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1 N
N, n, had its full, pure sound only when it began a syllable; in the middle or at the end of a word it was weakened. Hence the remark of Priscian (p. 556 P.): n quoque plenior in primis sonat, et in ultimis partibus syllabarum, ut nomen, stamen; exilior in mediis, ut amnis, damnum, is not accurate, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, p. 248 sq. Between two vowels, the single n frequently takes the place, in MSS. and inscriptions, of double n; thus: Pescenius, Porsena, conubium, conecto, conitor, coniveo. The n of con- for com- often falls away before h; as: cohaerere, coheres, cohibere, cohors; and before j; as: coicere, cojux or cojunx, cosul, etc. In very late Latin, n was frequently dropped before s in the participial ending -ans, -ens, and before st, scr, or simple s in composition. In the earlier language this occurs in the ending -iens; as: quoties, toties, vicies, for quotiens, etc.; and in a few other instances, as castresis for castrensis; formosus for the older form formonsus; and in inscriptions, meses for menses, tösor for tonsor, etc.; cf. also, quăsi for quansi (quam si). Before the guttural letters a medial n receives the sound of Greek g before gutturals, wherefore, in early times, viz., by Attius, we have also g written for n: Agchises, agceps, aggulus, aggens, agguilla, iggerunt, etc., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 556 P. (cf. Varr. L. L. p. 264 Müll.); cf. Mar. Victor. p. 2462 and 2465 P.; hence called n adulterinum by Nigid. ap. Gell. 19, 14, 7.Assimilation commonly takes place before l, m, and r: illabor, immitto, irrumpo (v. in), yet is often neglected; before the labials, n is commonly changed into m: imberbis, imbutus; impar, impleo; and before initial m the preposition in is frequently written im, v. Prol. Verg. p. 433 Rib.The letter n is frequently inserted, particularly before s: me n sis, e n sis, ansa; Megalesia and Megalensia, frons and frus. Less freq. before other consonants: tu n do, ju n go, mi n go, pu n go, etc.; cf. also: lanterna and laterna, ligula and lingula. Sometimes n is inserted with a vowel: fru-niscor from fruor, and perh. fenestra from festra. The double forms, alioquin and alioqui, ceteroqui and ceteroquin, seem to rest on purely phonetic grounds, v. h. vv.As an abbreviation, N usually stands for natus, nefastus dies, nepos, nomine, novum, the praenomen Numerius, numero, numine.—N = natione, natus, nostri, nostro, etc., numerus, numero, etc. N. D. N. = numini domini nostri. N. L. = non liquet (v. liqueo). N. M. V. = nobilis memoriae vir. NN. BB. = nobilissimi. NP. = nefastus prior. NVM. = nummum. In poetry, n alone sometimes stands for the enclitic ne, even before a consonant:nostin quae sit?
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 58; Verg. A. 3, 319; 12, 797 al. -
2 n
N, n, had its full, pure sound only when it began a syllable; in the middle or at the end of a word it was weakened. Hence the remark of Priscian (p. 556 P.): n quoque plenior in primis sonat, et in ultimis partibus syllabarum, ut nomen, stamen; exilior in mediis, ut amnis, damnum, is not accurate, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, p. 248 sq. Between two vowels, the single n frequently takes the place, in MSS. and inscriptions, of double n; thus: Pescenius, Porsena, conubium, conecto, conitor, coniveo. The n of con- for com- often falls away before h; as: cohaerere, coheres, cohibere, cohors; and before j; as: coicere, cojux or cojunx, cosul, etc. In very late Latin, n was frequently dropped before s in the participial ending -ans, -ens, and before st, scr, or simple s in composition. In the earlier language this occurs in the ending -iens; as: quoties, toties, vicies, for quotiens, etc.; and in a few other instances, as castresis for castrensis; formosus for the older form formonsus; and in inscriptions, meses for menses, tösor for tonsor, etc.; cf. also, quăsi for quansi (quam si). Before the guttural letters a medial n receives the sound of Greek g before gutturals, wherefore, in early times, viz., by Attius, we have also g written for n: Agchises, agceps, aggulus, aggens, agguilla, iggerunt, etc., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 556 P. (cf. Varr. L. L. p. 264 Müll.); cf. Mar. Victor. p. 2462 and 2465 P.; hence called n adulterinum by Nigid. ap. Gell. 19, 14, 7.Assimilation commonly takes place before l, m, and r: illabor, immitto, irrumpo (v. in), yet is often neglected; before the labials, n is commonly changed into m: imberbis, imbutus; impar, impleo; and before initial m the preposition in is frequently written im, v. Prol. Verg. p. 433 Rib.The letter n is frequently inserted, particularly before s: me n sis, e n sis, ansa; Megalesia and Megalensia, frons and frus. Less freq. before other consonants: tu n do, ju n go, mi n go, pu n go, etc.; cf. also: lanterna and laterna, ligula and lingula. Sometimes n is inserted with a vowel: fru-niscor from fruor, and perh. fenestra from festra. The double forms, alioquin and alioqui, ceteroqui and ceteroquin, seem to rest on purely phonetic grounds, v. h. vv.As an abbreviation, N usually stands for natus, nefastus dies, nepos, nomine, novum, the praenomen Numerius, numero, numine.—N = natione, natus, nostri, nostro, etc., numerus, numero, etc. N. D. N. = numini domini nostri. N. L. = non liquet (v. liqueo). N. M. V. = nobilis memoriae vir. NN. BB. = nobilissimi. NP. = nefastus prior. NVM. = nummum. In poetry, n alone sometimes stands for the enclitic ne, even before a consonant:nostin quae sit?
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 58; Verg. A. 3, 319; 12, 797 al. -
3 duplus
duplus adj. [DVA- + PLE-], double, twice as large, twice as much: intervalla: pecunia, L.—As subst n., the double, twice as much: dupli poena: in duplum ire, have a (new) trial for twice the amount.* * *dupla, duplum ADJtwice as much, double -
4 duplio
dū̆plĭo, ōnis, m. [duplus], the double of any thing (very rare), XII. Tab. ap. Fest. S. V. VINDICIAE, p. 376, 30 Müll.; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 12; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 13 Müll.—II. -
5 dupla
I.Adj.:II.dupla et tripla intervalla,
Cic. Univ. 7:pars,
id. ib.: scrobes, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 751 P.:pecunia,
Liv. 29, 19:donativum,
Suet. Dom. 2.—Subst.A.dū̆plum, i, n., the double of any thing:B.a terra ad lunam centum viginti sex milia stadiorum esse, ab ea usque ad solem duplum,
Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 83; Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 56: furem dupli condemnari, feneratorem quadrupli, Cato R. R. praef.; Cic. Off. 3, 16, 65:decrevit, ut, si judicatum negaret, in duplum iret,
id. Fl. 21:in duplum,
Dig. 40, 12, 20 al.:duplo major,
Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 98.—dū̆pla, ae, f. (sc. pecunia), a double price, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 39; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 5; Dig. 21, 1, 31, § 20; cf. ib. 21, 2, 6 tit.: de evictionibus et duplae stipulatione.—Hence, adv.: dū̆plo, doubly, twofold, Vulg. Matt. 23, 15. -
6 duplum
I.Adj.:II.dupla et tripla intervalla,
Cic. Univ. 7:pars,
id. ib.: scrobes, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 751 P.:pecunia,
Liv. 29, 19:donativum,
Suet. Dom. 2.—Subst.A.dū̆plum, i, n., the double of any thing:B.a terra ad lunam centum viginti sex milia stadiorum esse, ab ea usque ad solem duplum,
Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 83; Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 56: furem dupli condemnari, feneratorem quadrupli, Cato R. R. praef.; Cic. Off. 3, 16, 65:decrevit, ut, si judicatum negaret, in duplum iret,
id. Fl. 21:in duplum,
Dig. 40, 12, 20 al.:duplo major,
Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 98.—dū̆pla, ae, f. (sc. pecunia), a double price, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 39; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 5; Dig. 21, 1, 31, § 20; cf. ib. 21, 2, 6 tit.: de evictionibus et duplae stipulatione.—Hence, adv.: dū̆plo, doubly, twofold, Vulg. Matt. 23, 15. -
7 duplus
I.Adj.:II.dupla et tripla intervalla,
Cic. Univ. 7:pars,
id. ib.: scrobes, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 751 P.:pecunia,
Liv. 29, 19:donativum,
Suet. Dom. 2.—Subst.A.dū̆plum, i, n., the double of any thing:B.a terra ad lunam centum viginti sex milia stadiorum esse, ab ea usque ad solem duplum,
Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 83; Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 56: furem dupli condemnari, feneratorem quadrupli, Cato R. R. praef.; Cic. Off. 3, 16, 65:decrevit, ut, si judicatum negaret, in duplum iret,
id. Fl. 21:in duplum,
Dig. 40, 12, 20 al.:duplo major,
Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 98.—dū̆pla, ae, f. (sc. pecunia), a double price, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 39; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 5; Dig. 21, 1, 31, § 20; cf. ib. 21, 2, 6 tit.: de evictionibus et duplae stipulatione.—Hence, adv.: dū̆plo, doubly, twofold, Vulg. Matt. 23, 15. -
8 C
C, c, n. indecl., or f., the third letter of the Latin alphabet; corresponded originally in sound to the Greek G (which in inscrr., esp. in the Doric, was frequently written like the Latin C; v. O. Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 295); hence the old orthography: LECIONES, MACISTRATOS, EXFOCIONT, [pu]CNANDOD, PVC[nad], CARTACINIENSI, upon the Columna rostrata, for legiones, magistratos, effugiunt, pugnando, pugnā, Carthaginiensi; and the prænomina Gaius and Gnaeus, even to the latest times, were designated by C. and Cn., while Caeso or Kaeso was written with K; cf. the letter G. Still, even as early as the time of the kings, whether through the influence of the Tuscans, among whom G sounded like K, or of the. Sabines, whose language was kindred with that of the Tuscans, the C seems to have been substituted for K; hence even Consul was designated by Cos., and K remained in use only before a, as in Kalendae; k. k. for calumniae causā, INTERKAL for intercalaris, MERK for mercatus, and in a few other republican inscrr., because by this vowel K was distinguished from Q, as in Gr. Kappa from Koppa, and in Phœnician Caph from Cuph, while C was employed like other consonants with e. Q was used at the beginning of words only when u, pronounced like v, followed, as Quirites from Cures, Tanaquil from Thanchufil, Thanchfil, ThankWil; accordingly, C everywhere took the place of Q, when that accompanying labial sound was lost, or u was used as a vowel; so in the gentile name of Maecenas Cilnius, from the Etrusk. Cvelne or Cfelne (O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 414 sq.); so in coctus, cocus, alicubi, sicubi; in relicŭŭs (four syl.) for reliquus (trisyl.): AECETIA = AEQITIA, i. q. aequitas (V. AECETIA), etc., and as in the Golden Age cujus was written for quojus, and cui for quoi (corresponding to cum for quom); thus, even in the most ancient period, quor or cur was used together with [p. 257] quare, cura with quaero, curia with Quiris, as inversely inquilinus with incola, and in S. C. Bacch. OQVOLTOD = occulto. Hence, at the end of words que, as well as ce in hic, sic, istic, illic, was changed to c, as in ac for atque, nec for neque, nunc, tunc, donec for numque, tumque, dumque; and in the middle of words it might also pass into g. as in negotium and neglego, cf. necopinus. Since C thus gradually took the place of K and Q, with the single exception that our kw was throughout designated by qu, it was strange that under the emperors grammarians began again to write k instead of c before a, though even Quint. 1, 7, 10, expressed his displeasure at this; and they afterwards wrote q before u, even when no labial sound followed, as in pequnia, or merely peqnia, for pecunia; cf. the letters Q and U. About the beginning of the sixth century of the city the modified form G was introduced for the flat guttural sound, and C thenceforth regularly represented the hard sound = our K. The use of aspirates was unknown to the Romans during the first six centuries, hence the letter C also represents the Gr. X, as BACA and BACANALIBVS, for Baccha and Bacchanalibus (the single C instead of the double, as regularly in the most ancient times); cf. also schizô with scindo, and poluchroos with pulcer. But even in the time of Cicero scheda came into use for scida, and pulcher for pulcer; so also the name of the Gracchi was aspirated, as were the name Cethegus and the word triumphus, which, however, in the song of the Arval brothers, is TRIVMPVS; cf. Cic. Or. 48, 160, and the letter P. About this time the use of aspirates became so common, in imitation of Greek, that Catullus wrote upon it an epigram (84), which begins with the words: Cho mmoda dicebat, si quando commoda vellet; and in Monum. Ancyr. inchoo is used for the orig. incoho, acc. to which the ancient Romans also employed cohors for chors (v. cohors).On account of the near relationship of c and g, as given above, they are very often interchanged, esp. when connected with liquids: Cygnus, Progne, Gnidus, Gnossus, from kuknos, Proknê, Knidos, Knôssos (even when n was separated from c by a vowel, as in Saguntum for Zakunthos, or absorbed by an s, as in vigesimus and trigesimus for vicensimus and tricensimus); mulgeo for mulceo, segmen from seco, gummi for commi (kommi); gurgulio for curculio, grabatus for krabatos, so that amurca was also written for amurga, from amorgê, as inversely conger for gonger, from gongros; but also with other letters; cf. mastruca and mastruga, misceo and misgô, mugio and mukaomai, gobius and kôbios, gubernator and kubernêtês. Not less freq. is the interchange of c and t, which is noticed by Quint. Inst. 1, 11, 5, and in accordance with which, in composition, d or t before qu, except with que, became c, as acquiro, nequicquam, iccirco for idcirco, ecquis for etquis, etc. Hence is explained the rejection of c before t, as in Lutatius for Luctatius, and the arbitrariness with which many names were written with cc or tt for ct, as Vettones for Vectones; Nacca or Natta for Nacta (from the Gr. gnaptô). It would be erroneouś to infer, from the varied orthography of the names' Accius, Attius, and Actius, or Peccius, Pettius, and Pectius, a hissing pronunciation of them; for as the Romans interchange the terminations icius and itius, and the orthography fetialis and fecialis, indutiae and induciae, with one another, they also wrote Basculi or Bastuli, anclare or antlare, etc. Ci for ti does not appear till an African inscr. of the third century after Christ, and not often before Gallic inscrr. and documents of the seventh century; ti for ci is not certainly found before the end of the fourth century; and ci before a vowel does not appear to have been pronounced as sh, except provincially, before the sixth or seventh century; cf. Roby, Gr. bk. 1, ch. 7; and so in gen., Corss. Ausspr. I. p. 33 sqq. C is sometimes interchanged with p: columba, palumbes; coquus, popa, popina (cf. in Gr. koteros; Sanscr. katara; poteros; Lat. uter). C is sometimes dropped in the middle of a word: luna for luc-na, lumen for luc-men; so also at the beginning of a word: uter for cuter; Sanscr. katara, v. supra.As an abbreviation, C designates Gaius, and reversed, O, Gaia; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 28. As a numeral, C = centum, and upon voting tablets = condemno, Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. the letter A fin.;hence it is called littera tristis (opp. A = absolvo, which is called littera salutaris),
Cic. Mil. 6, 15 Moeb. -
9 c
C, c, n. indecl., or f., the third letter of the Latin alphabet; corresponded originally in sound to the Greek G (which in inscrr., esp. in the Doric, was frequently written like the Latin C; v. O. Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 295); hence the old orthography: LECIONES, MACISTRATOS, EXFOCIONT, [pu]CNANDOD, PVC[nad], CARTACINIENSI, upon the Columna rostrata, for legiones, magistratos, effugiunt, pugnando, pugnā, Carthaginiensi; and the prænomina Gaius and Gnaeus, even to the latest times, were designated by C. and Cn., while Caeso or Kaeso was written with K; cf. the letter G. Still, even as early as the time of the kings, whether through the influence of the Tuscans, among whom G sounded like K, or of the. Sabines, whose language was kindred with that of the Tuscans, the C seems to have been substituted for K; hence even Consul was designated by Cos., and K remained in use only before a, as in Kalendae; k. k. for calumniae causā, INTERKAL for intercalaris, MERK for mercatus, and in a few other republican inscrr., because by this vowel K was distinguished from Q, as in Gr. Kappa from Koppa, and in Phœnician Caph from Cuph, while C was employed like other consonants with e. Q was used at the beginning of words only when u, pronounced like v, followed, as Quirites from Cures, Tanaquil from Thanchufil, Thanchfil, ThankWil; accordingly, C everywhere took the place of Q, when that accompanying labial sound was lost, or u was used as a vowel; so in the gentile name of Maecenas Cilnius, from the Etrusk. Cvelne or Cfelne (O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 414 sq.); so in coctus, cocus, alicubi, sicubi; in relicŭŭs (four syl.) for reliquus (trisyl.): AECETIA = AEQITIA, i. q. aequitas (V. AECETIA), etc., and as in the Golden Age cujus was written for quojus, and cui for quoi (corresponding to cum for quom); thus, even in the most ancient period, quor or cur was used together with [p. 257] quare, cura with quaero, curia with Quiris, as inversely inquilinus with incola, and in S. C. Bacch. OQVOLTOD = occulto. Hence, at the end of words que, as well as ce in hic, sic, istic, illic, was changed to c, as in ac for atque, nec for neque, nunc, tunc, donec for numque, tumque, dumque; and in the middle of words it might also pass into g. as in negotium and neglego, cf. necopinus. Since C thus gradually took the place of K and Q, with the single exception that our kw was throughout designated by qu, it was strange that under the emperors grammarians began again to write k instead of c before a, though even Quint. 1, 7, 10, expressed his displeasure at this; and they afterwards wrote q before u, even when no labial sound followed, as in pequnia, or merely peqnia, for pecunia; cf. the letters Q and U. About the beginning of the sixth century of the city the modified form G was introduced for the flat guttural sound, and C thenceforth regularly represented the hard sound = our K. The use of aspirates was unknown to the Romans during the first six centuries, hence the letter C also represents the Gr. X, as BACA and BACANALIBVS, for Baccha and Bacchanalibus (the single C instead of the double, as regularly in the most ancient times); cf. also schizô with scindo, and poluchroos with pulcer. But even in the time of Cicero scheda came into use for scida, and pulcher for pulcer; so also the name of the Gracchi was aspirated, as were the name Cethegus and the word triumphus, which, however, in the song of the Arval brothers, is TRIVMPVS; cf. Cic. Or. 48, 160, and the letter P. About this time the use of aspirates became so common, in imitation of Greek, that Catullus wrote upon it an epigram (84), which begins with the words: Cho mmoda dicebat, si quando commoda vellet; and in Monum. Ancyr. inchoo is used for the orig. incoho, acc. to which the ancient Romans also employed cohors for chors (v. cohors).On account of the near relationship of c and g, as given above, they are very often interchanged, esp. when connected with liquids: Cygnus, Progne, Gnidus, Gnossus, from kuknos, Proknê, Knidos, Knôssos (even when n was separated from c by a vowel, as in Saguntum for Zakunthos, or absorbed by an s, as in vigesimus and trigesimus for vicensimus and tricensimus); mulgeo for mulceo, segmen from seco, gummi for commi (kommi); gurgulio for curculio, grabatus for krabatos, so that amurca was also written for amurga, from amorgê, as inversely conger for gonger, from gongros; but also with other letters; cf. mastruca and mastruga, misceo and misgô, mugio and mukaomai, gobius and kôbios, gubernator and kubernêtês. Not less freq. is the interchange of c and t, which is noticed by Quint. Inst. 1, 11, 5, and in accordance with which, in composition, d or t before qu, except with que, became c, as acquiro, nequicquam, iccirco for idcirco, ecquis for etquis, etc. Hence is explained the rejection of c before t, as in Lutatius for Luctatius, and the arbitrariness with which many names were written with cc or tt for ct, as Vettones for Vectones; Nacca or Natta for Nacta (from the Gr. gnaptô). It would be erroneouś to infer, from the varied orthography of the names' Accius, Attius, and Actius, or Peccius, Pettius, and Pectius, a hissing pronunciation of them; for as the Romans interchange the terminations icius and itius, and the orthography fetialis and fecialis, indutiae and induciae, with one another, they also wrote Basculi or Bastuli, anclare or antlare, etc. Ci for ti does not appear till an African inscr. of the third century after Christ, and not often before Gallic inscrr. and documents of the seventh century; ti for ci is not certainly found before the end of the fourth century; and ci before a vowel does not appear to have been pronounced as sh, except provincially, before the sixth or seventh century; cf. Roby, Gr. bk. 1, ch. 7; and so in gen., Corss. Ausspr. I. p. 33 sqq. C is sometimes interchanged with p: columba, palumbes; coquus, popa, popina (cf. in Gr. koteros; Sanscr. katara; poteros; Lat. uter). C is sometimes dropped in the middle of a word: luna for luc-na, lumen for luc-men; so also at the beginning of a word: uter for cuter; Sanscr. katara, v. supra.As an abbreviation, C designates Gaius, and reversed, O, Gaia; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 28. As a numeral, C = centum, and upon voting tablets = condemno, Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. the letter A fin.;hence it is called littera tristis (opp. A = absolvo, which is called littera salutaris),
Cic. Mil. 6, 15 Moeb. -
10 Magnus
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
11 magnus
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
13 maxume
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
15 T
T, t. indecl. n. or (to agree with littera) f., the nineteenth letter of the Lat. alphabet ( i and j being counted as one), = Gr. T (tau). It is very freq. as a final letter, esp. in verbal endings of the third person.I.As an initial, it is, in pure Lat. words, followed by no consonant except r: traho, tremo, tribuo, etc.; the combinations tl and tm are found only in words borrowed from the Greek: Tlepolemus, tmesis, Tmolus. Hence an initial t occurring in the ancient language before l (like an initial d before v, v. letter D) is rejected in classical Lat.: lātus (Part. of fero) for tlatus, from root tol- of tollo, tuli; cf. with TLAÔ, tlêtos; even when softened by a sibilant, the combination of t and l in stlata (genus navigii), stlembus (gravis, tardus), stlis, stlocus, was avoided, and, except in the formal lang. of law, which retained stlitibus judicandis, the forms lis, locus remained the only ones in use, though the transitional form slis occurs twice in very old inscriptions. Before a vowel or r, the original Indo-European t always retained its place and character. Between two vowels t and tt were freq. confounded, and in some words the double letter became established, although the original form had but one t; thus, quattuor, cottidie, littera, stand in the best MSS. and inscriptions; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 174 sqq.—II.The sibilant pronunciation of a medial t before i and a following vowel, is a peculiarity of a late period. Isidorus (at the commencement of the seventh century after Christ) is the first who expresses himself definitely on this point: cum justitia sonum z litterae exprimat, tamen quia Latinum est, per t scribendum est, sicut militia, malitia, nequitia et cetera similia (Orig. 1, 26, 28); but the commutation of ci and ti, which occurs not unfrequently in older inscriptions, shows the origin of this change in pronunciation to have been earlier. In the golden age of the language, however, it was certainly [p. 1831] unknown.—III.The aspiration of t did not come into general use till the golden age; hence, CARTACINIENSIS, on the Columna Rostrata; whereas in Cicero we have Carthago, like Cethegus, etc.; v. Cic. Or. 48, 160; and cf. letter C.—IV.T is interchanged with d, c, and s; v. these letters.—V.T is assimilated to s in passus from patior, quassus from quatio, fassus from fateor, missus from mitto, equestris from eques (equit-), etc. It is wholly suppressed before s in usus, from utor; in many nominatives of the third declension ending in s: civitas (root civitat, gen. civitatis), quies (quiet, quietis), lis (lit, litis), dos (dot, dotis), salus (salut, salutis), amans (amant, amantis), mens (ment, mentis), etc.; and likewise in flexi, flexus, from flecto, and before other letters, in remus, cf. ratis; Gr. eretmos; in penna; root pat-, to fly; Gr. petomai, etc. In late Lat. the vulgar language often dropped t before r and before vowels; hence such forms as mari, quaraginta, donaus, are found for matri, quatriginta (quad-), donatus, in inscriptions; cf. the French mère, quarante, donné.—VI.As an abbreviation, T. stands for Titus; Ti. Tiberius; TR. Tribunus; T. F. Testamenti formula; T. F. C. Titulum faciendum curavit; T. P. Tribunicia potestas, etc. -
16 t
T, t. indecl. n. or (to agree with littera) f., the nineteenth letter of the Lat. alphabet ( i and j being counted as one), = Gr. T (tau). It is very freq. as a final letter, esp. in verbal endings of the third person.I.As an initial, it is, in pure Lat. words, followed by no consonant except r: traho, tremo, tribuo, etc.; the combinations tl and tm are found only in words borrowed from the Greek: Tlepolemus, tmesis, Tmolus. Hence an initial t occurring in the ancient language before l (like an initial d before v, v. letter D) is rejected in classical Lat.: lātus (Part. of fero) for tlatus, from root tol- of tollo, tuli; cf. with TLAÔ, tlêtos; even when softened by a sibilant, the combination of t and l in stlata (genus navigii), stlembus (gravis, tardus), stlis, stlocus, was avoided, and, except in the formal lang. of law, which retained stlitibus judicandis, the forms lis, locus remained the only ones in use, though the transitional form slis occurs twice in very old inscriptions. Before a vowel or r, the original Indo-European t always retained its place and character. Between two vowels t and tt were freq. confounded, and in some words the double letter became established, although the original form had but one t; thus, quattuor, cottidie, littera, stand in the best MSS. and inscriptions; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 174 sqq.—II.The sibilant pronunciation of a medial t before i and a following vowel, is a peculiarity of a late period. Isidorus (at the commencement of the seventh century after Christ) is the first who expresses himself definitely on this point: cum justitia sonum z litterae exprimat, tamen quia Latinum est, per t scribendum est, sicut militia, malitia, nequitia et cetera similia (Orig. 1, 26, 28); but the commutation of ci and ti, which occurs not unfrequently in older inscriptions, shows the origin of this change in pronunciation to have been earlier. In the golden age of the language, however, it was certainly [p. 1831] unknown.—III.The aspiration of t did not come into general use till the golden age; hence, CARTACINIENSIS, on the Columna Rostrata; whereas in Cicero we have Carthago, like Cethegus, etc.; v. Cic. Or. 48, 160; and cf. letter C.—IV.T is interchanged with d, c, and s; v. these letters.—V.T is assimilated to s in passus from patior, quassus from quatio, fassus from fateor, missus from mitto, equestris from eques (equit-), etc. It is wholly suppressed before s in usus, from utor; in many nominatives of the third declension ending in s: civitas (root civitat, gen. civitatis), quies (quiet, quietis), lis (lit, litis), dos (dot, dotis), salus (salut, salutis), amans (amant, amantis), mens (ment, mentis), etc.; and likewise in flexi, flexus, from flecto, and before other letters, in remus, cf. ratis; Gr. eretmos; in penna; root pat-, to fly; Gr. petomai, etc. In late Lat. the vulgar language often dropped t before r and before vowels; hence such forms as mari, quaraginta, donaus, are found for matri, quatriginta (quad-), donatus, in inscriptions; cf. the French mère, quarante, donné.—VI.As an abbreviation, T. stands for Titus; Ti. Tiberius; TR. Tribunus; T. F. Testamenti formula; T. F. C. Titulum faciendum curavit; T. P. Tribunicia potestas, etc. -
17 biforis
biforis e, adj. [bi- + foris], with two doors, folding: valvae, O.: cantus (tibiae), i. e. of the double tibia, V.* * *biforis, bifore ADJhaving two leaves/casements (door/window)/openings, folding; from a double pipe -
18 mina
1. I.A Greek weight of a hundred Attic drachmas, a mina, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Ponder. 32 sq. —II. A.The silver mina; this was of 100 Attic drachmae or Roman denarii (about $18.05 of our currency):B.argenti,
Plaut. As. 2, 3, 16; id. Poen. 2, 21; 5, 5, 8 al.—Also absol.:mina,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 2; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 6, 22 al.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Leg. 2, 27, 68:minae bonae mala opera partae,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144.—Auri, the mina of gold, of five times the value of the silver one:2.alia opust auri mina,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 44; id. Mil. 5, 27.mĭna, ae, f. adj., smooth: mina ovis, smooth-bellied, with no wool on the belly:II.mina (id est ventre glabro), Varr R. R. 2, 2, 6: minae oves, a play on the double meaning of the word (v. 1. mina, II.),
Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9.—Subst.: mĭna, ae, f.: minam Aelius vocitatam ait mammam alteram lacte deficientem, quasi minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll. -
19 coctum
cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [kindr. with Sanscr. pak; Gr. pep in peptô or pessô; Germ. backen; Engl. bake], to cook, to prepare by cooking, to bake, boil, roast, parch, steep, melt, heat (very freq. and class.).I.Lit.:B.cenam,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 7:cottidie sic cena ei coquebatur, ut, etc.,
Nep. Cim. 4, 3:cibum,
Lucr. 5, 1102; cf.cibaria,
Liv. 3, 27, 3; 29, 25, 6; 44, 32, 11;44, 35, 13 al.: qui illa coxerat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:quae coxerat aere cavo,
Ov. M. 4, 505:dulce dedit, tostā quod coxerat ante polentā,
cooked from parched malt, id. ib. 5, 450:humana exta,
Hor. A. P. 186:(pavonem),
id. S. 2, 2, 28:aliquid ex oleo,
in oil, Cels. 5, 177; so,aliquid ex aceto,
Scrib. Comp. 252. — Absol.:si nusquam coctum is, quidnam cenat Juppiter?
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 56:in nonum diem solet ire coctum,
id. Aul. 2, 4, 46; 3, 2, 15:coquendo sit faxo et molendo,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61.—Subst.1.coctum, i, n., cooked food:2.quid tu, malum, curas, utrum crudum an coctum edim?
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16 Ussing:ne quid in popinas cocti praeter legumina aut olera veniret,
Suet. Ner. 16.— Plur.:cocta vendere,
Suet. Claud. 38.—cocta, ae, f., water boiled, and cooled by ice; a decoction, Mart. 2, 85, 1; cf. Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55; Suet. Ner. 48.—II.Transf.A.To prepare by fire, to burn, parch, etc.:B.laterculos,
Cato, R. R. 39, 2:calcem,
id. ib. 38, 1 sq.:carbonem,
id. ib. fin.:locum sol,
Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2; cf.:glaebas maturis solibus aestas,
Verg. G. 1, 66:cocta ligna,
dried, hardened by drying, Dig. 32, 1, 55, § 7:coctus agger,
i. e. built of bricks, Prop. 3 (4), 11, 22:rosaria cocta matutino Noto,
dried up, parched, id. 4 (5), 5, 62; cf.:at vos, praesentes Austri, coquite horum obsonia,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 41:aurum cum plumbo,
Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 60:aera fornacibus,
Luc. 6, 405.—To ripen, make mature:C.arbores sol ac luna,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:uvas,
id. ib. 1, 54, 1; cf.vinum,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 125; and:mitis vindemia,
Verg. G. 2, 522:poma (with matura),
Cic. Sen. 19, 71:fructus solibus,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:messem,
Mart. 10, 62 al. —= concoquo, to digest:III.cibus confectus jam coctusque,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; 2, 54, 136 (but in these passages Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64, would read concoquo, denying that coquo ever means to digest; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 8, 4, 16); Lact. Opif. Dei, 14, 5; cf.:balineae ardentes, quibus persuasere in corporibus cibos coqui,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26:plerique... bubulum coquunt,
Cels. 4, 5, § 27; 4, 18, § 4.—Trop. (in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).A.To elaborate something in mind, to consider, to think, meditate upon, contrive, plan: quicquid est, incoctum non expromet;B.bene coctum dabit,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 55: bene cocto, condito, sermone bono, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25; cf.:consilia secreto,
Liv. 2, 36, 2:bellum,
id. 8, 3, 2:trucem invidiam,
Stat. Th. 2, 300:iras cum fraude,
Sil. 7, 403:Latio extrema coepta,
id. 10, 431.—To vex, harass, torment, disturb the mind:egomet me coquo et macero et defetigo,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 3: si quid ego adjuero curamve levasso, quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1; cf.:si sollicitudo oratorem macerat et coquit,
Quint. 12, 10, 77:quos ira metusque coquebat,
Sil. 14, 103:quam... Femineae ardentem curaeque iraeque coquebant,
Verg. A. 7, 345.—Hence, Ital. cuocere; Fr. cuire. —Hence, coctus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to III. A. supra), well considered, well digested: bene coctus sermo, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf., of persons: hodie juris coctiores non sunt, qui lites creant. Quam, etc. (alluding to the double meaning of jus), better skilled in, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 9. -
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cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [kindr. with Sanscr. pak; Gr. pep in peptô or pessô; Germ. backen; Engl. bake], to cook, to prepare by cooking, to bake, boil, roast, parch, steep, melt, heat (very freq. and class.).I.Lit.:B.cenam,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 7:cottidie sic cena ei coquebatur, ut, etc.,
Nep. Cim. 4, 3:cibum,
Lucr. 5, 1102; cf.cibaria,
Liv. 3, 27, 3; 29, 25, 6; 44, 32, 11;44, 35, 13 al.: qui illa coxerat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:quae coxerat aere cavo,
Ov. M. 4, 505:dulce dedit, tostā quod coxerat ante polentā,
cooked from parched malt, id. ib. 5, 450:humana exta,
Hor. A. P. 186:(pavonem),
id. S. 2, 2, 28:aliquid ex oleo,
in oil, Cels. 5, 177; so,aliquid ex aceto,
Scrib. Comp. 252. — Absol.:si nusquam coctum is, quidnam cenat Juppiter?
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 56:in nonum diem solet ire coctum,
id. Aul. 2, 4, 46; 3, 2, 15:coquendo sit faxo et molendo,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61.—Subst.1.coctum, i, n., cooked food:2.quid tu, malum, curas, utrum crudum an coctum edim?
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16 Ussing:ne quid in popinas cocti praeter legumina aut olera veniret,
Suet. Ner. 16.— Plur.:cocta vendere,
Suet. Claud. 38.—cocta, ae, f., water boiled, and cooled by ice; a decoction, Mart. 2, 85, 1; cf. Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55; Suet. Ner. 48.—II.Transf.A.To prepare by fire, to burn, parch, etc.:B.laterculos,
Cato, R. R. 39, 2:calcem,
id. ib. 38, 1 sq.:carbonem,
id. ib. fin.:locum sol,
Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2; cf.:glaebas maturis solibus aestas,
Verg. G. 1, 66:cocta ligna,
dried, hardened by drying, Dig. 32, 1, 55, § 7:coctus agger,
i. e. built of bricks, Prop. 3 (4), 11, 22:rosaria cocta matutino Noto,
dried up, parched, id. 4 (5), 5, 62; cf.:at vos, praesentes Austri, coquite horum obsonia,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 41:aurum cum plumbo,
Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 60:aera fornacibus,
Luc. 6, 405.—To ripen, make mature:C.arbores sol ac luna,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:uvas,
id. ib. 1, 54, 1; cf.vinum,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 125; and:mitis vindemia,
Verg. G. 2, 522:poma (with matura),
Cic. Sen. 19, 71:fructus solibus,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:messem,
Mart. 10, 62 al. —= concoquo, to digest:III.cibus confectus jam coctusque,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; 2, 54, 136 (but in these passages Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64, would read concoquo, denying that coquo ever means to digest; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 8, 4, 16); Lact. Opif. Dei, 14, 5; cf.:balineae ardentes, quibus persuasere in corporibus cibos coqui,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26:plerique... bubulum coquunt,
Cels. 4, 5, § 27; 4, 18, § 4.—Trop. (in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).A.To elaborate something in mind, to consider, to think, meditate upon, contrive, plan: quicquid est, incoctum non expromet;B.bene coctum dabit,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 55: bene cocto, condito, sermone bono, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25; cf.:consilia secreto,
Liv. 2, 36, 2:bellum,
id. 8, 3, 2:trucem invidiam,
Stat. Th. 2, 300:iras cum fraude,
Sil. 7, 403:Latio extrema coepta,
id. 10, 431.—To vex, harass, torment, disturb the mind:egomet me coquo et macero et defetigo,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 3: si quid ego adjuero curamve levasso, quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1; cf.:si sollicitudo oratorem macerat et coquit,
Quint. 12, 10, 77:quos ira metusque coquebat,
Sil. 14, 103:quam... Femineae ardentem curaeque iraeque coquebant,
Verg. A. 7, 345.—Hence, Ital. cuocere; Fr. cuire. —Hence, coctus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to III. A. supra), well considered, well digested: bene coctus sermo, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf., of persons: hodie juris coctiores non sunt, qui lites creant. Quam, etc. (alluding to the double meaning of jus), better skilled in, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 9.
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