sup-pinguis

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ŏb-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, ĕre, to eat, eat away, devour (used only in the part. perf. and P. a.).— Trop.:

nec obesa cavamine terra est,

Auct. Aetn. 344.—Hence, P. a.: ŏbēsus, a, um.

Wasted away, lean, meagre: corpore pectoreque undique obeso, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 3; and ap. Non. 361, 17: (obesum hic notavimus proprie magis quam usitate dictum pro exili atque gracilento, Gell. ib.: obesum gracile et exile, Non. l. l.).—

Mid., that has eaten itself fat; hence, in gen., fat, stout, plump: obesus pinguis quasi ob edendum factus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll. (not in Cic.; perh. not ante-Aug.;

syn.: opimus, pinguis): corpus neque gracile, neque obesum,

Cels. 2, 1; cf. Col. 6, 2, 15:

turdus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 40:

sus,

Col. 7, 10, 6:

terga,

Verg. G. 3, 80:

cervix,

Suet. Ner. 51.— Sup.:

obesissimus venter,

Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200; Suet. Vit. 17; App. M. 11, p. 263.— Poet.:

fauces obesae,

swollen, Verg. G. 3, 497.—

Trop., gross, coarse, heavy, dull ( poet.): munera quid mihi quidve tabellas Mittis nec firmo juveni neque naris obesae? that has not a quick nose, that is not nice or delicate, = obtusae, Hor. Epod. 12, 3; so,

aures,

Calp. Ecl. 4, 147:

mens,

Aus. Epigr. 7, 20: obeso somno mori, idle, lazy, inactive, of bees, Sulp. Sat. 56.

grăcĭlis, e (also ante-class. grăcĭlus, a, um, Lucil. ap. Non. 489, 21; plur.:

gracilae virgines,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22), adj. [Sanscr. karc, to be lean; old Lat. cracentes, slender (Enn. Ann. 497 Vahl.); cf. Gr. kolokanos], thin, slight, slender, slim; meagre, lean ( poet. and in Aug. prose; not in Cic.; but cf. gracilitas; syn.: exilis, tenuis, macer).

Physically:

in gracili macies crimen habere potest,

Ov. R. Am. 328:

gracili sic tamque pusillo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, etc.,

id. C. 1, 5, 1:

puer,

Mart. 11, 43, 4:

Indi,

Juv. 6, 466:

capella,

Ov. M. 1, 299:

equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

Liv. 35, 11, 7:

arbores succinctioresque,

Plin. 16, 10, 17, § 39:

resina (opp. pinguis),

id. 24, 6, 22, § 33:

gracilis et ejuncida vitis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 173:

folium,

id. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

comae et lanuginis instar,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23:

stamen,

id. M. 6, 54:

catena,

id. ib. 4, 176; cf.:

vinculum auri,

Petr. 126:

cacumen,

Ov. M. 10, 140:

coronae,

Juv. 12, 87:

viae petauri,

Mart. 2, 86, 7; cf.

rima,

App. M. 4, p. 149:

libellus,

Mart. 8, 24, 1:

umbra,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 86:

spuma,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 15.— Comp.:

glans brevior et gracilior,

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.— Sup.:

fuit (Nero) ventre projecto, gracillimis cruribus,

Suet. Ner. 51.—

Transf., opp. to fat or rich, meagre, scanty, poor (post-Aug.):

ager,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

clivi,

Col. 2, 4, 11:

vindemiae,

Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2; 8, 15, 1:

gracili Lare vivere,

App. Mag. p. 287; cf.

pauperies,

id. M. 9, p. 219.—

Trop., of style, simple, plain, unadorned ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): materiae gracili sufficit ingenium. Ov. P. 2, 5, 26; cf.:

lusimus, Octavi, gracili modulante Thalia,

Verg. Cul. 1: et in carmine et in soluta oratione genera dicendi probabilia sunt tria, quae Graeci charaktêras vocant nominaque eis fecerunt hadron, ischnon, meson. Nos quoque, quem primum posuimus, uberem vocamus, secundum gracilem, tertium mediocrem. Uberi dignitas atque amplitudo est:

gracili venustas et subtilitas: medius in confinio est utriusque modi particeps, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 1 sq.; cf.:

inter gracile validumque tertium aliquid constitutum est,

Quint. 12, 10, 66:

praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 1.—Of the speaker:

non possumus esse tam graciles, simus fortiores,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.—Hence, adv.: grăcĭlĭter, slenderly.

Lit., App. M. 3, p. 130.—

Trop.:

alia ornatius, alia gracilius esse dicenda,

more simply, Quint. 9, 4, 130.

ŏpīmus, a, um, adj. [ob, and obsolete pimo, to swell, make fat; akin to Gr. piôn, pimelê; cf. pinguis], fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.

Lit.:

regio opima et fertilis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:

campus,

Liv. 31, 41:

arva,

Verg. A. 2, 782:

Larissa,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 11:

vitis,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.—Of living beings:

boves,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100:

victima,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49:

habitus corporis,

Cic. Brut. 16, 64:

stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis,

of fat cattle, Val. Fl. 6, 613.— Comp.:

membra opimiora,

Gell. 5, 14, 25.— Sup.:

boves septem opimissimos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.—

Trop.

Enriched, rich:

opimus praedā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132:

accusatio,

enriching, gainful, id. Fl. 33, 81:

alterius macrescit rebus opimis,

i. e. prosperity, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57:

cadavera,

from which their spoilers enrich themselves, Val. Fl. 3, 143:

opus opimum casibus,

rich in events, Tac. H. 1, 2.—

In gen., rich, abundant, copious, sumptuous, noble, splendid: dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18:

divitiae,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 31:

opima praeclaraque praeda,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

dapes,

Verg. A. 3, 224:

quaestus,

Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142:

palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181:

animam exhalare opimam,

victorious, Juv. 10, 281. —So esp.:

opima spolia,

the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general, the spoils of honor, Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.:

aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.:

opimum belli decus,

honorable, high, noble, Curt. 7, 4, 40:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 51:

gloria,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin. —As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.—

In rhet., gross, overloaded:

opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus,

Cic. Or. 8, 25:

Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.):

instructa domus opime atque opipare,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.

ŏpīmus, a, um, adj. [ob, and obsolete pimo, to swell, make fat; akin to Gr. piôn, pimelê; cf. pinguis], fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.

Lit.:

regio opima et fertilis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:

campus,

Liv. 31, 41:

arva,

Verg. A. 2, 782:

Larissa,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 11:

vitis,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.—Of living beings:

boves,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100:

victima,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49:

habitus corporis,

Cic. Brut. 16, 64:

stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis,

of fat cattle, Val. Fl. 6, 613.— Comp.:

membra opimiora,

Gell. 5, 14, 25.— Sup.:

boves septem opimissimos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.—

Trop.

Enriched, rich:

opimus praedā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132:

accusatio,

enriching, gainful, id. Fl. 33, 81:

alterius macrescit rebus opimis,

i. e. prosperity, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57:

cadavera,

from which their spoilers enrich themselves, Val. Fl. 3, 143:

opus opimum casibus,

rich in events, Tac. H. 1, 2.—

In gen., rich, abundant, copious, sumptuous, noble, splendid: dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18:

divitiae,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 31:

opima praeclaraque praeda,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

dapes,

Verg. A. 3, 224:

quaestus,

Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142:

palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181:

animam exhalare opimam,

victorious, Juv. 10, 281. —So esp.:

opima spolia,

the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general, the spoils of honor, Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.:

aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.:

opimum belli decus,

honorable, high, noble, Curt. 7, 4, 40:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 51:

gloria,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin. —As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.—

In rhet., gross, overloaded:

opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus,

Cic. Or. 8, 25:

Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.):

instructa domus opime atque opipare,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.