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1 gracilis
gracilis e （ plur f. gracilae, T.), adj., thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean: virgo, T.: puer, H.: Indi, Iu.: capella, O.: equi hominesque, L.: cacumen, O.—Fig.: materia, a slight theme, O.* * *gracile, gracilior -or -us, gracillimus -a -um ADJslender, thin, slim, slight; fine, narrow; modest, unambitious, simple, plain -
2 gracilis
grăcĭlis, e (also ante-class. grăcĭlus, a, um, Lucil. ap. Non. 489, 21; plur.:I.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:B.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.):II.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.:1.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.—2.Trop.:alia ornatius, alia gracilius esse dicenda,
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3 castigatus
castigatus adj. [P. of castigo], small, contracted: pectus, O.* * *castigata -um, castigatior -or -us, castigatissimus -a -um ADJtightly drawn, restrained, confined, compressed; small/slender; strict, severe -
4 dēductus
dēductus adj. [P. of deduco], lowered, unambitious, modest (poet.): carmen, V.: vox, Pr.* * *Ideducta -um, deductior -or -us, deductissimus -a -um ADJdrawn down; bent in; attenuated/slender, weak, soft (voice); fine-spun (style)IIdownward pull; drawing/dragging down (L+S) -
5 exīlis
exīlis e, adj. [for *exigilis; 2 AG-], strict, narrow, thin, slender, lank, small, meagre, poor: cor: femur, H.: legiones, incomplete: digiti, O.— Fig., thin, poor: solum.— Cheerless, comfortless: domus, H.— Worthless, insincere: plausūs.— Meagre, dry, inadequate: genus sermonis: (dicta) de virtutis vi.* * *exile, exilior -or -us, exilissimus -a -um ADJsmall, thin; poor -
6 fūniculus
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7 iunceus
iunceus adj. [iuncus], made of rushes: vincula, O.—Fig., slim, slender: alquam reddunt iunceam, T. -
8 prae-gracilis
prae-gracilis e, adj., very slender: proceritas, Ta. -
9 rudis
rudis is, f a slender stick, staff for exercise in fighting, quarter-staff, foil: (milites) rudibus inter se concurrerunt, L.: rudibus relictis Spicula promit, O.: rudem tam cito (accepisti)? (the gladiator received the rudis when discharged from service): acceptā rude, Iu.—As a symbol of honorable discharge: Me quoque donari iam rude tempus erat, i. e. to be dismissed, O.: donatus iam rude, H.: sibi dabit ipse rudem, Iu.* * *rudis, rude ADJundeveloped, rough, wild; coarse -
10 subtīlis
subtīlis e, adj. with comp. and sup. [sub+tela], fine, nice, delicate: palatum, H.—Fig., nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle: descriptio: definitio: reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt, will give more details.—In taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate: iudicium: veterum iudex, H.—Of style, plain, simple, unadorned, direct: subtilissimum dicendi genus: oratio: quis illo in docendo subtilior?: oratione.* * *subtile, subtilior -or -us, subtilissimus -a -um ADJfine-spun, fine; slender, delicate, exact; minutely thorough; strict, literal -
11 tālea
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12 tenuis
tenuis e, adj. with comp. tenuior and sup. tenuissimus [2 TA-], drawn out, meagre, slim, thin, lank, slender: Pinna, H.: acus, fine, O.: avena, V.: animae (defunctorum), O.—Of texture, thin, fine, close: vestes, O.: togae, H.: toga filo tenuissima, O.: natura oculos membranis tenuissimis saepsit.—Of substance, thin, rare, fine, slight: caelum: athereus locus tenuissimus est: agmen (militum), L.— Little, slight, trifling, inconsiderable, insignificant, poor, mean: oppidum: aqua, shallow, L.: tenuem fontibus adfer aquam, i. e. a little water, O.: sulcus, V.: Insignis tenui fronte Lycoris, low, H.: semita, narrow, V.: cibus, Ph.: opes: census, H.: praeda, Cs.: tenuissimum lumen: ventus, a breeze, V.—Of persons, poor: servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis.— Plur m. as subst: tenuīs praemio, stultos errore permovit: fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur: cuiusque censum tenuissimi auxerant.—Fig., fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact: distinctio: cura, O.: rationes non ad tenue elimatae.— Weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, poor, slight: tenuissima valetudo, delicate, Cs.: sermo: in tenuissimis rebus labi: artificium: spes tenuior: curae, V.— Low in rank, mean, inferior, common: tenuiores, the lower orders: tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis: tenuissimus quisque: adulescentes tenui loco orti, L.* * *tenue, tenuior -or -us, tenuissimus -a -um ADJthin, fine; delicate; slight, little, unimportant; weak, feeble -
13 tenuō
tenuō āvī, ātus, āre [tenuis], to make thin, make slender, wear away, dilute, rarefy, attenuate: adsiduo vomer tenuatur ab usu, O.: Ipsā autem macie tenuant armenta volentes, make lean, V.: tenuatum corpus, H.: se in undas, dissolve, O.: vocis via est tenuata, contracted, O.: Luna tenuata, i. e. waning, O.—Fig., to make small, lessen, diminish, reduce, weaken, enfeeble: Utque meae famam tenuent oblivia culpae, O.: virīs amoris, O.: Magna modis tenuare parvis, to degrade, H.* * *tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatus Vmake thin; reduce, lessen; wear down -
14 vēscus
vēscus adj., small, slender, feeble, wavering: farra, O.: papaver, V.* * *vesca, vescum ADJthin, attenuated -
15 virga
virga ae, f [VERG-], a slender green branch, twig, sprout: rubea, V.: viscata, i. e. a lime-twig, O.—A graft, scion, set: fissā cortice virgam Inserit, O.—A rod, switch, scourge: equus umbrā virgae regitur, switch, Cu.: commotā virgā, plied, Iu.: virgis ad necem caedi.—Poet., for fasces, as a designation of one of the higher magistrates, O. —A wand, staff, cane: virgā circumscripsit regem, L.: virgā lilia summa metit, O.— A magic wand: tetigit summos virgā dea capillos, O., V.— In cloth, a colored stripe: purpureae, O.—In a family tree, a twig, branch, Iu.* * *twig, sprout, stalk; switch, rod; staff, wand; stripe/streak; scepter (Plater) -
16 cracens
(gen.), cracentis ADJslender; neat, graceful (L+S) -
17 petilus
petila, petilum ADJthin; slender (archaic) -
18 suptilis
suptile, suptilior -or -us, suptilissimus -a -um ADJfine-spun, fine; slender, delicate, exact; minutely thorough; strict, literal -
19 exilis
thin, slender, meager. -
20 tenuis
thin, slight, feeble, slim, slender.
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