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to account of slight value

  • 1 floccus

    floccus, i, m., a lock or flock (of wool, on clothes, in fruits, etc.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ne qui flocci intereant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 8:

    pomis substrati flocci,

    id. ib. 1, 59, 3:

    in veste floccos legere fimbriasve diducere,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    pilulae intus habentes floccos molles,

    Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28.—
    II.
    Transf., something trifling, insignificant, of no account (most freq., esp. with negatives, and in the phrase flocci facere, to make no account of, to care not a straw for; v. the foll.).
    (α).
    With a neg.:

    ceterum qui sis, qui non sis, floccum non interduim,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 152 (Ritschl, ciccum; cf.:

    eluas tu an exungare, ciccum non interduim,

    id. Rud. 2, 7, 22):

    neque ego illum maneo, neque flocci facio,

    id. Men. 2, 3, 69:

    is leno flocci non fecit fidem,

    id. Rud. prol. 47:

    ego, quae tu loquere, flocci non facio,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 3:

    prorsus aveo scire, nec tamen flocci facio,

    Cic. Att. 13, 50, 3:

    totam rem publicam flocci non facere,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 4: quare, ut opinor, philosophêteon, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, id. ib. 1, 16, 13 Orell. N. cr. (but here Ernesti reads eateon):

    satin abiit, neque quod dixi flocci existimat!

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 73: invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum;

    ego non flocci pendere,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21.—
    (β).
    Without a neg. (ante-class.), to account of slight value, of small importance:

    rumorem, famam flocci fecit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. obstinato, p. 193, 11 Müll.: tu istos minutos cave deos flocci feceris,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 24:

    flocci facere,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 121; id. Men. 5, 7, 5; id. Ep. 3, 2, 12; id. Trin. 4, 2, 150; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 11.— In pass.: flocci fiet. Culi cultor, Titin. ap. Non. 131, 33: rogata fuerit nec ne, flocci aestimo, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. muneralis, p. 143 Müll.: flocci pendo, quid rerum geras, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fulg. Exp. Serm. p. 565, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > floccus

  • 2 tantus

        tantus adj.    [1 TA-].—Followed by a clause of comparison, of such size, of such a measure, so great, such: nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est: quanta cuiusque animo audacia naturā inest, tanta in bello patere solet, S.: tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset, N.: maria aspera iuro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc., V.—With ellips. of comparative clause, so great, so very great, so important: neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus studiis: ne tantae nationes coniungantur, Cs.: quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem.—Followed by a clause of result, so great, such: tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc., Cs.: non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.: nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit.—As subst n., so much, so many: habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palestrae: tantum hostium intra muros est, L.— Colloq.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more: Tantumne est? Ba. tantum, T.—In genit. of price, of such value, worth so much: frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit: Ubi me dixero dare tanti, T.: tanti eius apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc., was of such weight, Cs.—In abl. of difference, by so much, so much the: quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae ad Caesarem mittebantur, Cs.: reperietis quinquiens tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.: si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset: post tanto, V.: tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quanto populus R. antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes, N. — Colloq.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! Ph.: tanto nequior! so much the worse! T.—Praegn., of such a quantity, such, so small, so slight, so trivial: ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis vix contenti esse possimus.—As subst n., so little, so small a number: praesidi tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit, Cs.—In genit. of price, of little account, not so important: est mihi tanti, Quirites, huius invidiae tempestatem subire, i. e. it is a trifle to me: sunt o sunt iurgia tanti, i. e. are not too much to undergo, O.
    * * *
    tanta, tantum ADJ
    of such size; so great, so much

    tantus... quantus -- as much... as

    Latin-English dictionary > tantus

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