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glōrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [gloria].

(Acc. to gloria, I.) Full of glory, glorious, famous, renowned (syn.:

illustris, praeclarus, magnificus): de clarorum hominum factis illustribus et gloriosis satis hoc loco dictum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt,

id. Deiot. 14, 40:

magnificum illud Romanisque hominibus gloriosum, ut Graecis de philosophia libris non egeant,

id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

in illa fuga, nobis gloriosa,

id. ib. 1, 28, 59:

mors,

id. ib. 1, 24, 51:

consilia,

id. Att. 8, 12, 5:

illa,

Vell. 2, 49, 4:

princeps,

Suet. Calig. 8:

gloriosissimae victoriae,

id. Tib. 52; cf.:

dies gloriosissimus,

Tac. H. 5, 17:

quod ipsi Agamemnoni fuit honestum, habere, etc.... mihi vero gloriosum, te juvenem consulem florere laudibus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf.:

bene de re publica mereri, gloriosum est,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

quod quaesitur gloriosum an indecorum sit,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 1 Dietsch:

in saecula,

Vulg. Dan. 3, 56.—

Vainglorious, boasting, bragging, haughty, conceited, ostentatious (syn.: jactans, arrogans, superbus, insolens, vanus, ostentator).

In gen.:

vos nequam et gloriosae,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 55:

(vir) mendax et gloriosus,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 10; 5, 2, 34; id. Ps. 3, 2, 5:

ubi illa magnifica et gloriosa ostentatio civitatis?

Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

praepotens et gloriosa philosophia,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 193:

epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 13:

pavo, gloriosum animal,

Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 44:

esse gloriosi animi,

eager for glory, Suet. Claud. 1:

miles,

Ter. Eun. prol. 31; 38; cf.

B. infra: vir,

a braggart, Vulg. Prov. 25, 14.—

Esp.: Miles gloriosus, the title of a comedy of Plautus. To this refers:

deforme est, de se ipsum praedicare, falsa praesertim, et cum irrisione audientium imitari Militem gloriosum,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137; and:

milites,

id. Lael. 26, 98.—Hence, adv.: glōrĭōse.

(Acc. to I.) Gloriously: res magnas manu gerere, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

triumphare,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 3; Vulg. Exod. 15, 1.— Comp.:

quia relicua gloriosius retinebat,

Sall. H. 1, 55 Dietsch. — Sup.:

quod per ipsos confici potuit, gloriosissime et magnificentissime confecerunt,

Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2.—

(Acc. to II.) Boastfully, vauntingly, pompously:

exorsus es non gloriose magis a veritate quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 31:

mentiri,

id. Mil. 27, 72; cf.

proloqui,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 4: amiciri, id. Pers. 2, 5, 6:

amicitiam ostentare,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 8 Dietsch.

in-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.

Lit.

In gen.:

age, jam infla buccas,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 26:

ex ore in os palumbi inflare aquam,

Cato, R. R. 90:

tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,

is swelled, Verg. A. 3, 357:

merito quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet,

should in a rage puff up both his cheeks, Hor. S. 1, 1, 21:

inflant (corpus) omnia fere legumina,

make flatulent, Cels. 2, 26.—

In partic., to play upon a wind instrument:

inflare cavas cicutas,

Lucr. 5, 1383:

calamos leves,

Verg. E. 5, 2.— Absol., to blow:

simul inflavit tibicen, a perito carmen agnoscitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86.— With cognate acc.:

sonum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225. —

Trop., to puff up, inflate:

spe falsa animos,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

regis spem (with erigere animos),

Liv. 35, 42, 5:

animos ad intolerabilem superbiam,

id. 45, 31, 31; 37, 26, 4:

purpuratis solita vanitate spem ejus inflantibus,

Curt. 3, 2, 10; 5, 10, 3:

crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 98:

ipse erit glorià inflandus,

Quint. 11, 1 med. — Absol., of speech:

Antipater paulo inflavit vehementius,

blew a little too hard, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Of music:

illi qui fecerunt modos, a quibus aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, variatur,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 102 fin.:

et ea (medicamenta) quae ob caritatem emendi mulo inedicorum cupiditas inflaverat,

puffed, bepraised, Veg. Vet. 4, 7, 4.— Hence, inflātus, a, um, P. a., blown into, filled with blowing.

Lit.:

si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum,

Cic. Brut. 51, 192:

bucina cecinit jussos inflata receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340:

nolo verba inflata et quasi anhelata gravius exire,

with a too great expenditure of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40.—

Transf., swelled up, swollen, puffed up:

serpens inflato collo,

Cic. Vatin. 2, 4:

bucca inflatior,

Suet. Rhet. 5:

inflatum hesterno venas Iaccho,

Verg. E. 6, 15:

Volturnus amnis inflatus aquis,

swollen, enlarged, Liv. 23, 19, 4:

amnes,

id. 40, 33, 2:

capilli,

hanging loose, dishevelled, Ov. A. A. 3, 145:

inflata rore non Achaico turba,

Verg. Cat. 7, 2. — Comp.:

vestis inflatior,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Trop.

In gen., puffed up, inflated, haughty, proud:

quibus illi rebus elati et inflati non continebantur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

inflatus et tumens animus,

id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19:

inflata spe atque animis,

id. Mur. 15, 33:

promissis,

id. ib. 24, 49:

laetitia atque insolentia,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

jactatione,

Liv. 29, 37, 9:

assensionibus,

id. 24, 6, 8:

estne quisquam tanto inflatus errore,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

opinionibus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 91:

his opinionibus animus,

Liv. 6, 11, 6, 6, 18, 5:

vana spe,

id. 35, 49, 4:

vano nuntio,

id. 24, 32, 3:

successu tantae rei,

id. 37, 12, 4:

legionum numero,

Vell. 2, 80, 2:

superbus et inflatus,

Juv. 8, 72:

elatus inflatusque,

Suet. Ner. 37.— Comp.:

juvenis inflatior,

Liv. 39, 53, 8.—

In partic., of style, inflated, turgid:

Attici pressi et integri, Asiani inflati et inanes,

Quint. 12, 10, 16:

inflatus et tumidus,

Tac. Or. 18:

Callimachus,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 32; Suet. Rhet. 2.— Hence, adv.: inflātē, only in comp., haughtily, proudly, pompously:

aliquid latius atque inflatius perscribere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3:

inflatius commemorare,

id. ib. 2, 39, 4:

inflatius multo, quam res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat,

id. ib. 3, 79, 4:

fabulari inflatius,

Amm. 22, 16, 10.

magnĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. ( comp. magnificentior; sup. magnificentissimus; v. in the foll.; old form of comp. magnificior, acc. to Fest. p. 154 Müll., and sup. magnificissimus, acc. to Fest. p. 151; so in the adv. magnificissime, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 603 P.) [magnus-facio], great in deeds or in sentiment, noble, distinguished, eminent, august, great in soul, high-minded (cf. splendidus).

Lit.

In a good sense (class.):

vir factis magnificus,

Liv. 1, 10:

Rhodiorum civitas magna atque magnifica,

great, glorious, Sall. C. 51:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

Cic. Off. 1, 23, 79:

cives in suppliciis deorum magnifici, domi parci,

magnificent, splendid, grand, fond of splendor, Sall. C. 9:

elegans, non magnificus,

fond of show, Nep. Att. 13; Suet. Ner. 30:

magnificus in publicum,

Plin. Pan. 51, 3; Vell. 2, 130.—

In a bad sense, bragging, boastful (ante-class.):

cum magnifico milite, urbis verbis qui inermus capit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 42; id. As. 2, 2, 84.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, splendid, rich, fine, costly, sumptuous, magnificent, etc. (class.):

magnificae villae,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2:

oppidum,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 67:

apparatus,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 25:

ornatus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

funera,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

funus,

Curt. 4, 8, 8:

venationes,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

nomen,

Tac. H. 4, 15:

res gestae,

Liv. 26, 2, 1.—Of speech, of high strain, lofly, sublime:

genus dicendi magnificum atque praeclarum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89:

oratio,

Plin. 35, 4, 9, § 26; cf. in the comp.:

magnificentius dicendi genus et ornatius,

Cic. Brut. 32, 123.—In a bad sense, boastful, bragging:

verba,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 3:

litterae,

Suet. Calig. 44.— Sup.:

Crassus magnificentissimā aedilitate functus,

Cic. Off. 2, 16.—Of medicaments, valuable, useful, admirable, Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38.—Hence, adv., in two forms: magnĭfĭcē and (postAug.) magnĭfĭcenter, nobly, magnificently, generously, grandly, sumptuously, richly, splendidly, excellently:

magnifice conscreabor,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 7:

cesso magnifice patriceque,

id. Cas. 3, 6, 7:

magnifice laudare,

Cic. Brut. 73, 254:

ornare convivium,

id. Quint. 30, 93:

comparare convivi um,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65:

vivere,

id. Off. 1, 26, 65:

vincere,

splendidly, gloriously, id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

radicula ex melle prodest magnifice ad tussim,

admirably, excellently, Plin. 24, 11, 58, § 96; 30, 14, 47, § 139.—In a bad sense, pompously, proudly, haughtily, boastfully: se jactare. Auct. Her. 4, 21, 29:

incedere,

Liv. 2, 6.—In the form magnificenter:

oppidum magnificenter aedificatum et eleganter,

Vitr. 1, 6.— Comp.:

magnificentius et dicere et sentire,

grandly, loftily, Cic. Or. 34, 119.— Sup.:

consulatum magnificentissime gerere,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

gloriosissime et magnificentissime aliquid conficere,

id. Att. 14, 4, 2: jactare se, 2, 21, 3.

pompōsus, a, um, adj. [pompa], pompous, stately, solemn (post-class.):

incessus,

i.e. dignified, slow, Sid. Ep. 4, 9; Ven. Fort. Carm. 3, 23, 7.—

Rich, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 34, 182; id. Tard. 5, 10, 92: poëmata, Ven. Carm. 3, 23, 7.— Adv.: pompōsē, pompously, etc.:

scribere,

Sid. Ep. 9, 9 med.

pompōsus, a, um, adj. [pompa], pompous, stately, solemn (post-class.):

incessus,

i.e. dignified, slow, Sid. Ep. 4, 9; Ven. Fort. Carm. 3, 23, 7.—

Rich, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 34, 182; id. Tard. 5, 10, 92: poëmata, Ven. Carm. 3, 23, 7.— Adv.: pompōsē, pompously, etc.:

scribere,

Sid. Ep. 9, 9 med.

tŭmĭdus, a, um, adj. [tumeo], swollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid (class.).

Lit.:

membrum tumidum ac turgidum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19:

serpens inflato collo, tumidis cervicibus,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

Python,

Ov. M. 1, 460:

Echidnae,

id. ib. 10, 313:

venter,

id. Am. 2, 14, 15:

papillae,

id. R. Am. 338:

virginitas,

i. e. with swelling breasts, Stat. Th. 2, 204:

mare,

Verg. A. 8, 671:

aequor,

id. ib. 3, 157; Ov. M. 14, 544:

fluctus,

id. ib. 11, 480:

Nilus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 48:

vela,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 201:

montes,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 51:

terrae Germaniae,

Tac. A. 2, 23 Ritter; cf.

Nipperd. ad loc. (Halm, umidis): crudi tumidique lavemur,

i. e. swollen, stuffed with food, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 61.— Comp.:

oculi,

Cels. 2, 6:

humus,

Col. 4, 1, 3.—

Trop.

Swollen or swelling with passionate excitement; excited, incensed, enraged, exasperated; puffed up, elated, haughty, arrogant; restless, violent, ready to break out (mostly poet.; not in Cic.);

with anger: tumida ex irā tum corda residunt,

Verg. A. 6, 407:

ōs,

Hor. A. P. 94:

es tumidus genitoris imagine falsi,

Ov. M. 1, 754.—With pride, Ov. M. 8, 396; 8, 495; Hor. S. 1, 7, 7:

sermo,

id. ib. 2, 5, 98:

minae,

id. C. 4, 3, 8:

cum tumidum est cor,

i. e. swells with ambition, Hor. S. 2, 3, 213:

tumidi minantur,

swelling with rage, Stat. Achill. 1, 155:

ingenia genti tumida,

Just. 41, 3, 7:

tumidae gentium inflataeque cervices,

Flor. 4, 12, 2:

quem tumidum ac sui jactantem et ambitiosum institorem eloquentiae videat,

Quint. 11, 1, 50.— Sup.:

(Alexander) tumidissimum animal,

most arrogant, Sen. Ben. 2, 16, 2:

Eridani tumidissimus accola Celtae,

most seditious, Sil. 11, 25.—

Of style, etc.

Of the orator himself, bombastic, pompous:

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

quem (Ciceronem) et suorum homines temporum incessere audebant ut tumidiorem, ut Asianum et redundantem,

id. 12, 10, 12.—

Of speech, inflated, turgid, tumid, bombastic:

non negaverim et totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia et nostrorum tumidiorem sermonem esse,

Liv. 45, 23, 16:

quod alibi magnificum, tumidum alibi,

Quint. 8, 3, 18:

visus es mihi in scriptis meis annotasse quaedam ut tumida, quae ego sublimia arbitrabar,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 5; 7, 12, 4; Quint. 8, 3, 13; 8, 3, 56; 2, 5, 10:

sufflati atque tumidi,

Gell. 7, 14, 5.— Comp.:

tumidior sermo,

Liv. 45, 23, 16:

ut tibi tumidius videretur, quod est sonantius et elatius,

Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 4:

fuisset tumidius, si, etc.,

Quint. 11, 1, 28.—

Act., puffing up, causing to swell:

tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,

Verg. A. 3, 357 Forbig. ad loc.:

nec tumidos causabitur Euros,

Ov. Am. 1, 9, 13.— Trop.:

Qui nunc in tumidum jactando venit honorem,

Prop. 2, 24, 31 (3, 16, 15) Paley ad loc.—Hence, adv.: tŭmĭdē (acc. to II. A.), haughtily, pompously:

tumidissime dixit Murrhedius,

Sen. Contr. 4, 25 fin.