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1 scopulus

scŏpŭlus, i, m., = skopelos, a projecting point of rock; a rock, cliff, crag, esp. a rock, shelf, ledge in the sea.
I.
Lit. (mostly poet.; not in Cic., but v. infra, II.; cf.:
rupes, cautes), in the sea: ut pars (remigum) ad scopulos allisa interficeretur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 27 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 13; Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; Verg. G. 3, 261; id. A. 1, 145; 5, 270; Ov. M. 4, 524; 9, 592:
frequentes,
Juv. 13, 246:
vomentes aequor,
Luc. 6, 24:
immanes,
Ov. M. 14, 182; cf.
of a promontory,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 20; Ov. F. 4, 419:
scopuli errantes, of the Symplegades,
Val. Fl. 3, 621; 4, 681.—On land:
scopuli rupesque cavae,
Verg. G. 3, 253; id. A. 4, 445; 12, 531; Sil. 10, 263; Stat. Th. 7, 665; Val. Fl. 6, 632;
of the cavern of Cacus,
Verg. A. 8, 192:
scopulus Mavortis, of the Areopagus,
Ov. M. 6, 70:
his inmobilior scopulis, of a man hard to move,
id. ib. 13, 801:
scopulis surdior,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; cf.:
ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,
Ov. M. 7, 33:
natus es e scopulis,
id. Tr. 3, 11, 3.—
II.
Trop., a rock, = a difficulty, danger, harm, evil, etc. (freq. in Cic.; also commended by him as a figure): cum neque Musarum scopulos quisquam superarat, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 223 Vahl.):
qui te ad scopulum e tranquillo inferat,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:
Syrtim patrimonii scopulum libentius dixerim,
Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 163:
nec tuas umquam rationes ad eos scopulos, appulisses, ad quos Sex. Titii afflictam navem et in quibus C. Deciani naufragium fortunarum videres,
id. Rab. Perd. 9, 25; id. de Or. 2, 37, 154; id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79:
in scopulos vitae incidere,
id. Consol. Fragm. 2, p. 489 Orell.:
(Piso et Gabinius) geminae voragines scopulique rei publicae,
id. Pis. 18, 41; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1:
(Pompeius) Ille tremor Ponti et piratarum scopulus, Petr. poët. 123, 240: commeatum publicum in scopulos annonae impingere,
Quint. Decl. 12, 22:
cujus tribunal scopulus reorum dicebatur,
Val. Max. 3, 7, 9:
e scopulo cadere,
to be ruined, Amm. 30, 5, 10.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scopulus
2 scopulus

scopulus ī, m, σκόπελοσ, a projecting point of rock, rock, cliff, crag, shelf, ledge: pars (remigum) ad scopulos adlisa, Cs.: detrudunt navīs scopulo, V.: Imminet aequoribus scopulus, O.: Qui vidit Infamīs scopulos Acroceraunia, promontory, H.: scopuli ruina, i. e. fallen roof (of the cave of Cacus), V.: Mavortis, the Areopagus, O.: His inmobilior scopulis, harder to move, O.: scopulis surdior, H.—Fig., a rock, cliff, ledge, stumbling-block, danger, difficulty: cum neque Musarum scopulos quisquam superarat: qui te ad scopulum e tranquillo auferat, T.: (Piso et Gabinius) geminae voragines scopulique rei p.
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scopuli N M

rock, boulder

Latin-English dictionary > scopulus
3 brevis

brevis e, adj. with comp. and sup. [BREG-].— In space, short: via, V.: brevior via, N.: cursus brevissimus, V.: brevius iter, O.: tam brevis aqua, so narrow a stream, O.: scopulus, small, O.: brevibus Gyaris, Iu. — Of stature, short, small, low: iudex brevior quam testis: (puella) longa brevisque, O. — Of height: ut pleraque Alpium, sicut breviora, ita adrectiora sunt, lower, L.—Of depth, shallow: vada, V.: puteus, Iu.— Plur n. as subst, shallow places, shallows, shoals: Eurus In brevia urget, V.—Of the line of a circle: ubi circulus spatio brevissimus ambit, makes the shortest path, O.—Fig., of life: vitae curriculum: vitae brevis cursus: fila vitae breviora, O.—Little, small: brevibus implicata viperis, H.: caput, H.: alvus, V.: folia breviora, H.: census, H.: sigillum, O.—As subst n.: scis In breve te cogi, i. e. to be rolled up closely (of a book), H. — Meton., of time, short, brief, little, short-lived: tempus: brevissimum tempus, L.: anni, H.: occasio, T.: omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent: vitae summa brevis (gen.), H.: littera, a short vowel: syllaba, a short syllable, H.: dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus: aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut, etc., occupied a shorter time, L.: flores rosae, short-lived, H.: cena, frugal, H.: ira furor brevis est, H.—Of discourse, short, brief, concise: narratio: Crassi oratio: quam brevia responsu!: cum se breves putent esse, brief: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio, H.: breve facere, to be brief: in breve coactae causae, L.: tam in brevi spatio, in so short time, T.: brevi spatio, a little while, S.: spatio brevi, H.: brevi tempore ad nihilum venire, in a little while.
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I
breve, brevior -or -us, brevissimus -a -um ADJ

short, little, small, stunted; brief, concise, quick; narrow, shallow; humble
II
brevis N M

short catalog, summary document

Latin-English dictionary > brevis
4 ē-micō

ē-micō cuī, cātus, āre, to spring out, spring forth, break forth, leap up: Emicat ex oculis flamma, O.: scaturiges, L.: sanguis in altum, O.: telum nervo, O.: in currum, V.: saxa tormento, L.: carcere, to escape from, O.—To stand out, project: scopulus alto gurgite, O. — Fig., to be prominent, be conspicuous: verbum emicuit decorum, H.: claritate rerum, Cu.

Latin-English dictionary > ē-micō
5 mināx

mināx ācis, adj. with comp. [2 MAN-], jutting out, projecting, overhanging: scopulus, V.—Fig., threatening, menacing, full of threats: minax atque adrogans: vituli fronte, O.: fluvii, V.: pestilentia minacior, L.: litterae: vox, H.: verba, O.: fortuna, Iu.—As subst m.: arma minacis, V.
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(gen.), minacis ADJ

threatening; boding ill

Latin-English dictionary > mināx
6 pendeō

pendeō pependī, —, ēre [PAND-], to hang, hang down, be suspended: sagittae pendebant ab umero: pendebant molles super ora capilli, O.: telum summo clipei umbone pependit, V.: chlamydemque, ut pendeat apte, Conlocat, hang becomingly, O.: ego plectar pendens, shall be strung up and flogged, T.: pendebit fistula pinu, V.: E trabe pependit onus, O.: inter merces, be exposed for sale, Ph.: Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo, i. e. are held by a frail tenure, O.— To hang in the air, be suspended, float, hover, overhang: Nunc scopulus raucis pendet adesus aquis, O.: Hi summo in fluctu pendent, V.: Dumosā pendere procul de rupe videbo (capros), V.: olor niveis pendebat in aëre pennis, O.: litus, quod pendeat, overhangs, O.— To hang about, loiter, tarry, linger: nostro in limine, V.— To hang down, be flabby, be flaccid, be weak, have no strength: fluidos pendere lacertos, O.: Pendentes genas aspice, Iu.—Fig., to hang, rest, depend, be dependent: quoniam opes eius ex patre suo penderent, S.: ex alterius voltu ac nutu, L.: spes pendet ex fortunā: ex quo verbo tota causa pendebat: vectigalia perlevi saepe momento fortunae pendere: in sententiis omnium civium famam nostram pendere: De te pendens amicus, devoted to you, H.: ex te tota pendebat, Ct.: tyrannus, Cum quo fatum pendebat amici, Iu.—Of the attention, to hang, give close attention, be absorbed, gaze fixedly: (Dido) pendet iterum narrantis ab ore, V., O.— To be suspended, be interrupted: pendent opera interrupta, V.— To be in suspense, be uncertain, hesitate, be irresolute, be perplexed: animus tibi pendet? T.: nolo suspensam plebem obscurā spe pendere: pendeo animi exspectatione Corfiniensi: sollicitis ac pendentibus animi, L.: pendebat adhuc belli fortuna, was in doubt, O.
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pendere, pependi, - V

hang, hang down; depend

pendeo ab ore -- hang upon the lips, listen attentively

Latin-English dictionary > pendeō
7 saxeus

saxeus adj. [saxum], of rock, of stone, rocky, stony: moles: scopulus, O.: umbra, of the rocks, V.: Niobe saxea facta, O.
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saxea, saxeum ADJ

rocky, stony, made of stones

Latin-English dictionary > saxeus
8 scopulōsus

scopulōsus adj. [scopulus], full of rocks, rocky, shelvy, craggy: mare.—Fig.: scopuloso difficilique in loco.
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scopulosa, scopulosum ADJ

rocky; full of rocks

Latin-English dictionary > scopulōsus
9 sub-edō

sub-edō ēdī, —, ere, to eat away below, wear away: scopulus, quā subederat unda, O.

Latin-English dictionary > sub-edō
10 adedo

ăd-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (less correctly, adessum), 3, v. a. (adest = adedit, Luc. 6, 265; cf. ĕdo), to begin to eat, to bite, to nibble at, to gnaw, etc.—As verb finite very rare, and mostly poet.; not found in prose of Cic.
I.
Prop.:
angues duo ex occulto allapsi adedere jecur,
Liv. 25, 16, 2; so,
adeso jecinore,
Val. Max. 1, 6, 8:
favos,
Verg. G. 4, 242.—Hence metaph. of fire:
cum me supremus adederit ignis,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 41:
flamma plurima postibus haesit adesis,
Verg. A. 9, 537.—
II.
In an enlarged sense (as a consequence of a continued biting, gnawing, etc.; and hence only in the perf. or part. pass.; cf.: accīdo, absumo, abrumpo), to eat up, to consume entirely: frumento adeso, quod ex areis in oppidum portatum est, Sisenn. ap. Non. 70, 32; so,
extis adesis,
Liv. 1, 7, 13;
pisces ex parte adesi,
Quint. 6, 3, 90: and metaph., to use up, to consume, waste (as money, strength, etc.):
non adesa jam, sed abundante etiam pecunia,
Cic. Quint. 12:
adesis fortunis omnibus,
Tac. A. 13, 21:
bona adesa,
id. H. 1, 4:
adesus cladibus Asdrubal,
Sil. 13, 680.—Hence, ădēsus, a, um, P. a., eaten, gnawed; hence poet., worn away, esp. by water:
adesi lapides,
smooth, polished, Hor. C. 3, 29, 36 (after Theocr. 22, 49; hous potamos periexese):
scopulus,
Ov. H. 10, 26: sale durus adeso caseus, poet. for sale adesus caseus, Verg. Mor. 98.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adedo
11 breve

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breve
12 brevi

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi
13 brevia

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevia
14 brevis

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevis
15 dira

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).
I.
Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:
QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:
tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,
id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:
bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,
Ov. M. 5, 550:
omen,
Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:
aves,
Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:
alites,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:
somnia,
Val. Fl. 3, 59:
tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,
Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.
deprecationes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:
detestatio,
Hor. Epod. 5, 89:
ritus sacrorum,
Tac. A. 16, 8:
religio loci,
Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:
1.
dīrae, ārum, f.
(α).
(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:
dirarum obnuntiatio,
id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—
(β).
As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;
called also Dirae deae, sorores,
Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—
2.
dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:
in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:
me mihi dira precari cogis,
to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:
dira passus,
Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.
II.
Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:
Dea,
i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:
Ulixes,
Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:
Hannibal,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:
durum,
id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):
Afer,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:
Amulius,
Ov. F. 4, 53:
noverca,
id. H. 12, 188:
pellex,
id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:
hydra,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:
serpens,
Ov. M. 2, 651:
victima,
id. A. A. 1, 334:
parens,
fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:
soror,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:
parentes,
Manil. 5, 541.—
b.
Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:
regio,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:
facies,
id. F. 1, 553:
dapes,
id. ib. 6, 663:
venena,
Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:
Asphaltites lacus,
Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:
scopulus,
id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:
duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,
id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:
bellum,
Verg. A. 11, 217:
nefas,
id. ib. 4, 563:
sollicitudines,
Hor. Epod. 13, 10:
amores,
Ov. M. 10, 426:
superbia,
id. ib. 3, 354:
quies,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:
dira portas quassare trabs,
Sil. 4, 284.—
B.
Skilful:
in complicandis negotiis,
Amm. 14, 5, 8.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dira
16 dirae

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).
I.
Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:
QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:
tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,
id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:
bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,
Ov. M. 5, 550:
omen,
Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:
aves,
Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:
alites,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:
somnia,
Val. Fl. 3, 59:
tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,
Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.
deprecationes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:
detestatio,
Hor. Epod. 5, 89:
ritus sacrorum,
Tac. A. 16, 8:
religio loci,
Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:
1.
dīrae, ārum, f.
(α).
(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:
dirarum obnuntiatio,
id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—
(β).
As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;
called also Dirae deae, sorores,
Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—
2.
dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:
in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:
me mihi dira precari cogis,
to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:
dira passus,
Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.
II.
Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:
Dea,
i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:
Ulixes,
Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:
Hannibal,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:
durum,
id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):
Afer,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:
Amulius,
Ov. F. 4, 53:
noverca,
id. H. 12, 188:
pellex,
id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:
hydra,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:
serpens,
Ov. M. 2, 651:
victima,
id. A. A. 1, 334:
parens,
fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:
soror,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:
parentes,
Manil. 5, 541.—
b.
Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:
regio,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:
facies,
id. F. 1, 553:
dapes,
id. ib. 6, 663:
venena,
Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:
Asphaltites lacus,
Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:
scopulus,
id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:
duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,
id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:
bellum,
Verg. A. 11, 217:
nefas,
id. ib. 4, 563:
sollicitudines,
Hor. Epod. 13, 10:
amores,
Ov. M. 10, 426:
superbia,
id. ib. 3, 354:
quies,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:
dira portas quassare trabs,
Sil. 4, 284.—
B.
Skilful:
in complicandis negotiis,
Amm. 14, 5, 8.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dirae
17 dirus

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).
I.
Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:
QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:
tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,
id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:
bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,
Ov. M. 5, 550:
omen,
Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:
aves,
Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:
alites,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:
somnia,
Val. Fl. 3, 59:
tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,
Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.
deprecationes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:
detestatio,
Hor. Epod. 5, 89:
ritus sacrorum,
Tac. A. 16, 8:
religio loci,
Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:
1.
dīrae, ārum, f.
(α).
(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:
dirarum obnuntiatio,
id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—
(β).
As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;
called also Dirae deae, sorores,
Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—
2.
dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:
in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:
me mihi dira precari cogis,
to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:
dira passus,
Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.
II.
Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:
Dea,
i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:
Ulixes,
Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:
Hannibal,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:
durum,
id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):
Afer,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:
Amulius,
Ov. F. 4, 53:
noverca,
id. H. 12, 188:
pellex,
id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:
hydra,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:
serpens,
Ov. M. 2, 651:
victima,
id. A. A. 1, 334:
parens,
fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:
soror,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:
parentes,
Manil. 5, 541.—
b.
Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:
regio,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:
facies,
id. F. 1, 553:
dapes,
id. ib. 6, 663:
venena,
Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:
Asphaltites lacus,
Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:
scopulus,
id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:
duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,
id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:
bellum,
Verg. A. 11, 217:
nefas,
id. ib. 4, 563:
sollicitudines,
Hor. Epod. 13, 10:
amores,
Ov. M. 10, 426:
superbia,
id. ib. 3, 354:
quies,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:
dira portas quassare trabs,
Sil. 4, 284.—
B.
Skilful:
in complicandis negotiis,
Amm. 14, 5, 8.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dirus
18 emico

ē-mĭco, cŭi (cf. Quint. 1, 6, 17), cātum, 1, v. n., to spring out, spring forth, to break forth, appear quickly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; in Cic. and Caes. not at all).
A.
Lit.:
emicat ex oculis, spirat quoque pectore flamma,
Ov. M. 8, 356:
flamma ex monte,
Plin. 2, 88, 89, § 203:
multi calami ex una radice,
id. 27, 8, 40, § 62:
dracones de extis,
id. 11, 37, 77, § 197:
fulgura ab omni parte caeli,
Curt. 8, 4: corpore sanguis (so Lachm.;
Munro, e corpore),
Lucr. 2, 195:
uterque pronus carcere,
Ov. M. 10, 652:
scaturigines,
Liv. 44, 33:
cruor alte,
Ov. M. 4, 121:
sanguis per foramen,
id. ib. 9, 130:
scintillae inter fumum,
Quint. 8, 5, 29:
sol super terras,
Val. Fl. 4, 96; cf.
dies,
id. 1, 655:
telum nervo,
Ov. M. 5, 67; cf.:
saxa tormento,
Liv. 44, 10: hostem rati, emicant, sine discrimine insultant, rush forth, Flor. 1, 18, 4 et saep.:
(sanguis) in illam partem,
Lucr. 4, 1050:
juvenum manus emicat ardens in litus,
Verg. A. 6, 5; cf.:
in currum,
id. ib. 12, 327:
Nisus ante omnia corpora,
id. ib. 5, 319:
sanguis in altum,
Ov. M. 6, 260:
rami in excelsum,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23 al.; cf. comically: cor coepit in pectus emicare, to leap, * Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 4.—
2.
Transf., to stretch forth, project:
scopulus alto gurgite,
Ov. M. 9, 225.—
B.
Trop., to be prominent or conspicuous, to become apparent:
inter quae verbum emicuit si forte decorum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 73:
Agrippinae is pavor, ea consternatio mentis emicuit, ut, etc.,
Tac. A. 13, 16.—Esp. of good qualities, etc.:
quos et magnitudine animi et claritate rerum longe emicuisse,
to have shone forth, Curt. 7, 6, 20:
egregia virtus Scaevae centurionis emicuit,
Flor. 4, 2, 40; cf.:
inter ceteros Themistoclis gloria emicuit,
Just. 2, 9, 15.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > emico
19 frango

frango, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [root in Gr. FPAT, rhêgnumi, rhêgma, rhôgaleos; Goth. Brikkan; Irish brissim; Germ. brechen; Engl. break; but cf. Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 182, and v. the letter F], to break, break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, break in two (cf.: rumpo, diffringo).
I.
Lit.: hastas frangit quatitque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 435 ed. Vahl.); cf.: aes sonit, franguntur hastae, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 ed. Vahl.): fraxinus frangitur atque abies consternitur alta, is broken, felled, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 ed. Vahl.):
simulacra,
Lucr. 6, 419:
milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo: ergo alter alterius ubicumque nactus est ova, frangit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:
anulus aureus fractus et comminatus est,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56:
compluribus navibus fractis,
dashed to pieces, Caes. B. G. 4, 29, 3:
naves,
Hor. A. P. 20:
navem is fregit apud Andrum insulam,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 17; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57:
domus fracta conjectu lapidum,
Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:
janua frangatur, latret canis,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 128:
patinam,
id. ib. 2, 8, 72:
lagenam,
id. ib. 81:
crystallina,
Mart. 14, 111:
aulas in caput,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21:
corpora ad saxum,
Verg. A. 3, 625:
vindices rerum capitalium laqueo gulam fregere,
broke his neck, strangled him, Sall. C. 55, 5:
cervices civium Romanorum in carcere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147; id. Vatin. 11, 26:
senile guttur parentis impiā manu,
Hor. Epod. 3, 2:
cerebrum,
Verg. A. 5, 413:
brachium,
Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf.
coxam,
Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:
crus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59:
crura,
Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 27; Suet. Aug. 67; id. Tib. 44; Vulg. Johan. 19, 31:
cornu in arbore,
Ov. F. 5, 121:
non ego te, tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere persequor,
to tear in pieces, Hor. C. 1, 23, 10; cf.:
indomitos ut cum Massyla per arva Armenti reges magno leo fregit hiatu, etc.,
Stat. Th. 11, 28; Val. Fl. 2, 458; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:
nubes in montem actae non franguntur, sed circumfunduntur,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 2.—
B.
Transf., in gen., to break up small, to grind, bruise, crush (freq. since the Aug. per.):
glebam bidentibus,
Verg. G. 2, 400;
glebas,
id. ib. 3, 161:
fruges robore saxi,
Lucr. 1, 882:
farra saxo,
Val. Fl. 2, 448:
hordeum molis,
Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72:
granum dentibus,
id. 18, 24, 54, § 196:
fabam,
id. 19, 3, 15, § 40:
glandem (sues),
Verg. G. 2, 72:
testes homini,
Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263:
toros,
to press, throw one's self upon, Mart. 2, 59, 3; 4, 8, 6: comam in gradus, to twist, braid, Quint. 1, 6, 44:
mare montis ad ejus Radices frangit fluctus,
breaks, Lucr. 6, 695; cf.:
quam (fortunam) existimo levem et imbecillam ab animo firmo et gravi tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi oportere,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:
fluctus (scopulus),
Luc. 6, 266:
undam,
Ov. F. 4, 282:
aquas,
Quint. 9, 4, 7:
amnem nando,
Luc. 8, 374; cf. Sil. 3, 457; 8, 555:
iter,
i. e. turn off from it, Stat. Th. 12, 232.
II.
Trop., to break down, subdue, weaken, diminish, violate; to soften, move, touch:
quem (Viriathum) C. Laelius praetor ita fregit et comminuit ferocitatemque ejus ita repressit, ut, etc.,
broke down, subdued, Cic. Off. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:
fractam illam et debilitatam vim suam, etc.,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:
quem series immensa laborum fregerit,
Ov. H. 9, 6:
nationes frangere domareque,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:
proeliis calamitatibusque fracti,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7:
victi sumus igitur, aut, si vinci dignitas non potest, fracti certe et abjecti,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:
te ut ulla res frangat?
would break, shake thy resolution, id. Cat. 1, 9, 22; cf.:
frangi metu, cupiditate,
id. Off. 1, 20, 68:
fractus ac debilitatus metu,
id. de Or. 1, 26, 121:
flecti animo atque frangi,
id. Sull. 6, 18:
frangi animo,
id. Phil. 2, 15, 37:
dolore,
id. Fin. 2, 29, 95:
misericordiā,
id. Att. 7, 12, 3:
pudore,
id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 et simil.; cf.
also: aliquem auctoritate,
id. ib. 1, 21 fin.:
aliquem patientiā,
id. Brut. 25, 95: quae (vis) summas frangit infirmatque opes, Poët. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 28:
debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia,
Tac. Dial. 39:
mollis illa educatio, quam indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes et mentis et corporis frangit,
Quint. 1, 2, 6:
frangitur vox,
id. 11, 3, 20; cf. id. 12, 11, 2:
vox Auditur fractos sonitus imitata tubarum,
Verg. G. 4, 72:
et illa (littera), quae est sexta nostrarum (i. e. F) quoties aliquam consonantem frangit, ut in hoc ipso frangit, multo fit horridior,
i. e. weakens, Quint. 12, 10, 29 Spald. (v. the passage in its connection); cf. id. 1, 4, 11:
primum divisit ineleganter: duo enim genera quae erant, fecit tria: hoc est non dividere, sed frangere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 26; cf.:
frangas citius quam corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt,
Quint. 1, 3, 12:
bellum proeliis frangere,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:
dignitatem,
id. Fam. 9, 16, 6:
hunc (pedum dolorem) abstinentiā, sanctitate vicit et fregit,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:
ut equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 113:
animos frangi et debilitari molestiā,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:
ingenium (mala),
Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 33:
sublimia pectora (Venus et vinum),
id. F. 1, 301:
ego unus contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam,
Cic. Phil. 13, 13 fin.; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 301, 8 (id. Rep. 3, 36 ed. Mos.):
furorem et petulantiam alicujus,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
libidines,
id. Leg. 3, 13, 31:
odium iramque (risus),
Quint. 6, 3, 9:
impetum cogitationis (membranae),
id. 10, 3, 31:
consilium alicujus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4; cf.:
sententiam alicujus,
id. ib. 1, 4, 1:
foedus,
id. Pis. 12, 28; id. Scaur. 42:
fidem,
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:
jura pudicitiae,
Prop. 4 (5), 5, 28:
mandata,
Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 19:
fas,
Grat. Cyneg. 451:
morantem diem mero (= breviorem reddere),
to shorten, Hor. C. 2, 7, 6:
vina,
i. e. to weaken, dilute, Mart. 14, 103; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 138:
cum frangerem jam ipse me cogeremque illa ferre toleranter,
Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 2:
nec animus tantis se laboribus frangeret, neque, etc.,
id. Arch. 11, 29:
ante quam calores aut frigora se fregerunt,
diminished, abated, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; cf.:
Scaevola paulum quiescet, dum se calor frangat,
Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265:
fracti aestus et nondum orta frigora,
Cels. 7, 7, 4 fin.; cf.:
fluctus se frangit,
Sen. Med. 392:
glacies se frangit,
id. Q. N. 4, 5, 4.—Hence, fractus, a, um, P. a., weakened, weak, feeble, faint:
jamque adeo fracta est aetas effetaque tellus Vix animalia parva creat,
Lucr. 2, 1151:
quod me audis fractiorem esse animo,
i. e. more disheartened, less courageous, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4; cf.:
spes amplificandae fortunae fractior,
id. Lael. 16, 59:
in compositione fractus,
powerless, feeble, Quint. 12, 10, 12; cf.:
quid est tam fractum, tam minutum, tam in ipsa concinnitate puerile?
Cic. Brut. 83, 287; and:
corruptum et omnibus vitiis fractum dicendi genus,
Quint. 10, 1, 125: corrupta oratio maxime comprehensione obscura, compositione fracta consistit, id. [p. 777] 8, 3, 57:
effeminata et fracta impudicis modis (musice),
id. 1, 10, 31.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frango
20 immineo

immĭnĕo ( inm-), ēre, v. n. [in-mineo], to project over or towards a thing, to bend or lean towards, to hang down over, overhang (syn. impendeo).
I.
Lit. (mostly poet.):
collis plurimus urbi Imminet,
commands, Verg. A. 1, 420; cf.:
imminens prope ipsis moenibus tumulus,
Liv. 29, 35, 7:
imminens villae tua pinus esto,
Hor. C. 3, 22, 5:
candida populus antro Imminet,
Verg. E. 9, 41:
aër his,
Ov. M. 1, 52:
caelumque quod imminet orbi,
id. ib. 2, 7:
scopulus aequoribus,
id. ib. 4, 525:
apex collis subjectis arvis,
id. ib. 7, 779:
nemus desuper,
Verg. A. 1, 165:
arbos,
Ov. M. 4, 459:
imminet e celsis audentius improba muris Virgo,
Val. Fl. 6, 681; Quint. 11, 3, 130:
choros ducit Venus imminente luna,
shining overhead, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5: cum ageretur togata, simulans, caterva tota clarissima concentione in ore impuri hominis imminens contionata est: Huic vitae tuae, etc., bending or turning towards, Cic. Sest. 55, 118; cf.:
gestu omni imminenti,
bent towards him, id. de Or. 2, 55, 225.—
B.
Transf., to be near to a thing, to touch on, border upon.
1.
In gen. (rare):
imminet hic, sequiturque parem, similisque tenenti Non tenet,
Ov. M. 7, 785:
tergo fugacis,
id. ib. 1, 542:
carcer imminens foro,
adjoining, Liv. 1, 33, 8:
imminentia muro aedificia,
id. 2, 33, 7.—
2.
In partic. (like impendere and instare), in an inimical sense, to threaten, menace, by nearness or commanding position (class.):
nimis imminebat propter propinquitatem Aegina Piraeeo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; cf.:
Carthago imminere jam fructuosissimis insulis populi Romani videbatur,
id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:
certior sum factus, Parthos... Ciliciae magis imminere,
id. Att. 5, 20, 2:
imminent duo reges toti Asiae,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:
circum insulas Italiae inminentes,
Liv. 21, 49, 1:
Mithridates Italiae quoque,
Vell. 2, 18, 4:
Parthi Latio,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 53:
Germaniae et Britanniae,
Suet. Calig. 19:
bello subegit gentem rebus populi Romani imminentem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20:
instabat agmen Caesaris atque universum imminebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 80 fin.:
imbrium divina avis imminentŭm,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 10:
turris ingens inminebat,
Liv. 21, 7, 7; 21, 11, 10:
inminentes tumuli,
id. 3, 7, 2. —
II.
Trop. (class.).
A.
To strive eagerly ofter a thing, to be eager for, to long for, be intent upon:
hujus mendicitas aviditate conjuncta in nostras fortunas imminebat,
Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20; Liv. 30, 28, 9:
in alterius ducis exercitusque opprimendi occasionem imminebat,
id. 25, 20, 5:
huc imminet: om nes Dirigit huc sensus,
Verg. Cul. 89:
alieno imminere,
Sen. Ep. 2 fin.:
rebus,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
quod imminere emptioni publicanos videbat,
Suet. Aug. 24:
peritus rerum popularium imminensque ei potestati,
Liv. 3, 51, 9:
spei majoris honoris,
id. 4, 25, 9:
occasioni alloquendi regem,
Curt. 5, 11:
exitio conjugis,
Ov. M. 1, 146:
Verres avaritia semper hiante atque imminenti fuit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.—
B.
Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be near at hand, to impend.
1.
In gen.:
sunt qui ea, quae quotidie imminent, non videant,
Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:
mors, quae propter incertos casus quotidie imminet,
id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91.—
2.
In partic., to threaten by nearness, to be imminent:
periculum, quod imminere ipsi portenderetur,
Suet. Claud. 29:
periculum ambobus,
id. Tit. 9:
imminentes undique insidiae,
id. Caes. 86:
discrimina undique,
id. Tib. 25:
summum discrimen,
Quint. 8, 4, 22:
bellum,
id. 12, 1, 43:
taedio praesentium et imminentium metu,
Suet. Vit. 15.

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