slight wind

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lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).

Lit.:

leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

Lucr. 2, 227:

aether,

id. 5, 459:

aura,

id. 3, 196:

levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

stipulae,

Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

levis armaturae Numidae,

the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

miles,

a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

Tac. G. 6:

flebis in solo levis angiportu,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

Tib. 2, 4, 50;

esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—

Transf.

Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

leves malvae,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

id. Epod. 2, 57).—

Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

leves venti,

Ov. M. 15, 346:

flatus,

Sil. 15, 162:

currus,

light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

levi deducens pollice filum,

light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

pollex,

id. ib. 6, 22:

saltus,

id. ib. 7, 767;

3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

Nep. Iphicr. 1:

Messapus levis cursu,

Verg. A. 12, 489:

leves Parthi,

id. G. 4, 314:

equus,

Val. Fl. 1, 389:

Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

quaere modos leviore plectro,

nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

omnes ire leves,

Sil. 16, 488:

exsultare levis,

id. 10, 605:

levior discurrere,

id. 4, 549:

nullo levis terrore moveri,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

hora,

fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

terra,

light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

so (opp graviora),

id. ib. —

Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

tactus,

a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

strepitus,

id. ib. 7, 840:

stridor,

id. ib. 4, 413.

Trop.

Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

leve et infirmum,

id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

ad motum animi... leviora,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

id. Planc. 26, 63:

auditio,

a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

dolor,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

periculum,

id. B. C. 3, 26:

in aliquem merita,

id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

leviore de causa,

id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

Juv. 13, 182:

effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

in levi habitum,

was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

levia sed nimium queror,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

quidquid levius putaris,

easier, id. 10, 344.—

With gen. ( poet.):

opum levior,

Sil. 2, 102.—

In disposition or character.

Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

homo levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

ne me leviorem erga te putes,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

tu levior cortice,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

id. ib. 17, 63:

leves ac nummarii judices,

id. Clu. 28, 75:

sit precor illa levis,

Tib. 1, 6, 56:

levi brachio aliquid agere,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

quid levius aut turpius,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

auctor,

Liv. 5, 15:

leves amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

spes,

vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

leviores mores,

Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—

Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

levior reprehensio,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

exsilium,

mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.

Lit. (rare):

armati,

light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

levius casura pila sperabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—

Trop.

Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

leviter densae nubes,

Lucr. 6, 248:

inflexum bacillum,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

saucius,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

non leviter lucra liguriens,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

agnoscere aliquid,

id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

eruditus,

id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

dolere,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

ut levissime dicam,

to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —

Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

levius torquetis Arachne,

more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.

lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

id. Univ. 6:

pocula,

smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

pharetrae,

id. ib. 5, 558:

brassica,

Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

levissima corpora,

Lucr. 4, 659:

coma pectine levis,

Ov. M. 12, 409:

nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

ora,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

crura,

Juv. 8, 115:

sponsus,

id. 3, 111:

caput,

id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

pectus,

Verg. A. 11, 40:

frons,

id. E. 6, 51:

umeri,

id. A. 7, 815:

colla,

Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

vir,

Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

per leve,

Pers. 1, 64:

per levia,

Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—

Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

oratio (opp. aspera),

Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

levis et aspera (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15:

levis et quadrata compositio,

id. 2, 5, 9:

levia ac nitida,

id. 5, 12, 18:

(aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

aeger, gra, grum, adj. [Curtius proposes to connect it with ep-eigô, to press, drive; aigis, storm-wind; aiges, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness], designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).

Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.

Of men:

homines aegri morbo gravi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13:

graviter aegrum fuisse,

id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

infirma atque aegra valetudo,

id. Brut. 48 fin.:

aegro corpore esse,

id. ad Quir. 1 fin.:

ex vulnere,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

vulneribus,

Nep. Milt. 7:

pedibus,

Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38;

Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:

anhelitus,

shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.:

Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,

App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,

Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3:

ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

vicinum funus aegros exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

ungebant oleo multos aegros,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab):

D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 2886.—

Of brutes:

sues aegri,

Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1:

avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,

i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—

Of plants, diseased:

seges aegra,

Verg. A. 3, 142:

aegra arbor,

Pall. Febr. 25, 23:

vitis,

id. Mart. 7, 4.—

Fig.

Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow:

aeger animus,

Sall. J. 74:

aegris animis legati superveniunt,

Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf.

Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,

Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi brotoi, oizuroi, poluponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.

With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.):

animus aeger avaritiā,

Sall. J. 31:

amore,

Liv. 30, 11:

curis,

Verg. A. 1, 208 al. —

With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. § 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141:

animi,

Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.— Of cause:

rerum temere motarum,

Flor. 3, 17, 9:

morae,

Luc. 7, 240:

delicti,

Sil. 13, 52:

pericli,

id. 15, 135:

timoris,

id. 3, 72.—

With ab:

A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble:

maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2:

qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,

Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious:

recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,

Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.):

numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.;

v. aegre below): dolores aegri,

Lucr. 3, 905:

luctus,

id. 3, 933:

amor,

Verg. G. 4, 464:

mors,

id. ib. 3, 512:

spes,

i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543:

fides,

wavering, id. 2, 392 al. —As subst.: aegrum, i, n.:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11:

sed cui nihil accidit aegri,

Lucr. 5, 171.— Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.

Object.

Uncomfortably:

nescio quid meo animost aegre,

disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf.

opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.:

aegre est,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also:

aegre facere alicui,

to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and:

aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,

any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—

With difficulty or effort (opp. facile):

omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.:

inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and:

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106:

aegre rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534 al.:

non aegre persequi iter,

Col. 9, 8, 9; so,

haud aegre,

Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,

= vix, Gr. mogis, hardly, scarcely:

aegre nimis risum continui,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:

aegre me tenui,

Cic. Att. 16, 11:

aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc.,

Liv. 2, 45:

aegre stantes,

Tac. Agr. 36 al. —Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—

Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.:

aegre pati,

Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:

aegre tolerare,

Tac. Agr. 13:

si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16:

aegre carere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. — Comp.:

quod aegrius patimur,

Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.— Sup.:

aegerrime ferre,

Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

aeger, gra, grum, adj. [Curtius proposes to connect it with ep-eigô, to press, drive; aigis, storm-wind; aiges, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness], designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).

Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.

Of men:

homines aegri morbo gravi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13:

graviter aegrum fuisse,

id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

infirma atque aegra valetudo,

id. Brut. 48 fin.:

aegro corpore esse,

id. ad Quir. 1 fin.:

ex vulnere,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

vulneribus,

Nep. Milt. 7:

pedibus,

Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38;

Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:

anhelitus,

shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.:

Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,

App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,

Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3:

ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

vicinum funus aegros exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

ungebant oleo multos aegros,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab):

D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 2886.—

Of brutes:

sues aegri,

Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1:

avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,

i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—

Of plants, diseased:

seges aegra,

Verg. A. 3, 142:

aegra arbor,

Pall. Febr. 25, 23:

vitis,

id. Mart. 7, 4.—

Fig.

Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow:

aeger animus,

Sall. J. 74:

aegris animis legati superveniunt,

Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf.

Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,

Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi brotoi, oizuroi, poluponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.

With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.):

animus aeger avaritiā,

Sall. J. 31:

amore,

Liv. 30, 11:

curis,

Verg. A. 1, 208 al. —

With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. § 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141:

animi,

Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.— Of cause:

rerum temere motarum,

Flor. 3, 17, 9:

morae,

Luc. 7, 240:

delicti,

Sil. 13, 52:

pericli,

id. 15, 135:

timoris,

id. 3, 72.—

With ab:

A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble:

maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2:

qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,

Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious:

recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,

Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.):

numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.;

v. aegre below): dolores aegri,

Lucr. 3, 905:

luctus,

id. 3, 933:

amor,

Verg. G. 4, 464:

mors,

id. ib. 3, 512:

spes,

i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543:

fides,

wavering, id. 2, 392 al. —As subst.: aegrum, i, n.:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11:

sed cui nihil accidit aegri,

Lucr. 5, 171.— Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.

Object.

Uncomfortably:

nescio quid meo animost aegre,

disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf.

opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.:

aegre est,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also:

aegre facere alicui,

to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and:

aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,

any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—

With difficulty or effort (opp. facile):

omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.:

inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and:

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106:

aegre rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534 al.:

non aegre persequi iter,

Col. 9, 8, 9; so,

haud aegre,

Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,

= vix, Gr. mogis, hardly, scarcely:

aegre nimis risum continui,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:

aegre me tenui,

Cic. Att. 16, 11:

aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc.,

Liv. 2, 45:

aegre stantes,

Tac. Agr. 36 al. —Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—

Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.:

aegre pati,

Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:

aegre tolerare,

Tac. Agr. 13:

si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16:

aegre carere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. — Comp.:

quod aegrius patimur,

Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.— Sup.:

aegerrime ferre,

Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.].

Neutr., to breathe, blow, etc. (cf. flo).

Lit.

In gen. (only poet. and in postAug. prose):

freta circum Fervescunt graviter spirantibus incita flabris,

Lucr. 6, 428; Ov. M. 7, 532:

obturatis, quā spiraturus est ventus, cavernis,

Plin. 8, 38, 58, § 138:

emicat ex oculis, spiratque e pectore flamma,

breathes forth, bursts forth, Ov. M. 8, 356:

aequatae spirant aurae,

Verg. A. 5, 844:

graviter spirantis copia thymbrae,

strongscented, Verg. G. 4, 31; cf.:

semper odoratis spirabunt floribus arae,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 211:

seu spirent cinnama surdum,

emit a slight fragrance, Pers. 6, 35:

quā vada non spirant, nec fracta remurmurat unda,

roar, rage, Verg. A. 10, 291; cf.:

fervet fretis spirantibus aequor,

boiling up, foaming, id. G. 1, 327.—

In partic., to breathe, draw breath, respire (the class. signif. of the word; cf.

anhelo): cum spirantes mixtas hinc ducimus auras,

Lucr. 6, 1129:

quae deseri a me, dum quidem spirare potero, nefas judico,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94:

ne spirare quidem sine metu possunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65; id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

vehementer et crebro spirare,

Cels. 2, 4:

querulum spirat,

breathes plaintively, Mart. 2, 26, 1.—

Transf.

Like the Engl. to breathe, = to live, be alive (usu. in the part. pres.):

sunt qui ab eo (Clodio) spirante forum putent potuisse defendi, cujus non restiterit cadaveri curia (corresp. to vivus),

Cic. Mil. 33, 91:

ut in vivi etiam et spirantis capite bustum imponeret,

id. Dom. 52, 134; cf.:

margarita viva ac spirantia saxis avelli,

Tac. Agr. 12 fin.:

Catilina inter hostium cadavera repertus est, paululum etiam spirans,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

spirantia consulit exta,

still panting, Verg. A. 4, 64:

artus,

Luc. 3, 732:

corpora,

id. 1, 363:

non sunt ausi admovere (corpori), velut spiranti, manus,

Curt. 10, 10, 13; Sil. 2, 430; cf. in verb. finit.:

spirant venae corque adhuc paviduin salit,

Sen. Thyest. 756.—

Of aspirated letters:

quibus (litteris) nullae apud eos dulcius spirant,

sound, Quint. 12, 10, 27.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) To be favorable, to favor (the fig. taken from a favorable wind):

quod si tam facilis spiraret Cynthia nobis,

Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 5:

di maris et terrae... spirate secundi,

Verg. A. 3, 529.—

(Acc. to I. A. 2.) To breathe, live, be alive:

videtur Laelii mens spirare etiam in scriptis, Galbae autem vis occidisse,

Cic. Brut. 24, 94; cf.:

spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque calores Aeoliae puellae,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 10.—Of life-like representations by painting, sculpture, etc.:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

Verg. A. 6, 847:

Parii lapidis spirantia signa,

id. G. 3, 34:

spirat et arguta picta tabella manu,

Mart. 7, 84, 2; 11, 10, 7.—

To be poetically inspired, to have the lyric spirit:

quod spiro, et placeo, si placeo, tuum est,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 24 (Orell. ad loc.).—

Spirare alte, altius, to be puffed up, proud, or arrogant, Flor. 2, 2, 27:

Eusebium alte spirantem addixere poenae,

Amm. 22, 3, 12.—

Act., to breathe out, exhale, emit (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.; syn. exhalo).

Lit.:

Diomedis equi spirantes naribus ignem,

Lucr. 5, 29:

flammam spirantes ore Chimaerae,

id. 2, 705; so,

flammas spirantes boves,

Liv. 22, 17:

flamina,

Ov. F. 4, 18:

Zephyros spirare secundos,

Verg. A. 4, 562:

tenuem animam,

to breathe feebly, Val. Fl. 4, 436:

ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice odorem Spiravere,

exhaled, Verg. A. 1, 404; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 81.—

Trop., to breathe forth, exhale:

pinguia Poppaeana,

Juv. 6, 466:

mendacia,

id. 7, 111:

ut vidit vastos telluris hiatus Divinam spirare fidem (i. e. oracula),

Luc. 5, 83.—

To breathe into:

ficto Corpori animam,

Lact. 2, 11, 3.—

Transf., like the Engl. to breathe, i. e. to be full of; to show, express, manifest; to design, intend a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tantum spirantes aequo certamine bellum. [p. 1744] Lucr. 5, 392:

mollem spirare quietem,

Prop. 1, 3, 7:

quae spirabat amores,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 19:

inquietum hominem et tribunatum etiam nunc spirantem,

Liv. 3, 46:

fratris facta spirans,

imitating, Sil. 15, 411; cf.:

fratrem spirat in armis,

id. 3, 740:

spirantes proelia dira effigies,

id. 17, 398.— Often with neutr. adj. used adverb.:

magnum,

Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 53:

majora,

Curt. 6, 9, 11:

immane,

Verg. A. 7, 510:

tragicum satis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166; cf. id. C. 4, 3, 24:

quiddam indomitum,

Flor. 1, 22, 1:

cruenta,

Amm. 16, 1, 5.