slowly

• Slowly, Slowly we will get there

slowly, calmly, cooly, deliberately.

pĭger, gra, grum (late Lat. collat. form of sup. pigrissimus, Tert. Exhort. ad Castit. 13), adj. [piget].

Lit., unwilling, reluctant, averse (rare):

gens pigerrima ad militaria opera,

Liv. 21, 25, 6:

pigriores ad facinus,

id. 39, 13, 11:

pigriores ad cetera munia exequenda,

Curt. 6, 9, 29: ad litteras scribendas pigerrimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

ad conatus magnos piger,

Sen. Ira, 3, 3, 1.—

Transf.

Backward, slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive (of persons and things).

With in and abl.:

interdum piger, interdum timidus in re militari videbare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 1.—

Absol.:

taurus ipsā mole piger,

Juv. 12, 12:

mare pigrum ac prope immotum,

i. e. flowing slowly, sluggish, Tac. G. 45:

pigrum mare et grave,

id. Agr. 10:

palus,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 61:

annus,

that moves lazily, passes slowly, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 21:

bellum,

that advances slowly, Ov. F. 2, 727:

campus,

unfruitful, Hor. C. 1, 22, 17:

pigriora sunt ista remedia,

operate too slowly, Col. 2, 17, 3.—Prov.:

vult et non vult piger,

Vulg. Prov. 13, 4:

dicit piger, leo est in viā,

id. ib. 26, 13:

pigrā munire castra dolabrā,

lazily handled, Juv. 8, 248. —

With gen. ( poet.):

militiae piger et malus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 124:

pericli,

Sil. 14, 264:

serpit Arar per rura pigerrimus undae,

id. 15, 504.—

With inf. ( poet.):

piger scribendi ferre laborem,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 12 (cf. the opp.:

impiger hostium Vexare turmas,

id. C. 4, 14, 22).— Absol.:

pigrum et iners videtur sudore adquirere quod possis sanguine parare,

Tac. G. 14 fin. —Hence, poet. transf.,

Sluggish, i. e. that makes sluggish, benumbing:

sopor,

Cat. 63, 37:

frigora,

Tib. 1, 2, 29:

senecta,

id. 1, 10, 40.—

Dull, dispirited, dejected, sad ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

vultus,

Mart. 2, 11, 3:

pigrum aliquem facere,

id. 10, 104, 15:

piger tristisque,

App. M. 4, p. 157 fin. —

Dull, unfeeling ( poet.):

hinc fessos subrepsit in artus Insidiosa quies et pigrae oblivio vitae,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 56 sq.; cf.:

indigna est pigro forma perire situ,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14.—Hence, adv.: pĭgrē, slowly, sluggishly (post-Aug.):

in servitutem transiens,

Sen. Ira, 3, 17:

pigre ac segniter agere,

Col. 7, 5, 3.— Comp.:

pigrius,

Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 105; Luc. 5, 434.

rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n. [Gr. herpô; Sanscr. root sarp-, creep; cf. Lat. serpo, serpens], to creep, crawl (cf. serpo).

Lit.

Of animals:

repens animans,

Lucr. 3, 388:

cochleae inter saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 2:

millipeda,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136:

formica,

id. 37, 11, 72, § 187:

muraenae,

id. 9, 20, 37, § 73:

volpecula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29 dub.:

elephas genibus in catervas,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 20 et saep.—

Of creeping children, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Stat. Th. 9, 427.—

Of other persons in gen.:

quā unus homo inermis vix poterat repere,

Nep. Hann. 3 fin.:

super altitudinem fastigii (templi),

Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 44:

Pyrrho regi, quo die periit, praecisa hostiarum capita repsisse,

id. 11, 37, 77, § 197.—

Transf., to creep, crawl, of persons travelling slowly:

milia tum pransi tria repimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 25.—Of persons swimming:

qui flumen repunt,

Arn. 1, 20.— Of cranes slowly stalking, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.).—Of boats moving slowly along: aequore in alto ratibus repentibus, Poet. (Enn.?) ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll. (cf. Enn. p. 87 Vahl.;

Trag. Rel. p. 292 Rib.).—Of water flowing slowly: aqua palustris, quae pigro lapsu repit,

Col. 1, 5, 3.—

Of clouds,

Lucr. 6, 1121.—

Of fire: ignis per artus,

Lucr. 6, 661.—Of plants, Col. Arb. 4 fin.; 16, 4: genus cucurbitarum, quod humi repit, Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70; 22, 22, 39, § 82.—Of movable towers, Luc. 3, 458.—Of the stealthy advance of a snare, Stat. S. 1, 2, 60.—

Trop.:

sermones Repentes per humum,

i. e. low, common, mean, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251.

serpo, psi, ptum, 3 (serpsit antiqui pro serpserit usi sunt, Fest. p. 348 Müll.), v. n. [root serp, kindr. with herpô, repo], to creep, crawl (freq. and class.).

Lit. (only of animals; while repo is also used of persons who creep or go slowly;

v. repo, I.): serpere anguiculos, nare anaticulas, evolare merulas, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

alia animalia gradiendo, alia serpendo ad pastum accedunt,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

serpentes quasdam (bestias), quasdam esse gradientes,

id. Tusc. 5, 13, 38:

(anguis) per humum,

Ov. M. 15, 689:

vipera imā humo,

id. P. 3, 3, 102:

draco In platanum,

id. M. 12, 13:

serpentia secla ferarum,

i. e. the serpents, Lucr. 6, 766.—In late Lat. pass.:

cum terra nullo serpatur angue,

was crawled over, Sol. 22, 10.—

Transf., of things, to move slowly or imperceptibly, to creep along, proceed gradually, etc. (mostly poet.):

has (stellas) inter, torvus Draco serpit, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: sol serpens,

Lucr. 5, 690.—

Of streams: an te, Cydne, canam, qui leniter... placidis per vada serpis aquis,

creepest, windest along, Tib. 1, 7, 14:

in freta vicina Numicius,

Ov. M. 14, 598: Ister tectis [p. 1681] in mare serpit aquis, id. Tr. 3, 10, 30:

in sicco serpentem pulvere rivum,

Luc. 9, 974:

lacrimae serpunt per vulnera,

Stat. Th. 11, 608:

exsistit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens,

slowly spreading, Lucr. 6, 660; so,

flamma per continua,

Liv. 30, 6:

aestus aetheris,

Lucr. 5, 523; 6, 1120 (with repere):

fallacem patriae serpere dixit equum (Trojanum),

was creeping along, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 64.—Of plants:

vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf.:

lithospermos (herba) jacet atque serpit humi,

Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 99; so,

chamaeleon,

id. 22, 18, 21, § 45; cf.:

liber per colla,

Ov. M. 9, 389:

caules per terram,

Plin. 21, 16, 59, § 99:

rami in terram,

id. 27, 9, 58, § 82:

radices inter se,

id. 17, 20, 33, § 144:

sine tempora circum Inter victrices hederam tibi serpere lauros,

Verg. E. 8, 13; Laber. ap Macr. S. 2, 7; Col. 10, 119.—Of the growth of the hair:

per tua lanugo cum serpere coeperit ora,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 641.—Of fire:

dein per continua serpens (flamma) omnia incendio hausit,

Liv. 30, 6:

sive ipsi (ignes) serpere possunt quo cibus vocat,

Lucr. 5, 523; cf. id. 6, 660.—Of disease, etc.:

si ulcus latius atque altius serpit,

gradually spreads, Cels. 6, 18, 2 med.:

dira contagia per vulgus,

Verg. G. 3, 469:

cancer,

Ov. M. 2, 826:

carcinoma,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37:

atra lues in vultus,

Mart. 1, 79, 2 al.:

per membra senectus,

Lucr. 1, 415:

quies,

Verg. A. 2, 269:

somnus,

Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90.—

Trop., to creep, crawl; to extend gradually or imperceptibly; to spread abroad, increase, prevail (a favorite trope of Cic.):

neque enim serpit, sed volat in optimum statum res publica,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33:

serpere occulte coepisti nihil dum aliis suspicantibus,

id. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

(hoc malum) obscure serpens multas jam provincias occupavit,

id. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

malum longius,

id. Rab. Post. 6, 15; id. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; id. de Or. 3, 24, 94:

serpit deinde res,

id. Lael. 12, 41; cf.:

ne latius serperet res,

Liv. 28, 15 fin.; so,

latius,

id. 40, 19 fin.; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 4, 3:

serpit nescio quo modo per omnium vitas amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

si semel suscipimus genus hoc argumenti, attende quo serpat,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 98; 3, 20, 52:

quam facile serpat injuria et peccandi consuetudo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68:

serpit hic rumor,

id. Mur. 21, 45:

fama per coloniam,

Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 5:

per agmina murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 239:

murmura plebis,

Stat. Th. 1, 168:

cura altius,

Plin. 14, 11, 13, § 87:

serpente latius bello,

Flor. 2, 2, 15; 2, 9, 4.—Of a low, grovelling poetic style:

(poëta) Serpit humi tutus,

crawls along the earth, Hor. A. P. 28 (cf.:

sermones Repentes per humum,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 251).—Hence, serpens, entis ( gen. plur. serpentium, Vitr. 8, 4; 9, 6; Nep. Hann. 11, 5; Hor. Epod. 1, 20; Cels. 5, 27, 3; but also, mostly poet. and later, serpentum, Verg. A. 8, 436; 12, 848; Ov. M. 7, 534; Luc. 9, 608 al.), f. (sc. bestia); less freq. and mostly poet. and eccl. Lat., m. (sc. draco), a creeping thing, a creeper, crawler (cf. reptilis).

Kat exochên, i. e. a snake, serpent (syn.: anguis, coluber); fem.:

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Lucr. 4, 60; 4, 638; Ov. M. 1, 447; 1, 454; 2, 652; id. Am. 2, 13, 13; Hor. C. 1, 37, 27; Luc. 9, 397; Nep. Hann. 10, 4 al.— Masc., Lucr. 5, 33; Verg. A. 2, 214; 5, 273; 11, 753; Ov. M. 3, 38; 3, 325; 4, 570; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27; Luc. 9, 324; cf. Sall. J. 89, 5, and Quint. 2, 4, 19:

igniti,

Vulg. Num. 21, 6.—

In apposition with draco,

Suet. Tib. 72.— Also neutr. plur. serpentia, Vulg. Act. 10, 12. —

Transf., the Serpent, as a constellation.

Between the Great and the Little Bear, = anguis and draco, Ov. M. 2, 173; Hyg. Astr. 3, 1.—

In the hand of Ophiuchus (Anguitenens, Anguifer), = anguis, Vitr. 9, 6; Hyg. Astr. 2, 14; 3, 13; cf. Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 93.—

A creeping insect on the human body, a louse, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172; App. Flor. p. 354, 4.

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cunctor (in many MSS. and edd. also contor), ātus, 1 (archaic inf. cunctarier, Lucr. 3, 67), v. dep. [cf. Sanscr. çank, to be anxious; Gr. oknos], to delay action (from deliberation or indolence), to linger, loiter, hesitate, doubt (freq. and class.); constr. absol., with the inf. or a subj.-clause.

Of personal subjects.

Absol., so the verse of Ennius upon the dictator Q. Fab. Maximus Cunctator: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 (Ann. v. 313 Vahl.; also cited Cic. Sen. 4, 10; id. Att. 2, 19, 2; Liv. 30, 26, 9);

imitated by Verg., A. 6, 846,

Ov. F. 2, 242 (the idea contained in cunctando is expressed by sedendo, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2; cf.:

sedendo et cunctando bellum gerebat,

Liv. 22, 24, 10;

and by non pugnando,

Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10):

assequor omnia si propero, si cunctor amitto,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 5:

an etiam tunc quiesceretis, cunctaremini, timeretis?

id. Sest. 38, 81; cf.:

ne quis cesset... qui cunctatus fuerit, etc.,

Liv. 35, 35, 17, and v. cesso:

nostris militibus cunctantibus, Desilite, inquit, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

alius alium exspectantes cunctamini,

Sall. C. 52, 28; Ov. M. 8, 753 et saep.:

in vitā cunctatur et haeret,

Lucr. 3, 407; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

inter metum et iram cunctatus,

Tac. A. 2, 66:

ille inter pudorem et iram cunctatus,

id. ib. 14, 49:

cunctante ad ea Mithridate,

id. ib. 12, 46:

ut ad laborem capessendum nihil cunctentur,

Gell. 2, 29, 12.— Impers. pass.:

nec cunctatum apud latera,

Tac. A. 3, 46:

non esse cunctandum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,

Liv. 35, 18, 8.—

With inf.:

non est cunctandum profiteri, hunc, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 3 fin.:

utrisque cunctantibus periculum summae rerum facere,

Liv. 25, 39, 18; 31, 7, 5:

ne cunctetur ipse propius accedere,

Sall. C. 44, 6; id. J. 13, 6; Col. 8, 15 fin.; Suet. Caes. 70; id. Vesp. 16:

ne cunctaretur Agrippam morte adficere,

Tac. A. 1, 6.—

With rel.-clause (rare):

vos cunctamini etiam nunc, quid faciatis?

Sall. C. 52, 25:

diu cunctatus an, etc.,

Suet. Caes. 81; id. Aug. 8:

primum cunctati, utrumne... an, etc.,

id. Caes. 80:

non cunctandum existimavit quin, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23 fin. —

Poet. transf., of things as subjects:

tardum cunctatur olivum,

runs slowly, Lucr. 2, 392:

refrigescit cunctando plaga,

id. 4, 703:

turpis contemptus et acris egestas... videntur cunctarier,

id. 3, 67; cf.:

cunctatur et amnis Rauca sonans revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto,

Verg. A. 9, 124.—Hence, cunctans, antis, P. a., delaying, lingering, dilatory, slow, tardy.

Of persons (post-Aug. and rare):

erat cunctantior cautiorque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6; cf. id. ib. 2, 16, 4:

ad dimicandum cunctantior,

Suet. Caes. 60; cf.:

familia cunctans ad opera,

Col. 11, 1, 14:

naturā ac senectā cunctantior,

Tac. H. 3, 4.—With acc. respect.:

alternos aegro cunctantem poplite gressus,

Val. Fl. 2, 93.—

Of things, tenacious, tough, slow, resisting, etc. ( poet. and rare):

mellis cunctantior actus,

Lucr. 3, 193:

corripit Aeneas extemplo avidusque refringit Cunctantem (ramum),

Verg. A. 6, 211:

glaebas cunctantis exspecta,

id. G. 2, 236:

corda viri,

Val. Fl. 3, 693:

ira,

Stat. Th. 5, 680.— Adv.: cunctanter, slowly, with delay (rare), Liv. 1, 36, 4; 10, 4, 8; Tac. H. 2, 52 al.— Comp., Suet. Galb. 12; id. Caes. 19; Tac. A. 1, 71.

segnis, e, adj. [commonly referred to sequor, that follows after, creeps after], slow, tardy, slack, dilatory, lingering, sluggish, inactive, unenergetic, lazy (in posit. not freq. till after the Aug. per., esp. in the histt.; in Cic. only comp., except in a passage from Non.; in Caes. only once in comp.; syn.:

deses, ignavus, desidiosus, piger): (servi) quia tardius irent Propter onus segnes,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 102; cf.:

tardum et segne,

Quint. 9, 4, 83: animus (opp. mobilis), Trogas ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275:

puer segnis et jacens,

Quint. 1, 3, 2:

segnis inersque vocer,

Tib. 1, 1, 58: segniores castigat atque incitat, * Caes. B. C. 1, 3; cf.:

laudando promptos et castigando segnes,

Tac. Agr. 21:

segnes et pavidos,

id. A. 16, 25:

multa quae segnibus ardua videantur,

id. ib. 15, 59:

segnior esse,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, B fin.:

bonus segnior fit ubi neglegas,

Sall. J. 31, 28:

ne segniores viris feminas habere viderentur,

Just. 2, 4, 27:

equus aut morbo gravis aut segnior annis,

Verg. G. 3, 95 et saep.: in quo tua me provocavit oratio, mea consecuta est segnis (segnius?), Cic. ap. Non. 33, 23:

obsidio,

Liv. 5, 46; 10, 10: [p. 1662] bellum, id. 10, 12:

pugna,

id. 10, 36:

navigatio,

id. 30, 10:

militia,

id. 26, 21:

mora,

id. 25, 8 fin.; 34, 9; Ov. M. 3, 563:

voluptas,

id. R. Am. 404:

otium,

Tac. A. 14, 39 fin.; id. H. 4, 70:

ingenium,

id. A. 12, 26:

imperium,

Liv. 25, 14:

pes (in the race),

Hor. C. 3, 12, 9:

Arar,

slowly-flowing, sluggish, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; cf.

aquae,

Curt. 8, 9, 18: stellae ( Ursa Major and Minor and Boötes), Val. Fl. 1, 484:

campus,

i. e. unfruitful, Verg. G. 1, 72; cf.

arvum,

id. ib. 1, 151; Luc. 9, 438:

metus,

id. 4, 700:

sopor,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 690:

alter (terror) diutinus, sed segnior,

slower, more lingering, Liv. 35, 40, 7:

segnior mors (per venenum),

id. 40, 4 fin. — Sup., App. Mag. p. 310, 21.—With a neg.:

non segnior discordia,

Liv. 2, 43; cf.:

nec Sagunti oppugnatio segnior erat,

id. 21, 12:

haud illo segnior ibat Aeneas,

Verg. A. 4, 149; 7, 383; 8, 414.—

Ad aliquid, less freq. in aliquā re, in aliquam rem:

segniores posthac ad imperandum ceteri sint,

Cic. Font. 7, 17 (3, 7); so in comp.:

ad respondendum,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 34:

ad persequendum,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2:

ad laetitiam,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 50; 4, 8, 75:

ad credendum,

Liv. 24, 13 fin.:

ad alia facta,

id. 44, 12:

gnarus gentem segnem ad pericula,

Tac. A. 14, 23:

senatu segniore in exsequendis conatibus,

Suet. Claud. 10:

non in Venerem segnes nocturnaque bella,

Verg. A. 11, 736; Maxim. Eleg. 5, 50. —

With gen. (in Tac.):

occasionum haud segnis,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

laeti praedā et aliorum segnes,

id. ib. 14, 33.—

With inf. ( poet.):

segnes nodum solvere Gratiae,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 19.—Hence, adv., slowly, sluggishly, slothfully, lazily.

segnĭter:

segniter, otiose, neglegenter, contumaciter omnia agere,

Liv. 2, 58; so id. 25, 35; 29, 19; 40, 40; Vell. 2, 69, 2; 2, 87, 1; Tac. A. 11, 26; id. H. 2, 71; Stat. S. 1, 4, 106 al.—

segnē:

haud segne id ipsum tempus consumpserat,

Liv. 38, 22:

nihil agendum segne ratus,

Amm. 21, 10.—

Comp.: segnius atque timidius pro re publicā niti, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.:

segnius socordiusque oppugnare,

Liv. 40, 27; 30, 21; Tac. A. 11, 15; 13, 29; id. H. 3, 40; Hor. A. P. 180 al.—Esp. freq. with the negg. non, haud, nihilo segnius (for which, in the MSS., sequius or secius is freq. interchanged), none the slower, not the less actively, earnestly, or zealously, with the same activity or earnestness, with undiminished zeal:

non ideo tamen segnius precor,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10; so,

non segnius,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 77:

haud segnius,

Ov. M. 11, 534; Luc. 6, 286:

nec segnius,

Liv. 40, 40:

neque segnius,

Tac. A. 6, 13:

neque eo segnius,

Suet. Ner. 20:

oppidani nihilo segnius bellum parare,

Sall. J. 75, 10; so,

nihilo segnius,

Liv. 2, 47; 6, 38; 7, 18 fin.; 26, 12; 32, 22; 35, 8; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 5; Nep. Dat. 2, 4.—

Sup.:

nautae torpedinis tactu segnissime torpuerunt,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 35.

spissus, a, um, adj. [root spi-, to press; cf. Lith. spitu].

Lit., thick, crowded, close, compact, dense (mostly poet and in post-Aug. prose;

syn.: crassus, densas): durata ac spissa,

Lucr. 2, 444:

corpus,

id. 6, 127:

liquor,

Ov. M. 12, 438:

sanguis,

id. ib. 11, 367:

aër,

id. ib. 1, 23:

grando,

id. ib. 9, 222 et saep.:

corona Non tam spissa viris,

Verg. A. 9, 509; so,

coronae,

Hor. A. P. 381:

sedilia,

id. ib. 205:

theatra,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 41:

coma,

id. C. 3, 19, 25; cf.:

nemorum comae,

id. ib. 4, 3, 11:

ramis laurea,

id. ib. 2, 15, 9:

harena,

Verg. A. 5, 336; cf.

litus,

Ov. M. 15, 718:

tunica,

of a close texture, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46:

navis juncturis aquam excludentibus,

Sen. Ep. 76:

caligo,

Ov. M. 7, 528:

noctis umbrae,

Verg. A. 2, 621:

tenebrae,

Petr. 114, 3:

nubes,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 30; id. M. 5, 621; Curt. 4, 3, 16; 8, 13, 24.— Comp.:

semen,

Col. 4, 33, 3:

ignis,

Luc. 9, 604.— Sup.:

spississima arbor (ebenus et buxus),

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 204: minimum ex nequitiā levissimumque ad alios redundat;

quod pessimum ex illā est et, ut ita dicam, spississimum, domi remanet et premit habentem,

Sen. Ep. 81, 21.—

Transf., of time.

Slow, tardy, late (rare but class.):

omnia tarda et spissa,

Cic. Att. 16, 18, 2; cf.:

in utroque genere dicendi exitus spissi et producti esse debent,

id. de Or. 2, 53, 213.—

Spissum illud amanti est verbum, Veniet nisi venit, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 77: nihil ego spei credo, omnes res spissas facit, Caecil. ap. Non. 392, 15; Pac., Titin., and Turp. ib. sq.: haruspices si quid boni promittunt, pro spisso evenit;

Id quod mali promittunt, praesentiarum est,

slowly, late, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 47.—

Thick, i. e. in quick succession, rapid, frequent, fast, = continuus, creber (very rare):

spississima basia,

Petr. 31, 1.—

Trop., hard, difficult (rare but class.): spissum sane opus et operosum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1:

si id erit spissius,

id. Fam. 2, 10, 4:

si est aliquanto spissius,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—Hence, adv.: spissē.

Thickly, closely:

calcare carbones,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188.— Comp., Col. 2, 9, 2; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31. —

Transf.

Slowly: tu nimis spisse atque tarde incedis, Naev. ap. Non. 392, 25:

habet hoc senectus, cum pigra est ipsa, ut spisse omnia videantur confieri,

Pac. ib. 393, 4:

cum spisse atque vix ad Antonium pervenimus,

Cic. Brut. 36, 138.— Comp.: nascimur spissius quam emorimur, Varr. ap. Non. 392, 29.—

Rapidly:

basiavit me spissius,

Petr. 18, 4.

tardus, a, um, adj., slow, not swift, sluggish, tardy (freq. and class.; syn.: lentus, languidus).

Lit., of motion or action:

velox an tardus sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

tardi sumus nos,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 66:

aetate tardiores,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6; cf. id. ib. 1 and 4:

fatuus est, insulsus, tardus, stertit noctes et dies,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 49:

redemptor non inertiā aut inopiā tardior fuit,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

qualem existimas, qui in adulterio deprehenditur? tardum,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275:

nemo erat adeo tardus aut fugiens laboris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

tarda aliqua et languida pecus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 40:

asellus,

Verg. G. 1, 273:

juvenci,

id. ib. 2, 206: aves, quas Hispania tardas appellat, Graecia ôtidas, Plin. 10, 22, 29, § 56:

Caesar ubi reliquos esse tardiores vidit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

ad injuriam tardiores,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 33:

tardior ad judicandum,

id. Caecin. 4, 9:

ad deponendum imperium,

id. Rep. 2, 12, 23:

ad discedendum,

id. Att. 9, 13, 4; cf.:

Bibulus in decedendo erit, ut audio, tardior,

id. ib. 7, 3, 5:

proci loripedes, tardissimi,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 7:

Apollo,

i. e. unpropitious, Prop. 1, 8, 41. —

Of things concr. and abstr.:

tardiores tibicinis modi et cantus remissiores,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254:

omnia tarda et spissa,

id. Att. 10, 18, 2:

fumus,

Verg. A. 5, 682:

frumenti tarda subvectio,

Liv. 44, 8, 1:

poena tardior,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 7; Quint. 7, 2, 42:

portenta deum tarda et sera nimis, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: sic mihi tarda fluunt tempora,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 23:

noctes,

coming on late, Verg. G. 2, 482:

tardiora fata,

Hor. Epod. 17, 62:

anne novum tardis sidus te mensibus addas,

i. e. to the long summer months, Verg. G. 1, 32:

nox,

Ov. P. 2, 4, 26:

tarda Genua labant,

Verg. A. 5, 432:

podagra,

i. e. that makes one move slowly, Hor. S. 1, 9, 32:

senectus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 88; Tib. 2, 2, 19; cf.

passus,

Ov. M. 10, 49:

abdomen,

Juv. 4, 107:

onus,

Sen. Phoen. 568:

sapor,

i. e. that lingers long on the palate, Verg. G. 2, 126:

lingua,

Sen. Oedip. 293.— Poet., with gen.:

tardus fugae,

delaying his flight, Val. Fl. 3, 547; and with inf.:

nectere tectos Numquam tarda dolos,

Sil. 3, 234. —

Trop., slow of apprehension, dull, heavy, stupid.

In gen.: Ch. Prorsum nihil intellego. Sy. Hui, tardus es, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 28:

sensus hebetes et tardi,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

nimis indociles tardique,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 12:

si qui forte sit tardior,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

tardi ingenii est, rivulos consectari, fontes rerum non videre,

id. ib. 2, 27, 117:

tardo ingenio esse,

id. Agr. 3, 2, 6:

mentes,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ingenium,

Quint. 1, 3, 2.—

In partic., of speech or of a speaker, slow, not rapid, measured, deliberate:

in utroque genere dicendi principia tarda sunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 213:

stilus,

Quint. 10, 3, 5:

tardior pronuntiatio,

id. 10, 7, 22:

tarda et supina compositio,

id. 9, 4, 137:

tardus in cogitando,

Cic. Brut. 59, 216:

Lentulus non tardus sententiis,

id. ib. 70, 247.—Hence, adv.: tardē.

Slowly, tardily:

tarde percipere (opp. celeriter arripere),

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31; Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 20; id. Ps. 4, 3, 15; Cic. Fam. 14, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 7, 3; 5, 15, 3; 11, 22, 2; id. Mil. 20, 54; Verg. G. 2, 3. — Comp.:

tardius moveri,

Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51; id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75; 4, 14, 32; id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35; Caes. B. G. 4, 23; id. B. C. 3, 28 al.— Sup.:

tardissime judicare,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 7. —

Late, not in time, not early, Pall. 11, 14, 3.— Sup.:

tardissime,

at latest, Plin. 18, 7, 10, §§ 51 and 56: quam tardissime, as late as possible, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1.

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