to waste

waste, desert

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dē-pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to lay waste, ravage, plunder, pillage (class.).

Prop.:

ut Ambiorigis fines depopularentur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42 fin.; cf.:

ad fines depopulandos,

id. ib. 7, 64, 6; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24, 4; Liv. 10, 12 al.:

agros,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36; Liv. 5, 4 fin. et saep.; cf.:

extrema agri Romani,

Liv. 4, 1:

eam regionem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33, 2:

vicinam humum late,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 56 et saep.:

multas domos, plurimas urbes, omnia fana,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11:

quos fidos nobis rebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 37.—

Transf., in gen., to waste, lay waste, dissipate, destroy, sweep away: quos impune depopulatur et dispoliatur dedecus, Afran. ap. Non. 480, 13:

Cerealia dona,

Ov. F. 1, 684:

hereditates,

Dig. 47, 4, 1:

in qua (sc. urbe) omne mortalium genus vis pestilentiae depopulabatur,

Tac. A. 16, 13:

aras,

Vulg. Osee, 10, 2.

Active form dēpopulo, āre: agros audaces depopulant servi, Enn. ap. Non. 471, 19 (Trag. v. 3 Rib.):

macellum,

Caecil. ib. 18 (Com. v. 13 Rib.):

agros provinciamque, Auct. B. Hisp. 42, 6: greges,

Val. Fl. 6, 531.—

depopulor, ari, in pass. signif.:

communi latrocinio terra omnis depopulabitur,

Lact. Ira D. 16 fin.:

depopulata est regio,

Vulg. Joel, 1, 10. In class. lang. only in the Part. perf.:

depopulatis agris,

laid waste, Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 4:

depopulata Gallia,

id. ib. 7, 77, 14;

late depopulato agro,

Liv. 9, 36:

omnis ora maritima depopulata ab Achaeis erat, 37, 4: regiones,

id. 10, 15 et saep.; Justin. 42, 2; Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.

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cŏm-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (comessum, Prol. ad Plaut. p 102 Ritschl), or estum, 3, v. a. (comesus, the more usual form, Cato, R. R. 58; Varr R. R. 1, 2, 11; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5, Juv 1, 34; Valgius ap. Diom. p. 382 P—Hence, comessurus, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 25:

comestus,

Cato, R. R 50; Cic. Clu. 62, 173, acc. to Prisc. p. 893; and Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 6, and Didius ap. Diom. l. l.—Contr forms:

comes,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 11:

comest,

id. ib. 3, 1, 26; id. Trin. 2, 1, 20, id. Truc. 2, 7, 36;

Lucil, Titin., Afran., Varr., Cic. Hortens. ap. Non p. 81, 9 sq., comestis,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 54:

comesse,

id. Cas. 4, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 4, 1, 8, id. Most. 1, 1, 13; id. Men. 4, 2, 64; Cic. Fl. 36, 91; Cat. 23, 4:

comesses,

Mart. 5, 39, 10:

comesset,

Cic. Sest. 51, 110, Cat. 29, 15:

comesto,

Cato, R. R. 156, 1.—Old forms:

comedim,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 4; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 83, 32 comedis, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 65:

comedint,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 53), to eat entirely up, to eat, consume (class.; esp. freq. in Plaut.).

Prop.:

ubi oleae comesae erunt,

Cato, R. R. 58:

ubi daps profanata comestaque erit,

id. ib. 50:

quod bibit, quod comest,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 20:

corbitam cibi Comesse possunt,

id. Cas. 4, 1, 21:

quid comedent?

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 14:

celerius potuit (venenum) comestum quam epotum in venas permanare?

Cic. Clu. 62, 173:

ex se enim natos comesse fingitur solitus (Saturnus),

id. N. D. 2, 25, 64: quorum Dentes vel silicem comesse possunt. Cat. 23, 4:

haec porcis hodie comedenda relinques,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 19: te muscae comedissent, Sicinius ap. Cic. Brut. 60, 217; and ap. Quint. 11, 3, 129: panem, Afer ap. Quint. 6, 3, 93.—Facetiously: lacertum Largii, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240.—

Prov.:

tam facile vinces quam pirum volpes comest,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 32; and: cenà comesā venire, i. e. to come too late; post festum, a day after the fair, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 11.—

Trop.: comedere aliquem oculis, to devour with one ' s eyes, i. e. to long eagerly for, Mart. 9, 60, 3: se, to consume one ' s self ( by grief, sorrow, etc.), to waste or pine away, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 36; so Cic. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 81, 29. —

Meton., to waste, dissipate, spend, squander:

comedunt quod habent,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 6; cf.:

aurum in lustris,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91. meam dotem comest, Titin. ap. Non. p. 81, 16: paternam pecuniam, Novius ap. Non. p. 81, 25:

nummos,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25:

cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,

id. ib. 9, 20, 3:

beneficia Caesaris,

id. Phil. 11, 14, 37:

patrimonium,

id. Sest. 52, 111; Quint. 6, 3, 74:

rem (sc. familiarem),

Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2:

bona,

id. Sest. 51, 110; id. Fl. 36, 91; id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 83, 32; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 40:

cantherium,

i. e. its value in money, Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.— Hence,

Transf. in the lang. of comedy: comedere aliquem, to waste or consume the property of any person, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 65; id. Most. 1, 1, 11 sq.; id. Ps. 4, 7, 25; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 57.

cŏmĕdo, ōnis ( cŏmĕdus, i, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 6 Müll.; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 139), m. [1. comedo], a glutton, gormandizer, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 11, 9; Varr. ib. p. 93, 21; cf. Paul. l. l.

cŏm-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (comessum, Prol. ad Plaut. p 102 Ritschl), or estum, 3, v. a. (comesus, the more usual form, Cato, R. R. 58; Varr R. R. 1, 2, 11; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5, Juv 1, 34; Valgius ap. Diom. p. 382 P—Hence, comessurus, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 25:

comestus,

Cato, R. R 50; Cic. Clu. 62, 173, acc. to Prisc. p. 893; and Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 6, and Didius ap. Diom. l. l.—Contr forms:

comes,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 11:

comest,

id. ib. 3, 1, 26; id. Trin. 2, 1, 20, id. Truc. 2, 7, 36;

Lucil, Titin., Afran., Varr., Cic. Hortens. ap. Non p. 81, 9 sq., comestis,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 54:

comesse,

id. Cas. 4, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 4, 1, 8, id. Most. 1, 1, 13; id. Men. 4, 2, 64; Cic. Fl. 36, 91; Cat. 23, 4:

comesses,

Mart. 5, 39, 10:

comesset,

Cic. Sest. 51, 110, Cat. 29, 15:

comesto,

Cato, R. R. 156, 1.—Old forms:

comedim,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 4; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 83, 32 comedis, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 65:

comedint,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 53), to eat entirely up, to eat, consume (class.; esp. freq. in Plaut.).

Prop.:

ubi oleae comesae erunt,

Cato, R. R. 58:

ubi daps profanata comestaque erit,

id. ib. 50:

quod bibit, quod comest,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 20:

corbitam cibi Comesse possunt,

id. Cas. 4, 1, 21:

quid comedent?

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 14:

celerius potuit (venenum) comestum quam epotum in venas permanare?

Cic. Clu. 62, 173:

ex se enim natos comesse fingitur solitus (Saturnus),

id. N. D. 2, 25, 64: quorum Dentes vel silicem comesse possunt. Cat. 23, 4:

haec porcis hodie comedenda relinques,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 19: te muscae comedissent, Sicinius ap. Cic. Brut. 60, 217; and ap. Quint. 11, 3, 129: panem, Afer ap. Quint. 6, 3, 93.—Facetiously: lacertum Largii, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240.—

Prov.:

tam facile vinces quam pirum volpes comest,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 32; and: cenà comesā venire, i. e. to come too late; post festum, a day after the fair, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 11.—

Trop.: comedere aliquem oculis, to devour with one ' s eyes, i. e. to long eagerly for, Mart. 9, 60, 3: se, to consume one ' s self ( by grief, sorrow, etc.), to waste or pine away, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 36; so Cic. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 81, 29. —

Meton., to waste, dissipate, spend, squander:

comedunt quod habent,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 6; cf.:

aurum in lustris,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91. meam dotem comest, Titin. ap. Non. p. 81, 16: paternam pecuniam, Novius ap. Non. p. 81, 25:

nummos,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25:

cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,

id. ib. 9, 20, 3:

beneficia Caesaris,

id. Phil. 11, 14, 37:

patrimonium,

id. Sest. 52, 111; Quint. 6, 3, 74:

rem (sc. familiarem),

Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2:

bona,

id. Sest. 51, 110; id. Fl. 36, 91; id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 83, 32; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 40:

cantherium,

i. e. its value in money, Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.— Hence,

Transf. in the lang. of comedy: comedere aliquem, to waste or consume the property of any person, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 65; id. Most. 1, 1, 11 sq.; id. Ps. 4, 7, 25; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 57.

cŏmĕdo, ōnis ( cŏmĕdus, i, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 6 Müll.; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 139), m. [1. comedo], a glutton, gormandizer, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 11, 9; Varr. ib. p. 93, 21; cf. Paul. l. l.

con-sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3 ( perf. sync. consumpsti, Prop. 1, 3, 37; inf. consumpse, Lucr. 1, 234), v. a., to take wholly or completely, i. e.,

Lit.

In gen. (post-Aug. and rare):

vasti surgunt immensis torquibus orbes, tergaque consumunt pelagus,

take up, completely cover, Manil. 5, 584:

tela omnia solus pectore consumo,

Sil. 5, 640; cf.:

clipeo tela,

id. 10, 129:

jugulo ensem,

Stat. Th. 10, 813:

ferrum pectore,

id. ib. 12, 745; cf. id. Achill. 2, 205; Dig. 26, 7, 54.—

In partic., of food, to eat, consume, devour (class.):

agri multa efferunt quae vel statim consumantur vel mandentur condita vetustati,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

frumenta,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43; cf. id. ib. 7, 17;

7, 77: fruges,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 27:

vitiatum (aprum),

id. S. 2, 2, 92:

angues,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

draconem,

Suet. Tib. 72:

mensas accisis dapibus,

Verg. A. 7, 125 al. —

Transf.

In gen., to consume, devour, waste, squander, annihilate, destroy, bring to naught, kill.

Of inanimate things:

faciat quod lubet: Sumat, consumat, perdat,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf. Sall. C. 12, 2:

patrimonium per luxuriam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

bona paterna,

Quint. 3, 11, 13; 3, 11, 16:

omnem materiam,

Ov. M. 8, 876: omne id aurum in ludos, Liv. 39, 5, 9; Val. Max. 3, 1, 1 fin.; cf. 2. b infra:

omnes fortunas sociorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf.:

omnes opes et spes privatas meas,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 96, 2 Dietsch:

omnia flammā,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14; cf.:

aedes incendio,

Liv. 25, 7, 6:

domum incendio,

Suet. Calig. 59:

consumpturis viscera mea flammis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

3: viscera fero morsu,

Ov. M. 4, 113:

anulum usu,

id. P. 4, 10, 5; cf.:

ferrum rubigine,

to eat, consume, Curt. 7, 8, 15.—Of time, to spend, pass:

horas multas saepe suavissimo sermone,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 5:

dicendo tempus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

diem altercatione,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 1; id. Univ. 1 fin.; id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

annua tempora,

Lucr. 5, 618:

consumitur vigiliis reliqua pars noctis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31; id. B. C. 2, 23:

magnam partem diei,

id. B. G. 5, 9 fin.:

omne tempus,

Liv. 29, 33, 9; 24, 14, 10:

dies decem in his rebus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11:

in eo studio aetatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

tota nox in exinaniendā nave consumitur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64; Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 1:

multos dies per dubitationem,

Sall. J. 62, 9; cf. Tac. H. 4, 43 fin.:

omne tempus circa Medeam,

id. Or. 3:

continuum biduum epulando potandoque,

Suet. Tib. 42: precando Tempora cum blandis verbis, to waste or lose time and words in supplications, Ov. M. 2, 575:

multis diebus et laboribus consumptis,

Sall. J. 93, 1:

ubi longa meae consumpsti tempora noctis?

Prop. 1, 3, 37.—Of strength, feeling, voice, etc.:

in quo tanta commoveri actio non posset, si esset consumpta superiore motu et exhausta,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

adfectus,

Quint. 2, 13, 13; 4, 2, 120:

spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 53:

vocem instans metus,

Tac. H. 1, 42:

ignominiam,

id. ib. 3, 24:

gratiam rei nimiā captatione,

Quint. 8, 6, 51:

vires ipsā subtilitate,

id. 12, 2, 13:

bona ingenii,

id. 12, 5, 2; 3, 11, 23; cf. Sall. J. 25, 11.— Poet.: cum mare, cum terras consumpserit, aëra tentet, i. e.- seek a refuge therein in vain, Ov. H. 6, 161.—

Of living beings.

To destroy, kill:

si me vis aliqua morbi aut natura ipsa consumpsisset,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf.:

quos fortuna belli consumpserat,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 5 Dietsch:

tantum exercitum fame,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; so,

siti,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 41 fin.:

acie,

Vell. 2, 52, 5:

morte,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

morbo,

Nep. Reg. 2, 1:

senio et maerore,

Liv. 40, 54, 1 al. —Facete:

garrulus hunc consumet,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 33.—

Rarely, to waste, weaken, enervate:

inediā et purgationibus et vi ipsius morbi consumptus es,

Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 1; cf. Ov. M. 9, 663;

and consumpta membra senectā,

id. ib. 14, 148.—

In partic.

To divide, make an exhaustive division of (very rare):

inventio in sex partis consumitur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 4.—

Aliquid in aliquā re, rar. in aliquid or absol. (in Cic. only with in and abl.; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53), to bestow upon something, to use, employ, spend upon or about something.

In aliquā re:

pecuniam in agrorum emptionibus,

to lay out, invest, Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

aurum in monumento,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12; Nep. Timoth. 1, 2:

studium in virorum fortium factis memoriae prodendis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 5; cf.:

in armis plurimum studii,

Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

tantum laboris in rebus falsis,

Quint. 12, 11, 15:

curam in re unā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 48:

ingenium in musicis,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; cf. id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Sest. 13, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 11.—

In aliquid (cf. the Gr. analiskein eis ti):

tota in dulces consument ubera natos,

Verg. G. 3, 178; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 55:

umorem in arbusta,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 3:

bona paterna in opera publica,

Quint. 3, 11, 13:

pecuniam in monumentum,

Dig. 35, 1, 40 fin. —

Absol.:

si quid consili Habet, ut consumat nunc, quom nil obsint doli,

use up, exhaust, Ter. And. 1, 1, 133.

lăcĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lacer], to tear to pieces, to mangle, rend, mutilate, lacerate (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: lanio, discerpo).

Lit.:

quin spolies, mutiles, laceres quemquam nacta sis,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 8: lacerat lacertum Largi mordax Memmius, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

corpus uti volucres lacerent in morte feraeque,

Lucr. 3, 880:

membra aliena,

Juv. 15, 102; cf.: lacerato corpore, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 95 Vahl.):

morsu viscera, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8: ora, comas, vestem lacerat,

Ov. M. 11, 726:

amictus,

Sil. 13, 389:

genas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 51:

verbere terga,

id. F. 2, 695:

Tum autem Syrum impulsorem, vah, quibus illum lacerarem modis,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 17:

tergum virgis,

Liv. 3, 58; 26, 13:

unguibus cavos recessus luminum,

Sen. Oedip. 968:

quid miserum laceras?

Verg. A. 3, 41:

ferro,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 46:

loricam,

Verg. A. 12, 98: lacerari morsibus saevis canum, Phaedr. 1, 12, 11:

ferae corpus lacerabant,

Petr. 115 sq.:

carnes dentibus,

Vulg. Job, 13, 4; id. Gen. 40, 19.—

Esp.

To break up, to wreck, shatter:

navem Ulixis,

Ov. P. 3, 6, 19:

majorem partem classis,

Vell. 2, 79, 3:

naves,

Liv. 29, 8:

navigia,

Curt. 4, 3, 18:

lecticam,

Suet. Aug. 91.—

To cut up, carve:

obsonium,

Petr. 36:

anserem,

id. 137; 74.—

To waste, plunder: cum Hannibal terram Italiam laceraret atque vexaret, Cato ap. Serv. Verg. E. 6, 7, 6:

orbem,

Juv. 4, 37.—

Trop.

To tear to pieces with words, to censure, asperse, abuse, rail at:

obtrectatio invidiaque, quae solet lacerare plerosque,

Cic. Brut. 42, 156:

optimum virum verborum contumeliis,

id. Phil. 11, 2:

aliquem probris,

Liv. 31, 6:

Pompeium dempto metu lacerant,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 21 Dietsch:

meque vosque male dictis,

id. J. 85, 26:

famam alicujus,

to slander, calumniate, id. 38, 54:

alicujus carmina,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 1:

lacerari crebro vulgi rumore,

Tac. A. 15, 73.—

To distress, torture, pain, afflict:

intolerabili dolore lacerari,

Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

quam omni crudelitate lacerastis,

id. Dom. 23, 59:

quid laceras pectora nostra morā?

Ov. H. 15, 212:

meus me maeror cottidianus lacerat et conficit,

Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2; cf.:

aegritudo lacerat, exest animum planeque conficit,

id. Tusc. 3, 13, 27.—

To ruin, destroy, dissipate, squander, waste:

male suadendo et lustris lacerant homines,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 22:

patriam omni scelere,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

bonorum emptores, ut carnifices, ad reliquias vitae lacerandas et distrahendas,

to scatter, disperse, Cic. Quint. 15, 50:

pecuniam,

to squander, id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164:

lacerari valde suam rem,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 48; cf.:

bona patria manu, ventre,

to lavish, squander, Sall. C. 14, 2:

diem,

to waste, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 25; id. Stich. 3, 1, 45.

vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

Lit. (so rare but class.;

syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,

id. Sest. 24, 53:

agrum vastum ac desertum habere,

Liv. 28, 11, 10:

vasta ac deserta urbs,

id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:

mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,

uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:

urbs a defensoribus vasta,

without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—

Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:

vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

vastus homo atque foedus,

id. ib. 1, 25, 117:

vasti quidam et insubidi,

Gell. 19, 9, 9:

fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:

omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 7:

littera vastior,

too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—

Transf.

Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):

dies per silentium vastus,

Tac. A. 3, 4.—

Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.

vastatus): fit vasta Troja,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:

jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,

Verg. A. 9, 323:

nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,

Liv. 10, 12, 8.—

With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).

Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):

immani et vastae insidens beluae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

vasta et immanis belua,

id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

vastissimae beluae,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;

ad figuram quae vastior?

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:

in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,

id. ib. 3, 9, 7:

fossa vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

solitudines,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

campi,

Verg. A. 3, 13:

Charybdis,

Lucr. 1, 722:

antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,

Ov. M. 12, 236:

antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 52:

hiatus speluncae,

id. ib. 6, 237:

suspectus turris,

id. ib. 9, 530:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 322:

arma,

Verg. A. 10, 768:

corpus,

Col. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:

iter,

i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:

certamen,

Verg. A. 12, 553:

impetus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,

Gell. 5, 17, 5:

tempestas,

Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

vapores vastissimi,

id. 2, 20, 1:

clamor,

Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:

murmur,

Verg. A. 1, 245:

latratus,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

tonitru,

Val. Fl. 1, 617:

pondus,

Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—

Trop.:

vastus animus,

i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:

quam vasta potentia nostra est,

Ov. M. 2, 520:

varia vastaque scientia,

Col. 1, pr. 28:

nefas,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.

(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:

ne vastius diducantur verba,

id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:

vaste cedentia litora,

Mel. 1, 1, 4:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530:

vastius podagra correpti,

Scrib. Comp. 107.

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