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multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.

In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):

multi fortissimi viri,

Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:

rationes,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:

multae et magnae contentiones,

many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:

O multas et graves offensiones,

id. Att. 11, 7, 3:

multi et graves dolores,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

multi et varii timores,

Liv. 3, 16, 3:

multae bonaeque artes animi,

Sall. J. 28, 5:

multa et clara facinora,

Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:

multi improbi,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:

multi boni, docti, prudentes,

id. Fl. 4, 8:

multi nobiles,

id. Planc. 20, 50:

multa acerba habuit ille annus,

id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:

multa infanda,

Liv. 28, 12, 5:

multa falsa,

id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:

multa secunda proelia,

victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:

multa libera capita,

freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:

multae liberae civitates,

republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

multos fortes viros,

id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:

multi clari viri,

noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

multi primarii viri,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:

multi clarissimi viri,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

multi amplissimi viri,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

multi honestissimi homines,

id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:

multi peritissimi homines,

id. Caecin. 24, 69:

multi summi homines,

id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,

id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:

in veteribus patronis multis,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:

multa praeterea bella gravia,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

multis suppliciis justis,

id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,

id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:

plurima signa pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:

virtutes animi multae et magnae,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

causas ille multas et graves habuit,

id. Clu. 30, 82;

and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,

id. Cael. 5, 12:

prodigia multa, foeda,

Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:

multi hominum,

Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:

multae silvestrium arborum,

id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:

nimium multa,

Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

nimis multa,

id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

insulae non ita multae,

not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:

parum multa scire,

too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,

as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

minime multi remiges,

exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,

id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:

multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,

Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:

nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,

Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:

aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,

with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:

multa prece prosequi,

id. C. 4, 5, 33:

multa victima,

Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:

avis,

id. Am. 3, 5, 4:

tabella,

Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:

exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,

Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

multo labore quaerere aliquid,

with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:

cura,

Sall. J. 7, 4:

sol,

much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,

Liv. 23, 30, 2:

multum sanguinem haurire,

Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:

multam harenam mare evomit,

id. 4, 6, 8:

arbor,

id. 7, 4, 26:

silva,

id. 8, 10, 14:

multae vestis injectu opprimi,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

multa et lauta supellex,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

aurum,

Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:

libertas,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:

multam salutem dicere alicui,

to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:

cum auro et argento multo,

Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:

Itaque multum diei processerat,

a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:

ad multum diem,

till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

multo adhuc die,

when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:

multo denique die,

when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

multa nocte,

late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

multo mane,

very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:

multa opinio, for multorum,

the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:

velut multa pace,

as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:

multus homo,

one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:

video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,

id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:

tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:

unus de multis esse,

id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;

potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

numerarer in multis,

among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:

e multis una sit tibi,

no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:

multum est,

it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:

ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,

Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

ne multis: Diogenes emitur,

id. ib. 16, 47:

quid multis moror?

Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:

multa reluctari,

Verg. G. 4, 301:

gemens,

id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:

deos testatus,

id. ib. 7, 593:

invehi,

Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):

haud multa moratus,

Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:

in multum velociores,

by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—

In partic.

Too much, overmuch, excessive:

supellex modica, non multa,

Nep. Att. 13, 5.—

In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:

qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,

id. ib. 2, 87, 358:

nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,

id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—

Frequent, frequently present:

in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,

Sall. J. 96, 3:

multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,

was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:

hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:

instare,

Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):

salve multum, gnate mi,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:

multum vale,

farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:

hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,

id. Men. 2, 2, 42:

opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,

not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,

often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:

non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,

id. Brut. 34, 128:

non multum confidere,

not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

sunt in venationibus,

often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:

in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,

Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

multum fuisse cum aliquo,

to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

gratia valere,

to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:

res multum et saepe quaesita,

Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

longe omnes multumque superabit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

multum et diu cogitans,

id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

diu multumque scriptitare,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:

multum loquaces,

very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:

mepti labores,

very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:

multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,

much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

multum robustior illo,

Juv. 19, 197:

majora,

Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:

haud multum infra viam,

Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:

haud multum post mortem ejus,

Tac. A. 5, 3:

ut multum,

at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—

multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).

With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:

multo tanto carior,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:

pauciores oratores,

Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:

facilius atque expeditius iter,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:

virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,

Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:

multo ceteros anteibant,

Tac. H. 4, 13:

multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,

Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:

multo mavolo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:

meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,

Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—

With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:

quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:

simulacrum multo antiquissimum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

maxima pars,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:

multo id bellum maximum fuit,

Liv. 1, 11, 5:

pars multo maxima,

id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:

multo gratissima lux,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:

foedissimum,

Quint. 9, 4, 72:

optimum,

id. ib. 26:

pulcherrimum,

id. 1, 2, 24:

utilissima,

id. 2, 10, 1:

maxime,

Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:

multo maxime miserabile,

Sall. C. 36, 4:

multo maxime ingenio validus,

id. J. 6, 1.—

With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:

multo aliter,

Ter. And. prol. 4:

multo aliter ac sperabat,

far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:

quod non multo secus fieret, si,

not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —

In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:

non multo ante urbem captam,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

non multo ante,

not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:

multo ante,

Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

non multo post, quam, etc.,

not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:

haud multo ante solis occasum,

Liv. 5, 39, 2:

multo ante noctem,

id. 27, 42, 13.—

Very rarely with the positive for multum:

maligna multo,

very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—

Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:

multo multoque longior,

far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:

multo multoque operosius est,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.

Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.

In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;

so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!

Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

ne plus minusve loqueretur,

Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);

so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:

speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,

Mart. 8, 71, 4:

aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,

too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:

tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:

vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,

and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:

verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,

Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:

apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,

id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:

valet enim salus plus quam libido,

id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—

With a partitive gen.:

vultis pecuniae plus habere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:

nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,

plus virium,

id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

plus hostium,

Liv. 2, 42:

plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:

in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:

plus ingenii,

id. ib. 1, 14, 22:

Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,

as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—

With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):

non plus quam semel,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:

confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,

id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:

non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,

into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:

plus quam decem dies abesse,

id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:

nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,

with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—

Without quam:

HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,

Liv. 24, 44:

plus milies audivi,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:

plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

non plus mille quingentos aeris,

id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,

Liv. 31, 34:

cum plus annum aeger fuisset,

id. 40, 2:

parte plus dimidia rem auctam,

id. 29, 25.—

With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:

VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:

ex his alius alio plus habet virium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:

alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:

in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,

or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:

plus aequo,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

plus paulo,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:

paulo plus,

Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:

plus nimio,

overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,

one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—

In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:

ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,

of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:

ager multo pluris est,

is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:

quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

pluris emere,

dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,

vendere,

id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:

aedificare,

Col. 1, 4, 7:

pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,

of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:

mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,

Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:

facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,

id. ib. 8, 2, 4:

facere aliquem pluris,

make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

pluris habere,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

aestimare,

id. Par. 6, 2, 48:

ducere,

id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

putare,

id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—

Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—

Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—

Like magis, with an adj.:

plus formosus, for formosior,

Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—

In the plur.

Comparatively, more in number:

omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:

ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:

multo plura,

many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—

In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;

1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,

id. B. C. 3, 52:

summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,

Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,

id. 8, 4, 27:

quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,

Cic. Clu. 41, 115:

eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;

without verba: quid ego plura dicam?

id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:

pluribus haec exsecutus sum,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;

also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,

what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,

id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—

Esp.: plures.

The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—

Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:

quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—

The greater number, the majority:

plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,

Vulg. Act. 19, 32.

Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):

hujus sunt plurima simulacra,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

plurimae et maximae partes,

id. ib. 1, 4, 8:

plurimorum seculorum memoria,

id. ib. 3, 9, 14:

haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,

id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:

me plurima praeda onustum,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:

sermo,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

risus,

id. 6, 3, 85:

res,

id. 6, 1, 51:

exercitatio,

id. 8 prooem. §

28: mons,

very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:

cervix,

id. G. 3, 52:

Aetna,

Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:

medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,

very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:

coma plurima,

very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:

sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,

mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:

plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,

many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,

oleaster plurimus,

Verg. G. 2, 183:

qua plurima mittitur ales,

Mart. 9, 56, 1:

plurima lecta rosa est,

Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):

ut haberet quam plurimum,

as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:

caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:

et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,

id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

si vero populus plurimum potest,

id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:

qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

plurimum aliis praestare,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

ut te plurimum diligam,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:

quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):

plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,

Min. Fel. Oct. 22:

gratulor,

id. ib. 40:

(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,

at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,

cum plurimum,

id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—

In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:

artis,

Quint. 10, 5, 3:

auctoritatis et ponderis,

id. 9, 4, 91:

ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,

id. 10, 3, 1:

virtutum,

id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—

In the gen. pretii:

plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,

values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,

Nep. Eum. 2, 2:

ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,

Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48.

praecox, cŏcis, also praecŏquis, e, and praecŏquus, a, um, adj. [praecoquo], ripe before its time, early ripe, rareripe, premature, precocious (syn. praematurus).

Lit.:

allium praecox,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 112:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 19:

germinationes,

id. 17, 2, 2, § 16:

pira,

Col. 5, 10:

vites praecoquis fructus,

id. 3, 2:

ex unā praecoque vite,

id. 3, 9:

uvas praecoquas legere,

id. 12, 37:

arbores,

bearing fruit before their time, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 114: quando jam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt, when the earliest grapes are ripe, Vulg. Num. 13, 21. —

Transf.: loca, and subst.: prae-cŏcĭa, ĭum, n., places where fruits ripen early, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 79; 18, 24, 54, § 197. —

Trop., over-hasty, premature, precocious, untimely ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose; not in Cic.): pugna, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 16 (Ann. v. 282):

ingeniorum velut praecox genus,

Quint. 1, 3, 3:

risus praecox,

Plin. 7 prooem. 1, §

2: audacia,

i. e. of a boy, Sen. Brev. Vit. 6: fuga, Lucil. ap. Non. 150, 17; Varr. ap. ib. 157, 3: praecoquis libido, Nov. ap. ib. 150, 18; Afran. ap. Gell. 10, 11, 9.—

* Adv.: praecŏquē, prematurely, etc.: properans, Auct. Itin. Alex. 38 Mai.

praecox, cŏcis, also praecŏquis, e, and praecŏquus, a, um, adj. [praecoquo], ripe before its time, early ripe, rareripe, premature, precocious (syn. praematurus).

Lit.:

allium praecox,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 112:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 19:

germinationes,

id. 17, 2, 2, § 16:

pira,

Col. 5, 10:

vites praecoquis fructus,

id. 3, 2:

ex unā praecoque vite,

id. 3, 9:

uvas praecoquas legere,

id. 12, 37:

arbores,

bearing fruit before their time, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 114: quando jam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt, when the earliest grapes are ripe, Vulg. Num. 13, 21. —

Transf.: loca, and subst.: prae-cŏcĭa, ĭum, n., places where fruits ripen early, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 79; 18, 24, 54, § 197. —

Trop., over-hasty, premature, precocious, untimely ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose; not in Cic.): pugna, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 16 (Ann. v. 282):

ingeniorum velut praecox genus,

Quint. 1, 3, 3:

risus praecox,

Plin. 7 prooem. 1, §

2: audacia,

i. e. of a boy, Sen. Brev. Vit. 6: fuga, Lucil. ap. Non. 150, 17; Varr. ap. ib. 157, 3: praecoquis libido, Nov. ap. ib. 150, 18; Afran. ap. Gell. 10, 11, 9.—

* Adv.: praecŏquē, prematurely, etc.: properans, Auct. Itin. Alex. 38 Mai.

pŭdĕo, ŭi, or pŭdĭtum est, ēre ( dep. form pudeatur, Petr. 47, 4), 2, v. a. and n. [root pu-, pav-, to strike; Sanscr. paviram, weapon; cf. pavire (puvire), tripudium, etc.], to make or be ashamed, to feel shame; to be influenced or restrained by shame or by respect for a person or thing.—In the verb. finit. extremely rare:

ita nunc pudeo,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 3:

siquidem te quicquam, quod facis, pudet,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 30; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 4:

idne pudet te, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 4:

pudet, quod prius non puditum umquam est,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 4.—In plur.:

non te haec pudent?

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 36:

semper metuet, quem Saeva pudebunt,

Luc. 8, 495.—Chiefly used as a verb. impers., pudet, ŭit, or pudĭtum est, one is or feels ashamed, it causes a feeling of shame, etc; constr. aliquem alicujus rei, or with a subj.-clause:

quos, cum nihil refert, pudet: ubi pudendum est, ibi eos deserit pudor, cum usus est, ut pudeat,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1 sq.:

fratris me Pudet,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 19:

sunt homines, quos infamiae suae neque pudeat neque taedeat,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

pudet me non tui quidem, sed Chrysippi, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

cujus eos non pudere demiror,

id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

ceteros pudeat, si qui, etc.... me autem quid pudeat?

id. Arch. 6, 12; Ov. M. 7, 617:

cicatricum et sceleris pudet,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 33:

nam pudet tanti mali,

id. Epod. 11, 7; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 12:

tum puderet vivos, tamquam puditurum esset exstinctos,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 108:

deūm me hercle atque hominum pudet,

before gods and men, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 67; Liv. 3, 19, 7.—With subj.-clause:

pudet Dicere hac praesente verbum turpe: at te id nullo modo Facere puduit,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 20:

puderet me dicere non intellegere, si, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

servire aeternos non puduisse deos?

Tib. 2, 3, 30: nec lusisse pudet sed non incidere [p. 1486] ludum, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36:

scripta pudet recitare,

id. ib. 1, 19, 42:

nonne esset puditum, legatum dici Maeandrium?

Cic. Fl. 22, 52.—With supine:

pudet dictu,

Tac. Agr. 32.—In the gerund:

non enim pudendo, sed non faciendo id, quod non decet, impudentiae nomen effugere debemus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 120:

inducitur ad pudendum,

id. Brut. 50, 188.—Hence,

pŭdens, entis, P. a., shamefaced, bashful, modest (class.):

muta pudens est,

Lucr. 4, 1164:

pudens et probus filius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

cur nescire, pudens prave, quam discere malo?

Hor. A. P. 88:

nihil pudens, nihil pudicum in eo apparet,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

animus,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

pudens et liberalis risus,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.— Comp., Cic. Pis. 17.— Sup.:

homo,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

vir,

id. Fl. 20:

femina,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94.— Adv.: pŭdenter, modestly, bashfully, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 190 P.; Cic. Quint. 11, 39; id. Vatin. 2, 6:

sumere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44; id. A. P. 51.— Comp.:

pudentius accedere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364; Gell. 12, 11, 5. — Sup.:

pudentissime aliquid petere,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5.—

pŭdendus, a, um, P. a., of which one ought to be ashamed, shameful, scandalous, disgraceful, abominable (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ut jam pudendum sit honestiora decreta esse legionum quam senatus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 2, 4:

vita,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 108:

vulnera,

Verg. A. 11, 55:

causa,

Ov. H. 5, 98:

parentes,

Suet. Vit. 2:

negotiationes vel privato pudendas exercere,

id. Vesp. 16:

pudenda miserandaque oratio,

id. Tib. 65:

pudenda dictu spectantur,

Quint. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

pudendumque dictu, si, etc.,

id. 6, 4, 7:

luxus,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

hoc quoque animal (sc. blatta) inter pudenda est,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 140:

proh cuncta pudendi!

wholly shameful! Sil. 11, 90:

membra,

the parts of shame, the privy parts, Ser. Samm. 36, 681.—

Subst.: pŭdenda, ōrum, n. (sc. membra).

The private parts (post-class.), Aus. Per. Odyss. 6; id. Idyll. 6, 85; Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 17; Sen. ad Marc. 22, 1; Vulg. Nah. 3, 5.—

The breech, fundament, Min. Fel. Oct. 28 med.

pŭdĕo, ŭi, or pŭdĭtum est, ēre ( dep. form pudeatur, Petr. 47, 4), 2, v. a. and n. [root pu-, pav-, to strike; Sanscr. paviram, weapon; cf. pavire (puvire), tripudium, etc.], to make or be ashamed, to feel shame; to be influenced or restrained by shame or by respect for a person or thing.—In the verb. finit. extremely rare:

ita nunc pudeo,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 3:

siquidem te quicquam, quod facis, pudet,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 30; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 4:

idne pudet te, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 4:

pudet, quod prius non puditum umquam est,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 4.—In plur.:

non te haec pudent?

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 36:

semper metuet, quem Saeva pudebunt,

Luc. 8, 495.—Chiefly used as a verb. impers., pudet, ŭit, or pudĭtum est, one is or feels ashamed, it causes a feeling of shame, etc; constr. aliquem alicujus rei, or with a subj.-clause:

quos, cum nihil refert, pudet: ubi pudendum est, ibi eos deserit pudor, cum usus est, ut pudeat,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1 sq.:

fratris me Pudet,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 19:

sunt homines, quos infamiae suae neque pudeat neque taedeat,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

pudet me non tui quidem, sed Chrysippi, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

cujus eos non pudere demiror,

id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

ceteros pudeat, si qui, etc.... me autem quid pudeat?

id. Arch. 6, 12; Ov. M. 7, 617:

cicatricum et sceleris pudet,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 33:

nam pudet tanti mali,

id. Epod. 11, 7; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 12:

tum puderet vivos, tamquam puditurum esset exstinctos,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 108:

deūm me hercle atque hominum pudet,

before gods and men, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 67; Liv. 3, 19, 7.—With subj.-clause:

pudet Dicere hac praesente verbum turpe: at te id nullo modo Facere puduit,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 20:

puderet me dicere non intellegere, si, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

servire aeternos non puduisse deos?

Tib. 2, 3, 30: nec lusisse pudet sed non incidere [p. 1486] ludum, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36:

scripta pudet recitare,

id. ib. 1, 19, 42:

nonne esset puditum, legatum dici Maeandrium?

Cic. Fl. 22, 52.—With supine:

pudet dictu,

Tac. Agr. 32.—In the gerund:

non enim pudendo, sed non faciendo id, quod non decet, impudentiae nomen effugere debemus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 120:

inducitur ad pudendum,

id. Brut. 50, 188.—Hence,

pŭdens, entis, P. a., shamefaced, bashful, modest (class.):

muta pudens est,

Lucr. 4, 1164:

pudens et probus filius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

cur nescire, pudens prave, quam discere malo?

Hor. A. P. 88:

nihil pudens, nihil pudicum in eo apparet,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

animus,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

pudens et liberalis risus,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.— Comp., Cic. Pis. 17.— Sup.:

homo,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

vir,

id. Fl. 20:

femina,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94.— Adv.: pŭdenter, modestly, bashfully, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 190 P.; Cic. Quint. 11, 39; id. Vatin. 2, 6:

sumere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44; id. A. P. 51.— Comp.:

pudentius accedere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364; Gell. 12, 11, 5. — Sup.:

pudentissime aliquid petere,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5.—

pŭdendus, a, um, P. a., of which one ought to be ashamed, shameful, scandalous, disgraceful, abominable (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ut jam pudendum sit honestiora decreta esse legionum quam senatus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 2, 4:

vita,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 108:

vulnera,

Verg. A. 11, 55:

causa,

Ov. H. 5, 98:

parentes,

Suet. Vit. 2:

negotiationes vel privato pudendas exercere,

id. Vesp. 16:

pudenda miserandaque oratio,

id. Tib. 65:

pudenda dictu spectantur,

Quint. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

pudendumque dictu, si, etc.,

id. 6, 4, 7:

luxus,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

hoc quoque animal (sc. blatta) inter pudenda est,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 140:

proh cuncta pudendi!

wholly shameful! Sil. 11, 90:

membra,

the parts of shame, the privy parts, Ser. Samm. 36, 681.—

Subst.: pŭdenda, ōrum, n. (sc. membra).

The private parts (post-class.), Aus. Per. Odyss. 6; id. Idyll. 6, 85; Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 17; Sen. ad Marc. 22, 1; Vulg. Nah. 3, 5.—

The breech, fundament, Min. Fel. Oct. 28 med.

pŭella, ae (dat. and abl. plur. puellabus, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), f. [puellus], a female child, a girl, maiden, lass.

Lit.

In gen.:

eam nunc puellam filiam ejus quaerimus,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 77:

puellam parere,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 14:

parvola puella,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 29:

puella infans,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 99:

pueri atque puellae,

id. S. 1, 1, 85; 2, 3, 130; Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6:

audi, Luna, puellas,

Hor. C. S. 36:

puellarum chorus,

id. C 2, 5, 21: pueri innuptaeque puellae, Verg. A. 6, 307.—

In partic.

A beloved maiden, a sweetheart, mistress ( poet.):

vixi puellis nuper idoneus,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 1:

proditor puellae risus ab angulo,

id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

mendax,

id. S. 1, 5, 82:

cara,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

blanda,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 34; Mart. 10, 109, 3 al.— Transf., in jest, of a kitten, Mart. 1, 109, 16.—

A daughter:

Danai puellae,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23.—

Transf., in gen., a young female, young woman, young wife ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

puellae Jam virum expertes,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 10:

laborantes utero puellae,

id. ib. 3, 22, 2:

viduae cessate puellae,

Ov. F. 2, 557. So of Penelope, who was married, Ov. H. 1, 115;

of Antiope,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 21; 34;

of Phædra,

Ov. H. 4, 2;

of Helen,

id. A. A. 1, 54 al.;

of the wife of a second husband,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 163;

of Servilia, wife of the exiled Pollio,

Tac. A. 16, 30;

of Octavia, wife of Nero,

id. ib. 14, 64; cf. Gell. 12, 1, 4.—

A female slave (very rare), Hor. C. 4, 11, 10.

rĕ-laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to stretch out or widen again; to unloose, loosen, open (class.; cf.: solvo, libero).

Lit.:

alvus tum astringitur, tum relaxatur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf.:

tum astringentibus se intestinis tum relaxantibus,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

densa relaxare (opp. rara densare),

Verg. G. 1, 419:

dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

Lucr. 6, 356: tunicarum vincula, Ov. F. 2, 321; cf.

nodos (sc. aquaï),

Lucr. 6, 878 (with exsolvere glaciem); cf.:

fontibus ora,

Ov. M. 1, 281:

caecos fontes,

Sil. 3, 51:

glaebas,

to loosen, Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 2:

humum,

Col. 11, 3, 46 Schneid. N. cr.; Pall. 2, 13, 3:

vias et caeca Spiramenta,

Verg. G. 1, 89:

claustra,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17; cf.

flores,

Sen. Thyest. 903:

diversa bracchia,

to spread out, Sil. 14, 399:

arcum,

to unbend, Sen. Agam. 322:

ut, quae (aedificia) sunt vetustate sublapsa, relaxentur in melius,

restored, Plin. Ep. 10, 70 (75), 1 Keil (al. reparentur).—

Trop., to slacken, ease, lighten, alleviate, mitigate, soften, assuage; to cheer up, enliven, relax (a favorite word of Cic.; cf.:

relevo, recreo, mitigo): animos doctrinā,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12; cf.:

tu a contentionibus cottidie relaxes aliquid,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 11: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animam, sed quibus relaxem, ac remittam, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 7, and 383, 23:

constructio verborum tum conjunctionibus copuletur, tum dissolutionibus relaxetur,

id. Part. 6, 21:

pater nimis indulgens, quicquid ego astrinxi, relaxat,

id. Att. 10, 6, 2:

animus somno relaxatus,

id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

animum,

id. Brut. 5, 21; id. Rep. 1, 9, 14; cf.:

relaxare animos et dare se jucunditati,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122:

ut ex pristino sermone relaxarentur animi omnium,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 29:

anxiferas curas requiete, id. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22: (risus) tristitiam ac severitatem mitigat et relaxat,

id. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.:

tristem vultum relaxare,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 15;

and, with this, cf.: relaxato in hilaritatem vultu,

Petr. 49, 8:

ne nocturna quidem quiete diurnum laborem relaxante,

Curt. 5, 13, 5: mores aetas lasciva relaxat, i. e. makes dissolute, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 153:

(animi) cum se plane corporis vinculis relaxaverint,

Cic. Sen. 22, 81; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 330:

se occupationibus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5; id. Att. 16, 16, 2:

se a nimiā necessitate,

id. Or. 52, 176. —

Mid.: homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen interdum animis relaxantur,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 39:

insani cum relaxentur,

when they come to themselves, when the attack abates, id. Ac. 2, 17, 52.— Absol.: (dolor) si longus, levis;

dat enim intervalla et relaxat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94.

soccus, i, m.

A kind of low-heeled, light shoe, worn by the Greeks; a slipper, sock, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 94; id. Ep. 5, 2, 60; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 98; id. Pers. 1, 3, 44; id. Cist. 4, 2, 29:

soccos, quibus indutus esset,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. Rab. Post. 10, 27; Cat. 61, 10 et saep.—When worn by Romans they were a sign of effeminacy, Suet. Calig. 52; Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 1; Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17.—The soccus was worn especially by comic actors (the cothurnus, on the contrary, by tragic actors).—Hence,

Transf., comedy (as cothurnus, tragedy), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174; id. A. P. 80; 90; Ov. R. Am. 376; Mart. 8, 3, 13:

comicus soccus,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 111; cf.:

nec tragoedia socco ingreditur,

Quint. 10, 2, 22: risus socci;

opp. luctus cothurni,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 299.

sub-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a.

To put, place, set, or lay under (syn.: suppono, sterno).

Lit. (class.).

In gen.: ego puerum interead ancillae subdam lactantem meae, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. p. 153, 26 (Trag. Rel. v. 26 Rib.):

ignem subdito,

Cato, R. R. 105, 1; so,

ignem,

id. ib. 38, 4; Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27; Liv. 8, 30 al.:

faces,

Lucr. 6, 1285:

lapidem magnetem,

id. 6, 1046:

manum oculo uni,

id. 4, 447; cf.:

rem oculorum visu,

id. 5, 101:

furcas vitibus,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 32:

pugionem pulvino,

Suet. Oth. 11; id. Dom. 17:

calcaria equo,

Liv. 2, 20; 4, 19; 22, 6; cf.:

risus stimulos animo subdidit,

id. 6, 34, 7:

id genus animalium (tauros) aratro,

Tac. A. 12, 24:

se aquis,

to plunge under, Ov. M. 4, 722:

colla vinclis,

Tib. 1, 2, 90 et saep.:

versus,

to append, add, Gell. 18, 4, 11; 19, 11, 3; cf.:

hic tu paulisper haesisti, deinde ilico subdidisti: quid de duobus consulibus, etc.,

subjoined, Aus. Grat. Act. 23.—Esp., of places, in part. perf.: Celaletae (populi) majores Haemo, Minores Rhodopae subditi, that dwell at the foot of Mount Hœmus, etc., Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41; cf.:

Libye subdita Cancro,

lying under, Sil. 1, 194.—

In partic., to bring under, subject, subdue, = subicere (very rare):

Plutonis subdita regno Magna deum proles,

Tib. 4, 1, 67:

tot subdite rebus!

Pers. 5, 124:

subdidit Oceanum sceptris,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 42: Hispanum Oceanum legibus, id. [p. 1774] III. Cons. Stil. praef. 8:

rem tam magnam iisdem tempestatibus, iisdem casibus subdere,

to expose, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 4:

imperio feminae,

Tac. A. 12, 40.—Part.: subdĭ-tus, a, um, subject (late Lat.):

subditas viris,

Vulg. Tit. 2, 5:

tibi,

id. Jud. 3, 2:

justum est, subditum esse Deo,

id. 2 Macc. 9, 12:

subditi estote in omni timore,

id. 1 Pet. 2, 18.—

Trop., to bring on, furnish, supply; to yield, afford (so not in Cic.):

iraï fax subdita,

Lucr. 3, 303:

id nobis acriores ad studia dicendi faces subdidisse,

Quint. 1, 2, 25:

irritatis militum animis subdere ignem,

Liv. 8, 32:

ingenio stimulos,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 76; Liv. 6, 34:

alicui spiritus,

id. 7, 40.—

To put in the place of another person or thing, to substitute (rare but class.).

In gen.: te rogo, in Hirtii locum me subdas, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 7:

quos in eorum locum subditos domi suae reservavit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 12:

judicem in meum locum,

id. Dom. 32, 85; Plin. Pan. 25, 3; cf. Quint. 3, 6, 54:

immutavit et subdidit verbum ei verbo, quod omiserat, finitimum,

Gell. 1, 4, 8.—

In partic., to put something spurious in the place of another person or thing; to substitute falsely; to forge, counterfeit, make up (not in Cic.;

syn. substituo): subditum se suspicatur,

that he is a spurious child, a changeling, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 12:

me subditum et pellice genitum appellant,

Liv. 40, 9:

partum,

Dig. 4, 10, 19; cf.:

liberos tamquam subditos summovere familia,

Quint. 1, 4, 3 Zumpt N. cr. (al. subditicios):

abolendo rumori Nero subdidit reos,

Tac. A. 15, 44:

reum,

id. ib. 1, 6; cf.:

subditis, qui accusatorum nomina sustinerent,

suborned, id. ib. 4, 59:

testamentum,

id. ib. 14, 40:

crimina majestatis,

id. ib. 3, 67:

rumorem,

id. ib. 6, 36 et saep.

tractus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of traho.

tractus, ūs, m. [traho], a drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling, drawing out, trailing.

Lit. (mostly poet.):

tractu gementem Ferre rotam,

Verg. G. 3, 183:

tractu taurea terga domant,

Val. Fl. 6, 359:

modicus tractus (al. tractatus),

Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 153:

aut si qua incerto fallet te littera tractu,

stroke, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 5:

continuus subitarum tractus aquarum,

i. e. a drinking, Luc. 4, 368; cf.:

aëra pestiferum tractu,

i.e. a drawing in, inhalation, id. 7, 412:

repetitaque longo Vellera mollibat nebulis aequantia tractu,

Ov. M. 6, 21: harenam fluctus trahunt... Syrtes ab tractu nominatae, i. e. from Gr. surô, = traho;

because of this drawing,

Sall. J. 78, 3:

(risus) interdum quodam etiam corporis tractu lacessitur,

i. e. movement, Quint. 6, 3, 7.—Of a serpent, a drawing itself along, a creeping, crawling:

squameus in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,

Verg. G. 2, 154; Ov. M. 15, 725; Claud. B. Get. 22; id. II. Cons. Stil. 172.—

Concr., a train, track, course:

nonne vides longos flammarum ducere tractus,

long trains, Lucr. 2, 207: flammarum, Verg. G. 1, 367; Luc. 2, 270: (Phaëthon) longo per aëra tractu Fertur, in a long train (of fire), Ov. M. 2, 320:

longo per multa volumina tractu Aestuat unda minax,

Luc. 5, 565; so of the course of the moon, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97;

of the Nile,

Luc. 10, 257:

(Cydnus) leni tractu e fontibus labens puro solo excipitur,

Curt. 3, 4, 8:

aquarum,

id. 5, 3, 2:

ut arborum tractu equitatus hostium impediretur,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3;

of the wind,

Val. Fl. 1, 614; cf. Manil. 1, 532; 3, 366. —

Transf., a space drawn out, i. e. a stretch, extent, tract of a thing (class.):

castrorum,

Liv. 3, 28, 1:

cujus (urbis) is est tractus ductusque muri, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11 Moser N. cr.:

cum mediae jaceant immensis tractibus Alpes,

Luc. 2, 630; and Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 9. —

Concr., of places, a territory, district, region, tract of land (class.;

syn.: regio, plaga): oppidi,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

corruptus caeli tractus,

Verg. A. 3, 138 Serv.:

tractus ille celeberrimus Venafranus,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

tractus uter plures lepores, uter educet apros,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 22:

tractu surgens oleaster eodem,

Verg. G. 2, 182:

genera (vitium) separari ac singulis conseri tractibus, utilissimum,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187; Flor. 1, 15, 2.—

Trop.

In gen., course, progress, movement:

tractus orationis lenis et aequabilis,

course, movement, current, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54; cf.:

in omni corpore, totoque, ut ita dixerim, tractu (orationis),

Quint. 9, 4, 61:

cetera continuo magis orationis tractu decurrunt,

id. 5, 8, 2.—

Of time, space, lapse, period:

quod neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu Perpetuo possint aevi labentia tractu,

Lucr. 1, 1004; 5, 1216:

eodem tractu temporum nituerunt oratores, etc.,

Vell. 2, 9, 1:

aetatis,

Val. Max. 8, 13, ext. 2:

hoc legatum Cum voluerit, tractum habet, quamdiu vivat is, a quo, etc.,

duration, period, Dig. 32, 1, 11. —

In partic., a drawing out, protracting, lengthening, protraction, extension, length:

quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum!

drawling, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 202:

pares elocutionum,

Quint. 4, 2, 118:

illa (historia) tractu et suavitate atque etiam dulcedine placet,

extent, copiousness, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10.—

Of time:

durante tractu et lentitudine mortis,

Tac. A. 15, 64:

belli,

id. ib. 15, 10.—

In gram.:

in tractu et declinatione talia sunt, qualia apud Ciceronem beatitas et beatitudo,

a lengthening in derivation, Quint. 8, 3, 32 Spald.

tristĭtĭa, ae, f. [id.], sadness, mournfulness, sorrow, grief, melancholy, gloominess, dejection (class.; syn. maestitia).

In gen.

Of living beings:

tum ad tristitiam, tum ad laetitiam est contorquendus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

ex summā laetitiā atque lasciviā repente omnes tristitia invasit,

Sall. C. 31, 1:

in eādem tristitiā permanere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32: magno metu ac tristitiā sollicitari, Auct. B. Afr. 10: lacrimis ac tristitiā te tradidisti, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2:

tu sapiens finire memento Tristitiam,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 18:

tristitiam compescere,

Ov. M. 9, 397:

esse aliquam cognatam tristitiae voluptatem,

Sen. Ep. 99, 25:

(vino) tristitia et cura hebetatur,

Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38:

tristitiam animi resolvi,

id. 24, 6, 15, § 24:

subitā tristitiā implicatis militum animis,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

cum tristitiā et maerore in vitā remanere,

id. 2, 6, 14:

tristitiam ad ultimam perductus,

Petr. 24.— Trop.:

sol recedens quasi tristitiā quādam contrahit terram,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 102.—

Of things:

haec tristitia temporum,

this sad state of the times, Cic. Att. 12, 40, 3:

caeli,

Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13:

indurata soli,

id. 18, 21, 50, § 184:

aspectus,

id. 9, 9, 11, § 34:

lenitate verbi rei tristitiam mitigare,

hardness, harshness, Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—

In partic., of demeanor, moroseness, sourness, gloominess, harshness, sternness, severity, etc. (syn. severitas):

an nova tristitiae causa puella tuae?

Prop. 1, 18, 10:

simque ego tristitiae causa modusque tuae,

Ov. H. 3, 90:

(risus) tristitiam ac severitatem mitigat, relaxat,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66:

illorum (philosophorum) tristitiam atque asperitatem fugiens,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 79:

quod ille vos tristitiā vultuque deceperit,

id. Prov. Cons. 5, 12;

so Quint. Inst. prooem. § 15: non conveniant barbae illi atque tristitiae,

id. ib. 11, 1, 34; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7; 8, 21, 1; Suet. Ner. 23; Sil. 8, 612.

undĕ, adv., from which place, whence.

Lit., of place.

Correlatively:

petere inde coronam Unde prius nulli velarint tempora musae,

Lucr. 4, 5:

nec enim inde venit, unde mallem,

Cic. Att. 13, 39, 2:

ibi, unde huc translata essent,

id. Rep. 2, 16, 30:

ut eo restituerentur (Galli), unde dejecti essent,

id. Caecin. 30, 88; cf.:

te redigam eodem, unde orta es,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

eodem, unde erant profectae (naves),

Caes. B. G. 4, 28; 5, 5;

so too, eodem, unde,

id. ib. 5, 11:

ad idem, unde profecta sunt, redire,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

fontes, unde hauriretis,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 203:

Latobrigos in fines suos, unde erant profecti, reverti jussit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

loca superiora, unde erat propinquus despectus in mare,

id. ib. 3, 14:

ad summi fastigia culminis unde Tela jactabant Teucri,

Verg. A. 2, 458:

regna, Unde genus ducis,

id. ib. 5, 801:

arbor, unde auri aura refulsit,

id. ib. 6, 204:

montis sublime cacumen Occupat, unde sedens partes speculetur in omnes,

Ov. M. 1, 667. —

Pregn.: e majoribus castris, unde antea cessatum fuerat, brevi spatio circumductae copiae, i. e. from the place at which, etc., Liv. 5, 13, 10:

in arcem perfugere, unde biduo post deditio facta,

id. 31, 46, 16. —

In a direct interrog.:

hoc verbum unde utrumque declarat, et ex quo loco et a quo loco. Unde dejectus est Cinna? Ex urbe... Unde dejecti Galli? A Capitolio. Unde qui cum Graccho fuerunt? Ex Capitolio, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 30, 87: Pa. Unde is? Chae. Egone? nescio hercle, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 14: Mn. Unde eam (mulierem) esse aiunt? Ly. Ex Samo, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 68:

qui genus? unde domo?

from what country? Verg. A. 8, 114.—With gentium:

unde haec igitur gentium est?

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 47.—

In an indirect interrog.:

ego instare, ut mihi responderet, quis esset, ubi esset, unde esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188: quaere unde domo (sit), what his home is, or where he lives, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 53:

qualis et unde genus.. Quaeris,

from what stock, of what family, Prop. 1, 22, 1:

non recordor, unde ceciderim, sed unde surrexerim,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10:

unde initium belli fieret, explorabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

unde domo quisque sit quaere,

Sen. Cons. Helv. 6, 3:

sciscitari unde natalium provenerit,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 32.—

Transf.

Apart from relations of place, and referring to persons or things, from which as an origin, source, cause, means, reason, etc., something proceeds, from whom, from which.

Correlatively:

(narratio) brevis erit, si, unde necesse est, inde initium sumetur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

unde jumenta nomen traxere,

Col. 6, praef. 3:

praedonibus, Unde emerat,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 35:

qui eum necasset, unde ipse natus esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

potest fieri, ut is, unde te audisse dicis, iratus dixerit,

id. de Or. 2, 70, 285; cf.:

de eā (re) multo dicat ornatius, quam ille ipse, unde cognorit,

id. ib. 1, 15, 67:

illo exstincto Jove, unde discerem,

id. Sen. 4, 12:

hem, mea lux, unde omnes opem petere solebant,

id. Fam. 14, 2, 2:

hi, unde ne hostium quidem legati arcentur, pulsi,

Liv. 21, 10, 6:

non ut ingenium et eloquentiam meam perspicias, unde longe absum,

Cic. Brut. 92, 318: est unde haec fiant, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 42:

tenuit permagnam Sextilius hereditatem, unde nummum nullum attigisset,

Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 55:

si habuerit, unde tibi solvat,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 29:

quod, unde agger omnino comportari posset, nihil erat reliquum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15:

tardior stilus cogitationem moratur, rudis et confusus intellectu caret: unde sequitur alter dictandi labor,

Quint. 1, 1, 28; 12, 3, 4:

sciat (orator) quam plurima: unde etiam senibus auctoritas major est, quod, etc.,

id. 12, 4, 2:

unde jus stabat, ei victoriam dedit (= a quā parte stabat),

Liv. 21, 10, 9; cf.:

turbam, nec satis fido animo, unde pugnabat, stantem, in fugam averterunt,

id. 25, 15, 13:

ut unde stetisset, eo se victoria transferret,

on whose side, Just. 5, 4, 12.—

In partic., jurid. t. t.: unde petitur, of whom demand is made, i. e. the defendant: si ambo pares essent, illi, unde petitur, potius credendum esse, Cato ap. Gell. 14, 2, 26; cf.:

causam dicere Prius unde petitur, aurum quare sit suom, Quam ille qui petit, unde is sit thesaurus sibi,

Ter. Eun. prol. 11 sq.:

ego omnibus, unde petitur, hoc consilium dederim,

Cic. Fam. 7, 11, 1:

postulabat ut illi, unde peteretur, vetus exceptio daretur,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 168. —

In a direct interrog.:

unde haec (patera) igitur est?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 158; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 10: redde, ut huic reddatur. Strob. Unde? id. Aul. 5, 20: Pi. Bonum habe animum. Mn. Unde habeam? id. ib. 4, 3, 17; id. Cas. 2, 2, 25:

unde iste amor tam improvisus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 60; Quint. 11, 1, 54:

unde sed hos novi?

Ov. M. 9, 508.—With gentium: De. Face id ut paratum jam sit. Li. Unde gentium? De. Me defraudato, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 77; Tert. Pall. 4.—

In an indirect interrog.:

ut ex ipsā quaeras, unde hunc (anulum) habuerit,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 45:

quaerere, unde se ac suos tueri possit,

Liv. 5, 4, 5:

unde concilietur risus... difficillimum dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 35:

si cogitaverimus, unde et quousque jam provecta sit orandi facultas,

id. 2, 16, 18:

unde sit infamis... Discite,

Ov. M. 4, 285; cf. flor. 3, 12, 8 sqq.—

Indef.: unde unde for undecumque, from wherever, whencesoever, from whatever quarter (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

et quaerendum unde unde foret nervosius illud,

Cat. 67, 27:

qui nisi... Mercedem aut numos unde unde extricat, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 88:

nec tamen vindictae solacium unde unde spernendum est,

App. M. 5, p. 165:

qui malum etsi ipse non fecit, tamen a quocumque et unde unde passus est fieri,

Tert. adv. Herm. 10.—

So, unde alone (late Lat.;

perh. only in Tert.): certe unde sunt ista, signis potius et ostentis deputanda,

Tert. Anim. 51 fin.:

quamquam possimus unde illas prolatas aestimare, dum ne ex nihilo,

id. adv. Herm. 22 med.

urbānĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], a living in a city, city life.

Lit.:

desideria urbis et urbanitatis,

Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

in urbis urbanitatisque desiderio,

id. ib. 7, 17, 1.—

Transf., city fashion, city manners, both in a good and in a bad sense.

In a good sense.

Refinement, elegance of manner, politeness, courtesy, affability, urbanity:

addo urbanitatem, quae est virtus, ut Stoici rectissime putant,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.—

Refinement, delicacy, or elegance of speech:

urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio,

Cic. Brut. 46, 170; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 17 (opp. rusticitas); 6, 3, 103 sq.—

In partic., wit, humor, pleasantry, raillery: contumelia si petulantius jactatur, convicium;

si facetius, urbanitas nominatur,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6:

in quantam hominum facetorum urbanitatem incurratis, non dico,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 103:

ut aliquando subtilitatem veteris urbanitatis et humanissimi sermonis attingerem,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 2:

vides exaruisse jam veterem urbanitatem,

id. Fam. 7, 31, 2:

mancipiorum urbanitas in dominos contumeliosa,

Sen. Const. 11, 3:

in jocis,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

oratoria,

id. 6, 3, 14:

risus si aptus est, urbanitatis nomen adsequitur,

id. 8, 6, 74; 10, 1, 115.—

In a bad sense, trickery, roguery, knavery:

incuriosos milites (vernaculā utebantur urbanitate) quidam spoliavere,

Tac. H. 2, 88; so,

vernula,

Petr. 24.