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  • 1 praestantia

    superiority, excellence.

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  • 2 prestantia

    superiority, excellence.

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  • 3 delicia

    I
    corner beam supporting a section of an outward-sloping roof; gutter (L+S); luxurious habits/self-indulgence; airs, manners of superiority; caprices/whims; ornaments/decorations; erotic verse; charms; elegant/affected manners/mannerism
    II
    favorite/pet/darling/beloved (usu pl.); man w/exquisite taste/gourmet; voluptury luxurious habits/self-indulgence; airs, manners of superiority; caprices/whims; ornaments/decorations; erotic verse; charms; elegant/affected manners/mannerism
    III
    pleasure/delight/fun (usu. pl.), activity affording enjoyment, luxuries; toys; luxurious habits/self-indulgence; airs, manners of superiority; caprices/whims; ornaments/decorations; erotic verse; charms; elegant/affected manners/mannerism

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  • 4 excellentia

        excellentia ae, f    [excellens], superiority, excellence: animi.— Plur: (in amicitiā）.
    * * *
    excellence, superiority; merit

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  • 5 praestantia

        praestantia ae, f    [praestans], pre-eminence, superiority, excellence: animantium reliquarum, over other creatures: di omnium rerum praestantiā excellentes, in all things.
    * * *
    excellence, outstanding excellence, pre-eminence, superiority

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  • 6 praecipua

    praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,
    I.
    Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

    opp. communis),

    Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

    non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—
    B.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

    praecipua dos,

    Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

    peculium,

    ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

    sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

    Suet. Galb. 5.—
    II.
    Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

    hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

    jus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

    natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

    Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

    Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

    praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

    Tac. A. 12, 40:

    vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

    ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

    Quint. 8, 3, 89:

    ponendus inter praecipuos,

    id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

    philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 81:

    praecipui amicorum,

    Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

    remedia calculo humano,

    Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

    herba dentibus,

    id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

    herba ad serpentium ictus,

    id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

    homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.
    I.
    In gen., matters of special importance:

    duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

    Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

    principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

    Tac. A. 4, 40. —
    II.
    Points of superiority, of excellence:

    aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

    Amm. 14, 6, 25.—
    III.
    Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

    inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

    praecipue de consularibus disputare,

    Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

    praecipue florere,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

    semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

    rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

    Quint. 1, 6, 1:

    praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

    id. 1, 8, 11:

    fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

    id. 10, 1, 51:

    inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

    id. 11, 1, 68:

    praecipue sanus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

    quos praecipue fugiam,

    Juv. 3, 59:

    vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

    id. 9, 119.—
    B.
    Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

    sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 20:

    ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

    id. 10, 1, 89:

    pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

    Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

    sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

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  • 7 praecipuum

    praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,
    I.
    Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

    opp. communis),

    Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

    non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—
    B.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

    praecipua dos,

    Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

    peculium,

    ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

    sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

    Suet. Galb. 5.—
    II.
    Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

    hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

    jus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

    natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

    Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

    Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

    praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

    Tac. A. 12, 40:

    vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

    ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

    Quint. 8, 3, 89:

    ponendus inter praecipuos,

    id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

    philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 81:

    praecipui amicorum,

    Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

    remedia calculo humano,

    Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

    herba dentibus,

    id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

    herba ad serpentium ictus,

    id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

    homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.
    I.
    In gen., matters of special importance:

    duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

    Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

    principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

    Tac. A. 4, 40. —
    II.
    Points of superiority, of excellence:

    aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

    Amm. 14, 6, 25.—
    III.
    Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

    inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

    praecipue de consularibus disputare,

    Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

    praecipue florere,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

    semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

    rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

    Quint. 1, 6, 1:

    praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

    id. 1, 8, 11:

    fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

    id. 10, 1, 51:

    inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

    id. 11, 1, 68:

    praecipue sanus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

    quos praecipue fugiam,

    Juv. 3, 59:

    vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

    id. 9, 119.—
    B.
    Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

    sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 20:

    ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

    id. 10, 1, 89:

    pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

    Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

    sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

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  • 8 praecipuus

    praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,
    I.
    Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

    opp. communis),

    Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

    non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—
    B.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

    praecipua dos,

    Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

    peculium,

    ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

    sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

    Suet. Galb. 5.—
    II.
    Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

    hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

    jus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

    natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

    Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

    Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

    praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

    Tac. A. 12, 40:

    vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

    ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

    Quint. 8, 3, 89:

    ponendus inter praecipuos,

    id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

    philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 81:

    praecipui amicorum,

    Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

    remedia calculo humano,

    Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

    herba dentibus,

    id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

    herba ad serpentium ictus,

    id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

    homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.
    I.
    In gen., matters of special importance:

    duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

    Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

    principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

    Tac. A. 4, 40. —
    II.
    Points of superiority, of excellence:

    aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

    Amm. 14, 6, 25.—
    III.
    Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

    inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

    praecipue de consularibus disputare,

    Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

    praecipue florere,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

    semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

    rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

    Quint. 1, 6, 1:

    praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

    id. 1, 8, 11:

    fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

    id. 10, 1, 51:

    inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

    id. 11, 1, 68:

    praecipue sanus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

    quos praecipue fugiam,

    Juv. 3, 59:

    vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

    id. 9, 119.—
    B.
    Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

    sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 20:

    ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

    id. 10, 1, 89:

    pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

    Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

    sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

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  • 9 certātiō

        certātiō ōnis, f    [2 certo], a competition, contest, strife, rivalry: inter eos honesta, honorable rivalry: iniqua, unfair. — A dispute, discussion: relinquitur virtuti cum voluptate certatio: omissā multae certatione, the demand of a fine, L.
    * * *
    striving; contest; struggling for superiority/mastery; (fight/sports/legal)

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  • 10 ēminentia

        ēminentia ae, f    [eminens], a distinctive feature, conspicuous part: nulla.— The lights (in painting).
    * * *
    pre-eminence, superiority; prominence/projection; protuberance; foreground; eminence, excellence, standing out; title of a cardinal

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  • 11 exsuperantia (exup-)

        exsuperantia (exup-) ae, f    [exsupero], preeminence, superiority: virtutis.

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  • 12 facile

        facile adv. with comp. and sup.    [facilis], easily, with ease, readily, without difficulty: recta consilia aegrotis dare, T.: haec facile ediscere?: quo facilius otio perfruantur: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Cs.: facillime fingi: facillime mederi inopiae, Cs.—With superlatives or words of superiority, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far: facile hic plus malist, quam illic boni, T.: doctissimus: pecuniā primus: fortuitam orationem cogitatio facile vincit.—With numerals, quite, fully: hereditas facile ad HS tricies.—With a negative, not easily, hardly: non facile dixerim, quicquam, etc.: haud facile ad negotium inpelli posse, S.: haud facile lubidinibus carebat, S.— Readily, willingly, promptly, without hesitation: omnes perferre, T.: homo laborans: unguibus facile illi in oculos involem, T.: locus, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae. — Pleasantly, agreeably, well: cogites, Quam vos facillume agitis, T.: copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, safely, Cs.
    * * *
    facilius, facillime ADV
    easily, readily, without difficulty; generally, often; willingly; heedlessly

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  • 13 laus

        laus laudis, gen plur. laudum (once laudium, C.), f    [CLV-], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem: recte factorum: laudem capere, T.: te summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt: sibi ipse peperit maximam laudem ex illā accusatione: neque ego hoc in tuā laude pono: rei militaris, Cs.: laudis titulique cupido, Iu.: vitiata memoria funebribus laudibus, L.— A title to praise, merit, superiority, achievement, excellence: Fabio laudi datum est, quod, etc., regarded as a merit in, etc.: magna est laus, si superiores consilio vicisti: sunt hic sua praemia laudi, V.: maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc., Cs.: Conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus? Ph.: conscientia laudis, worth, Ph.: pedum, i. e. swiftness, O.
    * * *
    praise, approval, merit; glory; renown

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  • 14 nōbilitās

        nōbilitās ātis, f    [nobilis], celebrity, fame, renown: nobilitatem despicere: repentini, L.: eum nobilitate praecurrere, N.— High birth, noble origin, nobility: sua: nobilitate sui municipi facile primus.— The nobility, nobles, aristocracy: nobilitatis fautor: omnis noster nobilitas interiit, Cs.: nobilitas rem p. deseruerat, L.: superbia commune, nobilitatis malum, S.— Nobleness, excellence, superiority: florere nobilitate discipulorum: eloquio tantum nobilitatis inest, O.: nobilitas sola est virtus, Iu.: nobilitate ingenitā, Ta.
    * * *
    nobility/noble class; (noble) birth/descent; fame/excellence; the nobles; rank

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  • 15 prae-gravō

        prae-gravō —, ātus, āre,    to press heavily upon, oppress with weight, encumber: exonerare praegravante turbā regnum, L.: praegravata telis scuta, burdened, L.—Fig., to burden, oppress, weigh down: dantem et accipientem, L.: animum, H.: artīs Infra se positas, press down by his superiority, H.

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  • 16 quam

        quam adv.    [qui].—Relat., in what manner, to what degree, how greatly, how, how much: nescis quam doleam, T.: vide, quam te amarit is: declaravit quam odisset senatum: docebat, quam veteres quamque iustae causae intercederent, Cs.: ut sentias quam vile sit corpus, L.: Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis, H.: ut nobis tempus quam diu diceremus praestitueres: mire quam illius loci cogitatio delectat (i. e. mirum est, quam, etc.), wonderfully.—Interrog., how?: quam avidum in pecuniis (hunc fuisse censetis)?: quam multis custodibus opus erit?: quam longe est hinc in saltum vestrum?—In exclamations, how! how very!: quam cupiunt laudari!: quam terribilis aspectu (incedebat)!: quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando!: Quam paene regna Proserpinae vidimus! H. —Esp., in comparisons, in what degree, as: nihil est tam populare quam bonitas: quid est oratori tam necessarium quam vox?: tam diu requiesco, quam diu ad te scribo: tam esse clemens tyrannus, quam rex importunus potest: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est, S.: tam sum amicus rei p. quam qui maxime: Non verbis dici potest Tantum quam navigare incommodumst, T.: maria aspera iuro Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam ne, etc., V.: intentis, non ab irā tantum, quam quod urbs videbatur, etc., L.: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, half as much tribute as, etc., L.: nihil aeque eos terruit, quam robur imperatoris, L.: quam multā grandine nimbi crepitant, sic ictibus heros Creber pulsat, V.—With ellips. of tam, as much as, to the extent that, as... as: quam voletis multi dicent, as many of you as choose: quam diu vixit, all his life: quam diu tu voles, as long as you will: non militum fiduciā quam iuventutis, not so much, L.: tyrannus, quam qui umquam, saevissimus, never surpassed in cruelty, L.: Huc turba ruebat... Quam multa cadunt folia, as numerous as, V. —With sup. and possum or (old) queo: ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, at the lowest price you can, T.: quam plurimos potest equites educit, S.: quam maximis potest itineribus pervenit, Cs.: quam maxime possem, contenderem, to the utmost of my power.—With sup. and ellips. of possum, in the highest degree, as... as possible, extremely, very: quam minimum spati daretur, the shortest time possible, Cs.: quam plurimo vendere, at the highest price: ut quam primum accederet, as soon as possible: quam primum, forthwith, V. —Colloq.: quam familiariter, very, T.—Implying difference of degree (after a comp. or word of comparison), than: acrior quam ego sum: omnia sunt citius facta quam dixi: nec diutius vixit quam locuta est: ut aditus non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret: istas tu partīs potius quam defectionem vocas?: Nec tibi grata minus pietas... Quam fuit illa Iovi, O.: se temere magis quam satis caute inferre, L.: non locuta est ferocius quam poculum inpavide hausit, L.: speciem gloriae vehementius quam caute appetebat, Ta.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset: ne libentius haec evomere videar quam verius, with more satisfaction than accuracy: pestilentia minacior quam perniciosior, more threatening than destructive, L.: turbavit ordinem non acrior quam pertinacior impetus, L.: quid hoc fieri turpius potest, quam eum... labi: ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium, otherwise than as I wished: quis antea, quis esset, quam cuius gener esset, audivit? sooner... than: pridie quam a me tu coactus eo profitere, on the day before. virtus nihil aliud est quam in se perfecta natura: nil aliud agens quam ut, etc., with no other purpose than, etc., L.: saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit, more than: ultra quam satis est, producitur.—Praegn., after verbs implying preference or superiority, rather than: praestare omnīs perferre acerbitates, quam non civibus parentarent, Cs.: si eligere commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni vellent addicere: esse quam videri bonus malebat, S.: malae rei se quam nullius duces esse volunt, L.: statuit congredi quam refugere, N.—After expressions of time, later than, after that, after: die vicensimo quam creatus erat dictaturā se abdicavit, L.: anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat, L.
    * * *
    I
    how, how much; as, than

    quam + superlative -- as... as possible

    II
    how, than

    Latin-English dictionary > quam

  • 17 antistatus

    superiority in rank, rank

    Latin-English dictionary > antistatus

  • 18 principalitas

    superiority, pre-eminence, excellence; first place

    Latin-English dictionary > principalitas

  • 19 superioritas

    Latin-English dictionary > superioritas

  • 20 adrogantia

    arrŏgantia ( adr-), ae, f. [arrogans].
    I.
    A.. An assuming, presumption, arrogance, conceitedness (syn.:

    superbia, insolentia, fastus): cum omnis adrogantia odiosa est, tum illa ingenii atque eloquentiae multo molestissima,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11 fin.:

    P. Crassus sine adrogantiā gravis esse videbatur et sine segnitiā verecundus,

    id. Brut. 81, 282: illud gnôthi seauton noli putare ad adrogantiam minuendam solum esse dictum, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7 et saep.:

    Pallas tristi adrogantiā taedium sui moverat,

    Tac. A. 13, 2:

    adrogantiā depravatus,

    Vulg. Deut. 18, 20:

    adrogantia tua decepit te,

    ib. Jer. 49, 16.—
    B.
    The proud, lordly bearing arising from a consciousness of real or supposed superiority, pride, haughtiness (cf. arrogans):

    hujus adrogantiam pertinacia aequabat,

    Liv. 5, 8, 11:

    avaritia et adrogantia praecipua validiorum vitia,

    Tac. H. 1, 51:

    tristitiam et adrogantiam et avaritiam exuerat: nec illi, quod est rarissimum, aut facilitas auctoritatem aut severitas amorem deminuit,

    id. Agr. 9:

    cum magnitudinem et gravitatem summae fortunae retineret, invidiam et adrogantiam effugerat,

    id. A. 2, 72; id. Agr. 42:

    adrogantia ejus,

    Vulg. Isa. 16, 6; ib. Jer. 48, 29.—
    * II.
    A pertinacity in one's demands, obstinacy:

    cessurosque se potius adrogantiae Antipatri quam etc.,

    Liv. 37, 56 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adrogantia

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