subtile

subtīlis, e, adj. [sub-tela; and therefore, prop., woven fine; hence], fine, not thick or coarse, thin, slender, minute (syn. tenuis).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic.): quae vulgo volitant subtili praedita filo,

Lucr. 4, 88:

ventus subtili corpore tenuis,

id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3:

acies gladii,

Sen. Ep. 76, 14:

farina,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74:

mitra,

Cat. 64, 63:

ignis,

Lucr. 6, 225:

subtilia et minuta primordia rerum,

id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., fine goods or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9:

indui te subtilibus,

id. Ezech. 16, 10.— Comp.:

harundo,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

semen raporum,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.— Sup.:

sucus subtilissimus,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—

Transf., of the senses, fine, nice, acute, delicate, exqui site (rare):

palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

subtilior gula,

Col. 8, 16, 4.—

Trop., fine, nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle (class.; syn.: elegans, concinnus).

In gen.:

sollers subtilisque descriptio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

definitio,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

observatio,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132:

sententia,

id. 18, 17, 46, § 165:

argumentatio,

id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

quaestio,

id. 11, 16, 16, § 46:

Graecia,

Manil. 4, 718.— Comp.:

reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt,

more particular, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.— Sup.:

quae (curatio manus) inter subtilissimas haberi potest,

Cels. 7, 7, 13:

inventum,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40:

Democritus, subtilissimus antiquorum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—

Transf., of taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate, exquisite (syn.:

sagax, acutus): judicium,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.:

subtilis veterum judex,

id. S. 2, 7, 101:

sapiens subtilisque lector,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7:

vir subtilis, dispositus, acer, disertus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—

In partic., in rhet., of speech or of the speaker, plain, simple, unadorned (syn. simplex):

genus dicendi,

Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.:

acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi genus,

id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

oratio,

id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78:

Stoicorum non ignoras, quam sit subtile vel spinosum potius dicendi genus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile quod ischnon vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

disputator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

quis illo (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?

id. Brut. 17, 65:

oratione limatus atque subtilis,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: Lysias subtilis scriptor atque [p. 1785] elegans, id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78:

praeceptor,

id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, finely, minutely.

Lit.:

subtiliter insinuatus ad parvas partes aër,

Lucr. 6, 1031:

conexae res,

closely, intimately, id. 3, 739:

dividere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67:

fodere,

lightly, superficially, Pall. Febr. 21 fin. —

Trop., finely, acutely, minutely, accurately, subtly.

In gen.:

subtiliter judicare,

finely, acutely, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

de re publicā quid ego tibi subtiliter? tota periit,

minutely, particularly, id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

haec ad te scribam alias subtilius,

id. ib. 1, 13, 4:

subtiliter exsequi numerum,

Liv. 3, 5:

de aliquā re subtiliter disserere,

Cic. Fl. 17, 41:

aliquid persequi,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.:

id persequar subtilius,

id. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

subtilius haec disserunt,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

subtilius ista quaerunt,

id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —

In partic., in rhet., plainly, simply, without ornament:

humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate dicere,

Cic. Or. 29, 100:

versute et subtiliter dicere,

id. ib. 7, 22:

privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

magnifice an subtiliter dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.

subtīlis, e, adj. [sub-tela; and therefore, prop., woven fine; hence], fine, not thick or coarse, thin, slender, minute (syn. tenuis).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic.): quae vulgo volitant subtili praedita filo,

Lucr. 4, 88:

ventus subtili corpore tenuis,

id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3:

acies gladii,

Sen. Ep. 76, 14:

farina,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74:

mitra,

Cat. 64, 63:

ignis,

Lucr. 6, 225:

subtilia et minuta primordia rerum,

id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., fine goods or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9:

indui te subtilibus,

id. Ezech. 16, 10.— Comp.:

harundo,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

semen raporum,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.— Sup.:

sucus subtilissimus,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—

Transf., of the senses, fine, nice, acute, delicate, exqui site (rare):

palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

subtilior gula,

Col. 8, 16, 4.—

Trop., fine, nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle (class.; syn.: elegans, concinnus).

In gen.:

sollers subtilisque descriptio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

definitio,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

observatio,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132:

sententia,

id. 18, 17, 46, § 165:

argumentatio,

id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

quaestio,

id. 11, 16, 16, § 46:

Graecia,

Manil. 4, 718.— Comp.:

reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt,

more particular, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.— Sup.:

quae (curatio manus) inter subtilissimas haberi potest,

Cels. 7, 7, 13:

inventum,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40:

Democritus, subtilissimus antiquorum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—

Transf., of taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate, exquisite (syn.:

sagax, acutus): judicium,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.:

subtilis veterum judex,

id. S. 2, 7, 101:

sapiens subtilisque lector,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7:

vir subtilis, dispositus, acer, disertus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—

In partic., in rhet., of speech or of the speaker, plain, simple, unadorned (syn. simplex):

genus dicendi,

Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.:

acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi genus,

id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

oratio,

id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78:

Stoicorum non ignoras, quam sit subtile vel spinosum potius dicendi genus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile quod ischnon vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

disputator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

quis illo (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?

id. Brut. 17, 65:

oratione limatus atque subtilis,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: Lysias subtilis scriptor atque [p. 1785] elegans, id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78:

praeceptor,

id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, finely, minutely.

Lit.:

subtiliter insinuatus ad parvas partes aër,

Lucr. 6, 1031:

conexae res,

closely, intimately, id. 3, 739:

dividere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67:

fodere,

lightly, superficially, Pall. Febr. 21 fin. —

Trop., finely, acutely, minutely, accurately, subtly.

In gen.:

subtiliter judicare,

finely, acutely, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

de re publicā quid ego tibi subtiliter? tota periit,

minutely, particularly, id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

haec ad te scribam alias subtilius,

id. ib. 1, 13, 4:

subtiliter exsequi numerum,

Liv. 3, 5:

de aliquā re subtiliter disserere,

Cic. Fl. 17, 41:

aliquid persequi,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.:

id persequar subtilius,

id. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

subtilius haec disserunt,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

subtilius ista quaerunt,

id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —

In partic., in rhet., plainly, simply, without ornament:

humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate dicere,

Cic. Or. 29, 100:

versute et subtiliter dicere,

id. ib. 7, 22:

privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

magnifice an subtiliter dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.

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angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].

Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).

Of places:

Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

itineris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

loci,

id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

angustiae locorum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

Liv. 28, 1:

diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

id. 34, 46:

itinerum,

Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

per angustias Hellesponti,

Suet. Caes. 63:

vicorum,

id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—

Of other things:

spiritūs,

shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

urinae,

strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—

Trop.

Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

in angustiā temporum,

Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—

Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

aerarii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

pecuniae publicae,

id. Fam. 12, 30:

rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

stipendii,

id. ib. 1, 35:

ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

paternae,

Tac. A. 1, 75.—

Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

in summas angustias adduci,

Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

cum in his angustiis res esset,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

vereri angustias,

Cic. Planc. 22:

angustiae petitionis,

i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

tenent me angustiae,

ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —

Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—

Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—

Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].

Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).

Of places:

Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

itineris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

loci,

id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

angustiae locorum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

Liv. 28, 1:

diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

id. 34, 46:

itinerum,

Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

per angustias Hellesponti,

Suet. Caes. 63:

vicorum,

id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—

Of other things:

spiritūs,

shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

urinae,

strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—

Trop.

Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

in angustiā temporum,

Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—

Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

aerarii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

pecuniae publicae,

id. Fam. 12, 30:

rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

stipendii,

id. ib. 1, 35:

ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

paternae,

Tac. A. 1, 75.—

Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

in summas angustias adduci,

Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

cum in his angustiis res esset,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

vereri angustias,

Cic. Planc. 22:

angustiae petitionis,

i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

tenent me angustiae,

ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —

Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—

Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—

Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

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.

jūdĭcĭum, ii, n. [judex], a judgment, i. e. a judicial investigation, trial; a judicial sentence (class.).

Lit.:

omnia judicia aut distrahendarum controversiarum aut puniendorum maleficiorum causā reperta sunt,

Cic. Caecin. 2:

dignitatis meae,

concerning, id. Brut. 1, 1:

praetor judicium prius de probro, quam de re fieri maluit,

id. Quint. 2:

de alicujus meritis judicia facere,

id. Or. 41, 140:

de mea fide,

id. Fam. 11, 29, 2:

de se,

Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 2:

inter sicarios,

for assassination, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:

adducere causam aliquam in judicium,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 7, 18:

judicio aliquid defendere,

id. Quint. 20, 62:

agere,

to settle a dispute, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120: ferre, to give his vote; of a judge (different from sententiam ferre, to pass sentence), Cic. Tog. Cand. p. 525 Orell.:

exercere,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3:

vocare aliquem in judicium,

to summon before court, id. Balb. 28, 64:

judicio quempiam arcessere,

to sue, id. Fl. 6, 14:

sistere in judicium,

to set before the court, Dig. 2, 5, 4: dare, to allow, grant a trial, of the prætor who proposes the judges:

in Lurconis libertum judicium ex edicto dedit,

Cic. Fl. 35, 88:

judicium accipere, suscipere,

to undertake a legal trial, id. Quint. 20, 62; Dig. 5, 3, 7:

pati,

to submit to, Cic. Quint. 20, 63:

damnatus inani judicio Marius,

Juv. 1, 48. —

Transf.

A court of justice:

at ille in judicium venit,

Nep. Ep. 8:

judicium clauserat militibus armatis,

Quint. 4, 2, 25. —

Beyond the legal sphere, a judgment, decision, opinion with regard to any thing:

meum semper judicium fuit, omnia nostros invenisse per se sapientius quam, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

decima legio per tribunos militum ei gratias egit, quod de se optimum judicium fecisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 41:

judicium facere, quanti quisque sibi faciendus esset,

to judge, decide, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

meo judicio,

in my judgment, according to my opinion, id. Brut. 8, 32; Quint. 9, 3, 59:

ex alicujus judicio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 108: de quo homine vos tanta et tam praeclara judicia fecistis, i. e. by conferring honors on him, id. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 43.—

The power of judging, judgment, discernment:

studio optimo, judicio minus firmo praeditus,

Cic. Or. 7, 24; id. Fam. 9, 6, 4:

intellegens,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 11:

subtile,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242:

si quid mei judicii est,

if I can judge of it, Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

videor id judicio facere,

i. e. with discretion, good judgment, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18; so Caes. B. G. 5, 27; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 dub.:

adhibere,

Tac. H. 1, 83:

acri judicio perpendere aliquid,

Lucr. 2, 1042.—

Judicial harangues, speeches in court:

illa mala judicia,

Quint. 10, 1, 70.

laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (rarely n.; v. I. B. 2. b. and II. B. b. infra) [id.], to stretch out, extend, to make wide or roomy, to expand.

Lit.:

forum,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8:

manipulos,

to open the ranks, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

lilium ab angustiis in latitudinem paulatim se laxans,

Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22.—

Transf.

To open, undo, unloose (syn. solvo):

vincula epistolae laxavit,

Nep. Paus. 4:

nodos Herculeos,

Luc. 4, 632:

ubi dolor vocem laxaverat,

had loosened his voice, Just. 42, 4, 13:

claustra,

Verg. A. 2, 259:

claustra portarum,

Juv. 8, 261:

intestina,

Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 129.—

To slacken, relax:

laxare arcum,

to slacken, unbend, Phaedr. 3, 14, 11:

excussos rudentes,

Verg. A. 3, 267:

laxantur corpora rugis,

become flabby with wrinkles, Ov. A. A. 3, 73:

laxatis habenis invehi jussit,

Curt. 4, 9, 24; 4, 15, 3:

laxatisque vinculis... ostendit manum,

Just. 14, 4, 1:

se cutis arida laxet,

Juv. 6, 144:

oleum ad nervos laxandos utile est,

Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157:

corpus velut laxatum,

Petr. 82:

ferrum,

to smelt, Stat. Achill. 1, 429.—

Neutr.:

crebris fluctibus compages operis verberatae laxavere,

were loosened, opened, Curt. 4, 3, 6.—

To lighten, ease:

pharetra graves laxavit umeros,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 787.—

Trop.

To lighten, relieve, unbend, recreate (syn.: levo, libero): a contentione disputationis animos curamque laxemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

judicum animos atque a severitate ad hilaritatem traducere,

id. Brut. 93, 322:

animum ab assiduis laboribus,

Liv. 32, 5: ut istis te molestiis laxes, release yourself, Luc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 3.—

To relax, mitigate, moderate, abate, weaken:

alicui laxare aliquid laboris,

Liv. 9, 16:

vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus,

Verg. A. 5, 187:

placida laxarant membra quiete... nautae,

id. ib. 5, 836:

subtile examen justitiae,

Gell. 1, 3:

iram,

Stat. Th. 6, 831: nigrantes tenebras id. ib. 12, 254:

paulatim temeritate laxata,

Petr. 82:

longiore dierum spatio laxare dicendi necessitatem,

to prolong, delay, defer, Quint. 10, 5, 22:

memoriae inhaeret fldelius, quod nulla scribendi securitate laxatur,

id. 10, 6, 2:

rarescit multo laxatus vulnere miles,

weakened, Sil. 17, 422.— To lay open, disclose, reveal ( poet.):

fata latentia laxa,

Stat. Achill. 1, 508.—

To reduce the price of:

annonam,

Liv. 2, 34, 12; so neutr., to lessen, fall in price:

annona laxaverat,

Liv. 26, 20.— laxātus, a, um, P. a., spread out, separated, extended, wide.

Lit.:

custodiae,

i. e. separated, withdrawn, Liv. 21, 32 fin.:

custodia,

Petr. 112:

membrana laxatior,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

laxati ordines (aciei),

Tac. H. 3, 25; Sil. 9, 364:

corpore laxati,

released from the body, Cic. Rep. 6, 15 fin. —

Trop.:

libidinum vinculis laxati,

released, freed, free, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:

laxatus curis,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

pugna,

a battle broken off, Liv. 21, 59:

nox,

i. e. clear, Sil. 13, 550.

mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).

In a good sense:

modico gradu ire,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

potiones,

Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

convivia,

id. Sen. 13, 44:

severitas,

id. ib. 18, 65:

industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

Sall. J. 85, 1:

domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2:

modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—

In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

Cic. Or. 21, 69:

oculi,

middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

Graecis hoc modicum est,

not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

pecunia,

little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

acervus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

incrementa,

small, Just. 7, 1:

tempus,

short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

rem pateris modicam,

a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

modici amici,

humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

Sabinus modicus originis,

Tac. A. 6, 39:

virium,

Vell. 1, 12, 4:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

voluptatum,

id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

modicum progredi,

a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

modico deinde regressa,

i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

modico secus progredi,

to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).

Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

dolorem modice ferre,

quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

se recipere,

quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

modice et modeste vitam vivere,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

dicere,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—

Slightly, not very, not much:

minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

modice vinosus,

Liv. 41, 4:

locuples,

id. 38, 14, 9:

modice instratus torus,

slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).

In a good sense:

modico gradu ire,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

potiones,

Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

convivia,

id. Sen. 13, 44:

severitas,

id. ib. 18, 65:

industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

Sall. J. 85, 1:

domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2:

modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—

In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

Cic. Or. 21, 69:

oculi,

middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

Graecis hoc modicum est,

not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

pecunia,

little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

acervus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

incrementa,

small, Just. 7, 1:

tempus,

short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

rem pateris modicam,

a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

modici amici,

humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

Sabinus modicus originis,

Tac. A. 6, 39:

virium,

Vell. 1, 12, 4:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

voluptatum,

id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

modicum progredi,

a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

modico deinde regressa,

i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

modico secus progredi,

to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).

Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

dolorem modice ferre,

quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

se recipere,

quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

modice et modeste vitam vivere,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

dicere,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—

Slightly, not very, not much:

minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

modice vinosus,

Liv. 41, 4:

locuples,

id. 38, 14, 9:

modice instratus torus,

slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

pălātum, i, n., and (rarely) pălātus, i, m. [perh. from root pa-of pasco], the palate.

Lit.:

suave domini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 7:

nec enim sequitur, ut, cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

quae (voluptas) palato percipiatur,

id. ib. 2, 10, 29:

boum dare membra palato,

Ov. M. 15, 141:

subtile palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

nigra subest udo tantum cui lingua palato,

Verg. G. 3, 388; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47; cf.:

cum balba feris annoso verba palato,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 274:

torpente palato,

Juv. 10, 203.—In plur.:

palata docta et erudita,

Col. 8, 16, 4.—

Trop., the palate, as the organ of taste and judgment:

(Epicurus) dum palato quid sit optimum judicat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 49:

orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato,

Quint. 6, 3, 19.—

Transf. (of the form of the palate), a vault: caeli, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 38 (Enn. p. 177, n. 19 Vahl.).