scanty

rare, uncommon / far apart / thin, scanty.

aestīvus, a, um, adj. [aestas], of or pertaining to summer, summer-like, summer (freq. and class.):

Quo pacto aestivis e partibus Aegocerotis Brumalīs adeat flexus,

turns from the hot region of heaven to the wintry sign of Capricorn, Lucr. 5, 615; so id. 5, 639:

aestivos menses rei militari dare, hibernos juris dictioni,

Cic. Att. 5, 14:

tempora, dies,

summer time, summer days, id. Verr. 2, 5, 31:

sol,

Verg. G. 4, 28:

aura,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 18:

umbra,

Ov. M. 13, 793:

rus,

Mart. 8, 61:

per aestivos saltus deviasque calles exercitum ducimus,

through woods, where flocks were driven for summer pasture, Liv. 22, 14:

aves,

summer birds, id. 5, 6:

animalia,

the insects of summer, Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154:

expeditiones,

which were undertaken in summer, Vell. 2, 114: castra, a summer camp (constructed differently from a winter camp), Suet. Claud. 1.—Hence,

Subst.: aestīva, ōrum, n.

For a summer camp, ta therina:

dum in aestivis essemus,

Cic. Att. 5, 17; id. Fam. 2, 13: aestiva praetoris, of a pleasure-camp, pleasurehouse, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37.—

The time appropriate for a campaign (cf. aestas; often continuing until December; v. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 2, 7);

hence,

a campaign, Cic. Pis. 40: aestivis confectis, after the campaign was ended (which did not take place until the Saturnalia, XIV. Kal. Januar.), id. Fam. 3, 9 fin.:

perducere aestiva in mensem Decembrem,

Vell. 2, 105.—

Summer pastures for cattle:

per montium aestiva,

Plin. 24, 6, 19, § 28.— Meton. for the cattle themselves:

Nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt, sed tota aestiva,

Verg. G. 3, 472.— Hence, * adv.: aestīvē, in a summer-like manner, as in summer: admodum aestive viaticati sumus, we are furnished in a very summer-like manner with money for our journey, i. e. we have but little (the figure taken from the light dress of summer;

or, acc. to others, from the scanty provisions which soldiers took with them in summer),

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 30.

angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;

opp. latus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]

Lit.:

fretus,

Lucr. 1, 720:

Angustum per iter,

id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:

pontes angusti,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

domus,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

fauces portūs angustissimae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

fines,

id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:

cellae,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:

rima,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,

on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:

porta,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:

per angustum,

Lucr. 4, 530:

angusta viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 332:

pontes et viarum angusta,

Tac. H. 4, 35.—

Trop.

In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:

ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,

Cic. Off. 1, 17:

amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,

id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:

perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—

Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:

spiritus,

short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:

odor rosae,

not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Of time, short, brief:

angustus dies,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:

nox,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:

tempus,

Luc. 4, 447.—

Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:

pauperies,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

res angusta domi,

Juv. 3, 164:

mensa,

Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—

Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:

rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:

cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,

was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

res est in angusto,

the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

spes est in angusto,

hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—

Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:

nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

animi angusti et demissi,

id. Pis. 24, 57:

ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—

Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:

minutae angustaeque concertationes,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31:

pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—

Of discourse, brief, simple:

et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,

Cic. Or. 56, 187:

Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,

i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.

Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:

anguste putare vitem,

to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,

anguste aliquid deputare,

id. 4, 22, 3:

quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,

in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:

tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,

scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:

angustius pabulabantur,

within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:

aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:

quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

Tac. A. 4, 4:

eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:

Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

furunculus angustissime praecisus,

Col. 4, 24, 17. —

Trop.

In gen., within narrow limits:

anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,

Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:

Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,

seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—

Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

anguste et exiliter dicere,

id. Brut. 84, 289:

anguste disserere,

id. Part. Or. 41, 139:

presse et anguste rem definire,

id. Or. 33, 117:

anguste materiem terminare,

Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:

Pergit idem et urget angustius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

concludere brevius angustiusque,

id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;

opp. latus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]

Lit.:

fretus,

Lucr. 1, 720:

Angustum per iter,

id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:

pontes angusti,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

domus,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

fauces portūs angustissimae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

fines,

id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:

cellae,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:

rima,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,

on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:

porta,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:

per angustum,

Lucr. 4, 530:

angusta viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 332:

pontes et viarum angusta,

Tac. H. 4, 35.—

Trop.

In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:

ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,

Cic. Off. 1, 17:

amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,

id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:

perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—

Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:

spiritus,

short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:

odor rosae,

not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Of time, short, brief:

angustus dies,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:

nox,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:

tempus,

Luc. 4, 447.—

Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:

pauperies,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

res angusta domi,

Juv. 3, 164:

mensa,

Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—

Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:

rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:

cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,

was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

res est in angusto,

the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

spes est in angusto,

hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—

Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:

nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

animi angusti et demissi,

id. Pis. 24, 57:

ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—

Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:

minutae angustaeque concertationes,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31:

pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—

Of discourse, brief, simple:

et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,

Cic. Or. 56, 187:

Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,

i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.

Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:

anguste putare vitem,

to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,

anguste aliquid deputare,

id. 4, 22, 3:

quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,

in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:

tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,

scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:

angustius pabulabantur,

within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:

aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:

quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

Tac. A. 4, 4:

eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:

Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

furunculus angustissime praecisus,

Col. 4, 24, 17. —

Trop.

In gen., within narrow limits:

anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,

Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:

Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,

seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—

Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

anguste et exiliter dicere,

id. Brut. 84, 289:

anguste disserere,

id. Part. Or. 41, 139:

presse et anguste rem definire,

id. Or. 33, 117:

anguste materiem terminare,

Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:

Pergit idem et urget angustius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

concludere brevius angustiusque,

id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

ārĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [aridus], dryness, drought.

A.. Lit.:

ariditatem ampliare,

Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 117:

myrtus siccata usque in ariditatem,

id. 15, 29, 37, § 123:

ariditas aquae,

Vulg. Judith, 11, 10.—In the plur.:

ariditatibus temperamenta ferre,

Arn. 2, 69.—

In Pall. meton. (abstr. pro concr.), any thing dry, withered, or parched:

cum fimi ariditate miscenda est, i. e. fimo arido,

Pall. 3, 4:

ariditatem recidere,

the dry, dead wood, id. 3, 21, 2.—

Trop., a being withered, dryness:

stipula ariditate plena,

Vulg. Nah. 1, 10:

bracchium ejus ariditate siccabitur,

ib. Zach. 11, 17; and meton. (abstr. for concr.), of meagre, scanty food, Salv. 1, 1 sq.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

grăcĭlis, e (also ante-class. grăcĭlus, a, um, Lucil. ap. Non. 489, 21; plur.:

gracilae virgines,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22), adj. [Sanscr. karc, to be lean; old Lat. cracentes, slender (Enn. Ann. 497 Vahl.); cf. Gr. kolokanos], thin, slight, slender, slim; meagre, lean ( poet. and in Aug. prose; not in Cic.; but cf. gracilitas; syn.: exilis, tenuis, macer).

Physically:

in gracili macies crimen habere potest,

Ov. R. Am. 328:

gracili sic tamque pusillo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, etc.,

id. C. 1, 5, 1:

puer,

Mart. 11, 43, 4:

Indi,

Juv. 6, 466:

capella,

Ov. M. 1, 299:

equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

Liv. 35, 11, 7:

arbores succinctioresque,

Plin. 16, 10, 17, § 39:

resina (opp. pinguis),

id. 24, 6, 22, § 33:

gracilis et ejuncida vitis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 173:

folium,

id. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

comae et lanuginis instar,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23:

stamen,

id. M. 6, 54:

catena,

id. ib. 4, 176; cf.:

vinculum auri,

Petr. 126:

cacumen,

Ov. M. 10, 140:

coronae,

Juv. 12, 87:

viae petauri,

Mart. 2, 86, 7; cf.

rima,

App. M. 4, p. 149:

libellus,

Mart. 8, 24, 1:

umbra,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 86:

spuma,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 15.— Comp.:

glans brevior et gracilior,

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.— Sup.:

fuit (Nero) ventre projecto, gracillimis cruribus,

Suet. Ner. 51.—

Transf., opp. to fat or rich, meagre, scanty, poor (post-Aug.):

ager,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

clivi,

Col. 2, 4, 11:

vindemiae,

Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2; 8, 15, 1:

gracili Lare vivere,

App. Mag. p. 287; cf.

pauperies,

id. M. 9, p. 219.—

Trop., of style, simple, plain, unadorned ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): materiae gracili sufficit ingenium. Ov. P. 2, 5, 26; cf.:

lusimus, Octavi, gracili modulante Thalia,

Verg. Cul. 1: et in carmine et in soluta oratione genera dicendi probabilia sunt tria, quae Graeci charaktêras vocant nominaque eis fecerunt hadron, ischnon, meson. Nos quoque, quem primum posuimus, uberem vocamus, secundum gracilem, tertium mediocrem. Uberi dignitas atque amplitudo est:

gracili venustas et subtilitas: medius in confinio est utriusque modi particeps, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 1 sq.; cf.:

inter gracile validumque tertium aliquid constitutum est,

Quint. 12, 10, 66:

praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 1.—Of the speaker:

non possumus esse tam graciles, simus fortiores,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.—Hence, adv.: grăcĭlĭter, slenderly.

Lit., App. M. 3, p. 130.—

Trop.:

alia ornatius, alia gracilius esse dicenda,

more simply, Quint. 9, 4, 130.

ĭnīquus, a, um, adj. [2. in-aequus], unequal.

Lit.

Uneven, not level, steep:

puppis, inflicta vadis, dorso dum pendet iniquo,

Verg. A. 10, 303:

juga montis iniqui,

Ov. M. 10, 172.—

Not of the right measure, too great or too small:

haeret Hylas lateri (Herculis), passusque moratur iniquos,

greater than his own, Val. Fl. 3, 486:

iniquae heminae,

Pers. 1, 130:

pocula iniqua,

too large, Ser. Samm. 37:

iniquo pondere rastri,

too heavy, Verg. G. 1, 164; so,

adhibitis iniquis ponderibus,

Dig. 18, 1, 32:

sol,

too hot, Verg. A. 7, 227:

merum,

taken immoderately, Val. Fl. 3, 66.—

Transf.

Unfair, unjust:

quam iniqui sunt patres omnes in adulescentes judices,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 7:

pacem vel iniquā condicione retinere,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, §

6: quid hoc iniquius dici potest,

id. Quint. 2, 8:

causa,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 22:

lex,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 67:

Parcae,

id. C. 2, 6, 9:

quis iniquae Tam patiens urbis, ut, etc.,

Juv. 1, 30:

ventres modio castigare iniquo,

with short measure, scanty fare, id. 14, 126:

praeripere... valde est iniquum,

Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 6.—

Inimical, hostile, adverse:

iniquum esse in aliquem,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 25:

homines natura asperi atque omnibus iniqui,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

animo iniquissimo infestissimoque aliquem intueri,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

obscurius iniqui,

id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

sermones,

id. ib. 1, 9, 20:

vultu iniquo spectare,

with an envious, spiteful look, Ov. A. A. 1, 313.— Subst.: ĭnīquus, i, m., an enemy, foe:

iniqui mei,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

tui,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167 Zumpt:

nonnulli nostri iniqui,

id. Planc. 23, 57.— Also in sup.:

omnibus iniquissimis meis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 69 init.; cf. inimicus, and Zumpt, Gram. § 410.—

Hurtful, injurious, unfavorable, disadvantageous:

loco iniquo subeundum erat ad hostes,

Liv. 2, 31, 4:

ascensu,

id. 28, 16, 7:

loca ad transitum,

id. 8, 38, 6; cf.

spatio,

Verg. A. 5, 203; id. G. 4, 147:

palus gnara vincentibus, iniqua (i. e. invia) nesciis,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

tributum iniquo suo tempore imperatum,

Liv. 2, 23, 5:

consilia cum patriae tum sibi capere,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

vina capiti,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 44:

casus,

Verg. A. 6, 475: sortem miserari iniquam, hard, id. ib. 12, 243.— Comp.:

in locum iniquiorem progredi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4.— Sup.:

iniquissimo nostris loco proelium committere coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.; so,

locum subire,

id. ib. 2, 27 fin. —

Unwilling, impatient, discontented:

iniquo animo pati,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 6:

iniquo animo ferre aliquid,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

iniquissimo animo mori,

id. de Sen. 23, 83:

iniquae mentis asellus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 20:

utrum aequo an iniquo animo mortem subieris jam nihil refert,

Lact. 3, 27, 8:

caelestes iniqui,

ungracious, unkind, Ov. H. 8, 87.—

Unsuitable:

hoc paene iniquum est, comico choragio conari agere nos tragoediam,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 61.—

Imperfect, improperly drawn up:

formula,

Gai. Inst. 4, 57.— Hence, adv.: ĭnīquē.

Lit., unequally:

quam inique comparatum est,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7; cf.:

numquam vidi iniquius concertationem comparatam,

i. e. where the parties were more unequally matched, id. Ad. 2, 2, 4; and:

hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 21, 57.—

Trop.

Unfairly, unjustly (opp. jure):

occidere,

Liv. 39, 48, 2:

facere aliquid erga aliquem,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 27:

pacisci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37:

expulsi, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 33: locum immeritum causari,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12.—

Unfitly, unsuitably:

etsi inique Castorem cum Domitio comparem,

Cic. Deiot. 11, 31.—

Not patiently, indignantly:

aliquid ferre,

Lact. 6, 4 med.; cf.:

aliquid iniquissime ferre,

Suet. Caes. 45.

ĭn-ŏpĭa, ae, f. [inops], want, lack, scarcity.

In gen.:

argenti,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 55:

summa rerum omnium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

frumenti commeatusque,

id. ib. 3, 6:

frumenti,

Sall. J. 91, 1; cf.:

frumentaria,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

et amore pereo et inopia argentaria,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 66:

loci,

Liv. 1, 33, 6:

advocatorum,

Tac. A. 11, 7:

consilii,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2:

criminum,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48:

occasionis,

Suet. Cal. 56:

remedii,

Tac. A. 13, 57:

veri,

id. H. 1, 35 al. —

In partic., a want, esp. of necessaries, want, need, indigence, scarcity, fewness.

Lit.: opem ferre inopiae, i. e. to one in want, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 3: Quor (me) conducebas? Bal. Inopia;

alius non erat,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 9:

ne inopiam cives objectare possint tibi,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 27:

si propter inopiam in egestate estis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88:

utrum propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata sit amicitia,

id. Lael. 8, 26; cf.:

amicitiam ex inopia atque egestate natam volunt,

id. ib. 9, 29;

so also with egestas,

id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

in Rhodiorum inopia et fame summaque annonae caritate,

id. Off. 3, 12, 50:

inopiae subsidium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

inopiam vitare,

id. ib. 3, 17:

ad pudendam inopiam delabi,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

inopiam alicui facere,

to bring one to want, id. H. 3, 48:

manuum mercede inopiam tolerare,

Sall. C. 38, 7:

multorum dierum inopia contrahere pestem,

Just. 2, 13, 12:

dispensatio inopiae,

of scanty supplies, Liv. 4, 12, 10.—

Transf.

Want, helplessness:

praesidio esse contra vim et gratiam solitudini atque inopiae,

to those who have no protectors, Cic. Quint. 1, 5:

in hac causa improbitatem et gratiam cum inopia et veritate contendere,

id. ib. 27, 84; id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20; id. Clu. 20, 57:

judicum,

worthlessness, id. Att. 1, 16, 2:

ingenti cum difficultate itinerum locorumque inopia,

and the want of necessaries in these regions, Vell. 2, 54, 3; Sen. ad Helv. 12.—

Of a speaker:

inopia et jejunitas,

poverty of ideas, Cic. Brut. 55, 202.—

Of the want of fruition:

incendere animum cupidum alicujus inopiā,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 126.

jējūnus, a, um, adj. [kindr. to Sanscr. yam, refrenare, cohibere; intens. yanyam, Bopp. Gloss. p. 276, a], fasting, hungry, abstinent, not partaking of food.

Lit.:

in scenam qui jejunus venerit,

Plaut. Ps. prol. 12:

sic expletur jejuna cupido,

hunger, Lucr. 4, 876; so,

jejuna aviditas,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

misera ac jejuna plebecula,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11:

cum quidem biduum ita jejunus fuissem, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:

canis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 23:

jejuna fessaque corpora,

Liv. 21, 55.—Of inanimate things:

lupus jejunis dentibus acer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 29:

Cerberus jejuno sono,

with hungry howlings, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 4:

tam jejuna fames?

so extreme, Juv. 5, 10:

pullus ad quem volat mater jejuna,

id. 10, 232:

odium,

i. e. on an empty stomach, id. 15, 51:

saliva,

fasting spittle, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35.—

Thirsty:

vilem jejunae saepe negavit aquam,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 18.—

Transf.

Dry, barren, unproductive:

corpora suco jejuna,

Lucr. 2, 845:

ager,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84:

glarea,

Verg. G. 2, 212:

pars jejunior humi,

Col. 2, 4, 7.—

Scanty, insignificant in quantity:

summaque jejunā sanie infuscatur arena,

Verg. G. 3, 493.—

Trop.

Poor, barren, powerless:

ut quosdam nimis jejuno animo et angusto monerem uti, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

pusillus animus atque ipsā malevolentiā jejunus atque inanis,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 7.—

Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low:

solivaga cognitio et jejuna,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157:

frigida et jejuna calumnia,

id. Caecin. 21, 61:

jejunum hoc nescio quid et contemnendum,

id. Fam. 15, 17:

aliquid humile et jejunum,

id. ib. 3, 10, 7.—

Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless:

si quis aut Antonium jejuniorem, aut Crassum fuisse pleniorem putet,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16:

Theodorus, in arte subtilior, in orationibus jejunior,

id. Brut. 12, 48.—With gen., Cic. Or. 40:

concertatio verborum,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68; Quint. 1, 4, 5; 10, 2, 17 al.—

Destitute of, without, deprived of:

divitiarum avidi ac jejuni,

Just. 38, 6, 8:

pecunia,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 9.— Adv.: jējūnē, meagrely, dryly, jejunely, without ornament or spirit:

jejune et exiliter disputare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 50; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20; Gell. 19, 3:

agere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.— Comp.:

dicere jejunius,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 17; id. Att. 12, 21, 1.

mălignus, a, um, adj. [for maligenus, malus, and gen-, root of gigno; cf. the opp. benignus], of an evil nature or disposition, ill-disposed, wicked, mischievous, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign ( poet. and post-Aug.; syn.: invidus, malevolus, parcus).

In gen.:

maligni caupones,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 4:

magnaque numinibus vota exaudita malignis,

unkind, Juv. 10, 111.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things: malignissima capita,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 18:

litus,

Luc. 8, 565:

portus,

id. 5, 651:

leges,

Ov. M. 10, 329:

votum,

Cat. 67, 5:

verba,

Manil. 4, 573:

mente malignā,

Cat. 68, 37:

studia,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 101:

vulgus,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 40:

oculi,

Verg. A. 5, 654.—

In partic.

Stingy, niggardly:

malignus, largus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17.—Of favors, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 84: vagae ne parce malignus arenae ossibus particulam dare, Hor. C. 1, 28, 23.— Trop.:

fama,

Ov. H. 16, 143:

in laudandis dictionibus,

Quint. 2, 2, 6.—

Transf.

Barren, unfruitful:

terra malignior ceteris,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15:

colles,

Verg. G. 2, 179.—

Scanty, insufficient, dim, petty, small, narrow:

ostium,

too narrow, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27:

aditus,

Verg. A. 11, 525:

ignis,

Mart. 10, 96, 7:

lux,

Verg. A. 6, 270:

conspecta est parva maligna Unda procul venā,

Luc. 9, 500:

munus,

Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—Hence, adv.: mălignē.

In gen., ill-naturedly, spitefully, enviously, malignantly (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

maledice ac maligne loqui,

Liv. 45, 39.— Comp.:

malignius habitum esse sermonem,

Curt. 8, 1, 8.—

In partic.

Stingily, grudgingly:

ager maligne plebi divisus,

Liv. 8, 12:

famem exstinguere,

sparingly, Sen. Ep. 18, 9: non mihi fuit tam maligne, ut, etc., it has not gone so poorly with me that, etc., Cat. 10, 18:

dispensare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 7:

laudare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 209.— Comp.:

dicis, malignius tecum egisse naturam,

Sen. Ep. 44, 1.—

Little, scantily:

terra eorum, quae seruntur, maligne admodum patiens,

a very little, Mel. 2, 2:

apertus,

Sen. Ben. 6, 34, 3:

virens,

Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 112.

parcus, a, um, adj., = pauros [v. parco], sparing in any thing, esp. in expenditure; in a good and bad sense, frugal, thrifty, economical; niggardly, penurious, parsimonious (syn.: tenax, restrictus).

Lit.

Absol.:

detrusisti me ad senem parcissimum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 9:

patre parco ac tenaci,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus,

id. de Or. 2, 71, 287:

parcumque genus patiensque laborum,

Ov. M. 7, 656:

parcā manu offerre aliquid,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 43.—

With gen.:

veteris non parcus aceti,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 62:

donandi parca juventus,

id. ib. 2, 5, 79:

pecuniae,

Tac. H. 1, 49:

pecuniae parcus ac tenax,

Suet. Tib. 46.—

In gen., sparing, chary, moderate in any thing:

operā haud fui parcus meā,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 14:

nimium parcus in largiendā civitate,

Cic. Balb. 22, 50:

non tam vereor, ne me in laudibus suis parcum, quam ne nimium putet,

Plin. Pan. 3, 3:

quam modica cultu, quam parca comitatu,

id. ib. 83, 7:

civium sanguinis parcus,

Tac. H. 3, 75:

parcissimus somni,

Luc. 9, 590:

parcissimus vini,

Suet. Aug. 77:

acies non parca fugae,

Sil. 10, 30:

beneficiorum parcissimus aestimator,

Plin. Pan. 21, 2:

parcus Deorum cultor,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 1:

in libidinem projecti, in cibum parci,

Just. 41, 3, 13.—With inf.:

parcusque lacessere Martem,

Sil. 1, 680:

haud parci Martem coluisse,

id. 8, 464.—In gen., moderate, not rash nor self-indulgent:

somnus sanitatis in homine parco,

Vulg. Ecclus. 31, 24.— Comp.:

parcior somni,

Just. 11, 13, 2.— Sup.:

parcissimus somni,

Luc. 9, 590.—

Transf., spare, scanty, little, small, slight ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

parco sale contingere,

Verg. G. 3, 403:

tellus,

Stat. S. 4, 5, 13:

lucerna,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 60:

vulnus,

Sil. 16, 111:

merito parcior ira meo,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 98:

questaque sum vento lintea parca dari,

id. H. 21, 79:

optima mors parca quae venit apta die,

after a short time, Prop. 3, 3, 40 (Parcae quae venit acta die, id. 3, 4, 18 Müll.):

et brevis somnus,

Plin. Pan. 49.— Adv., in two forms, parce (class.) and parciter (ante- and post-class.).

Form parcē.

Sparingly, frugally, thriftily; penuriously, parsimoniously:

parce parcus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 35: vivere parce, continenter, severe, sobrie, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf.:

parce ac duriter se habere,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 20:

parce et duriter vitam agere,

id. And. 1, 1, 47:

nimium parce facere sumptum,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

frumentum parce et paulatim metiri,

Caes. B. G. 7, 71:

cur id tam parce tamque restricte faciant,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

parce seminat,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 6.— Comp.:

implet manum parcius,

Juv. 6, 546.—

In gen., sparingly, moderately, cautiously:

scripsi de te parce et timide,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3:

parce et molliter aliquem laedere,

id. ib. 1, 9, 23:

gaudere,

Phaedr. 4, 16:

mirari,

Sil. 10, 474; 15, 756; Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3; 5, 7, 4.— Comp.:

parcius dicere de laude alicujus,

Cic. Mur. 13, 29:

parcius ista viris tamen obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7:

parcius Andromachen vexavit Achaia victrix,

Ov. H. 8, 13:

parcius quatiunt fenestras,

rarely, seldom, Hor. C. 1, 25, 1; Quint. 9, 2, 69.— Sup.:

civitatem Romanam parcissime dedit,

Suet. Aug. 40:

ut parcissime dicam, nemo historicorum commendavit magis,

Quint. 10, 1, 101.—

Form parcĭter, sparingly, Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 6: praelibare, Claud. Mam. praef.

pauper, pĕris ( fem. paupera, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 519, called obsolete by Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.— Neutr. pauperum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 33.— Gen. plur. pauperorum, Petr. 46 dub.; Inscr. ex Ann. p. Chr. n. 341: AMATOR PAVPERORVM, ap. Fea, Framm. de' Fasti Cons. p. 90), adj. [root pau- of pauros (cf. paucus, etc.), and per- of pario, pe-per-i, producing little], poor, i. e. not wealthy, of small means, that has only enough for his moderate expenses (cf.: indigus, egenus, inops).— Absol.:

pauper, cui opera vita erat, ruri fere Se continebat,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 16:

qui (judices) saepe propter invidiam adimunt diviti, Aut propter misericordiam addunt pauperi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 47:

optavit honeste in patriā pauper vivere,

id. And. 4, 5, 3:

servus domini pauperis,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 33; Cic. Par. 6, 3, 50:

sisne ex pauperrimo dives factus,

id. Vatin. 12, 29:

si abundans opibus pauperem se vocet,

Quint. 11, 1, 21:

quod Aeque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aeque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 25.—With in and abl.:

meo sum pauper in aere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 12.—

With gen.:

horum Semper ego optarim pauperrimus esse bonorum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 79:

pauper Opimius argenti positi intus et auri,

id. ib. 2, 3, 142:

aquae,

id. C. 3, 30, 11.— Subst.: pauper, ĕris, comm., a poor man:

pauperum tabernae,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 13:

pauperum cenae,

id. ib. 3, 29, 14:

pauperum sepulcra,

id. Epod. 17, 47:

pauperiorum turbae,

id. S. 1, 1, 111.—

Of things, poor, scanty, inconsiderable, small, meagre (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).— Absol.:

pauperes res inopesque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 24:

ager,

Tib. 1, 1, 23 (19):

mensa,

id. 1, 1, 37:

pauperis tuguri culmen,

Verg. E. 1, 69:

domus,

id. A. 12, 519:

et carmen venā pauperiore fluit,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 20:

pauper pudor,

Phaedr. 2, 1, 14:

nomina pauperis aevi,

Luc. 10, 151:

eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 5, 5.— With gen.:

pauper sulci cerealis Abella,

Sil. 8, 545.—With abl.: exemplis pauperior, App. Flor. fin. —

Transf., for egenus, needy, indigent: homo Pauper, qui educit in egestate liberos, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 21:

inopes ac pauperes,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 52.—

Trop., poor, feeble, intellectually (very rare; cf.

miser, misellus): miser enim et (ut ita dicam) pauper orator est, qui, etc.,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 28.—

Pauperes spiritu, i. e. humble, Vulg. Matt. 5, 3.—Hence, adv., poorly; in comp.:

pauperius incedit,

Tert. Cult. Fem. 11 fin.

rārus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root rah-, to abandon], having wide interstices between its parts, of a loose texture, not thick or dense, thin (opp. densus; freq. and class.).

Lit.:

denseri poterunt ignes, rarique relinqui,

Lucr. 1, 656; cf.:

(terra) Rara sit an supra morem si densa requiras... Densa magis Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo,

Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.; 1, 419:

textura,

Lucr. 4, 196; cf.

retia,

Verg. A. 4, 131; Hor. Epod. 2, 33:

tunica,

Ov. Am. 1, 5, 13; and:

cribrum,

id. M. 12, 437:

rariores silvae,

the thinner, clearer parts of the forest, Tac. Agr. 37:

seges,

Col. 2, 9, 6:

corpus (opp. solidae res),

Lucr. 1, 347; 2, 860; 6, 631 al.:

aër,

id. 2, 107; cf. in the comp., id. 6, 1024:

manus,

i.e. with the fingers spread apart, Quint. 11, 3, 103:

raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere pendent,

i.e. scarcely visible, Stat. Th. 6, 640.—

Transf.

Of things which stand apart from each other, far apart, here and there, scattered, thin, scanty ( = disjectus;

opp. densus, confertus): cum raris disjectisque ex aedificiis pabulum conquireretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10; cf.:

vides habitari in terrā raris et angustis in locis,

scattered, Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

apparent rari nantes,

Verg. A. 1, 118:

foramina,

Lucr. 5, 457:

bacae expanduntur rarae,

Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 60:

frutices in vertice,

Ov. H. 10, 25:

coma,

id. Am. 1, 8, 111; cf. capillus. Suet. Calig. 50:

racemi,

Verg. E. 5, 7:

umbra,

id. ib. 7, 46:

arbores,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3:

tela,

Ov. M. 12, 600 et saep. — Poet.:

manat rara meas lacrima per genas,

drop by drop, Hor. C. 4, 1, 34. —

In partic., in military lang., far apart, here and there, scattered about, dispersed, straggling, single (opp. confertus). accedebat huc, ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; cf.:

rari in confertos illati,

Liv. 23, 27:

ipsi ex silvis rari propugnabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9; 5, 17; 7, 45; 7, 80; id. B. C. 1, 27 fin.:

Samnites raris ordinibus constiterant,

Liv. 9, 27; Curt. 4, 14, 14:

rara est acies,

Verg. A. 9, 508:

rarior acies,

Tac. H. 3, 25; Front. Strat. 3, 10, 4:

rarior acies,

Curt. 4, 15, 20: ut ordines suos non magnopere servarent. [p. 1525] rari dispersique pugnarent, Caes. B. C. 1, 44; cf. Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 23.—

Of any thing found in small numbers or which seldom takes place, few, rare (cf. paucus):

in omni arte... ut in ipsă virtute, optimum quidque rarissimum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 81; cf.:

rarum genus (amicorum) et quidem omnia praeclara rara,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

raris ac prope nullis portibus,

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

etiamsi rarus ejus rei, nonnullus tamen usus,

Quint. 8, 6, 30:

rarus enim est animus ad ea defendenda,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 7 Dietsch:

Idem rarum est, non sine usu tamen,

Quint. 5, 11, 42:

rari domos, plurimi amicorum tecta... petivere,

Tac. H. 1, 79 fin.:

Oceanus raris ab orbe nostro navibus aditur,

id. G. 2:

aliquod solitarium aut rarum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 83:

ut anteponantur rara vulgaribus,

id. Top. 18, 69:

litterae,

Liv. 6, 1; cf. id. 7, 3:

rara hostium apparebant arma,

id. 2, 50:

lites,

Quint. 7, 1, 43:

infelicitas,

id. 11, 2, 49:

quae (littera) est apud nos rarissima in clausulis,

id. 12, 10, 31:

quod est magis rarum,

id. 9, 2, 73:

ex maxime raro genere hominum,

Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf. Quint. 7, 3, 25:

raris vocibus hisco,

Verg. A. 3, 314:

rara per ignotos errent animalia montes,

id. E. 6, 40:

audiet pugnas vitio parentum Rara juventus,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 24. —Rarum est, with ut:

rarum est, ut, etc.,

Quint. 3, 10, 3; 6, 3, 38; 10, 7, 24:

rarum dictu, esse aliquid, cui prosit neglegentia,

Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.—

Mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the adv. raro, seldom, rarely:

nec Iliacos coetus nisi rarus adibat,

Ov. M. 11, 766; cf.:

rarus, qui tam procul a portu recessisset, reperiebatur,

Quint. 12, prooem. § 3; so,

rarus fuit, qui, etc.,

id. 6, 2, 3:

antiquis scriptoribus rarus obtrectator,

Tac. A. 4, 33; Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 233 Gerl.:

Caesar rarus egressu,

Tac. A. 15, 53; cf.:

leones rari in potu,

Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46:

(calculus) rarus inventu,

id. 28, 15, 61, § 217; cf.:

helxine rara visu est,

id. 21, 16, 56, § 96:

Homerus alias circa picturas pigmentaque rarus,

i. e. rarely speaks of them, id. 33, 7, 38, § 115 —

Poet., in partic., uncommon of its kind, scarce, rare, extraordinary, remarkable:

rara puella fuit,

Prop. 1, 17, 16; so,

Cynthia,

id. 1, 8, 42:

ministra deae,

id. 4 (5), 11, 52; cf.:

rara quidem facie, sed rarior arte canendi,

Ov. M. 14, 337:

facies,

id. H. 17, 93 Ruhnk.:

vestis,

Cat. 69, 3:

avis (sc. pavo),

Hor. S. 2, 2, 26:

fides,

id. C. 1, 35, 21:

artis opus rarae,

Tib. 3, 4, 37:

patulis rarissima ramis,

Ov. M. 7, 622:

rarissima turba,

id. A. A. 2, 281:

rarissimi ingenii homo,

Sen. Contr. 28:

conjux rarissima,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 11.— Hence, adv., usually raro (class.), but sometimes rare (ante - class. and postAug.), rarenter (ante- and post - class.), or rariter (late Lat.).

Form rārō:

raro nimium dabat quod biberem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 20:

potavi, edi, donavi, et enim id raro,

id. Bacch. 4, 10, 6:

si id, quod raro fit, fieri omnino negetur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 43, 80:

evenire insolenter et raro (opp. vulgo),

id. ib. 1, 28, 43:

vinum aegrotis prodest raro, nocet saepissime,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69; id. de Or. 3, 52, 101; cf. id. Or. 24, 80:

sed tamen raro habet in oratione poeticum aliquod verbum dignitatem,

id. de Or. 3, 38, 153:

raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit poena,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 31: admodum raro, Cic. Fat. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12;

for which we find raro admodum,

Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135:

raro umquam,

Quint. 4, 1, 4; 5, 7, 22; Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

ita raro,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

sic raro,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 1:

tam raro,

Ov. M. 13, 117:

quam raro,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 25:

perquam raro,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 55.— Comp.:

quod si rarius fiet, quam tu exspectabis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1.— Sup.:

istud rarissime accidere,

Col. 5, 5, 7:

non affari nisi rarissime,

Suet. Claud. 3.—

Form rārē (acc. to I.), far apart, thinly, sparsely, here and there:

nisi rare conseritur, vanam et minutam spicam facit,

Col. 2, 9, 5:

tenui vimine rarius contextus saccus,

id. 9, 15, 12.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Of time, seldom, rarely:

vero rare capitur (piscis),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 56.—

Form rārenter, seldom, rarely:

dato rarenter bibere,

Cato, R. R. 103; so, rarenter, Liv. And., Enn., Caecil., Nov., Trab., Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 23 sq.; 164, 25 sq.; App. Flor. 3, p. 357, 22. —

Form rārĭter (very rare): quidquid fit rariter, magis delectat, Schol. Juv. 11, 208.

rārus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root rah-, to abandon], having wide interstices between its parts, of a loose texture, not thick or dense, thin (opp. densus; freq. and class.).

Lit.:

denseri poterunt ignes, rarique relinqui,

Lucr. 1, 656; cf.:

(terra) Rara sit an supra morem si densa requiras... Densa magis Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo,

Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.; 1, 419:

textura,

Lucr. 4, 196; cf.

retia,

Verg. A. 4, 131; Hor. Epod. 2, 33:

tunica,

Ov. Am. 1, 5, 13; and:

cribrum,

id. M. 12, 437:

rariores silvae,

the thinner, clearer parts of the forest, Tac. Agr. 37:

seges,

Col. 2, 9, 6:

corpus (opp. solidae res),

Lucr. 1, 347; 2, 860; 6, 631 al.:

aër,

id. 2, 107; cf. in the comp., id. 6, 1024:

manus,

i.e. with the fingers spread apart, Quint. 11, 3, 103:

raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere pendent,

i.e. scarcely visible, Stat. Th. 6, 640.—

Transf.

Of things which stand apart from each other, far apart, here and there, scattered, thin, scanty ( = disjectus;

opp. densus, confertus): cum raris disjectisque ex aedificiis pabulum conquireretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10; cf.:

vides habitari in terrā raris et angustis in locis,

scattered, Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

apparent rari nantes,

Verg. A. 1, 118:

foramina,

Lucr. 5, 457:

bacae expanduntur rarae,

Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 60:

frutices in vertice,

Ov. H. 10, 25:

coma,

id. Am. 1, 8, 111; cf. capillus. Suet. Calig. 50:

racemi,

Verg. E. 5, 7:

umbra,

id. ib. 7, 46:

arbores,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3:

tela,

Ov. M. 12, 600 et saep. — Poet.:

manat rara meas lacrima per genas,

drop by drop, Hor. C. 4, 1, 34. —

In partic., in military lang., far apart, here and there, scattered about, dispersed, straggling, single (opp. confertus). accedebat huc, ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; cf.:

rari in confertos illati,

Liv. 23, 27:

ipsi ex silvis rari propugnabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9; 5, 17; 7, 45; 7, 80; id. B. C. 1, 27 fin.:

Samnites raris ordinibus constiterant,

Liv. 9, 27; Curt. 4, 14, 14:

rara est acies,

Verg. A. 9, 508:

rarior acies,

Tac. H. 3, 25; Front. Strat. 3, 10, 4:

rarior acies,

Curt. 4, 15, 20: ut ordines suos non magnopere servarent. [p. 1525] rari dispersique pugnarent, Caes. B. C. 1, 44; cf. Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 23.—

Of any thing found in small numbers or which seldom takes place, few, rare (cf. paucus):

in omni arte... ut in ipsă virtute, optimum quidque rarissimum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 81; cf.:

rarum genus (amicorum) et quidem omnia praeclara rara,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

raris ac prope nullis portibus,

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

etiamsi rarus ejus rei, nonnullus tamen usus,

Quint. 8, 6, 30:

rarus enim est animus ad ea defendenda,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 7 Dietsch:

Idem rarum est, non sine usu tamen,

Quint. 5, 11, 42:

rari domos, plurimi amicorum tecta... petivere,

Tac. H. 1, 79 fin.:

Oceanus raris ab orbe nostro navibus aditur,

id. G. 2:

aliquod solitarium aut rarum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 83:

ut anteponantur rara vulgaribus,

id. Top. 18, 69:

litterae,

Liv. 6, 1; cf. id. 7, 3:

rara hostium apparebant arma,

id. 2, 50:

lites,

Quint. 7, 1, 43:

infelicitas,

id. 11, 2, 49:

quae (littera) est apud nos rarissima in clausulis,

id. 12, 10, 31:

quod est magis rarum,

id. 9, 2, 73:

ex maxime raro genere hominum,

Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf. Quint. 7, 3, 25:

raris vocibus hisco,

Verg. A. 3, 314:

rara per ignotos errent animalia montes,

id. E. 6, 40:

audiet pugnas vitio parentum Rara juventus,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 24. —Rarum est, with ut:

rarum est, ut, etc.,

Quint. 3, 10, 3; 6, 3, 38; 10, 7, 24:

rarum dictu, esse aliquid, cui prosit neglegentia,

Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.—

Mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the adv. raro, seldom, rarely:

nec Iliacos coetus nisi rarus adibat,

Ov. M. 11, 766; cf.:

rarus, qui tam procul a portu recessisset, reperiebatur,

Quint. 12, prooem. § 3; so,

rarus fuit, qui, etc.,

id. 6, 2, 3:

antiquis scriptoribus rarus obtrectator,

Tac. A. 4, 33; Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 233 Gerl.:

Caesar rarus egressu,

Tac. A. 15, 53; cf.:

leones rari in potu,

Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46:

(calculus) rarus inventu,

id. 28, 15, 61, § 217; cf.:

helxine rara visu est,

id. 21, 16, 56, § 96:

Homerus alias circa picturas pigmentaque rarus,

i. e. rarely speaks of them, id. 33, 7, 38, § 115 —

Poet., in partic., uncommon of its kind, scarce, rare, extraordinary, remarkable:

rara puella fuit,

Prop. 1, 17, 16; so,

Cynthia,

id. 1, 8, 42:

ministra deae,

id. 4 (5), 11, 52; cf.:

rara quidem facie, sed rarior arte canendi,

Ov. M. 14, 337:

facies,

id. H. 17, 93 Ruhnk.:

vestis,

Cat. 69, 3:

avis (sc. pavo),

Hor. S. 2, 2, 26:

fides,

id. C. 1, 35, 21:

artis opus rarae,

Tib. 3, 4, 37:

patulis rarissima ramis,

Ov. M. 7, 622:

rarissima turba,

id. A. A. 2, 281:

rarissimi ingenii homo,

Sen. Contr. 28:

conjux rarissima,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 11.— Hence, adv., usually raro (class.), but sometimes rare (ante - class. and postAug.), rarenter (ante- and post - class.), or rariter (late Lat.).

Form rārō:

raro nimium dabat quod biberem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 20:

potavi, edi, donavi, et enim id raro,

id. Bacch. 4, 10, 6:

si id, quod raro fit, fieri omnino negetur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 43, 80:

evenire insolenter et raro (opp. vulgo),

id. ib. 1, 28, 43:

vinum aegrotis prodest raro, nocet saepissime,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69; id. de Or. 3, 52, 101; cf. id. Or. 24, 80:

sed tamen raro habet in oratione poeticum aliquod verbum dignitatem,

id. de Or. 3, 38, 153:

raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit poena,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 31: admodum raro, Cic. Fat. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12;

for which we find raro admodum,

Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135:

raro umquam,

Quint. 4, 1, 4; 5, 7, 22; Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

ita raro,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

sic raro,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 1:

tam raro,

Ov. M. 13, 117:

quam raro,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 25:

perquam raro,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 55.— Comp.:

quod si rarius fiet, quam tu exspectabis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1.— Sup.:

istud rarissime accidere,

Col. 5, 5, 7:

non affari nisi rarissime,

Suet. Claud. 3.—

Form rārē (acc. to I.), far apart, thinly, sparsely, here and there:

nisi rare conseritur, vanam et minutam spicam facit,

Col. 2, 9, 5:

tenui vimine rarius contextus saccus,

id. 9, 15, 12.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Of time, seldom, rarely:

vero rare capitur (piscis),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 56.—

Form rārenter, seldom, rarely:

dato rarenter bibere,

Cato, R. R. 103; so, rarenter, Liv. And., Enn., Caecil., Nov., Trab., Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 23 sq.; 164, 25 sq.; App. Flor. 3, p. 357, 22. —

Form rārĭter (very rare): quidquid fit rariter, magis delectat, Schol. Juv. 11, 208.