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41 quei
1.qui, quae, quod (old forms: nom. quei; gen. quojus; dat. quoi, and in inscrr. QVOEI, QVOIEI, and QVEI; abl. qui; plur. ques or queis; fem. QVAI; neutr. qua; dat. and abl. queis and quĭs.—Joined with cum: quocum, quācum, quicum, quibuscum;I.rarely cum quo,
Liv. 7, 33:cum quibus,
id. 4, 5. — Placed also before other prepositions: quas contra, quem propter, etc.; v. h. praepp.), pron.Interrog., who? which? what? what kind or sort of a? (adjectively; while quis, quid is used substantively; qui, of persons, asks for the character, quis usu. for the name).A.In direct questions: quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? what sort of a feast? what kind of a festival? Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (a transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: tis daïs, tis de homilos hod epleto; cf. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 619): Th. Quis fuit igitur? Py. Iste Chaerea. Th. Qui Chaerea? what Chærea? Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8:B.qui color, nitor, vestitus?
id. ib. 2, 2, 11:qui cantus dulcior inveniri potest? quod carmen aptius? qui actor in imitandā veritate jucundior?
Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34:virgo, quae patria est tua?
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 88:occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?
what sort of a person? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96.—In indirect discourse:II. A.scribis te velle scire, qui sit rei publicae status,
what is the state of the country, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo Sit pecori... Hinc canere incipiam,
Verg. G. 1, 3:iste deus qui sit da, Tityre, nobis,
id. E. 1, 18; 2, 19; 3, 8; id. A. 3, 608:nescimus qui sis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 20:qui sit, qui socium fraudarit, consideremus,
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17.—As a simple rel.1.With antecedent expressed:2.habebat ducem Gabinium, quīcum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:ille vir, cui patriae salus dulcior fuit,
id. Balb. 5, 11:vir acer, cui, etc.,
id. Brut. 35, 135:vir optimus, qui, etc.,
id. Fam. 14, 4, 2:Priscus, vir cujus, etc.,
Liv. 4, 46, 10; 23, 7, 4:quod ego fui ad Trasimenum, id tu hodie es,
id. 30, 30, 12:collaria, quae vocantur maelium,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15:coloniam, quam Fregellas appellent,
Liv. 8, 23:sucus, quem opobalsamum vocant,
Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116:sidere, quod Caniculam appellavimus,
id. 18, 28, 68, § 272. —With pronom. antecedent understood: QVI IN IVS VOCABIT, IVMENTVM DATO, Lex XII. Tabularum: SI ADORAT FVRTO, QVOD NEC MANIFESTVM ESCIT, ib. tab. 2, 1. 8:3.novistine hominem? ridicule rogitas, quīcum una cibum capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60:beati, quīs contigit, etc.,
Verg. A. 1, 95:fac, qui ego sum, esse te,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1. —The rel. freq. agrees with the foll. word:4.est locus in carcere, quod Tullianum appellatur,
Sall. C. 55, 3:ealoca, quae Numidia appellatur,
id. J. 18, 11:exstat ejus peroratio, qui epilogus dicitur,
Cic. Brut. 33, 127:justa gloria, qui est fructus virtutis,
id. Pis. 24, 57:domicilia conjuncta, quas urbes dicimus,
id. Sest. 42, 91. —Sometimes it agrees with the logical, not the grammatical antecedent:5.ne tu me arbitrare beluam, qui non novisse possim, quīcum aetatem exegerim,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112:ubi est scelus qui me perdidit?
Ter. And. 3, 5, 1:hoc libro circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:abundantia earum rerum, quae prima mortales ducunt,
Sall. J. 41, 1; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:illa furia muliebrium relligionum, qui, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 9, 15: alteram alam mittit, qui satagentibus occurrerent, Auct. B. Afr. 78. —Relating to a remote subject:6.annis ferme DX post Romam conditam Livius fabulam dedit... anno ante natum Ennium: qui (sc. Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; v. the commentators ad loc.; Liv. 21, 26, 2; 31, 38, 10; 37, 14, 2; cf. Krehl ad Prisc. 2, 9, § 48, p. 91.—The antecedent is sometimes repeated after the rel.:7.erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6. —In a question, with ne affixed: sed ubi Artotrogus hic est? Art. Stat propter virum fortem... Mil. Quemne ego servavi in campis Curculioniis? whom I saved? Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9:B.quemne ego vidi?
whom I saw? Ter. And. 4, 4, 29.—With an accessory signif., causal or final, joined to the subj.1.As, because, seeing that, since:2.Actio maluimus iter facere pedibus, qui incommodissime navigassemus,
Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1:hospes, qui nihil suspicaretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64;ingrata es, ore quae caput nostro Incolume abstuleris,
Phaedr. 1, 8, 11.—Qui, with the subj., also follows dignus, indignus, aptus, idoneus, etc., answering the question, to or for what? dignus est, qui imperet, i. e. to, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:3.dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices,
id. Off. 3, 19, 77:socios haud indignos judicas, quos in fidem receptos tuearis,
Liv. 23, 43:idoneus nemo fuit quem imitarere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41.—Also after demonstrr. or clauses expressing or implying a quality or degree which is defined or explained in the rel.-clause:4.qui potest temperantiam laudare is, qui ponat summum bonum in voluptate?
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:nullo modo videre potest quicquam esse utile, quod non honestum sit,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:non sumus ii, quibus nihil verum esse videatur,
id. N. D. 1, 5, 12:nunc dicis aliquid quod ad rem pertineat,
id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:quis potest esse tam mente captus, qui neget?
as that, that, to, id. Cat. 3, 9.—To express a purpose, design, in order that, to:C.sunt autem multi, qui eripiunt aliis, quod aliis largiantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43:Caesar equitatum praemisit, qui viderent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15:domi creant decem praetores, qui exercitui praeessent,
Nep. Milt. 1, 4. —The rel. serves as a connective, instead of is, ea, id, with a conj.:D.res loquitur ipsa, quae semper valet plurimum,
and this, Cic. Mil. 20, 53:ratio docet esse deos, quo concesso, confitendum est, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 30, 75.—The rel. sometimes means, by virtue of, according to, such:E.quae tua natura est,
according to your disposition, Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2:qui meus amor in te est,
such is my love, id. ib. 7, 2, 1.—In neutr. sing.a.Quod signifies,1.As much as, as far as, what, = quantum:2.adjutabo quod potero,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 7:cura, quod potes, ut valeas,
Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6:quae tibi mandavi, velim ut cures, quod sine molestiā tuā facere poteris,
id. Att. 1, 5, 7:tu tamen, quod poteris, nos consiliis juvabis,
id. ib. 10, 2, 2; 11, 2, 2; 11, 12, 4; id. Fam. 3, 2, 2:nihil cuiquam, quod suum dici vellet,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:(Epicurus) se unus, quod sciam, sapientem profiteri est ausus,
id. Fin. 2, 3, 7:quod tuo commodo fiat,
id. Fam 4, 2, 4: quod litteris exstet, [p. 1511] id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:quod sciam,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 14:quod ad me attinet,
as far as depends on me, for my part, Cic. Rosc. Am. 42, 122.— With ellips. of attinet: quod ad Caesarem crebri et non belli de eo rumores, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.—With gen.:quod operae,
so much trouble, Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19:quod aeris,
Liv. 8, 20. —Wherein:b.si quid est, Quod mea opera opus sit vobis,
Ter. And. 4, 3, 23.—Quo, abl. neutr., with compp. (with or without hoc, eo, or tanto): quo... eo, by how much, by so much, the... the:III.quo difficilius, hoc praeclarius,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64.—Indef., any one, any; with si, num, ne, v. quis:2. I.quaeritur, num quod officium aliud alio majus sit,
Cic. Off. 1, 3, 7:si qui graviore vulnere accepto equo deciderat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48:nisi si qui publice ad eam rem constitutus esset,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65:(BACANALIA) SEI QVA SVNT, S. C. de Bacchan.: ne qui forte putet,
Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 8.Interrog., in what manner? how? whereby? by what means? why?A.In direct questions:B.quī minus eadem histrioni sit lex quae summo viro?
Plaut. Am. prol. 76:Quī, amabo?
id. Bacch. 1, 1, 19:quī scire possum?
id. ib. 2, 2, 13:Quī in mentem venit tibi istuc facinus facere?
id. ib. 4, 4, 31:Quī non?
id. ib. 5, 2, 44:quī vero dupliciter?
id. Mil. 2, 3, 25:quī vero?
id. Merc. 2, 3, 60:quī scis?
Ter. And. 2, 1, 2:quī istuc facere potuit?
id. Eun. 4, 3, 15:quī potui melius?
id. Ad. 2, 2, 7:sed nos deum nisi sempiternum intellegere quī possumus?
Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25:quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?
id. ib. 1, 30, 84:quī potest?
id. Ac. 2, 31, 100:quī ego minus in Africam traicerem,
Liv. 28, 43, 18.—In indirect questions:C.nimis demiror, quī illaec me donatum esse aureā paterā sciat,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 133:quī istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:nec quī hoc mihi eveniat scio,
id. Hec. 2, 3, 6:neque videre, quī conveniat,
Liv. 42, 50. —In curses (cf. Gr. pôs, and Lat. utinam), how, would that, if but: quī illum di deaeque magno mactassint malo, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 14 (Trag. Rel. v. 377 Vahl.):II. 1.quī te Juppiter dique omnes perduint!
Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 31:quī istum di perdant!
id. Trin. 4, 2, 78:quī te di omnes perdant!
id. ib. 4, 2, 155; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 73.—Ellipt.:quī illi di irati!
Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1.—In gen.: date ferrum, quī me animā privem, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 30 (Trag. Rel. v. 233 Vahl.):2.patera, quī Pterela potitare rex est solitus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104; 1, 3, 37:sucophantia, quī admutiletur miles,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 172; id. Capt. 1, 1, 33; 3, 4, 24:mihi dari... vehicla quī vehar,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 28:multa concurrunt simul, Quī conjecturam hanc facio,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 32:in tantā paupertate decessit, ut quī efferretur, vix reliquerit,
Nep. Arist. 3, 2.—Esp., of price, at what price, for how much, = quanti:B.indica minumo daturus quī sis, quī duci queat,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 41:quī datur, tanti indica,
id. ib. 4, 4, 109:ut quantum possit quīque liceat veneant,
id. Men. 3, 3, 25.—Transf., that, in order that: Ca. Restim volo mihi emere. Ps. Quam ob rem? Ca. Quī me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87:C.ut det, quī fiamus liberi,
id. Aul. 2, 4, 31:facite, fingite, invenite, efficite, quī detur tibi: Ego id agam, mihi quī ne detur,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 34 sq. —Indef. (only with particles of emphasis and assurance; cf. Gr. pôs, and v. Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 28; Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 811; Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 550), in some way, somehow, surely (ante-class.); with hercle:hercle quī, ut tu praedicas, Cavendumst me aps te irato,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 58:hercle quī multo improbiores sunt, quam a primo credidi,
id. Most. 3, 2, 139:hercle quī aequom postulabat senex,
id. Stich. 4, 1, 53; id. Men. 2, 3, 74.—With edepol:edepol quī te de isto multi cupiunt nunc mentirier,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184:edepol quī quom hanc magis contemplo, magis placet,
id. Pers. 4, 4, 15; id. Am. 2, 2, 144.—With at (cf. atquī), and yet, but somehow: Gr. Non audio. Tr. At pol quī audies, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 9; id. Am. 2, 2, 73.— With quippe: horum tibi istic nihil eveniet, quippe quī ubi quod subripias nihil est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 22:ea nimiast ratio, quippe quī certo scio, etc.,
id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:quippe quī Magnarum saepe id remedium aegritudinumst,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 27.—With ut:an id est sapere, ut quī beneficium a benevolente repudies?
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11:et eum morbum mi esse, ut quī med opus sit insputarier?
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42 sensus
1.sensus, a, um, Part. of sentio.2.sensus, ūs, m. [sentio], the faculty or power of perceiving, perception, feeling, sensation, sense, etc.I.Corporeal, perception, feeling, sensation:B.omne animal sensus habet: sentit igitur et calida et frigida et dulcia et amara, nec potest ullo sensu jucunda accipere et non accipere contraria: si igitur voluptatis sensum capit, doloris etiam capit. etc.,
Cic. N. D. 3, 13, 32:moriendi sensum celeritas abstulit,
id. Lael. 3, 12:si quis est sensus in morte,
id. Phil. 9, 6, 13:(Niobe) posuit sensum saxea facta mali,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 32:sensum voluptatemque percipere,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12. [p. 1671] —A sense, capacity for feeling:II.ut idem interitus sit animorum et corporum nec ullus sensus maneat, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 4, 14:tactus corporis est sensus,
Lucr. 2, 435:oculorum,
id. 3, 361; so,oculorum, aurium,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111; id. Fin. 2, 16, 52; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; cf.videndi,
id. de Or. 2, 87, 357:audiendi,
id. Rep. 6, 18, 19:quod neque oculis neque auribus neque ullo sensu percipi potest,
id. Or. 2, 8:quamquam oriretur (tertia philosophiae pars) a sensibus, tamen non esse judicium veritatis in sensibus,
id. Ac. 1, 8, 30:res subjectae sensibus,
id. ib. 1, 8, 31:gustatus, qui est sensus ex omnibus maxime voluptarius,
id. de Or. 3, 25, 99:sensus autem interpretes ac nuntii rerum in capite et facti et conlocati sunt,
id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:omne animal sensus habet,
id. ib. 3, 13, 32:carent conchae visu, omnique sensu alio quam cibi et periculi,
Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 90:ab eā parte opus orsus, ut a sensu ejus, averteret,
Curt. 4, 6, 9.—Mental, feeling, sentiment, emotion, affection; sense, understanding, capacity; humor, inclination, disposition, frame of mind, etc.:2.ipse in commovendis judicibus eis ipsis sensibus, ad quos illos adducere vellem, permoverer,
Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 189:an vos quoque hic innocentium cruciatus pari sensu doloris adficit?
id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 123:vestri sensus ignarus,
id. Mil. 27, 72:humanitatis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; id. Rosc. Am. 53, 154:applicatio animi cum quodam sensu amandi... ut facile earum (bestiarum) sensus appareat... sensus amoris exsistit, etc.,
id. Lael. 8, 27; cf.:ipsi intellegamus naturā gigni sensum diligendi,
id. ib. 9, 32:meus me sensus, quanta vis fraterni sit amoris, admonet,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:utere argumento ipse sensus tui,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:nihil est tam molle, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos sensusque civium,
id. Mil. 16, 42:quae mihi indigna et intolerabilia videntur, ea pro me ipso et animi mei sensu ac dolore pronuntio,
id. Rosc. Am. 44, 129.—Opinion, thought, sense, view:3.animi,
Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 148:valde mihi placebat sensus ejus de re publicā,
id. Att. 15, 7:(orator) ita peragrat per animos hominum, ita sensus mentesque pertractat, ut, etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222 sq.:qui est iste tuus sensus, quae cogitatio? Brutos ut non probes, Antonios probes?
id. Phil. 10, 2, 4:dissidenti sensus suos aperire,
Nep. Dion, 8, 2:sensus reconditi,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 2.—Esp., the common feelings of humanity, the moral sense, taste, discretion, tact in intercourse with men, often called in full sensus communis (sometimes with hominum), and often in other phrases of similar force:B.ut in ceteris (artium studiis) id maxime excellat, quod longissime sit ab imperitorum intellegentiā sensuque disjunctum, in dicendo autem vitium vel maximum sit a volgari genere orationis atque a consuetudine communis sensus abhorrere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:quae versantur in sensu hominum communi,
id. ib. 2, 16, 68; id. Planc. 13, 31:communis ille sensus in aliis fortasse latuit,
id. ib. 14, 34; Hor. S. 1, 3, 66:sit in beneficio sensus communis,
Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3; id. Ep. 5, 4; 105, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 20:rarus sensus communis in illā fortunā,
Juv. 8, 73. — Plur., Cic. Clu. 6, 17:ea sunt in communibus infixa sensibus,
id. de Or. 3, 50, 195; so,vulgaris popularisque sensus,
id. ib. 1, 23, 108:haec oratio longe a nostris sensibus abhorrebat,
id. ib. 1, 18, 83; cf.:mirari solebam istum in his ipsis rebus aliquem sensum habere, quem scirem nullā in re quicquam simile hominis habere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33.—Transf. (in the poets, and also in prose after the Aug. per.), of the thinking faculty, sense, understanding, mind, reason (syn.: mens, ratio).1.In gen. (rare):2.misero quod omnes Eripit sensus mihi,
Cat. 51, 6; cf.:tibi sensibus ereptis mens excidit,
id. 66, 25; Ov. M. 3, 631; 14, 178:(quibus fortuna) sensum communem abstulit,
common sense, Phaedr. 1, 7, 4 (in another signif., v. supra, II. A. fin., and infra, 2. fin.):eam personam, quae furore detenta est, quia sensum non habet, etc.,
Dig. 24, 3, 22, § 7:nec potest animal injuriam fecisse, quod sensu caret,
ib. 9, 1, 1, § 3.—In partic., of discourse.a.Abstr., sense, idea, notion, meaning, signification (syn.: sententia, notio, significatio, vis; poet. and post-Aug.; freq. in Quint.): nec testamenti potuit sensus colligi, Phaedr. 4, 5, 19:b.verba, quibus voces sensusque notarent,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 103:is verbi sensus,
Ov. F. 5, 484:quae verbis aperta occultos sensus habent,
Quint. 8, 2, 20:ambiguitas, quae turbare potest sensum,
id. 8, 2, 16:verba duos sensus significantia,
id. 6, 3, 48: allêgoria aliud verbis, aliud sensu ostendit, id. 8, 6, 44:Pomponium sensibus celebrem, verbis rudem,
Vell. 2, 9, 5:horum versuum sensus atque ordo sic, opinor, est,
Gell. 7, 2, 10:egregie dicta circa eumdem sensum tria,
Sen. Ep. 7, 10.—Introducing a quotation:erat autem litterarum sensus hujusmodi,
Amm. 20, 8, 4.—With gen. person:salvo modo poëtae sensu,
the meaning, Quint. 1, 9, 2.—Concr., a thought expressed in words, a sentence, period (postAug.):sensus omnis habet suum finem, poscitque naturale intervallum, quo a sequentis initio dividatur,
Quint. 9, 4, 61; 7, 10, 16; cf. id. 11, 2, 20:puer ut sciat, ubi claudatur sensus,
id. 1, 8, 1:ridendi, qui velut leges prooemiis omnibus dederunt, ut intra quattuor sensus terminarentur,
id. 4, 1, 62:verbo sensum cludere multo optimum est,
id. 9, 4, 26 et saep.—Hence, communes sensus (corresp. with loci), commonplaces, Tac. Or. 31. -
43 voilà
voilà [vwala]1. prepositiona. there is, there are that is, those are ; (même sens que voici) here is, here are this is, these are• voilà mon frère this is or here is my brother• voilà le livre que vous cherchiez (je le tiens) here's the book you were looking for ; (il est là-bas) there's the book you were looking for• le voilà, c'est lui there he is• le voilà qui se plaint encore there he goes, complaining again• voilà ce qu'il m'a dit/ce dont il s'agit (je viens de le dire) that's what he told me/what it's all about ; (je vais le dire) this is what he told me/what it's all aboutb. (pour résumer) ... et voilà pourquoi je n'ai pas pu le faire... and that's why I couldn't do itd. (locutions)► en voilà• en voilà une histoire ! what a story!• en voilà un imbécile ! what a fool!• en voilà assez ! that's enough!• vous voulez des preuves, en voilà you want proof, well here you are► et voilà tout and that's all there is to it2. exclamation• voilà ! j'arrive ! here I come!• voilà autre chose ! (incident) that's all I need(ed)!• voilà, tu l'as cassé ! there you are, you've broken it!* * *vwala
1.
voilà bientôt deux mois qu'elle travaille chez nous — she's been working with us for nearly two months
2.
voilà ma mère — here's ou here comes my mother
me voilà! — ( j'arrive) I'm coming!; ( je suis là) here I am!
ah! te voilà! — ah, there you are!
je n'ai pas pu venir, voilà tout — ( ne posez pas de questions) I couldn't come, that's all there is to it
voilà qui ne va pas arranger vos affaires — well, that won't sort things out for you
voilà le programme — the programme [BrE] is as follows
voilà comment — ( en introduction) this is how; ( en conclusion) that's how
seulement voilà je n'ai pas d'argent — the problem ou thing is I don't have any money
‘je voudrais la clé du trois’ - ‘voilà, madame’ — ‘I'd like the key to number three’ - ‘here you are, madam’
nous y voilà — ( à la maison) here we are; ( au cœur du sujet) now we're getting there
3.
en voilà locutionvous vouliez des explications? en voilà — you wanted more details! well, here you are (then)
4.
voilà que (colloq) locution
5.
(et) voilà! ils sont partis! — there you are, they've left!
••il a de l'argent, en veux-tu en voilà! — he has as much money as he could wish for!
* * *vwala prép1) (en désignant) (singulier) there is, (pluriel) there areTiens! Voilà Paul. — Look! There's Paul.
Voilà ma sœur. — That's my sister.
les voilà — here they are, there they are
en voilà un — here's one, there's one
Tu as perdu ton stylo? Tiens, en voilà un autre. — Have you lost your pen? Here's another one.
* * *A prép son fils est né voilà un mois his/her son was born a month ago; voilà bientôt deux mois qu'elle travaille chez nous she's been working with us for nearly two months.B présentatif1 ( pour désigner) ( en opposition à voici) et voilà une clé/des clés and there is a key/are keys; le voilà encore! there he is again!; voici ton parapluie et voilà le mien this is your umbrella and here's mine;2 ( même valeur que voici) here is [clé, livre]; here are [clés, livres]; tu cherchais ton sac? le voilà were you looking for your bag? here it is; voilà ma mère here's ou here comes my mother; attention, la voilà! watch out, here she comes!; me voilà! ( j'arrive) I'm coming!; ( je suis là) here I am!; voici mon fils et voilà ma fille this is my son and this is my daughter; ah! te voilà! c'est à cette heure que tu rentres? ah, there you are! what time do you call this?; tiens! voilà le soleil! look! here's the sun!;3 ( pour conclure) voilà tout that's all; voilà comment/pourquoi/ce que that's how/why/what; voilà où je voulais en venir that's the point I wanted to make; voilà où nous en étions that's where we were up to; voilà ce que c'est de faire le malin/désobéir that's what happens if you show off/disobey; voilà ce que déclare un jeune homme so says a young man; il est malade, voilà ce qui le tracasse he's ill, that's what's worrying him; je n'ai pas pu venir, voilà tout ( ne posez pas de questions) I couldn't come, that' s all there is to it; voilà qui ne va pas arranger vos affaires/ne se reproduira pas well, that won't sort things out for you/won't happen again; voilà qui m'arrange! that's what I need!; voilà de quoi faire réfléchir les jeunes that's something for young people to think about;4 ( en introduction) here is, this is [histoire, adresse]; here are, these are [chiffres, adresses]; voilà le programme/la solution the programmeGB/the answer is as follows; le film raconte l'histoire que voilà the film tells the following story; voilà comment/pourquoi/où ( en introduction) this is how/why/where; ( en conclusion) that's how/why/where; ‘seulement or c'est que voilà,’ dit-elle, ‘je n'ai pas d'argent’ ‘the problem ou thing is,’ she said, ‘I don't have any money’;5 ( pour souligner) voilà enfin l'été! summer's here at last!; ‘je voudrais la clé du trois’-‘voilà, madame’ ‘I'd like the key to number three’-‘here you are, madam’; nous y voilà ( à la maison) here we are; ( au cœur du sujet) now we're getting there; voilà nos amis bien perplexes/enfin au calme now our friends are really confused/have got some quiet at last; alors qu'on le croyait calmé, le voilà qui s'enfuit à nouveau just when we thought he had calmed down he runs off again; le voilà qui se remet à rire! there he goes again laughing!; à peine étais-je arrivé, le voilà qui vient vers moi I'd only just arrived when there he was coming toward(s) me; te voilà content! now you're happy!; te voilà revenu! you're back again!; vous voilà prévenus! you've been warned!; voilà bien la manie française de tout critiquer! that's the typical French habit of criticizing everything!; voilà bien les hommes! that's men for you!; voilà bien ta mauvaise foi/façon exceptionnelle de conduire! so much for your dishonesty/brilliant driving!; ridicule, voilà le mot! ridiculous! that's the word!C en voilà loc1 ( en donnant) tu veux des fraises? en voilà you'd like some strawberries? here you are; vous vouliez des explications? en voilà you wanted more details! well, here you are (then); en voilà pour dix euros here's ten euros worth;2 ( valeur exclamative) en voilà un mal élevé! what a badly brought up boy!; mon dieu! en voilà des histoires! good Lord! what a fuss!; en voilà assez! that's enough!; en voilà un qui ne recommencera pas! there's someone who won't do it again!; en voilà au moins un avec qui on peut parler! there's somebody, at least, you can talk to!D voilà que○ loc et voilà qu'une voiture arrive and the next thing was a car arrived; voilà qu'il se met à rire all of a sudden he started laughing; et voilà qu'elle refuse/qu'il tombe malade and then she had to go and refuse/he had to go and get ill GB ou sick US.E excl voilà! j'arrive! (I'm) coming!, I'm on my way!: voilà! ça arrive! (it's) coming!, it's on its way!; (et) voilà! ils sont partis! there you are, they've left!; (et) voilà! il remet ça! there he goes again!; ah! voilà! ( je comprends) oh! that's it!, I see!; on vit, on meurt, (et puis) voilà! you live, you die and that's it!il a de l'argent, en veux-tu en voilà! he has as much money as he could wish for![vwala] préposition1. [désignant ce qui est éloigné] (suivi d'un singulier) there ou that is(suivi d'un pluriel) there ou those are[opposé à 'voici']voici mon lit, voilà le tien here's ou this is my bed and there's ou that's yours2. [désignant ce qui est proche] (suivi d'un singulier) here ou this is(suivi d'un pluriel) here ou these areb. [dans des présentations] these are my parentsvoilà l'homme dont je vous ai parlé here ou this is the man I spoke to you abouttiens, les voilà! look, here ou there they are!ah, te voilà enfin! so here ou there you are at last!a. here we are!b. [dans une discussion] now...tu voulais un adversaire à ta mesure? en voilà un! you wanted an opponent worthy of you? well, you've got one!en voilà une surprise/des manières! what a surprise/way to behave!vous vouliez la clef, voilà you wanted the key, here it is ou here you arevoilà madame, ce sera tout? here you are, madam, will there be anything else?3. [caractérisant un état]la voilà recousue/cassée now it's sewn up again/broken4. [introduisant ce dont on va parler] (suivi d'un singulier) this ou here is(suivi d'un pluriel) these ou here arevoilà ce que je lui dirai this ou here is what I'll say to herque veux-tu dire par là? — eh bien voilà,... what do you mean by that? — well,...5. [pour conclure] (suivi d'un singulier) that'svoilà bien les hommes! how typical of ou how like men!voilà ce que c'est, la jalousie! that's jealousy for you!un hypocrite, voilà ce que tu es! you're nothing but a hypocrite!quelques jours de repos, voilà qui devrait te remettre sur pied a few day's rest, that should set you right againet voilà, il a encore renversé son café! I don't believe it, he spilt his coffee again!et voilà, ça devait arriver! what did I tell you!ah voilà, c'est parce qu'il avait peur! so, that explains it, he was frightened!6. [introduisant une objection, une restriction]j'en voudrais bien un, seulement voilà, c'est très cher I'd like one, but the problem is ou but you see, it's very expensivec'est facile, seulement voilà, il fallait y penser it's easy once you've thought of itvoilà, j'hésitais à vous en parler, mais... well, yes, I wasn't going to mention it, but...7. [désignant une action proche dans le temps]a. [il ne pleut pas encore] here comes the rainb. [il pleut] it's rainingvoilà Monsieur, je suis à vous dans un instant yes, sir, I'll be with you in a minuteil y a quelqu'un? — voilà, voilà anybody in? — hang on, I'm coming!ne voilà-t-il pas que (familier) : je descends de voiture et ne voilà-t-il pas qu'une contractuelle arrive! I get out of my car and guess what, a traffic warden turns up!(ne) voilà-t-il pas qu'on deviendrait coquette! vain, now, are we?8. [exprimant la durée]il est rentré voilà une heure he's been home for an hour, he came home an hour agovoilà longtemps/deux mois qu'il est parti he's been gone a long time/two months -
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arriver [aʀive]➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. intransitive verb• réveille-toi, on arrive ! wake up, we're almost there!• arriver le premier (à une course) to come in first ; (à une soirée, une réception) to arrive firstb. ( = approcher) [saison, nuit, personne, véhicule] to come• j'arrive ! I'm coming!• le lierre arrive jusqu'au 1er étage the ivy goes up to the 1st floor• et le problème des salaires ? -- j'y arrive and what about the wages problem? -- I'm just coming to thatd. ( = réussir) arriver à (+ infinitif) to manage to• tu y arrives ? how are you getting on?e. ( = atteindre une réussite sociale) to succeedf. ( = se produire) to happen• tu n'oublies jamais ? -- ça m'arrive don't you ever forget? -- yes, sometimes• cela ne m'arrivera plus ! I won't let it happen again!g. ► en arriver à ( = finir par) to come to• on n'en est pas encore arrivé là ! (résultat négatif) we've not reached that stage yet! ; (résultat positif) we've not got that far yet!• on en arrive à se demander si... it makes you wonder whether...► il arrive que/de• il m'est arrivé plusieurs fois de le voir I have seen him or it several times* * *aʀive
1.
verbe intransitif1) ( parvenir) [personne, avion, lettre] to arrive; ( s'acheminer) [personne, pluie] to comearriver dans les premiers — ( en compétition) to be among the first to finish; ( à une soirée) to be among the first to arrive
2) ( atteindre)arriver aux chevilles — [eau] to come up to one's ankles; [jupe] to come down to one's ankles
arriver (jusqu')à quelqu'un — [nouvelle, odeur] to reach somebody
‘qu'en est-il du chômage?’ - ‘j'y arrive’ — ‘what about unemployment?’ - ‘I'm coming to that’
3) ( réussir) ( socialement) to succeed; gén4) ( aboutir)j'en arrive à croire que... — I'm beginning to think that...
5) ( survenir) [accident, catastrophe] to happence sont des choses qui arrivent — these things happen, it's just one of those things
2.
verbe impersonnel* * *aʀive1. vi1) [train, visiteur, courrier] to arrivearriver à Paris — to get to Paris, to arrive in Paris
Il arrive à Paris à 8 h. — He gets to Paris at 8., He arrives in Paris at 8.
J'arrive à l'école à huit heures. — I get to school at 8 o'clock., I arrive at school at 8 o'clock.
j'arrive! — I'm coming!, coming!
en arriver à faire — to end up doing, to get to the point of doing
2) (= survenir) to happenCe sont des choses qui arrivent. — These things happen.
3)arriver à terme [contrat] — to come to an end
4) (= réussir)arriver à [perfection, but] — to reach, to achieve
J'espère que je vais y arriver. — I hope I'm going to manage it.
2. vb impersIl m'arrive de dormir jusqu'à midi. — I sometimes sleep till midday.
* * *arriver verb table: aimerA vi1 ( dans l'espace) [personne, avion, train, colis, lettre] to arrive; [nuage, pluie] to come; arriver de [personne, train, bus] to come from; arriver par [eau, gaz] to come through; arriver ensemble to arrive together; elle n'est pas encore arrivée she hasn't arrived yet; arriver à 13 h à Paris to arrive in Paris at 1 pm; arriver dans le centre ville/sur la berge to reach the town centreGB/the bank; arriver par bateau/avion/le train to arrive by boat/plane/train; je suis arrivé chez moi I got home; j'arriverai chez toi dans l'après-midi/tard I'll get to ou arrive at your place in the afternoon/late; appelle-nous dès que tu seras arrivé give us a call as soon as you arrive ou get there; arriver en avance/en retard/à l'heure to arrive early/late/on time; arriver juste au bon moment to arrive ou come at just the right moment; je suis arrivée avant/après toi I got here before/after you; elle est arrivée au Japon en 1982 she came to Japan in 1982; dépêche-toi, le train arrive! hurry up, the train is coming!; regarde qui arrive look who's coming; le mauvais temps arrive par le nord the bad weather is coming from the north; l'eau arrive par ce tuyau the water comes in through this pipe; j'arrive! I'm coming!; j'arrive du centre ville I've just come from the city centreGB; j'arrive de Londres I've just come from London; arriver en courant to come running up; arriver sur qn [orage, cyclone] to hit sb; [personne] to descend on sb; l'eau nous arrivait aux chevilles the water came up to our ankles, we were ankle-deep in water; l'eau arrivait au niveau de la fenêtre the water came up to the window; ma jupe m'arrive aux chevilles my skirt comes down to my ankles; arriver (jusqu')à qn [nouvelle, rumeur, odeur] to reach sb; heureusement cela n'est pas arrivé jusqu'à lui or jusqu'à ses oreilles○ luckily it didn't reach him ou his ears; arriver sur scène [chanteur, acteur] to come on stage; arriver sur le marché [personnes, produits] to come on the market;2 ( dans le temps) arriver en tête/en queue to come first/last; en arrivant au ministère when he/she became minister; il est arrivé le premier he arrived first, he was the first to arrive; arriver dans les premiers ( en compétition) to be among the first to finish; ( à une soirée) to be among the first to arrive; de nombreux signes montrent qu'on arrive à la fin d'une période a number of signs show that we are coming to the end of an era; arriver à son terme [contrat] to expire; [projet] to come to an end; ce plan arrive au moment où this plan comes at a time when; maintenant j'arrive au problème de la drogue now, I'll come to the problem of drugs; ‘qu'en est-il du chômage?’-‘j'y arrive’ ‘what about unemployment?’-‘I'm coming to that’; tu arrives à un âge où you are getting to an age when;3 (avec un raisonnement, après une suite d'événements) arriver à une somme to come to an amount; arriver à des résultats to achieve results; arriver à une solution to find a solution; arriver à une conclusion to come to a conclusion; arriver à un accord to reach an agreement;4 ( réussir) arriver à faire to manage to do, to succeed in doing; je n'arrive pas à faire I can't do; il n'arrive plus à la suivre he can't keep up with her; j'essaie, mais je n'y arrive pas I'm trying, but I can't do it; je n'arrive à rien I'm getting nowhere; arriver à ses fins to achieve one's ends;5 ( aboutir) on en arrive à des absurdités you end up with nonsense; comment peut-on en arriver là? how could it have come to this?; (parlant d'un pays, d'une économie) how did things get into that state?; j'en arrive à croire que/à me demander si… I'm beginning to think that/to wonder if…;6 ( survenir) [accident, catastrophe] to happen; ce sont des choses qui arrivent these things happen, it's just one of those things; cela n'était pas arrivé depuis longtemps it hadn't happened for a long time; ça arrive mais c'est rare it does happen, but not very often; tout peut arriver anything can happen; ça n'arrive qu'aux autres it only happens to other people; on ne sait jamais ce qui peut arriver you never know what may happen; un accident est si vite arrivé accidents happen so easily; voilà ce qui arrive quand on ne fait pas attention that's what happens when you don't pay attention; la même chose m'est arrivée il y a un mois the same thing happened to me a month ago; tu vois, tout arrive! I told you, you should never give up hope!;7 ( réussir socialement) [personne] to succeed; faire n'importe quoi pour arriver to do anything to succeed.B v impers il est arrivé quelque chose something has happened (à to); il arrive toujours quelque chose something always happens; qu'est-il arrivé? what happened?; il n'est rien arrivé nothing happened; il n'arrive jamais rien ici nothing ever happens around here; il arrive un moment où there comes a time when; il arrive que qn fasse sometimes sb does; il m'arrive d'être en retard/d'aller à l'opéra sometimes I'm late/I go to the opera; est -ce qu'il arrive que le courrier se perde? does the mail ever go missing GB ou get lost?; est-ce qu'il t'arrive d'y penser? do you ever think about it?; qu'est-il arrivé à ta voiture? what happened to your car?; que t'arrive-t-il? what's wrong with you?; il m'est arrivé une chose bizarre something odd happened to me; quoi qu'il arrive whatever happens; je t'appellerai quoi qu'il arrive I'll call you whatever happens ou come what may; que peut-il arriver au pays? what can happen to the country?[arive] verbe intransitif (aux être)A.[DANS L'ESPACE]1. [parvenir à destination - voyageur, véhicule, courrier] to arrivearriver chez soi to get ou to arrive homedès que je suis arrivé au Canada as soon as I arrived in ou got to Canadamême en roulant vite ça nous fait arriver après minuit even if we drive fast we won't get there before midnightnous sommes bientôt ou presque arrivés we're almost therequi est arrivé après l'appel? [en classe] who came in after I called the register (UK) ou called roll (US)?être bien arrivé [personne, colis] to have arrived safelyvous voilà enfin arrivés, je m'inquiétaisa. [ici] here you are ou you've arrived at last, I was getting worriedb. [là-bas] you got there at last, I was getting worrieda. [ici] which way did you come?b. [là-bas] which way did you go?ils arrivent de Tokyo they've just arrived ou come from Tokyo2. [finir - dans un classement] to come (in)arriver le premier/derniera. [coureur] to come in first/last, to take first/last placeb. [invité] to arrive first/last, to be the first/last to arrivetu es prêt? — j'arrive tout de suite/dans une minute are you ready? — I'm coming/I'll be with you in a minutej'arrive, j'arrive! I'm coming!une odeur de chocolat arrivait de la cuisine a smell of chocolate wafted in ou came from the kitchenB.[DANS LE TEMPS]1. [événement, jour, moment] to comeNoël arrive bientôt Christmas will soon be here ou with usle jour arrivera où... the day will come when...la soixantaine/retraite est vite arrivée sixty/retirement is soon here2. [se produire] to happentu ne te décourages jamais? — si, ça m'arrive don't you ever get discouraged? — yes, from time to timetu es encore en retard. Que cela ne t'arrive plus! you're late again. Don't let it happen again!————————[arive] verbe impersonnel1. [venir]2. [aventure, événement]s'il m'arrivait quelque chose, prévenez mon père if anything happens ou should anything happen to me, let my father know3. [se produire parfois]il arrive que: ne peut-il pas arriver que l'ordinateur se trompe? couldn't the computer ever make a mistake?————————arriver à verbe plus préposition1. [niveau, taille, lieu]le fil du téléphone n'arrive pas jusqu'à ma chambre the phone cord doesn't reach ou isn't long enough to reach my bedroomla boue m'arrivait jusqu'aux genoux the mud came up to my knees, I was knee-deep in mudoù (en) étions-nous arrivés la semaine dernière? [dans une leçon] where did we get up to ou had we got to last week?j'arrive à un âge où... I've reached an age when...et ses tableaux? — j'y arrive/arrivais what about his paintings? — I'm/I was coming to that3. [rang, résultat] to get[succès] to achievetu as refait l'addition? — oui, j'arrive au même total que toi did you redo the calculations? — yes, I get the same result as yousi tu veux arriver if you want to get on ou to succeed in life4. [pouvoir, réussir à]arriver à faire quelque chose to manage to do something, to succeed in doing somethingtu n'arriveras jamais à la convaincre you'll never manage to convince her, you'll never succeed in convincing hertu m'aides? je n'y arrive pas! can you help me? I can't do ou manage it!5. (locution)(en) arriver à quelque chose [en venir à]: comment peut-on en arriver au suicide? how can anybody get to the point of contemplating suicide?j'en arrive à penser que... I'm beginning to think that...j'en arrive parfois à me demander si... sometimes I (even) wonder if...en arriver là: depuis, je ne lui parle plus — c'est malheureux d'en arriver là since then, I haven't spoken to him — it's a shame it has come to that -
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décider [deside]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [personne] ( = déterminer, établir) décider qch to decide on sthb. ( = persuader) [personne] to persuade ; [conseil, événement] to decidec. [chose] ( = provoquer) to cause2. reflexive verba. [personne] to come to a decision• allez, décide-toi ! come on, make up your mind!b. [problème, affaire] to be decided* * *deside
1.
1) ( prendre la décision de) to decidec'est toi qui décides, c'est à toi de décider — it's for you ou up to you to decide
2.
décider de verbe transitif indirect to decide on [date, mesure, lieu]; to fix [prix]
3.
se décider verbe pronominal1) ( prendre une décision) to make up one's mind2) ( choisir)3) ( être fixé) [accord, réunion] to be decided on; [date] to be set* * *deside1. vi1) (= prendre une décision) [personne] to decideC'est vous qui décidez. — You decide.
décider de qch [date, moyens] — to decide on sth
Ils ont décidé de passer leurs vacances en Normandie. — They decided to go to Normandy for their holiday.
2) [événement, facteur]décider de qch [issue, conclusion, fin] — to determine sth
Le dernier match de la saison décidera de l'issue du championnat. — The last match of the season will determine the outcome of the championship.
2. vt1) to decideC'est moi qui décide ce qui est important et ce qui ne l'est pas. — I'm the one who decides what's important and what's not.
2) [personne] to persuade* * *décider verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( prendre la décision de) to decide (de faire to do; que that); décider l'envoi de troupes/l'utilisation de qch to decide to send troops/to use sth; décider une politique to decide on a policy; j'ai décidé de ne pas m'en mêler I decided not to interfere; cela a été décidé en avril it was decided in April; je vous laisse décider I'll let you decide; c'est toi qui décides, c'est à toi de décider it's up to you ou for you to decide; il a décidé qu'il n'irait pas he decided (that) he wouldn't go; décider si to decide whether; as-tu décidé si tu les emmènes? have you decided whether you're taking them?; décider qui contacter/quelle route prendre to decide who to contact/which road to take; c'est à lui de décider qui il veut inviter it's up to him to decide who he wants to invite; c'est ce qui a décidé sa perte it's what led to his downfall;3 ( persuader) to persuade (à faire to do); l'approche de l'hiver l'a décidé à déménager the onset of winter persuaded him to move house.B décider de vtr ind to decide on, to arrange, to set [date]; to fix [prix]; to decide on [politique, mesure, lieu]; ont-ils décidé de la marche à suivre? have they decided how to go about it?; le hasard en décida autrement fate decided otherwise; l'événement allait décider de leur avenir the event would decide their future; il faut toujours que tu décides de tout! you're always the one who makes the decisions!; décider du sort de qn to seal sb's fate.C se décider vpr1 ( prendre une décision) to make up one's mind; tu te décides à parler? are you going to speak?; elle s'est enfin décidée à s'excuser she apologized at last; ma voiture n'a pas l'air de se décider à démarrer my car doesn't seem to want to start; être/sembler décidé à faire to be/to seem determined to do;2 ( choisir) se décider pour qch/qn to decide on sth/sb; elle s'est décidée pour le pull vert she's decided on the green sweater;3 ( être fixé) [accord, réunion] to be decided on; [date] to be set, to be arranged; tout s'est décidé très vite it all happened very quickly.[deside] verbe transitif1. [choisir] to decide (on)décider de faire to decide ou to resolve to doils ont décidé d'accepter/de ne pas accepter la proposition they've decided in favour of/against the proposaldécider combien/quoi/comment/si to decide how much/what/how/whetherc'est toi qui décides it's your decision, it's up to you2. [entraîner]décider quelqu'un à to convince ou to persuade somebody to3. (soutenu) [régler - ordre du jour] to decide, to set ; [ - point de droit] to resolve, to give a ruling on, to decide on————————décider de verbe plus préposition1. [influencer] to determinele résultat de l'enquête décidera de la poursuite de ce projet the results of the survey will determine whether (or not) we carry on with the project3. [juger]————————se décider verbe pronominal (emploi passif)————————se décider verbe pronominal intransitif[faire son choix] to make up one's mind -
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pour [puʀ]━━━━━━━━━1. preposition━━━━━━━━━1. <a. ( = en faveur de) for• tu en as pour combien de temps ? how long are you going to be?• ne m'attendez pas, j'en ai encore pour une heure don't wait for me, I'll be another hourd. ( = à la place de) for• c'est bien trop cher pour ce que c'est ! it's far too expensive for what it is!• pour un Anglais, il parle bien le français he speaks French well for an Englishmanf. (intention, but) for• c'est fait pour ! (inf) that's what it's meant for!► pour + infinitif to• ce n'est pas pour arranger les choses this isn't going to help matters► pour que + subjonctif so that• écris vite ta lettre pour qu'elle parte ce soir write your letter quickly so that it will go this eveningg. (cause) pour quelle raison ? for what reason?• pourquoi se faire du souci pour ça ? why worry about that?► pour + infinitif passé• elle a été punie pour avoir menti she was punished for lying► pour peu que + subjonctif• pour peu qu'il ait un peu bu, il va raconter n'importe quoi if he's had even the smallest drink he'll say anythingh. ( = du point de vue de, concernant) pour moi, elle était déjà au courant if you ask me, she already knew• et pour les billets, c'est toi qui t'en charges ? so, you'll take care of the tickets, will you?i. ( = en échange de) donnez-moi pour 20 € de cerises give me 20 euros' worth of cherries, please• il l'a eu pour 10 € he got it for 10 euros• j'en ai eu pour 50 € de photocopies it cost me 50 euros to do the photocopiesj. ( = comme) as• pour un sale coup, c'est un sale coup ! (inf) of all the awful things to happen!• pour une surprise, c'est une surprise ! this really is a surprise!2. <* * *
I puʀ1) ( indiquant le but) topour cela, il faudra faire — to do that, you'll have to do
c'était pour rire or plaisanter — it was a joke
il est seul mais il a tout fait pour — (colloq) he's on his own, but it's entirely his own doing
c'est fait or étudié pour! — (colloq) ( c'est sa fonction) that's what it's for
2) ( indiquant une destination) for3) ( en ce qui concerne)c'est bien payé mais pour la sécurité de l'emploi... — the pay is good but as regards job security...
oui, c'est pour quoi? — yes, what is it?
pour moi, il a tort — as far as I am concerned, he's wrong
4) ( en faveur de) forje suis pour — (colloq) I'm in favour [BrE]
être pour quelque chose/faire quelque chose — gén to be in favour [BrE] of something/doing something
5) ( avec une indication de temps) for6) ( comme)7) ( à la place de) for8) ( à son avantage)‘il te parlera du Japon’ - ‘pour ce que ça m'intéresse!’ — ‘he'll talk to you about Japan’ - ‘I can't say I'm very interested’
10) ( marquant l'emphase)pour être intelligente, ça elle l'est! — she really is intelligent!, intelligent she certainly is!
11) ( indiquant une quantité)il n'en a plus pour longtemps — ( mourant) he doesn't have long to live
12) ( indiquant une cause) for13) ( introduisant une proportion)
II puʀnom masculin
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pour + verbeLorsque pour sert à indiquer un but il se traduit généralement par to devant un verbe à l'infinitif: sortir pour acheter un journal = to go out to buy a newspaper; pour faire des meringues, il faut des oeufs = to make meringues, you need eggsIl peut également se traduire par in order to, qui est plus soutenu: pour mettre fin aux hostilités = in order to put an end to hostilitiesQuand pour est suivi d'une forme négative, il se traduira par so as not to ou in order not to: pour ne pas oublier = so as not to forget; pour ne pas rater le train = so as not to miss the train, in order not to miss the trainLorsque pour relie deux actions distinctes sans relation de cause à effet, il sera traduit par and et le verbe conjugué normalement: elle s'endormit pour se réveiller deux heures plus tard = she fell asleep and woke up two hours later. Quand la deuxième action n'est pas souhaitable ou qu'une notion de hasard malheureux est sous-entendue, on traduira par only to: she fell asleep only to wake up two hours later; il partit à la guerre pour se faire tuer trois jours plus tard = he went off to war only to be killed three days laterpour + nom ou pronomLorsque pour sert à indiquer la destination au sens large il se traduit généralement par for: le train pour Pau = the train for Pau; pour vendredi = for Friday; il travaille pour elle = he works for herLorsque pour signifie en ce qui concerne, il se traduira le plus souvent par about: tu te renseignes pour une assurance voiture/pour samedi? = will you find out about car insurance/about Saturday?Attention: pour placé en début de phrase se traduira par as regards: pour l'argent, rien n'est décidé = as regards the money, nothing has been decided ou nothing has been decided about the moneyLorsque pour signifie comme il se traduit souvant par as: je l'ai eu pour professeur = I had him as a teacherLorsque pour relie un terme redoublé il se traduit parfois par for: mot pour mot = word for word; mais ce n'est pas toujours le cas: jour pour jour = to the day. On se reportera au nom dans le dictionnaire* * *puʀ1. prép1) (destination, finalité) forC'est un cadeau pour toi. — It's a present for you.
pour faire qch — to do sth, in order to do sth
Je lui ai téléphoné pour l'inviter. — I phoned him to invite him.
J'ai ajouté une cornière pour consolider l'ensemble. — I added a bracket to make it all a bit stronger.
pour aller à Strasbourg, s'il vous plaît? — which way is it to Strasbourg, please?
Je lui ai prêté mon pull pour qu'elle n'ait pas froid. — I lent her my jumper so that she wouldn't be cold.
pour moi (= à mon avis) — in my view, (= pour ma part) for my part, personally
Pour moi, il ne dit pas toute la vérité. — In my view he's not telling the whole truth.
Pour moi, je vais dorénavant être plus prudent. — For my part, I shall be more cautious from now on.
3) (cause) forOn l'a mis en prison pour un délit mineur. — He was jailed for a minor offence.
Il a été critiqué pour avoir posé sa candidature. — He was criticized for applying.
4) (concession)pour riche que... — rich though...
5) (proportion)pour 100 euros de... — 100 euros' worth of...
Donnez-moi pour 20 euros d'essence. — Give me 20 euros' worth of petrol.
2. nm(= avantage)* * *I.pour ⇒ Note d'usage prép1 ( indiquant le but) to; pour cela, il faudra faire to do that, you'll have to do; pour bien faire il faudrait partir tôt to be really sure we should leave early; c'était pour rire or plaisanter it was a joke; il est seul mais il a tout fait pour○ he's on his own, but it's entirely his own doing; pour que so that; que faire pour qu'elle comprenne? how can we get her to understand?; pour ainsi dire so to speak; quelque chose pour le mal de tête/le rhume something for headaches/colds; c'est fait or étudié pour○! ( c'est sa fonction) that's what it's for; bien sûr tu peux en manger, c'est fait pour! of course you can eat some, that's what it's there for!;2 ( indiquant une destination) for; le train pour Paris ( prêt à partir) the train for Paris; ( plus général) the train to Paris; l'avion pour Paris the Paris plane, the plane to Paris; c'est le train pour où? where does this train go?; il faut une heure pour Oloron it's an hour to Oloron;3 ( en ce qui concerne) j'ai choisi le sujet d'étude mais pour l'université je ne sais pas encore I've decided on my subject but as regards the university I'm not sure yet ou but I'm not sure about the university yet; c'est bien payé mais pour la sécurité de l'emploi… the pay is good but as regards job security ou as far as job security goes…; oui, c'est pour quoi? yes, what is it?; ( plus poli) yes, what can I do for you?; pour moi, il a tort as far as I am concerned, he's wrong; qu'est-il pour toi, un ami? how do you see him? as a friend?;4 ( en faveur de) for; voter pour un candidat to vote for a candidate; 120 voix pour et 95 contre 120 votes for and 95 against; c'est pour la recherche contre le cancer it's for ou in aid of cancer research; je suis pour○ I'm in favourGB; être pour qch/faire qch gén to be in favourGB of sth/doing sth; je suis pour que Catherine reste I'm in favourGB of Catherine staying; je suis pour les Verts I'm for the ecologists; je suis pour Paris Sport I support Paris;5 ( avec une indication de temps) for; ce sera prêt pour vendredi? will it be ready for ou by Friday?; pour plus tard/aujourd'hui for later/today; pour toujours forever; pour le moment or l'instant for the moment, for the time being; le bébé/le baptême c'est pour quand? when is the baby due/the christening?;6 ( comme) elle a pour ambition d'être pilote her ambition is to be a pilot; elle a pour principe de ne jamais emprunter de l'argent it's a rule with her ou it's one of her principles never to borrow money; ils ont pour habitude de déjeuner tard they usually have a late lunch; n'avoir pour toute arme qu'un bâton to be armed only with a stick; il n'avait qu'un pantalon pour tout vêtement he was wearing nothing but a pair of trousers GB ou pants US;7 ( à la place de) for; écrire qch pour qch to write sth instead of sth; je l'ai pris pour plus bête qu'il n'est I thought he was more stupid than he really is; je suis ici pour ma collègue I'm here in place of my colleague;8 ( à son avantage) elle avait pour elle de savoir écouter/la patience she had the merit of being a good listener/being patient;9 ( introduisant une concession) pour intelligent qu'il soit intelligent though he may be; ‘il te parlera du Japon’-‘pour ce que ça m'intéresse!’ ‘he'll talk to you about Japan’-‘I can't say I'm very interested’; pour peu qu' il y ait du monde sur la route nous serons en retard there only has to be a bit of traffic and we'll be late; pour autant que je sache as far as I know;10 ( marquant l'emphase) pour être intelligente, ça elle l'est! she really is intelligent!, intelligent she certainly is!;11 ( indiquant une quantité) j'ai mis pour 50 euros d'essence I've put in 50 euros' worth of petrol GB ou gas US; merci pour tout thank you for everything; pleurer pour un rien to cry over nothing; s'inquiéter pour un rien to fret about nothing; je n'y suis pour rien I had nothing to do with it; ne t'inquiète pas pour si peu don't worry about a little thing like that; tu y es bien pour quelque chose si elle est malheureuse if she's miserable, it has certainly got something to do with you; il y est pour beaucoup si elle est malheureuse if she's miserable, he's largely to blame; elle y est pour beaucoup s'il a réussi if he has succeeded a lot of the credit should go to her; je n'en ai pas pour longtemps it won't take long; il n'en a plus pour longtemps ( mourant) he doesn't have long to live; j'en ai encore pour deux heures it'll take another two hours; j'en ai pour une minute it'll only take a minute;12 ( indiquant une cause) for; se battre pour une femme to fight over a woman; être battu pour avoir menti to be beaten for lying; ⇒ oui;13 ( introduisant une proportion) dix pour cent ten per cent; pour 250 employés, seulement 28 sont des femmes out of 250 employees only 28 are female; une cuillère de vinaigre pour quatre d'huile one spoonful of vinegar to four of oil; pour une large part to a large extent.II.[pur] préposition1. [indiquant le lieu où l'on va] forun billet pour Paris a ticket for ou to Paris2. [dans le temps - indiquant le moment] forpourriez-vous avoir fini pour lundi/demain? could you have it finished for Monday/tomorrow?[indiquant la durée] forb. [à vivre] he hasn't got long to live3. [exprimant la cause]il est tombé malade pour avoir mangé trop d'huîtres he fell ill after eating ou because he ate too many oysterssa bonne constitution y est pour quelque chose his strong constitution had something to do with ou played a part in itelle est pour beaucoup dans le succès de la pièce the success of the play is to a large extent due to her, she has had a great deal to do with the success of the playne me remerciez pas, je n'y suis pour rien don't thank me, I didn't have anything to do with it4. [exprimant la conséquence] toil a erré trois heures en forêt pour se retrouver à son point de départ he wandered for three hours in the forest, only to find he was back where he'd started from5. [capable de]je me suis trompé et il ne s'est trouvé personne pour me le dire I made a mistake and nobody was capable of telling me6. [par rapport à] for7. [avec une valeur emphatique]pour un champion, c'est un champion! that's what I call a (real) champion!perdre pour perdre, autant que ce soit en beauté if we are going to lose, we might as well do it in stylepour être en colère, je l'étais! I was so angry!8. [indiquant une proportion, un pourcentage] peril faut 200 g de farine pour une demi-livre de beurre take 200 g of flour to ou for half a pound of butter9. [moyennant]10. [à la place de] forpour le directeur [dans la correspondance] pp Director12. [en guise de, en qualité de]prendre quelqu'un pour époux/épouse to take somebody to be one's husband/wifeavoir quelqu'un pour ami/professeur to have somebody as a friend/teacherj'ai pour principe que... I believe on principle that...le livre a pour titre... the book's title is..., the book is entitled...13. [indiquant l'attribution, la destination, le but] formes sentiments pour elle my feelings towards ou for herc'est pour quoi faire, ce truc? what's that thing for?a. [recette] serves 4b. [couchage] sleeps 414. (suivi de l'infinitif) [afin de] (in order) toje suis venu pour vous voir I'm here ou I've come to see yousi tu veux réussir, il faut tout faire pour if you want to succeed you have to do everything possiblevoter pour quelqu'un to vote for ou in favour of somebody16. [du point de vue de]ça compte peu pour toi, mais pour moi c'est tellement important it matters little to you but to ou for me it's so importantpour moi, il a dû se réconcilier avec elle if you ask me, he must have made it up with her17. [en ce qui concerne]pour certains de nos collègues, la situation est inchangée as far as some of our colleagues are concerned, the situation has not changedpour ce qui est de l'avancement, voyez avec le responsable du personnel as far as promotion is concerned, see the personnel officer18. (soutenu) [exprimant la concession]pour être jeune, elle n'en est pas moins compétente young though she is she's very able[en corrélation avec 'que']pour patient qu'il soit, il ne supportera pas cette situation for all his patience, he won't put up with this situationil était pour partir he was about to leave ou on the point of leaving————————[pur] nom masculin invariableles pour l'emportent POLITIQUE (humoristique) the argument in favour is overwhelming, the ayes have it————————pour que locution conjonctivej'ai pris des places non-fumeurs pour que vous ne soyez pas incommodés par la fumée I've got non-smoking seats so that you won't be bothered by the smoke2. [exprimant la conséquence] -
47 spatium
spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;B.Finibus exemptis,
Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,
id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),
id. 4, 202; cf.:tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,
Verg. E. 3, 105:flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38:temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,
id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:quod spatium non esset agitandi,
Nep. Eum. 5, 4:spatium loci,
Quint. 8, 3, 84:spatio distante,
Ov. M. 11, 715.—In partic.1.A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):b.siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:itineris spatium,
id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:viae spatium,
the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),
Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,
Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,
id. B. C. 3, 92:cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,
id. B. G. 3, 17:magnum spatium abesse,
id. ib. 2, 17:quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?
id. ib. 2, 30:tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,
id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,
Verg. A. 10, 219:dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,
Nep. Eum. 9, 1:spatium discrimina fallit,
the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—Size, bulk, extent:2.dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),
Ov. M. 3, 95:elephantis,
Luc. 9, 732:oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,
id. ib. 3, 195:breve lateris,
Juv. 6, 503; cf.:quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,
Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:spatia montis,
id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:spatium admirabile rhombi,
very large, Juv. 4, 39:vasti corporis,
Sen. Hippol. 806:plantae Herculis,
Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,in spatium,
id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.a.A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):b.urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,
i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:spatia silvestria,
id. ib. 1, 5, 15:orator ex Academiae spatiis,
id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,
Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,
Verg. A. 7, 381.—A race-course, track:c.sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,
Enn. Ann. 18, 22:nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,
Cic. Sen. 23, 83:amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,
Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,
id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,
Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,
id. ib. 6, 487:abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,
Liv. 35, 40, 1:nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,
Tac. Or. 39.—Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:3.Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,
the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:II.cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70:septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,
Ov. Hal. 68:(agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,
Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—Trop.A.Of time.1.In gen., a space of time, interval, period:2.spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 18:spatium praeteriti temporis,
Cic. Arch. 1, 1:quantum fuit diei spatium,
as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:annuum spatium,
id. B. C. 3, 3:annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,
Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:dierum triginta,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,
Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so,in brevi spatio,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:aliquid longo spatio tenere,
Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,
id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,
id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:spatia annorum,
Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:spatium juventae Transire,
Ov. M. 15, 225:illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,
id. ib. 15, 874:post sexagesimum vitae spatium,
i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—In partic.a.Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:b.neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,
Cic. Quint. 1, 4:irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,
Liv. 8, 32:ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:quantum spatii nobis datur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,
Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;spatium pro munere posco,
Ov. R. Am. 277:proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,
Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!
id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,
Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:ad scribendum,
id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:pila in hostes coniciendi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,
id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,
Liv. 2, 46, 3:spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,
Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—A year of life:c.quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,
Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —Metrical time, measure, quantity:B.trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,
Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,
id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—(Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:prope jam excurso spatio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,
Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,
id. Brut. 90, 307:currenti spatium praemonstra,
Lucr. 6, 93:pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398. -
48 reste
reste [ʀεst]1. masculine noun• le reste de sa vie/du temps the rest of his life/of the time• préparez les bagages, je m'occupe du reste get the luggage ready and I'll see to the rest• avec la grève, la neige et (tout) le reste, ils ne peuvent pas venir what with the strike, the snow and everything else, they can't come• du reste, nous la connaissons très peu besides, we hardly know her at allb. ( = ce qui est en trop) il y a un reste de fromage/de tissu there's some cheese/material left over2. plural masculine noun3. compounds* * *ʀɛst
1.
nom masculin1) ( ce qui subsiste)le reste — gén the rest (de of); Mathématique the remainder
2) (ce qui est encore à dire, faire etc)le loyer, les assurances et (tout) le reste — (colloq) the rent, the insurance and everything else
je te souhaite santé, bonheur et tout le reste — (colloq) I wish you health, happiness and all the rest
au reste, du reste — besides
2.
restes nom masculin pluriel1) (de fortune, bâtiment, d'armée) remains (de of)2) ( de repas) leftovers3) ( cadavre)••elle a encore de beaux restes — (colloq) hum she's still well preserved
sans demander or attendre son reste — without further ado
être or demeurer en reste avec quelqu'un — to feel indebted to somebody
* * *ʀɛst1. nm1)pour le reste; quant au reste — as for the rest
2)un reste; un reste de poulet — some leftover chicken
Il y a un reste de peinture. — There's some paint left.
3) (= vestige)un reste de — a remnant of, a last trace of
4) MATHÉMATIQUE (d'une opération) remainderpartir sans demander son reste; partir sans attendre son reste fig — to leave without further ado
du reste; au reste — besides, moreover
2. restes nmpl1) (nourriture en trop) leftovers2)3) (= dépouille, vestiges) remains* * *A nm1 ( ce qui subsiste) le reste the rest (de of); ( argent) the balance; Math the remainder; le reste du monde/du temps/des livres the rest of the world/of the time/of the books; payer un tiers d'avance, le reste (de la somme) à la fin des travaux to pay a third in advance and the balance on completion of the work; s'il y a un reste de lait/quiche if there is a bit of milk/quiche left; il m'a proposé un reste de poulet he offered me some left-over chicken; avec le reste, je ferai une salade I'll make a salad out of what's left; faire une ceinture avec un reste de tissu to make a belt out of some left-over material; il a un reste d'affection pour elle he still feels a bit of affection for her; conserver un reste de dignité/lucidité to preserve a vestige of dignity/lucidity;2 (ce qui est encore à dire, faire etc) le reste the rest; tu imagines le reste you can imagine the rest; prépare le repas, je me charge du reste you get the meal ready, leave the rest to me; avec le loyer, les assurances et (tout) le reste○, je ne m'en sors pas with the rent, the insurance and everything else, I just can't manage; je te souhaite santé, bonheur et tout le reste○ I wish you health, happiness and all the rest; pour le reste, quant au reste (as) for the rest; au reste liter, du reste besides; du reste, c'est trop cher besides, it's too expensive; avoir du temps/de l'argent de reste to have time/money to spare.B restes nmpl1 (de fortune, bâtiment, d'armée) remains (de of);2 Culin les restes the leftovers; l'art d'accommoder les restes how to use leftovers; les restes d'un gigot the remains of a joint; je ne veux pas de tes restes lit, fig I don't want your leftovers;3 ( cadavre) les restes de qn the remains of sb.elle a encore de beaux restes○ hum she's still well preserved; partir sans demander or attendre son reste to leave without further ado; être or demeurer en reste avec qn to feel indebted to sb; pour ne pas être en reste so as not to be outdone; je ne voulais pas être en reste, alors j'ai acheté le gâteau not wanting to be outdone, I bought the cake.[rɛst] nom masculin1. [suite, fin] restsi vous êtes sages, je vous raconterai le reste demain if you're good, I'll tell you the rest of the story tomorrowtout le reste n'est que littérature/qu'illusion everything else is just insignificant/an illusionsans attendre ou demander son reste without (any) further adoêtre ou demeurer en reste to be outdone, to be at a loss2. [résidu - de nourriture] food left over, leftovers (of food) ; [ - de boisson] drink left over ; [ - de tissu, de papier] remnant, scrapun reste de jour ou de lumière a glimmer of daylightun reste de sa gloire passée a vestige ou remnant of his past glory————————restes nom masculin pluriel1. [d'un repas] leftovers2. [vestiges] remains3. [ossements] (last) remains4. (familier & locution)————————→ link=dudu reste————————de reste locution adjectivalepassez me voir demain, j'aurai du temps de reste come and see me tomorrow, I'll have some spare time————————du reste locution adverbialeinutile de discuter, du reste, ça ne dépend pas de moi there's no point in arguing and, besides, it's not up to me to decide -
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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159. -
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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159. -
51 brevia
brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
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di-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. n. and a., to see through all parts (cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 236 and 237), to see with an effort, to open wide the eyes in order to see, to look through, to see; to glance, to gaze; and actively, to descry, discern, perceive (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. Lachm. l. l. prefers dispicere in many passages where the best editions have despicere, e. g. Verg. A. 1, 224; id. G. 2, 187; Ov. M. 2, 178; 3, 44; 7, 223; id. F. 4, 569; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. Conington ad Verg. A. 1, 224; Munroad Lucr. 4, 418 N. cr.).I.Lit.(α).Neutr.:(β).isti autem tantis effusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,
Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; cf.:tanta oborta caligo est ut dispicere non posset,
Suet. Ner. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 19 fin.:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi, qui modo nati,
id. Fin. 4, 23 fin.:ut primum dispexit,
id. ib. 2, 30, 97:ad terram aspice et dispice, Oculis investigans astute augura,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25.—Act.:B.nubila,
Lucr. 4, 418 Lachm.:longe cunctas in partis,
id. 6, 648:dispecta est et Thule,
Tac. Agr. 10:ut nequit ullam dispicere oculus rem,
Lucr. 3, 564.—Transf., to investigate, make an examination:II.dispicientibus consistorianis et militaribus,
Amm. 15, 5, 12.—Trop., to perceive mentally, discern, discover (commonly as act.):B.si imbecilli animi verum dispicere non possint,
Cic. Div. 2, 39; cf. Liv. 44, 6 fin.:mentem principis,
Tac. A. 3, 22:merita,
id. ib. 13, 27:in ea re Pompeius quid velit, non dispicio,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2 fin.:sine jam aliquid dispiciam,
to find out, Ter. And. 3, 5, 16; cf. Cic. Att. 2, 20.—Meton. (mostly in the imperat.), to consider, think, reflect upon:nunc velim dispicias res Romanas,
Cic. Att. 6, 8:discerne et dispice insidiatorem et petitum insidiis,
Liv. 40, 10; Just. Inst. 1, 8 pr.:dispice, an tu, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5:dispice, ne sit, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 5:prius dispiciamus de his, quae, etc.,
Gai. Inst. 1, § 143; cf. Dig. 14, 1, 1; and absol.:virtus est, ubi occasio admonet, dispicere,
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terme [tεʀm]1. masculine nouna. ( = mot) termb. ( = fin) [de vie, voyage, récit] end• prévisions à court/moyen/long terme short-term/medium-term/long-term forecasts ; (Meteorology) short-range/medium-range/long-range forecasts• ce sera rentable à court/moyen/long terme it will be profitable in the short/medium/long term• arriver à terme [délai, mandat, contrat] to expire ; [opération] to reach a conclusion ; [paiement] to fall due2. plural masculine noun* * *tɛʀm
1.
nom masculin1) ( mot) termle terme ‘quota’ désigne — the term ‘quota’ designates
c'est en ces termes que le ministre a décrit la situation — this was how the minister described the situation
2) ( fin) endarriver à terme — [plan] to come to its appointed end; [période, contrat] to expire
mener à terme — to see [something] through to completion [projet, opération]
naître à terme/avant terme — to be born at full term/before term
3) ( échéance)passé ce terme vous paierez des intérêts — after this date, you will pay interest
à moyen terme — [emprunt, stratégie] medium-term (épith)
4) Droit ( date de paiement du loyer) due date; ( période de location) rental period; ( montant de la location) rent5) Mathématique, Philosophie termtrouver un moyen terme — ( équilibre) to find a happy medium; ( compromis) to find a compromise
2.
termes nom masculin pluriel1) ( clauses) terms2) ( relations) terms3) ( dimension)* * *tɛʀm1. nm1) (= mot) termCette année a été bonne en termes de ventes. — It's been a good year for sales.
2) (au singulier: échéance) [bail, période] endà court terme (plan, processus) — short-term, [planifier] in the short term
à long terme (plan, processus) — long-term, [planifier] in the long term
à terme MÉDECINE (accouchement) — full-term, [accoucher] at term, (= tôt ou tard) sooner or later, eventually
avant terme (accouchement) — premature, [accoucher] prematurely
3) (= solution)2. termes nmpl[loi, accord, contrat] terms* * *A nm1 ( mot) term; terme technique/de droit/de médecine technical/legal/medical term; au sens premier du terme in the original sense of the word; le terme de quota désigne the word ou term ‘quota’ designates; en termes élogieux/injurieux in glowing/offensive terms; en d'autres termes in other words; dans tous les sens/toute la force du terme in every sense/the full sense of the word; selon les termes du ministre as the minister put it; pardonnez-moi le terme if you'll pardon the expression; la question se pose en ces termes: qui est responsable? the question is this: who is responsible?; c'est en ces termes que le ministre a décrit la situation this was how the minister described the situation; il a décrit les résultats en ces termes he described the results thus;2 ( fin) end; mettre un terme à qch to put an end to sth; au terme de at the end of; au terme de la réunion at the end of the meeting; toucher à son terme to come to an end; toucher au terme de ses souffrances to come to the end of one's sufferings; arriver à terme [plan, épargne] to come to its appointed end; [période, délai, contrat] to expire; mener qch à terme to see sth through to completion [projet, opération]; mener une grossesse à terme to carry a pregnancy (through) to full term; naître à/avant terme to be born at full/before term; accoucher avant terme to give birth prematurely; enfant né avant terme premature baby;3 ( échéance) passé ce terme vous paierez des intérêts after this date, you will pay interest; cela risque, à terme, de poser des problèmes this may, eventually, cause problems; à court/moyen /long terme [emprunt, problème, stratégie] short-/medium-/long-term ( épith); investissement à long terme long-term investment; à court/moyen/long terme c'est possible it is possible in the short/medium/long term; achat/vente à terme Fin forward buying/selling;4 Jur ( date de paiement du loyer) due date; ( période de location) rental period; ( montant de la location) rent; payer son terme to pay one's rent; le jour du terme approchait the day when the rent was due was drawing near;5 Math term; termes d'un polynôme/d'une fraction terms of a polynomial/of a fraction;6 Philos ( en logique) term; termes d'un syllogisme/d'une proposition terms of a syllogism/of a proposition; trouver un moyen terme ( équilibre) to find a happy medium (entre between); ( compromis) to find a compromise (entre between);B termes nmpl1 ( clauses) terms; les termes du contrat sont très clairs the terms of the contract are very clear; aux termes de l'article 3 in pursuance of article 3; accords aux termes desquels les deux pays s'engagent à faire agreements according to the terms of which both countries undertake to do; termes de l'échange terms of trade;2 ( relations) terms; être en bons/mauvais termes avec qn to be on good/bad terms with sb;3 ( dimension) en termes de in terms of; en termes de profit/formation/productivité in terms of profit/training/productivity; la question se pose aussi en termes financiers the issue is also a financial one.[tɛrm] nom masculinla restructuration doit aller jusqu'à son terme the restructuring must be carried through to its conclusionpassé ce terme, vous devrez payer des intérêts after that date, interest becomes due4. [échéance d'un loyer] date for payment of rent[montant du loyer] rent5. [date d'un accouchement]en termes simples in plain ou simple termspuis, elle s'exprima en ces termes then she said thisparler de quelqu'un en bons/mauvais termes to speak well/ill of somebodyterme de métier professional ou technical term————————termes nom masculin pluriel2. [relations] termsêtre en bons/mauvais termes avec quelqu'un to be on good/bad terms with somebody————————à court terme locution adjectivale[prêt, projet] short-term————————à court terme locution adverbialein the short term ou run————————à long terme locution adjectivale[prêt, projet] long-term————————à long terme locution adverbialein the long term ou run————————à terme locution adjectivale1. BANQUE2. BOURSEb. [change] futures market————————à terme locution adverbialea. [délai] to expireb. [travail] to reach completionc. [paiement] to fall dueconduire ou mener à terme une entreprise to bring an undertaking to a successful conclusion, to carry an undertaking through successfully4. FINANCEau terme de locution prépositionnelleparvenir au terme de son existence/aventure to reach the end of one's life/adventureaux termes de locution prépositionnelle[selon] under the terms ofaux termes de la loi/du traité under the terms of the law/of the treaty————————avant terme locution adverbiale -
55 reus
I.Originally, a party to an action (res), either plaintiff or defendant; afterwards restricted to the party accused, defendant, prisoner, etc.:II.reos appello non eos modo, qui arguuntur, sed omnes, quorum de re disceptatur. Sic enim olim loquebantur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; cf.:reos appello, quorum res est,
id. ib. 2, 79, 321: reus nunc dicitur, qui causam dicit: et item qui quid promisit spoponditve ac debet. At Gallus Aelius, lib. II. Significationum verborum quae ad jus pertinent, ait:reus est qui cum altero litem contestatam habet, sive is egit, sive cum eo actum est,
Fest. p. 273 Müll. It is found in this original signif. in the Lex XII. Tab., Fragm. ap. Fest. l. l., which Ulpian periphrases:si judex vel alteruter ex litigatoribus morbo sontico impediatur,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 3.—In the stricter sense.A.A party obliged or under obligation to do or pay any thing, one answerable or responsible for any thing, a bondsman, a debtor: reus dictus est a re, quam promisit ac debet. Reus stipulando est, qui stipulatur. Reus promittendo est, qui suo nomine alteri quid pro altero promisit, Fest. pp. 135 and 227; cf. Dig. 45, 2, 1; and:2.delegare est vice suā alium reum dare creditori vel cui jusserit,
ib. 46, 2, 11:pecuniae reus fieri,
ib. 16, 1, 17:dotis,
ib. 23, 3, 22, § 2:locationis,
ib. 19, 2, 13, § 9.—Transf., in gen., one who is bound by any thing, who is answerable for any thing, a debtor (very rare): quo intentius custodiae serventur, opportuna loca dividenda praefectis esse, ut suae quisque partis tutandae reus sit, answerable or responsible for, Liv. 25, 30: voti reus, bound by my vow (sc. in having obtained my desire), Verg. A. 5, 237 (voti reus, debitor, Serv.:B.voti reus: Haec vox propria sacrorum est, ut reus vocetur, qui suscepto voto se numinibus obligat, damnatus autem, qui promissa vota non solvit,
Macr. S. 3, 2). —One who is accused or arraigned, a defendant, prisoner, a criminal, culprit (the predominant signif. at all periods and in all styles; cf.:(β).nocens, sons): quis erat petitor? Fannius. Quis reus? Flavius. Quis judex? Cluvius,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:inopia reorum... aliquos ad columnam Maeniam reos reperire,
id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 50:privato Milone et reo ad populum accusante P. Clodio,
id. Mil. 15, 40:reus Milonis lege Plotiā fuit Clodius quoad vixit,
id. ib. 13 fin.:facere aliquem reum,
to accuse one, Nep. Alcib. 4, 3.—Persons under criminal charges usually put on mourning: rei ad populum Furius et Manlius circumeunt sordidati,
Liv. 2, 54, 3 (cf. id. 2, 61; 3, 58; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152). — In fem.:ut socrus adulescentis rea ne fiat,
Cic. Fam. 13, 54:tota rea citaretur Etruria,
id. Mil. 19, 50:rea es,
Sen. Contr. 4, 29. —With a statement of the crime or the punishment, one guilty of any crime, one condemned to any punishment:2.facti reus,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 16:aliquem rei capitalis reum facere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; cf.capitis,
Quint. 12, 10, 70:avaritiae,
Cic. Fl. 3, 7:lenocinii,
Quint. 5, 10, 47:parricidii,
id. 7, 2, 17:manifesti peculatūs,
id. 12, 1, 43 et saep.:Sestius, qui est de vi reus,
Cic. Sest. 35, 75; so,de vi,
id. Vatin. 17, 41; Quint. 11, 1, 51:de ambitu,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2:de moribus,
Quint. 4, 2, 3:est enim reus uterque ob eandem causam et eodem crimine,
Cic. Vatin. 17, 41:mortis reus,
Vulg. Matt. 26, 66:cum equester ordo reus a consulibus citaretur,
Cic. Sest. 15, 35. — For the expressions reum facere, agere, peragere, postulare, inter reos referre, etc., v. h. vv.—Transf., in gen.:judex sim Reusque ad eam rem,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12:reus fortunae,
that was to be blamed for a misfortune, Liv. 6, 24; 9, 8:facinoris,
Tac. A. 2, 66:reus agor,
Ov. H. 20, 91.— In fem.:fortuna una accusatur, una agitur rea,
Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 22:cum rea laudis agar,
Ov. H. 14, 120. -
56 senectus
1. I.Adj. (rare, and mostly anteclass.):II.senecta aetas,
Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 12; id. Trin. 1, 2, 5; id. Aul. 2, 2, 75; id. Cas. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 41; id. Merc. 5, 4, 25; Lucr. 5, 886; 5, 896; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 165:membris exire senectis,
Lucr. 3, 772: corpus, Sall. ap. Prisc. p. 869 (H. 4, 63 Dietsch): aetas, id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 165 (H. inc. lib. 115 Dietsch).—Subst.: sĕ-necta, ae, f., old age, extreme age, senility (freq., though mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; cf. 2. senectus).A.In abstr.: prospiciendum ergo in senectā: nunc adulescentia est, Lucil. ap. Non. 492, 23; Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 55, 184 (Trag. v. 393 Vahl.; v. Vahl. N. cr. ad h. 1.); Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 60 (opp. aetatula); id. Trin. 2, 3, 7; id. Mil. 3, 1, 29; * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31; Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25; Lucr. 4, 1256; Liv. 2, 40, 6; 6, 8, 2; 24, 4, 2; 28, 16, 12; 38, 53, 9; Cat. 64, 217; Tib. 1, 4, 31; 1, 8, 42; 1, 10, 40 al.; Prop. 1, 19, 17; 2, 13 (3, 5), 47; 3, 5 (4, 4), 24; 3, 19 (4, 18), 15; Verg. G. 1, 186; 3, 96; id. A. 6, 114 al.; Hor. C. 1, 31, 19; 2, 6, 6; 2, 14, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 211; Ov. M. 3, 347; 6, 37; 6, 500;B.6, 675 et saep. al.: in senectā,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll.;so in prose,
Petr. 132, 10; Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167; 8, 32, 50, § 116; 16, 27, 51, § 117 et saep.; Tac. A. 3, 23; 3, 55; 4, 41; 4, 58 fin.; 13, 33; 14, 65 al.; Suet. Aug. 79; id. Ner. 40; id. Galb. 4, 17; id. Gram. 11; Vulg. Psa. 70, 18 al.—In the elder Pliny, concr. ( = 2. senectus, II.), the old skin, slough of a serpent, cast off annually:C.serpentes senectam exuendo, etc.,
Plin. 20, 23, 95, § 254; 28, 11, 48, § 174; 30, 8, 22, § 69.—An old man, Sil. 8, 6; cf. id. 7, 178.2.sĕnectūs, ūtis,f. [senex].I.Old age, extreme age, senility (freq. and class.; only in sing.): adulescentia (tua) senectuti dedecoramentum (fuit), senectus rei publicae flagitium, C. Gracch. ap. Isid. Orig. 2, 21, 4; cf.:II.quasi qui adulescentiam florem aetatis, senectutem occasum vitae velit definire,
Cic. Top. 7, 32:ut in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute... ut tum ad senem senex de senectute, sic, etc.,
id. Lael. 1, 4 sq.; cf. id. Sen. 1 sqq.:T. Aufidius, qui vixit ad summam senectutem,
id. Brut. 48, 179:cum esset summā senectute et perditā valetudine,
id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:confecti homines senectute,
id. Fin. 5, 11, 33:ted optestor per senectutem tuam,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 3:ibi fovebo senectutem meam,
id. Stich. 4, 1, 62; Ter. And. 5, 3, 16; id. Ad. 5, 3, 47; id. Hec. 1, 2, 44 al.; Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25; Lucr. 1, 414; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4; 5, 8, 10; id. Fin. 5, 11, 32; id. de Or. 1, 60, 255 et saep.; Cat. 108, 1; Tib. 2, 2, 19; Verg. G. 3, 67; id. A. 5, 416; 6, 304; 7, 440; Ov. M. 14, 143; Luc. 1, 343; 2, 128; Stat. S. 3, 3, 156; Tac. A. 1, 4; 6, 31; 12, 40;14, 40: dum virent genua, Et decet, obductā solvatur fronte senectus,
the moroseness of old age, Hor. Epod. 13, 5; cf.:quae vos tam foeda senectus corripuit, fregitque animos?
Val. Fl. 6, 283.—Of style; only trop., and hence with quasi:cum ipsa oratio jam nostra canesceret haberetque suam quandam maturitatem et quasi senectutem,
Cic. Brut. 2, 8:plena litteratae senectutis oratio,
id. ib. 76, 265.—Of inanim. things (for vetustas; only poet. and very rare):vos (tabellae) cariosa senectus Rodat,
Ov. Am. 1, 12, 29:vini veteris,
Juv. 5, 34; 13, 214.— Prov.: aquilae senectus, v. aquila.—Transf.1. 2.Old age, i. e. old men:3.senectus semper agens aliquid,
Cic. Sen. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 14, 48; cf.:aequari adulescentes senectae suae impatienter indoluit,
Tac. A. 4, 17.—Gray hairs:4.temporibus geminis canebat sparsa senectus,
Verg. A. 5, 416. —The old skin, slough, cast off yearly by serpents and other animals:Theophrastus auctor est, anguis modo et stelliones senectutem exuere eamque protinus devorare,
Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111; 9, 30, 50, § 95; 30, 7, 19, § 57; 30, 9, 23, § 81; cf. senecta, supra, II. B. -
57 ça
ça [sa]a. ( = objet proche) this ; ( = objet moins proche) that• qu'est-ce que c'est que ça, sur ma cravate ? what's this on my tie?• qu'est-ce que c'est que ça, par terre ? what's that on the floor?b. ( = ce qui a été dit) that, it• flexibilité, qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ? flexibility, what does that mean?• faire des études, ça ne le tentait guère studying didn't really appeal to him• ça alors ! goodness!• c'est ça ou rien ! take it or leave it!• j'ai cinq jours de congé, c'est déjà ça I've got five days off, that's something at least► qui ça ?• j'ai vu Pierre Borel -- qui ça ? I saw Pierre Borel -- who?► quand ça ? when was that?► où ça ? where was that?► ça y est• ça y est, il a signé le contrat that's it, he's signed the contract• ça y est, il a cassé le verre there you are, he's broken the glass• ça y est, oui, je peux parler ? is that it then, can I talk now?* * ** * *sea1. abr nmSee:2. abr nfSee:* * *CA2 Électrotech written abbr ⇒ courant.I[sa] nom masculinPSYCHOLOGIE idII[sa] pronom démonstratifqu'est-ce que tu veux? — ça, là-bas what do you want? — that, over thereil y avait ça entre moi et l'autobus there was this ou that much between me and the busla liberté, c'est ça qui est important freedom, that's what mattersil y a un peu de ça, c'est vrai it's true, there's an element of ou a bit of thatil est parti il y a un mois/une semaine de ça he left a month/a week agoécoutez, ça va vous étonner... this will surprise you, listen...3. [servant de sujet indéterminé]ça fait 2 kg/3 m that's 2 kg/3 mles enfants, ça comprend tout children understand everythinget ça n'arrête pas de se plaindre! (familier & péjoratif) and he is/they are etc. forever complaining!ça y est, j'ai fini! that's it, I'm finished!ça y est, ça devait arriver! now look what's happened!ça y est, c'est de ma faute! that's it, it's all my fault!a. that's rightb. (ironique) right!c'est ça, moquez-vous de moi! that's right, have a good laugh at my expense!4. [emploi expressif]qui ça? who?, who's that?comment ça, c'est fini? what do you mean it's over? -
58 adspernor
aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;I.more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).Lit.:II.gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,
id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:regem ut externum aspernari,
Tac. A. 2, 1:matrem,
id. ib. 4, 57:de pace legatos haud aspernatus,
id. ib. 15, 27:hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,
id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,
Suet. Caes. 53:si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42:querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:regis liberalitatem,
id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:diis aspernantibus placamina irae,
Liv. 7, 3:deditionem alicujus,
id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:consilia,
Tac. G. 8:sententiam,
id. ib. 11:honorem,
id. ib. 27:militiam,
id. H. 2, 36:disciplinam,
id. A. 1, 16:virtutem,
id. ib. 13, 2:panem,
Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:imperium,
Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,
Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:haud aspernanda precare,
Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:dare aspernabantur,
Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —Trop.:qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,
deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,
Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:aliquid accipere,
Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used. -
59 aspernor
aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;I.more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).Lit.:II.gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,
id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:regem ut externum aspernari,
Tac. A. 2, 1:matrem,
id. ib. 4, 57:de pace legatos haud aspernatus,
id. ib. 15, 27:hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,
id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,
Suet. Caes. 53:si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42:querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:regis liberalitatem,
id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:diis aspernantibus placamina irae,
Liv. 7, 3:deditionem alicujus,
id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:consilia,
Tac. G. 8:sententiam,
id. ib. 11:honorem,
id. ib. 27:militiam,
id. H. 2, 36:disciplinam,
id. A. 1, 16:virtutem,
id. ib. 13, 2:panem,
Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:imperium,
Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,
Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:haud aspernanda precare,
Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:dare aspernabantur,
Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —Trop.:qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,
deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,
Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:aliquid accipere,
Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used. -
60 alienum
ălĭēnus, a, um [2. alius].I.Adj.A.In gen., that belongs to another person, place, object, etc., not one's own, another's, of another, foreign, alien (opp. suus): NEVE. ALIENAM. SEGETEM. PELLEXERIS., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, and Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 99: plus ex alieno jecore sapiunt quam ex suo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 111; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 88, and Lind. ib. 2, 3, 3: quom sciet alienum puerum ( the child of another) tolli pro suo, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 61:B.in aedīs inruit Alienas,
id. Ad. 1, 2, 9; id. And. 1, 1, 125:alienae partes anni,
Lucr. 1, 182; so Verg. G. 2, 149:pecuniis alienis locupletari,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:cura rerum alienarum,
id. Off. 1, 9, 30; 2, 23, 83:alienos mores ad suos referre,
Nep. Epam. 1, 1:in altissimo gradu alienis opibus poni,
Cic. Sest. 20:semper regibus aliena virtus formidolosa est,
Sall. C. 7, 2:amissis bonis alienas opes exspectare,
id. ib. 58. 10 Herz.:aliena mulier,
another man's wife, Cic. Cael. 37:mulier alieni viri sermonibus assuefacta,
of another woman's husband, Liv. 1, 46:virtutem et bonum alienum oderunt,
id. 35, 43:alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus, alienā memoriā salutamus, alienā operā vivimus,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19:oportet enim omnia aut ad alienum arbitrium aut ad suum facere,
Plin. Ep. 6, 14; so Suet. Claud. 2:alienum cursum alienumque rectorem, velut captā nave, sequi,
Plin. Pan. 82, 3; Tac. A. 15, 1 fin.:pudicitiae neque suae neque alienae pepercit,
Suet. Calig. 36:epistolas orationesque et edicta alieno formabat ingenio,
i. e. caused to be written by another, id. Dom. 20:te conjux aliena capit,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 46; 1, 1, 110; so id. ib. 1, 3, 116:vulnus,
intended for another, Verg. A. 10, 781: aliena [p. 85] cornua, of Actæon transformed into a stag, Ov. M. 3, 139:alieno Marte pugnabant, sc. equites,
i. e. without horses, as footmen, Liv. 3, 62: aes alienum, lit. another's money; hence, in reference to him who has it, a debt; cf. aes. So also:aliena nomina,
debts in others' names, debts contracted by others, Sall. C. 35, 3.—Esp.1.In reference to relationship or friendship, not belonging to one, alien from, not related or allied, not friendly, inimical, strange, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 43:2.alienus est ab nostrā familiā,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 28; id. Heaut. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.:multi ex finibus suis egressi se suaque omnia alienissimis crediderunt,
to utter strangers, Caes. B. G. 6, 31:non alienus sanguine regibus,
Liv. 29, 29; Vell. 2, 76.—Hence alienus and propinquus are antith.,
Cic. Lael. 5, 19:ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus desim,
id. Fam. 1, 9 Manut.:ut tuum factum alieni hominis, meum vero conjunctissimi et amicissimi esse videatur,
id. ib. 3, 6.—Trop.: alienum esse in or ab aliquā re, to be a stranger to a thing, i. e. not to be versed in or familiar with, not to understand:3.in physicis Epicurus totus est alienus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17:homo non alienus a litteris,
not a stranger to, not unversed in, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26.—Foreign to a thing, i. e. not suited to it, unsuitable, incongruous, inadequate, inconsistent, unseasonable, inapposite, different from (opp. aptus); constr. with gen., dat., abl., and ab; cf. Burm. ad Ov. F. 1, 4; Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 5; Spald. ad Quint. 6, 3, 33; Zumpt, Gr. § 384.(α).With gen.:(β).pacis (deorum),
Lucr. 6, 69:salutis,
id. 3, 832:aliarum rerum,
id. 6, 1064:dignitatis alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11:neque aliena consili (sc. domus D. Bruti),
convenient for consultation, Sall. C. 40, 5 Kritz al.—With dat.:(γ).quod illi causae maxime est alienum,
Cic. Caecin. 9, 24: arti oratoriae, Quint. prooem. 5; 4, 2, 62; Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.—With abl.:(δ).neque hoc dii alienum ducunt majestate suā,
Cic. Div. 1, 38, 83:homine alienissimum,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41:dignitate imperii,
id. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:amicitiā,
id. Fam. 11, 27:existimatione meā,
id. Att. 6, 1:domus magis his aliena malis,
farther from, Hor. S. 1, 9, 50:loco, tempore,
Quint. 6, 3, 33.—With ab:(ε).alienum a vitā meā,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 21: a dignitate rei publicae, Tib. Gracch. ap. Gell. 7, 19, 7:a sapiente,
Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:a dignitate,
id. Fam. 4, 7:navigationis labor alienus non ab aetate solum nostrā, verum etiam a dignitate,
id. Att. 16, 3.—With inf. or clause as subject:4.nec aptius est quidquam ad opes tuendas quam diligi, nec alienius quam timeri,
Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23:non alienum videtur, quale praemium Miltiadi sit tributum, docere,
Nep. Milt. 6, 1.—Averse, hostile, unfriendly, unfavorable to:5.illum alieno animo a nobis esse res ipsa indicat,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 40; Cic. Deiot. 9, 24:a Pyrrho non nimis alienos animos habemus,
id. Lael. 8 fin.:sin a me est alienior,
id. Fam. 2, 17:ex alienissimis amicissimos reddere,
id. ib. 15, 4 al.:Muciani animus nec Vespasiano alienus,
Tac. H. 2, 74.—Rar. transf. to things; as in the histt., alienus locus, a place or ground unfavorable for an engagement, disadvantageous (opp. suus or opportunus; cf.Gron. Obs. 4, 17, 275): alieno loco proelium committunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15:alienissimo sibi loco contra opportunissimo hostibus conflixit,
Nep. Them. 4, 5 Brem.—So of time unfitting, inconvenient, unfavorable, Varr. R. R. 3, 16:ad judicium corrumpendum tempus alienum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 5; id. Caecin. 67:vir egregius alienissimo rei publicae tempore exstinctus,
id. Brut. 1; id. Fam. 15, 14.—Of other things: alienum ( dangerous, perilous, hurtful) suis rationibus, Sall. C. 56, 5; Cels. 4, 5.—In medic. lang.a. b.Of the mind, insane, mad (cf. alieno and alienatio):II.Neque solum illis aliena mens erat, qui conscii conjurationis fuerant,
Sall. C. 37, 1 Herz.—Subst.1.ălĭēnus, i, m., a stranger.a.One not belonging to one's house, family, or country:b.apud me cenant alieni novem,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 21:ut non ejectus ad alienos, sed invitatus ad tuos īsse videaris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23:quas copias proximis suppeditari aequius est, eas transferunt ad alienos,
id. Off. 1, 14: cives potiores quam peregrini, propinqui quam alieni, id. Am. 5, 19:quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 7:a filiis suis an ab alienis?
ib. Matt. 17, 24:cives potiores quam peregrini, propinqui quam alieni,
Cic. Lael. 5:quod alieno testimonium redderem, in eo non fraudabo avum meum,
Vell. 2, 76.—One not related to a person or thing:2.in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat,
Cic. Mil. 28, 76:vel alienissimus rusticae vitae, naturae benignitatem miretur,
Col. 3, 21, 3.—ălĭēnum, i, n., the property of a stranger:a.Haec erunt vilici officia: alieno manum abstineant, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 5, 1:alieno abstinuit,
Suet. Tit. 7:ex alieno largiri,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8; so,de alieno largiri,
Just. 36, 3, 9:alieni appetens, sui profugus,
Sall. C. 5; Liv. 5, 5:in aliena aedificium exstruere,
Cic. Mil. 27, 74 (cf.:in alieno solo aedificare,
Dig. 41, 1, 7).— Plur.,The property of a stranger:b.quid est aliud aliis sua eripere, aliis dare aliena?
Cic. Off. 2, 23; Liv. 30, 30: aliena pervadere, a foreign (in opp. to the Roman) province, Amm. 23, 1.—The affairs or interests of strangers: Men. Chreme, tantumue ab re tuast oti tibi, aliena ut cures, ea, quae nihil ad te attinent. Chrem. Homo sum;c.humani nihil a me alienum puto,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 23:aliena ut melius videant quam sua,
id. ib. 3, 1, 95.—Things strange, foreign, not belonging to the matter in hand:Quod si hominibus bonarum rerum tanta cura esset, quanto studio aliena ac nihil profutura multumque etiam periculosa petunt, etc.,
Sall. J. 1, 5; hence, aliena loqui, to talk strangely, wildly, like a crazy person:Quin etiam, sic me dicunt aliena locutum, Ut foret amenti nomen in ore tuum,
Ov. Tr. 3, 19:interdum in accessione aegros desipere et aliena loqui,
Cels. 3, 18 (v. alieniloquium).► Comp. rare, but sup. very freq.; no adv. in use.
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