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  • 1 Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent

    • Slight griefs talk, great ones are speechless. (minor losses can be talked away, profound ones strike us dumb)

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  • 2 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.
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    tenue, tenuior -or -us, tenuissimus -a -um ADJ
    thin, fine; delicate; slight, little, unimportant; weak, feeble

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  • 3 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 ADJ
    slender, thin, slim, slight; fine, narrow; modest, unambitious, simple, plain

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  • 4 levis

        levis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 LEG-]. —Of weight, light, not heavy: terra, light soil, V.: levis armaturae Numidae, light-armed, Cs.: miles, L.: nudi, aut sagulo leves, lightly clad, Ta.: Per levīs populos, shades, O.: virgāque levem coerces Aureā turbam, H.—Of digestion, light, easy to digest: malvae, H.—Of motion, light, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid: venti, O.: pollex, O.: ad motūs leviores, N.: Messapus cursu, V.: Quaere modos leviore plectro, gayer, H.: hora, fleeting, O.— Slight, trifling, small: Ignis, O.: tactus, gentle, O.: querellae, O.—Fig., without weight, of no consequence, light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty: labores, T.: haec leviora fortasse: verba: auditio, unfounded report, Cs.: cui res et pecunia levissima fuit, insignificant: proelium, skirmish, Cs.: leviore de causā, Cs.: praecordia levibus flagrantia causis, Iu.: versūs, H.: Flebis levis, neglected, H.: rati, leviorem futurum apud patres reum, L.— Easy, light: non est leve Observare, no easy matter, Iu.: quidquid levius putaris, easier, Iu.: leviora tolli Pergama, H.—Of character, light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, untrustworthy, false: mulieres sunt levi sententiā, T.: homo: tu levior cortice, H.: iudices: quid levius aut turpius, Cs.: auctor, L.: spes, empty, H.— Light, not severe, mild, gentle, pleasant: alquos leviore nomine appellare: audire leviora, milder reproaches, H.: eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est, mildest, L.: Sithoniis non levis Euhius, i. e. hostile, H.
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    leve, levior -or -us, levissimus -a -um ADJ
    light, thin, trivial, trifling, slight; gentle; fickle, capricious; nimble; smooth; slippery, polished, plain; free from coarse hair/harsh sounds

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  • 5 offēnsiuncula

        offēnsiuncula ae, f dim.    [offensio], a slight offence, trifling hurt: animi tui.—A slight repulse, trifling disappointment: in aedilitate accepta.
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  • 6 levis

    1.
    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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).—
    2.
    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. —
    3.
    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.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    opum levior,

    Sil. 2, 102.—
    B.
    In disposition or character.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    armati,

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

    levius casura pila sperabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    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. —
    b.
    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.
    2.
    lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 7 offensiuncula

    offensĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [offensio, II. B.], a slight offence, disgust, displeasure; a slight mishap (class.):

    si qua offensiuncula facta est animi tui,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 4:

    in istā aedilitate offensiuncula accepta,

    some slight check, id. Planc. 21, 51.

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  • 8 commōtiuncula

        commōtiuncula ae, f dim.    [commotio], a little disturbance, slight indisposition.
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    mild agitation/upset/commotion; slight case of disease, indisposition (L+S)

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  • 9 contemptus (-temt-)

        contemptus (-temt-) ūs, m    [com-+1 TEM-], a despising, contempt, scorn: alumnae, the slight done to, O.: hunc apparatum sequebantur contemptūs omnium, L.—A being despised, slight received, disagrace: contemptūs patientior huius, O.: contemptu tutus esse, insignificance, L.: Gallis prae magnitudine corporum suorum brevitas nostra contemptui est, an object of contempt, Cs.

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  • 10 febricula

        febricula ae, f dim.    [febris], a slight fever: incipit: febriculam habere.
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    slight fever, feverishness

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  • 11 humilis

        humilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [humus], low, lowly, small, slight: casae, V.: salictum, Iu.: ea quae sunt humiliora: humilior munitio, Cs.: (naves) humiliores quam, etc., Cs.: domus, H.: Forentum, in the plain, H.: (avis) humilis volat, flies low, V.: fossa, shallow, V.—Fig., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant: homines: humillimus homo de plebe, L.: humiliores possessionibus expellere, Cs.: satis superque, L.: Cleonae, O.: ex humili loco ad dignitatem perducere, Cs.: res: ars: vestitus, N.: agna, poor, H.: domus, Iu.—As subst n.: ex humili potens, obscurity, H.: Quales ex humili Extollit fortuna, Iu.—Of language, low, common, colloquial: sermo: verbum: humili modo loqui, H.—Of character, low, lowly, mean, base, abject: apparitor: Non humilis mulier, H.: obsecratio: pavor, V.
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    humile, humilior -or -us, humillimus -a -um ADJ
    low, lowly, small, slight, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, insignificant

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  • 12 lābēcula

        lābēcula ae, f dim.    [labes], a slight stain, reproach: viro labeculam aspergere.
    * * *
    stain, blemish; slight stain; minor disgrace

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  • 13 levidēnsis

        levidēnsis e, adj.    [1 levis], lightly wrought, slight, poor: munusculum.
    * * *
    levidensis, levidense ADJ
    thin, slight, poor

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  • 14 neglegō

        neglegō (not negligō, neclegō), ēxī (neglegisset, S.), ēctus, ere    [nec+lego], to disregard, not heed, not trouble oneself about, not attend to, slight, neglect, be regardless of, be indifferent to: Neglegitur ipsa, T.: mandatum: rem familiarem, N.: neglecti agri, H.: hoc facere, Cs.: diem edicti obire neglexit: de Theopompo negleximus.— To make light of, not care for, slight, despise, disregard, contemn, neglect: segnior fit, ubi neglegas, when you neglect him, S.: Pecuniam, T.: periculum capitis sui prae meā salute: cum et bellum ita necessarium sit, ut neglegi non possit: Aeduorum iniurias, overlook, Cs.: hac parte neglectā, i. e. unpunished, Cs.: verba verbis quasi coagmentare neglegat, disdains: committere fraudem, to make light of perpetrating, H.: Theopompum confugere Alexandream.
    * * *
    neglegere, neglexi, neglectus V TRANS
    disregard, neglect, ignore, regard of no consequence; do nothing about; despise

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  • 15 parcus

        parcus adj. with comp. and sup.    [SPAR-], sparing, frugal, thrifty, economical, niggardly, stingy, penurious, parsimonious: colonus parcissimus: parcumque genus patiensque laborum, O.: cui deus obtulit Parcā quod satis est manu, H.: veteris non parcus aceti, H.: donandi, H.: dies, i. e. of poverty, Pr.— Sparing, chary, moderate: in largiendā civitate: Deorum cultor, H.: verba, moderate, O.— Spare, scanty, little, small, slight: parco sale contingere, V.: merito parcior ira meo, O.
    * * *
    parca, parcum ADJ
    sparing, frugal; scanty, slight

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  • 16 spēcula

        spēcula ae, f dim.    [spes], a slight hope, glimmer of hope: aliquid speculae degustare.
    * * *
    lookout; watch tower; high place; slight hope, glimmer of hope

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  • 17 tenuiculus

        tenuiculus adj. dim.    [tenuis], slight, trifling, poor: apparatus.
    * * *
    tenuicula, tenuiculum ADJ
    very mean, slight

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  • 18 contemno

    I
    contemnere, contempsi, contemptus V TRANS
    think little of; look down on, take poor view of; pay no heed/disregard/slight; treat with/hold in contempt, scorn, disdain; despise; keep away from, avoid
    II
    contemnere, contemsi, contemtus V TRANS
    think little of; look down on, take poor view of; pay no heed/disregard/slight; treat with/hold in contempt, scorn, disdain; despise; keep away from, avoid

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  • 19 dejectiuncula

    slight attack of diarrhea; slight purging (L+S)

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  • 20 humile

    hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

    turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

    humilior munitio,

    id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

    (naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

    id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

    humiles habitare casas,

    Verg. E. 2, 29:

    domus,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

    postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 639:

    arcus,

    id. ib. 3, 30:

    arae,

    Val. Fl. 3, 426:

    virgas humilis mordere salicti,

    Juv. 11, 67:

    Forentum,

    low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

    Myconos,

    Ov. M. 7, 463:

    Italia,

    Verg. A. 3, 522:

    humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

    Just. 2, 1 med.:

    avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

    flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

    decisis humilis pennis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

    potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

    small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

    brevi atque humili corpore homines,

    Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

    humiles Cleonae,

    little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

    Troja,

    id. ib. 15, 424:

    ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

    i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

    fossa,

    Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

    radix,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

    supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

    humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

    Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

    humillimus homo de plebe,

    Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

    humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

    Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

    ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

    humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

    hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

    satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 53, 9:

    junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

    of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

    civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

    humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

    Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

    qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

    nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

    aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

    id. Arch. 5, 10:

    humiles et sordidae curae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    rei pictor,

    Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

    Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

    Nep. Ages. 8:

    agna,

    poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

    fortuna,

    Juv. 6, 287:

    domus,

    id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

    ex humili potens,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

    quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

    Juv. 3, 39.—

    Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

    Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—
    2.
    Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

    sermo,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

    neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

    Cic. Or. 57, 192:

    verbum,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    humilia et vulgaria verba,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9:

    translatio,

    id. 8, 6, 5:

    si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

    id. 8, 3, 60:

    quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

    id. 8, 3, 18:

    humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

    id. 11, 1, 6:

    of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

    i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

    nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—
    B.
    Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

    qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

    ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

    id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

    humillimus assentator,

    Vell. 2, 83, 1:

    neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 13:

    privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

    succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    animi,

    Lucr. 6, 52:

    si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

    fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

    Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

    metus,

    Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.
    1.
    Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

    in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

    Pall. 3, 13, 3:

    eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

    very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —
    2.
    Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

    non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

    Liv. 24, 25, 8:

    servire alicui,

    id. 45, 32, 5:

    audacter territas, humiliter placas,

    Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

    animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

    Sen. Ep. 120 med.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > humile

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