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  • 1 fortis

    fortis (archaic form FORCTIS, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. sanates, p. 348 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 84; and perh. also in the form FORCTUS; v. id. s. v. horctum, p. 102; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 320, b), e, adj. [Sanscr. dhar-; v. forma, firmus], strong, powerful.
    I.
    Physically (rare;

    syn.: firmus, strenuus, incolumis, animosus): ecquid fortis visa est (mulier),

    powerful, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 13:

    set Bacchis etiam fortis tibi vissast?

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 38: sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, nunc senio confectus quiescit, a powerful horse, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahl.); so,

    equus,

    Lucr. 3, 8; 764; 4, 987; Verg. A. 11, 705.— Poet. transf.:

    aquarum,

    Lucr. 6, 530:

    terrae pingue solum... Fortes invortant tauri,

    Verg. G. 1, 65:

    contingat modo te filiamque tuam fortes invenire,

    i. e. hearty, well, Plin. Ep. 4, 1 fin.; 4, 21, 4; 6, 4, 3:

    antecedebat testudo pedum LX., facta item ex fortissimis lignis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 2, 4; so,

    ligna fortissima,

    Veg. 1, 24 fin.:

    invalidissimum urso caput, quod leoni fortissimum,

    Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130:

    fortiores stomachi,

    id. 32, 7, 26, § 80:

    plantae fortiores fient,

    Pall. Febr. 24, 7:

    fortiorem illum (pontem) tueri, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 2: castra,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    aratra,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

    fortiora remedia,

    Tac. A. 1, 29:

    humeri,

    Val. Fl. 1, 434:

    vincula,

    Sen. Hippol. 34: sol (with medius), powerful, i. e. fierce, hot, id. Med. 588:

    fortiora ad hiemes frumenta, legumina in cibo,

    Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60:

    (vites) contra pruinas fortissimae,

    id. 14, 2, 4, § 23.—
    II.
    Mentally, strong, powerful, vigorous, firm, steadfast, stout, courageous, brave, manly, etc., answering to the Gr. andreios (very freq. in all periods and sorts of composition).
    A.
    Of human beings: fortis et constantis est, non perturbari in rebus asperis nec tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur;

    sed praesenti animo uti et consilio, nec a ratione discedere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

    temperantia libidinem (aspernatur), ignaviam fortitudo: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes,

    id. Lael. 13, 47:

    gladiatores fortes et animosos et se acriter ipsos morti offerentes servare cupimus,

    id. Mil. 34, 92:

    rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 22:

    viri fortes et magnanimi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    vir fortis et acris animi magnique,

    id. Sest. 20, 45:

    boni et fortes et magno animo praediti,

    id. Rep. 1, 5; 1, 3:

    sapientissimi et fortissimi,

    id. ib. 2, 34:

    vir liber ac fortis,

    id. ib. 2, 19:

    horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3:

    fortissimus vir,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 1; 2, 33, 4;

    3, 20, 2: hunc liberta securi Divisit medium, fortissima Tyndaridarum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 100:

    vis recte vivere? quis non? Si virtus hoc una potest dare, fortis omissis Hoc age deliciis,

    id. Ep 1, 6, 30:

    seu quis capit acria fortis Pocula,

    id. S. 2, 6, 69: cavit, ne umquam infamiae ea res sibi esset, ut virum fortem decet, an honorable or worthy man, Ter. And. 2, 6, 13; cf.: FORCTIS frugi et bonus, sive validus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 84 Müll.; and:

    HORCTUM et FORCTUM pro bono dicebant,

    id. p. 102:

    ego hoc nequeo mirari satis, Eum sororem despondisse suam in tam fortem familiam... Familiam optimam occupavit,

    so respectable, honorable a family, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 9;

    (cf. bonus): vir ad pericula fortis,

    Cic. Font. 15, 33:

    nondum erant tam fortes ad sanguinem civilem,

    Liv. 7, 40, 2:

    vir contra audaciam fortissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85: vidi in dolore podagrae hospitem meum fortiorem, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 527, 33:

    imperator in proeliis strenuus et fortis,

    Quint. 12, 3, 5:

    virum fortem ac strenuum scio dixisse, etc.,

    Sall. C. 51, 16:

    si fortes fueritis in eo, quem nemo sit ausus defendere,

    if you had proceeded with vigor, energy, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 3.— Poet., with dat.:

    fugacibus,

    Ov. M. 10, 543; and with inf.:

    fortis et asperas Tractare serpentes,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 26:

    contemnere honores,

    id. S. 2, 7, 86:

    aurum spernere fortior Quam cogere,

    id. C. 3, 3, 50; Stat. Th. 10, 906.—Prov.:

    fortes fortuna adjuvat,

    fortune favors the brave, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 26; cf.:

    fortes enim non modo fortuna adjuvat, ut est in vetere proverbio, sed multo magis ratio,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: audendum est;

    fortes adjuvat ipsa Venus,

    Tib. 1, 2, 16: fortibus est fortuna viris data, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 262 ed. Vahl.;

    for which: audentes fortuna iuvat,

    Verg. A. 10, 284; and:

    audentes deus ipse juvat,

    Ov. M. 10, 586); cf. also elliptically: sedulo, inquam, faciam: sed fortuna fortes;

    quare conare, quaeso,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 16; id. Fam. 7, 25.—
    B.
    Of animals (rare):

    fortes ad opera boves,

    Col. 6, 1, 2:

    bestiae et fortiora animalia,

    Lact. 6, 10, 13.—
    C.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    ex quo fit, ut animosior senectus sit quam adolescentia et fortior,

    Cic. de Sen. 22, 72:

    fortibus oculis,

    with eyes sparkling with courage, id. Att. 15, 11, 1:

    fortissimo et maximo animo ferre,

    id. Fam. 6, 13 fin.:

    animus,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 20:

    pectus,

    id. Epod. 1, 14; id. S. 2, 2, 136:

    fortissimo quodam animi impetu,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 31:

    acerrima et fortissima populi Romani libertatis recuperandae cupiditas,

    id. Phil. 12, 3, 7:

    in re publica forte factum,

    id. Att. 8, 14, 2:

    ut nullum paulo fortius factum latere posset,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 8:

    fortia facta,

    Sall. C. 59, 6; id. J. 53, 8; Liv. 26, 39, 3; Curt. 7, 2, 38:

    opera,

    service, Liv. 40, 36, 11:

    consilia,

    id. 9, 11, 4; 25, 31, 6; Cic. Sest. 23, 57; Tac. H. 3, 67:

    solatia,

    id. A. 4, 8:

    nulla poterat esse fortior contra dolorem et mortem disciplina,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:

    acerrimae ac fortissimae sententiae,

    id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

    oratio fortis et virilis,

    id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; cf.:

    genus dicendi forte, vehemens,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 32:

    non semper fortis oratio quaeritur, sed saepe placida, summissa, lenis,

    id. ib. 2, 43, 183:

    placidis miscentem fortia dictis,

    Ov. M. 4, 652:

    verba,

    Prop. 1, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: fortĭter.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Strongly, powerfully, vigorously (rare):

    astringere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

    verberare virgis uvas,

    Pall. Oct. 19.— Comp.:

    sublatis fortius manibus,

    Petr. 9:

    fortius attrahere lora,

    Ov. R. Am. 398:

    ardere,

    id. M. 6, 708.— Sup.:

    fortissime urgentes,

    Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

    rigorem fortissime servat ulmus,

    id. 16, 40, 77, § 210. —
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Strongly, powerfully, boldly, intrepidly, valiantly, bravely, manfully (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    quae (vincla, verbera, etc.) tulisse illum fortiter et patienter ferunt,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7; cf.:

    fortiter et sapienter ferre,

    id. Att. 14, 13, 3:

    fortiter excellenterque gesta,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 61:

    facere quippiam (with animose),

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 6:

    repudiare aliquid (with constanter),

    id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

    bellum gerere,

    id. Fl. 39, 98; cf.:

    sustinere impetum hostium,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 11, 4:

    perire,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 42:

    absumptis rebus maternis atque paternis,

    manfully made away with, id. Ep. 1, 15, 27.— Comp.:

    pugnare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2:

    evellere spinas animo an agro,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4:

    et melius secat res,

    id. S. 1, 10, 15.— Sup.:

    Dolabella injuriam facere fortissime perseverat,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 31:

    restitit hosti,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5.

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  • 2 praepossum

    prae-possum, pŏtui, posse, v. n., to be very powerful or more powerful, to have the superiority, get the upperhand (post-Aug.):

    postquam Macedones praepotuere,

    Tac. H. 5, 8.—Hence, praepŏtens, tis ( gen. plur. praepotentum, Sen. Ira, 3, 14, 2), P. a., very able or powerful (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    clari ac praepotentes viri,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 44; id. Fin. 2, 18, 57; id. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    praepotentes fuimus,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 15 dub.—With abl.:

    praepotentes opibus,

    i. e. very rich, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42.—With gen.:

    rerum omnium praepotens Juppiter,

    Cic. Div. 2, 18, 42.— Subst.: praepŏtentes, ĭum, m., the powerful:

    opes praepotentium,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

    more praepotentium,

    Col. 1, 3:

    iniquitas praepotentium,

    Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 93.—
    B.
    Of things:

    praepotens terrā marique Carthago,

    powerful on land and sea, Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    natura deorum praepotens neque excellens,

    id. N. D. 2, 30, 77:

    praepotens et gloriosa philosophia,

    id. de Or. 1, 43, 193:

    praepotens gratae mentis impetus,

    Val. Max. 5, 2, 8:

    imperia,

    id. 7, 2, 1.

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  • 3 praepotentes

    prae-possum, pŏtui, posse, v. n., to be very powerful or more powerful, to have the superiority, get the upperhand (post-Aug.):

    postquam Macedones praepotuere,

    Tac. H. 5, 8.—Hence, praepŏtens, tis ( gen. plur. praepotentum, Sen. Ira, 3, 14, 2), P. a., very able or powerful (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    clari ac praepotentes viri,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 44; id. Fin. 2, 18, 57; id. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    praepotentes fuimus,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 15 dub.—With abl.:

    praepotentes opibus,

    i. e. very rich, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42.—With gen.:

    rerum omnium praepotens Juppiter,

    Cic. Div. 2, 18, 42.— Subst.: praepŏtentes, ĭum, m., the powerful:

    opes praepotentium,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

    more praepotentium,

    Col. 1, 3:

    iniquitas praepotentium,

    Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 93.—
    B.
    Of things:

    praepotens terrā marique Carthago,

    powerful on land and sea, Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    natura deorum praepotens neque excellens,

    id. N. D. 2, 30, 77:

    praepotens et gloriosa philosophia,

    id. de Or. 1, 43, 193:

    praepotens gratae mentis impetus,

    Val. Max. 5, 2, 8:

    imperia,

    id. 7, 2, 1.

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  • 4 potēns

        potēns entis （ gen plur. potentum, V.), adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of possum], able, mighty, strong, powerful, potent: animus, S.: familiae, L.: contra potentiorem auxili egere, Cs.: potentissimus civis: Roma opibus, O.: parvo Fabricius, i. e. with small resources, V.: in amore, i. e. fortunate, Ct.— Having power, ruling, controlling, master: dum mei potens sum, my own master, L.: sanus mentisque potens, in his right mind, O.: potentes rerum suarum atque urbis, having made themselves masters of, L.: potentes huius consili, arbiters, L.: diva Cypri, that reigns over (i. e. Venus), H.: lyrae Musa, that presides over lyric poetry, H.: irae, master of his anger, Cu.— Fit, capable, equal: regni, L.: neque pugnae, neque fugae satis potentes, unable either to fight or to flee, L.— Partaking, having attained: voti, O.: iussi, having fulfilled the command, O.— Strong, mighty, powerful, efficacious, potent, influential: fortuna in res bellicas, L.: herba ad opem, O.: nihil esse potentius auro, O.—As subst m., an aristocrat, man of influence, powerful person: res melior inopi quam potenti, L.: (consulatus) praemium semper potentioris futurus, L.
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    potentis (gen.), potentior -or -us, potentissimus -a -um ADJ
    powerful, strong; capable; mighty

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  • 5 validus

        validus adj. with comp. and sup.    [VAL-], strong, stout, able, powerful, robust, vigorous: videmus ea, quae terra gignit, corticibus et radicibus valida servari: lacerti, O.: vires, V.: munitiones validiores, L.: praesidia, L.—Well, in good health, sound, healthy: salvos atque validus, T.: si te validum videro: validus male filius, sickly, H.: necdum ex morbo satis validus, L.—Of drugs, strong, powerful, active, efficacious: medicamen, O.: venenum, O.—Fig., strong, mighty, powerful, effective: urbs: ducibus validiorem quam exercitu rem Romanum esse, L.: validissimus auctor, Ta.: fama validissima, Ta.: ludibrium vix feminis puerisve morandis satis validum, hardly strong enough to obstruct women, L.: adversus consentientīs, L.
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    valida, validum ADJ
    strong, powerful; valid

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  • 6 valens

    vălĕo, ui, itum, 2, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. bala, vis, robur, balishtas, fortissimus; cf. debilis], to be strong.
    I.
    Lit., of physical strength, vigor, or health.
    A.
    In gen., to be strong, stout, or vigorous, to have strength (cf.: polleo, vigeo).
    1.
    Absol.: verum illi valent, qui vi luctantur cum leonibus, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 4 (Com. Rel. v. 176 Rib.):

    puer ille (Hercules recens natus) ut magnus est et multum valet!

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus potest, qui plus valet: Vir erat;

    plus valebat,

    id. Truc. 4, 3, 38 sq.:

    sanus homo, qui bene valet,

    Cels. 1, 1 init.:

    si magis valet,

    id. 3, 18:

    si satis valet (= si satis validae vires sunt, just before),

    id. 4, 7 init.:

    prout nervi valent,

    id. 8, 16.—Of plants:

    vitem novellam resecari tum erit tempus ubi valebit,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 3 sq. —
    2.
    To be strong in or for something, to have the power or strength, be in condition to do something, etc.
    a.
    Of personal subjects, etc.
    (α).
    With ad and acc.:

    alios videmus velocitate ad cursum, alios viribus ad luctandum valere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    manibus pedibusque morbo distortissimis, ut neque calceum perpeti nec libellos evolvere valeret,

    Suet. Galb. 21:

    mustela cum mures veloces non valeret assequi,

    Phaedr. 4, 1, 10:

    valet ima summis Mutare deus,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; cf. II. B. 2. h. infra; cf.:

    illud mirari mitte, quod non valet e lapide hoc alias impellere res,

    Lucr. 6, 1057:

    versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri (sc. ferre),

    Hor. A. P. 40:

    nec valuere manus infixum educere telum,

    Ov. M. 13, 393; 12, 101; Col. 6, 25 fin. —
    b.
    Of remedies or medicines, to be efficacious, be good for any thing; with ad and acc.:

    fimum potum ad dysentericos valet,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 105.—With contra:

    cimices valent contra serpentium morsus,

    Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—With eodem:

    id quoque collyrium eodem valet,

    Cels. 6, 6, 21.—With pro:

    ruta per se pro antidoto valet,

    Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 132.—With abl.:

    dictamnus valet potu et illitu et suffitu,

    Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 153.— With inf.:

    sandaracha valet purgare, sistere, excalfacere, perrodere,

    Plin. 34, 18, 55, § 177.—
    c.
    Of sounds: cum C ac similiter G non valuerunt, in T ac D molliuntur, i. e. were not pronounced strongly, Quint. 1, 11, 5.—
    B.
    Esp., in respect of the natural condition of the body, to be well in health, to be in a sound or healthy condition, to be healthy, hale, hearty.
    a.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    equidem valeo recte et salvus sum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 36:

    perpetuon' valuisti?

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 15; 1, 1, 18:

    valen'? Valuistin? valeo et valui rectius,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 12 sq.: facile omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

    dicit vilicus servos non valuisse,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 3 sq.; 5, 6:

    boves ut recte valeant,

    id. ib. 103:

    optime valere et gravissime aegrotare,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; 4, 25, 69:

    cura est, ut valeat,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 4:

    ego valeo recte et rem gero,

    id. Pers. 2, 3, 34:

    te recte valere operamque dare, ut cottidie melius,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1: deterius quam soleo, Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 1:

    commode,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: Ni. Benene usque valuit? Chr. Pancratice atque athletice, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14:

    minus valere... melius valere,

    Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

    nam matri oculi si valerent, mecum venisset simul,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 8.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    si corpore valuisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 77:

    nec melius valeo quam corpore, mente,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; cf. Sall. J. 11, 5:

    pedibus,

    Nep. Phoc. 4, 1:

    stomacho,

    Juv. 6, 100.—
    (γ).
    With ab and abl.:

    ab oculis,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10:

    a morbo,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26; and facetiously: Me. Ain tu te valere? Eu. Pol ego haud a pecunia perbene, as to money, not very well, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9.—
    b.
    Esp., at the commencement of letters (very freq.), si vales, bene est, and abbreviated S. V. B. E.;

    and, more fully, with the addition ego or equidem valeo (abbrev. E. V. or E. Q. V.),

    Cic. Fam. 13, 6; 14, 11; 14, 16; 14, 17; 14, 21; 14, 22; 14, 23; 14, 24; 15, 1; 15, 2; Metell. ib. 5, 1; Vatin. ib. 5, 9; Luccei. ib. 5, 14 al.; cf.:

    mos antiquis fuit usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales bene est,

    Sen. Ep. 15, 1; so too: S. V. G. V. (si vales, gaudeo, valeo) et Tullia nostra recte V. Terentia minus belle habuit: sed certum scio jam convaluisse eam, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—
    c.
    Rarely impers. pass.:

    quid agitur, Sagaristio? ut valetur?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 8.—
    d.
    Vale or valeas, in leave-taking, farewell, adieu (cf.: salve, ave).
    (α).
    In gen.: Di. Valeas. Ph. Vale, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79: Ar. Vale. Ph. Quo properas? Ar. Bene vale, id. As. 3, 3, 16; id. Mil. 4, 8, 51:

    bene vale, Alcumena,

    id. Am. 1, 3, 1:

    vale atque salve,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 36: vale atque salve. Th. Male vale, male sit tibi, id. ib. 4, 4, 32; v. salvus: Ly. Ad portum propero. De. Bene ambulato. Ly. Bene valeto. De. Bene sit tibi, id. Merc. 2, 2, 55:

    bene valete et vivite,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:

    ite intro cito: valete,

    id. As. 3, 3, 155:

    abeo: valete, judices justissimi,

    id. Capt. prol. 67:

    vos valete et plaudite,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 64:

    in hoc biduom vale,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 110:

    vive valeque,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 110.—Before a vowel, scanned vale:

    et longum, Formose vale, vale, inquit Iolla,

    Verg. E. 3, 79; Ov. M. 3, 501.—
    (β).
    At the conclusion of letters:

    Vale,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 3; 6, 21, 3; 4, 8, 2; Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 3:

    cura ut valeas,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; rarely bene vale, Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8; Cur. ib. 7, 29, 2; cf.:

    tu me diligis et valebis,

    Cic. ib. 9, 22, 5; 15, 18, 2: fac valeas meque mutuo diligas, Planc. ib. 10, 7, 2; Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8.—
    (γ).
    Also in bidding farewell to the dead:

    salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,

    Verg. A. 11, 97; Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l.;

    v. salvus: in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale,

    Cat. 101, 10:

    terque, Vale, dixit,

    Ov. F. 3, 563:

    supremumque vale... dixit,

    id. M. 10, 62.—
    (δ).
    As an expression of dismission, refusal, or scorn, be off, begone:

    valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 46:

    immo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illa,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 18:

    valeas, habeas illam quae placet,

    id. Ad. 4, 4, 14:

    si talis est deus, ut nulla hominum caritate teneatur, valeat,

    good-by to him, let me have nothing to do with him, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 124:

    valeat res ludicra, si me Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: valeant, Qui inter nos discidium volunt, away with those, etc., Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    quare ista valeant: me res familiaris movet,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5: castra peto, valeatque Venus, valeantque puellae, farewell to Venus, etc., Tib. 2, 6, 9:

    valete curae,

    Petr. 79; cf. Cat. 8, 12; 11, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 71 sqq.—
    (ε).
    With valere jubere or dicere (sometimes as one word, vălĕdīco, ere, 3, v. n.), to bid one good-by, farewell, adieu:

    illum salutavi: post etiam jussi valere,

    Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:

    vix illud potui dicere triste vale,

    Ov. H. 13, 14:

    saepe vale dicto rursus sum multa locutus,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 57:

    tibi valedicere non licet gratis,

    Sen. Ep. 17, 11; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 1: obstinatissime [p. 1954] retinuit, ut liberti servique bis die frequentes adessent ac mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent, Suet. Galb. 4 fin.; id. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 72.—So (late Lat.):

    vale facere (or valefacere),

    August. Ep. 65; App. M. 4, p. 150, 24.
    II.
    Transf., to have power, force, or influence; to be powerful, effective, valid; to avail, prevail, be strong, effective, etc.
    A.
    In gen.:

    fiet enim quodcunque volent, qui valebunt: valebunt autem semper arma,

    will always have the power, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:

    fuit enim populi potestas: de civitate ne tam diu quidem valuit quam diu illa Sullani temporis arma valuerunt,

    id. Dom. 30, 79:

    dicitur C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse dicendo,

    id. Brut. 14, 57:

    tribunus plebis tulit... ut lex Aelia et Fufia ne valeret,

    id. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:

    in more majorum, qui tum ut lex valebat,

    id. Leg. 2, 10, 23:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

    verba si valent,

    id. Caecin. 21, 61:

    (ejus) valet opinio tarditatis,

    is established, id. de Or. 1, 27, 125:

    si conjuratio valuisset,

    id. ib. 17, 7:

    cujus ratio non valuit,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 7:

    jus tamen gentium valuit,

    Liv. 2, 4, 7:

    praetor... ratus repentinum valiturum terrorem, succedit, etc.,

    id. 44, 31, 6:

    et vestrae valuere preces,

    Ov. M. 13, 89; id. P. 3, 3, 92; id. Ib. 241.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    With respect to the source, character, or mode of exercise of the strength ascribed to the subject.
    a.
    With abl.:

    non metuo mihi... Dum quidem hoc valebit pectus perfidia meum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 50:

    reliqui duo sic exaequantur, ut Domitius valeat amicis, Memmius commendetur militibus,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6 (17, 2):

    multa sanxit quae omnia magistratuum auctoritate et Halaesinorum summa voluntate valuerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:

    ita istam libertatem largior populo, ut auctoritate et valeant et utantur boni,

    id. Leg. 3, 17, 38:

    quae (voluntas militum) cum per se valet multitudine,

    id. Mur. 18, 38:

    parum valent (Graeci) verbo,

    i. e. have no precise word, id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

    qui aut gratia aut misericordia valerent,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

    dicendo,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 2:

    qui pedum cursu valet,

    Verg. A. 5, 67; Quint. 9, 2, 78:

    Battiades... Quamvis ingenio non valet, arte valet,

    Ov. Am. 1, 15, 14:

    plerique plus ingenio quam arte valuerunt,

    Quint. 1, 8, 8:

    rogando,

    Ov. M. 2, 183:

    subtilitate vincimur, valeamus pondere,

    Quint. 12, 11, 8.—
    b.
    With in and abl.:

    Sp. Thorius satis valuit in populari genere dicendi,

    Cic. Brut. 36, 136:

    quid facilius est quam probari in uno servulo nomen familiae non valere,

    id. Caecin. 19, 55:

    in his maxime valet similitudo,

    Quint. 6, 3, 57:

    mire in causis valet praesumptio,

    id. 9, 2, 16:

    (digitus) in exprobrando et indicando valet,

    id. 11, 3, 94.—
    2.
    With some definite end expressed, upon or towards which influence or power is exercised or directed, to be strong enough for, adequate to, or capable of any thing, to be able to do, to have force or efficacy, to be effectual, to avail, to be applicable.
    a.
    With in and acc.:

    hoc evenit, ut in volgus insipientium opinio valeat honestatis,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:

    quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

    cum illud verbum unde in utramque rem valeat,

    id. Caecin. 31, 89:

    num etiam in deos inmortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv 7, 6, 11: utrumque hoc genus semel injectum in L. annos valet et frugum et pabuli ubertate,

    Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44:

    etiamsi in utramque partem valent arma facundiae,

    Quint. 2, 16, 10:

    hoc etiam in praeteritum valet,

    id. 9, 2, 20; cf.:

    cum... idque in omnis partis valeret,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2.—
    b.
    With eo: oratio me cohortabatur, ut, etc.... quod eo, credo, valebat, ut caerimonias religionesque defenderem, the force or point of which was, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5:

    id responsum quo valeat, cum intellegeret nemo,

    Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. II. B. 3. i, infra.—
    c.
    With ad and acc. of thing:

    tu non solum ad neglegendas leges... verum etiam ad evertendas valuisti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: astrorum affectio valeat, si vis, ad quasdam res;

    ad omnis certe non valebit,

    id. Fat. 4, 8:

    illud perficiam ut invidia mihi valeat ad gloriam,

    id. Cat. 3, 12, 29:

    vitae adjuncta esse dicebant, quae ad virtutis usum valerent,

    id. Ac. 1, 5, 21:

    ista quaestura ad eam rem valet, ut, etc.,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 62: neque, quod Samnites... amici vobis facti sunt, ad id valere arbitror, ne nos in amicitiam accipiamur, Liv. 7, 30, 4:

    eadem fictio valet et ad qualitates,

    Quint. 5, 10, 99; cf. II. B. 3. infra.—
    d.
    With apud or ad and acc. of person influenced, etc.
    (α).
    With apud:

    ibit ad illud ilico, Quo maxume apud te se valere sentiat,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 79:

    non quin eam (commendationem) valituram apud te arbitrarer,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 3:

    apud te veritas valebit,

    id. Quint. 1, 5:

    sed haec eadem nunc censes apud eos ipsos valere, a quibus... conscripta sunt?

    id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

    magnis meritis apud regem... valebat,

    Nep. Con. 3, 1:

    jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    apud magnam partem senatus et magnitudine rerum gestarum valebat et gratia,

    Liv. 31, 48, 1:

    apud nos valeant ea, quae apud judices valere volumus,

    Quint. 6, 2, 28.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    dicitur enim C. Flaminius... ad populum valuisse dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 57:

    clementiae fama... ad ferociores jam populos valuit,

    Liv. 21, 6, 4:

    metus ad omnis valuit, ne deditionem recusarent,

    id. 38, 28, 6.—
    e.
    With contra and acc.:

    hoc nonne videtur contra te valere?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86:

    quae valeant contra falsam criminationem,

    id. de Or. 2, 79, 321:

    ne quid esset... quod contra caput suum aut existimationem valere posset,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 173: ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    cum pro falsis contra veritatem (rhetorice) valet,

    Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. f. infra.—
    f.
    With pro and abl.:

    multa in adversos effudit verba penates Pro deplorato non valitura viro,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 46:

    epitheton valet pro nomine,

    Quint. 8, 6, 29; cf. I. A. 2, b. supra.—
    g.
    With dat. gerund. (post-class. and rare):

    nam et augendae rei et minuendae valet (particula),

    Gell. 5, 12, 10.—
    h.
    With inf. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

    not in Cic. or Caes.): nam si certam finem esse viderent Aerumnarum homines, aliqua ratione valerent Religionibus... obsistere,

    Lucr. 1, 108:

    hanc ob rem vitam retinere valemus,

    id. 3, 257:

    nec continere suos ab direptione castrorum valuit,

    Liv. 38, 23, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    quam (urbem) neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 3:

    cetera... adeo sunt multa, loquacem Delassare valent Fabium,

    id. S. 1, 1, 13; id. C. 4, 7, 27:

    nec valuit locos coeptos avertere cursus,

    Tib. 4, 1, 55:

    qui relicti erant... ne conspectum quidem hostis sustinere valuerunt,

    Curt. 3, 4, 5:

    neque ex eo infamiam discutere valuit,

    Suet. Caes. 79.—With things as subj.:

    ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet,

    Hor. A. P. 305; cf. I. A. 2. b, supra.—Esp.,
    3.
    With adverbial qualifications expressing the degree of power or influence exerted, etc.; very freq. with accs- multum, plus, plurimum, parum, minus, minimum, nihil, tantum, quantum, quid, id, idem, quiddam, quidquam, quidquid, etc.
    (α).
    Edepol, Cupido, cum tu tam pusillu's, nimis multum vales, Naev. ap. Non. 421, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 55 Rib.):

    plus potest qui plus valet,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38:

    neque ita inperita (sum), ut quid amor valeat nesciam,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 42.—So absol.: nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, Eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. Rel. v. 230 Vahl.):

    ignari quid gravitas... quid denique virtus valeret,

    Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

    illa obnuntiatio nihil valuit, aut, si valuit, id valuit, ut, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 16, 30: omnia veniebant Antonio in mentem;

    eaque suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent... collocabantur,

    id. Brut. 37, 139:

    cur minus Venena Medaeae valent?

    Hor. Epod. 5. 62.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    quod tibi lubet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 240; cf.

    v. 234: quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copiis,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 17:

    qui plus opibus, armis, potentia valent, perfecisse mihi videntur... ut etiam auctoritate jam plus valerent,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:

    quasi vero ego... in isto genere omnino quidquam aut curatione aut potestate valuissem,

    id. Dom. 6, 14:

    Ti. Coruncanium longe plurimum ingenio valuisse,

    id. Brut. 14, 55:

    quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valerent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

    Caesar multum equitatu valebat,

    id. B. C. 1, 61:

    cum tantum equitatu valeamus,

    id. ib. 3, 86:

    equitatu plurimum valere,

    id. B. G. 3, 20; Nep. Alcib. 8, 2.—
    (γ).
    With in and abl.:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis conjecturam, nihil suspitionem, nihil ante actae vitae existimationem, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:

    hic multum in Fabia (tribu) valet, ille Velina,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. —
    (δ).
    With ad and acc.:

    multum valuisse ad patris honorem pietas filii videbitur,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:

    ex quo intellegitur, plus terrarum situs, quam lunae tractus, ad nascendum valere,

    id. Div. 2, 46, 97:

    valet igitur multum ad vincendum probari mores eorum, qui agent causas,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:

    ad subeundem periculum et ad vitandum multum fortuna valuit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    genus ad probandam speciem minimum valet,

    Quint. 5, 10, 56.—
    (ε).
    With apud and acc. of pers., to have influence, be influential, have weight with, influence:

    apud quem (Caesarem) quicquid valebo vel auctoritate, vel gratia, valebo tibi,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13:

    utrum apud eos pudor atque officium, an timor plus valeret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    tantum apud homines barbaros valuit, esse repertos aliquos principes belli inferendi,

    id. ib. 5, 54:

    potestis constituere, hanc auctoritatem quantum apud exteras nationes valituram esse existimetis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 46:

    non modo praemiis, quae apud me minimum valent, sed ne periculis quidem conpulsus ullis,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 11:

    facinus esse indignum, plus impudicissimae mulieris apud te de Cleomenis salute quam de sua vita lacrimas matris valere,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    apud quem ut multum gratia valeret, effecit,

    Nep. Con. 2, 1.—
    (ζ).
    With contra: cur desperemus veritatem contra fallacem facundiam valituram? prevail, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20, 5; cf. Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8, II. B. 2, e. supra.—
    (η).
    With pro:

    pro periculo magis quam contra salutem valere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; cf.:

    quod minus multitudine militum legionariorum pro hostium numero valebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 51.—
    (θ).
    With inter:

    plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute, et auctoritate, et hominum numero valere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4.—
    (ι).
    With adv. of pur pose:

    hoc eo valebat, ut ingratiis ad de pugnandum omnes cogerentur,

    Nep. Them. 4, 4:

    non tamen hoc eo valet, ut fugien dae sint magnae scholae,

    Quint. 1, 2, 16:

    nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 73; cf. II. B. 2. b. supra. —
    C.
    Idiomatic uses.
    1.
    Of money value, to be of the value of, be worth: denarii, quod denos aeris valebant;

    quinarii, quod quinos,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Mull.:

    dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret,

    Liv. 38, 11, 8:

    ita ut scrupulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:

    si haec praedia valeant nunc decem,

    Dig. 24, 1, 7, § 4:

    quasi minimo valeret hereditas,

    ib. 19, 1, 13:

    quanti omnibus valet (servus),

    ib. 9, 2, 33; 5, 3, 25, § 1.—
    2.
    Of the signification of words, sentences, etc.; like the Gr. dunasthai, to mean, signify, import:

    quaerimus verbum Latinum par Graeco et quod idem valeat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13: non usquam id quidem dicit omnino;

    sed quae dicit, idem valent,

    id. Tusc. 5, 10, 24:

    quamquam vocabula prope idem valere videantur,

    id. Top. 8, 34:

    hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident,

    id. Off. 3, 9, 39: cui nomen Becco fuerat;

    id valet gallinacei rostrum,

    Suet. Vit. 18:

    pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,

    Quint. 1, 4, 29 et saep.:

    et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

    id. 10, 1, 13:

    duo quae idem significant ac tantumdem valent,

    id. 1, 5, 4.—Hence, vălens, entis, P. a., strong, stout, vigorous, powerful (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: nil moro discipulos mihi esse plenos sanguinis;

    valens adflictet me,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 44:

    virgatores,

    id. As. 3, 2, 19:

    robusti et valentes et audaces satellites,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:

    cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    valentissimi lictores,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

    homines,

    id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 35:

    hic membris et mole valens,

    Verg. A. 5, 431:

    membris valens,

    Ov. M. 9, 108:

    corpore esse vegeto et valenti,

    Gell. 3, 1, 11:

    nervi musculique,

    Cels. 8, 20:

    trunci,

    Verg. G. 2, 426: scire oportet, omnia legumina generis valentissimi esse: valentissimum voco, in quo plurimum alimenti est... Ex leguminibus valentior faba quam pisum, etc., strongest, i. e. most nutritire, Cels. 2, 18:

    tunicae,

    stout, thick, Ov. A. A. 3, 109: providendum ne infirmiores (apes) a valentioribus [p. 1955] opprimantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Well in health, healthy, hale, hearty:

    valeo et venio ad minus valentem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 24:

    medicus plane confirmat, propediem te valentem fore,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:

    puer, hora undecima cum valens in publico visus esset, ante noctem mortuus est,

    id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.

    valens (opp. imbecillus),

    id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:

    (sensus) si sani sunt et valentes,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    si valens corpus est neque magno opere vexatum,

    Cels. 7, 26, 5:

    sive aegra, sive valens,

    Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 20.— Subst.:

    qui enim aegris subveniretur, quae esset oblectatio valentium, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15;

    so opp. aeger,

    id. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—
    b.
    Of medicines, strong, powerful, active:

    valens est adversus cancerem intestinorum minii gleba,

    Cels. 4, 15 fin.:

    medicamenta,

    id. 1, 3 med.:

    silvestri (papaveri capita) ad omnes effectus valentiora,

    Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; cf. id. 22, 22, 43, § 87.—
    B.
    Trop., strong, powerful, mighty:

    mallem tantas ei (Caesari) vires non dedisset (res publica) quam nunc tam valenti resisteret,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4:

    fuit quondam ita firma haec civitas et valens,

    id. Har. Resp. 28, 60:

    cum valentiore pugnare,

    id. Fam. 5, 21, 2:

    valens dialecticus,

    id. Fat. 6, 12:

    ut fieri nihil possit valentius,

    id. Brut. 16, 64:

    Philippus jam tum valens multa moliebatur,

    Nep. Timoth. 3, 1:

    opibus jam valentes,

    id. Eum. 10, 3:

    argumenta valentiora,

    Quint. 5, 13, 12:

    quid pars adversa habeat valentissimum,

    id. 5, 13, 52:

    nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum,

    Cic. Univ. 11:

    ad letum causae satis valentes,

    Ov. M. 5, 174; so,

    causae,

    id. Tr. 1, 8, 29:

    causa valentior,

    id. P. 1, 10, 35:

    deus morbo omni valentior,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 111:

    oppida valentissima,

    Nep. Ham. 2, 4.—Hence, adv.: vălenter, strongly, stoutly, powerfully, violently (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    resistere,

    Col. 1, 5, 9; 3, 2, 15:

    nimis valenter ibi retenta materia,

    Cels. 5, 26, 21:

    praeceps spirare valentius Eurus (coepit),

    Ov. M. 11, 481.—
    2.
    Trop., of speech, forcibly, energetically:

    non diu dicebat sed valenter,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 22 med.:

    si verba numeres, breviter et abscise: si sensum aestimes, copiose et valenter,

    Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > valens

  • 7 valeo

    vălĕo, ui, itum, 2, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. bala, vis, robur, balishtas, fortissimus; cf. debilis], to be strong.
    I.
    Lit., of physical strength, vigor, or health.
    A.
    In gen., to be strong, stout, or vigorous, to have strength (cf.: polleo, vigeo).
    1.
    Absol.: verum illi valent, qui vi luctantur cum leonibus, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 4 (Com. Rel. v. 176 Rib.):

    puer ille (Hercules recens natus) ut magnus est et multum valet!

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus potest, qui plus valet: Vir erat;

    plus valebat,

    id. Truc. 4, 3, 38 sq.:

    sanus homo, qui bene valet,

    Cels. 1, 1 init.:

    si magis valet,

    id. 3, 18:

    si satis valet (= si satis validae vires sunt, just before),

    id. 4, 7 init.:

    prout nervi valent,

    id. 8, 16.—Of plants:

    vitem novellam resecari tum erit tempus ubi valebit,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 3 sq. —
    2.
    To be strong in or for something, to have the power or strength, be in condition to do something, etc.
    a.
    Of personal subjects, etc.
    (α).
    With ad and acc.:

    alios videmus velocitate ad cursum, alios viribus ad luctandum valere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    manibus pedibusque morbo distortissimis, ut neque calceum perpeti nec libellos evolvere valeret,

    Suet. Galb. 21:

    mustela cum mures veloces non valeret assequi,

    Phaedr. 4, 1, 10:

    valet ima summis Mutare deus,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; cf. II. B. 2. h. infra; cf.:

    illud mirari mitte, quod non valet e lapide hoc alias impellere res,

    Lucr. 6, 1057:

    versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri (sc. ferre),

    Hor. A. P. 40:

    nec valuere manus infixum educere telum,

    Ov. M. 13, 393; 12, 101; Col. 6, 25 fin. —
    b.
    Of remedies or medicines, to be efficacious, be good for any thing; with ad and acc.:

    fimum potum ad dysentericos valet,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 105.—With contra:

    cimices valent contra serpentium morsus,

    Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—With eodem:

    id quoque collyrium eodem valet,

    Cels. 6, 6, 21.—With pro:

    ruta per se pro antidoto valet,

    Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 132.—With abl.:

    dictamnus valet potu et illitu et suffitu,

    Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 153.— With inf.:

    sandaracha valet purgare, sistere, excalfacere, perrodere,

    Plin. 34, 18, 55, § 177.—
    c.
    Of sounds: cum C ac similiter G non valuerunt, in T ac D molliuntur, i. e. were not pronounced strongly, Quint. 1, 11, 5.—
    B.
    Esp., in respect of the natural condition of the body, to be well in health, to be in a sound or healthy condition, to be healthy, hale, hearty.
    a.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    equidem valeo recte et salvus sum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 36:

    perpetuon' valuisti?

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 15; 1, 1, 18:

    valen'? Valuistin? valeo et valui rectius,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 12 sq.: facile omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

    dicit vilicus servos non valuisse,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 3 sq.; 5, 6:

    boves ut recte valeant,

    id. ib. 103:

    optime valere et gravissime aegrotare,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; 4, 25, 69:

    cura est, ut valeat,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 4:

    ego valeo recte et rem gero,

    id. Pers. 2, 3, 34:

    te recte valere operamque dare, ut cottidie melius,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1: deterius quam soleo, Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 1:

    commode,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: Ni. Benene usque valuit? Chr. Pancratice atque athletice, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14:

    minus valere... melius valere,

    Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

    nam matri oculi si valerent, mecum venisset simul,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 8.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    si corpore valuisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 77:

    nec melius valeo quam corpore, mente,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; cf. Sall. J. 11, 5:

    pedibus,

    Nep. Phoc. 4, 1:

    stomacho,

    Juv. 6, 100.—
    (γ).
    With ab and abl.:

    ab oculis,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10:

    a morbo,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26; and facetiously: Me. Ain tu te valere? Eu. Pol ego haud a pecunia perbene, as to money, not very well, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9.—
    b.
    Esp., at the commencement of letters (very freq.), si vales, bene est, and abbreviated S. V. B. E.;

    and, more fully, with the addition ego or equidem valeo (abbrev. E. V. or E. Q. V.),

    Cic. Fam. 13, 6; 14, 11; 14, 16; 14, 17; 14, 21; 14, 22; 14, 23; 14, 24; 15, 1; 15, 2; Metell. ib. 5, 1; Vatin. ib. 5, 9; Luccei. ib. 5, 14 al.; cf.:

    mos antiquis fuit usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales bene est,

    Sen. Ep. 15, 1; so too: S. V. G. V. (si vales, gaudeo, valeo) et Tullia nostra recte V. Terentia minus belle habuit: sed certum scio jam convaluisse eam, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—
    c.
    Rarely impers. pass.:

    quid agitur, Sagaristio? ut valetur?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 8.—
    d.
    Vale or valeas, in leave-taking, farewell, adieu (cf.: salve, ave).
    (α).
    In gen.: Di. Valeas. Ph. Vale, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79: Ar. Vale. Ph. Quo properas? Ar. Bene vale, id. As. 3, 3, 16; id. Mil. 4, 8, 51:

    bene vale, Alcumena,

    id. Am. 1, 3, 1:

    vale atque salve,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 36: vale atque salve. Th. Male vale, male sit tibi, id. ib. 4, 4, 32; v. salvus: Ly. Ad portum propero. De. Bene ambulato. Ly. Bene valeto. De. Bene sit tibi, id. Merc. 2, 2, 55:

    bene valete et vivite,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:

    ite intro cito: valete,

    id. As. 3, 3, 155:

    abeo: valete, judices justissimi,

    id. Capt. prol. 67:

    vos valete et plaudite,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 64:

    in hoc biduom vale,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 110:

    vive valeque,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 110.—Before a vowel, scanned vale:

    et longum, Formose vale, vale, inquit Iolla,

    Verg. E. 3, 79; Ov. M. 3, 501.—
    (β).
    At the conclusion of letters:

    Vale,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 3; 6, 21, 3; 4, 8, 2; Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 3:

    cura ut valeas,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; rarely bene vale, Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8; Cur. ib. 7, 29, 2; cf.:

    tu me diligis et valebis,

    Cic. ib. 9, 22, 5; 15, 18, 2: fac valeas meque mutuo diligas, Planc. ib. 10, 7, 2; Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8.—
    (γ).
    Also in bidding farewell to the dead:

    salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,

    Verg. A. 11, 97; Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l.;

    v. salvus: in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale,

    Cat. 101, 10:

    terque, Vale, dixit,

    Ov. F. 3, 563:

    supremumque vale... dixit,

    id. M. 10, 62.—
    (δ).
    As an expression of dismission, refusal, or scorn, be off, begone:

    valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 46:

    immo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illa,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 18:

    valeas, habeas illam quae placet,

    id. Ad. 4, 4, 14:

    si talis est deus, ut nulla hominum caritate teneatur, valeat,

    good-by to him, let me have nothing to do with him, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 124:

    valeat res ludicra, si me Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: valeant, Qui inter nos discidium volunt, away with those, etc., Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    quare ista valeant: me res familiaris movet,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5: castra peto, valeatque Venus, valeantque puellae, farewell to Venus, etc., Tib. 2, 6, 9:

    valete curae,

    Petr. 79; cf. Cat. 8, 12; 11, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 71 sqq.—
    (ε).
    With valere jubere or dicere (sometimes as one word, vălĕdīco, ere, 3, v. n.), to bid one good-by, farewell, adieu:

    illum salutavi: post etiam jussi valere,

    Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:

    vix illud potui dicere triste vale,

    Ov. H. 13, 14:

    saepe vale dicto rursus sum multa locutus,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 57:

    tibi valedicere non licet gratis,

    Sen. Ep. 17, 11; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 1: obstinatissime [p. 1954] retinuit, ut liberti servique bis die frequentes adessent ac mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent, Suet. Galb. 4 fin.; id. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 72.—So (late Lat.):

    vale facere (or valefacere),

    August. Ep. 65; App. M. 4, p. 150, 24.
    II.
    Transf., to have power, force, or influence; to be powerful, effective, valid; to avail, prevail, be strong, effective, etc.
    A.
    In gen.:

    fiet enim quodcunque volent, qui valebunt: valebunt autem semper arma,

    will always have the power, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:

    fuit enim populi potestas: de civitate ne tam diu quidem valuit quam diu illa Sullani temporis arma valuerunt,

    id. Dom. 30, 79:

    dicitur C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse dicendo,

    id. Brut. 14, 57:

    tribunus plebis tulit... ut lex Aelia et Fufia ne valeret,

    id. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:

    in more majorum, qui tum ut lex valebat,

    id. Leg. 2, 10, 23:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

    verba si valent,

    id. Caecin. 21, 61:

    (ejus) valet opinio tarditatis,

    is established, id. de Or. 1, 27, 125:

    si conjuratio valuisset,

    id. ib. 17, 7:

    cujus ratio non valuit,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 7:

    jus tamen gentium valuit,

    Liv. 2, 4, 7:

    praetor... ratus repentinum valiturum terrorem, succedit, etc.,

    id. 44, 31, 6:

    et vestrae valuere preces,

    Ov. M. 13, 89; id. P. 3, 3, 92; id. Ib. 241.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    With respect to the source, character, or mode of exercise of the strength ascribed to the subject.
    a.
    With abl.:

    non metuo mihi... Dum quidem hoc valebit pectus perfidia meum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 50:

    reliqui duo sic exaequantur, ut Domitius valeat amicis, Memmius commendetur militibus,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6 (17, 2):

    multa sanxit quae omnia magistratuum auctoritate et Halaesinorum summa voluntate valuerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:

    ita istam libertatem largior populo, ut auctoritate et valeant et utantur boni,

    id. Leg. 3, 17, 38:

    quae (voluntas militum) cum per se valet multitudine,

    id. Mur. 18, 38:

    parum valent (Graeci) verbo,

    i. e. have no precise word, id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

    qui aut gratia aut misericordia valerent,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

    dicendo,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 2:

    qui pedum cursu valet,

    Verg. A. 5, 67; Quint. 9, 2, 78:

    Battiades... Quamvis ingenio non valet, arte valet,

    Ov. Am. 1, 15, 14:

    plerique plus ingenio quam arte valuerunt,

    Quint. 1, 8, 8:

    rogando,

    Ov. M. 2, 183:

    subtilitate vincimur, valeamus pondere,

    Quint. 12, 11, 8.—
    b.
    With in and abl.:

    Sp. Thorius satis valuit in populari genere dicendi,

    Cic. Brut. 36, 136:

    quid facilius est quam probari in uno servulo nomen familiae non valere,

    id. Caecin. 19, 55:

    in his maxime valet similitudo,

    Quint. 6, 3, 57:

    mire in causis valet praesumptio,

    id. 9, 2, 16:

    (digitus) in exprobrando et indicando valet,

    id. 11, 3, 94.—
    2.
    With some definite end expressed, upon or towards which influence or power is exercised or directed, to be strong enough for, adequate to, or capable of any thing, to be able to do, to have force or efficacy, to be effectual, to avail, to be applicable.
    a.
    With in and acc.:

    hoc evenit, ut in volgus insipientium opinio valeat honestatis,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:

    quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

    cum illud verbum unde in utramque rem valeat,

    id. Caecin. 31, 89:

    num etiam in deos inmortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv 7, 6, 11: utrumque hoc genus semel injectum in L. annos valet et frugum et pabuli ubertate,

    Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44:

    etiamsi in utramque partem valent arma facundiae,

    Quint. 2, 16, 10:

    hoc etiam in praeteritum valet,

    id. 9, 2, 20; cf.:

    cum... idque in omnis partis valeret,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2.—
    b.
    With eo: oratio me cohortabatur, ut, etc.... quod eo, credo, valebat, ut caerimonias religionesque defenderem, the force or point of which was, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5:

    id responsum quo valeat, cum intellegeret nemo,

    Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. II. B. 3. i, infra.—
    c.
    With ad and acc. of thing:

    tu non solum ad neglegendas leges... verum etiam ad evertendas valuisti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: astrorum affectio valeat, si vis, ad quasdam res;

    ad omnis certe non valebit,

    id. Fat. 4, 8:

    illud perficiam ut invidia mihi valeat ad gloriam,

    id. Cat. 3, 12, 29:

    vitae adjuncta esse dicebant, quae ad virtutis usum valerent,

    id. Ac. 1, 5, 21:

    ista quaestura ad eam rem valet, ut, etc.,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 62: neque, quod Samnites... amici vobis facti sunt, ad id valere arbitror, ne nos in amicitiam accipiamur, Liv. 7, 30, 4:

    eadem fictio valet et ad qualitates,

    Quint. 5, 10, 99; cf. II. B. 3. infra.—
    d.
    With apud or ad and acc. of person influenced, etc.
    (α).
    With apud:

    ibit ad illud ilico, Quo maxume apud te se valere sentiat,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 79:

    non quin eam (commendationem) valituram apud te arbitrarer,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 3:

    apud te veritas valebit,

    id. Quint. 1, 5:

    sed haec eadem nunc censes apud eos ipsos valere, a quibus... conscripta sunt?

    id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

    magnis meritis apud regem... valebat,

    Nep. Con. 3, 1:

    jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    apud magnam partem senatus et magnitudine rerum gestarum valebat et gratia,

    Liv. 31, 48, 1:

    apud nos valeant ea, quae apud judices valere volumus,

    Quint. 6, 2, 28.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    dicitur enim C. Flaminius... ad populum valuisse dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 57:

    clementiae fama... ad ferociores jam populos valuit,

    Liv. 21, 6, 4:

    metus ad omnis valuit, ne deditionem recusarent,

    id. 38, 28, 6.—
    e.
    With contra and acc.:

    hoc nonne videtur contra te valere?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86:

    quae valeant contra falsam criminationem,

    id. de Or. 2, 79, 321:

    ne quid esset... quod contra caput suum aut existimationem valere posset,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 173: ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    cum pro falsis contra veritatem (rhetorice) valet,

    Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. f. infra.—
    f.
    With pro and abl.:

    multa in adversos effudit verba penates Pro deplorato non valitura viro,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 46:

    epitheton valet pro nomine,

    Quint. 8, 6, 29; cf. I. A. 2, b. supra.—
    g.
    With dat. gerund. (post-class. and rare):

    nam et augendae rei et minuendae valet (particula),

    Gell. 5, 12, 10.—
    h.
    With inf. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

    not in Cic. or Caes.): nam si certam finem esse viderent Aerumnarum homines, aliqua ratione valerent Religionibus... obsistere,

    Lucr. 1, 108:

    hanc ob rem vitam retinere valemus,

    id. 3, 257:

    nec continere suos ab direptione castrorum valuit,

    Liv. 38, 23, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    quam (urbem) neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 3:

    cetera... adeo sunt multa, loquacem Delassare valent Fabium,

    id. S. 1, 1, 13; id. C. 4, 7, 27:

    nec valuit locos coeptos avertere cursus,

    Tib. 4, 1, 55:

    qui relicti erant... ne conspectum quidem hostis sustinere valuerunt,

    Curt. 3, 4, 5:

    neque ex eo infamiam discutere valuit,

    Suet. Caes. 79.—With things as subj.:

    ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet,

    Hor. A. P. 305; cf. I. A. 2. b, supra.—Esp.,
    3.
    With adverbial qualifications expressing the degree of power or influence exerted, etc.; very freq. with accs- multum, plus, plurimum, parum, minus, minimum, nihil, tantum, quantum, quid, id, idem, quiddam, quidquam, quidquid, etc.
    (α).
    Edepol, Cupido, cum tu tam pusillu's, nimis multum vales, Naev. ap. Non. 421, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 55 Rib.):

    plus potest qui plus valet,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38:

    neque ita inperita (sum), ut quid amor valeat nesciam,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 42.—So absol.: nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, Eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. Rel. v. 230 Vahl.):

    ignari quid gravitas... quid denique virtus valeret,

    Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

    illa obnuntiatio nihil valuit, aut, si valuit, id valuit, ut, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 16, 30: omnia veniebant Antonio in mentem;

    eaque suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent... collocabantur,

    id. Brut. 37, 139:

    cur minus Venena Medaeae valent?

    Hor. Epod. 5. 62.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    quod tibi lubet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 240; cf.

    v. 234: quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copiis,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 17:

    qui plus opibus, armis, potentia valent, perfecisse mihi videntur... ut etiam auctoritate jam plus valerent,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:

    quasi vero ego... in isto genere omnino quidquam aut curatione aut potestate valuissem,

    id. Dom. 6, 14:

    Ti. Coruncanium longe plurimum ingenio valuisse,

    id. Brut. 14, 55:

    quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valerent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

    Caesar multum equitatu valebat,

    id. B. C. 1, 61:

    cum tantum equitatu valeamus,

    id. ib. 3, 86:

    equitatu plurimum valere,

    id. B. G. 3, 20; Nep. Alcib. 8, 2.—
    (γ).
    With in and abl.:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis conjecturam, nihil suspitionem, nihil ante actae vitae existimationem, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:

    hic multum in Fabia (tribu) valet, ille Velina,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. —
    (δ).
    With ad and acc.:

    multum valuisse ad patris honorem pietas filii videbitur,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:

    ex quo intellegitur, plus terrarum situs, quam lunae tractus, ad nascendum valere,

    id. Div. 2, 46, 97:

    valet igitur multum ad vincendum probari mores eorum, qui agent causas,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:

    ad subeundem periculum et ad vitandum multum fortuna valuit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    genus ad probandam speciem minimum valet,

    Quint. 5, 10, 56.—
    (ε).
    With apud and acc. of pers., to have influence, be influential, have weight with, influence:

    apud quem (Caesarem) quicquid valebo vel auctoritate, vel gratia, valebo tibi,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13:

    utrum apud eos pudor atque officium, an timor plus valeret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    tantum apud homines barbaros valuit, esse repertos aliquos principes belli inferendi,

    id. ib. 5, 54:

    potestis constituere, hanc auctoritatem quantum apud exteras nationes valituram esse existimetis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 46:

    non modo praemiis, quae apud me minimum valent, sed ne periculis quidem conpulsus ullis,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 11:

    facinus esse indignum, plus impudicissimae mulieris apud te de Cleomenis salute quam de sua vita lacrimas matris valere,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    apud quem ut multum gratia valeret, effecit,

    Nep. Con. 2, 1.—
    (ζ).
    With contra: cur desperemus veritatem contra fallacem facundiam valituram? prevail, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20, 5; cf. Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8, II. B. 2, e. supra.—
    (η).
    With pro:

    pro periculo magis quam contra salutem valere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; cf.:

    quod minus multitudine militum legionariorum pro hostium numero valebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 51.—
    (θ).
    With inter:

    plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute, et auctoritate, et hominum numero valere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4.—
    (ι).
    With adv. of pur pose:

    hoc eo valebat, ut ingratiis ad de pugnandum omnes cogerentur,

    Nep. Them. 4, 4:

    non tamen hoc eo valet, ut fugien dae sint magnae scholae,

    Quint. 1, 2, 16:

    nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 73; cf. II. B. 2. b. supra. —
    C.
    Idiomatic uses.
    1.
    Of money value, to be of the value of, be worth: denarii, quod denos aeris valebant;

    quinarii, quod quinos,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Mull.:

    dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret,

    Liv. 38, 11, 8:

    ita ut scrupulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:

    si haec praedia valeant nunc decem,

    Dig. 24, 1, 7, § 4:

    quasi minimo valeret hereditas,

    ib. 19, 1, 13:

    quanti omnibus valet (servus),

    ib. 9, 2, 33; 5, 3, 25, § 1.—
    2.
    Of the signification of words, sentences, etc.; like the Gr. dunasthai, to mean, signify, import:

    quaerimus verbum Latinum par Graeco et quod idem valeat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13: non usquam id quidem dicit omnino;

    sed quae dicit, idem valent,

    id. Tusc. 5, 10, 24:

    quamquam vocabula prope idem valere videantur,

    id. Top. 8, 34:

    hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident,

    id. Off. 3, 9, 39: cui nomen Becco fuerat;

    id valet gallinacei rostrum,

    Suet. Vit. 18:

    pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,

    Quint. 1, 4, 29 et saep.:

    et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

    id. 10, 1, 13:

    duo quae idem significant ac tantumdem valent,

    id. 1, 5, 4.—Hence, vălens, entis, P. a., strong, stout, vigorous, powerful (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: nil moro discipulos mihi esse plenos sanguinis;

    valens adflictet me,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 44:

    virgatores,

    id. As. 3, 2, 19:

    robusti et valentes et audaces satellites,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:

    cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

    valentissimi lictores,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

    homines,

    id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 35:

    hic membris et mole valens,

    Verg. A. 5, 431:

    membris valens,

    Ov. M. 9, 108:

    corpore esse vegeto et valenti,

    Gell. 3, 1, 11:

    nervi musculique,

    Cels. 8, 20:

    trunci,

    Verg. G. 2, 426: scire oportet, omnia legumina generis valentissimi esse: valentissimum voco, in quo plurimum alimenti est... Ex leguminibus valentior faba quam pisum, etc., strongest, i. e. most nutritire, Cels. 2, 18:

    tunicae,

    stout, thick, Ov. A. A. 3, 109: providendum ne infirmiores (apes) a valentioribus [p. 1955] opprimantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Well in health, healthy, hale, hearty:

    valeo et venio ad minus valentem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 24:

    medicus plane confirmat, propediem te valentem fore,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:

    puer, hora undecima cum valens in publico visus esset, ante noctem mortuus est,

    id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.

    valens (opp. imbecillus),

    id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:

    (sensus) si sani sunt et valentes,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    si valens corpus est neque magno opere vexatum,

    Cels. 7, 26, 5:

    sive aegra, sive valens,

    Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 20.— Subst.:

    qui enim aegris subveniretur, quae esset oblectatio valentium, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15;

    so opp. aeger,

    id. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—
    b.
    Of medicines, strong, powerful, active:

    valens est adversus cancerem intestinorum minii gleba,

    Cels. 4, 15 fin.:

    medicamenta,

    id. 1, 3 med.:

    silvestri (papaveri capita) ad omnes effectus valentiora,

    Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; cf. id. 22, 22, 43, § 87.—
    B.
    Trop., strong, powerful, mighty:

    mallem tantas ei (Caesari) vires non dedisset (res publica) quam nunc tam valenti resisteret,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4:

    fuit quondam ita firma haec civitas et valens,

    id. Har. Resp. 28, 60:

    cum valentiore pugnare,

    id. Fam. 5, 21, 2:

    valens dialecticus,

    id. Fat. 6, 12:

    ut fieri nihil possit valentius,

    id. Brut. 16, 64:

    Philippus jam tum valens multa moliebatur,

    Nep. Timoth. 3, 1:

    opibus jam valentes,

    id. Eum. 10, 3:

    argumenta valentiora,

    Quint. 5, 13, 12:

    quid pars adversa habeat valentissimum,

    id. 5, 13, 52:

    nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum,

    Cic. Univ. 11:

    ad letum causae satis valentes,

    Ov. M. 5, 174; so,

    causae,

    id. Tr. 1, 8, 29:

    causa valentior,

    id. P. 1, 10, 35:

    deus morbo omni valentior,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 111:

    oppida valentissima,

    Nep. Ham. 2, 4.—Hence, adv.: vălenter, strongly, stoutly, powerfully, violently (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    resistere,

    Col. 1, 5, 9; 3, 2, 15:

    nimis valenter ibi retenta materia,

    Cels. 5, 26, 21:

    praeceps spirare valentius Eurus (coepit),

    Ov. M. 11, 481.—
    2.
    Trop., of speech, forcibly, energetically:

    non diu dicebat sed valenter,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 22 med.:

    si verba numeres, breviter et abscise: si sensum aestimes, copiose et valenter,

    Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6.

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  • 8 valēns

        valēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of valeo], strong, stout, vigorous, powerful: satellites: valentissima bestia: lictores valentissimi: Hic membris et mole valens, V.: tunicae, thick, O.— In health, well, healthy, hale, hearty: adulescens bene valens: (sensūs) sani ac valentes.— Plur m. as subst: oblectatio valentium (opp. aegri).— Fig., strong, powerful, mighty: (Caesari) tam valenti resistere: cum valentiore pugnare: ut fieri nihil possit valentius: nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum: causa valentior, O.: oppida valentissima, N.
    * * *
    I
    Valens; (coemperor 364-378 and brother of Valentinian); (lost at Adrianople)
    II
    valentis (gen.), valentior -or -us, valentissimus -a -um ADJ
    strong; vigorous/healthy/robust; powerful/potent/effective; severe; influential

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  • 9 polleo

    pollĕo (polet, pollet:

    quia nondum geminabant antiqui consonantes,

    Fest. p. 205 Müll.), ēre, v. n. [potis-valeo].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to be strong, powerful, or potent, to be able, to prevail, avail (class.; cf.: valeo, possum): QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24, 8:

    potest polletque (populus),

    Liv. 8, 33; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 46: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:

    pollere, regnare, dominari,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:

    qui in republicā tum plurimum pollebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 4: polleo plurimum inter homines, id. ap. Suet. Caes. 6; Cic. Brut. 51, 90:

    ad fidem faciendam justitia plus pollet,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    cum Romana majestas toto orbe polleret,

    Flor. 4, 2, 8.—With subj.-clause:

    is omnibus exemplo debet esse, quantum in hac urbe polleat, multorum obedire tempori,

    Cic. Brut. 69, 242.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    formā,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 17:

    pecuniā,

    Suet. Caes. 19:

    armis,

    Tac. A. 11, 24:

    gloriā antiquitatis,

    id. ib. 4, 55:

    nobilitate,

    id. H. 3, 45:

    malis artibus,

    id. A. 14, 57:

    gratiā,

    id. H. 2, 92. —
    B.
    In partic., of medicines, to be potent or efficacious, to operate:

    herba contra anginas efficacissime pollet,

    is a powerful specific, Plin. 24, 19, 110, § 171:

    pollet adversus scorpiones,

    id. 20, 16, 63, § 171:

    aurum plurimis modis pollet in remediis,

    id. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 28, 8, 29, § 114.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To be of worth, to be valued, esteemed, Plin. 19, 3, 17, § 47:

    cum eadem vitis aliud aliis in locis polleat,

    id. 14, 6, 8, § 70.—
    B.
    To possess in abundance, be rich in:

    utensilibus,

    App. M. 2, 19.—Hence, pollens, entis, P. a., strong, mighty, able, powerful, potent (mostly since the Aug. period;

    not in Cic.): genus pollens atque honoratissumum,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28:

    animus, abunde pollens potensque,

    Sall. J. 1, 3:

    potens pollensque,

    Liv. 2, 34; Inscr. Grut. 50, 3:

    genus pollens,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28:

    classis plurimum pollens mari,

    Vell. 1, 2:

    mens pollentior,

    Tert. adv. Psych. 6:

    pollentissima ingenia,

    Sol. 2 med. —With abl.: sagittis pollens dea, Naev. ap. Macr. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.):

    equo pollens,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 55:

    opibus,

    Lucr. 1, 61:

    venenis,

    Val. Fl. 6, 85.—With gen.:

    vini pollens Liber,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 21 (Fleck. as one word, vinipollens).—With acc.:

    soror cuncta pollentis viri, Argolica Juno,

    Sen. Agam. 805.—With inf.:

    tractare sereno Imperio vulgum pollens,

    Sil. 14, 80; Luc. 6, 685.—Hence, adv.: pollenter, powerfully (post-class.); comp. pollentius, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 254.

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  • 10 validus

    vălĭdus, a, um, adj. [valeo], strong, stout, able, powerful, robust, vigorous (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cæs.; very rare in Cic.; cf. valens).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quasi incudem me homines octo validi caedant,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 7:

    quantus et quam validus est,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 143:

    lictores,

    id. As. 3, 2, 29:

    videmus ea, quae terra gignit, corticibus et radicibus valida servari,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33:

    legiones,

    Lucr. 5, 1228:

    leo,

    id. 5, 985; 5, 1310:

    tauri,

    Ov. M. 7, 538; 9, 186:

    lacerti,

    Lucr. 4, 829; Ov. M. 9, 223:

    vires,

    Verg. A. 2, 50:

    robur pectoris,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 11:

    validissima forma,

    Quint. 12, 10, 5:

    ventus,

    Lucr. 6, 137; 3, 509:

    aestus,

    id. 1, 300:

    fulmen,

    id. 6, 228:

    flumen,

    id. 1, 291:

    pontes,

    id. 1, 285:

    turres,

    id. 5, 1440:

    tormenta,

    id. 6, 329:

    bipennis,

    Verg. G. 4, 331:

    urbs valida muris,

    Liv. 1, 15, 4:

    validiores munitiones,

    id. 36, 17, 4; 24, 37:

    praesidia,

    id. 44, 35:

    robustis apta materia validissima est,

    the strongest, most nourishing food, Cels. 2, 18 fin. (cf. valens, A.):

    ptisanae usus validissimus saluberrimusque,

    Plin. 18, 7, 15, § 74.—With inf.:

    pondus sustinere valida abies,

    Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 222:

    (canis) validus servare gregem,

    Claud. in Eutrop. 1, 34.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Well in body, in good health, sound, healthy:

    salvus atque validus,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 7:

    jamne isti abierunt, Qui me vi cogunt, ut validus insaniam?

    of sound body, Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 2:

    si, ut spero, te validum videro,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 3:

    validus male filius,

    i. e. sickly, Hor. S. 2, 5, 45:

    necdum ex morbo satis validus,

    Liv. 3, 13, 2:

    color validus,

    healthy complexion, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 42.—
    2.
    Of medicines, strong, powerful, active, efficacious:

    medicamen,

    Ov. M. 15, 533; 7, 262:

    sucus,

    id. ib. 7, 316:

    venenum,

    id. ib. 7, 123; Tac. A. 13, 15 fin.:

    validissima faex aceti contra cerastas,

    Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.—
    II.
    Trop., strong, mighty, powerful, effective:

    Jovi opulento, incluto... valido viripotenti,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1:

    aevi leges,

    Lucr. 5, 58:

    valida urbs et potens,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

    fama validissima,

    Tac. A. 13, 8:

    ducibus validiorem quam exercitu rem Romanam esse,

    Liv. 2, 39, 2:

    delecti, quibus corpus annis infirmum, ingenium sapientiā validum erat,

    Sall. C. 6, 6:

    mente minus validus quam corpore toto,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 7:

    quam sit ingenio validus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 62:

    opibus, ingenio validus,

    Tac. H. 1, 57:

    vir gratiā et facundiā validus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 12:

    Tiberius spernendis rumoribus validus,

    Tac. A. 3, 10; 4, 37:

    auctor validissimus mittendi secretos nuntios,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    ad Caesaris amicitiam validus,

    id. ib. 6, 8:

    adversus consentientis nec regem quemquam satis validum nec tyrannum fore,

    Liv. 34, 49, 9:

    cum validae tum breves vibrantesque sententiae,

    Quint. 10, 1, 60:

    validissimum genus (dicendi),

    id. 12, 10, 63. —With gen.:

    orandi validus,

    Tac. A. 4, 21:

    colonia virium et opum,

    id. H. 2, 19:

    aevi,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 16 fin. —Hence, advv.
    A.
    vălĭdē, strongly, stoutly, vehemently, mightily, powerfully, exceedingly, very, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    ut valide tonuit!

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10:

    quam valide tonuit,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 78:

    fluctuat valide mare,

    id. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

    ne tua vox valide valet!

    id. Pers. 3, 3, 22:

    vostra latera loris faciam valide varia uti sint,

    id. Ps. 1, 2, 12:

    amare valide coepi hinc meretricem,

    id. Merc. prol. 42; [p. 1956] 48.— Comp.:

    validius clamare,

    Phaedr. 3, 16, 6:

    quo me validius cruciaret,

    Quint. 6, praef. §

    8: quanto validius bonos inhibet pudor quam metus,

    id. 9, 2, 76:

    utros peccare validius putem,

    id. 10, 3, 12:

    abrogant fidem validius,

    Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 20:

    poëtae sunt molesti validius,

    Phaedr. 4, epil. 9.— Sup.: validissime alicui favere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:

    cupere,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 35, 1; 3, 15, 2.—
    * 2.
    As a reply in the affirmative, certainly, by all means, to be sure: Ca. Legirupa. Ba. Valide. Ps. Pernicies adulescentum. Ba. Acerrime, etc., Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 130; cf. v. 110.—
    B.
    In a contr. form, valdē, an intens. adv., strongly, vehemently, energetically, vigorously, intensely, very, very much, exceedingly (freq. and class.; cf.: graviter, multo, bene, magnopere, etc.).
    (α).
    With verbs: quidquid volt, valde volt, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

    nunc inhibere illud tuum, quod valde mihi arriserat, vehementer displicet,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

    epistula tua, quae me valde levavit,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 1:

    de Vergilii parte valde probo,

    id. ib. 13, 26, 1:

    alicui valde interdicere, ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 39, 61:

    non valde moveri,

    id. ib.:

    hos sermones... lacessivi numquam, sed non valde repressi,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 7:

    litteras tuas valde exspecto,

    id. ib. 16, 19:

    ille se profecisse sciat, cui Cicero valde placebit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 112.—Strengthened by nimis:

    tu vero eum nec nimis valde umquam nec nimis saepe laudaveris,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1.—By tam:

    hoc est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

    nil mihi tam valde placeat, quod, etc.,

    Cat. 68, 77:

    quem tam diu tamque valde timuissent,

    Nep. Eum. 11, 2:

    de remedio non tam valde laboro,

    Petr. 17.—By quam:

    vosmet videte, quam mihi valde placuerit,

    Plaut. Merc. prol. 103:

    quam valde universi admurmuraverint,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: significare quam valde probetis ea, quae, etc., Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1.—
    (β).
    With adjectives:

    magistratus valde lenes et remissi,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

    aetas valde longa,

    id. ib. 1, 37, 58:

    exspectatio valde magna,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 3:

    cui me praeripere desponsam laudem, valde est iniquum,

    id. Har. Resp. 3, 6:

    homo et acutus, ut Poenus, et valde studiosus ac diligens,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 98:

    mala valde est Bestia,

    Cat. 69, 7:

    quoties verbum verbo aut non dissimile valde quaeritur,

    Quint. 9, 3, 75.—With tam:

    quasi vero quicquam sit tam valde, quam nihil sapere, vulgare,

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81.—With quam: nam suos valde quam paucos habet, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3.—
    (γ).
    With adverbs: insanum valde uterque deamat, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 26:

    valde vehementer et libere dicere,

    Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

    illud valde graviter tulerunt,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 8:

    rem valde bene gerere,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 7:

    valde multum,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 9.—
    b.
    Comp. (rare; cf.

    valide, supra): novit me valdius ipso,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 6:

    valdius oblectat populum,

    id. A. P. 321.—
    c.
    Sup.:

    quos valdissime diligunt,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 4.—
    * 2.
    As a strongly confirmative reply, yes, certainly: Ca. Meam tu amicam vendidisti? Ba. Valde, viginti minis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 110.

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  • 11 armipotēns

        armipotēns entis, adj.    [arma + potens], powerful in arms, valiant, warlike: Mars, V.
    * * *
    (gen.), armipotentis ADJ
    powerful/strong in arms/war, valiant, warlike

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  • 12 fortis

        fortis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [3 FER-], strong, powerful, mighty: equus: latus, youthful vigor, H.: ligna, Cs.: castra: ulmi, V.— Strong, vigorous, firm, steadfast, stout, courageous, brave, manly, valiant, bold, fearless: vir, man of honor, T.: fortis et constantis est, non perturbari: necessitudo timidos fortīs facit, S.: Rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare, H.: horum fortissimi sunt Belgae, Cs.: seu quis capit acria fortis Pocula, H.: in dolore: ad sanguinem civilem, L.: contra audaciam fortissimus: Scriberis fortis, a hero, H.: manu, i. e. personally brave, N.: si fortes fueritis in eo, had proceeded with vigor: fugacibus, O.: Tractare serpentes, H.: aurum Spernere fortior, H.—Prov.: fortīs fortuna adiuvat, T.—Of things, strong, spirited, brave, bold, enduring, impetuous: senectus fortior: oculi, bold: animi impetus: ut paulo fortius factum, Cs.: facta, S.: opera, service, L.: fortior contra dolorem disciplina: fortissimae sententiae: oratio (opp. placida).—As subst n.: serae ad fortia vires (sc. facta), V.: fortem ad fortia misi, O.
    * * *
    forte, fortior -or -us, fortissimus -a -um ADJ
    strong, powerful, mighty, vigorous, firm, steadfast, courageous, brave, bold

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  • 13 grandis

        grandis e, adj. with comp.    [2 GAR-].—Of things, full-grown, large, great, full, abundant: tumulus, Cs.: vas: fetūs grandiores edere: ilex, S.: grandiores libri: litterae: cothurni, H.: pecunia, a large sum: faenus: aes alienum, S.: pondus argenti: elementa, massive, O.—Of persons, grown up, large, big, tall: virgo, T.: puer.— Advanced in years, aged, old: homo grandior, T.: grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituere: non admodum grandis natu: tam grandis natu: iam grandior aevo genitor, O.—Fig., large, great, strong, powerful, weighty, severe: dicam tibi inpin gam grandem, T.: de rebus grandioribus dicere: supercilium, lofty, Iu.: ingenium, O.: praemia meritorum, H.: carmen, Iu.: alumnus, noble, H.— Plur n. as subst: metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis, H.: nec Conamur tenues grandia, H.—Of style, great, lofty, dignified, noble: genus dicendi grandius: rerum gestarum pronuntiator: causidicus: oratores verbis.
    * * *
    grandis, grande ADJ
    full-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, tall, lofty; powerful; aged, old

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  • 14 māximus

        māximus    [1 MAC-].—Of size, large, great, big, high, tall, long, broad, extensive, spacious: fons, S.: aedificium: urbs: solitudines, S.: simulacrum facere maius: oppidum non maximum maximis locis decoravit: aquae magnae fuerunt, inundations, L.: Maior (belua) dimidio, by half, H.: maior videri (Scylla), statelier, V.: Calceus pede maior, too large for, H.: onus parvo corpore maius, H.—Of number or quantity, great, large, abundant, considerable, much: numerus frumenti: copia pabuli, Cs.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri: tibi praeda cedat Maior an illi, i. e. the victor's spoils, H.: populus, V.: tribunorum pars maior, the majority, L.: turba clientium maior, more numerous, H.: maximum pondus auri: Si maiorem feci rem, increased my estate, H.—Of value, great, large, considerable: magni preti servi: ager preti maioris, T.: magna munera et maiora promissa, S.: cuius auctoritas magni habebatur, was highly esteemed, Cs.: qui auctoritatem magni putet, esteems highly: quem tu Non magni pendis, H.: multo maioris vēnire, dearer, Ph.: quorum longe maximi consilia fuerunt, most valuable: haec te semper fecit maxumi, prized most highly, T.: conduxit non magno domum, at no high price: magno illi ea cunctatio stetit, cost him dear, L.—Of force, strong, powerful, vehement, loud: manu magnā euntem Inpulit, V.: magnā voce confiteri: strenitus, H.—Of time, great, long, extended: annum, V.: annum, i. e. the Platonic cycle of the heavens.—Early, high, long past: iam magno natu, aged, N.: magno natu non sufficientibus viribus, through old age, L.: maximo natu filius, N.: maior patria, original, Cu.—Of persons, aged, old, advanced ; only in comp. and sup, elder, eldest: omnes maiores natu, elders, Cs.: maior natu quam Plautus: frater suus maior natu, elder, L.: maximus natu ex iis, the oldest, L.: ex duobus filiis maior, Cs.: Maior Neronum, the elder, H.: (homo) annos natus maior quadraginta, more than forty years old: annos natast sedecim, non maior, T.: non maior annis quinquaginta, L.— Plur m. as subst: maiores, the fathers, ancestors, ancients, men of old: maiores vestri: nostri: more maiorum.—Fig., great, noble, grand, mighty, important, weighty, momentous: rebus maximis gestis: missi magnis de rebus, important business, H.: in agro maiora opera: causa, weighty: omen, significant, V.: spectaculum, impressive, H.: aliquid invadere magnum, enterprise, V.: haud magna memoratu res est, L.—As subst n.: id magnum est, a great thing: magna di curant, parva neglegunt: maiora audere, V.: ad maiora properat oratio: magnum loqui, loftily, H.: Omnia magna loquens, of everything magnificent, H.—Of rank or station, great, high, eminent, powerful: potestas: dignitas: di, Enn. ap. C.: rex Olympi, V.: maximus Ilioneus, V.: maiorum ne quis amicus, one of your great friends, H.: Iuppiter optimus maximus: pontifex maximus, chief: maioribus uti, associate with superiors, H.—Of mind or character, great, elevated, noble, lofty: vir acris animi magnique: magno animo est: vir magnus: Cato magnus habetur, S.: magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, N.: invidiā maior, above, H.: maior reprensis, greater than those criticised, H.: nebulo, thorough-paced, T.: fur. —In force or degree, great, severe, strong, intense: morbi: dolor, Cs.: minae: amor, V.: gemitus luctusque: quid potuere maius? more heinous, H.: Mari virtutem in maius celebrare, magnify, S.: his in maius etiam acceptis, L.: incerta in maius vero ferri solent, be exaggerated, L.— Proud, boastful, lofty, assuming: nobis ut res dant sese, ita magni atque humiles sumus, T.: lingua, H.: verba, V.

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  • 15 Achilles

    Ăchilles, is, m., = Achilleus ( poet., after the manner of the Gr. Nom., Achilleus, trisyl., Inscr. Grut. 669, 6.— Gen. Achillei, quadrisyl., Hor. C. 1, 15, 34; id. Epod. 17, 14;

    and Achilli, as Neocli, Lacydi from Neocles, Lacydes,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14; Verg. A. 3, 87; cf. Val. Prob. 1468 P.— Acc. Achillĕa, Luc. 10, 523.— Voc. Achille, Prop. 4, 11, 40.— Abl. Achilli, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 43), the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan war, distinguished for strength and beauty; son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and of Thetis, Ov. M. 12 fin. and 13 init.; Stat. Achill. al. In the fine arts, Achilles is represented with hair long and erect, like a mane, a body straight and slender, nostrils (muktêres) distended with courage and pride, and a physical frame throughout noble and powerful, Müll. Arch. § 413.—
    II.
    As an appellative, a nandsome and powerful man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 63; Verg. A. 6, 89; Gell. 2, 11.—Hence, Ăchillēus, a, um, adj., Achilleios, of or pertaining to Achilles:

    stirpis Achilleae fastus,

    Verg. A. 3, 326:

    manes,

    Ov. M. 13, 448:

    statuae,

    statues like Achilles, Plin. 34, 5, 10: cothurnus, the lofty and grave tragic style (since Achilles was a hero of the early epos and drama):

    Achilleo conponere verba cothurno,

    Prop. 3, 32, 41 (Aeschyleo, Müller).—Also, Ăchil-lĭăcus, a, um, Ven. 7, 8, 63.

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  • 16 Achilleus

    Ăchilles, is, m., = Achilleus ( poet., after the manner of the Gr. Nom., Achilleus, trisyl., Inscr. Grut. 669, 6.— Gen. Achillei, quadrisyl., Hor. C. 1, 15, 34; id. Epod. 17, 14;

    and Achilli, as Neocli, Lacydi from Neocles, Lacydes,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14; Verg. A. 3, 87; cf. Val. Prob. 1468 P.— Acc. Achillĕa, Luc. 10, 523.— Voc. Achille, Prop. 4, 11, 40.— Abl. Achilli, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 43), the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan war, distinguished for strength and beauty; son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and of Thetis, Ov. M. 12 fin. and 13 init.; Stat. Achill. al. In the fine arts, Achilles is represented with hair long and erect, like a mane, a body straight and slender, nostrils (muktêres) distended with courage and pride, and a physical frame throughout noble and powerful, Müll. Arch. § 413.—
    II.
    As an appellative, a nandsome and powerful man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 63; Verg. A. 6, 89; Gell. 2, 11.—Hence, Ăchillēus, a, um, adj., Achilleios, of or pertaining to Achilles:

    stirpis Achilleae fastus,

    Verg. A. 3, 326:

    manes,

    Ov. M. 13, 448:

    statuae,

    statues like Achilles, Plin. 34, 5, 10: cothurnus, the lofty and grave tragic style (since Achilles was a hero of the early epos and drama):

    Achilleo conponere verba cothurno,

    Prop. 3, 32, 41 (Aeschyleo, Müller).—Also, Ăchil-lĭăcus, a, um, Ven. 7, 8, 63.

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  • 17 Achilliacus

    Ăchilles, is, m., = Achilleus ( poet., after the manner of the Gr. Nom., Achilleus, trisyl., Inscr. Grut. 669, 6.— Gen. Achillei, quadrisyl., Hor. C. 1, 15, 34; id. Epod. 17, 14;

    and Achilli, as Neocli, Lacydi from Neocles, Lacydes,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14; Verg. A. 3, 87; cf. Val. Prob. 1468 P.— Acc. Achillĕa, Luc. 10, 523.— Voc. Achille, Prop. 4, 11, 40.— Abl. Achilli, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 43), the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan war, distinguished for strength and beauty; son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and of Thetis, Ov. M. 12 fin. and 13 init.; Stat. Achill. al. In the fine arts, Achilles is represented with hair long and erect, like a mane, a body straight and slender, nostrils (muktêres) distended with courage and pride, and a physical frame throughout noble and powerful, Müll. Arch. § 413.—
    II.
    As an appellative, a nandsome and powerful man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 63; Verg. A. 6, 89; Gell. 2, 11.—Hence, Ăchillēus, a, um, adj., Achilleios, of or pertaining to Achilles:

    stirpis Achilleae fastus,

    Verg. A. 3, 326:

    manes,

    Ov. M. 13, 448:

    statuae,

    statues like Achilles, Plin. 34, 5, 10: cothurnus, the lofty and grave tragic style (since Achilles was a hero of the early epos and drama):

    Achilleo conponere verba cothurno,

    Prop. 3, 32, 41 (Aeschyleo, Müller).—Also, Ăchil-lĭăcus, a, um, Ven. 7, 8, 63.

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  • 18 firmus

    firmus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. dhar-, dharā-mi, hold, support; Gr. thra-, thrê-sasthai, to sit down, thrênus, thronos; cf.: frētus, frēnum], firm (in opp. to frail, destructible), steadfast, stable, strong, powerful (freq. and class.; esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: constans, stabilis, solidus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor: Quae tulit Aesoniden, firma carina fuit,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 35:

    robora,

    Verg. A. 2, 481:

    arbor,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 652:

    vincula,

    id. F. 1, 370:

    janua,

    i. e. shut fast, id. Am. 2, 12, 3; cf.

    sera,

    id. P. 1, 2, 24:

    solum,

    Curt. 5, 1:

    firmioris testae murices,

    Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102: sunt et Amineae vites, firmissima vina. Verg. G. 2, 97:

    firmo cibo pasta pecus,

    strengthening, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 2:

    firmius est triticum quam milium: id ipsum quam hordeum: ex tritico firmissima siligo,

    Cels. 2, 18:

    effice ut valeas, et ut ad nos firmus ac valens quam primum venias,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1 and 2; cf.:

    mihi placebat, si firmior esses, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 5, 1:

    nondum satis firmo corpore,

    id. ib. 11, 27, 1:

    hinc remiges firmissimi, illinc inopia affectissimi,

    Vell. 2, 84, 2.—With dat.:

    area firma templis sustinendis,

    Liv. 2, 5, 4:

    testa in structura oneri ferendo firma,

    Vitr. 2, 8, 19:

    adversis,

    Tac. Agr. 35 fin.
    II.
    Trop., firm in strength or durability, also in opinion, affection, etc., fast, constant, steadfast, immovable, powerful, strong, true, faithful:

    quae enim domus tam stabilis, quae tam firma civitas est, quae non odiis et discidiis funditus possit everti?

    Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

    res publica firma atque robusta,

    id. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf.:

    civitas imprimis firma,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 2:

    Trinobantes prope firmissima earum regionum civitas,

    id. ib. 5, 20, 1; cf.

    also: Mutina firmissima et splendidissima colonia,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 24:

    tres potentissimi ac firmissimi populi,

    id. ib. 1, 3 fin.; and:

    evocatorum firma manus,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 3: Antonius ab equitatu firmus esse dicebatur, strong in cavalry, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 2.— With ad and acc.: satis firmus ad castra facienda, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, 1:

    Chrysippi consolatio ad veritatem firmissima est,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, 79:

    exercitus satis firmus ad tantum bellum,

    Liv. 23, 25, 6; cf.:

    cohortes minime firmae ad dimicandum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 2; Sall. H. 4, 62, 16.— With contra: Jugurtha nihil satis firmum contra Metellum putat, Sall. J. 80, 1.—With adversus:

    firmus adversus militarem largitionem,

    Tac. H. 2, 82:

    firmior adversus fortuita,

    id. ib. 4, 51:

    adversus convicia malosque rumores,

    Suet. Tib. 28.— Absol.:

    cum neque magnas copias neque firmas haberet,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 8; Sall. J. 56, 2:

    concordi populo nihil esse immutabilius, nihil firmius,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32:

    praesidia firmissima,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 35:

    fundamenta defensionis firmissima,

    id. Cael. 2, 7:

    firmior fortuna,

    id. Rep. 1, 17:

    constitutio Romuli,

    id. ib. 2, 31 (ap. Non. 526, 10):

    illud ratum, firmum, fixum fuisse vis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141:

    officii praecepta firma, stabilia,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

    opinio, firma et stabilis,

    id. Brut. 30, 114:

    firma et constans assensio,

    id. Ac. 1, 11, 42:

    ne in maximis quidem rebus quicquam adhuc inveni firmius,

    id. Or. 71, 237:

    spem firmissimam habere,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 4; cf.

    , transf.: firmior candidatus,

    i. e. who has stronger, greater hopes of being elected, id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    litterae,

    i. e. containing news that may be relied upon, id. ib. 7, 25; cf. id. ib. 16, 5:

    senatum sua sponte bene firmum firmiorem vestra auctoritate fecistis,

    id. Phil. 6, 7, 18; cf.:

    vir in suscepta causa firmissimus,

    id. Mil. 33, 91:

    accusator firmus verusque,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29;

    with this cf.: vir pro veritate firmissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 19:

    sunt fortasse in sententia firmiores,

    id. Balb. 27, 61:

    firmus in hoc,

    Tib. 3, 2, 5:

    non firmus rectum defendis et haeres,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 26:

    firmus proposito,

    Vell. 2, 63 fin.; so,

    firmissimus irā,

    Ov. M. 7, 457: firmo id constantique animo facias licet, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2:

    nunc opus pectore firmo,

    Verg. A. 6, 261:

    firmi amici sunt (opp.: amici collabascunt),

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 16:

    firmi et stabiles et constantes (amici),

    Cic. Lael. 17, 62:

    ex infidelissimis sociis firmissimos reddere,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 14:

    non brevis et suffragatoria, sed firma et perpetua amicitia,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 26:

    firmissimae amicitiae,

    Quint. 1, 2, 20:

    fides firma nobis,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 6.—
    * (β).
    Poet. with inf.:

    fundus nec vendibilis nec pascere firmus,

    able, capable, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 47. —Hence, adv., firmly, steadily, lastingly, powerfully; in two (equally common) forms: firme and firmĭter.
    (α).
    Form firme, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 24; id. Trin. 2, 2, 54:

    insistere,

    Suet. Calig. 26:

    firme graviterque aliquid comprehendere,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; cf.:

    satis firme aliquid concipere animo,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 6:

    continere multa,

    Quint. 11, 2, 2:

    sustinere assensus suos,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 31:

    graviter et firme respondere,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 13, 3.—
    (β).
    Form firmiter: firmiter hoc tuo sit pectore fixum, Lucil. ap. Non. 512, 20:

    nisi suffulcis firmiter,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77:

    insistere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26, 1:

    in suo gradu collocari,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 45 fin.: stabilita matrimonia, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 512, 23 (Rep. 6, 2 ed. Mos.):

    promisisse,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2 111:

    meminisse,

    Gell. 13, 8, 2.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    firmius durare,

    Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 165:

    firmius coire,

    Ov. H. 19, 67.—
    c.
    Sup.:

    asseverare,

    Cic. Att. 10, 14 fin.:

    pulvinus quam firmissime statuatur,

    Vitr. 5, 12.

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  • 19 libro

    lībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [libra].
    I.
    To balance, make even, level, to determine a level: aquam, to level water, i. e. to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level, Vitr. 8, 6, 3: collocationem libratam indicare, id 8, 6, 1.— Pass. impers.:

    libratur autem dioptris,

    Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., to make even or level:

    pavimenta,

    Cato, R. R. 18, 7.—
    II.
    To hold in equilibrium, to poise, balance:

    terra librata ponderibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    columnarum turbines ita librati perpenderunt, ut puero circumagente tornarentur,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:

    librati pondera caeli orbe tene medio,

    Luc. 1, 58.—
    B.
    To cause to hang or swing, to keep suspended, keep in its place:

    vela cadunt primo et dubia librantur ab aura,

    are waved to and fro, Ov. F. 3, 585:

    et fluctus supra, vento librante, pependit,

    Sil. 17, 274:

    aëris vi suspensam librari medio spatio tellurem,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—
    C.
    To cause to swing, to swing, sway, brandish, set in motion, hurl, dash, cast, launch, fling, throw:

    summā telum librabat ab aure,

    Verg. A. 9, 417:

    ferro praefixum robur,

    id. ib. 10, 479:

    caestus,

    id. ib. 5, 478:

    tum librat ab aure intorquens jaculum,

    Sil. 5, 576:

    dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit,

    Ov. M. 2, 311; 5, 624; 7, 787; Luc. 3, 433:

    librata cum sederit glans,

    Liv. 38, 29: librare se, to balance or poise one's self, to fly:

    cursum in aëre,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 11: saepe lapillos Tollunt;

    his sese per inania nubila librant,

    Verg. G. 4, 196:

    haliaeetos librans ex alto sese,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

    corpus in herba,

    to stretch one's self out on the grass, Ov. F. 1, 429: incidentis manus libratur artifici temperamento, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115:

    librare iter,

    to take one's way, Sen. Oed. 899.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    To make of even weight, to balance, make equal ( poet.):

    orbem horis,

    Col. 10, 42:

    crimina in antithetis,

    Pers. 1, 85.—
    B.
    To weigh, ponder, consider ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    librabat metus,

    Stat. Th. 9, 165: quae omnia meritorum momenta perpendit, librat, examinat, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 7: praescriptiones, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 26.— Hence, lībrātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Level, horizontal:

    aquam non esse libratam, sed sphaeroides habere schema,

    Vitr. 8, 6.—
    B.
    Poised, balanced, swung, hurled, launched; forcible, powerful:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29:

    librato magis et certo ictu,

    violent, powerful, Tac. H. 2, 22:

    malleus dextra libratus ab aure,

    Ov. M. 2, 624:

    per nubes aquila librata volatu,

    Sil. 15, 429. — Comp.:

    libratior ictus,

    Liv. 30, 10; cf. id. 42, 65.—Hence, * adv.: lībrātē, deliberately:

    aliquid eligere,

    Serv. Verg. A. 2, 713.

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  • 20 possum

    possum, pŏtŭi, posse, v. n. irreg. (old forms, potis sum, for possum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 26; id. Curc. 5, 3, 23; so,

    potis est,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 41:

    potis sunt, for possunt,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 17: POTISIT, S. C. de Bacchan.: potisset, for posset, and potisse, for posse, Lucil. ap. Non. 484, 32, and 445, 29:

    potesse, for posse, very freq.,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 30; id. Cist. 1, 1, 32; id. Truc. 1, 1, 73; id. Ep. 2, 2, 43; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 30 al.; Lucr. 1, 665; 2, 225; 1010:

    possiem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 2; id. Stich. 3, 2, 25:

    potis sis,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 53:

    potis siem,

    id. Merc. 2, 2, 59: possies, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin., or Sat. v. 38 Vahl.; Plaut. As. 4, 2, 10; id. Aul. 4, 10, 17; id. Most. 2, 2, 34; 3, 2, 147; id. Men. 5, 9, 45:

    possiet,

    id. Cist. 1, 3, 37; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 3; id. Most. 1, 1, 13 al.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Mil. 884; Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 45 sq.—In pass.: potestur, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 380 P. (Ann. [p. 1404] v. 594 Vahl.): Pac. ap. Non. 508, 29; Quadrig. ap. id. 508, 30; Lucr. 3, 1010: poteratur, Cael. ap. Non. 508, 27: possitur, Lex. Servil. p. 59 Haubold; Scaurus ap. Diom. p. 381 P.: possetur, Quadrig. ap. Non. 508, 18) [potis-sum].
    I.
    In gen., to be able, have power; I ( thou, he, etc.) can (syn. queo):

    quantum valeam, quantumque possim,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    consilio, quantum potero, labore plus paene quam potero exeubabo,

    id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

    ut, quoad possem et liceret, a senis latere nunquam discederem,

    id. Lael. 1, 1:

    timor igitur ab iis aegritudinem potuit repellere, ratio non poterit?

    id. Tuse. 3, 27, 66.—With sup.:

    Caesari te commendavi et tradidi, ut gravissime diligentissimeque potui,

    as earnestly and warmly as I possibly could, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2: potest fieri, it may be, is possible:

    potest fieri, ut fallar,

    id. ib. 13, 73, 2: non possum quin, I can not but: non possum quin exclamem, ut ait ille in Trinummo (Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 79; cf. id. Mil. 2, 2, 107); Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39:

    ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum,

    I cannot help writing to you, id. Att. 8, 14, 1:

    facere non potui quin tibi sententiam declararem meam,

    id. Fam. 6, 13, 1; cf.:

    non possum non: aequitatem tuam non potui non probare,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 26:

    non possum te non accusare,

    id. ib. 5, 14, 2:

    is non potest eam (mortem) non timere,

    id. Fin. 3, 8, 29.— Absol.: potest (sc. fieri), it may be, is possible:

    potest, ut alii ita arbitrentur,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 38: non, non sic futurum est;

    non potest,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 73; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 100 Brix; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 3:

    quae (mala) si potest singula consolando levare, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

    nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—Quantum or ut potest, as much or as far as possible:

    ibo atque arcessam medicum, quantum potest,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2; id. Most. 3, 2, 71; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 20:

    nos in senatu dignitatem nostram, ut potest in tantā hominum perfidiā, retinebimus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—In urgent questions:

    possum scire, quo profectus, cujus sis, aut quid veneris?

    may I know? can I learn? pray, will you tell me? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 190:

    possumne ego hodie ex te exsculpere Verum?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 44.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A. 1.
    With neutr. acc. used adverbially (class.; cf.

    polleo): vocat me, quae in me plus potest,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 42:

    plus potest qui plus valet,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 38:

    qui tum et poterant per vim et scelus plurimum, et quod poterant, id audebant,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 69:

    quid ergo? hoc pueri possunt, viri non poterunt?

    id. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

    qui apud me et amicitiā, et beneficiis, et dignitate plurimum possunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

    plus aliquanto apud te pecuniae cupiditas, quam judicii metus potuit,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131; id. de Or. 2, 42, 180:

    quid aristolochia ad morsus serpentum possit,

    id. Div. 1, 10, 16:

    quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem,

    id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:

    ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12: multum posse ad salutem alterius... parum potuisse ad exitium, Cic. Opp. ap. Amm. 30, 8, 7.—
    2.
    In gen., and without neutr. acc. (late Lat.):

    posse litteras ejus ad perniciem, non posse ad salutem,

    App. Mag. 79, p. 324.—
    B.
    Posse aliquem, to be able to embrace one ( poet.), Mart. 3, 32.—
    C.
    Posse as subst. ( poet.):

    posse loqui,

    the power of speech, Ov. M. 2, 483:

    posse moveri = facultatem se movendi,

    id. ib. 11, 177.—
    D.
    Freq. in elliptical sentences:

    quod vi non poterant, fraude assequi temptant,

    Curt. 5, 10, 8:

    Ismenias, etsi publicis non poterat, privatis tamen viribus adjuvabat,

    Just. 5, 9, 8:

    ut auxilium quod misericordiā non poterat, jure cognationis obtineret,

    id. 28, 1, 9:

    ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent,

    Liv. 2, 56.—
    E.
    In apodosis of conditional sentences, analogous to the auxiliaries of the Engl. potential mood (v. Roby, § 1520; Zumpt, § 519).
    1.
    Indic.:

    ille potuit exspectatior venire, qui te nuntiaret mortuom (= si quis nuntiaret, etc.),

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 12:

    nec vero ipsam amicitiam tueri possumus, nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67:

    Pompeius munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi praelio decertare vellet,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 44: consul esse qui potui, nisi eum vitae cursum tenuissem, Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    (res publica) poterat esse perpetua, si patriis viveretur institutis,

    id. ib. 3, 29, 41:

    deleri totus exercitus potuit, si fugientis persecuti victores essent,

    Liv. 32, 12, 6:

    nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset exuere jugum potuerunt,

    Tac. Agr. 31.—
    2.
    Subj.:

    qui denique ex bestiis fructus, nisi homines adjuvarent, percipi posset,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

    ventum quidem erat eo, ut, si hostem similem antiquis Macedonum regibus habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit,

    Liv. 44, 4, 9.—So when the condition is implied, or is contained in an adverbial clause:

    quae res egestati et aeri alieno tuo praeter mortem Caesaris subvenire potuisset?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 36:

    quis opifex praeter naturam... tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus?

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 142; id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

    plurima proferre possemus, sed modus adhibendus est,

    Nep. Epam. 4, 6:

    possem hic Ciceronis respondere verbis, sed, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 21, 14.—Hence, pŏtens, entis ( gen. plur. potentum, Verg. A. 12, 519; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 114), P. a.
    A.
    In gen., able, mighty, powerful, potent (class.):

    amplae atque potentes civitates,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:

    familiae clarae ac potentes,

    Liv. 23, 4:

    amici magni et potentes,

    Suet. Aug. 56:

    ne quis ex plebe contra potentiorem auxilii egeret,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 10:

    duo potentissimi reges,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

    potentissimus et clarissimus civis,

    id. Planc. 21, 51.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi quae velit,

    Quint. 12, 11, 10.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    Roma potens opibus,

    Ov. F. 4, 255:

    pecuniā et orbitate,

    Tac. H. 1, 73.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    compensare potens,

    Dig. 16, 2, 10.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Having power over, ruling over, master of a thing; with gen.:

    dum liber, dum mei potens sum,

    as long as I am my own master, Liv. 26, 13, 14:

    sanus mentisque potens,

    in his right mind, Ov. Tr. 2, 139:

    potens mei non eram,

    Curt. 4, 13, 23:

    potentes rerum suarum atque urbis,

    having made themselves masters of, Liv. 23, 16, 6; so, facere aliquem potentem alicujus rei, to make one master of any thing, to give one the power over a thing:

    consilii,

    id. 8, 13, 14:

    imperii,

    id. 22, 42, 12: diva potens Cypri, that reigns over Cyprus, i.e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 1:

    Naïadum potens (Bacchus),

    id. ib. 3, 25, 14:

    silvarum potens Diana,

    id. C. S. 1:

    diva potens uteri,

    i.e. Lucina, Ov. M. 9, 315:

    rerum omnium potens Juppiter,

    Tac. H. 4, 84:

    lyrae Musa potens,

    that presides over lyric poetry, Hor. C. 1, 6, 10:

    irae,

    master of his anger, Curt. 4, 2, 5:

    mariti,

    ruling her husband, Tac. A. 14, 60:

    animal potens leti,

    that can kill, deadly, Luc. 6, 485; cf. id. 5, 199 Corte ad loc.—
    2.
    Fit for, capable of any thing; with gen.:

    potens regni,

    Liv. 24, 2: hostes neque pugnae, neque fugae satis potentes caeduntur, unable either to fight or flee, id. 8, 39.—
    3.
    Partaking of, having attained a thing; with gen. ( poet.):

    pacis potentes,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 9:

    voti,

    Ov. M. 8, 80:

    jussi,

    having fulfilled the command, id. ib. 4, 509.—
    4.
    Strong, mighty, powerful, efficacious, potent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    fortuna in res bellicas potens,

    Liv. 9, 17:

    herba potens ad opem,

    Ov. H. 5, 147:

    verba,

    id. Am. 3, 11, 31:

    herba potens adversus ranas,

    Plin. 25, 10, 81, § 130:

    passum ex uvis contra haemorrhoida potens,

    id. 23, 1, 12, § 15.— Comp.:

    nihil esse potentius auro,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 29:

    quaedam ad efficiendum potentiora,

    Quint. 6, 1, 26.— Sup.:

    potentissimae cantharides,

    Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94:

    argumenta,

    Quint. 6, 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: pŏtenter, strongly, mightily, powerfully, effectually ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    se ipsam potenter atque efficaciter defendere,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, 1:

    dicere,

    Quint. 12, 10, 72. — Comp.:

    aurum... perrumpere amat saxa potentius Ictu fulmineo,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 9; Quint. 6, 4, 18.—
    B.
    According to one's ability or powers ( poet.):

    lecta potenter res,

    Hor. A. P. 40.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > possum

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