rĕ-formīdo

quam (archaic form quamde or quande:

quamde pro quam usos esse antiquos, cum multi veteres testimonio sunt, tum Ennius... et Lucretius (1, 640),

Fest. p. 261 Müll.; cf. Enn. Ann. v. 29, and v. 139 Vahl. So, too, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.), adv. [qui], in what manner, how, how much, as much as:

quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando! quam nihil tamen, quod tibi placeat, explicas!

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

ut se accusari nolunt! quam cupiunt laudari!

id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

quam multa, quam paucis!

id. Fam. 11, 24, 1:

quam sint morosi, intellegi potest,

id. ib. 7, 15, 1:

quam vellet, cunctaretur,

id. Div. 1, 26, 56:

memoriā tenetis, quam valde universi admurmurarint,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:

quam quisque potest,

as much as each one can, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 75:

quam potuit,

as far as he was able, Val. Max. 4, 1, 5.—With possum and a sup.:

concede huc ab isto, quam potest longissime,

as far as possible, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 81:

quam possunt mollissime,

as gently as possible, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129.—Also without possum:

quam maximas, quam primum, quam saepissime gratias agere,

Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 5:

ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45.— With posit. (post-Aug.):

tum Manlius... quam poterat clarā voce denuntiavit,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1 ext.; 4, 5, 1:

dixi de philosophiā quam breviter potui,

Lact. 3, 17, 1:

tusa cribrataque vino, quam possit excellenti,

as excellent as possible, Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264; 18, 28, 68, § 274.—

In dependent clauses, indirect questions, etc.:

est fidei nostrae, declarare, quam memores simus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

scio, quam timida sit ambitio,

id. Mil. 16, 42:

quam id ratum sit, tu judicabis,

id. Att. 6, 1, 7:

id quam injustum esset, non videbat,

id. Off. 3, 21, 82:

dici non potest quam sim disputatione tuā delectatus,

id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; id. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Ac. 2, 17, 52; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; 1, 20, 65; 5, 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; 2, 1, 21, § 52; 2, 4, 44, § 98:

videte quam iniqui sint,

Sall. J. 85, 25; 62, 9:

ut sentias quam vile sit corpus,

Liv. 2, 12, 3; 24, 5, 2; Nep. Timoth. 4, 2.—

In partic.

In comparisons, as, than.

With tam:

tam ego ante fui liber, quam gnatus tuos,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

si era me sciat tam socordem esse quam sum,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 5:

tua est imago: tam consimilis est, quam potest,

id. Men. 5, 9, 4:

tam esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; id. Div. 1, 6, 10 et saep.; v. tam.—

With ellipsis of corresp. tam:

homo non, quam isti sunt, gloriosus,

not so celebrated as those, Liv. 35, 49:

claris majoribus, quam vetustis,

rather than, Tac. A. 4, 61.—

With sup. and a corresp. tam, by how much the more, the more: quam acerbissima olea oleum facies, tam oleum optimum erit, the bitterer the olives, the better will be the oil, Cato, R. R. 65, 1:

quam paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est,

Sall. J. 31, 14.—

With magis:

quam magis... tam magis,

the more... the more, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5.—With tam omitted:

quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

Verg. G. 3, 309.— With the second magis omitted:

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6.—

In the reverse order: tam magis... quam magis,

the more... the more, Verg. A. 7, 787. —

With tanto:

quam magis... tanto magis,

the more... the more, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19; so Lucr. 6, 460.—

With a double comp.:

ne libentius haec in illum evomere videar, quam verius,

with more freedom than truth, Cic. Mil. 29, 78:

non acrior quam pertinacior impetus Romanorum,

Liv. 31, 35:

discrimen me occupavit, meliore hostium quam meo tempore,

Curt. 7, 7, 9.—

Tam... quam, with the comp. for the posit., so... as:

per dexteram te istam oro non tam in bellis et proeliis, quam in promissis et fide firmiorem,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8.—

After comparatives or words of comparison, than:

nobis nihil est tlmendum magis quam ille consul,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3:

his igitur, quam physicis potius credendum existimas?

id. Div. 2, 16, 37; Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1; Cic. Pis. 26, 62:

majorem pecuniam praetori polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167:

qui plures milites eorum occidisset, quam quot superessent,

Liv. 35, 12.—So after verbs which imply comparison, verbs of preference, excellence, etc.; after praestat, Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 4; after malo:

esse quam videri bonus malebat,

Sall. C. 54, 5:

an est quod ego malim quam?

Cic. Par. 1; after statuo, Nep. Dat. 8, 1; after probo, Tac. A. 1, 58; after volo ( = boulomai ê), Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6.— Rarely quantus is used to strengthen quam, after comp.:

de re majore quam quanta ea esset,

Liv. 30, 23, 2:

implere homines certioris spei, quam quantam fides promissi humani subicere solet,

id. 26, 19, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.;

22, 2, 19.— But quam is often omitted after plus, minus, amplius, etc., without changing the case: minus duo milia hominum effugerunt,

Liv. 24, 16, 4:

plus partem dimidiam hominum caesam,

id. 36, 40, 5; cf. id. 29, 25, 2:

cum decem haud plus milibus militum,

id. 28, 1, 5:

ut hoc nostrum desiderium ne plus sit annuum,

Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1:

ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,

id. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Prop. 2, 19, 18 (3, 17, 32); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 485.—

With sic ( poet.):

quam multā grandine nimbi Culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus heros pulsat, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 458.— With sic omitted, Verg. A. 6, 309 sqq.—

After aeque, so much... as:

nihil aeque eos terruit, quam robur ac color imperatoris,

Liv. 28, 26.—

After contra, otherwise... than, not so... as:

contra faciunt, quam professi sunt,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11.— So after secus:

ne me secus honore honestes quam ego te,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50. —

After alius, with a preceding negative, not otherwise than, no other than:

nil aliud agens quam ut, etc.,

nothing else than, Liv. 44, 27, 12:

neque aliud totā urbe agi quam bellum apparari,

id. 4, 26, 12; Nep. Hann. 10, 1:

ob nullam aliam causam, quam ne,

from no other cause than, Liv. 45, 25; 34, 2, 12. — Rarely with alius affirmatively (for ac):

ipse me paulum in aliā quam prius habuerim opinione nunc esse confiteor,

Quint. 3, 6, 63. —

After aliter, otherwise than:

ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 24:

ne aliter quam si, etc.,

Col. 4, 2, 2.—

After supra:

saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit,

more than, Cic. Or. 40, 139.—

After ultra:

ultra, quam satis est, producitur,

farther than, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26.—

After diversum, otherwise than:

pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,

something altogether different from what, Quint. 1, 4, 29; cf., after advorsum, only Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 139 Brix ad loc.—

After words denoting number or quantity, which serve for comparison: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, populo Romano pendere, the half of what, half as much as, Liv. 45, 18:

multiplex, quam pro numero, damnum est,

too great for, greater than, id. 7, 8:

ferramenta duplicia, quam numerus servorum exigit,

twice as many as, Col. 1, 8, 8.—So, too, after designations of time:

die vigesimā, quam creatus erat, dictaturā se abdicavit,

on the twentieth day after, Liv. 6, 29: tabellarii venerunt post diem sextum, quam a vobis discesserant, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1:

postridie venissemus, quam... fuissemus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9:

postero die quam illa erant acta,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 12:

saeculis multis ante... inventa sunt, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 21. —

After the sup.:

bellum gerere cum tyranno, quam qui unquam, saevissimo et violentissimo in suos,

the most cruel that ever was, Liv. 34, 32.—

So with rel. and sup. after tam:

tam gratum mihi id erit, quam quod gratissimum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 3:

tam sum amicus rei publicae quam qui maxime,

id. ib. 5, 2, 6:

ego sum tam mitis, quam qui lenissimus,

id. Sull. 31, 87.—

Sometimes with magis or potius to be supplied, more... than:

tacita mulier semper, quam loquens,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70 dub.:

pacem quam bellum probabam,

Tac. A. 1, 58. —

In mere intensive expressions, exceedingly, very, quite, indeed:

admodum quam saevos est,

very cruel indeed, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43:

nimis quam formido, ne, etc.,

id. Most. 2, 2, 79:

nimis quam cupio,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 17:

quam familiariter,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: nam suos valde quam paucos habet, very few indeed, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:

mire quam,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3:

sane quam refrixit,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5.

rĕ-formīdo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to fear greatly, to dread, to stand in awe of, to shun or avoid through fear (class.).

With acc.:

si qui imbecillius horrent dolorem et reformidant,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

ea fugiat et reformidet oratio,

id. ib. 1, 45, 108; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 32:

homines maritimos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69; so,

aliquem,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; 10, 7, 16:

bellum,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 19:

crimen amicitiae,

id. Cael. 6, 14:

reprehensionem vulgi,

id. Fin. 3, 2, § 7:

hunc locum,

id. Caecin. 29, 84:

ferrum,

Quint. 2, 4, 11:

arbitros,

id. 10, 7, 16:

communem loquendi morem,

id. 8, 2, 17:

posteritatis memoriam,

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 2:

occursum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 7:

quorum mentionem,

Curt. 6, 9, 3:

sapientiae studium et praecepta prudentium penitus,

Tac. Or. 32 al. —

With inf.:

ea dicere reformidat,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9:

ominari,

Liv. 9, 34:

comparari tibi,

Plin. Pan. 44, 4. —

With rel.-clause:

nec, quid tibi de alio audienti, de se ipso occurrat, reformidat,

Cic. Lig. 2, 6.—

With quod:

neque se reformidare, quod in senatu Pompeius dixisset, ad quos legati mitterentur, iis auctoritatem attribui,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32 fin. —

Absol.:

vide, quam non reformidem,

Cic. Lig. 3, 6; Hor. S. 2, 7, 2.—

Of things:

etenim fides mea custodem repudiat, diligentia speculatorem reformidat,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

tum bracchia (vitium) tonde: Ante reformidant ferrum,

Verg. G. 2, 369:

reformidant insuetum lumina solem,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 49:

mens reformidat tempus,

id. Tr. 3, 6, 29:

reformidat vulnus humus,

id. F. 1, 666:

membra mollem quoque saucia tactum,

id. ib. 2, 7, 13:

medentium manus crudum adhuc vulnus,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11; Col. 3, 10, 20.— Absol.:

putatio non debet secundum articulum fieri, ne reformidet oculus,

i. e. be checked in its growth, cease growing, Col. 4, 9, 1; 4, 11, 1; 4, 24, 15; 4, 33, 4.

sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).

Lit.

In gen.:

subire sub falas,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

in nemoris latebras,

Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

in adversum Romani subiere,

Liv. 1, 12, 1:

in adversos montes,

id. 41, 18, 11:

testudine factā subeunt,

advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

Albani subiere ad montes,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

subire ad portam castrorum,

id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

ad urbem subeunt,

id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

subeundum erat ad hostes,

id. 2, 31, 4:

ad tecta subibant,

Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

muro subibant,

Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

muro,

id. ib. 9, 371:

portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

id. ib. 3, 292:

luco,

id. ib. 8, 125:

dumis,

Sil. 5, 283:

ingenti feretro,

Verg. A. 6, 222:

age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

id. ib. 2, 708:

per vices subeunt elephanti,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

pone subit conjux,

follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

Liv. 27, 2, 7:

subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

id. 25, 37, 6; and:

subiit argentea proles,

Ov. M. 1, 114:

subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

adverso amne Babylona subituros,

id. 10, 1, 16.—

Of things:

stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:

cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,

Liv. 37, 4, 4:

tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,

Curt. 9, 9, 7:

venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,

the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:

subeunt herbae,

come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,

barba,

i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:

subisse aquam in caelum,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—

In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—

Trop.

In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:

fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,

Ov. M. 1, 130:

pulchra subit facies,

id. ib. 14, 827:

subit ecce priori Causa recens,

id. ib. 3, 259:

an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?

id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:

namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,

Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:

duo pariter subierunt incommoda,

arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:

ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:

regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,

approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —

In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:

omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:

cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 17:

cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,

Ov. M. 15, 307:

subit umbra,

id. ib. 12, 591:

subeunt illi fratresque parensque,

id. ib. 11. 542:

subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,

Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:

subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,

Ov. H. 18, 62:

ne subeant animo taedia,

id. P. 4, 15, 30:

quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,

to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—

Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:

quo magis ac magis admirari subit,

Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;

35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,

id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:

quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.

Lit.

In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:

exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,

had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

tecta,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:

jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,

Verg. A. 6, 13:

limina victor Alcides subiit,

id. ib. 8, 363:

domos,

Ov. M. 1, 121:

penates,

id. ib. 5, 650:

macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

cum novies subiere paludem,

had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:

et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,

Verg. A. 3, 313:

leones jugum subeant,

Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:

asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,

i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

subire iniquissimum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:

collem,

to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,

Liv. 7, 12, 3:

muros,

id. 27, 18:

impositum saxis Anxur,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:

si subeuntur prospera castra,

Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:

perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,

comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:

interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,

Quint. 4, 5, 5:

precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,

approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:

subit ille minantem,

id. ib. 8, 84:

Aeneae mucronem,

Verg. A. 10, 798:

qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,

Curt. 4, 13, 10:

Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,

Juv. 2, 50.—

Of things:

umbra subit terras,

Ov. M. 11, 61:

quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,

enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:

montes Trasimenus,

Liv. 22, 4, 2:

litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,

Curt. 7, 3, 19:

radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,

id. 8, 11, 7:

clarus subit Alba Latinum,

succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:

furcas subiere columnae,

come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:

aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,

rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,

Curt. 4, 10, 5.—

In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):

multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,

Ov. M. 3, 282:

subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,

id. H. 19, 56.—

Trop.

In gen. (very rare):

sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,

came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—

In partic.

To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):

deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,

Liv. 36, 20:

ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,

id. 37, 49, 3:

spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,

id. 40, 8, 9:

otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,

Quint. 11, 2, 33:

majora intellectu animos non subibunt,

id. 1, 2, 28:

mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,

Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:

subit ergo regem verecundia,

Curt. 5, 2, 15:

me recordantem miseratio,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:

horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,

Curt. 7, 1, 4.—

To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):

dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:

subit ille loquentem talibus,

id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—

(The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;

a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

subire vim atque injuriam,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:

maximas rei publicae tempestates,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

invidiam, pericula, tempestates,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

potentiam, victoriam,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

contumeliarum verbera,

id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

majora Verbera,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

fortunam,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:

judicium multitudinis imperitae,

id. Fl. 1, 2:

odium eorum,

id. Att. 11, 17, 2:

usum omnium,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

aliquid invidiae aut criminis,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

quemque casum,

id. Att. 8, 1, 3:

quamvis carnificinam,

id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

dupli poenam,

id. Off. 3, 16, 65:

legis vim,

id. Caecin. 34, 100:

summae crudelitatis famam,

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

minus sermonis,

id. Att. 11, 6, 2:

poenam exsilii,

Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

simultates,

Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:

offensas,

id. ib. 13, 9, 26:

periculum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:

jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,

Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:

adversa tela pellere,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:

clavum torquere,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:

repens, improvisus): res subita,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:

in rebus tam subitis,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

maris subita tempestas,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

subita et improvisa formido,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

laetitia, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:

subita pugna, non praeparata,

Quint. 7, 1, 35:

ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

novae rei ac subitae admiratio,

Liv. 2, 2:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

incursiones hostium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:

ministeria belli,

Liv. 4, 27:

imbres,

Lucr. 5, 216:

vis,

id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:

res,

id. 6, 1282:

mors,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

casus,

id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:

tristia,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

silentium,

Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;

syn. subitarius),

Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:

aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),

Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

homo,

rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):

non percussor ille subitus erumpet?

Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,

manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

subitum inopinatumque venisse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:

evadere,

Flor. 4, 2, 59.—

As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:

Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:

subitum est ei remigrare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 2:

si tibi subiti nihil est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:

in subito,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:

ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,

Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:

etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,

Suet. Aug. 84:

si repentina ac subita dominantur,

Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:

ad subita rerum,

Liv. 9, 43:

ad subita belli,

id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—

Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:

per subitum erumpit clamor,

Sil. 10, 505; so,

per subitum,

id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;

15, 404: in subitum,

id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:

nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,

id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:

ita abripuit repente sese subito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:

subito tanta te impendent mala,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:

cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,

Cic. Font. 19, 42:

ex oculis subito fugit,

Verg. G. 4, 499:

cum subito ecce,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:

ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,

Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

subito deficere,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

subito opprimi,

Liv. 41, 3:

si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:

subito dicere,

without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,

id. ib. 1, 59, 252:

neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,

id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,

dicere,

Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:

inventa (opp. domo allata),

id. 4, 5, 4:

cum subito evaserunt,

Col. 9, 9, 3:

tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,

so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

terror, ōris, m. [terreo], great fear, affright, dread, alarm, terror (syn.: pavor, trepidatio, metus).

Lit.:

definiunt terrorem metum concutientem: ex quo fit, ut pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor et dentium crepitus consequatur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

eadem nos formido timidas terrore impulit,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 27; cf.:

terrorem alicui inicere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

ferae, injecto terrore mortis horrescunt,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

aliquem terrore periculoque mortis repellere,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

si Antonio patuisset Gallia... quantus rei publicae terror impenderet,

id. Phil. 5, 13, 37:

alicui terrorem inferre,

id. Fam. 15, 15, 2; id. Mil. 26, 71; Caes. B. G. 7, 8:

reddit inlatum antea terrorem,

Liv. 3, 60, 5:

teneri terrore,

Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41:

esse terrori alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66:

qui modo terrori fuerant,

Liv. 34, 28, 5:

tantus terror incidit exercitui, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 13:

tantus repente terror invasit, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 14:

Romanos auxiliares tyranni in terrorem ac tumultum conjecerunt,

Liv. 34, 28, 3:

sic terrore oblato a ducibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76:

tantum Romae terrorem fecere, ut, etc.,

Liv. 10, 2, 8:

tantumque terrorem incussere patribus, ut, etc.,

id. 3, 4, 9:

si tantus habet mentes et pectora terror,

Verg. A. 11, 357:

volgi pectora terror habet,

Ov. F. 3, 288:

terrore pavens,

id. ib. 4, 271:

in oppido festinatio et ingens terror erat, ne, etc.,

Sall. H. 3, 27 Dietsch:

ingentem Galli terrorem memoriā pristinae cladis attulerant,

Liv. 6, 42, 7:

terror nominis Alexandri invaserat orbem,

Just. 12, 13, 2:

arcanus terror,

secret dread, secret awe, Tac. G. 40 fin.:

exsurgite, inquit, qui terrore meo occidistis prae metu,

from dread of me, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 14; cf.: de terrore suo, Auct. B. Afr. 32, 1: saepe totius anni fructus uno rumore periculi atque uno belli terrore amittitur, dread or apprehension of war, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15:

nullum terrorem externum esse,

i. e. dread of foreign enemies, Liv. 3, 10, 14; cf.:

peregrinus terror,

id. 3, 16, 4:

terror servilis, ne suus cuique domi hostis esset,

dread of the slaves, id. 3, 16, 3:

in omnem terrorem vultum componens,

into frightful expressions, Suet. Calig. 50: (Periclis) vis dicendi terrorque, terrible power, deinhotês, Cic. Brut. 11, 44. — Plur.:

feri lugubresque terrores,

Amm. 16, 12, 61. —

Transf., concr., an object of fear or dread, a terror (usu. in plur.):

duobus hujus urbis terroribus depulsis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 47, 71; cf.:

terrores reipublicae (sc. Carthago ac Numantia),

Vell. 2, 4, 5: terrores Romani nominis, Treb. Poll. Claud. 11, 4; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15:

non mediocres terrores jacit atque denuntiat,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3; cf.:

Battonius miros terrores ad me attulit Caesarianos,

id. ib. 6, 8, 2.— Sing.:

Xerxes, terror ante gentium,

Just. 3, 1, 1:

Dionysius gentium quondam terror,

Amm. 14, 11, 30.

tĭmor ( tĭmos, Naev. ap. Non. 487, 6), ōris, m. [timeo].

Lit., fear, dread, apprehension, alarm, anxiety (cf.:

metus, horror, formido, timiditas, pavor): definiunt timorem metum mali appropinquantis,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

metus ac timor,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 41:

timor praepedit dicta linguae,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 25:

timore torpeo,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 50:

prae timore in genua concidit,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 85; id. Cist. 4, 2, 45:

in timorem dabo militarem advenam,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 19:

animus timore Obstipuit,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 4:

magno timore sum,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 2; id. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

cruciatu timoris angi,

id. Off. 2, 7, 25: amici nostri, timore de nobis [p. 1873] afficiuntur, id. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

res quae mihi facit timorem,

id. ib. 10, 18, 2:

timore perterritus,

id. Div. 1, 28, 58; so Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 1, 23:

huc accedit summus timor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:

haec sunt in judicum animis... oratione molienda, amor, odium... spes, laetitia, timor, molestia,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

timor incutitur ex ipsorum periculis,

id. ib. 2, 51, 209:

timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

Parthis timor injectus est,

id. Att. 5, 20, 3; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

alicui timorem deicere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 24:

hunc mihi timorem eripe,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

ades animo et omitte timorem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

timorem abicere,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

timore sublato,

Caes. B. G. 6, 23; cf.: omni timore deposito, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 23, 1:

ut se ex maximo timore colligerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

ea (aestas), quae sequitur, magno est in timore,

i. e. occasions great apprehension, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4:

numquam fidele consilium daturus timor,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 5. — With ne:

ubi timor est, ne auctumnalis satio hiemis gelicidiis peruratur,

Col. 11, 3, 63; so Verg. A. 6, 352; Liv. 6, 28, 8.—With acc. and inf.:

in timore civitas fuit, obsides captivosque Poenorum ea moliri,

Liv. 32, 26, 16:

subest ille timor ne dignitatem quidem posse retineri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 334.— With in and abl.:

cum major a Romanis metus timorem a principibus suis vicisset,

Liv. 45, 26, 7.—With gen. of the thing feared:

belli magni timor impendet,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 4; so,

vituperationis non injustae,

id. Rep. 5, 4,:

repentinae incursionis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 23:

mortis,

Lucr. 5, 1180; Ov. M. 7, 604.—In plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68; Lucr. 2, 45; 5, 46; Cat. 64, 99; Hor. C. 1, 37, 15; id. Ep. 1, 4, 12.—

Personified, Fear:

Timor,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 37:

ater,

Verg. A. 9, 719. — Plur., Ov. M. 12, 60.—

Poet., transf.

In a good sense, awe, reverence, veneration:

divum,

Lucr. 5, 1223:

quod hominibus perturbatis inanem religionem timoremque dejecerat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 24:

deorum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 295:

sacer,

Sil. 3, 31:

primus in orbe deos fecit timor,

Stat. Th. 3, 661.—

An object that excites fear, a terror:

audaci tu timor esse potes,

Prop. 3, 7, 28 (4, 6, 70):

Cacus Aventinae timor,

Ov. F. 1, 551; cf. id. M. 3, 291; 10, 29; 12, 612:

magnus uterque timor latronibus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 67; Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 119. —

An object for which anxiety is felt ( poet.):

ratis, tot gracili ligno complexa timores,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 80.

tĭmor ( tĭmos, Naev. ap. Non. 487, 6), ōris, m. [timeo].

Lit., fear, dread, apprehension, alarm, anxiety (cf.:

metus, horror, formido, timiditas, pavor): definiunt timorem metum mali appropinquantis,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

metus ac timor,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 41:

timor praepedit dicta linguae,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 25:

timore torpeo,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 50:

prae timore in genua concidit,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 85; id. Cist. 4, 2, 45:

in timorem dabo militarem advenam,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 19:

animus timore Obstipuit,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 4:

magno timore sum,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 2; id. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

cruciatu timoris angi,

id. Off. 2, 7, 25: amici nostri, timore de nobis [p. 1873] afficiuntur, id. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

res quae mihi facit timorem,

id. ib. 10, 18, 2:

timore perterritus,

id. Div. 1, 28, 58; so Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 1, 23:

huc accedit summus timor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:

haec sunt in judicum animis... oratione molienda, amor, odium... spes, laetitia, timor, molestia,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

timor incutitur ex ipsorum periculis,

id. ib. 2, 51, 209:

timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

Parthis timor injectus est,

id. Att. 5, 20, 3; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

alicui timorem deicere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 24:

hunc mihi timorem eripe,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

ades animo et omitte timorem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

timorem abicere,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

timore sublato,

Caes. B. G. 6, 23; cf.: omni timore deposito, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 23, 1:

ut se ex maximo timore colligerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

ea (aestas), quae sequitur, magno est in timore,

i. e. occasions great apprehension, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4:

numquam fidele consilium daturus timor,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 5. — With ne:

ubi timor est, ne auctumnalis satio hiemis gelicidiis peruratur,

Col. 11, 3, 63; so Verg. A. 6, 352; Liv. 6, 28, 8.—With acc. and inf.:

in timore civitas fuit, obsides captivosque Poenorum ea moliri,

Liv. 32, 26, 16:

subest ille timor ne dignitatem quidem posse retineri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 334.— With in and abl.:

cum major a Romanis metus timorem a principibus suis vicisset,

Liv. 45, 26, 7.—With gen. of the thing feared:

belli magni timor impendet,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 4; so,

vituperationis non injustae,

id. Rep. 5, 4,:

repentinae incursionis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 23:

mortis,

Lucr. 5, 1180; Ov. M. 7, 604.—In plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68; Lucr. 2, 45; 5, 46; Cat. 64, 99; Hor. C. 1, 37, 15; id. Ep. 1, 4, 12.—

Personified, Fear:

Timor,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 37:

ater,

Verg. A. 9, 719. — Plur., Ov. M. 12, 60.—

Poet., transf.

In a good sense, awe, reverence, veneration:

divum,

Lucr. 5, 1223:

quod hominibus perturbatis inanem religionem timoremque dejecerat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 24:

deorum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 295:

sacer,

Sil. 3, 31:

primus in orbe deos fecit timor,

Stat. Th. 3, 661.—

An object that excites fear, a terror:

audaci tu timor esse potes,

Prop. 3, 7, 28 (4, 6, 70):

Cacus Aventinae timor,

Ov. F. 1, 551; cf. id. M. 3, 291; 10, 29; 12, 612:

magnus uterque timor latronibus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 67; Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 119. —

An object for which anxiety is felt ( poet.):

ratis, tot gracili ligno complexa timores,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 80.

turpis, e, adj. [Sanscr. root tarp-, to be ashamed], ugly, unsightly, unseemly, foul, filthy (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense; syn.: taeter, foedus, deformis, obscaenus, immundus).

Lit.:

aspectus deformis atque turpis,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 125:

ornatus,

id. ib. 1, 2, 94; cf.

infra, II.: vestitus,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 57:

colores foedā specie,

Lucr. 2, 421:

pes,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

podex,

id. Epod. 8, 5:

rana,

id. ib. 5, 19:

pecus,

id. S. 1, 3, 100:

viri morbo,

deformed, disfigured, id. C. 1, 37, 9:

macies,

id. ib. 3, 27, 53:

scabies,

Verg. G. 3, 441:

podagrae,

id. ib. 3, 299:

udo membra flmo,

i. e. befouled, id. A. 5, 358; cf.

toral,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 36, 5; 8, 79, 2.— Sup.: simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.)—

Transf., of sound, disagreeable, cacophonous:

si etiam abfugit turpe visum est,

Cic. Or. 47, 158.—

Trop., unseemly, shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable (syn.:

inhonestus, impurus, sordidus, indecorus): pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133:

verbum,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 19:

cum esset proposita aut fuga turpis aut gloriosa mors,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

mors honesta saepe vitam quoque turpem exornat, at vita turpis saepe ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

id. Quint. 15, 49:

adulescentia,

id. Font. 15, 34:

causam,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9:

causa,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

luxuria cum omni aetati turpis, tum senectuti foedissima est,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 123:

si enim disserunt, nihil esse obscenum, nihil turpe dictu,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

neque rogemus res turpes, nec faciamus rogati,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

formido mortis,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

pars ingentem formidine turpi Scandunt equum,

Verg. A. 2, 400:

repulsa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

turpem senectam Degere,

id. C. 1, 31, 19:

adulter,

id. ib. 1, 33, 9:

meretricis amor,

id. S. 1, 4, 111:

non turpis ad te, sed miser confugit,

Cic. Quint. 31, 98; id. Att. 5, 11, 5:

prodis ex judice Dama Turpis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 55:

sub dominā meretrice turpis,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 25:

Egestas,

Verg. A. 6, 276:

facta,

Quint. 1, 2, 2:

fama,

Tac. A. 12, 49:

nihil turpe est, cujus placet pretium,

Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

luxus,

Juv. 6, 298:

fames,

Flor. 4, 5, 3:

foedus,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 7:

metus,

id. 2, 9, 8.— Comp.:

quid hoc turpius? quid foedius?

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

quid est autem nequius aut turpius effeminato viro?

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

nihil est turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quocum familiariter vixeris,

id. Lael. 21, 77; 26, 99; Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— Sup.:

homo turpissimus atque inhonestissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

turpissima fuga,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31: turpissimus calumniae quaestus, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226:

quod quidem mihi videtur esse turpissimum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12.—

As subst.: turpĕ, is, n., a base or shameful thing, a disgrace, shame, reproach:

nec honesto quicquam honestius, nec turpi turpius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor. Ov. Am. 1, 9, 4: honesta et turpia virtutis ac malitiae societas efficit, Sen. Ep. 31, 5.— Adv. ( poet.):

turpe incedere,

in an unsightly manner, unbecomingly, Cat. 42, 8:

gemens,

Stat. Th. 3, 334.—

Turpe est, or simply turpe, with a subj.-clause:

habere quaestui rem publicam, non modo turpe est, sed sceleratum etiam et nefarium,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77:

quod facere non turpe est, modo, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 35, 127:

benevolentiam adsentando colligere turpe est,

id. Lael. 17, 61:

quid autem turpius quam illudi?

id. ib. 26, 99; cf. id. ib. 21, 77:

turpe erit, ingenium mitius esse feris,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

turpe ducet cedere pari,

Quint. 1, 2, 22.— Hence, adv.: turpĭter, in an ugly or unsightly manner.

Lit. (so rare):

ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne,

Hor. A. P. 3:

claudicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20.—

Trop., in an unseemly manner, basely, shamefully, dishonorably (class.):

turpiter et nequiter facere aliquid,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36;

unum illud extimescebam, ne quid turpiter facerem,

id. Att. 9, 7, 1:

turpiter se in castra recipere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20:

me turpiter hodie hic dabo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 24; id. Hec. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9; 7, 2, 7; id. Mil. 4, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 80; id. B. C. 3, 24; Auct. B. G. 8, 13; Hor. A. P. 284; Ov. M. 4, 187; Phaedr. 1, 25, 2; Val. Max. 2, 7, 15.— Comp., Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 13.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29; Sen. Ep. 82, 12.

turpis, e, adj. [Sanscr. root tarp-, to be ashamed], ugly, unsightly, unseemly, foul, filthy (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense; syn.: taeter, foedus, deformis, obscaenus, immundus).

Lit.:

aspectus deformis atque turpis,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 125:

ornatus,

id. ib. 1, 2, 94; cf.

infra, II.: vestitus,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 57:

colores foedā specie,

Lucr. 2, 421:

pes,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

podex,

id. Epod. 8, 5:

rana,

id. ib. 5, 19:

pecus,

id. S. 1, 3, 100:

viri morbo,

deformed, disfigured, id. C. 1, 37, 9:

macies,

id. ib. 3, 27, 53:

scabies,

Verg. G. 3, 441:

podagrae,

id. ib. 3, 299:

udo membra flmo,

i. e. befouled, id. A. 5, 358; cf.

toral,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 36, 5; 8, 79, 2.— Sup.: simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.)—

Transf., of sound, disagreeable, cacophonous:

si etiam abfugit turpe visum est,

Cic. Or. 47, 158.—

Trop., unseemly, shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable (syn.:

inhonestus, impurus, sordidus, indecorus): pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133:

verbum,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 19:

cum esset proposita aut fuga turpis aut gloriosa mors,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

mors honesta saepe vitam quoque turpem exornat, at vita turpis saepe ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

id. Quint. 15, 49:

adulescentia,

id. Font. 15, 34:

causam,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9:

causa,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

luxuria cum omni aetati turpis, tum senectuti foedissima est,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 123:

si enim disserunt, nihil esse obscenum, nihil turpe dictu,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

neque rogemus res turpes, nec faciamus rogati,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

formido mortis,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

pars ingentem formidine turpi Scandunt equum,

Verg. A. 2, 400:

repulsa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

turpem senectam Degere,

id. C. 1, 31, 19:

adulter,

id. ib. 1, 33, 9:

meretricis amor,

id. S. 1, 4, 111:

non turpis ad te, sed miser confugit,

Cic. Quint. 31, 98; id. Att. 5, 11, 5:

prodis ex judice Dama Turpis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 55:

sub dominā meretrice turpis,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 25:

Egestas,

Verg. A. 6, 276:

facta,

Quint. 1, 2, 2:

fama,

Tac. A. 12, 49:

nihil turpe est, cujus placet pretium,

Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

luxus,

Juv. 6, 298:

fames,

Flor. 4, 5, 3:

foedus,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 7:

metus,

id. 2, 9, 8.— Comp.:

quid hoc turpius? quid foedius?

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

quid est autem nequius aut turpius effeminato viro?

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

nihil est turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quocum familiariter vixeris,

id. Lael. 21, 77; 26, 99; Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— Sup.:

homo turpissimus atque inhonestissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

turpissima fuga,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31: turpissimus calumniae quaestus, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226:

quod quidem mihi videtur esse turpissimum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12.—

As subst.: turpĕ, is, n., a base or shameful thing, a disgrace, shame, reproach:

nec honesto quicquam honestius, nec turpi turpius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor. Ov. Am. 1, 9, 4: honesta et turpia virtutis ac malitiae societas efficit, Sen. Ep. 31, 5.— Adv. ( poet.):

turpe incedere,

in an unsightly manner, unbecomingly, Cat. 42, 8:

gemens,

Stat. Th. 3, 334.—

Turpe est, or simply turpe, with a subj.-clause:

habere quaestui rem publicam, non modo turpe est, sed sceleratum etiam et nefarium,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77:

quod facere non turpe est, modo, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 35, 127:

benevolentiam adsentando colligere turpe est,

id. Lael. 17, 61:

quid autem turpius quam illudi?

id. ib. 26, 99; cf. id. ib. 21, 77:

turpe erit, ingenium mitius esse feris,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

turpe ducet cedere pari,

Quint. 1, 2, 22.— Hence, adv.: turpĭter, in an ugly or unsightly manner.

Lit. (so rare):

ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne,

Hor. A. P. 3:

claudicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20.—

Trop., in an unseemly manner, basely, shamefully, dishonorably (class.):

turpiter et nequiter facere aliquid,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36;

unum illud extimescebam, ne quid turpiter facerem,

id. Att. 9, 7, 1:

turpiter se in castra recipere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20:

me turpiter hodie hic dabo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 24; id. Hec. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9; 7, 2, 7; id. Mil. 4, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 80; id. B. C. 3, 24; Auct. B. G. 8, 13; Hor. A. P. 284; Ov. M. 4, 187; Phaedr. 1, 25, 2; Val. Max. 2, 7, 15.— Comp., Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 13.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29; Sen. Ep. 82, 12.