prodigious

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ingens, tis, adj. [2. in-genus, gens, that goes beyond its kind or species, qs. uncouth, monstrous], of immoderate size, vast, huge, prodigious, enormous; great, remarkable: magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi? Gn. Ingentes, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1 (cf.:

satis erat respondere magnas: ingentes inquit, semper auget assentator,

Cic. Lael. 26, 98):

ingens immanisque praeda,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

ingens immensusque campus,

id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

pecunia,

an exorbitant sum, id. Div. in Caecil. 10 init.; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

aquae,

Liv. 35, 9, 2:

aequor,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 32:

pinus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

exitus Istri,

Val. Fl. 8, 185:

clamor,

Liv. 2, 23, 7:

gloria,

id. 2, 22, 6:

virtus atque animus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 103:

ingentia facta,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 6:

vir,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 441: ingens aliquā re, great, remarkable, distinguished in any respect:

vir famā ingens, ingentior armis,

Verg. A. 11, 124:

gloriā,

Tac. A. 11, 10:

viribus opibusque,

id. H. 1, 61:

eloquio,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 71.—

With gen.:

ingens virium atque animi,

Sall. H. 3, 13 Dietsch: femina [p. 951] ingens animi, Tac. A. 1, 69:

vir ingens rerum,

id. H. 4, 66.—

With inf.:

ingens ferre mala,

Sil. 10, 216.— Comp. ( poet.), Verg. A. 11, 124.—

Trop., great, strong, powerful:

senatus,

Sil. 11, 67:

Paulus,

id. 17, 298:

ingentis spiritus vir,

Liv. 21, 1, 5:

cui genus a proavis ingens,

Verg. A. 12, 225.

miscĕo, miscŭi, mixtum (mistum is found in many MSS. and edd., but is probably a corruption of copyists, representing the weakened sound of x in later times; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 556), 2, v. a. [root mik-, mig-; Sanscr. micras, mixed; Gr. misgô, mignumi; cf. miscellus], to mix, mingle, to intermingle, blend (for the difference between this word and temperare, v. below, II. A.; cf. confundo).

Lit.

In gen.; with abl.:

(sortes) pueri manu miscentur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

toxicum antidoto,

Phaedr. 1, 14, 8:

mella Falerno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 24:

vina Surrentina faece Falernā,

id. ib. 2, 4, 55:

pabula sale,

Col. 6, 4:

nectare aquas,

Ov. H. 16, 198.— With dat.:

dulce amarumque mihi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 61:

fletum cruori,

Ov. M. 4, 140; Col. 7, 5:

inter curalium virides miscere smaragdos,

Lucr. 2, 805:

cumque meis lacrimis miscuit usque suas,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 20. —

In partic.

To join one's self to, have carnal intercourse with one:

corpus cum aliquā,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.—With dat.:

sic se tibi misceat,

Ov. M. 13, 866:

cum aliquo misceri in Venerem,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 16:

sanguinem et genus,

to intermarry, Liv. 1, 9, 4.—

To mix, prepare a drink:

alteri miscere mulsum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 29:

Veientana mihi misces,

Mart. 3, 49, 1:

pocula alicui,

Ov. M. 10, 160:

lurida terribiles miscent aconita novercae,

id. ib. 1, 147; cf.: miscenda Cum Styge vina bibas, = you shall die, id. ib. 12, 321:

nullis aconita propinquis miscuit (Orestes),

Juv. 8, 219.—

Miscere se, or misceri, to mingle with others, to unite, assemble:

miscet (se) viris,

Verg. A. 1, 440:

se partibus alicujus,

Vell. 2, 86, 3:

ipsa ad praetoria densae Miscentur,

assemble, Verg. G. 4, 75.—

Miscere manus or proelia, to join battle, engage ( poet.):

miscere manus,

Prop. 2, 20, 66:

proelia dura,

id. 4, 1, 28;

hence, vulnera,

to inflict wounds on each other, Verg. A. 12, 720.—

Of storms, to throw into confusion, to disturb, confound, embroil ( poet.):

caelum terramque,

Verg. A. 1, 134:

magno misceri murmure pontum,

id. ib. 1, 124:

miscent se maria,

id. ib. 9, 714.—Hence, of persons, to raise a great commotion, make a prodigious disturbance, to move heaven and earth:

caelum ac terras,

Liv. 4, 3, 6:

quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo,

Juv. 2, 25; cf.:

mare caelo confundere,

id. 6, 282. —

Trop.

In gen., to mix, mingle, unite, etc.:

dulce amarumque una nunc misces mihi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63: miscent inter sese inimicitiam agitantes, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 275 Vahl.):

animum alicujus cum suo miscere,

Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

gravitate mixtus lepos,

id. Rep. 2, 1, 1:

misce Ergo aliquid de nostris moribus,

Juv. 14, 322:

ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119; cf.

, joined with temperare,

id. Or. 58, 197;

also opp. to temperare, since miscere signifies merely to mix, but temperare to mix in due proportion: haec ita mixta fuerunt, ut temperata nullo fuerint modo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42.—

In partic.

To share with, impart to another; to take part in, share in a thing (rare and perhaps not ante-Aug.):

cum amico omnes curas, omnes cogitationes tuas misce,

share, Sen. Ep. 3, 3:

se negotiis,

to take part in, engage in, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 11:

administrationi,

ib. 27, 1, 17, § 5:

paternae hereditati,

ib. 29, 2, 42, § 3. —

(Acc. to I. B. 5.).

To throw into confusion, to embroil, disturb (class.): om [p. 1150] nia infima summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 19:

rem publicam malis concionibus,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

coetus,

Tac. A. 1, 16:

animorum motus dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 220:

anima, quae res humanas miscuit olim,

Juv. 10, 163.—

To stir up, occasion, excite, rouse:

ego nova quaedam misceri et concitari mala jam pridem videbam,

stirred up, devised, Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

seditiones,

Tac. H. 4, 68 fin. —

Misceri aliquo, to be changed into:

mixtus Enipeo Taenarius deus,

Prop. 1, 13, 21.

prōdĭgĭālis, e, adj. [prodigium].

Unnatural, strange, wonderful, portentous, prodigious (post-class.):

res,

Amm. 25, 10, 1:

caput,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 434:

signa,

Prud. Ham. 467.—Adverb.:

prodigiale canens,

Stat. Th. 7, 403:

cometes prodigiale rubens,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 232.—

That averts bad omens (Plautin.):

prodigialis Juppiter,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 107.— Adv.: prōdĭgĭā-lĭter, unnaturally, in a strange manner, prodigiously ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

variare rem unam,

Hor. A. P. 29:

accidere,

Col. 3, 3, 3.

prōdĭgĭālis, e, adj. [prodigium].

Unnatural, strange, wonderful, portentous, prodigious (post-class.):

res,

Amm. 25, 10, 1:

caput,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 434:

signa,

Prud. Ham. 467.—Adverb.:

prodigiale canens,

Stat. Th. 7, 403:

cometes prodigiale rubens,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 232.—

That averts bad omens (Plautin.):

prodigialis Juppiter,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 107.— Adv.: prōdĭgĭā-lĭter, unnaturally, in a strange manner, prodigiously ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

variare rem unam,

Hor. A. P. 29:

accidere,

Col. 3, 3, 3.

rŭdens, entis ( gen. plur. rudentium, Vitr. 10, 19; Prud. adv. Symm. praef. 2; abl. rudenti, Vitr. 10, 2), m. ( fem., Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 1) [etym. unknown; acc. to the [p. 1603] ancients from rudo, on account of the rattling; v. Non. p. 51], a rope, line, c ord (very freq. and class.; syn.: restis, funis).

Usu., a rope, line, belonging to the standing or running rigging of a ship; a stay, halyard, sheet, etc.; plur. collect., the rigging, cordage: clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus, Pac. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 7 Müll. N. cr.; and Serv. Verg. A. 1, 87 (Trag. Rel. p. 100 Rib.);

imitated by Vergil: clamorque virum stridorque rudentum,

Verg. A. 1, 87; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 1; 76; 92; Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127; Quint. 10, 7, 23; Verg. A. 3, 267; 682; 10, 229; Hor. Epod. 10, 5; Ov. M. 3, 616; 11, 474; 495 et saep.— Hence,

Rudens, the title of a comedy by Plautus. —

Trop.:

rudentem explicavit immensum,

spun a long yarn, unfolded a prodigious series of facts, Amm. 29, 1, 6. —Prov.:

rudentibus apta fortuna,

a very uncertain fortune, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40.—

The rope of an engine of war, Vitr. 10, 17 sq.

rŭdens, entis, Part. of rudo.

vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

Lit. (so rare but class.;

syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,

id. Sest. 24, 53:

agrum vastum ac desertum habere,

Liv. 28, 11, 10:

vasta ac deserta urbs,

id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:

mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,

uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:

urbs a defensoribus vasta,

without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—

Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:

vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

vastus homo atque foedus,

id. ib. 1, 25, 117:

vasti quidam et insubidi,

Gell. 19, 9, 9:

fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:

omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 7:

littera vastior,

too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—

Transf.

Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):

dies per silentium vastus,

Tac. A. 3, 4.—

Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.

vastatus): fit vasta Troja,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:

jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,

Verg. A. 9, 323:

nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,

Liv. 10, 12, 8.—

With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).

Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):

immani et vastae insidens beluae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

vasta et immanis belua,

id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

vastissimae beluae,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;

ad figuram quae vastior?

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:

in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,

id. ib. 3, 9, 7:

fossa vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

solitudines,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

campi,

Verg. A. 3, 13:

Charybdis,

Lucr. 1, 722:

antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,

Ov. M. 12, 236:

antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 52:

hiatus speluncae,

id. ib. 6, 237:

suspectus turris,

id. ib. 9, 530:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 322:

arma,

Verg. A. 10, 768:

corpus,

Col. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:

iter,

i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:

certamen,

Verg. A. 12, 553:

impetus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,

Gell. 5, 17, 5:

tempestas,

Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

vapores vastissimi,

id. 2, 20, 1:

clamor,

Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:

murmur,

Verg. A. 1, 245:

latratus,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

tonitru,

Val. Fl. 1, 617:

pondus,

Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—

Trop.:

vastus animus,

i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:

quam vasta potentia nostra est,

Ov. M. 2, 520:

varia vastaque scientia,

Col. 1, pr. 28:

nefas,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.

(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:

ne vastius diducantur verba,

id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:

vaste cedentia litora,

Mel. 1, 1, 4:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530:

vastius podagra correpti,

Scrib. Comp. 107.