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  • 1 dūrus

        dūrus adj.    with comp. and sup, hard (to the touch): silex, V.: ferrum, H.: bipennes, H.: cutis, O.: corpus, impenetrable, O.: dumeta, i. e. rough, O.: gallina, tough, H.—As subst n.: nil extra est in nuce duri, no shell, H.—Hard, harsh, of a taste: sapor Bacchi, V. — Of a sound, C. — Fig., rough, rude, uncultivated: oratione et moribus: poëta durissimus: durior ad haec studia: virtus, Ta.: gens duro robore nata, V.: componere versūs, H. — Hardy, vigorous, rough: Spartiatae: in armis genus, L.: vindemiator, H.: ilia messorum, H.: iuvenci, O. — Harsh, rough, stern, unyielding, unfeeling, pitiless, insensible, obstinate: pater, T.: se durum agrestemque praebere: durior Diogenes: iudex durior: duri hominis vel potius vix hominis videtur: nos dura aetas, H.: ōs, shameless, impudent, T.: ore durissimo esse: ferrum, cruel, V.: aures, V.: flectere (me) Mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.—Of things, hard, severe, toilsome, oppressive, distressing, burdensome, adverse: provincia, T.: fortuna: hiemps: venatus, O.: durissimo tempore anni, inclement, Cs.: valetudo, H.: dolores, V.: iter, V.: proelia, V.: Durum: sed levius fit patientiā, etc., H.: hi, si quid erat durius, concurrebant, a difficulty, Cs.: si nihil esset durius, Cs.— Plur n. as subst, hardships, difficulties: Siccis omnia dura deus proposuit, H.: multa, V.: ego dura tuli, O.
    * * *
    dura -um, durior -or -us, durissimus -a -um ADJ
    hard, stern; harsh, rough, vigorous; cruel, unfeeling, inflexible; durable

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  • 2 asper

        asper era, erum (poet., abl plur. aspris, V.), adj. with comp. and sup.    [ab + spes], without hope, adverse, calamitous, troublesome, cruel, perilous: tempora: oppugnatio, Cs.: mala res, spes multo asperior, S.: venatus, V.: fata, V. — As subst: aspera multa pertulit, hardships, H. — Of nature and character, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, cruel: homo naturā: Iuno, V.: iuvenis monitoribus, H.: asperrimi ad condicionem pacis, L.: rebus non asper egenis, V.: cladibus asper, exasperated, O.: doctrina asperior: fores, i. e. of a cruel mistress, H.: Asperior tribulis (Galatea). more unfeeling, O. — Wild, savage, fierce: (anguis) siti, V.: tactu leo, H.: facetiae.—Of climate, harsh, severe: caelo Germania, Ta.: hiemps, S.: asperrimo hiemis, in the depth, Ta. — Of style, harsh: oratio. — Rough, uneven: regio: loca, Cs.: rura dumis, V.: rubus, prickly, V.: aequora ventis, H.: pocula signis, i. e. wrought in relief, V.: frons cornu, O.: capilli (i. e. hirsuti), H.: maria, stormy, V.: vinum, harsh, T.: pronuntiationis genus, rough: littera, i. e. the letter r, O.
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    I
    aspera -um, asperior -or -us, asperrimus -a -um ADJ
    rude/unrefined; cruel/violent/savage/raging/drastic; stern/severe/bitter; hard; rough/uneven/shaggy, coarse, harsh; embossed/encrusted; (mint condition coins); sharp/pointed, jagged/irregular, rugged/severe; sour, pungent, grating, keen
    II
    aspra -um, asprior -or -us, asprissimus -a -um ADJ
    rough/uneven, coarse/harsh; sharp/pointed; rude; savage; pungent; keen; bitter

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  • 3 crūdēlis

        crūdēlis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [crudus], rude, unfeeling, hard, unmerciful, hard - hearted, cruel, severe, fierce: mulier: in calamitate hominis: cenatus in conservandā patriā: in eos: in patriam: gratuito, S.: ecquid crudelius?: crudelior in nos Te, H.: tanto amori, Pr.: crudelissimi hostes: parricidae, S. — Of things, cruel, pitiless, harsh, bitter: bellum: res auditu: poena in cives: facinora, S.: arae, of blood, V.: verber, O.: crudele, suos addicere amores, O.: amor tauri, fierce, V.: crudelior mens, O.: manūs crudelissimae.
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    crudele, crudelior -or -us, crudelissimus -a -um ADJ
    cruel/hardhearted/unmerciful/severe, bloodthirsty/savage/inhuman; harsh/bitter

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  • 4 crūdus

        crūdus adj. with comp.    [CRV-], bloody, bleeding, trickling with blood: volnera, O.: exta, L.— With full stomach, stuffed with food, dyspeptic: qui de conviviis auferantur crudi: pilā ludere inimicum crudis, H.: (homo) crudior: bos, H.—Unripe, immature, crude, raw: poma: equa marito, H.: servitium, too new, Ta.—Fresh, vigorous: senectus, V., Ta.—Unprepared, immature, raw, crude: caestus, of raw hide, V.: rudis cortice crudo hasta, V.: pavo, undigested, Iu.: quia crudus fuerit, hoarse.—Fig., rough, unfeeling, cruel, merciless: ille precantem defodit Crudus humo, O.: ensis, V.: tyrannis, Iu.
    * * *
    cruda -um, crudior -or -us, crudissimus -a -um ADJ
    raw; bloody/bleeding; crude, cruel, rough, merciless; fierce/savage; grievous; youthful/hardy/vigorous; fresh/green/immature; undigested; w/undigested food

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  • 5 ferreus

        ferreus adj.    [ferrum], made of iron, iron: clavi, Cs.: manūs, Cs.: anulus, Ta.: imber, V.: ager, i. e. glistening with weapons, V.—Fig., hard, unfeeling, hard-hearted, cruel: virtus: quis tam fuit ferreus?: praecordia, O.: ōs, shameless: proles, i. e. the iron age, C. poët.— Firm, fixed, rigid, unyielding, immovable: in patientiā laboris corpus, L.: vox, V.: iura, V.: Somnus, i. e. death, V. decreta Sororum, O.
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    ferrea, ferreum ADJ
    iron, made of iron; cruel, unyielding; (blue)

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  • 6 immemor (in-m-)

        immemor (in-m-) oris, abl. orī, adj.,    unmindful, not thinking, forgetful, regardless, negligent, heedless: ingenium: mens, Ct.: Instamus tamen inmemores, V.: rerum a me gestarum: benefici, T.: coniugis, H.: in testando nepotis, L.: herbarum (iuvenca), V.: pectus, unfeeling, Ct.

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  • 7 māteria and māteriēs

        māteria and māteriēs ae, acc. am and em, f    [mater], stuff, matter, material, timber, substance: earum (navium) materiā ad reliquas reficiendas uti, Cs.: rerum, ex quā et in quā sunt omnia: materiam superabat opus, O.: si nihil valet materies: consumpserat omnem Materiam, means of subsistence, O.—Fig., a subject, matter, subject-matter, topic, ground, theme: artis: bella ad iocandum: materies crescit mihi, the subject grows on me: aequa Viribus, suited to your powers, H.— A cause, occasion, source, opportunity: gloriae suae: seditionis: ratio cui et fortuna ipsa prae<*> buit materiam, L.: criminandi, L.: materiam invidiae dare: iocorum, Iu.— A resource, store: consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti, O.— Naturai abilities, capacity, disposition: fac, fuisse in isto Catonis materiem: ingentis publice privatimque decoris, L.: ad cupiditatem, L.: materiā digna perire tuā, unfeeling disposition, O.

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  • 8 piger

        piger gra, grum, adj. with comp. pigrior, and sup. pigerrimus    [PAC-], unwilling, reluctant, averse, backward: gens pigerrima ad militaria opera, L.: pigriores ad cetera munia exequenda, Cu.— Slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive: senectus, O.: (apes) frigore, V.: taurus ipsā mole, Iu.: mare, sluggish, Ta.: annus, H.: bellum, tedious, O.: campus, unfruitful, H.: sopor, benumbing, Ct.: frigus, Tb.: dolabra, lazily handled, Iu.: in re militari: militiae, H.: scribendi ferre laborem, H. — Dull, unfeeling: pigro perire situ, O.
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    pigra, pigrum ADJ
    lazy, slow, dull

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  • 9 inhumanus

    inhumana -um, inhumanior -or -us, inhumanissimus -a -um ADJ
    rude, discourteous, churlish; unfeeling, inhuman; uncultured; superhuman

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  • 10 calleo

    callĕo, ēre, v. n. and a. [callum].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    Lit., to be callous, to be thickskinned (rare):

    plagis costae callent,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 258, 10:

    callent rure manus,

    Auct. Aetn. 260; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211.—
    B.
    Trop.
    * 1.
    To be hardened, insensible, unfeeling: in illis rebus exercitatus animus callere jam debet atque omnia minoris existimare, Serv. Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2; cf. callisco.—
    2.
    To be practised, to be wise by experience, to be skilful, versed in; in a pun on the literal sense A. supra:

    callum aprugnum callere aeque non sinam,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 2; cf. id. ib. v. 1; so id. Pers. 2, 5, 4:

    omnes homines ad suum quaestum callent,

    id. Truc. 5, 40 (cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 62: callidus ad quaestum); Amm. 15, 2, 4: melius quam viri callent mulieres, Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 28 Rib.):

    satin' astu et fallendo callet?

    id. ib. p. 258, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 475 ib.):

    quod periti sumus in vitā atque usu callemus magis,

    id. ib. 258, 5:

    si in re navali, cujus esset ignarus, offendisset, eo plus in ea, quorum usu calleret, spei nactus,

    Liv. 35, 26, 10:

    cottidiano usu ejus (negotii) callebant,

    Val. Max. 8, 12, 1; Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 91; 9, 29, 46, § 86:

    augurandi studio Galli praeter caeteros callent,

    Just. 24, 4, 3: arte, Ser. ap. Non. p. 258, 2; Sol. 8:

    bellis callere,

    by military experience, Sil. 6, 90 sq.: fidibus, App. Flor. n. 18.—
    II.
    Act., to know by experience or practice, to know, have the knowledge of, understand (freq., esp. in the poets;

    in Cic. very rare): memini et scio et calleo et commemini,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 52; id. Poen. 3, 1, 71:

    cuncta perdocte callet,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 122:

    alicujus sensum,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 17: istaec malitiosa non tam calleo, Afran. ap. Non. p. 482, 10 (Com. Rel. v. 124 Rib.):

    in colubras callet cantiunculam,

    Pompon. ib. 482, 9 (Com. Rel. v. 118 ib.):

    jura,

    Cic. Balb. 14, 32; Gell. 16, 10, 3:

    urbanas rusticasque res pariter,

    Liv. 39, 40, 4:

    artem,

    Tac. A. 13, 3:

    legitimum sonum digitis callemus et aure,

    Hor. A. P. 274 al. —
    (β).
    With inf. as object: multaque de rerum mixturā dicere callent, * Lucr. 2, 978; Hor. C. 4, 9, 49; Juv. 4, 142; Pers. 5, 105.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and inf.: quem Marcellini consiliarium fuisse callebant, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 258, 8.—
    (δ).
    With rel.-clause:

    quo pacto id fieri soleat, calleo,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 37.—Hence, callens, entis, P. a., acquainted with, versed in, skilful, expert (very rare):

    qui sunt vaticinandi callentes,

    Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 182:

    utriusque linguae,

    Gell. 17, 5, 3:

    bellandi,

    Amm. 16, 12, 32.—
    * Adv.: callenter, skilfully, cunningly; for the class. callide, App. M. 4, p. 150, 3.

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  • 11 crudele

    crūdēlis, e, adj. [cf. Gr. kruos; Lat. crudus, cruor, caro], morally rude or unfeeling, with exclusive reference to conduct towards persons or things, hard, unmerciful, hard-hearted, cruel, severe, fierce (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Of living subjects.
    (α).
    With in and abl.: crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratris, Lucr. 3, 72; cf.:

    crudelis in calamitate hominis consularis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198:

    cui nimis videtur senatus in conservandā patriā fuisse crudelis,

    id. Pis. 8, 17.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    cum in eos, quos numquam viderat, tam crudelis fuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 22:

    in liberos atque in sanguinem suum,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 34:

    in quos Sulla crudelis hoc socio fuisset,

    id. Att. 9, 14, 2:

    in patriam,

    id. Cat. 4, 6, 13; Liv. 2, 56, 7.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    crudelem Castorem, ne dicam sceleratum et impium!

    Cic. Deiot. 1, 2:

    crudelis atque importuna mulier,

    id. Clu. 63, 177:

    malus atque crudelis,

    Sall. C. 16, 3:

    o crudelis adhuc, etc.,

    Hor. C. 4, 10, 1:

    Neptunus tanto amori,

    Prop. 2 (3), 26, 45 et saep.— Comp.:

    ecquid acerbius? ecquid crudelius?

    Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2:

    magis timeo ne in eum exsistam crudelior,

    id. ib. 10, 11, 3:

    heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos Te deus?

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 61.— Sup.:

    parricidae,

    Sall. C. 52, 31.—
    II.
    Of inanimate subjects:

    crudele et exitiosum bellum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 7:

    o rem cum auditu crudelem tum visu nefariam,

    id. Planc. 41, 99:

    poena in cives crudelis,

    id. Phil. 11, 1, 1:

    in tam crudelem necessitatem incidere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 25, 60:

    facinora (with foeda),

    Sall. C. 11, 4:

    crudele intolerandumque imperium (opp. justissimum atque optimum),

    id. ib. 10, 6:

    sententia,

    id. ib. 51, 17:

    consilia,

    Cat. 64, 175; cf. id. 64, 136:

    pestes,

    id. 69, 9; cf. id. 64, 76:

    venenum vitae nostrae,

    id. 77, 5:

    ferrum,

    Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43:

    verber,

    Ov. F. 2, 695:

    poena,

    id. M. 2, 612; Verg. A. 6, 585:

    egestas,

    Val. Fl. 4, 459 et saep.:

    quid faciat? crudele, suos addicere amores,

    Ov. M. 1, 617.— Comp.:

    ignis,

    Cat. 62, 20:

    janua,

    Prop. 1, 16, 17:

    mens,

    Ov. M. 11, 701:

    quid crudelius, quam? etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 85. — Sup.:

    nomen tyranni,

    Nep. Dion, 1, 4:

    manus,

    Petr. 105:

    caedes,

    Suet. Calig. 30.— Hence, advv.
    a.
    crūdēlĕ (prop. neutr. sing. of adj.), cruelly, etc., Stat. Th. 3, 211; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 340; id. in Eutr. 2, 108. —
    b.
    crūdēlĭter, cruelly, in a cruel manner (very freq.), Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; Caes. B. G. 7, 38; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 9; Suet. Tib. 61 al.— Comp., Liv. 31, 29, 11; Cat. 62, 24; Ov. M. 3, 442.— Sup., Cic. Sull. 27, 75; id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Caes. B. C. 1, 2 fin.; Nep. Eum. 6, 3 et saep.

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  • 12 crudelis

    crūdēlis, e, adj. [cf. Gr. kruos; Lat. crudus, cruor, caro], morally rude or unfeeling, with exclusive reference to conduct towards persons or things, hard, unmerciful, hard-hearted, cruel, severe, fierce (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Of living subjects.
    (α).
    With in and abl.: crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratris, Lucr. 3, 72; cf.:

    crudelis in calamitate hominis consularis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198:

    cui nimis videtur senatus in conservandā patriā fuisse crudelis,

    id. Pis. 8, 17.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    cum in eos, quos numquam viderat, tam crudelis fuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 22:

    in liberos atque in sanguinem suum,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 34:

    in quos Sulla crudelis hoc socio fuisset,

    id. Att. 9, 14, 2:

    in patriam,

    id. Cat. 4, 6, 13; Liv. 2, 56, 7.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    crudelem Castorem, ne dicam sceleratum et impium!

    Cic. Deiot. 1, 2:

    crudelis atque importuna mulier,

    id. Clu. 63, 177:

    malus atque crudelis,

    Sall. C. 16, 3:

    o crudelis adhuc, etc.,

    Hor. C. 4, 10, 1:

    Neptunus tanto amori,

    Prop. 2 (3), 26, 45 et saep.— Comp.:

    ecquid acerbius? ecquid crudelius?

    Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2:

    magis timeo ne in eum exsistam crudelior,

    id. ib. 10, 11, 3:

    heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos Te deus?

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 61.— Sup.:

    parricidae,

    Sall. C. 52, 31.—
    II.
    Of inanimate subjects:

    crudele et exitiosum bellum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 7:

    o rem cum auditu crudelem tum visu nefariam,

    id. Planc. 41, 99:

    poena in cives crudelis,

    id. Phil. 11, 1, 1:

    in tam crudelem necessitatem incidere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 25, 60:

    facinora (with foeda),

    Sall. C. 11, 4:

    crudele intolerandumque imperium (opp. justissimum atque optimum),

    id. ib. 10, 6:

    sententia,

    id. ib. 51, 17:

    consilia,

    Cat. 64, 175; cf. id. 64, 136:

    pestes,

    id. 69, 9; cf. id. 64, 76:

    venenum vitae nostrae,

    id. 77, 5:

    ferrum,

    Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43:

    verber,

    Ov. F. 2, 695:

    poena,

    id. M. 2, 612; Verg. A. 6, 585:

    egestas,

    Val. Fl. 4, 459 et saep.:

    quid faciat? crudele, suos addicere amores,

    Ov. M. 1, 617.— Comp.:

    ignis,

    Cat. 62, 20:

    janua,

    Prop. 1, 16, 17:

    mens,

    Ov. M. 11, 701:

    quid crudelius, quam? etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 85. — Sup.:

    nomen tyranni,

    Nep. Dion, 1, 4:

    manus,

    Petr. 105:

    caedes,

    Suet. Calig. 30.— Hence, advv.
    a.
    crūdēlĕ (prop. neutr. sing. of adj.), cruelly, etc., Stat. Th. 3, 211; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 340; id. in Eutr. 2, 108. —
    b.
    crūdēlĭter, cruelly, in a cruel manner (very freq.), Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; Caes. B. G. 7, 38; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 9; Suet. Tib. 61 al.— Comp., Liv. 31, 29, 11; Cat. 62, 24; Ov. M. 3, 442.— Sup., Cic. Sull. 27, 75; id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Caes. B. C. 1, 2 fin.; Nep. Eum. 6, 3 et saep.

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  • 13 crudus

    crūdus, a, um, adj. [root kru-, of Gr. kruos; cf. cruor, crudelis], bloody, bleeding, trickling with blood, etc.
    I.
    Prop. (so rare):

    vulnus,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

    vulnera,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 19; id. P. 1, 3, 16.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of food, raw, not cooked: quid tu curas, utrum [p. 485] crudum an coctum edim? Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 15:

    exta,

    Liv. 29, 27, 5:

    carnem mandere,

    Suet. Ner. 37.—So also of undigested food:

    pavo,

    Juv. 1, 143; cf.

    trop.: lectio non cruda sed multā iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

    Quint. 10, 1, 19;

    and, alvus,

    Cato, R. R. 125:

    qui crudum ructat,

    i. e. when undigested food rises in the stomach, Cels. 1, 2; v. ructo.— Transf., of persons suffering from indigestion, etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23; Quint. 11, 3, 27; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49; id. Ep. 1, 6, 61:

    crudior,

    Cic. Clu. 60, 168; cf. cruditas; so,

    bos,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 6 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, in a pun, Mart. 3, 13, 3 sq.—
    B.
    In gen., of all physical or moral crudeness, immaturity, roughness, etc.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Unripe, immature, crude:

    poma ex arboribus, cruda si sunt, vix evelluntur, si matura et cocta, decidunt,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 71:

    pruna (opp. maturissima),

    Col. 12, 10, 3:

    muria (opp. matura),

    id. 12, 6, 2 al.:

    palmes,

    Luc. 4, 317 (viridis, Schol.);

    of an abscess,

    not mature, Cels. 5, 28, 11:

    puella,

    Mart. 8, 64, 11; cf. Hor. C. 3, 11, 12:

    funera nepotis,

    premature, early, Stat. Th. 9, 391; cf. id. Achill. 1, 478:

    amor,

    yet young, fresh, id. Th. 2, 341; cf.:

    crudum adhuc servitium,

    Tac. A. 1, 8 fin.:

    adhuc studia,

    Petr. 4:

    crudi sine viribus anni,

    Sil. 12, 348:

    juventus,

    not yet armed, id. 3, 302; Claud. Cons. Hon. 3, 42.—
    (β).
    Opp. to age, and the weakness arising from age, fresh, vigorous:

    jam senior, sed cruda deo viridisque senectus,

    Verg. A. 6, 304;

    imitated by Tac.: quibus cruda ac viridis senectus,

    Tac. Agr. 29: cf.

    meus,

    Sil. 5, 569.—
    b.
    Unprepared, immature, raw, crude:

    crudum et immotum solum,

    Col. 2, 2, 25; cf. Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179:

    pix,

    Col. 12, 20, 6:

    corium,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.; for which, poet., taurus, Val. Fl. 4, 250;

    and, caestus,

    made of raw hide, undressed leather, Verg. A. 5, 69:

    rudis cortice crudo hasta,

    id. ib. 9, 743.—Of verses, unpolished, rude:

    junctura addita crudis (numeris),

    Pers. 1, 92 (cf.:

    si forte aliquid decoctius audis,

    id. 1, 125).—Of the voice, rough, hoarse:

    quia crudus fuerit,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 125.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Raw, not prepared or matured:

    ut cibos mansos ac prope liquefactos demittimus, quo facilius digerantur, ita lectio non cruda, sed multā iteratione mollita et velut confecta memoriae tradatur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 19.—
    b.
    Rough, unfeeling, cruel, merciless ( poet.).
    (α).
    Of personal subjects:

    dicat me Crudum virum esse,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 14; id. Poen. 5, 2, 148; Ov. M. 4, 240:

    Getae,

    id. Tr. 5, 3, 8:

    cena, crude Thyesta, tua,

    Mart. 4, 49, 4:

    crudus et leti artifex,

    Sen. Hippol. 1220.—More freq.,
    (β).
    Of things as subjects:

    bella,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 58:

    ensis,

    Verg. A. 10, 682; cf. Sil. 7, 113; Stat. Th. 10, 342:

    tyrannis,

    Juv. 8, 223: crudissimum pistrinum, most rude, uncultivated, Cassius ap. Suet. Aug. 4.— Adv. not in use.

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  • 14 dura

    dūrus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root dhar, to fix, confirm], hard.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Orig. as affecting the sense of feeling:

    et validi silices ac duri robora ferri,

    Lucr. 2, 449; so,

    silex,

    Verg. A. 6, 471:

    ferrum,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 31:

    cautes,

    Verg. A. 4, 366; Ov. M. 4, 672:

    bipennes,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 57:

    ligones,

    id. Epod. 5, 30:

    aratrum,

    id. S. 1, 1, 28:

    compes,

    id. Epod. 4, 4:

    pellis,

    Lucr. 6, 1195; Verg. G. 3, 502:

    arva,

    id. ib. 2, 341; cf.

    cutis,

    Ov. M. 8, 805:

    alvus,

    Cels. 6, 18, 9; Hor. S. 2, 4, 27: aqua, hard, i. e. containing much earthy matter, Cels. 2, 30 fin.; cf.

    muria,

    saturated with salt, Col. 6, 30 fin.; 12, 6, 1 et saep., v. muria:

    dumeta,

    i. e. rough, Ov. M. 1, 105 et saep.:

    gallina,

    tough, not yet boiled tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 18; cf.:

    fungi, qui in coquendo duriores fient,

    Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 99 et saep.— Sup.:

    ladanum durissimum tactu,

    Plin. 26, 8, 30, § 48; cf.:

    durissimus tophus vel carbunculus,

    Col. 3, 11, 7 et saep.—As subst.: dūrum, i, n.
    (α).
    E duro (sc. ligno), of the hardened wood of the vine, Col. 3, 6, 2; 3, 10, 15; 21 et saep.; cf. duramentum.—
    (β).
    Durum cacare, Mart. 3, 89, 2.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    As affecting the sense of taste:

    vinum, opp. suavis,

    hard, harsh, Pall. Oct. 14, 5; cf.:

    sapor Bacchi,

    Verg. G. 4, 102:

    acetum,

    Ser. Samm. 40 and 351.—
    2.
    As affecting the ear:

    vocis genera permulta:... grave acutum, flexibile durum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 15 and 32.—Hence, in rhet., hard, rough (cf. asper, II.):

    aspera et dura et dissoluta et hians oratio,

    Quint. 8, 6, 62:

    consonantes,

    id. 11, 3, 35:

    syllabae,

    id. 12, 10, 30:

    verba,

    id. 8, 3, 32 sq.; cf. id. 1, 5, 72:

    compositio,

    id. 9, 4, 142.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Opp. to cultivated, rough, rulde, uncultivated:

    Q. Aelius Tubero ut vita sic oratione durus, incultus, horridus,

    Cic. Brut. 31; cf.:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores, et oratione et moribus,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78; id. Mur. 29:

    Attilius poëta durissimus,

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3:

    C. Marius, qui durior ad haec studia videbatur,

    id. Arch. 9, 19; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 93; 8 prooem. § 26; Hor. S. 1, 4, 8 al.:

    pictor durus in coloribus,

    Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 7: Fauni, gens duro robore nata, Verg. A. 8, 315; cf.:

    terrea progenies duris caput extulit arvis,

    id. G. 2, 341; cf. also Stat. Th. 4, 276 sq.; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 8.—
    2.
    But sometimes as a praiseworthy quality, opp. to soft, weakly, hardy, vigorous (esp. freq. in poets):

    fortes et duri Spartiatae,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 43; cf.:

    Ligures, durum in armis genus,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    durum genus experiensque laborum,

    hardy, Ov. M. 1, 414:

    unde homines nati, durum genus,

    Verg. G. 1, 63 (cf. laas and laos, Pind. Ol. 9, 71):

    gens dura atque aspera cultu,

    a hardy race, id. A. 5, 730:

    genus humanum durius, tellus quod dura creāsset,

    Lucr. 5, 926:

    Dardanidae,

    Verg. A. 3, 94:

    Hannibal,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 2:

    Iberia,

    id. ib. 4, 14, 50:

    vindemiator,

    id. S. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    ilia messorum,

    id. Epod. 3, 4:

    juvenci,

    Ov. M. 3, 584 et saep. —
    B.
    Opp. to morally mild, gentle, harsh, rough, stern, unyielding, unfeeling, insensible, obstinate:

    quis se tam durum agrestemque praeberet, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 43, 148; cf.:

    quis nostrum animo tam agresti et duro fuit, ut? etc.,

    id. Arch. 8:

    neque sunt audiendi, qui virtutem duram et quasi ferream esse quandam volunt,

    id. Lael. 13 fin.;

    ingenio esse duro atque inexorabili,

    Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 12:

    satis pater durus fui,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 39; Cic. Cael. 16; Hor. S. 1, 2, 17:

    Varius qui est habitus judex durior,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 62: cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 4:

    mala vel duri lacrimas motura Catonis,

    Luc. 9, 50: duriorem se praebere alicujus miserae et afflictae fortunae, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13 A (cf. opp. at the end of the letter: se placabiliorem praebere):

    duri hominis vel potius vix hominis videtur, periculum capitis inferre multis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 14, 50; Hor. C. 4, 1, 7:

    quid nos dura refugimus aetas?

    id. ib. 1, 35, 34:

    ōs durum,

    shameless, impudent, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36 Ruhnk.; Cic. Quint. 24 fin.; Ov. M. 5, 451:

    cor,

    Vulg. Sirach, 3, 27 et saep. Of the austerity of the Stoic mode of living, v. above, A.—
    C.
    Of things, hard, severe, toilsome; troublesome, burdensome, disagreeable; adverse, unfortunate:

    opulento homini hoc servitus dura est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 12; so,

    servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44; 2, 25; cf.

    lex,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 6, 1:

    condicio,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 6 fin.:

    provincia,

    Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 23; cf.

    partes,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 62; Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A:

    dolor,

    Lucr. 3, 460:

    labor,

    id. 5, 1272:

    subvectiones,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1:

    venatus,

    Ov. M. 4, 307:

    dura cultu et aspera plaga,

    Liv. 45, 30 fin.:

    durissimo tempore anni,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 2; cf. id. B. C. 3, 25, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 5 fin.:

    morbum acrem ac durum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119; cf.

    valetudo,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 88:

    dolores,

    Verg. A. 5, 5:

    frigus,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10:

    fames,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 6:

    pauperies,

    id. C. 4, 9, 49:

    causa,

    Lucr. 3, 485; Quint. 4, 1, 25; Hor. S. 1, 10, 26:

    nomen (opp. molle),

    Cic. Off. 1, 12:

    verbum,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    propositio,

    Quint. 4, 5, 5 et saep.: De. Etiamne id lex coëgit? Ph. Illud durum, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 8; so in the neutr. sing., Quint. 11, 1, 85; 12, 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 42 et saep.; cf.

    ellipt.: non vanae redeat sanguis imagini... Durum: sed levius fit patientia, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 19. In plur. subst.: dura, ōrum, n., hardships, difficulties:

    siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 2, 1, 141; Sen. Oedip. 208; Verg. A. 8, 522:

    ego dura tuli,

    Ov. M. 9, 544 al. (In fem. plur. ellipt., sc. partes, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 22 very dub.).— Comp.:

    hi, si quid erat durius, concurrebant,

    if any unusual difficulty occurred, Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 6; 5, 29, 6; id. B. C. 3, 94, 6.— Adv. posit. in two forms: dūrĭter and dūre.
    A.
    (Acc. to 1. A.) Hardly:

    juga premunt duriter colla (boum),

    Vitr. 10, 8.— Comp.:

    durius,

    Vitr. 10, 15 fin. —
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.-C.)
    1.
    Hardly, stiffly, awkwardly:

    membra moventes Duriter,

    Lucr. 5, 1401:

    duriter,

    Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15; Gell. 17, 10, 15:

    dure,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66; Quint. 9, 4, 58; 10, 2, 19; Gell. 18, 11, 2.— Comp., Ov. R. Am. 337; Hor. S. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 8, 6, 24; 9, 4, 15; 117.—
    b.
    Hardily, rigorously, austerely:

    vitam parce ac duriter agebat,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 47; id. Ad. 1, 1, 20; Novius ap. Non. 512.—
    2.
    Harshly, roughly, sternly:

    quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit,

    Enn. Trag. v. 348 Vahl.:

    duriter,

    Afran. Com. v. 251 Rib.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28.— Comp., Cic. Lig. 6; id. Att. 1, 1, 4; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; Caes. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; Tac. Agr. 16; id. A. 3, 52; Sen. Ep. 8; Vulg. Gen. 42, 7.— Sup., Hadrian. in Dig. 47, 14, 1.—
    3.
    Hardly, unfavorably, unfortunately:

    durius cadentibus rebus,

    Suet. Tib. 14 fin.

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  • 15 durum

    dūrus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root dhar, to fix, confirm], hard.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Orig. as affecting the sense of feeling:

    et validi silices ac duri robora ferri,

    Lucr. 2, 449; so,

    silex,

    Verg. A. 6, 471:

    ferrum,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 31:

    cautes,

    Verg. A. 4, 366; Ov. M. 4, 672:

    bipennes,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 57:

    ligones,

    id. Epod. 5, 30:

    aratrum,

    id. S. 1, 1, 28:

    compes,

    id. Epod. 4, 4:

    pellis,

    Lucr. 6, 1195; Verg. G. 3, 502:

    arva,

    id. ib. 2, 341; cf.

    cutis,

    Ov. M. 8, 805:

    alvus,

    Cels. 6, 18, 9; Hor. S. 2, 4, 27: aqua, hard, i. e. containing much earthy matter, Cels. 2, 30 fin.; cf.

    muria,

    saturated with salt, Col. 6, 30 fin.; 12, 6, 1 et saep., v. muria:

    dumeta,

    i. e. rough, Ov. M. 1, 105 et saep.:

    gallina,

    tough, not yet boiled tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 18; cf.:

    fungi, qui in coquendo duriores fient,

    Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 99 et saep.— Sup.:

    ladanum durissimum tactu,

    Plin. 26, 8, 30, § 48; cf.:

    durissimus tophus vel carbunculus,

    Col. 3, 11, 7 et saep.—As subst.: dūrum, i, n.
    (α).
    E duro (sc. ligno), of the hardened wood of the vine, Col. 3, 6, 2; 3, 10, 15; 21 et saep.; cf. duramentum.—
    (β).
    Durum cacare, Mart. 3, 89, 2.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    As affecting the sense of taste:

    vinum, opp. suavis,

    hard, harsh, Pall. Oct. 14, 5; cf.:

    sapor Bacchi,

    Verg. G. 4, 102:

    acetum,

    Ser. Samm. 40 and 351.—
    2.
    As affecting the ear:

    vocis genera permulta:... grave acutum, flexibile durum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 15 and 32.—Hence, in rhet., hard, rough (cf. asper, II.):

    aspera et dura et dissoluta et hians oratio,

    Quint. 8, 6, 62:

    consonantes,

    id. 11, 3, 35:

    syllabae,

    id. 12, 10, 30:

    verba,

    id. 8, 3, 32 sq.; cf. id. 1, 5, 72:

    compositio,

    id. 9, 4, 142.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Opp. to cultivated, rough, rulde, uncultivated:

    Q. Aelius Tubero ut vita sic oratione durus, incultus, horridus,

    Cic. Brut. 31; cf.:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores, et oratione et moribus,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78; id. Mur. 29:

    Attilius poëta durissimus,

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3:

    C. Marius, qui durior ad haec studia videbatur,

    id. Arch. 9, 19; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 93; 8 prooem. § 26; Hor. S. 1, 4, 8 al.:

    pictor durus in coloribus,

    Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 7: Fauni, gens duro robore nata, Verg. A. 8, 315; cf.:

    terrea progenies duris caput extulit arvis,

    id. G. 2, 341; cf. also Stat. Th. 4, 276 sq.; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 8.—
    2.
    But sometimes as a praiseworthy quality, opp. to soft, weakly, hardy, vigorous (esp. freq. in poets):

    fortes et duri Spartiatae,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 43; cf.:

    Ligures, durum in armis genus,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    durum genus experiensque laborum,

    hardy, Ov. M. 1, 414:

    unde homines nati, durum genus,

    Verg. G. 1, 63 (cf. laas and laos, Pind. Ol. 9, 71):

    gens dura atque aspera cultu,

    a hardy race, id. A. 5, 730:

    genus humanum durius, tellus quod dura creāsset,

    Lucr. 5, 926:

    Dardanidae,

    Verg. A. 3, 94:

    Hannibal,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 2:

    Iberia,

    id. ib. 4, 14, 50:

    vindemiator,

    id. S. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    ilia messorum,

    id. Epod. 3, 4:

    juvenci,

    Ov. M. 3, 584 et saep. —
    B.
    Opp. to morally mild, gentle, harsh, rough, stern, unyielding, unfeeling, insensible, obstinate:

    quis se tam durum agrestemque praeberet, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 43, 148; cf.:

    quis nostrum animo tam agresti et duro fuit, ut? etc.,

    id. Arch. 8:

    neque sunt audiendi, qui virtutem duram et quasi ferream esse quandam volunt,

    id. Lael. 13 fin.;

    ingenio esse duro atque inexorabili,

    Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 12:

    satis pater durus fui,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 39; Cic. Cael. 16; Hor. S. 1, 2, 17:

    Varius qui est habitus judex durior,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 62: cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 4:

    mala vel duri lacrimas motura Catonis,

    Luc. 9, 50: duriorem se praebere alicujus miserae et afflictae fortunae, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13 A (cf. opp. at the end of the letter: se placabiliorem praebere):

    duri hominis vel potius vix hominis videtur, periculum capitis inferre multis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 14, 50; Hor. C. 4, 1, 7:

    quid nos dura refugimus aetas?

    id. ib. 1, 35, 34:

    ōs durum,

    shameless, impudent, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36 Ruhnk.; Cic. Quint. 24 fin.; Ov. M. 5, 451:

    cor,

    Vulg. Sirach, 3, 27 et saep. Of the austerity of the Stoic mode of living, v. above, A.—
    C.
    Of things, hard, severe, toilsome; troublesome, burdensome, disagreeable; adverse, unfortunate:

    opulento homini hoc servitus dura est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 12; so,

    servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44; 2, 25; cf.

    lex,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 6, 1:

    condicio,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 6 fin.:

    provincia,

    Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 23; cf.

    partes,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 62; Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A:

    dolor,

    Lucr. 3, 460:

    labor,

    id. 5, 1272:

    subvectiones,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1:

    venatus,

    Ov. M. 4, 307:

    dura cultu et aspera plaga,

    Liv. 45, 30 fin.:

    durissimo tempore anni,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 2; cf. id. B. C. 3, 25, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 5 fin.:

    morbum acrem ac durum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119; cf.

    valetudo,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 88:

    dolores,

    Verg. A. 5, 5:

    frigus,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10:

    fames,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 6:

    pauperies,

    id. C. 4, 9, 49:

    causa,

    Lucr. 3, 485; Quint. 4, 1, 25; Hor. S. 1, 10, 26:

    nomen (opp. molle),

    Cic. Off. 1, 12:

    verbum,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    propositio,

    Quint. 4, 5, 5 et saep.: De. Etiamne id lex coëgit? Ph. Illud durum, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 8; so in the neutr. sing., Quint. 11, 1, 85; 12, 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 42 et saep.; cf.

    ellipt.: non vanae redeat sanguis imagini... Durum: sed levius fit patientia, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 19. In plur. subst.: dura, ōrum, n., hardships, difficulties:

    siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 2, 1, 141; Sen. Oedip. 208; Verg. A. 8, 522:

    ego dura tuli,

    Ov. M. 9, 544 al. (In fem. plur. ellipt., sc. partes, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 22 very dub.).— Comp.:

    hi, si quid erat durius, concurrebant,

    if any unusual difficulty occurred, Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 6; 5, 29, 6; id. B. C. 3, 94, 6.— Adv. posit. in two forms: dūrĭter and dūre.
    A.
    (Acc. to 1. A.) Hardly:

    juga premunt duriter colla (boum),

    Vitr. 10, 8.— Comp.:

    durius,

    Vitr. 10, 15 fin. —
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.-C.)
    1.
    Hardly, stiffly, awkwardly:

    membra moventes Duriter,

    Lucr. 5, 1401:

    duriter,

    Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15; Gell. 17, 10, 15:

    dure,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66; Quint. 9, 4, 58; 10, 2, 19; Gell. 18, 11, 2.— Comp., Ov. R. Am. 337; Hor. S. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 8, 6, 24; 9, 4, 15; 117.—
    b.
    Hardily, rigorously, austerely:

    vitam parce ac duriter agebat,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 47; id. Ad. 1, 1, 20; Novius ap. Non. 512.—
    2.
    Harshly, roughly, sternly:

    quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit,

    Enn. Trag. v. 348 Vahl.:

    duriter,

    Afran. Com. v. 251 Rib.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28.— Comp., Cic. Lig. 6; id. Att. 1, 1, 4; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; Caes. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; Tac. Agr. 16; id. A. 3, 52; Sen. Ep. 8; Vulg. Gen. 42, 7.— Sup., Hadrian. in Dig. 47, 14, 1.—
    3.
    Hardly, unfavorably, unfortunately:

    durius cadentibus rebus,

    Suet. Tib. 14 fin.

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  • 16 durus

    dūrus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root dhar, to fix, confirm], hard.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Orig. as affecting the sense of feeling:

    et validi silices ac duri robora ferri,

    Lucr. 2, 449; so,

    silex,

    Verg. A. 6, 471:

    ferrum,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 31:

    cautes,

    Verg. A. 4, 366; Ov. M. 4, 672:

    bipennes,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 57:

    ligones,

    id. Epod. 5, 30:

    aratrum,

    id. S. 1, 1, 28:

    compes,

    id. Epod. 4, 4:

    pellis,

    Lucr. 6, 1195; Verg. G. 3, 502:

    arva,

    id. ib. 2, 341; cf.

    cutis,

    Ov. M. 8, 805:

    alvus,

    Cels. 6, 18, 9; Hor. S. 2, 4, 27: aqua, hard, i. e. containing much earthy matter, Cels. 2, 30 fin.; cf.

    muria,

    saturated with salt, Col. 6, 30 fin.; 12, 6, 1 et saep., v. muria:

    dumeta,

    i. e. rough, Ov. M. 1, 105 et saep.:

    gallina,

    tough, not yet boiled tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 18; cf.:

    fungi, qui in coquendo duriores fient,

    Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 99 et saep.— Sup.:

    ladanum durissimum tactu,

    Plin. 26, 8, 30, § 48; cf.:

    durissimus tophus vel carbunculus,

    Col. 3, 11, 7 et saep.—As subst.: dūrum, i, n.
    (α).
    E duro (sc. ligno), of the hardened wood of the vine, Col. 3, 6, 2; 3, 10, 15; 21 et saep.; cf. duramentum.—
    (β).
    Durum cacare, Mart. 3, 89, 2.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    As affecting the sense of taste:

    vinum, opp. suavis,

    hard, harsh, Pall. Oct. 14, 5; cf.:

    sapor Bacchi,

    Verg. G. 4, 102:

    acetum,

    Ser. Samm. 40 and 351.—
    2.
    As affecting the ear:

    vocis genera permulta:... grave acutum, flexibile durum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 15 and 32.—Hence, in rhet., hard, rough (cf. asper, II.):

    aspera et dura et dissoluta et hians oratio,

    Quint. 8, 6, 62:

    consonantes,

    id. 11, 3, 35:

    syllabae,

    id. 12, 10, 30:

    verba,

    id. 8, 3, 32 sq.; cf. id. 1, 5, 72:

    compositio,

    id. 9, 4, 142.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Opp. to cultivated, rough, rulde, uncultivated:

    Q. Aelius Tubero ut vita sic oratione durus, incultus, horridus,

    Cic. Brut. 31; cf.:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores, et oratione et moribus,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78; id. Mur. 29:

    Attilius poëta durissimus,

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3:

    C. Marius, qui durior ad haec studia videbatur,

    id. Arch. 9, 19; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 93; 8 prooem. § 26; Hor. S. 1, 4, 8 al.:

    pictor durus in coloribus,

    Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 7: Fauni, gens duro robore nata, Verg. A. 8, 315; cf.:

    terrea progenies duris caput extulit arvis,

    id. G. 2, 341; cf. also Stat. Th. 4, 276 sq.; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 8.—
    2.
    But sometimes as a praiseworthy quality, opp. to soft, weakly, hardy, vigorous (esp. freq. in poets):

    fortes et duri Spartiatae,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 43; cf.:

    Ligures, durum in armis genus,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    durum genus experiensque laborum,

    hardy, Ov. M. 1, 414:

    unde homines nati, durum genus,

    Verg. G. 1, 63 (cf. laas and laos, Pind. Ol. 9, 71):

    gens dura atque aspera cultu,

    a hardy race, id. A. 5, 730:

    genus humanum durius, tellus quod dura creāsset,

    Lucr. 5, 926:

    Dardanidae,

    Verg. A. 3, 94:

    Hannibal,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 2:

    Iberia,

    id. ib. 4, 14, 50:

    vindemiator,

    id. S. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    ilia messorum,

    id. Epod. 3, 4:

    juvenci,

    Ov. M. 3, 584 et saep. —
    B.
    Opp. to morally mild, gentle, harsh, rough, stern, unyielding, unfeeling, insensible, obstinate:

    quis se tam durum agrestemque praeberet, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 43, 148; cf.:

    quis nostrum animo tam agresti et duro fuit, ut? etc.,

    id. Arch. 8:

    neque sunt audiendi, qui virtutem duram et quasi ferream esse quandam volunt,

    id. Lael. 13 fin.;

    ingenio esse duro atque inexorabili,

    Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 12:

    satis pater durus fui,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 39; Cic. Cael. 16; Hor. S. 1, 2, 17:

    Varius qui est habitus judex durior,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 62: cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 4:

    mala vel duri lacrimas motura Catonis,

    Luc. 9, 50: duriorem se praebere alicujus miserae et afflictae fortunae, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13 A (cf. opp. at the end of the letter: se placabiliorem praebere):

    duri hominis vel potius vix hominis videtur, periculum capitis inferre multis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 14, 50; Hor. C. 4, 1, 7:

    quid nos dura refugimus aetas?

    id. ib. 1, 35, 34:

    ōs durum,

    shameless, impudent, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36 Ruhnk.; Cic. Quint. 24 fin.; Ov. M. 5, 451:

    cor,

    Vulg. Sirach, 3, 27 et saep. Of the austerity of the Stoic mode of living, v. above, A.—
    C.
    Of things, hard, severe, toilsome; troublesome, burdensome, disagreeable; adverse, unfortunate:

    opulento homini hoc servitus dura est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 12; so,

    servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44; 2, 25; cf.

    lex,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 6, 1:

    condicio,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 6 fin.:

    provincia,

    Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 23; cf.

    partes,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 62; Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A:

    dolor,

    Lucr. 3, 460:

    labor,

    id. 5, 1272:

    subvectiones,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1:

    venatus,

    Ov. M. 4, 307:

    dura cultu et aspera plaga,

    Liv. 45, 30 fin.:

    durissimo tempore anni,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 2; cf. id. B. C. 3, 25, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 5 fin.:

    morbum acrem ac durum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119; cf.

    valetudo,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 88:

    dolores,

    Verg. A. 5, 5:

    frigus,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10:

    fames,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 6:

    pauperies,

    id. C. 4, 9, 49:

    causa,

    Lucr. 3, 485; Quint. 4, 1, 25; Hor. S. 1, 10, 26:

    nomen (opp. molle),

    Cic. Off. 1, 12:

    verbum,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    propositio,

    Quint. 4, 5, 5 et saep.: De. Etiamne id lex coëgit? Ph. Illud durum, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 8; so in the neutr. sing., Quint. 11, 1, 85; 12, 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 42 et saep.; cf.

    ellipt.: non vanae redeat sanguis imagini... Durum: sed levius fit patientia, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 19. In plur. subst.: dura, ōrum, n., hardships, difficulties:

    siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 2, 1, 141; Sen. Oedip. 208; Verg. A. 8, 522:

    ego dura tuli,

    Ov. M. 9, 544 al. (In fem. plur. ellipt., sc. partes, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 22 very dub.).— Comp.:

    hi, si quid erat durius, concurrebant,

    if any unusual difficulty occurred, Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 6; 5, 29, 6; id. B. C. 3, 94, 6.— Adv. posit. in two forms: dūrĭter and dūre.
    A.
    (Acc. to 1. A.) Hardly:

    juga premunt duriter colla (boum),

    Vitr. 10, 8.— Comp.:

    durius,

    Vitr. 10, 15 fin. —
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.-C.)
    1.
    Hardly, stiffly, awkwardly:

    membra moventes Duriter,

    Lucr. 5, 1401:

    duriter,

    Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15; Gell. 17, 10, 15:

    dure,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66; Quint. 9, 4, 58; 10, 2, 19; Gell. 18, 11, 2.— Comp., Ov. R. Am. 337; Hor. S. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 8, 6, 24; 9, 4, 15; 117.—
    b.
    Hardily, rigorously, austerely:

    vitam parce ac duriter agebat,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 47; id. Ad. 1, 1, 20; Novius ap. Non. 512.—
    2.
    Harshly, roughly, sternly:

    quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit,

    Enn. Trag. v. 348 Vahl.:

    duriter,

    Afran. Com. v. 251 Rib.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28.— Comp., Cic. Lig. 6; id. Att. 1, 1, 4; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; Caes. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; Tac. Agr. 16; id. A. 3, 52; Sen. Ep. 8; Vulg. Gen. 42, 7.— Sup., Hadrian. in Dig. 47, 14, 1.—
    3.
    Hardly, unfavorably, unfortunately:

    durius cadentibus rebus,

    Suet. Tib. 14 fin.

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  • 17 ferreus

    ferrĕus, a, um, adj. [ferrum], made of iron, iron.
    I.
    Lit.:

    Britanni utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis... pro nummo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 4:

    vomer,

    Lucr. 1, 314:

    ensis,

    id. 5, 1293:

    furcae,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3; for which absol.:

    ferreae,

    Cato, R. R. 10, 3:

    clavi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 4:

    hami,

    id. ib. 7, 73 fin.:

    manus,

    id. B. C. 1, 57, 2; 1, 58, 4; 2, 6, 2:

    clathri,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21:

    fibula,

    Quint. 6, 3, 58:

    anulus,

    id. 7, 6, 8; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 9; Suet. Aug. 100:

    litterae imagunculae,

    id. ib. 7:

    Hercules,

    an iron statue of Hercules, Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 141.— Poet.: hastati spargunt hastas, fit ferreus imber, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 ed. Vahl.);

    imitated: imber,

    Verg. A. 12, 284; cf.:

    seges telorum,

    id. ib. 3, 45:

    ager,

    i. e. glistening with weapons, id. ib. 11, 601.—
    B.
    Transf., like or pertaining to iron:

    color,

    iron-color, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170:

    fabrica,

    the art of working iron, id. 7, 56, 57, § 198.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Hard, unfeeling, hard-hearted, cruel:

    qui virtutem duram et quasi ferream esse quandam volunt (opp. tenera atque tractabilis),

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48; cf.:

    quis tam fuit durus et ferreus, quis tam inhumanus, qui? etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; and:

    ferreus essem, si te non amarem,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

    ferus et ferreus,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3:

    ferus et vere ferreus,

    Tib. 1, 10, 2:

    quis tam esset ferreus, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

    o te ferreum, qui illius periculis non moveris!

    id. Att. 13, 30, 2:

    illa (carmina) tamen numquam ferrea dixit Amo,

    Prop. 2, 8, 12; Tib. 2, 3, 2; 3, 2, 2:

    praecordia,

    Ov. H. 12, 183:

    bella,

    id. ib. 13, 64:

    sors vitae (with difficilis),

    id. Tr. 5, 3, 28:

    os ferreum,

    shameless, impudent, Cic. Pis. 26, 63: ferrea tum vero proles exorta repente est, i. e. the iron age, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 63, 159; cf.

    saecula,

    Tib. 2, 3, 35.—
    B.
    With the idea of firmness, fixedness predominating, firm, fixed, rigid, unyielding, immovable:

    (Cato) in parsimonia, in patientia laboris periculique, ferrei prope corporis animique,

    Liv. 39, 40, 11:

    vox,

    Verg. G. 2, 44; id. A. 6, 626; cf.: scriptor (Atilius), Licin. poët. ap. Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

    jura,

    Verg. G. 2, 501: olli dura quies oculos et ferreus urget Somnus, ironsleep, i. e. death (a transl. of the Homeric chalkeos hupnos), Verg. A. 10, 745; 12, 309:

    decreta Sororum,

    Ov. M. 15, 781.

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  • 18 immemor

    immĕmor ( inm-), ŏris (ante-class. in the nom. sing. immemoris, Caecil. ap. Prisc. pp. 699 and 772 P.; Com. Fragm. v. 31 Rib.; abl. immemori, Sen. Ben. 7, 3, 2; Cat. 64, 123; 248;

    al. immemore,

    Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 3), adj. [in-memor], unmindful, not thinking, forgetful, regardless, negligent of a thing.
    I.
    Lit. (freq. and class.); constr. usually with gen.; less freq. absol. or with an inf.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    adeone immemor rerum a me gestarum esse videor?

    Cic. Sull. 30, 83:

    hesternorum immemores, acta pueritiae recordari,

    Quint. 11, 2, 6:

    beneficii,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 17:

    ne me immemorem mandati tui putares,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

    istius mandati tui,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 3:

    hujus rei,

    id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

    nec erat (L. Gellius) Romanarum rerum immemor,

    i. e. he was not ignorant of Roman history, id. Brut. 47, 174:

    venator tenerae conjugis immemor,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 26:

    immemor in testando nepotis,

    Liv. 1, 34, 3:

    omnium immemor difficultatum,

    id. 9, 31, 14:

    praedae,

    Tac. A. 14, 36:

    sepulcri,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 18:

    herbarum (juvenca),

    Verg. E. 8, 2:

    graminis (cervus),

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 30; cf.:

    qua cibi qua quietis inmemor nox traducta est,

    Liv. 9, 3, 4:

    salutis immemores,

    Curt. 7, 9.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    magna haec immemoris ingenii signa,

    Cic. Brut. 60, 218:

    immemori discedens pectore conjux,

    unfeeling, Cat. 64, 123:

    mente,

    id. ib. 249:

    possimne ingratus et immemor esse?

    Ov. M. 14, 173; 10, 682; 15, 122; Cat. 30, 1.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    nihili est, suum Qui officium facere immemor est, nisi adeo monitus,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 3; and with acc. and inf.:

    immemor, Chaeream Cassium nominari,

    never thinking, not considering, Suet. Calig. 57.—
    II.
    Transf., that causes forgetfulness, a poet. epithet of Lethe, Stat. S. 5, 2, 96; Sil. 16, 478; Sen. Herc. Oet. 936.

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  • 19 inmemor

    immĕmor ( inm-), ŏris (ante-class. in the nom. sing. immemoris, Caecil. ap. Prisc. pp. 699 and 772 P.; Com. Fragm. v. 31 Rib.; abl. immemori, Sen. Ben. 7, 3, 2; Cat. 64, 123; 248;

    al. immemore,

    Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 3), adj. [in-memor], unmindful, not thinking, forgetful, regardless, negligent of a thing.
    I.
    Lit. (freq. and class.); constr. usually with gen.; less freq. absol. or with an inf.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    adeone immemor rerum a me gestarum esse videor?

    Cic. Sull. 30, 83:

    hesternorum immemores, acta pueritiae recordari,

    Quint. 11, 2, 6:

    beneficii,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 17:

    ne me immemorem mandati tui putares,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

    istius mandati tui,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 3:

    hujus rei,

    id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

    nec erat (L. Gellius) Romanarum rerum immemor,

    i. e. he was not ignorant of Roman history, id. Brut. 47, 174:

    venator tenerae conjugis immemor,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 26:

    immemor in testando nepotis,

    Liv. 1, 34, 3:

    omnium immemor difficultatum,

    id. 9, 31, 14:

    praedae,

    Tac. A. 14, 36:

    sepulcri,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 18:

    herbarum (juvenca),

    Verg. E. 8, 2:

    graminis (cervus),

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 30; cf.:

    qua cibi qua quietis inmemor nox traducta est,

    Liv. 9, 3, 4:

    salutis immemores,

    Curt. 7, 9.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    magna haec immemoris ingenii signa,

    Cic. Brut. 60, 218:

    immemori discedens pectore conjux,

    unfeeling, Cat. 64, 123:

    mente,

    id. ib. 249:

    possimne ingratus et immemor esse?

    Ov. M. 14, 173; 10, 682; 15, 122; Cat. 30, 1.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    nihili est, suum Qui officium facere immemor est, nisi adeo monitus,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 3; and with acc. and inf.:

    immemor, Chaeream Cassium nominari,

    never thinking, not considering, Suet. Calig. 57.—
    II.
    Transf., that causes forgetfulness, a poet. epithet of Lethe, Stat. S. 5, 2, 96; Sil. 16, 478; Sen. Herc. Oet. 936.

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  • 20 materia

    mātĕrĭa, ae ( gen. materiāi, Lucr. 1, 1051), and mātĕrĭes, ēi (only in nom. and acc. sing., and once gen. plur. materierum, Lact. 2, 12, 1; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 383), f. [from same root with mater, q. v.], stuff, matter, materials of which any thing is composed; so the wood of a tree, vine, etc., timber for building (opp. lignum, wood for fuel); nutritive matter or substance for food (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    materia rerum, ex qua et in qua sunt omnia,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; cf. id. Ac. 1, 6, 7:

    materiam superabat opus,

    Ov. M. 2, 5:

    materiae apparatio,

    Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

    rudis,

    i. e. chaos, Luc. 2, 8; cf.: omnis fere materia nondum formata rudis appellatur, Cinc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 265 Müll.:

    (arbor) inter corticem et materiem,

    Col. 5, 11, 4:

    crispa,

    Plin. 16, 28, 51, § 119:

    materiae longitudo,

    Col. 4, 24, 3:

    vitis in materiam, frondemque effunditur,

    id. 4, 21, 2:

    si nihil valet materies,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    in eam insulam materiam, calcem, caementa, atque arma convexit,

    id. Mil. 27, 74:

    caesa,

    Col. 11, 2, 11; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 39:

    cornus non potest videri materies propter exilitatem, sed lignum,

    Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206:

    materiae, lignorum aggestus,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    videndum est ut materies suppetat scutariis,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35:

    proba materies est, si probum adhibes fabrum,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: imprimebatur sculptura materiae anuli, sive ex ferro sive ex auro foret, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11. — Plur.:

    deūm imagines mortalibus materiis in species hominum effingere,

    Tac. H. 5, 5.—Of food:

    imbecillissimam materiam esse omnem caulem oleris,

    Cels. 2, 18, 39 sqq.; cf. of the means of subsistence:

    consumere omnem materiam,

    Ov. M. 8, 876; matter, in gen.:

    materies aliqua mala erat,

    Aug. Conf. 7, 5, 2.—In abstract, matter, the material universe:

    Deus ex materia ortus est, aut materia ex Deo,

    Lact. 2, 8.—
    B.
    Esp., matter of suppuration, pus, Cels. 3, 27, 4.—
    II.
    Transf., a stock, race, breed:

    quod ex vetere materia nascitur, plerumque congeneratum parentis senium refert,

    Col. 7, 3, 15:

    generosa (equorum),

    id. 6, 27 init. —
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    The matter, subjectmatter, subject, topic, ground, theme of any exertion of the mental powers, as of an art or science, an oration, etc.: materiam artis eam dicimus in qua omnis ars et facultas, quae conficitur ex arte, versatur. Ut si medicinae materiam dicamus morbos ac vulnera, quod in his omnis medicina versetur;

    item quibus in rebus versatur ars et facultas oratoria, eas res materiam artis rhetoricae nominamus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 17:

    quasi materia, quam tractet, et in qua versetur, subjecta est veritas,

    id. Off. 1, 5, 16:

    est enim deformitatis et corporis vitiorum satis bella materies ad jocandum,

    id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; 1, 11, 49; id. Rosc. Com. 32, 89; id. Div. 2, 4, 12:

    sermonum,

    id. Q. Fr 1, 2, 1: materies crescit mihi, my matter (for writing about) increases, id. Att. 2, 12, 3: rei. id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

    aequa viribus,

    a subject suited to your powers, Hor. A. P. 38:

    infames,

    Gell. 17, 12, 1:

    extra materiam juris,

    the province, Gai. Inst. 2, 191.—
    B.
    A cause, occasion, source, opportunity (cf. mater, II.):

    quid enim odisset Clodium Milo segetem ac materiam suae gloriae?

    Cic. Mil. 13, 35 (for which shortly before:

    fons perennis gloriae suae): materies ingentis decoris,

    Liv. 1, 39, 3:

    non praebiturum se illi eo die materiam,

    id. 3, 46, 3:

    major orationis,

    id. 35, 12, 10:

    criminandi,

    id. 3, 31, 4:

    omnium malorum,

    Sall. C. 10:

    materiam invidiae dare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21:

    materiam bonitati dare,

    id. de Or. 2, 84, 342:

    scelerum,

    Just. 3, 2, 12:

    seditionis,

    id. 11, 5, 3:

    laudis,

    Luc. 8, 16:

    benefaciendi,

    Plin. Pan. 38:

    ne quid materiae praeberet Neroni,

    occasion of jealousy, Suet. Galb. 9:

    epistolae, quae materiam sermonibus praebuere,

    Tac. H. 4, 4:

    praebere materiam causasque jocorum,

    Juv. 3, 147:

    materiamque sibi ducis indulgentia quaerit,

    id. 7, 21.—
    C.
    Natural abilities, talents, genius, disposition:

    fac, fuisse in isto C. Laelii, M. Catonis materiem atque indolem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

    in animis humanis,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    materiam ingentis publice privatimade decoris omni indulgentia nostra nutriamus,

    Liv. 1, 39, 3:

    ad cupiditatem,

    id. 1, 46; Quint. 2, 4, 7.—Hence, one's nature, natural character:

    non sum materia digna perire tua,

    thy unfeeling disposition, Ov. H. 4, 86.—
    D.
    A subject, argument, course of thought, topic (post-Aug.):

    tertium diem esse, quod omni labore materiae ad scribendum destinatae non inveniret exordium,

    Quint. 10, 3, 14:

    argumentum plura significat... omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari,

    id. 5, 10, 9:

    video non futurum finem in ista materia ullum, nisi quem ipse mihi fecero,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 11:

    pulcritudinem materiae considerare,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 2; 2, 5, 5:

    materiam ex titulo cognosces,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 3 al. (materies animi est, materia arboris;

    et materies qualitas ingenii, materia fabris apta,

    Front. II. p. 481 Mai.; but this distinction is not observed by class. writers).

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  • unfeeling — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unsympathetic, harsh, or callous. 2) lacking physical sensation …   English terms dictionary

  • unfeeling — [unfēl′iŋ] adj. 1. incapable of feeling or sensation; insensate or insensible 2. incapable of sympathy or mercy; hardhearted; callous; cruel unfeelingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • unfeeling — [[t]ʌnfi͟ːlɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as unfeeling, you are criticizing them for their lack of kindness or sympathy for other people. [WRITTEN] He was branded an unfeeling bully who used his huge size to frighten… …   English dictionary

  • unfeeling — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. devoid of feeling ; insensate < an unfeeling corpse > 2. devoid of kindness or sympathy ; hardhearted, cruel < an unfeeling brute > • unfeelingly adverb • unfeelingness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unfeeling — adj. unfeeling towards * * * [ʌn fiːlɪŋ] unfeeling towards …   Combinatory dictionary

  • unfeeling — unfeelingly, adv. unfeelingness, n. /un fee ling/, adj. 1. not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate. 2. unsympathetic; callous: an intelligent but unfeeling man. [bef. 1000; ME; OE unfelende. See UN 1, FEEL, ING2] Syn. 1. numb. 2.… …   Universalium

  • unfeeling — un|feel|ing [ʌnˈfi:lıŋ] adj not sympathetic towards other people s feelings ▪ Dave had been quite wrong to call Michelle cold and unfeeling …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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