter ab alio dicta,
id. Part. Or. 14, 51:etsi omnia aut scripta esse a tuis arbitror, aut etiam nuntiis ac rumore perlata,
id. Att. 4, 1.—So with one aut:quod de illo acceperant, aut etiam suspicabantur,
Cic. Fam. 1, 19, 36; Cels. 4, 18:si modo sim (orator), aut etiam quicumque sim,
Cic. Or. 3, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76.—Aut certe, aut modo, aut quidem, or aut sane, to restrict a declaration, or at least (cf. II. A.).a.Aut certe:b.ac video hanc primam ingressionem meam aut reprehensionis aliquid, aut certe admirationis habituram,
Cic. Or. 3, 11; id. Top. 17, 64:quo enim uno vincebamur a victā Graeciā, id aut ereptum illis est, aut certe nobis cum illis communicatum,
id. Brut. 73, 254; so Dolabella ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1; Liv. 2, 1, 4; 40, 46, 2; Cels. 1, 2; 5, 26; Prop. 4, 21, 29.—Aut modo:c.Si umquam posthac aut amasso Casinam, aut obcepso modo,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 22.—Aut quidem:d.Proinde desinant quidam quaerere ultra aut opinari... aut quidem vetustissimā nave impositos jubebo avehi,
Suet. Caes. 66.—Aut sane:3.Afer aut Sardus sane,
Cic. Scaur. 15.—Aut vero, to connect a more important thought, or indeed, or truly:4.Quem tibi aut hominem, aut vero deum, auxilio futurum putas?
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 78:Quis enim tibi hoc concesserit, aut initio genus hominum se oppidis moenibusque saepsisse? Aut vero etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 9, 36.—Aut potius, for correction or greater definiteness, or rather (cf. II. C.):5.Erravit, aut potius insanivit Apronius?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 119:proditores aut potius apertos hostes,
id. Sest. 35:nemo est injustus, aut incauti potius habendi sunt improbi,
id. Leg. 1, 14, 40:Quae est ergo ista ratio, aut quae potius ista amentia?
id. Verr. 3, 173.—Aut ne... quidem:► Aut regularly precedes the words of its clause, but sometimes in the poets it takes the second place:ego jam aut rem aut ne spem quidem exspecto,
Cic. Att. 3, 22 fin.Saturni aut sacram me tenuisse diem,
Tib.1, 3, 18 Lachm.:justos aut reperire pedes,
id. 2, 5, 112:Persequar aut studium linguae etc.,
Prop. 4, 21, 27:Fer pater, inquit, opem! Tellus aut hisce, vel istam, etc.,
Ov. M. 1, 545 (Merk., ait):Balteus aut fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,
Luc. 2, 362, where some read haud. See more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 525-558. -
9 meliusculus
mĕlĭuscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [melius], somewhat better, rather better (anteclass. and post-Aug.).—Of a convalescent:I.qui meliusculus esse coepit,
Cels. 3, 22; Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 19.—Of things:si eris verax, ex tuis rebus feceris meliusculas,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 15; cf.v. 6: apes coloris meliusculi,
Col. 9, 3, 2:facies,
Sen. Ben. 1, 3: spes, rather more, Varr. ap. Non. 394, 10.— In neutr. sing.:meliusculum est monere,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 3.— Adv.: mĕlĭuscŭlē.Rather better, pretty well (class.): cum meliuscule tibi esset, when you were somewhat better (of a convalescent), * Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1:II.jam valere,
Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 Mai.—Rather more, somewhat more:meliuscule quam satis fuerit, biberis,
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10 ad-eō
ad-eō adv. I. To designate a limit, to this, thus far, so far, as far.—Of space, fig.: postremo adeo res rediit, finally it comes to this, T.—Of time, so long (as), so long (till): nusquam destitit... orare usque adeo donec perpulit, T.: usque adeo in periculo fuisse, quoad, etc.—In comparison, in the same degree... in which; so very, so much... as (comic): adeon esse infelicem quemquam, ut ego sum? T.: gaudere adeo, quasi qui cupiunt nuptias, just like those who desire marriage, T.— II. To give emphasis, so, so much, so very, to such a degree: neminem adeo infatuare, ut crederet, etc.: adeoque inopiā est coactus Hannibal, ut, etc., L.: usque adeo ille pertimuerat, ut, etc.: adeone est fundata leviter fides, ut, etc., L.: Non obtunsa adeo gestamus pectora Poeni, i. e. not so blunt but that we know, V. — Hence, adeo non ut... adeo nihil ut... so little that, so far from... that: adeo nihil moverunt quemquam, ut, etc., had so little effect, etc., L.: qui adeo non tenuit iram, ut, etc., was so far from curbing his anger that, etc., L. — Esp., atque adeo, and even, yet more, or rather, I may even say, still further: insector, posco atque adeo flagito crimen: ducem... intra moenia atque adeo in senatu videmus.— Enclitically after an emphatic word (cf. quidem), even, indeed, just, precisely: Haec adeo iam speranda fuerunt, even this, V.: nullā adeo ex re fit, etc., arises from no cause whatever, T.—Often to be translated by and, and just, etc.: idque adeo haud scio mirandumne sit, Cs.: id adeo, si placet, considerate, just that: id adeo malum ex provocatione natum, L.—After a pers. pron.: Teque adeo, te consule, in no consulate but yours, V.: Tuque adeo, thou chiefly, V.—With si or nisi, if indeed, if truly, even if: Si. Num illi molestae haec sunt nuptiae? Da. Nil Hercle: aut si adeo, etc., or even if they are so, T.—With adverbs: magis adeo id facilitate quam culpā meā contigit: nunc adeo, forthwith, V.: iam adeo, at this moment, V.: inde adeo, ever since, T.: hinc adeo, just at this point, V.: sic adeo, thus it is that, V.: Vix adeo adgnovit, scarcely even recognized, V.—With adjectives, indeed, even, very, fully (cf. vel): Trīs adeo incertos soles erramus, three whole days, V.: Quinque adeo urbes, no less than five, V.: Multa adeo gelidā se nocte dedere, V. —With the conjj. sive, aut, et si, or indeed, or rather, or even, etc.: tu virum me aut hominem deputas adeo esse? even a human being? T.: ratio, quā... sive adeo, quā, etc., or rather: et si adeo, and if even, V.—With the imperative, for emphasis, now, I pray: propera adeo puerum tollere hinc ab ianuā, T.—Rarely with other moods: ibo adeo, T. —Poet., indeed, truly, so very, so entirely: eius fratrem repperisse, adulescentem adeo nobilem, so very noble, T.: nec sum adeo informis, nor am I so very ugly, V.—Beginning a clause giving a reason, so, thus (prop. ellipt., to such a degree is it true that, so true was it that, etc.): adeo quanto rerum minus, tanto minus cupiditatis erat, indeed, the less there was of property, the less of greed, L.: adeo prope omnis senatus Hannibalis erat, such was the preponderance of Hannibal's party in the Senate, L.—So introducing a parenthesis: adeo civitates eae perpetuo in Romanos odio certavere, L.—With a negative after ne... quidem or quoque, still less, Ta. -
11 aut
aut conj., introducing an antithesis to what precedes, or: omnia bene sunt dicenda... aut eloquentiae nomen relinquendum est: quibusnam manibus aut quibus viribus, Cs.: cita mors venit aut victoria laeta, H.: ruminat herbas aut sequitur, V. — So introducing successive alternatives: quo iure aut quo more aut quā lege, or... or: Hispanorum aut Gallorum aut Threcum mille.— Introducing two alternatives, aut... aut, either... or: ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere, aut refrigerari?: per unam aut vivam aut moriar sententiam, T.: aut morte aut victoriā: ne immanitas aut extitisse aut non vindicata esse videatur: neque enim sunt aut obscura aut non multa post commissa: nihil est tam aut fragile aut flexibile, quam, etc. — Introducing three or more clauses: aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum, aut ad philosophos, T. — With two pairs of disjunctive clauses: ne aut de Laelii aut de huius generi aut arte aut gloriā detraham. — Praegn., adding an emphatic alternative, or surely, or at least: quaero, num iniuste aut improbe fecerit, or at least unfairly: profecto cuncti aut magna pars fidem mutavissent, S.: quid ergo aut hunc prohibet, aut etiam Xenocratem, etc.: aut libertatem aut certe inpunitatem adeptus, L.—Emphatic, or else, otherwise, in the contrary case: Redduc uxorem, aut quam ob rem non opus sit cedo, T.: nunc manet insontem gravis exitus: aut ego veri Vana feror, V. — Correcting what precedes, or, or rather, or more accurately: de hominum genere, aut omnino de animalium loquor. — Beginning a sentence: Aut, ita qui sentiet, non apertissime insaniat? or is not rather, etc.—With potius: erravit, aut potius insanavit Apronius? — Neque... aut (for neque... neque): nec coniugis umquam Praetendi taedas aut haec in foedera veni, V.: nec litore tenus adcrescere aut resorberi, Ta.; cf. non eo dico, quo mihi veniat in dubium tua fides, aut quo, etc.* * *or, or rather/else; either...or (aut...aut) (emphasizing one) -
12 minusculus
minusculus adj. dim. [1 minus], rather less, rather small: villa: epistula.* * *minuscula, minusculum ADJsomewhat smaller, rather small (size/extent); less important, minor -
13 potius
potius adv. comp. [potis], rather, preferable, more: sed scin', quid volo potius facias? T.: nec vero imperia expetenda, ac potius non accipienda interdum: Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi R., Cs.: si domus haec habenda est potius quam deversorium: se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur, L.: mansurus, potius quam incertae vitae parceret, S.: per interregem comitia habenda esse potius, quam consul alter a bello avocaretur, L.: vel haec patienda censeo potius, quam trucidari corpora, L.—With aut or vel, or rather, or I may better say: efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius: quam fuit imbecillus, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine: Cato magnus homo, vel potius summus vir.* * *rather, more, preferably -
14 adeo
1.ăd-ĕo, ĭī, and rarely īvi, ĭtum (arch. adirier for adiri, Enn. Rib. Trag. p. 59), 4, v. n. and a. (acc. to Paul. ex Fest. should be accented a/deo; v. Fest. s. v. adeo, p. 19 Müll.; cf. the foll. word), to go to or approach a person or thing (syn.: accedo, aggredior, advenio, appeto).I.Lit.A.In gen., constr.(α).With ad (very freq.): sed tibi cautim est adeundum ad virum, Att. ap. Non. 512, 10:(β).neque eum ad me adire neque me magni pendere visu'st,
Plaut. Cur. 2, 2, 12:adeamne ad eam?
Ter. And. 4, 1, 15; id. Eun. 3, 5, 30: aut ad consules aut ad te aut ad Brutum adissent, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 208, 5:ad M. Bibulum adierunt, id. Fragm. ap. Arus. p. 213 Lind.: ad aedis nostras nusquam adiit,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 24:adibam ad istum fundum,
Cic. Caec. 29 —With in: priusquam Romam atque in horum conventum adiretis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26 ed. Halm.—Esp.: adire in jus, to go to law:(γ).cum ad praetorem in jus adissemus,
Cic. Verr. 4, § 147; id. Att. 11, 24; Caes. B. C. 1, 87, and in the Plebiscit. de Thermens. lin. 42: QVO DE EA RE IN IOVS ADITVM ERIT, cf. Dirks., Versuche S. p. 193.—Absol.:(δ).adeunt, consistunt, copulantur dexteras,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 38:eccum video: adibo,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 5.—With acc.:B.ne Stygeos adeam non libera manes,
Ov. M. 13, 465:voces aetherias adiere domos,
Sil. 6, 253:castrorum vias,
Tac. A. 2, 13:municipia,
id. ib. 39:provinciam,
Suet. Aug. 47:non poterant adire eum,
Vulg. Luc. 8, 19:Graios sales carmine patrio,
to attain to, Verg. Cat. 11, 62; so with latter supine:planioribus aditu locis,
places easier to approach, Liv. 1, 33.—With local adv.:quoquam,
Sall. J. 14:huc,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 60.—Esp.,1.To approach one for the purpose of addressing, asking aid, consulting, and the like, to address, apply to, consult (diff. from aggredior, q. v.). —Constr. with ad or oftener with acc.; hence also pass.:2.quanto satius est, adire blandis verbis atque exquaerere, sintne illa, etc.,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 35:aliquot me adierunt,
Ter. And. 3, 3, 2:adii te heri de filia,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 9: cum pacem peto, cum placo, cum adeo, et cum appello meam, Lucil. ap. Non. 237, 28:ad me adire quosdam memini, qui dicerent,
Cic. Fam. 3, 10:coram adire et alloqui,
Tac. H. 4, 65.— Pass.:aditus consul idem illud responsum retulit,
when applied to, Liv. 37, 6 fin.:neque praetores adiri possent,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5.—Hence: adire aliquem per epistulam, to address one in writing, by a letter:per epistulam, aut per nuntium, quasi regem, adiri eum aiunt,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 9 and 10; cf. Tac. A. 4, 39; id. H. 1, 9.—So also: adire deos, aras, deorum sedes, etc., to approach the gods, their altars, etc., as a suppliant (cf.:acced. ad aras,
Lucr. 5, 1199): quoi me ostendam? quod templum adeam? Att. ap. Non. 281, 6:ut essent simulacra, quae venerantes deos ipsos se adire crederent,
Cic. N. D. 1, 27:adii Dominum et deprecatus sum,
Vulg. Sap. 8, 21:aras,
Cic. Phil. 14, 1:sedes deorum,
Tib. 1, 5, 39:libros Sibyllinos,
to consult the Sibylline Books, Liv. 34, 55; cf. Tac. A. 1, 76:oracula,
Verg. A. 7, 82.—To go to a thing in order to examine it, to visit:3.oppida castellaque munita,
Sall. J. 94:hiberna,
Tac. H. 1, 52.—To come up to one in a hostile manner, to assail, attack:II.aliquem: nunc prior adito tu, ego in insidiis hic ero,
Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 52:nec quisquam ex agmine tanto audet adire virum,
Verg. A. 5, 379:Servilius obvia adire arma jubetur,
Sil. 9, 272.Fig.A.To go to the performance of any act, to enter upon, to undertake, set about, undergo, submit to (cf.: accedo, aggredior, and adorior).—With ad or the acc. (class.):B.nunc eam rem vult, scio, mecum adire ad pactionem,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 25:tum primum nos ad causas et privatas et publicas adire coepimus,
Cic. Brut. 90:adii causas oratorum, id. Fragm. Scaur. ap. Arus. p. 213 Lind.: adire ad rem publicam,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:ad extremum periculum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 7.—With acc.:periculum capitis,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38:laboribus susceptis periculisque aditis,
id. Off. 1, 19:in adeundis periculis,
id. ib. 24; cf.:adeundae inimicitiae, subeundae saepe pro re publica tempestates,
id. Sest. 66, 139: ut vitae periculum aditurus videretur, Auct. B. G. 8, 48: maximos labores et summa pericula. Nep. Timol. 5:omnem fortunam,
Liv. 25, 10:dedecus,
Tac. A. 1, 39:servitutem voluntariam,
id. G. 24:invidiam,
id. A. 4, 70:gaudia,
Tib. 1, 5, 39.—Hence of an inheritance, t. t., to enter on:cum ipse hereditatem patris non adisses,
Cic. Phil. 2, 16; so id. Arch. 5; Suet. Aug. 8 and Dig.;hence also: adire nomen,
to assume the name bequeathed by will, Vell. 2, 60.—Adire manum alicui, prov., to deceive one, to make sport of (the origin of this phrase is unc.; Acidalius conjectures that it arose from some artifice practised in wrestling, Wagner ad Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 8):2.eo pacto avarae Veneri pulcre adii manum,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 11; so id. Aul. 2, 8, 8; id. Cas. 5, 2, 54; id. Pers. 5, 2, 18.ăd-ĕō̆, adv. [cf. quoad and adhuc] (acc. to Festus, it should be accented adéo, v. the preced. word; but this distinction is merely a later invention of the grammarians; [p. 33] cf. Gell. 7, 7).I.In the ante-class. per.,A.To designate the limit of space or time, with reference to the distance passed through; hence often accompanied by usque (cf. ad), to this, thus far, so far, as far.1.Of space:2.surculum artito usque adeo, quo praeacueris,
fit in the scion as far as you have sharpened it, Cato, R. R. 40, 3.— Hence: res adeo rediit, the affair has gone so far (viz., in deterioration, “cum aliquid pejus exspectatione contigit,” Don. ad Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 5):postremo adeo res rediit: adulescentulus saepe eadem et graviter audiendo victus est,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 61; cf. id. Ph. 1, 2, 5.—Of time, so long ( as), so long ( till), strengthened by usque, and with dum, donec, following, and in Cic. with quoad:B.merces vectatum undique adeo dum, quae tum haberet, peperisset bona,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 76; 3, 4, 72; id. Am. 1, 2, 10 al.:nusquam destitit instare, suadere, orare, usque adeo donec perpulit,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 36; Cato, R. R. 67; id. ib. 76:atque hoc scitis omnes usque adeo hominem in periculo fuisse, quoad scitum sit Sestium vivere,
Cic. Sest. 38, 82.—For the purpose of equalizing two things in comparison, followed by ut: in the same degree or measure or proportion... in which; or so very, so much, so, to such a degree... as (only in comic poets), Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 38:C.adeon hominem esse invenustum aut infelicem quemquam, ut ego sum?
Ter. And. 1, 5, 10.—Also followed by quasi, when the comparison relates to similarity:gaudere adeo coepit, quasi qui cupiunt nuptias,
in the same manner as those rejoice who desire marriage, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 12.—(Only in the comic poets) = ad haec, praeterea, moreover, besides, too: ibi tibi adeo lectus dabitur, ubi tu haud somnum capias ( beside the other annoyances), a bed, too, shall be given you there, etc., Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 80.—Hence also with etiam:D.adeo etiam argenti faenus creditum audio,
besides too, id. Most. 3, 1, 101.—(Only in the comic poets.) Adeo ut, for this purpose that, to the end that:E.id ego continuo huic dabo, adeo me ut hic emittat manu,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 32:id adeo te oratum advenio, ut, etc.,
id. Aul. 4, 10, 9:adeo ut tu meam sententiam jam jam poscere possis, faciam, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 2, 26 (where Wagner now reads at ut):atque adeo ut scire possis, factum ego tecum hoc divido,
id. Stich. 5, 4, 15. (These passages are so interpreted by Hand, I. p. 138; others regard adeo here = quin immo.)—In narration, in order to put one person in strong contrast with another. It may be denoted by a stronger emphasis upon the word to be made conspicuous, or by yet, on the contrary, etc.:II.jam ille illuc ad erum cum advenerit, narrabit, etc.: ille adeo illum mentiri sibi credet,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 4 sq.; so id. Merc. 2, 1, 8 al.To the Latin of every period belongs the use of this word,A.To give emphasis to an idea in comparison, so, so much, so very, with verbs, adjectives, and substantives:B.adeo ut spectare postea omnīs oderit,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 65:neminem quidem adeo infatuare potuit, ut ei nummum ullum crederet,
Cic. Fl. 20, 47:adeoque inopia est coactus Hannibal, ut, etc.,
Liv. 22, 32, 3 Weiss.:et voltu adeo modesto, adeo venusto, ut nil supra,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 92:nemo adeo ferus est, ut, etc.,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39.—With usque:adeo ego illum cogam usque, ut mendicet meus pater,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 10:usque adeo turbatur,
even so much, so continually, Verg. E. 1, 12; Curt. 10, 1, 42; Luc. 1, 366.—In questions:adeone me fuisse fungum, ut qui illi crederem?
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 49:adeone hospes hujus urbis, adeone ignarus es disciplinae consuetudinisque nostrae, ut haec nescias?
Cic. Rab. 10, 28; so id. Phil. 2, 7, 15; id. Fam. 9, 10; Liv. 2, 7, 10; 5, 6, 4.—With a negative in both clauses, also with quin in the last:non tamen adeo virtutum sterile saeculum, ut non et bona exempla prodiderit,
Tac. H. 1, 3; so Suet. Oth. 9:verum ego numquam adeo astutus fui, quin, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 13.—Sometimes the concluding clause is to be supplied from the first: quis genus Aeneadum, quis Trojae nesciat urbem?... non obtusa adeo gestamus pectora Poeni, viz.,
that we know not the Trojans and their history, Verg. A. 1, 565:adeo senuerunt Juppiter et Mars?
Juv. 6, 59.—Hence (post-Cic.): adeo non ut... adeo nihil ut... so little that, so far from that... (in reference to which, it should be noticed that in Latin the negative is blended with the verb in one idea, which is qualified by adeo) = tantum abest ut: haec dicta adeo nihil moverunt quemquam, ut legati prope violati sint, these words left them all so unmoved that, etc., or had so little effect, etc., Liv. 3, 2, 7: qui adeo non tenuit iram, ut gladio cinctum in senatum venturum se esse palam diceret, who restrained his anger so little that, etc. (for, qui non—tenuit iram adeo, ut), id. 8, 7, 5; so 5, 45, 4; Vell. 2, 66, 4: Curt. 3, 12, 22.—Also with contra in the concluding clause:apud hostes Afri et Carthaginienses adeo non sustinebant, ut contra etiam pedem referrent,
Liv. 30, 34, 5. —Adeo is placed enclitically after its word, like quidem, certe, and the Gr. ge, even, indeed, just, precisely. So,1.Most freq. with pronouns, in order to render prominent something before said, or foll., or otherwise known (cf. in Gr. egôge, suge, autos ge, etc., Viger. ed. Herm. 489, vi. and Zeun.): argentariis male credi qui aiunt, nugas praedicant: nam et bene et male credi dico; id adeo hodie ego expertus sum, just this (touto ge), Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 1; so id. Aul. 2, 4, 10; 4, 2, 15; id. Am. 1, 1, 98; 1, 2, 6; id. Ep. 1, 1, 51; 2, 2, 31; 5, 2, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 57: plerique homines, quos, cum nihil refert, pudet;2.ubi pudendum'st ibi eos deserit pudor, is adeo tu es,
you are just such a one, id. Ep. 2, 1, 2:cui tu obsecutus, facis huic adeo injuriam,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 68: tute adeo jam ejus verba audies, you yourself shall hear what he has to say (suge akousêi), Ter. And. 3, 3, 27: Dolabella tuo nihil scito mihi esse jucundius: hanc adeo habebo gratiam illi, i. e. hanc, quae maxima est, gratiam (tautên ge tên charin), Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16:haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt,
even this, Verg. A. 11, 275.—It is often to be translated by the intensive and, and just, etc. (so esp. in Cic. and the histt.): id adeo, si placet, considerate, just that (touto ge skopeite), Cic. Caec. 30, 87:id adeo ex ipso senatus consulto cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 64, 143; cf. id. Clu. 30, 80:ad hoc quicumque aliarum atque senatus partium erant, conturbari remp., quam minus valere ipsi malebant. Id adeo malum multos post annos in civitatem reverterat,
And just this evil, Sall. C. 37, 11; so 37, 2; id. J. 68, 3; Liv. 2, 29, 9; 4, 2, 2: id adeo manifestum erit, si cognoverimus, etc., and this, precisely this, will be evident, if, etc., Quint. 2, 16, 18 Spald.—It is rarely used with ille:ille adeo illum mentiri sibi credet,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 6.—Sometimes with the rel. pron.: quas adeo haud quisquam liber umquam tetigit, Plaut: Poen. 1, 2, 57; Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 37. —With interrog. pron.:Quis adeo tam Latinae linguae ignarus est, quin, etc.,
Gell. 7, 17.—Adeo is joined with the pers. pron. when the discourse passes from one person to another, and attention is to be particularly directed to the latter: Juppiter, tuque adeo summe Sol, qui res omnes inspicis, and thou especially, and chiefly thou, Enn. ap. Prob.:teque adeo decus hoc aevi inibit,
Verg. E. 4, 11; id. G. 1, 24: teque, Neptune, invoco, vosque adeo venti, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73;and without the copulative: vos adeo... item ego vos virgis circumvinciam,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 25.— Ego adeo often stands for ego quidem, equidem (egôge):tum libertatem Chrysalo largibere: ego adeo numquam accipiam,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 30; so id. Mil. 4, 4, 55; id. Truc. 4, 3, 73:ego adeo hanc primus inveni viam,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 16:nec me adeo fallit,
Verg. A. 4, 96.—Ipse adeo (autos ge), for the sake of emphasis:atque hercle ipsum adeo contuor,
Plaut. As. 2, 3, 24:ipsum adeo praesto video cum Davo,
Ter. And. 2, 5, 4:ipse adeo senis ductor Rhoeteus ibat pulsibus,
Sil. 14, 487.—With the conditional conjj. si, nisi, etc. (Gr. ei ge), if indeed, if truly:3.nihili est autem suum qui officium facere immemor est, nisi adeo monitus,
unless, indeed, he is reminded of it, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 2: Si. Num illi molestae quippiam hae sunt nuptiae? Da. Nihil Hercle: aut si adeo, bidui est aut tridui haec sollicitudo, and if, indeed, etc. (not if also, for also is implied in aut), Ter. And. 2, 6, 7.—With adverbs: nunc adeo (nun ge), Plaut. As. 3, 1, 29; id. Mil. 2, 2, 4; id. Merc. 2, 2, 57; id. Men. 1, 2, 11; id. Ps. 1, 2, 52; id. Rud. 3, 4, 23; Ter. And. 4, 5, 26; Verg. A. 9, 156: jam adeo (dê ge), id. ib. 5, 268; Sil. 1, 20; 12, 534; Val. Fl. 3, 70. umquam adeo, Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 23:4.inde adeo,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 1:hinc adeo,
Verg. E. 9, 59: sic adeo (houtôs ge), id. A. 4, 533; Sil. 12, 646:vix adeo,
Verg. A. 6, 498:non adeo,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 57; Verg. A. 11, 436. —With adjectives = vel, indeed, even, very, fully:5.quot adeo cenae, quas deflevi, mortuae!
how very many suppers, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 59: quotque adeo fuerint, qui temnere superbum... Lucil. ap. Non. 180, 2: nullumne malorum finem adeo poenaeque dabis (adeo separated from nullum by poet. license)? wilt thou make no end at all to calamity and punishment? Val. Fl. 4, 63:trīs adeo incertos caeca caligine soles erramus,
three whole days we wander about, Verg. A. 3, 203; 7, 629.—And with comp. or the adv. magis, multo, etc.:quae futura et quae facta, eloquar: multo adeo melius quam illi, cum sim Juppiter,
very much better, Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 3; so id. Truc. 2, 1, 5:magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā, contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15.—With the conjj. sive, aut, vel, in order to annex a more important thought, or to make a correction, or indeed, or rather, or even only:6.sive qui ipsi ambīssent, seu per internuntium, sive adeo aediles perfidiose quoi duint,
Plaut. Am. prol. 71:si hercle scivissem, sive adeo joculo dixisset mihi, se illam amare,
id. Merc. 5, 4, 33; so id. Truc. 4, 3, 1; id. Men. 5, 2, 74; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 9: nam si te tegeret pudor, sive adeo cor sapientia imbutum foret, Pacuv. ap. Non. 521, 10:mihi adeunda est ratio, quā ad Apronii quaestum, sive adeo, quā ad istius ingentem immanemque praedam possim pervenire,
or rather, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 46, 110; Verg. A. 11, 369; so, atque adeo:ego princeps in adjutoribus atque adeo secundus,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9.—With the imperative, for emphasis, like tandem, modo, dum, the Germ. so, and the Gr. ge (cf. L. and S.), now, I pray:C.propera adeo puerum tollere hinc ab janua,
Ter. And. 4, 4, 20 (cf. xullabete g auton, Soph. Phil. 1003).—Like admodum or nimis, to give emphasis to an idea (for the most part only in comic poets, and never except with the positive of the adj.; cf. Consent. 2023 P.), indeed, truly, so very, so entirely:D.nam me ejus spero fratrem propemodum jam repperisse adulescentem adeo nobilem,
so very noble, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:nec sum adeo informis,
nor am I so very ugly, Verg. E. 2, 25:nam Caii Luciique casu non adeo fractus,
Suet. Aug. 65:et merito adeo,
and with perfect right, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 42:etiam num credis te ignorarier aut tua facta adeo,
do you, then, think that they are ignorant of you or your conduct entirely? id. Ph. 5, 8, 38.—To denote what exceeds expectation, even: quam omnium Thebis vir unam esse optimam dijudicat, quamque adeo cives Thebani rumificant probam, and whom even the Thebans (who are always ready to speak evil of others) declare to be an honest woman, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 44.— Hence also it denotes something added to the rest of the sentence, besides, too, over and above, usually in the connection: -que adeo (rare, and never in prose; cf.III.adhuc, I.): quin te Di omnes perdant qui me hodie oculis vidisti tuis, meque adeo scelestum,
and me too, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 122; cf. id. 4, 2, 32:haec adeo tibi me, ipsa palam fari omnipotens Saturnia jussit,
Verg. A. 7, 427.After Caesar and Cicero (the only instance of this use adduced from Cicero's works, Off. 1, 11, 36, being found in a passage rejected by the best critics, as B. and K.).A.For adding an important and satisfactory reason to an assertion, and then it always stands at the beginning of the clause, indeed, for:B.cum Hanno perorāsset, nemini omnium cum eo certare necesse fuit: adeo prope omnis senatus Hannibalis erat: the idea is,
Hanno's speech, though so powerful, was ineffectual, and did not need a reply; for all the senators belonged to the party of Hannibal, Liv. 21, 11, 1; so id. 2, 27, 3; 2, 28, 2; 8, 37, 2; Tac. Ann. 1, 50, 81; Juv. 3, 274; 14, 233.—Also for introducing a parenthesis: sed ne illi quidem ipsi satis mitem gentem fore (adeo ferocia atque indomita [p. 34] ingenia esse) ni subinde auro... principum animi concilientur, Liv. 21, 20, 8; so id. 9, 26, 17; 3, 4, 2; Tac. A. 2, 28.—When to a specific fact a general consideration is added as a reason for it, so, thus (in Livy very often):C.haud dubius, facilem in aequo campi victoriam fore: adeo non fortuna modo, sed ratio etiam cum barbaris stabat,
thus not only fortune, but sagacity, was on the side of the barbarians, Liv. 5, 38, 4:adeo ex parvis saepe magnarum momenta rerum pendent,
id. 27, 9, 1; so id. 4, 31, 5; 21, 33, 6; 28, 19; Quint. 1, 12, 7; Curt. 10, 2, 11; Tac. Agr. 1:adeo in teneris consuescere multum est,
Verg. G. 2, 272.—In advancing from one thought to another more important = immo, rather, indeed, nay: nulla umquam res publica ubi tantus paupertati ac parsimoniae honos fuerit: adeo, quanto rerum minus, tanto minus cupiditatis erat, Liv. praef. 11; so Gell. 11, 7; Symm. Ep. 1, 30, 37.—D.With a negative after ne—quidem or quoque, so much the more or less, much less than, still less (post-Aug.):hujus totius temporis fortunam ne deflere quidem satis quisquam digne potuit: adeo nemo exprimere verbis potest,
still less can one describe: it by words, Vell. 2, 67, 1:ne tecta quidem urbis, adeo publicum consilium numquam adiit,
still less, Tac. A. 6, 15; so id. H. 3, 64; Curt. 7, 5, 35:favore militum anxius et superbia viri aequalium quoque, adeo superiorum intolerantis,
who could not endure his equals even, much less his superiors, Tac. H. 4, 80.—So in gen., after any negative: quaelibet enim ex iis artibus in paucos libros contrahi solet: adeo infinito spatio ac traditione opus non est, so much the less is there need, etc., Quint. 12, 11, 16; Plin. 17, 12, 35, § 179; Tac. H. 3, 39.—(The assumption of a causal signif. of adeo = ideo, propterea, rests upon false readings. For in Cael. Cic. Fam. 8, 15 we should read ideo, B. and K., and in Liv. 24, 32, 6, ad ea, Weiss.).—See more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 135-155. -
15 adqui
at-qui (in MSS. sometimes adqui, e. g. Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 Mai, and often confounded with atque), conj. (the form atquin is incorrect and post-class.; for Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 55, should be read at quin separately, Fleck.; cf. Caper Orth. p. 2441) [qui, abl. of indef. quis, used adverbially; so pr. but anyhow; cf.: alioqui, ceteroqui].I.In gen., serving to connect-an adversative clause or assertion, but anyhow, but any way or wise, yet, notwithstanding, however, rather, but now, but nevertheless, and yet, alla dê, alla dêpou, alla mên (a purely adversative particle, a more emphatic at, while atque is regularly copulative; v. atque; syn.: at, sed, verum, autem; comparatively rare in all periods, it being scarcely more than an emphasized form of at): Th. Quid aïs, venefica? Py. Atqui certo comperi, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9: Sy. Gratiam habeo. De. Atqui, Syre, Hoc verumst et re ipsā experiere propediem, id. Ad. 5, 5, 7: Cl. Satis scite promittit tibi. Sy. Atqui tu hanc jocari credis? but yet do you believe that she is jesting? id. Heaut. 4, 4, 7:II.cum omnia vi et armis egeris, accuses eum, qui se praesidio munierit, non ut te oppugnaret, sed ut vitam suam posset defendere? Atqui ne ex eo quidem tempore id egit Sestius, ut, etc.,
and yet, Cic. Sest. 37, 79: tum, ut me Cotta vidit, peropportune, inquit, venis... atqui mihi quoque videor, inquam, venisse, ut dicis, opportune, rather I seem to myself, etc., alla mên kai emoi dokô, id. N. D. 1, 7, 16: vitas hinnuleo me similis Chloe... atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere persequor, but yet, alla toi, Hor. C. 1, 23, 1-10: Jam vero videtis nihil esse tam morti simile quam somnum;atqui dormientium animi maxime declarant divinitatem suam,
but yet, Cic. Sen. 22, 81:tum dixisse (Lysandrum), mirari se non modo diligentiam, sed etiam sollertiam ejus, a quo essent illa dimensa atque descripta: et ei Cyrum respondisse: Atqui (sc. ne putes alium id fecisse) ego omnia ista sum dimensus,
id. ib. 17, 59.—Esp.A.In adding a thought confirmatory of a preceding one, but not antithetical (v. at init.), but indeed, but certainly, by all means: Do. Salvos sis, adulescens Sa. Siquidem hanc vendidero pretio suo. To. Atqui aut hoc emptore vendes pulcre aut alio non potest, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 31: Et Philus: praeclaram vero causam ad me defertis, cum me improbitatis patrocinium suscipere vultis. Atqui id tibi, inquit Laelius, verendum est, but certainly (ironically), Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8; id. Leg. 1, 1, 4.—Sometimes with pol or sic:B.atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80: Py. Scis eam civem hinc esse? Pa. Nescio. Py. Atqui sic inventast, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 30: hunc ego non diligam? non admirer? non omni ratione defendendum putem? Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimis accepimus, etc., yet so we have certainly heard, etc., Cic. Arch. 8, 18.—So also atqui si, adversative, but if, or continuative, if now, if indeed (cf.:C.quod si): sine veniat. Atqui si illam digito attigerit, oculi illi ilico ecfodientur,
if, however, he do but touch her, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 1 (Fleck., Qui): quae et conscripta a multis sunt diligenter et sunt humiliora quam illa, quae a nobis exspectari puto. Att. Atqui si quaeris ego quid exspectem, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15; id. Fin. 4, 23, 62:atqui, si ita placet, inquit Antonius, trademus etiam,
well now, if, id. de Or. 2, 50, 204: atqui Si noles sanus, curres hydropicus, but now if you are unwilling, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 33:atqui si tempus est ullum jure hominis necandi, quae multa sunt, certe illud est,
but if now there is any time, Cic. Mil. 4 init. —To modify a preceding negation or negative interrogation, yet, still, instead of that, rather: Ni. Numquam auferes hinc aurum. Ch. Atqui jam dabis, but, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 26: Non sum apud me. Se. Atqui opus est nunc quom maxime ut sis, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 27:D.O rem, inquis, difficilem et inexplicabilem. Atqui explicanda est,
nevertheless, Cic. Att. 8, 3; id. Ac. 2, 36, 114:magnum narras, vix credibile. Atqui Sic habet,
but in fact, so it is, Hor. S. 1, 9, 52; Curt. 6, 10, 5:modum statuarum haberi nullum placet? Atqui habeatur necesse est,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59; 2, 3, 86; id. Parad. 1, 1, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 53; Curt. 6, 10, 10.—To connect a minor proposition in a syllogism (both an affirmative and a negative, while atque only connects an affirm. proposition), but, but now, now:Ergo cum sol igneus sit, quia nullus ignis sine pastu aliquo possit permanere, necesse est aut ei similis sit igni, quem... aut ei, qui... atqui hic noster ignis etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40 and 41:qui fortis est, idem est fidens... Qui autem est fidens, is profecto non extimescit... Atqui in quem cadit aegritudo, in eundem timor... Ita fit, ut fortitudini aegritudo repugnet,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14:(mors) aut plane neglegenda est... aut etiam optanda, si, etc. Atqui tertium certe nihil inveniri potest. Quid igitur timeam si, etc.,
id. Sen. 19, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40. (Vid. more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 513-524.) -
16 atqui
at-qui (in MSS. sometimes adqui, e. g. Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 Mai, and often confounded with atque), conj. (the form atquin is incorrect and post-class.; for Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 55, should be read at quin separately, Fleck.; cf. Caper Orth. p. 2441) [qui, abl. of indef. quis, used adverbially; so pr. but anyhow; cf.: alioqui, ceteroqui].I.In gen., serving to connect-an adversative clause or assertion, but anyhow, but any way or wise, yet, notwithstanding, however, rather, but now, but nevertheless, and yet, alla dê, alla dêpou, alla mên (a purely adversative particle, a more emphatic at, while atque is regularly copulative; v. atque; syn.: at, sed, verum, autem; comparatively rare in all periods, it being scarcely more than an emphasized form of at): Th. Quid aïs, venefica? Py. Atqui certo comperi, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9: Sy. Gratiam habeo. De. Atqui, Syre, Hoc verumst et re ipsā experiere propediem, id. Ad. 5, 5, 7: Cl. Satis scite promittit tibi. Sy. Atqui tu hanc jocari credis? but yet do you believe that she is jesting? id. Heaut. 4, 4, 7:II.cum omnia vi et armis egeris, accuses eum, qui se praesidio munierit, non ut te oppugnaret, sed ut vitam suam posset defendere? Atqui ne ex eo quidem tempore id egit Sestius, ut, etc.,
and yet, Cic. Sest. 37, 79: tum, ut me Cotta vidit, peropportune, inquit, venis... atqui mihi quoque videor, inquam, venisse, ut dicis, opportune, rather I seem to myself, etc., alla mên kai emoi dokô, id. N. D. 1, 7, 16: vitas hinnuleo me similis Chloe... atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere persequor, but yet, alla toi, Hor. C. 1, 23, 1-10: Jam vero videtis nihil esse tam morti simile quam somnum;atqui dormientium animi maxime declarant divinitatem suam,
but yet, Cic. Sen. 22, 81:tum dixisse (Lysandrum), mirari se non modo diligentiam, sed etiam sollertiam ejus, a quo essent illa dimensa atque descripta: et ei Cyrum respondisse: Atqui (sc. ne putes alium id fecisse) ego omnia ista sum dimensus,
id. ib. 17, 59.—Esp.A.In adding a thought confirmatory of a preceding one, but not antithetical (v. at init.), but indeed, but certainly, by all means: Do. Salvos sis, adulescens Sa. Siquidem hanc vendidero pretio suo. To. Atqui aut hoc emptore vendes pulcre aut alio non potest, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 31: Et Philus: praeclaram vero causam ad me defertis, cum me improbitatis patrocinium suscipere vultis. Atqui id tibi, inquit Laelius, verendum est, but certainly (ironically), Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8; id. Leg. 1, 1, 4.—Sometimes with pol or sic:B.atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80: Py. Scis eam civem hinc esse? Pa. Nescio. Py. Atqui sic inventast, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 30: hunc ego non diligam? non admirer? non omni ratione defendendum putem? Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimis accepimus, etc., yet so we have certainly heard, etc., Cic. Arch. 8, 18.—So also atqui si, adversative, but if, or continuative, if now, if indeed (cf.:C.quod si): sine veniat. Atqui si illam digito attigerit, oculi illi ilico ecfodientur,
if, however, he do but touch her, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 1 (Fleck., Qui): quae et conscripta a multis sunt diligenter et sunt humiliora quam illa, quae a nobis exspectari puto. Att. Atqui si quaeris ego quid exspectem, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15; id. Fin. 4, 23, 62:atqui, si ita placet, inquit Antonius, trademus etiam,
well now, if, id. de Or. 2, 50, 204: atqui Si noles sanus, curres hydropicus, but now if you are unwilling, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 33:atqui si tempus est ullum jure hominis necandi, quae multa sunt, certe illud est,
but if now there is any time, Cic. Mil. 4 init. —To modify a preceding negation or negative interrogation, yet, still, instead of that, rather: Ni. Numquam auferes hinc aurum. Ch. Atqui jam dabis, but, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 26: Non sum apud me. Se. Atqui opus est nunc quom maxime ut sis, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 27:D.O rem, inquis, difficilem et inexplicabilem. Atqui explicanda est,
nevertheless, Cic. Att. 8, 3; id. Ac. 2, 36, 114:magnum narras, vix credibile. Atqui Sic habet,
but in fact, so it is, Hor. S. 1, 9, 52; Curt. 6, 10, 5:modum statuarum haberi nullum placet? Atqui habeatur necesse est,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59; 2, 3, 86; id. Parad. 1, 1, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 53; Curt. 6, 10, 10.—To connect a minor proposition in a syllogism (both an affirmative and a negative, while atque only connects an affirm. proposition), but, but now, now:Ergo cum sol igneus sit, quia nullus ignis sine pastu aliquo possit permanere, necesse est aut ei similis sit igni, quem... aut ei, qui... atqui hic noster ignis etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40 and 41:qui fortis est, idem est fidens... Qui autem est fidens, is profecto non extimescit... Atqui in quem cadit aegritudo, in eundem timor... Ita fit, ut fortitudini aegritudo repugnet,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14:(mors) aut plane neglegenda est... aut etiam optanda, si, etc. Atqui tertium certe nihil inveniri potest. Quid igitur timeam si, etc.,
id. Sen. 19, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40. (Vid. more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 513-524.) -
17 potis
pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3. -
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pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3. -
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pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3. -
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pŏtis (in the positive rarely declined, and in the neutr. pŏte), adj. ( comp. pŏ-tĭor, ius; sup. pŏtissĭmus, a, um; class. only in the comp.) [Sanscr. patis, lord; Gr. posis, husband; des-potês, lord; Lat. compotis (compos) potiri].I.Posit., able, capable; possible (mostly ante-class. and poet.): divi qui potes pro illo quod Samothraces theoi dunatoi, Varr L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Macr. S. 3, 4:II. A.nisi qui colaphos perpeti Potis parasitus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21.—Usually in the connection potis or pote est, he, she, or it is able, may, or can:at ea supterfugere potis es pauca,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 17: neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: istam non potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 12:at non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere,
Verg. A. 11, 148:quod nunquam potis est sejungi,
Lucr. 1, 452:nec potis est cerni,
id. 5, 719; Cat. 76, 24:qui potis est?
how is it possible? id. 72, 7.—With plur.: si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):duae plus satis dare potis sunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 17:quid pastores potis sint,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2.—Without est: quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? Enn. ap. Diom. p. 381 P. (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 671; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Form pote:si non aliud pote est,
Cat. 43, 16. Without est:nec devitari letum pote,
Lucr. 3, 1079: viget, veget, utpote plurimum, Varr. ap Non. 2, 876:nec non emptor pote ex empto vendito illum damnare,
id. R. R. 2, 2:nec eniti remis pote,
Val. Fl. 4, 680; Prop. 2, 1, 46:qui pote? vis dicam? nugaris,
Pers. 1, 56:in te dici pote, Id, quod,
Cat. 98, 1:nec peccatum a me quisquam pote dicere quicquam,
id. 67, 11:hoc facito, sive id non pote sive pote,
be it impossible or possible, id. 76, 16:quid pote simplicius?
what can be more simple? Mart. 9, 16, 2:nihil pote supra,
nothing could exceed it, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11; Auct. ap. Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:quantum pote,
as soon as possible, id. ib. 4, 13, 1: quam pote, as much as possible (post-class.):aufugiamus istinc quam pote longissime,
App. M. 1, p. 107, 9; 2, p. 119, 33.—Of persons:B.numquam edepol erit ille potior Harpax, quam ego,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 1, 3, 95:quem aequiust potiorem habere quam te?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 40: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:itaque cives potiores quam peregrini,
id. Lael. 5, 19:Sosim et Moericum quibus tantam crederem rem, potiores habui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:at tu, qui potior nunc es,
happier in love, preferred, Tib. 1, 6, 33 (5, 69):ut in judicio possessionis potior esset,
Dig. 18, 1, 34.—Of things, better, stronger, preferable, more useful or important:III. A.nulla potior serenda,
Varr. R. R. 1, 15:sucus,
Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158:novistine locum potiorem rure beato?
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 14:sententia,
id. Epod. 16, 17:mors civibus Romanis semper fuit servitute potior,
Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19:illi turpis vita integrā famā potior fuit,
Sall. J. 67, 3:nihil mihi potius fuit quam ut Massinissam convenirem,
I had nothing more important, nothing more urgent to do, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:illa semper potiora duxisti, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse potiora,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Subst.:ut probetis potiora,
Vulg. Phil. 1, 10: hem, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem video (sc. verbis), I see a fact stronger than words, i. e. a clearer proof, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 12.—Of persons ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.item huic ultro fit, ut Meret, potissimus nostrae domi ut sit,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9:tantis potissimus umbris,
Stat. Th. 4, 627:potissimos libertorum veneno interficere,
Tac. A. 14, 65.—Of things (class.):A.utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit, quaeritur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:cura,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 20:nobilitas,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25:opusculum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 10:causa,
Tac. A. 4, 16.—Hence, adv., only in the comp. and sup.Comp.: pŏtĭus, rather, preferably, more (class.; cf.: satius, prius): quo nos vocabis nomine? Ar. Libortos. Le. Non patronos? Ar. Id potius, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 62:2.sed scin', quid volo potius, sodes, facias?
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 2:nec vero imperia expetenda: ac potius non accipienda interdum,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68.— With quam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11:Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45.—When the predicates are compared, the verb in the following clause is always in the subj.:perpessus est omnia potius quam conscios indicaret,
rather than, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in oratione non vis potius quam delectatio postulatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:privabo potius illum debito testimonio quam id cum meā laude communicem,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:scribam aliquid potius, quam committam ut litterae non reddantur,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:nos potius nostro delicto plectemur, quam res publica nostra peccata luat,
Liv. 8, 7, 17:per interregem comitia habenda potius, quam consulum alter a bello avocaretur,
id. 22, 23, 10; 9, 14, 16.— So with quam ut:se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur,
Liv. 4, 2, 8: audeo dicere hoc malo domitos ipsos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam ut armati, etc., id. 2, 34, 11; 6, 28, 8; 9, 14, 7.—But after verbs of willing, wishing (sometimes of declaring), the inf. is used:dictatore obstinato tollere potius totum e re publicā consulatum, quam promiscuum facere,
Liv. 7, 21, 1; 23, 9, 8; 21, 13, 8: v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 15, 2; Fest. s. v. olivitam, p. 202 Müll.; v. Muuml;ll. ad. loc. p. 203, a. —In an inverted order:quam potius,
Verg. Copa, 5: quid mihi negotii est eum istis nugacibus, quam potius potamus mulsum? C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—Sometimes potius is to be supplied:tacita, bona est mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70; id. Men. 5, 1, 26:tamen statuit congredi, quam cum tantis copiis refugere,
Nep. Dat. 8, 1.—Pleon., with words which already express comparison.— Comp., Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 19:Uticae potius quam Romae esse malle,
Cic. Lig. 2, 5:favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur,
Dig. 50, 17, 167.—Esp., introducing a repetition of a thought in a corrected or strengthened form: aut potius, vel potius, or rather, or I may better say, etc.:B.efficiet enim ratio ut... mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine,
id. Sen. 11, 35:erravit aut potius insanivit Apronius?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 113:Cato magnus hercule homo, vel potius summus et singularis vir,
id. Brut. 85, 293; Dig. 1, 5, 16.—Sup.: pŏtissĭmē ( pŏtissŭ-), and more freq. pŏtissĭmum ( pŏtissŭ-), chiefly, principally, especially, in preference to all others, above all, most of all (class.).—Form potissime, Cels. 3, 6.—Form potissimum:responde, quo leto censes me ut peream potissimum?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 6, 23:exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille,
Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 2, 4:nos id potissimum consecuti sumus,
id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:tanta erat contentio, qui potissimum ex magno numero conscenderent, ut,
Caes. B. C. 2, 43:quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam?
Sall. J. 14, 15; Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2; Lact. 2, 18, 3.
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