sup

ēlĕgans (in some MSS. eligans; cf. Beier Cic. Orr. Fragmm. p. 105), antis, adj. [prob. collat. form of eligens, from eligo, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72].

In the ante-class. period in a bad sense, luxurious, effeminate, fastidious, nice: elegans homo non dicebatur cum laude;

sed id fere verbum ad aetatem M. Catonis vitii, non laudis fuit... ex quibus verbis (Catonis) apparet, elegantem dictum antiquitus non ab ingenii elegantia, sed qui nimis lecto amoenoque cultu victuque esset, etc.,

Gell. 11, 2, 1; cf. Non. 465, 11 sq.:

heia, ut elegans est!

how choice! how nice! Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 19 Ruhnk.; cf. id. Eun. 3, 1, 18; 3, 5, 18 (but not in Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—

Class. in a good sense, choice, nice, fine, neat, tasteful, elegant.

Of persons: tu festivus, tu elegans, tu solus urbanus, quem decet muliebris ornatus, etc., Cic. Clod. et Cur. 5, p. 105, ed. Beier; cf. (with mundus) id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; (with splendidus) Nep. Att. 13, 5;

and opp. parcus,

Cic. Brut. 40, 148; id. Or. 25, 83:

auctor,

Vell. 1, 13:

mulier (Phryne—with formosa),

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 ext.:

intelligo te hominem in omni judicio elegantissimum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23 et saep.:

scriptor,

id. Brut. 9; 16, 63; 68, 239; Quint. 10, 1, 78 al.; cf. in the comp.: quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior (sc. Caesare)? Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; in the sup.:

poëta,

Nep. Att. 12, 4:

elegans et concinnus (pictor),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111.—As subst.: ēlĕgantes, ium, m., fine gentlemen, city people (opp. agrestes), Col. 7, 2, 1.—

Of things:

nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13; cf. (with decorum) Cic. Div. 1, 30:

a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora defluximus,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf. Liv. 44, 9:

artes elegantes et ingenuae,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2:

temperamentum,

Tac. A. 11, 4:

color,

Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 34 et saep.:

perspicitis, hoc genus (jocandi) quam sit facetum, quam elegans, quam oratorium,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 241; cf. id. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Brut. 85; Quint. 6, 3, 39; 10, 1, 65 al.— Comp.:

ego autem a te elegantiora desidero,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10; and sup.:

epistola,

id. Att. 16, 13 a.; cf.:

scripta Terentii,

Quint. 10, 1, 99: utrum sit elegantius, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 18:

solum,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 50. —Hence, adv.: ēlĕganter, with correct choice, tastefully, neatly, finely, gracefully, elegantly:

lautiores eleganter accepti,

Cic. Att. 13, 52, 2:

quiete et pure atque eleganter acta aetas,

id. de Sen. 5; cf.:

acta vita,

Liv. 35, 31:

herba foliis rotundis eleganter vestita,

Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 43 et saep.— Comp.:

psallere et saltare,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

quid enim facere potuit elegantius ad hominum existimationem?

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17:

elegantius aut justius fieri,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

facturos si, etc.,

Liv. 37, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse,

more fitly, judiciously, Liv. 35, 14:

causam accurate eleganterque dicere,

Cic. Brut. 22, 86;

so of speech,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 102; 8, 2, 21 al.; cf. in the sup., Cic. Brut. 72, 252; Quint. 11, 1, 74.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

exter or extĕrus (both forms only post-class. and very rare), tĕra, tĕrum, adj. [ comp. form, from ex], on the outside, outward, of another country, family, etc., foreign, strange (syn.: extraneus; alienus, peregrinus, adventicius).

Pos. (in Cic. and Caes. used in the plur.):

quod exter heres praestare cogeretur,

strange, Dig. 31, 1, 69:

emancipatus vero aut exterus non aliter possunt hereditatem quaerere quam si, etc.,

ib. 29, 2, 84; cf. ib. 31, 1, 67, § 4:

tactus corporis est sensus, vel cum res extera sese Insinuat, vel, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 435:

vis,

id. 2, 277:

haec lex socialis est, hoc jus nationum exterarum est,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18:

exterarum gentium multitudo,

Suet. Caes. 84:

non modo vestris civibus, verum etiam exteris nationibus,

Cic. Font. 11, 25; cf.:

apud exteras civitates,

Cic. Caecin. 34, 100:

apud exteras nationes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.;

ad nationes exteras,

Quint. 11, 1, 89:

apud exteros,

Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22 et saep.:

ab extero hoste atque longinquo,

Cic. Cat. 2, 13.—In neutr. plur. with gen.:

ad extera Europae noscenda missus Himilco,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 169:

ad extera corporum,

id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—

Comp.: extĕrĭor, us (in signif. scarcely differing from its pos.), outward, outer, exterior; opp. interior (rare but class.):

cum alterum fecisset exteriorem, interiorem alterum amplexus orbem,

Cic. Univ. 7; cf.:

simul ex navibus milites in exteriorem vallum tela jaciebant... et legionarii, interioris munitionis defensores,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 6:

colle exteriore occupato,

id. B. G. 7, 79, 1:

circumire exteriores mutiones jubet,

id. ib. 7, 87, 4:

pares munitiones contra exteriorem hostem perfecit,

id. ib. 7, 74:

comes exterior,

i. e. on the left side, Hor. S. 2, 5, 17.—

Sup. in two forms, extrēmus and extĭmus or extŭmus [ sup. of ex; cf. Gr. eschatos, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 387].

extrēmus, a, um (which in post-class. lang. is itself compared; comp.:

extremior,

App. M. 1, p. 105; 7, p. 188; sup.:

extremissimus,

Tert. Apol. 19), the outermost, utmost, extreme (so most freq.; cf.: ultimus, postremus, novissimus, supremus, imus).

Lit.:

extremum oppidum Allobrogum est Geneva,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 3:

flumen Axona, quod est in extremis Remorum finibus,

on the farthest borders, id. ib. 2, 5, 4:

fines,

Liv. 39, 28, 2; 45, 29, 14; cf.:

ad extremum finem provinciae Galliae venerunt,

id. 40, 16, 5:

impiger extremos currit mercator ad Indos,

the remotest, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 45:

Tanaïs,

id. C. 3, 10, 1:

in extrema fere parte epistolae,

near the end, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 20; cf.:

in codicis extrema cera,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92; but to denote the last part of a thing it is used more freq. in immediate connection with the substantive denoting the whole:

quibus (litteris) in extremis,

at its end, id. Att. 14, 8, 1; cf.:

in qua (epistola) extrema,

id. ib. 13, 45, 1:

in extremo libro tertio,

at the end of the third book, id. Off. 3, 2, 9:

in extrema oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 41:

in extremo ponte turrim constituit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 3; cf.:

ad extremas fossas castella constituit,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

ab extremo agmine,

id. ib. 2, 11, 4:

in extrema Cappadocia,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4:

extremis digitis aliquid attingere,

id. Cael. 12, 28 et saep. —In the neutr. absol. and as subst.: extrē-mum, i, n., an end, the end: divitias alii praeponunt, alii honores, multi etiam voluptates;

beluarum hoc quidem extremum,

Cic. Lael. 6, 20:

quod finitum est, habet extremum,

id. Div. 2, 50, 103:

missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti, praeterquam ad extremum,

at the end, Liv. 21, 8, 10: in "Equo Trojano" scis esse in extremo "sero sapiunt," Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.:

quod erat in extremo,

id. Att. 6, 9, 1.—With gen.:

aliquid ad extremum causae reservatum,

Cic. Deiot. 13, 35 (cf. infra, 2. a. fin.):

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultumum mundi est,

id. Div. 2, 43, 91:

ab Ocelo, quod est citerioris provinciae extremum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 5:

summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus,

Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

in extremo montis,

Sall. J. 37, 4.— In plur.:

extrema agminis,

Liv. 6, 32, 11:

extrema Africae,

Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31:

extrema Galliae,

Flor. 3, 3, 1; 3, 20, 12; Tac. H. 5, 18; id. A. 4, 67; 4, 74.—

Trop.

In respect to time or the order of succession, the latest, last:

inter prioris mensis senescentis extremum diem et novam lunam,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.:

mensis anni Februarius,

Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 54:

tempore diei,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:

eam amicitiam ad extremum finem vitae perduxit,

Liv. 37, 53, 8:

matres ab extremo conspectu liberorum exclusae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

manus extrema non accessit operibus ejus,

the finishing hand, the last touches, id. Brut. 33, 126:

extremum illud est, ut te orem et obsecrem,

it remains only, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Att. 11, 16, 5.—To denote the last part of a thing (cf. above, 1.): quod eo die potest videri extrema et prima luna, i. e. the end and the beginning, Varr. L. L. l. l.:

usque ad extremam aetatem ab adolescentia,

Nep. Cato, 2, 4; id. Att. 10, 3; cf.: ita tantum bellum Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 12, 35:

extremo anno,

Liv. 2, 64, 1:

extremo tempore,

in the last time, at last, Nep. Dat. 10; id. Epam. 9; id. Eum. 5, 3 al.:

extrema pueritia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

extremo Peloponnesio bello,

Nep. Con. 1, 2: extremus dies, the close of day, the evening, Sil 7, 172; 14, 8.— Subst.:

illum Praeteritum temnens extremos inter euntem,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 116; cf.: extremi primorum, extremis [p. 708] usque priores, id. Ep. 2, 2, 204:

extremus dominorum,

Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.:

die extremum erat,

Sall. J. 21, 2:

extremum aestatis,

id. ib. 90, 1:

extremo anni,

Liv. 35, 11, 1:

sub extremum noctis,

Sil. 4, 88 al. —Prov.: extrema semper de ante factis judicant (cf. our wise after the event), Pub. Syr. 163 Rib.— Adv.: extremum.

For the last time:

alloquor extremum maestos abiturus amicos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 15: cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt.—

At last, finally, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

extremum tenues liquefacta medullas Tabuit,

Ov. M. 14, 431.—Adverb. phrase:

ad extremum,

id. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Caes. B. G. 4, 4, 2 et saep.; cf., strengthened by tum:

invenire quod dicas... deinde... post... tum ad extremum agere ac pronuntiare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 79; and strengthened by denique:

ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur,

id. Sest. 47, 100:

decimo loco testis exspectatus et ad extremum reservatus dixit, etc.,

till the end, to the last, id. Caecin. 10, 28:

ad extremum,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 28; 3, 7, 20;

for which: in extremum (durare),

id. H. 7, 111:

qui extremo mortuus est,

at last, Dig. 32, 1, 81:

extremo,

Nep. Ham. 2, 3.—

Extreme in quality or degree; used, like ultimus, to denote both the highest and the lowest grade.

The utmost, highest, greatest: cum extremum hoc sit (sentis enim, credo, me jam diu, quod telos Graeci dicunt, id dicere tum extremum, tum ultimum, tum summum:

licebit etiam finem pro extremo aut ultimo dicere) cum igitur hoc sit extremum, congruenter naturae vivere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

extremam famem sustentare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3:

ad extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas,

Cic. Quint. 15, 48; cf.:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C., Dent operam consules, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3:

extremam rationem belli sequens,

id. ib. 3, 44, 1:

neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere, extremae dementiae est,

is the height of madness, Sall. J. 3, 3:

in extremis suis rebus,

in the utmost, greatest danger, Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:

res,

Suet. Ner. 6 fin.; cf.:

res jam ad extremum perducta casum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1:

necessitate extrema ad mortem agi,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Subst.: si nihil in Lepido spei sit, descensurum ad extrema, to desperate measures, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

ad extrema perventum est,

Curt. 4, 14, 14:

ad extrema ventum foret, ni, etc.,

Liv. 2, 47, 8:

compellere ad extrema deditionis,

to surrender at discretion, Flor. 4, 5; cf.:

famem, ferrum et extrema pati,

Tac. H. 4, 59:

plura de extremis loqui,

id. ib. 2, 47 al.:

res publica in extremo sita,

Sall. C. 52, 11;

Sen. de Ira, 1, 11, 5.—Adverb.: improbus homo, sed non ad extremum perditus,

utterly, Liv. 23, 2, 4.—

The lowest, vilest, meanest (perh. not ante-Aug.):

mancipia,

Sen. Ep. 70 fin.:

latrones,

App. M. 3, p. 131:

quidam sortis extremae juvenis,

Just. 15, 1:

alimenta vitae,

Tac. A. 6, 24:

extremi ingenii est,

Liv. 22, 29, 8.—

extĭmus or extŭmus, a, um, the outermost, farthest, most remote (rare but class.):

novem orbes, quorum unus est caelestis, extimus, qui reliquos omnes complectitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17:

circum caesura membrorum,

Lucr. 3, 219; 4, 647:

promontorium Oceani,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

gentes,

id. 2, 78, 80, § 190: factus sum extimus a vobis, i. e. discarded, estranged, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 609 P.— Subst.:

Apuliae extima,

the borders, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 217.

exter or extĕrus (both forms only post-class. and very rare), tĕra, tĕrum, adj. [ comp. form, from ex], on the outside, outward, of another country, family, etc., foreign, strange (syn.: extraneus; alienus, peregrinus, adventicius).

Pos. (in Cic. and Caes. used in the plur.):

quod exter heres praestare cogeretur,

strange, Dig. 31, 1, 69:

emancipatus vero aut exterus non aliter possunt hereditatem quaerere quam si, etc.,

ib. 29, 2, 84; cf. ib. 31, 1, 67, § 4:

tactus corporis est sensus, vel cum res extera sese Insinuat, vel, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 435:

vis,

id. 2, 277:

haec lex socialis est, hoc jus nationum exterarum est,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18:

exterarum gentium multitudo,

Suet. Caes. 84:

non modo vestris civibus, verum etiam exteris nationibus,

Cic. Font. 11, 25; cf.:

apud exteras civitates,

Cic. Caecin. 34, 100:

apud exteras nationes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.;

ad nationes exteras,

Quint. 11, 1, 89:

apud exteros,

Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22 et saep.:

ab extero hoste atque longinquo,

Cic. Cat. 2, 13.—In neutr. plur. with gen.:

ad extera Europae noscenda missus Himilco,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 169:

ad extera corporum,

id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—

Comp.: extĕrĭor, us (in signif. scarcely differing from its pos.), outward, outer, exterior; opp. interior (rare but class.):

cum alterum fecisset exteriorem, interiorem alterum amplexus orbem,

Cic. Univ. 7; cf.:

simul ex navibus milites in exteriorem vallum tela jaciebant... et legionarii, interioris munitionis defensores,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 6:

colle exteriore occupato,

id. B. G. 7, 79, 1:

circumire exteriores mutiones jubet,

id. ib. 7, 87, 4:

pares munitiones contra exteriorem hostem perfecit,

id. ib. 7, 74:

comes exterior,

i. e. on the left side, Hor. S. 2, 5, 17.—

Sup. in two forms, extrēmus and extĭmus or extŭmus [ sup. of ex; cf. Gr. eschatos, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 387].

extrēmus, a, um (which in post-class. lang. is itself compared; comp.:

extremior,

App. M. 1, p. 105; 7, p. 188; sup.:

extremissimus,

Tert. Apol. 19), the outermost, utmost, extreme (so most freq.; cf.: ultimus, postremus, novissimus, supremus, imus).

Lit.:

extremum oppidum Allobrogum est Geneva,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 3:

flumen Axona, quod est in extremis Remorum finibus,

on the farthest borders, id. ib. 2, 5, 4:

fines,

Liv. 39, 28, 2; 45, 29, 14; cf.:

ad extremum finem provinciae Galliae venerunt,

id. 40, 16, 5:

impiger extremos currit mercator ad Indos,

the remotest, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 45:

Tanaïs,

id. C. 3, 10, 1:

in extrema fere parte epistolae,

near the end, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 20; cf.:

in codicis extrema cera,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92; but to denote the last part of a thing it is used more freq. in immediate connection with the substantive denoting the whole:

quibus (litteris) in extremis,

at its end, id. Att. 14, 8, 1; cf.:

in qua (epistola) extrema,

id. ib. 13, 45, 1:

in extremo libro tertio,

at the end of the third book, id. Off. 3, 2, 9:

in extrema oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 41:

in extremo ponte turrim constituit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 3; cf.:

ad extremas fossas castella constituit,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

ab extremo agmine,

id. ib. 2, 11, 4:

in extrema Cappadocia,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4:

extremis digitis aliquid attingere,

id. Cael. 12, 28 et saep. —In the neutr. absol. and as subst.: extrē-mum, i, n., an end, the end: divitias alii praeponunt, alii honores, multi etiam voluptates;

beluarum hoc quidem extremum,

Cic. Lael. 6, 20:

quod finitum est, habet extremum,

id. Div. 2, 50, 103:

missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti, praeterquam ad extremum,

at the end, Liv. 21, 8, 10: in "Equo Trojano" scis esse in extremo "sero sapiunt," Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.:

quod erat in extremo,

id. Att. 6, 9, 1.—With gen.:

aliquid ad extremum causae reservatum,

Cic. Deiot. 13, 35 (cf. infra, 2. a. fin.):

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultumum mundi est,

id. Div. 2, 43, 91:

ab Ocelo, quod est citerioris provinciae extremum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 5:

summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus,

Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

in extremo montis,

Sall. J. 37, 4.— In plur.:

extrema agminis,

Liv. 6, 32, 11:

extrema Africae,

Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31:

extrema Galliae,

Flor. 3, 3, 1; 3, 20, 12; Tac. H. 5, 18; id. A. 4, 67; 4, 74.—

Trop.

In respect to time or the order of succession, the latest, last:

inter prioris mensis senescentis extremum diem et novam lunam,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.:

mensis anni Februarius,

Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 54:

tempore diei,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:

eam amicitiam ad extremum finem vitae perduxit,

Liv. 37, 53, 8:

matres ab extremo conspectu liberorum exclusae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

manus extrema non accessit operibus ejus,

the finishing hand, the last touches, id. Brut. 33, 126:

extremum illud est, ut te orem et obsecrem,

it remains only, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Att. 11, 16, 5.—To denote the last part of a thing (cf. above, 1.): quod eo die potest videri extrema et prima luna, i. e. the end and the beginning, Varr. L. L. l. l.:

usque ad extremam aetatem ab adolescentia,

Nep. Cato, 2, 4; id. Att. 10, 3; cf.: ita tantum bellum Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 12, 35:

extremo anno,

Liv. 2, 64, 1:

extremo tempore,

in the last time, at last, Nep. Dat. 10; id. Epam. 9; id. Eum. 5, 3 al.:

extrema pueritia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

extremo Peloponnesio bello,

Nep. Con. 1, 2: extremus dies, the close of day, the evening, Sil 7, 172; 14, 8.— Subst.:

illum Praeteritum temnens extremos inter euntem,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 116; cf.: extremi primorum, extremis [p. 708] usque priores, id. Ep. 2, 2, 204:

extremus dominorum,

Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.:

die extremum erat,

Sall. J. 21, 2:

extremum aestatis,

id. ib. 90, 1:

extremo anni,

Liv. 35, 11, 1:

sub extremum noctis,

Sil. 4, 88 al. —Prov.: extrema semper de ante factis judicant (cf. our wise after the event), Pub. Syr. 163 Rib.— Adv.: extremum.

For the last time:

alloquor extremum maestos abiturus amicos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 15: cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt.—

At last, finally, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

extremum tenues liquefacta medullas Tabuit,

Ov. M. 14, 431.—Adverb. phrase:

ad extremum,

id. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Caes. B. G. 4, 4, 2 et saep.; cf., strengthened by tum:

invenire quod dicas... deinde... post... tum ad extremum agere ac pronuntiare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 79; and strengthened by denique:

ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur,

id. Sest. 47, 100:

decimo loco testis exspectatus et ad extremum reservatus dixit, etc.,

till the end, to the last, id. Caecin. 10, 28:

ad extremum,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 28; 3, 7, 20;

for which: in extremum (durare),

id. H. 7, 111:

qui extremo mortuus est,

at last, Dig. 32, 1, 81:

extremo,

Nep. Ham. 2, 3.—

Extreme in quality or degree; used, like ultimus, to denote both the highest and the lowest grade.

The utmost, highest, greatest: cum extremum hoc sit (sentis enim, credo, me jam diu, quod telos Graeci dicunt, id dicere tum extremum, tum ultimum, tum summum:

licebit etiam finem pro extremo aut ultimo dicere) cum igitur hoc sit extremum, congruenter naturae vivere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

extremam famem sustentare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3:

ad extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas,

Cic. Quint. 15, 48; cf.:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C., Dent operam consules, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3:

extremam rationem belli sequens,

id. ib. 3, 44, 1:

neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere, extremae dementiae est,

is the height of madness, Sall. J. 3, 3:

in extremis suis rebus,

in the utmost, greatest danger, Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:

res,

Suet. Ner. 6 fin.; cf.:

res jam ad extremum perducta casum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1:

necessitate extrema ad mortem agi,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Subst.: si nihil in Lepido spei sit, descensurum ad extrema, to desperate measures, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

ad extrema perventum est,

Curt. 4, 14, 14:

ad extrema ventum foret, ni, etc.,

Liv. 2, 47, 8:

compellere ad extrema deditionis,

to surrender at discretion, Flor. 4, 5; cf.:

famem, ferrum et extrema pati,

Tac. H. 4, 59:

plura de extremis loqui,

id. ib. 2, 47 al.:

res publica in extremo sita,

Sall. C. 52, 11;

Sen. de Ira, 1, 11, 5.—Adverb.: improbus homo, sed non ad extremum perditus,

utterly, Liv. 23, 2, 4.—

The lowest, vilest, meanest (perh. not ante-Aug.):

mancipia,

Sen. Ep. 70 fin.:

latrones,

App. M. 3, p. 131:

quidam sortis extremae juvenis,

Just. 15, 1:

alimenta vitae,

Tac. A. 6, 24:

extremi ingenii est,

Liv. 22, 29, 8.—

extĭmus or extŭmus, a, um, the outermost, farthest, most remote (rare but class.):

novem orbes, quorum unus est caelestis, extimus, qui reliquos omnes complectitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17:

circum caesura membrorum,

Lucr. 3, 219; 4, 647:

promontorium Oceani,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

gentes,

id. 2, 78, 80, § 190: factus sum extimus a vobis, i. e. discarded, estranged, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 609 P.— Subst.:

Apuliae extima,

the borders, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 217.

fămĭlĭāris, e ( abl. sing. regularly familiari; familiare, Varr. and P. Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 105 P.), adj. [familia].

Of or belonging to servants (rare; only as subst.): fămĭlĭāris, is, m., a servant:

majores nostri servos (quod etiam in mimis adhuc durat) familiares appellaverunt,

Sen. Ep. 47 med.:

hujus familiae familiarem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 203; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2.—

Of or belonging to a house, household, or family; household, domestic, family, private (freq. and class.):

fundus,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24; cf.

focus,

Col. 11, 1, 19:

filius,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 23:

negotiis familiaribus impediti,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

res domesticae ac familiares,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; so,

res,

the household, family affairs, property, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 88; Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4; Quint. 12, 1, 6; 12, 7, 9:

ab domo ab re familiari, diutius abesse,

Liv. 5, 4, 6 al.; cf.

copiae,

Liv. 2, 16, 7:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 4, 15:

rationes,

id. ib. 6, 16:

curae,

id. ib. 11, 7:

referam nunc interiorem ac familiarem ejus vitam,

Suet. Aug. 61:

vita,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 46:

quis umquam in luctu domestico, quis in funere familiari cenavit cum toga pulla?

Cic. Vatin. 13, 31: parricidium, i. e. committed on a member of the same family, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

maeror,

a family grief, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 60:

Lar,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85; id. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 27; id. Rep. 5, 5 Mos. N. cr., v. Lar; cf.:

numen Minerva,

Quint. 10, 1, 91.—

Transf.

Familiar, intimate, friendly, and (more freq.) subst., a familiar acquaintance, friend (syn.: amicus, familiaris, intimus, necessarius).

With substt.:

videmus Papum Aemilium C. Luscino familiarem fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; id. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Rep. 2, 20; cf. id. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

amici,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1; 9, 37, 1:

sermones,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 39; id. Fam. 15, 15, 1; id. Att. 1, 9, 1; cf.

epistolae,

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

minus familiari vultu respexisse,

friendly, Suet. Caes. 78:

voltus ille,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1:

colloquium,

Liv. 25, 18, 5:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura assuetus,

the rights of intimacy, id. 24, 5, 9:

voluntas,

Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 1; cf.:

vox auribus meis familiaris,

Petr. 100:

familiaribus magis ei aetati exemplis,

Quint. 5, 10, 96:

exempla,

id. 7, 2, 17; 9, 4, 44:

verba regionibus quibusdam magis familiaria,

id. 8, 2, 13:

litterae,

Suet. Tib. 62.— Comp.:

qui familiarior nobis propter scriptorum multitudinem est,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71:

aditus in domum,

Liv. 24, 5, 7:

frater ei (with carior),

Nep. Att. 16, 2:

quo boves familiariores bubulco fiant,

Col. 6, 2, 6:

color argenti militaribus signis,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 58. — Sup.:

homo amantissimus familiarissimus, conjunctissimus officiis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57; cf. id. Att. 16, 16, F. 17:

luna terris familiarissimum sidus,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; 16, 18, 30, § 75; 16, 31, 57, § 131.—

Absol.:

est ex meis domesticis atque intimis familiaribus,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

familiaris meus,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

per C. Valerium Procillum familiarem suum cum eo colloquitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:

Caelii,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

pauci familiares,

id. Lael. 1, 2.— Sup.:

quod M. Aemulius unus est ex meis familiarissimis atque intimis maxime necessarius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 2; cf.:

intimus, proximus, familiarissimus quisque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 1:

familiarissimus meus,

id. Fam. 13, 13, 1:

familiarissimi ejus,

id. Rep. 1, 9.—

Of or belonging to one's self, to one's own people or country (cf. domesticus); only in the lang. of the haruspices, of those parts of the animal which related to the party that sacrificed (opp. hostilis):

(haruspices) fissum familiare et vitale tractant,

Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

Decio caput jecinoris a familiari parte caesum haruspex dicitur ostendisse,

Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf.:

mater procurans familiare ostentum,

Liv. 26, 6, 14.—

Familiar, customary, habitual:

mihi familiare est omnes cogitationes meas tecum communicare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 7; 2, 5, 10:

familiare est hominibus omnia sibi ignoscere,

Vell. 2, 30, 3:

fuisse statuariam artem familiarem Italiae quoque indicant,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33; 35, 7, 31, § 49.—

Fitting, appropriate, adapted:

quae peregrina... transferuntur, minus sunt familiaria nostro solo quam vernacula,

Col. 3, 4, 1:

familiarissimum hoc platanis,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131:

hipposelinum sabulosis familiarissimum,

id. 19, 8, 48, § 163.—Hence, fămĭlĭārĭter, adv.

By families:

agros in montibus Romani acceperunt familiariter,

Front. de Colon. p. 119 Goes.—

Familiarly, intimately, on friendly terms (freq. and class.):

hominem ignotum compellare familiariter,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23; cf.:

nimium familiariter Me attrectas,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

familiariter amicus,

Quint. 1, 2, 15:

amatum a me,

id. 10, 3, 12:

dilectus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 5 et saep.:

loqui,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37:

scribere,

id. Att. 9, 4, 1: nosse causas, i. e. to be familiarly or intimately, accurately acquainted with, Quint. 6, 4, 8; 5, 7, 7:

quod ex longinquo petitur, parum familiariter nostro solo venit,

i. e. suitable, adapted, Col. Arb. 1, 3.— Comp.:

licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

factum,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 14; Quint. 2, 7, 3.— Sup.:

cum Verre familiarissime et amicissime vivere,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29; Nep. Ages. 1, 1.

impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.

impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.