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1 praecocia
praecox, cŏcis, also praecŏquis, e, and praecŏquus, a, um, adj. [praecoquo], ripe before its time, early ripe, rareripe, premature, precocious (syn. praematurus).I.Lit.:B.allium praecox,
Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 112:rosa,
id. 21, 4, 10, § 19:germinationes,
id. 17, 2, 2, § 16:pira,
Col. 5, 10:vites praecoquis fructus,
id. 3, 2:ex unā praecoque vite,
id. 3, 9:uvas praecoquas legere,
id. 12, 37:arbores,
bearing fruit before their time, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 114: quando jam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt, when the earliest grapes are ripe, Vulg. Num. 13, 21. —Transf.: loca, and subst.: prae-cŏcĭa, ĭum, n., places where fruits ripen early, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 79; 18, 24, 54, § 197. —II.Trop., over-hasty, premature, precocious, untimely ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose; not in Cic.): pugna, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 16 (Ann. v. 282):ingeniorum velut praecox genus,
Quint. 1, 3, 3:risus praecox,
Plin. 7 prooem. 1, §2: audacia,
i. e. of a boy, Sen. Brev. Vit. 6: fuga, Lucil. ap. Non. 150, 17; Varr. ap. ib. 157, 3: praecoquis libido, Nov. ap. ib. 150, 18; Afran. ap. Gell. 10, 11, 9.— -
2 praecox
praecox, cŏcis, also praecŏquis, e, and praecŏquus, a, um, adj. [praecoquo], ripe before its time, early ripe, rareripe, premature, precocious (syn. praematurus).I.Lit.:B.allium praecox,
Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 112:rosa,
id. 21, 4, 10, § 19:germinationes,
id. 17, 2, 2, § 16:pira,
Col. 5, 10:vites praecoquis fructus,
id. 3, 2:ex unā praecoque vite,
id. 3, 9:uvas praecoquas legere,
id. 12, 37:arbores,
bearing fruit before their time, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 114: quando jam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt, when the earliest grapes are ripe, Vulg. Num. 13, 21. —Transf.: loca, and subst.: prae-cŏcĭa, ĭum, n., places where fruits ripen early, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 79; 18, 24, 54, § 197. —II.Trop., over-hasty, premature, precocious, untimely ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose; not in Cic.): pugna, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 16 (Ann. v. 282):ingeniorum velut praecox genus,
Quint. 1, 3, 3:risus praecox,
Plin. 7 prooem. 1, §2: audacia,
i. e. of a boy, Sen. Brev. Vit. 6: fuga, Lucil. ap. Non. 150, 17; Varr. ap. ib. 157, 3: praecoquis libido, Nov. ap. ib. 150, 18; Afran. ap. Gell. 10, 11, 9.— -
3 praecoquis
praecoquis, praecoque ADJripened too soon; premature; unseasonable; precocious; first-ripe -
4 praecoquus
praecoqua, praecoquum ADJripened too soon; premature; unseasonable; precocious; first-ripe -
5 praecox
(gen.), praecocis ADJripened too soon; premature; unseasonable; precocious -
6 maturitas
mātūrĭtas, ātis, f. [id.].I.Ripeness, maturity (class.).A.Lit.:B.frugum,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:neque multum a maturitate aberant (frumenta),
Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5;frumentorum,
id. ib. 3, 49 fin.:celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem,
an accelerated, precocious maturity, Quint. 6 praef. § 10.—Transf., the full or proper time for any thing, perfection, ripeness, maturity:* 2.maturitates gignendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119:ad maturitatem perducere,
Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 44:pervenire,
id. 13, 4, 7, § 33:maturitatem adipisci,
id. 19, 5, 23, § 67:partūs,
id. 32, 1, 1, § 6: aestiva, fullness of heat, Cic. ap. Non. 343, 21 (Rep. 4, 1, 1 B. and K.):muriae,
i. e. its proper strength, Col. 12, 6, 2:aetatis ad prudentiam,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:ejus rei maturitas,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:habere maturitatem suam,
id. Brut. 92, 318:maturitatem Galli criminando,
mental maturity, ripe understanding, Tac. H. 1, 87; so,veteris imperatoris,
Vell. 2, 125:indeflexa aetatis,
Plin. Pan. 4, 7.—In plur.:temporum maturitates, mutationes, vicissitudinesque,
the maturing of the seasons, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100; 2, 62, 155; but: si maturitas temporum, expectata foret, the full time, when the supplies would be exhausted, Liv. 22, 40, 9.—Concr., ripe fruit, Pall. Febr. 9, 12.—3.Gentleness, mildness (late Lat.), Amm. 14, 1, 10.—II.Promptness, expedition (post-Aug.):poenae,
Suet. Tib. 61:maturitatem beneficio Caesaris praestare,
to hasten, Front. Aquaed. 105.
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