sublimely

grandis, e, adj. [cf. gradus; also Germ. gross; Engl. great], full-grown, large, great, full, abundant (class.; most freq. of things; for syn. cf.: magnus, ingens, amplus, procerus, vastus, enormis).

Lit.

In gen.:

ita, quicquid (olerum) erat, grande erat,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 35; cf.:

ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131:

quae seges grandissima atque optima fuerit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 1: farra, old poet. ap. Macr. S. 5, 20 fin.:

frumenta,

Verg. A. 4, 405:

hordea,

id. E. 5, 36:

lilia,

id. ib. 10, 25:

ilex,

Sall. J. 93, 4; cf.:

et antiqua robora,

Quint. 10, 1, 88:

grandissimum alicae genus,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

grandissimae olivae,

id. 15, 3, 4, § 15 et saep.:

litterae (opp. minutae),

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68; cf.:

epistola sane grandis,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 1:

sane grandes libri,

id. Rep. 3, 8:

grandiores libri,

id. Att. 13, 13, 1:

verbosa et grandis epistula,

Juv. 10, 71:

erat incisum grandibus litteris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

corpora,

Lucr. 6, 303:

saxa,

id. 1, 289; Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 2; 7, 46, 3; cf.:

cervi eminentes,

id. ib. 7, 72, 4:

tumulus terrenus,

id. ib. 1, 43, 1:

vas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47; cf.

patella,

id. ib. §

46: speculum,

Quint. 11, 3, 68:

cothurni,

Hor. A. P. 80:

lumina,

Ov. M. 5, 545; cf.

membra,

id. ib. 10, 237:

ossa,

id. ib. 9, 169:

conchae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

rhombi,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 95; cf.:

opes grandiores,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 47:

smaragdi,

Lucr. 4, 1126:

divitiae,

id. 5, 1118; cf.:

alicui grandem pecuniam credere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

pecunia,

id. Verr. 1, 9, 24; id. Fam. 13, 61; Sall. C. 49, 3; Liv. 10, 46, 10; 27, 20, 7; 32, 40, 9; Suet. Aug. 12; id. Ner. 24; cf.

faenus,

Cic. Fl. 21, 51:

aes alienum,

Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3; Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; cf.

also: donativum grandius solito,

Suet. Galb. 16:

cenae,

Quint. 10, 1, 58; cf.

convivium,

id. 11, 2, 12:

amiculum grandi pondere,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

grande pondus argenti,

id. Caecin. 4, 12:

grande onus exiguo formicas ore gerentes,

Ov. M. 7, 625:

elementa,

bulky, massive, heavy, id. ib. 1, 29.—In neutr. as grandia ingrediens, advancing with great strides: makra bibas, Gell. 9, 11, 5:

grandia incedens,

Amm. 22, 14.—

Of persons, grown up, big, tall; and more freq. pregn., advanced in years, aged, old; also with natu or aevo.

Absol.:

an sedere oportuit domi virginem tam grandem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 39:

videras grandis jam puer bello Italico, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 36, 87:

nobilis ut grandi cecinit Centaurus alumno (i. e. Achilli),

Hor. Epod. 13, 11:

(Q. Maximus) et bella gerebat ut adolescens, cum plane grandis esset, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; cf. Lucr. 2, 1164:

legibus annalibus cum grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituebant, adolescentiae temeritatem verebantur, etc. (shortly after: progressus aetatis),

a more advanced age, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47; so,

grandior aetas,

Ov. M. 6, 28; 7, 665:

quandoquidem grandi cibus aevo denique defit,

Lucr. 2, 1141:

metuens virgae jam grandis Achilles cantabat,

Juv. 7, 210.—

With natu or aevo:

non admodum grandis natu, sed tamen jam aetate provectus,

Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; so,

grandis natu,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 7; Suet. Ner. 34; id. Aug. 89; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf.:

in aetate consideratur puer an adolescens, natu grandior an senex,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; so,

grandior natu,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 37:

grandi jam natu vexatus,

Suet. Aug. 53:

grandis aevo parens,

Tac. A. 16, 30 fin.; cf.:

jam grandior aevo genitor,

Ov. M. 6, 321.—

Trop.

In gen., great, strong, powerful: subsellia grandiorem et pleniorem vocem desiderant. Cic. Brut. 84, 289:

vox (opp. exigua),

Quint. 11, 3, 15:

perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum exemplum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:

exemplis grandioribus uti,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

de rebus grandioribus dicere,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 19:

supercilium,

lofty, Juv. 6, 169:

Maecenas, mearum Grande decus columenque rerum,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 4:

ingenium,

Ov. M. 6, 574:

certamen,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 7:

munus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 11:

praemia meritorum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 38:

carmen,

Juv. 6, 636:

malum,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 49:

lethargus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 145:

alumnus,

noble, id. Epod. 13, 11:

si metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; so absol.:

grandia,

id. C. 1, 6, 9; id. A. P. 27.—

In partic., of style, great, grand, lofty, sublime:

genus quoque dicendi grandius quoddam et illustrius esse adhibendum videtur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 337:

grande atque robustum genus dicendi (opp. subtile),

Quint. 12, 10, 58:

causae (opp. pusillae),

id. 11, 3, 151:

antiqua comoedia,

id. 10, 1, 65:

grandia et tumida themata,

id. 2, 10, 6:

sententiae,

id. 2, 11, 3:

grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

id. 1, 10, 24.—Of the speaker: (oratores Thucydidi aequales) grandes erant verbis, crebri sententiis, compressione rerum breves, [p. 824] Cic. Brut. 7, 29; cf.:

Thucydides rerum gestarum pronunciator sincerus et grandis,

id. ib. 83, 287:

causidicus amplus atque grandis,

id. Or. 9, 30:

quo grandior sit et quasi excelsior orator,

id. ib. 34, 119:

oratores, alii grandes aut graves aut copiosi,

id. Opt. Gen. 1, 2:

multis locis grandior (Lysias),

id. ib. 3, 9:

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi,

Quint. 10, 2, 16; 10, 1, 77.— Adv.: in two forms.

grandĭter (acc. to II.), greatly, strongly, very ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

quamvis grandius ille (Alcaeus) sonet,

sublimely, Ov. H. 15, 30:

illud mihi inter maxima granditer cordi est,

exceedingly, Sid. Ep. 7, 4:

frugi pater,

id. ib. 2:

affectus,

Aug. Conf. 1, 9.—

grandō (rare and poet.), the same:

grande fremens,

strongly, aloud, Stat. Th. 12, 684: grande sonat. Juv. 6, 517.