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  • 1 aculeātus

        aculeātus adj.    [aculeus], with a sting. — Hence, stinging, sharp: litterae.—Cunning, subtle: sophismata.
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    aculeata, aculeatum ADJ
    prickly; stinging/sharp/barbed; subtle; inflicted by/having sting/spine/points

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  • 2 argūtulus

        argūtulus adj. dim.    [argutus], somewhat subtle: libri.
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    argutula, argutulum ADJ
    clever/shrewd/acute, (somewhat) subtle; little noisy/talkative/loquacious (L+S)

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  • 3 tenue

    tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

    tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

    id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of texture, fine, thin:

    subtemen,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

    vestes,

    Tib. 2, 3, 53:

    vestes,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

    amictus,

    id. M. 4, 104:

    togae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

    toga filo tenuissima,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

    tunicae,

    id. F. 2, 319:

    natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    pellis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

    arietes tenuioris velleris,

    Col. 7, 2, 5.—
    2.
    Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

    tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

    tenue purumque caelum,

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

    aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

    capilli,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

    comae,

    Tib. 1, 9, 68:

    rima,

    Ov. M. 4, 65:

    vinum,

    thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

    aqua,

    clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

    sanguis (opp. crassus),

    Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

    agmen (militum),

    Liv. 25, 23, 16:

    acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

    pluviae,

    Verg. G. 1, 92.—
    3.
    Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

    penna,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

    cauda (piscis),

    Ov. M. 4, 726:

    acus,

    id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

    tabellae,

    Mart. 14, 3, 1:

    nitedula,

    thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    canes macie tenues,

    Nemes. Cyn. 137:

    Gellius,

    Cat. 89, 1:

    Thais,

    Mart. 11, 101, 1:

    umbra (defuncti),

    Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

    animae (defunctorum),

    Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —
    4.
    Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —
    B.
    Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

    oppidum tenue sane,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

    magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

    murus,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    amnis,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    aqua,

    shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

    rivulus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

    sulcus,

    Verg. G. 1, 68:

    foramen,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

    intervallum,

    id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

    insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

    tenuem victum antefert copioso,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

    victus,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

    mensa,

    id. C. 2, 16, 14:

    cibus,

    Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

    tenuissimum patrimonium,

    Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

    opes,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

    res (familiaris),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

    census,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

    honores,

    Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    praeda,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tenuissimum lumen,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    pumex,

    i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

    tenuis (opp. locuples),

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

    id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

    fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

    id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

    locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    tenuis et obaeratus,

    Suet. Caes. 46:

    Regulus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

    tenuis opum,

    Sil. 6, 19.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

    elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

    tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

    (oratores) tenues, acuti,

    Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

    orator,

    id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

    aures,

    Lucr. 4, 913:

    cura,

    Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

    Athenae,

    elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

    rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    textum dicendi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

    cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

    weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

    tenuis atque infirmus animus,

    id. B. C. 1, 32:

    ingenium (opp. forte),

    Quint. 10, 2, 19:

    tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

    id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

    in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

    tenuissimarum rerum jura,

    id. Caecin. 12, 34:

    artificium perquam tenue et leve,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

    grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

    Quint. 1, 4, 5:

    inanis et tenuis spes,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

    spes tenuior,

    id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

    suspitio,

    id. Caecin. 15, 43:

    causa tenuis et inops,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

    curae,

    Verg. G. 1, 177:

    gloria,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    damnum,

    Tac. A. 12, 39:

    negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

    Quint. 12, 9, 8:

    nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

    i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —
    2.
    Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

    tenuiores,

    men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    tenuissimus quisque,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

    homines,

    id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

    commoti animi tenuiorum,

    id. ib. 23, 47:

    si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

    id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

    qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

    id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

    adulescentes tenui loco orti,

    Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Thinly:

    alutae tenuiter confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—
    b.
    Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

    tenuiter disserere,

    Cic. Or. 14, 46:

    tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

    scribere (with argute),

    id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

    tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

    Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

    illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—
    b.
    Lightly, slightly, superficially:

    mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

    tenuissime aestimare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

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  • 4 tenuis

    tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

    tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

    id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of texture, fine, thin:

    subtemen,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

    vestes,

    Tib. 2, 3, 53:

    vestes,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

    amictus,

    id. M. 4, 104:

    togae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

    toga filo tenuissima,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

    tunicae,

    id. F. 2, 319:

    natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    pellis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

    arietes tenuioris velleris,

    Col. 7, 2, 5.—
    2.
    Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

    tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

    tenue purumque caelum,

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

    aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

    capilli,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

    comae,

    Tib. 1, 9, 68:

    rima,

    Ov. M. 4, 65:

    vinum,

    thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

    aqua,

    clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

    sanguis (opp. crassus),

    Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

    agmen (militum),

    Liv. 25, 23, 16:

    acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

    pluviae,

    Verg. G. 1, 92.—
    3.
    Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

    penna,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

    cauda (piscis),

    Ov. M. 4, 726:

    acus,

    id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

    tabellae,

    Mart. 14, 3, 1:

    nitedula,

    thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    canes macie tenues,

    Nemes. Cyn. 137:

    Gellius,

    Cat. 89, 1:

    Thais,

    Mart. 11, 101, 1:

    umbra (defuncti),

    Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

    animae (defunctorum),

    Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —
    4.
    Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —
    B.
    Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

    oppidum tenue sane,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

    magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

    murus,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    amnis,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    aqua,

    shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

    rivulus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

    sulcus,

    Verg. G. 1, 68:

    foramen,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

    intervallum,

    id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

    insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

    tenuem victum antefert copioso,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

    victus,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

    mensa,

    id. C. 2, 16, 14:

    cibus,

    Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

    tenuissimum patrimonium,

    Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

    opes,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

    res (familiaris),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

    census,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

    honores,

    Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    praeda,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tenuissimum lumen,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    pumex,

    i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

    tenuis (opp. locuples),

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

    id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

    fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

    id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

    locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    tenuis et obaeratus,

    Suet. Caes. 46:

    Regulus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

    tenuis opum,

    Sil. 6, 19.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

    elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

    tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

    (oratores) tenues, acuti,

    Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

    orator,

    id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

    aures,

    Lucr. 4, 913:

    cura,

    Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

    Athenae,

    elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

    rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    textum dicendi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

    cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

    weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

    tenuis atque infirmus animus,

    id. B. C. 1, 32:

    ingenium (opp. forte),

    Quint. 10, 2, 19:

    tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

    id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

    in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

    tenuissimarum rerum jura,

    id. Caecin. 12, 34:

    artificium perquam tenue et leve,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

    grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

    Quint. 1, 4, 5:

    inanis et tenuis spes,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

    spes tenuior,

    id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

    suspitio,

    id. Caecin. 15, 43:

    causa tenuis et inops,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

    curae,

    Verg. G. 1, 177:

    gloria,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    damnum,

    Tac. A. 12, 39:

    negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

    Quint. 12, 9, 8:

    nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

    i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —
    2.
    Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

    tenuiores,

    men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    tenuissimus quisque,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

    homines,

    id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

    commoti animi tenuiorum,

    id. ib. 23, 47:

    si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

    id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

    qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

    id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

    adulescentes tenui loco orti,

    Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Thinly:

    alutae tenuiter confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—
    b.
    Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

    tenuiter disserere,

    Cic. Or. 14, 46:

    tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

    scribere (with argute),

    id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

    tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

    Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

    illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—
    b.
    Lightly, slightly, superficially:

    mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

    tenuissime aestimare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

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  • 5 tenvis

    tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

    tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

    id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of texture, fine, thin:

    subtemen,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

    vestes,

    Tib. 2, 3, 53:

    vestes,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

    amictus,

    id. M. 4, 104:

    togae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

    toga filo tenuissima,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

    tunicae,

    id. F. 2, 319:

    natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    pellis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

    arietes tenuioris velleris,

    Col. 7, 2, 5.—
    2.
    Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

    tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

    tenue purumque caelum,

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

    aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

    capilli,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

    comae,

    Tib. 1, 9, 68:

    rima,

    Ov. M. 4, 65:

    vinum,

    thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

    aqua,

    clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

    sanguis (opp. crassus),

    Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

    agmen (militum),

    Liv. 25, 23, 16:

    acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

    pluviae,

    Verg. G. 1, 92.—
    3.
    Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

    penna,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

    cauda (piscis),

    Ov. M. 4, 726:

    acus,

    id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

    tabellae,

    Mart. 14, 3, 1:

    nitedula,

    thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    canes macie tenues,

    Nemes. Cyn. 137:

    Gellius,

    Cat. 89, 1:

    Thais,

    Mart. 11, 101, 1:

    umbra (defuncti),

    Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

    animae (defunctorum),

    Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —
    4.
    Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —
    B.
    Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

    oppidum tenue sane,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

    magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

    murus,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    amnis,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    aqua,

    shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

    rivulus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

    sulcus,

    Verg. G. 1, 68:

    foramen,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

    intervallum,

    id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

    insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

    tenuem victum antefert copioso,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

    victus,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

    mensa,

    id. C. 2, 16, 14:

    cibus,

    Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

    tenuissimum patrimonium,

    Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

    opes,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

    res (familiaris),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

    census,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

    honores,

    Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    praeda,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tenuissimum lumen,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    pumex,

    i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

    tenuis (opp. locuples),

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

    id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

    fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

    id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

    locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    tenuis et obaeratus,

    Suet. Caes. 46:

    Regulus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

    tenuis opum,

    Sil. 6, 19.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

    elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

    tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

    (oratores) tenues, acuti,

    Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

    orator,

    id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

    aures,

    Lucr. 4, 913:

    cura,

    Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

    Athenae,

    elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

    rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    textum dicendi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

    cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

    weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

    tenuis atque infirmus animus,

    id. B. C. 1, 32:

    ingenium (opp. forte),

    Quint. 10, 2, 19:

    tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

    id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

    in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

    tenuissimarum rerum jura,

    id. Caecin. 12, 34:

    artificium perquam tenue et leve,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

    grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

    Quint. 1, 4, 5:

    inanis et tenuis spes,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

    spes tenuior,

    id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

    suspitio,

    id. Caecin. 15, 43:

    causa tenuis et inops,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

    curae,

    Verg. G. 1, 177:

    gloria,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    damnum,

    Tac. A. 12, 39:

    negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

    Quint. 12, 9, 8:

    nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

    i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —
    2.
    Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

    tenuiores,

    men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    tenuissimus quisque,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

    homines,

    id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

    commoti animi tenuiorum,

    id. ib. 23, 47:

    si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

    id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

    qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

    id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

    adulescentes tenui loco orti,

    Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Thinly:

    alutae tenuiter confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—
    b.
    Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

    tenuiter disserere,

    Cic. Or. 14, 46:

    tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

    scribere (with argute),

    id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

    tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

    Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

    illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—
    b.
    Lightly, slightly, superficially:

    mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

    tenuissime aestimare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

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  • 6 ācer

        ācer ācris, ācre, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 AC-], to the senses, sharp, piercing, penetrating, cutting, irritating, pungent: oculi: favilla non acris, no longer glowing, O.: acrior voltus, keener look, O.: acrem flammae sonitum, V.: acri tibiā, H.: canes naribus acres, O.: acetum, H.: stimuli, V.: sol acrior, fierce, H.: stomachus, irritated, H.: hiemps, severe, H.: Aufidus, impetuous, H.— Of mind, etc., violent, vehement, consuming, bitter: odium: dolor, V.: supplicia.—Of intellectual qualities, subtle, acute, penetrating, sagacious, shrewd: animus: ingenium: memoria, ready. — Of moral qualities, active, ardent, eager, spirited, keen, brave, zealous: milites: in armis, V.: acerrimus armis, V.: acer equis, spirited charioteer, V. — Violent, hasty, quick, hot, passionate, fierce, severe: cupiditas: pater acerrimus, enraged, angry, T.: acres contra me: voltus in hostem, H.: virgines in iuvenes unguibus, H.: leo, N.—As subst: ridiculum acri fortius magnas secat res, more effectually than severity, H. — Fig.: prima coitiost acerruma, i. e. most critical, T.: amor gloriae, keen: pocula, excessive, H.: concursus, Cs.: fuga, impetuous, V.: (vos) rapit vis acrior, an irresistible impulse, H.: regno Arsacis acrior est Germanorum libertas, more formidable, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    maple tree; wood of the maple tree; maple
    II
    acris -e, acrior -or -us, acerrimus -a -um ADJ
    sharp, bitter, pointed, piercing, shrill; sagacious, keen; severe, vigorous

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  • 7 acūtulus

        acūtulus adj. dim.    [acutus], rather keen: conclusiones.
    * * *
    acutula, acutulum ADJ
    smart, clever; somewhat pointed; somewhat subtle (Cas)

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  • 8 angustus

        angustus adj. with comp. and sup.    [ANG-], narrow, strait, contracted: iter, S.: fines, Cs.: rima, H.: mare, a strait: angustissima portus, Cs.— Fig., short, brief: dies, O.: spiritus, breathing.— Needy, pinching, stinting: pauperies, H.: res, poverty, Iu.: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, shaken, Cs.—Critical, difficult: rebus angustis animosus, H.—Of character, narrow, base, little, petty: animus: defensio angustior, less honorable. — Of thought or argument, narrow, trifling, subtle, hairsplitting: concertationes: interrogatiunculae.—Of style, brief, succinct: oratio: quae angustiora parietes faciunt, i. e. less discursive than in the forum.
    * * *
    angusta -um, angustior -or -us, angustissimus -a -um ADJ
    narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

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  • 9 calliditās

        calliditās ātis, f    [callidus], shrewdness, skill, readiness, aptness (rare): ingeni, N.: fori, Ta.— Cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness: calliditas potius quam sapientia: calliditate Poenos superare: Graeca, L.: servi Calliditates, rogueries, T.
    * * *
    shrewdness, skillfulness, skill; craftiness, cunning; subtle tricks (pl.)

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  • 10 callidus

        callidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [calleo], practised, shrewd, expert, experienced, adroit, skilful, ingenious, prudent, dexterous: agitator: naturā nihil callidius: Stamina suspendit callida (i. e. callide), O.: Callidus huic signo ponebam milia centum, a connoisseur, H.: veterum iudex, H.: callidus Condere furto, H.: foramina callidissimo artificio fabricari: inventum, N.: iunctura, H.— Crafty, cunning, artful, sly: ostendi quam sis callidus, T.: in isto artificio callidior: gens non astuta nec callida, Ta.: ad fraudem: auceps, O.: consilium, T.: ius: liberalitas, calculating, N.: malitia inimici, L.: iuris interpretatio, subtle.
    * * *
    callida -um, callidior -or -us, callidissimus -a -um ADJ
    crafty, sly, cunning; wise, expert, skillful, clever, experienced, ingenious

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  • 11 sub-dolus

        sub-dolus adj.,    crafty, cunning, sly, subtle, deceptive, deceitful: animus, S.: oratio, Cs.: lingua, O.: loci forma, Ta.

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  • 12 subtīlis

        subtīlis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [sub+tela], fine, nice, delicate: palatum, H.—Fig., nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle: descriptio: definitio: reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt, will give more details.—In taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate: iudicium: veterum iudex, H.—Of style, plain, simple, unadorned, direct: subtilissimum dicendi genus: oratio: quis illo in docendo subtilior?: oratione.
    * * *
    subtile, subtilior -or -us, subtilissimus -a -um ADJ
    fine-spun, fine; slender, delicate, exact; minutely thorough; strict, literal

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  • 13 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.
    * * *
    tenue, tenuior -or -us, tenuissimus -a -um ADJ
    thin, fine; delicate; slight, little, unimportant; weak, feeble

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  • 14 vafer

        vafer fra, frum, adj.    with sup, sly, cunning, crafty, artful, subtle: homo: Tentat (te) mille vafer modis, H.: somniorum vaferrumus interpres.
    * * *
    vafra, vafrum ADJ
    sly, cunning, crafty

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  • 15 acer

    1.
    ăcer, ĕris, n. [kindred with Germ. Ahorn] (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.), the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.—
    II.
    Transf., the wood of the maple-tree, maplewood, used, on account of its hardness and firmness, for writing-tablets, Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 28.
    2.
    ācer, cris, cre, adj. (m. acris, Enn.; f. acer, Naev. and Enn.; acrus, a um, Pall.; Veg.; cf. Charis. 63 and 93 P.) [cf. akis, akôn, akmê, akros, ôkus, oxus; Sanscr. acan = dart, acus = swift; Germ. Ecke; Engl. edge, to egg; and with change of quantity, ăcus, acuo, ăceo, ăcies, ăcerbus], sharp, pointed, piercing, and the like.
    I.
    Prop., of the senses and things affecting them, sharp, dazzling, stinging, pungent, fine, piercing:

    praestans valetudine, viribus, formā, acerrimis integerrimisque sensibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45. So,
    a.
    Of the sight:

    acerrimus sensus videndi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    acres oculi,

    id. Planc. 27:

    splendor,

    Lucr. 4, 304:

    quidam colores ruboris acerrimi,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 14 al. —
    b.
    Of the hearing:

    voce increpet acri?

    Lucr. 3, 953:

    aurium mensura, quod est acrius judicium et certius,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 47:

    acrem flammae sonitum,

    Verg. G. 4, 409:

    acri tibiā,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 1.—
    c.
    Of smell, Lucr. 4, 122:

    exstinctum lumen acri nidore offendit nares,

    id. 6, 792; cf. ib. 1216:

    unguentis minus diu delectemur summa et acerrima suavitate conditis, quam his moderatis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

    odor,

    Plin. 12, 17, 40.—
    d.
    Of taste: ut vitet acria, ut est sinapi, cepa, allium, Var. ap. Non. 201, 13:

    acres humores,

    sharp juices, Cic. N. D. 2, 23:

    lactuca innatat acri stomacho,

    an acid stomach, Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf. ib. 2, 8, 7:

    dulcibus cibis acres acutosque miscere,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 3 al. —
    e.
    Of sensation in its widest extent: aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, sharp, severe, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 ed. Vahl.—cf. Lucr. 3, 20; 4, 261); and so Hor.: solvitur acris hiems, C. 1. 4, 1. —
    B.
    Of the internal states of the human system, violent, sharp, severe, gnawing:

    fames, Naev. ap. Prisc. l. l. (B. Punic. p. 18 ed. Vahl.): somnus, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l. (Ann. v. 369): morbus,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119:

    dolor,

    Lucr. 6, 650:

    sitis,

    Tib. 1, 3, 77 al.
    II.
    Of the states of mind: violent, vehement, passionate, consuming: mors amici subigit, quae mihi est senium multo acerrimum, Att. ap. Non. 2, 22:

    acri ira percitus,

    Lucr. 5, 400: cf. 3, 312;

    6, 754 (on the contrary, 5, 1194: iras acerbas): acres curae,

    Lucr. 3, 463, and Var. ap. Non. 241:

    luctus,

    ib. 87:

    dolor,

    Verg. A. 7, 291:

    metus,

    Lucr. 6, 1211; Verg. A. 1, 362:

    amor,

    Tib. 2, 6, 15:

    acrior ad Venerem cupido,

    Curt. 6, 5 al. (Among unpleasant sensations, acer designates a piercing, wounding by sharpness; but acerbus the rough, harsh, repugnant, repulsive.)—
    B.
    Applied to the intellectual qualities, subtle, acute, penetrating, sagacious, shrewd:

    acrem irritat virtutem animi,

    Lucr. 1, 70:

    acri judicio perpende,

    id. 2, 1041:

    memoria,

    strong, retentive, Cic. de Or. 2, 87:

    vir acri ingenio,

    id. Or. 5; cf. id. Sest. 20 al. —
    C.
    Applied to moral qualities.
    1.
    In a good sense, active, ardent, eager, spirited, brave, zealous:

    milites,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10:

    civis acerrimus,

    an ardent patriot, id. Fam. 10, 28:

    defensor,

    id. ib. 1, 1:

    studio acriore esse,

    id. de Or. 1, 21:

    jam tum acer curas venientem extendit in annum rusticus,

    Verg. G. 2, 405 al. —
    2.
    In a bad sense, violent, hasty, hot, passionate, fierce, severe (very freq.):

    uxor acerrima,

    enraged, angry, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 56; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 32:

    dominos acres,

    Lucr. 6, 63; Nep. Tim. 3, 5; cf. Bremi Nep. Eum. 11, 1. Also, of animals, Lucr. 4, 421; 5, 860; Verg. A. 4, 156; Hor. Epod. 12, 6; 2, 31; Nep. Eum. 11, 1. —
    D.
    Of abstract things (mostly poet.), Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 32:

    egestas,

    Lucr. 3, 65:

    poenas,

    id. 6, 72:

    impetus,

    ib. 128; 392:

    acerrimum bellum,

    Cic. Balb. 6:

    nox acerrima atque acerbissima,

    id. Sull. 18:

    acrius supplicium,

    id. Cat. 1, 1; in Quint.: acres syllabae, which proceed from short to long, 9, 4.—Acer is constr. with abl., and also (esp. in the histt. of the silv. age) with gen., Vell. 1, 13; Tac. H. 2, 5 al.; cf. Ramsh. § 107, 6 note. With in, Cic. Fam. 8, 15; with inf., Sil. 3, 338.— Adv.: ācrĭter, sharply, strongly, vehemently, eagerly, zealously, etc., in all the signif. of the adj., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; id. Ps. 1, 3, 39; Lucr. 6, 783; Cic. Tusc. 1, 30 al.— Comp., Lucr. 3, 54; 5, 1147; Hor. S. 2, 3, 92; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 3.— Sup., Cic. Fl. 11; id. Fam. 10, 28; 15, 4.—Also, ācre, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 132, 25; App. M. 10, 32; and perh. Pers. 4, 34.

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  • 16 aculeatus

    ăcūlĕātus, a, um, adj. [aculeus], furnished with stings or prickles, thorny, prickly.
    I.
    Lit., of animals and plants:

    animalia,

    Plin. 20, 22, 91:

    bruchus,

    Vulg. Jer. 51, 27:

    herbae,

    Plin. 24, 19, 119:

    ictus,

    a puncture made by a sting, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 223.—
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    Stinging, pointed, sharp:

    istaec... aculeata sunt, animum fodicant,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 30:

    litterae,

    Cic. Att. 14, 18, 1.—
    B.
    Subtle, cunning:

    contorta et aculeata sophismata,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 24.

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  • 17 angustum

    angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;

    opp. latus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]
    I.
    Lit.:

    fretus,

    Lucr. 1, 720:

    Angustum per iter,

    id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:

    pontes angusti,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

    domus,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    fauces portūs angustissimae,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    fines,

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

    cellae,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:

    rima,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

    Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,

    on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:

    porta,

    Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:

    per angustum,

    Lucr. 4, 530:

    angusta viarum,

    Verg. A. 2, 332:

    pontes et viarum angusta,

    Tac. H. 4, 35.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:

    ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17:

    amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,

    id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:

    perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:

    spiritus,

    short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:

    odor rosae,

    not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
    C.
    Of time, short, brief:

    angustus dies,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:

    nox,

    Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:

    tempus,

    Luc. 4, 447.—
    D.
    Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:

    pauperies,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

    res angusta domi,

    Juv. 3, 164:

    mensa,

    Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—
    E.
    Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:

    rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:

    cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,

    was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

    res est in angusto,

    the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    spes est in angusto,

    hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—
    F.
    Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:

    nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    animi angusti et demissi,

    id. Pis. 24, 57:

    ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—
    G.
    Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:

    minutae angustaeque concertationes,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31:

    pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    H.
    Of discourse, brief, simple:

    et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,

    Cic. Or. 56, 187:

    Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,

    i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.
    I.
    Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:

    anguste putare vitem,

    to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,

    anguste aliquid deputare,

    id. 4, 22, 3:

    quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,

    in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:

    tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,

    scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:

    angustius pabulabantur,

    within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:

    aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:

    quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

    Tac. A. 4, 4:

    eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

    more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:

    Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    furunculus angustissime praecisus,

    Col. 4, 24, 17. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., within narrow limits:

    anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,

    Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:

    Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,

    seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—
    B.
    Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

    anguste et exiliter dicere,

    id. Brut. 84, 289:

    anguste disserere,

    id. Part. Or. 41, 139:

    presse et anguste rem definire,

    id. Or. 33, 117:

    anguste materiem terminare,

    Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:

    Pergit idem et urget angustius,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

    concludere brevius angustiusque,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

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  • 18 angustus

    angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;

    opp. latus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]
    I.
    Lit.:

    fretus,

    Lucr. 1, 720:

    Angustum per iter,

    id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:

    pontes angusti,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

    domus,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    fauces portūs angustissimae,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    fines,

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

    cellae,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:

    rima,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

    Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,

    on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:

    porta,

    Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:

    per angustum,

    Lucr. 4, 530:

    angusta viarum,

    Verg. A. 2, 332:

    pontes et viarum angusta,

    Tac. H. 4, 35.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:

    ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17:

    amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,

    id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:

    perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:

    spiritus,

    short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:

    odor rosae,

    not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
    C.
    Of time, short, brief:

    angustus dies,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:

    nox,

    Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:

    tempus,

    Luc. 4, 447.—
    D.
    Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:

    pauperies,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

    res angusta domi,

    Juv. 3, 164:

    mensa,

    Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—
    E.
    Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:

    rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:

    cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,

    was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

    res est in angusto,

    the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    spes est in angusto,

    hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—
    F.
    Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:

    nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    animi angusti et demissi,

    id. Pis. 24, 57:

    ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—
    G.
    Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:

    minutae angustaeque concertationes,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31:

    pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    H.
    Of discourse, brief, simple:

    et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,

    Cic. Or. 56, 187:

    Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,

    i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.
    I.
    Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:

    anguste putare vitem,

    to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,

    anguste aliquid deputare,

    id. 4, 22, 3:

    quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,

    in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:

    tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,

    scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:

    angustius pabulabantur,

    within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:

    aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:

    quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

    Tac. A. 4, 4:

    eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

    more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:

    Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    furunculus angustissime praecisus,

    Col. 4, 24, 17. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., within narrow limits:

    anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,

    Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:

    Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,

    seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—
    B.
    Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

    anguste et exiliter dicere,

    id. Brut. 84, 289:

    anguste disserere,

    id. Part. Or. 41, 139:

    presse et anguste rem definire,

    id. Or. 33, 117:

    anguste materiem terminare,

    Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:

    Pergit idem et urget angustius,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

    concludere brevius angustiusque,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > angustus

  • 19 argutator

    argūtātor, ōris, m. [id.], a subtle disputant, Gell. 17, 5, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > argutator

  • 20 argutulus

    argūtŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [id.].
    * I.
    A little noisy, talkative, or loquacious (v. argutus, A. 2. a.):

    famula,

    App. M. 1, p. 117, 20.—
    II.
    Somewhat subtle, acute, keen (v. argutus, B. 1.):

    libri,

    Cic. Att. 13, 18.

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