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  • 1 mendīcus

        mendīcus adj.    with sup, beggarly, needy, in want, indigent: ex mendicis fieri divites: solos sapientīs esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites.—As subst m., a beggar, mendicant, T., C.: mendici, i. e. the priests of Cybele, H.—Poor, paltry, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum.
    * * *
    mendica, mendicum ADJ
    poor as a beggar, beggarly; paltry, pitiful

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  • 2 misericors

        misericors cordis, adj. with comp.    [misereo+ cor], tender-hearted, pitiful, compassionate, merciful: in suos: in re: in furibus aerari, S.: animus: in illā victoriā quis P. Sullā misericordior inventus est?: mendacium, charitable.—Mean, pitiful: iracundi aut misericordes.
    * * *
    (gen.), misericordis ADJ
    merciful, tenderhearted

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  • 3 misericors

    mĭsĕrĭcors, cordis, adj. [misereo-cor], tender-hearted, pitiful, compassionate, merciful (class.).—Of persons and things:

    credc misericors est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 141:

    misericordem se praebere,

    Cic. Caecin. 10, 26:

    misericors et mansuetus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 17, 25:

    misericordem esse in aliquem,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 15; Curt. 9, 6, 12; Sen. Contr. 3, 23, 1:

    sint misericordes in furibus aerarii,

    Sall. C. 52, 12:

    animus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

    Dominus est,

    Vulg. Jacob. 5, 11:

    (Deus) miseretur ei, quem viderit misericordem,

    Lact. Div. Just. Epit. 5.— Comp.:

    misericordior nulla est me feminarum,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 23:

    in illā gravi L. Sullae turbulentāque victoriā quis P. Sulla mitior, quis misericordior inventus est?

    Cic. Sull. 26, 72.— Sup.:

    quando misericordissimus exstitisset,

    Aug. Ep. 48:

    canes misericordissimi,

    Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—
    II.
    Mean, pitiful, contemptible:

    qui autem natura dicuntur iracundi aut misericordes aut invidi aut tale quid,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.— Hence, adv.: mĭsĕrĭcordĭter, tenderheartedly, pitifully, compassionately, mercifully (ante- and post-class.): crudeliter illi, nos misericorditer, Quadrig. ap. Non. 510, 20; Lact. 6, 18, 9; Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31; 5, 23.— Comp.:

    misericordius,

    Aug. Doctr. Chr. 1, 16.— Sup.:

    misericordissime,

    Aug. Ep. 149.

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  • 4 frīvolus

        frīvolus adj.    [FRI-], trifling, frivolous, pitiful, sorry, worthless: aura, Ph.: insolentia, Ph.— Plur n. as subst, trifles, knickknacks: omnia regum, Iu.
    * * *
    frivola, frivolum ADJ
    frivolous, trifling; silly, worthless; trashy

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  • 5 inops

        inops opis, adj.    [2 in+ops], without resources, helpless, weak: inopes relicti a duce: nihil iuris humani relinquitur inopi, L.: solare inopem, V.: ab amicis: laudis conscendere carmen, unskilled, Pr.—Without possessions, poor, destitute, needy, indigent: coloni, H.: aerarium, empty: cupido, unsated, H.: domus cuiusvis inopis, N.: turba, V.: humanitatis, without: amicorum, destitute of: mentis, O.: consili, L.: paterni laris, stripped, H.— Fig., mean, wretched, contemptible, pitiful: inopis animi esse, H.: nostras inopes noluit esse vias, O.—Of speech, poor, meagre: non erat abundans, non inops: lingua: versūs rerum, H.: verbis.
    * * *
    (gen.), inopis ADJ
    weak, poor, needy, helpless; lacking, destitute (of), meager

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  • 6 pusillus

        pusillus adj. dim.    [pūsus, boy; 3 PV-], very little, very small, petty, insignificant: testis: terra homines nunc educat pusillos, Iu.: villula: libelli: alqs, H.: habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam.—As subst n., a very little, trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti.—Fig., little, small, petty, paltry, pitiful: animus: pusilli animi, timidity, H.: causa, trifling, O.: causidicus, Iu.
    * * *
    pusilla -um, pusillior -or -us, pusillissimus -a -um ADJ
    tiny, wee, very small (amount/degree/extent); miniature, on a tiny scale; petty, trifling, insignificant; petty/mean/ungenerous (person/character)

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  • 7 frivola

    frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).
    I.
    Adj.:

    frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

    Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

    levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

    Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

    colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

    Gell. 18, 7, 3:

    frivola et inanis argutiola,

    id. 2, 7, 9:

    quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

    id. 16, 12, 1:

    jocus,

    Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

    auspicium,

    Suet. Ner. 41:

    aura,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

    insolentia,

    id. 3, 6, 8:

    jactantia in parvis,

    Quint. 1, 6, 20:

    opus,

    Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

    labor,

    Sen. Ep. 31:

    cura,

    Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

    origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

    id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

    ratione morientes,

    id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

    flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

    Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

    in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21:

    frivolum dictu,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

    frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

    id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

    huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

    some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —
    II.
    Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

    inter frivola mea,

    Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

    jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

    Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

    aliqui mentiuntur,

    Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

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  • 8 frivole

    frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).
    I.
    Adj.:

    frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

    Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

    levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

    Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

    colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

    Gell. 18, 7, 3:

    frivola et inanis argutiola,

    id. 2, 7, 9:

    quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

    id. 16, 12, 1:

    jocus,

    Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

    auspicium,

    Suet. Ner. 41:

    aura,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

    insolentia,

    id. 3, 6, 8:

    jactantia in parvis,

    Quint. 1, 6, 20:

    opus,

    Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

    labor,

    Sen. Ep. 31:

    cura,

    Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

    origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

    id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

    ratione morientes,

    id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

    flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

    Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

    in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21:

    frivolum dictu,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

    frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

    id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

    huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

    some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —
    II.
    Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

    inter frivola mea,

    Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

    jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

    Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

    aliqui mentiuntur,

    Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

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  • 9 frivolus

    frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).
    I.
    Adj.:

    frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

    Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

    levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

    Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

    colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

    Gell. 18, 7, 3:

    frivola et inanis argutiola,

    id. 2, 7, 9:

    quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

    id. 16, 12, 1:

    jocus,

    Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

    auspicium,

    Suet. Ner. 41:

    aura,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

    insolentia,

    id. 3, 6, 8:

    jactantia in parvis,

    Quint. 1, 6, 20:

    opus,

    Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

    labor,

    Sen. Ep. 31:

    cura,

    Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

    origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

    id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

    ratione morientes,

    id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

    flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

    Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

    in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21:

    frivolum dictu,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

    frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

    id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

    huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

    some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —
    II.
    Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

    inter frivola mea,

    Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

    jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

    Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

    aliqui mentiuntur,

    Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

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  • 10 mendicus

    mendīcus, a, um, adj., beggarly, needy, in want, indigent (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    paupertas si malum est, mendicus esse beatus nemo potest,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; cf.:

    solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites,

    id. Mur. 29, 61:

    mendicior,

    Tert. de Anim. 33:

    prandia,

    Mart. 14, 81.—As subst.: mendīcus, i, m., a beggar, mendicant:

    mendicum malim mendicando vincere, Quam, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 16:

    mendici,

    i. e. the priests of Cybele, Hor. S. 1, 2, 2.—As a term of abuse, a beggar, ragamuffin, Ter. And. 4, 5, 20.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., poor, paltry, mean, sorry, pitiful:

    instrumentum mendicum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92.—Hence, adv.: mendīcē, in a beggarly manner, meanly (post-Aug. and post-class.):

    non tam mendice tecum agam, sed plenā manu,

    Sen. Ep. 33, 6.— Comp.:

    ne mendicius patre coenaret,

    Tert. Pall. 5.

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