verba+alicui+dare

bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.

Attributively.

As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.

Vir bonus.

A man morally good (kalos kagathos):

quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:

omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:

ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,

id. Off. 3, 15, 64:

qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,

id. Lael. 5, 19:

non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,

id. Att. 7, 2, 4:

ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:

nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,

id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—

An honest man:

justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;

3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,

id. ib. 3, 19, 77:

quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,

id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—

A man of good standing in the community:

id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,

Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:

tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,

Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;

37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:

vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:

praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—

Ironically of bad men:

sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:

expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,

Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,

id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;

so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:

quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—

Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):

bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?

Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—

As a conventional courtesy:

homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

bone accusator,

id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:

sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,

gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—

Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:

in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—

With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:

bonus consul,

Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):

boni tribuni plebis,

Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:

bonus senator,

id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:

senator bonus,

id. Dom. 4, 8:

bonus judex,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:

bonus augur (ironically),

id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:

bonus vates,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:

bonus imperator,

Sall. C. 60, 4:

bonus dux,

Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:

naturam, optimam ducem,

the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):

bonus miles,

Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:

bonus orator,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

optimus orator,

id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:

poeta bonus,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

scriptor bonus,

Quint. 10, 1, 104:

bonus advocatus,

id. 5, 13, 10:

bonus defensor,

id. 5, 13, 3:

bonus altercator,

a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:

bonus praeceptor,

id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:

bonus gubernator,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

optimus opifex,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:

sutor bonus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 125:

actor optimus,

Cic. Sest. 57, 122:

cantor optimus est modulator,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:

melior gladiator,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

bonus paterfamilias,

a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:

bonus servus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

dominus bonus,

Cato, R. R. 14:

bonus custos,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:

filius bonus,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:

patres,

Quint. 11, 3, 178:

parens,

id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:

uxor melior,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

amicus,

id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

amicus optimus,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:

optimus testis,

Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:

auctor, in two senses,

good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;

and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),

Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:

bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,

id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:

optimus et fortissimus civis,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—

Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.

In gen.:

sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:

fata... bonique divi,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:

divis orte bonis,

id. ib. 4, 5, 1:

O bone deus!

Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—

Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:

(Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:

Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 36, 87:

in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,

id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:

nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—

Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:

di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:

di boni, boni quid porto!

Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:

di boni, quid hoc morbi est,

id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:

alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!

Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—

Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—

Optimus as a laudatory epithet.

Vir optimus:

per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,

Cic. Sest. 1, 2:

virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,

id. ib. 35, 76:

fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,

id. ib.:

consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,

id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—

Femina bona, optima:

tua conjunx bona femina,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,

id. ib. —

Senex, pater, frater, etc.:

optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

insuevit pater optimus hoc me,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:

C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—

With proper names ( poet.):

optimus Vergilius,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:

Maecenas optimus,

id. ib. 1, 5, 27:

optime Quinti,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—

Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:

quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?

Plin. Pan. 2, 7:

gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!

Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:

ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,

Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:

bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,

Ov. F. 2, 637:

optime Romulae Custos gentis,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—

Bonus and Bona, names of deities.

Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):

Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,

Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.

in mal. part.,

Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—

Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—

Bona Fortuna:

si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:

Bonae Fortunae (signum),

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:

FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,

Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —

Bona Spes:

Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:

BONAE SPEI,

Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—

BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:

Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,

Prop. 3, 24, 19.

With nouns denoting things.

Things concrete, denoting excellence:

navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,

id. ib. 76, 14:

id vinum erit lene et bono colore,

Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:

tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:

per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,

id. ib. 73; cf.:

bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:

praedium bonum caelum habeat,

good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:

bona tempestate,

in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

(praedium) solo bono valeat,

by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:

bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:

villam bonam,

Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:

bonus pons,

Cat. 17, 5:

scyphi optimi (= optime facti),

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

perbona toreumata,

id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §

38: bona domicilia,

comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

agrum Meliorem nemo habet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

fundum meliorem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:

equus melior,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

bona cena,

Cat. 13, 3:

boni nummi,

good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

super omnia vultus accessere boni,

good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:

mulier bona forma,

of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:

equus formae melioris,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:

tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,

fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:

fruges bonae,

Cat. 34, 19:

ova suci melioris,

of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:

animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:

bonum omen, 2. e.),

Quint. 6, 3, 69:

scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,

good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,

bona firmaque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 13.—

Things abstract.

Of physical well-being:

ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,

Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:

non bonus somnus de prandio est,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:

bona aetas,

prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

optima aetate,

id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:

bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—

Of the mind and soul:

meliore esse sensu,

Cic. Sest. 21, 47:

optima indoles,

id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

bona conscientia,

Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:

bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,

with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:

mens melior,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:

duos optimae indolis filios,

Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:

bonum consilium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

bona voluntas,

a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:

memoria bona,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,

id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

bonae rationes,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:

pronuntiatio bona,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—

Of moral relations:

ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;

v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,

Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:

fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,

of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:

bona studia,

moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

quidquid vita meliore parasti,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:

Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,

Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—

Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:

bono usui estis nulli,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:

Optumo optume optumam operam das,

id. Am. 1, 1, 122:

bonam dedistis mihi operam,

a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;

v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,

Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

bonum otium,

valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:

bonis versibus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

versus meliores,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:

meliora poemata,

Hor. A. P. 303:

in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

optimas fabulas,

id. Off. 1, 31, 114:

melius munus,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—

Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:

de Procilio rumores non boni,

unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:

bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,

about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:

si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,

id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.

fortuna optima esse,

to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:

occasio tam bona,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:

bona navigatio,

id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;

esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:

ego sum spe bona,

Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

optima spe,

id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;

v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,

more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:

melior interpretatio,

Tac. H. 3, 65:

cum laude et bonis recordationibus,

id. A. 4, 38:

amnis Doctus iter melius,

i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:

omen bonum,

a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.

Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,

Ov. F. 1, 221;

optimum,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:

bona scaeva,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:

auspicio optumo,

id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:

memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—

Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:

optima res publica,

id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

minus bonis temporibus,

id. Dom. 4, 8; so,

optimis temporibus,

id. Sest. 3, 6:

nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,

id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:

lex optima,

id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—

Good = large, considerable:

bono atque amplo lucro,

Plaut. Am. prol. 6:

bona librorum copia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:

bona copia cornu,

Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—

Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:

si bono genere natus sit,

Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—

Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.

Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:

primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

bona tua venia dixerim,

Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,

Liv. 7, 41, 3:

obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,

id. 6, 40, 10:

cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,

id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.

. sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—

Bona pax, without quarrelling:

bona pax sit potius,

let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;

so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,

without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—

Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:

igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,

Sall. J. 5, 5.—

Bona societas, alliance:

Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,

Tac. A. 1, 58.

In particular phrases.

Bonae res.

= Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:

concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:

optimis rebus usus est,

he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—

= Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:

bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

in bonis rebus,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —

Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:

homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,

who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —

Costly things, articles of luxury:

capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:

nimium rei bonae,

id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:

ignorantia bonarum rerum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:

re bona copiosum esse,

Gell. 16, 19, 7.—

Moral, morally good:

illi cum res non bonas tractent,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:

ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,

id. ib. 1, 4, 15:

quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?

id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,

id. Sen. 18, 65.—

In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:

res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:

studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,

Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—

Bonae artes.

A good, laudable way of dealing:

qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,

Sall. C. 2, 9:

huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,

id. ib. 11, 2:

quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,

Tac. A. 6, 46.—

Liberal arts and sciences:

litteris aut ulli bonae arti,

Quint. 12, 1, 7:

conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,

Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:

optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—

Bona fides, or fides bona.

Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:

dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:

si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—

Jurid. t. t.

Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:

ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;

41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,

ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,

Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:

actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,

Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:

quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,

Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,

id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—

Bona verba.

Kind words:

Bona verba quaeso,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—

Words of good omen (v. omen):

dicamus bona verba,

Tib. 2, 2, 1:

dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,

Ov. F. 2, 638.—

Elegant or well-chosen expressions:

quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,

Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:

verborum bonorum cursu,

id. Brut. 66, 233:

omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,

Quint. 10, 1, 9.—

Moral sayings:

non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —

Bona dicta.

Polite, courteous language:

hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—

Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:

dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,

id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—

Bona facta.

= bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:

nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),

Tac. A. 3, 40.—

Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):

bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:

haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,

id. ib. 45.— Hence,

Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:

peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,

Suet. Caes. 80:

et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,

id. Vit. 14:

hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,

Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:

o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,

Tert. Pud. 1.—

Bona gratia.

A friendly understanding:

cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,

per gratiam bonam abire,

to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—

Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—

Bona pars.

The well-disposed part of a body of persons:

ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,

Liv. 21, 4, 1:

pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,

id. 7, 21, 6.—

The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):

civem bonarum partium,

Cic. Sest. 32, 77:

(fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,

Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—

Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):

bonam partem ad te adtulit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:

bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,

Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:

bonam magnamque partem exercitus,

Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:

bona pars noctium,

Quint. 12, 11, 19:

bona pars hominum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

meae vocis... bona pars,

id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:

melior pars diei,

Verg. A. 9, 156.—

Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:

nostri melior pars animus est,

Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:

quae pars optima est in homine,

best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:

major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:

Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,

Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—

Adverb.:

bonam partem = ex magna parte,

Lucr. 6, 1249.—

Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:

Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,

id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:

quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—

Dies bonus or bona.

A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):

tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:

nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,

Ov. F. 1, 72.—

A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—

Bonus mos.

Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:

nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:

nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:

domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,

Sall. C. 9, 1:

propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,

Liv. 34, 6, 9:

mores meliores,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—

Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:

ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,

Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

neglegentia boni moris,

Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:

conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,

in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —

Adverbial phrases.

Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.

To be of good cheer or courage:

bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,

Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:

animo bono es,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:

bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,

Varr. R. R. 1, 26:

bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,

Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:

bono animo esse jubere eam consul,

Liv. 39, 13, 7:

habe modo bonum animum,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

habe animum bonum,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:

bonum animum habe,

Liv. 45, 8, 5:

clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,

id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—

Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:

audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—

Bonus animus, good temper, patience:

bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:

vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,

Ov. M. 9, 433.—

Bono modo.

= placide, with composure, moderation:

si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,

Cato, R. R. 5:

haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—

In a decent manner:

neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —

Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:

te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:

ut jure optimo me deserere posses,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:

ne jure optimo irrideamur,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;

similarly, optimo judicio,

Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.

As subst.

bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.

In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.

Plur.:

bonis quod bene fit haud perit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:

verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,

Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:

oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:

tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,

Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:

quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—

Sing.:

malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:

nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:

qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—

Bonus, a man of honor.

A brave man:

pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,

Sall. C. 33, 5:

fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):

fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,

Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —

A gentleman:

quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—

Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.

In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;

so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,

Cic. Sest. 16, 38:

audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,

id. ib. 47, 100:

ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,

id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:

maledictis increpat omnes bonos,

Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,

optimi,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:

bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,

id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—

Without reference to political views;

opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:

semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,

Sall. C. 37, 3:

elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,

Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:

ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:

da locum melioribus,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—

Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—

Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.

Referring to morality:

esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,

every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:

qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,

id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:

quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?

Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—

Of the educated classes:

adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:

Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,

Sall. C. 34, 2:

optimo cuique infesta libertas,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—

Honorable, brave:

optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,

Sall. J. 92, 8.—

In gen., excellent:

optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,

Sall. C. 8, 5.—

Distributively:

ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,

to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—

Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):

hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—

Attributively, with a noun:

optimam quamque causam,

Cic. Sest. 43, 93:

optima quaeque dies,

Verg. G. 3, 66.

bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.

Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;

nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:

quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,

id. Par. 1, 1, 9:

ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

non-est igitur voluptas bonum,

id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:

sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—

Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:

quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:

multa bona vobis volt facere,

will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:

tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:

multa tibi di dent bona,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:

omnia Bona dicere,

to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:

sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,

id. ib. 5, 41, 120:

nihil enim boni nosti,

nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:

mala pro bonis legere dementia est,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:

quia bonum sit valere,

a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):

melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,

id. Lael. 6, 20:

meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,

id. Or. 1, 10, 43:

optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,

id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;

v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,

to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:

ad melius transcurrere,

to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—

Bonum or bona, prosperity:

fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:

nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:

unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:

quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—

Good qualities, gifts:

omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:

magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,

id. Cael. 5, 11:

hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,

id. ib. 17, 39:

non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,

id. Balb. 28, 63:

gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,

id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—

Advantage, benefit:

si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,

id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:

maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,

Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:

hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—

With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:

si bonum aequomque oras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:

si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:

a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:

istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,

I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—

Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.

In gen.:

paterna oportet reddi filio bona,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:

bona sua med habiturum omnia,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,

Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,

id. ib. 30, 65:

bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,

id. Caecin. 13, 38:

at mulctantur bonis exsules,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—

Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.

Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—

Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:

postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:

edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,

Liv. 2, 24, 6:

bona proscribere,

to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—

Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—

In bonis esse;

with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),

Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:

neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,

ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.

Predicative use.

With nouns or pronouns as subjects.

Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:

nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:

bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:

itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:

Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,

Sall. C. 54, 5:

ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,

Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —

To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:

jam istuc non bonumst,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:

oleum viridius et melius fiet,

id. ib. 3:

vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,

to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:

quid est homini salute melius?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,

id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:

quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?

Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,

id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:

meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,

Liv. 2, 51, 3:

parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,

Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:

si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:

quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,

Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;

3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;

and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—

To be kind:

bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:

hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—

With reference to the gods:

ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:

Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),

Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—

Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).

Without a subject:

bonum sit!

may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—

With subject inf.:

nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:

bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,

id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—

Melius est.

With subject inf.:

melius sanam est mentem sumere,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:

nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,

melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,

it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

proinde quiesse erit melius,

Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—

With subject inf.-clause:

meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—

With ut-clause:

quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—

With subjectclause in the subjunctive:

nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—

Optimum est.

With subject inf.:

optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,

Liv. 23, 34, 8:

si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—

With inf.-clause:

constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—

With ut and subj:

hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—

With quod:

illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,

id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—

With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):

sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:

optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

optumum factu credens exercitum augere,

Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).

Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:

di melius duint,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:

di meliora velint!

Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:

di meliora! inquit,

Cic. Sen. 14, 47:

id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,

Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;

similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,

Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.

With object expressed,

By dat.

= good, useful, beneficial for:

ambula, id lieni optumum est,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:

quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,

Verg. G. 2, 447.—

= benignus or propitius, kind to:

vicinis bonus esto,

Cato, R. R. 4:

bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:

vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,

Verg. A. 12, 647.—

= idoneus, fit for, adapted to:

qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,

Cato, R. R. 6:

tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,

id. ib. 26:

terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,

Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—

With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:

accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,

Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:

quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

cui bono fuisset,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.

ellipt. form cui bono?

Prisc. p. 1208 P.—

With dat. gerund:

ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,

Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

(mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,

Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—

By ad and acc.:

refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 91:

occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:

non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,

Tac. A. 2, 14.

fĕro, tuli, latum, ferre (ante-class. redupl. form in the tempp. perff.:

tetuli,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.:

tetulit,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13:

tetulerunt,

Lucr. 6, § 672:

tetulissem,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

tetulisse,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2:

tetulero,

id. Cist. 3, 19:

tetulerit,

id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101), v. a. and n. [a wide-spread root; Sanscr. bhar-, carry, bharas, burden; Gr. pherô; Goth. bar, bairo, bear, produce, whence barn, child; Anglo-Saxon beran, whence Engl. bear, birth; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300; Fick, Vergl. Wort. p. 135. The perf. forms, tuli, etc., from the root tul-, tol-; Sanscr. tol-jami, lift, weigh; Gr. tlênai, endure, cf. talas, talanton; Lat. tollo, tolerare, (t)latus, etc. Cf. Goth. thulan, Germ. dulden, Geduld; Anglo-Sax. tholian, suffer. Supine latum, i. e. tlatum; cf. supra; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 220; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 73], to bear, carry, bring. (For syn. cf.: gero, porto, bajulo, veho; effero, infero; tolero, patior, sino, permitto, etc.)

Lit.

In gen.:

ferri proprie dicimus, quae quis suo corpore bajulat, portari ea, quae quis in jumento secum ducit, agi ea, quae animalia sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 235: oneris quidvis feret, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 29:

quin te in fundo conspicer fodere aut arare aut aliquid ferre,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 17:

numerus eorum, qui arma ferre possent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 29, 1:

arma et vallum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 13:

sacra Junonis,

id. S. 1, 3, 11:

cadaver nudis humeris (heres),

id. ib. 2, 5, 86:

argentum ad aliquem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 142; cf.:

symbolum filio,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 30:

olera et pisciculos minutos ferre obolo in cenam seni,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

vina et unguenta et flores,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 14:

discerpta ferentes Memora gruis,

id. S. 2, 8, 86; cf.:

talos, nucesque sinu laxo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 172:

in Capitolium faces,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

iste operta lectica latus per oppidum est ut mortuus,

id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

lectica in Capitolium latus est,

Suet. Claud. 2:

circa judices latus (puer),

Quint. 6, 1, 47:

prae se ferens (in essedo) Darium puerum,

Suet. Calig. 19.— Poet. with inf.:

natum ad Stygios iterum fero mergere fontes,

Stat. Ach. 1, 134.—Prov.:

ferre aliquem in oculis, or simply oculis,

i. e. to hold dear, love exceedingly, Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 27, 2.—

In partic.

With the idea of motion predominating, to set in motion, esp. to move onward quickly or rapidly, to bear, lead, conduct, or drive away; with se or mid. (so esp. freq.), to move or go swiftly, to haste, speed, betake one's self; and of things, to flow, mount, run down.

Act.:

ubi in rapidas amnis dispeximus undas: Stantis equi corpus transvorsum ferre videtur Vis, et in advorsum flumen contrudere raptim: Et, quocumque oculos trajecimus, omnia ferri Et fluere assimili nobis ratione videntur,

Lucr. 4, 422 sq.:

ubi cernimus alta Exhalare vapore altaria, ferreque fumum,

to send up, id. 3, 432; cf.:

vis ut vomat ignes, Ad caelumque ferat flammai fulgura rursum,

id. 1, 725; and:

caelo supinas si tuleris manus,

raisest, Hor. C. 3, 23, 1:

te rursus in bellum resorbens Unda fretis tulit aestuosis,

id. ib. 2, 7, 16; cf.:

ire, pedes quocumque ferent,

id. Epod. 16, 21; and:

me per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

id. C. 3, 29, 64:

signa ferre,

to put the standards in motion, to break up, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40, 12; Liv. 10, 5, 1 al.:

pol, si id scissem, numquam huc tetulissem pedem,

have stirred foot, have come, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

pedem,

Verg. A. 2, 756; Val. Fl. 7, 112:

gressum,

to walk, Lucr. 4, 681; cf.:

agiles gressus,

Sil. 3, 180:

vagos gradus,

Ov. M. 7, 185:

vestigia,

Sil. 9, 101:

vagos cursus,

id. 9, 243.— Absol.:

quo ventus ferebat,

bore, drove, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3:

interim, si feret flatus, danda sunt vela,

Quint. 10, 3, 7:

itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portum ferebant,

led, Caes. B. C. 1, 27, 4:

pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,

Liv. 1, 7, 6.—Prov.:

in silvam ligna ferre,

to carry coals to Newcastle, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.—

With se or mid., to move or go swiftly, to hasten, rush:

cum ipsa paene insula mihi sese obviam ferre vellet,

to meet, Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:

non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

hinc ferro accingor rursus... meque extra tecta ferebam,

Verg. A. 2, 672; 11, 779:

grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant,

Suet. Aug. 32.—Of things as subjects:

ubi forte ita se tetulerunt semina aquarum,

i. e. have collected themselves, Lucr. 6, 672.—Mid.:

ad eum omni celeritate et studio incitatus ferebatur,

proceeded, Caes. B. C. 3, 78, 2:

alii aliam in partem perterriti ferebantur,

betook themselves, fled, id. B. G. 2, 24, 3:

(fera) supra venabula fertur,

rushes, springs, Verg. A. 9, 553:

huc juvenis nota fertur regione viarum,

proceeds, id. ib. 11, 530:

densos fertur moribundus in hostes,

rushes, id. ib. 2, 511:

quocumque feremur, danda vela sunt,

Cic. Or. 23, 75; cf.:

non alto semper feremur,

Quint. 12, 10, 37:

ego, utrum Nave ferar magna an parva, ferar unus et idem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200:

non tenui ferar Penna biformis per liquidum aethera Vates,

fly, id. C. 2, 20, 1.—Of inanimate subjects:

(corpuscula rerum) ubi tam volucri levitate ferantur,

move, Lucr. 4, 195; cf.:

quae cum mobiliter summa levitate feruntur,

id. 4, 745; cf.:

tellus neque movetur et infima est, et in eam feruntur omnia nutu suo pondera,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17 fin.:

Rhenus longo spatio per fines Nantuatium, etc.... citatus fertur,

flows, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 3; cf. Hirt. B. [p. 738] G. 8, 40, 3:

ut (flamma) ad caelum usque ferretur,

ascended, arose, Suet. Aug. 94.—

Rarely ferre = se ferre: quem procul conspiciens ad se ferentem pertimescit,

Nep. Dat. 4 fin. —

To carry off, take away by force, as a robber, etc.: to plunder, spoil, ravage:

alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

Verg. A. 2, 374:

postquam te (i. e. exstinctum Daphnin) fata tulerunt,

snatched away, id. E. 5, 34. So esp. in the phrase ferre et agere, of taking booty, plundering, where ferre applies to portable things, and agere to men and cattle; v. ago.—

To bear, produce, yield:

plurima tum tellus etiam majora ferebat, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 942 sq.; cf.:

quae autem terra fruges ferre, et, ut mater, cibos suppeditare possit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 67:

quem (florem) ferunt terrae solutae,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 10:

quibus jugera fruges et Cererem ferunt,

id. ib. 3, 24, 13:

angulus iste feret piper et thus,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

(olea) fructum ramis pluribus feret,

Quint. 8, 3, 10.— Absol.:

ferundo arbor peribit,

Cato, R. R. 6, 2.—

Of a woman or sheanimal, to bear offspring, be pregnant:

ignorans nurum ventrem ferre,

Liv. 1, 34, 3;

of animals: equa ventrem fert duodecim menses, vacca decem, ovis et capra quinque, sus quatuor,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; cf.:

cervi octonis mensibus ferunt partus,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112:

nec te conceptam saeva leaena tulit,

Tib. 3, 4, 90.— Poet.:

quem tulerat mater claro Phoenissa Laconi,

i. e. had borne, Sil. 7, 666.—

To offer as an oblation:

liba et Mopsopio dulcia melle feram,

Tib. 1, 7, 54; so,

liba,

id. 1, 10, 23:

lancesque et liba Baccho,

Verg. G. 2, 394:

tura superis, altaribus,

Ov. M. 11, 577.—

To get, receive, acquire, obtain, as gain, a reward, a possession, etc.:

quod posces, feres,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 106; cf.: quodvis donum et praemium a me optato;

id optatum feres,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

fructus ex sese (i. e. re publica) magna acerbitate permixtos tulissem,

Cic. Planc. 38, 92:

partem praedae,

id. Rosc. Am. 37, 107:

ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

Juv. 13, 105:

coram rege sua de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44.

Trop.

In gen., to bear, carry, bring:

satis haec tellus morbi caelumque mali fert,

bears, contains, Lucr. 6, 663;

veterrima quaeque, ut ea vina, quae vetustatem ferunt, esse debent suavissima,

which carry age, are old, Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent,

will have, will attain to, Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 8:

nomen alicujus,

to bear, have, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; cf.:

insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:

nomen,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Calig. 47:

cognomen,

id. Aug. 43; id. Galb. 3; cf.:

ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae fuit,

of bearing an assumed character, Liv. 3, 36, 1:

Archimimus personam ejus ferens,

personating, Suet. Vesp. 19; cf.

also: (Garyophyllon) fert et in spinis piperis similitudinem,

Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 30: fer mi auxilium, bring assistance, aid, help, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 29 (Trag. v. 50 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

alicui opem auxiliumque ferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

auxilium alicui,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5; Ter. And. 1, 1, 115; Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19; Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5; 4, 12, 5; Hor. Epod. 1, 21 et saep.: opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 86 ed. Vahl.):

opem alicui,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23; Ter. And. 3, 1, 15; id. Ad. 3, 4, 41; Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3 (with succurrere saluti); id. Fin. 2, 35, 118 (with salutem); id. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

subsidium alicui,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2:

condicionem,

to proffer, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

Coriolanus ab sede sua cum ferret matri obviae complexum,

offered, Liv. 2, 40, 5:

si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas,

will bring, procure, Verg. A. 10, 792:

ea vox audita laborum Prima tulit finem,

id. ib. 7, 118: suspicionem falsam, to entertain suspicion, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 348 ed. Vahl.).—

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To move, to bring, lead, conduct, drive, raise:

quem tulit ad scenam ventoso gloria curru,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177; so,

animi quaedam ingenita natura... recta nos ad ea, quae conveniunt causae, ferant,

Quint. 5, 10, 123; cf. absol.:

nisi illud, quod eo, quo intendas, ferat deducatque, cognoris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

exstincti ad caelum gloria fertur,

Lucr. 6, 8; cf.:

laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre,

to extol, praise, Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; cf. id. Rep. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Suet. Otho, 12; id. Vesp. 6:

eam pugnam miris laudibus,

Liv. 7, 10, 14; cf.:

saepe rem dicendo subiciet oculis: saepe supra feret quam fieri possit,

wilt exalt, magnify, Cic. Or. 40, 139:

ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

Liv. 4, 5, 6:

ferre in majus vero incertas res fama solet,

id. 21, 32, 7:

crudelitate et scelere ferri,

to be impelled, carried away, Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

praeceps amentia ferebare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; cf.:

ferri avaritia,

id. Quint. 11, 38:

orator suo jam impetu fertur,

Quint. 12 praef. §

3: eloquentia, quae cursu magno sonituque ferretur,

Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf.:

(eloquentia) feratur non semitis sed campis,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

oratio, quae ferri debet ac fluere,

id. 9, 4, 112; cf.:

quae (historia) currere debet ac ferri,

id. 9, 4, 18; so often: animus fert (aliquem aliquo), the mind moves one to any thing:

quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt,

Sall. J. 54, 4; cf.:

milites procurrentes consistentesque, quo loco ipsorum tulisset animus,

Liv. 25, 21, 5; and:

qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam,

id. 40, 4, 14:

si maxime animus ferat,

Sall. C. 58, 6; cf. Ov. M. 1, 775.—With an object-clause, the mind moves one to do any thing, Ov. M. 1, 1; Luc. 1, 67; Suet. Otho, 6; cf.

also: mens tulit nos ferro exscindere Thebas,

Stat. Th. 4, 753.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To carry off, take away:

omnia fert aetas, animum quoque,

Verg. E. 9, 51:

postquam te fata tulerunt,

id. ib. 5, 34:

invida Domitium fata tulere sibi,

Anthol. Lat. 4, 123, 8;

like efferre,

to carry forth to burial, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 89.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To bear, bring forth, produce:

haec aetas prima Athenis oratorem prope perfectum tulit,

Cic. Brut. 12, 45:

aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos nequiores,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 46:

Curium tulit et Camillum Saeva paupertas,

id. ib. 1, 12, 42.—

(Acc. to I. B. 6.) To bear away, to get, obtain, receive:

Cotta et Sulpicius omnium judicio facile primas tulerunt,

Cic. Brut. 49, 183:

palmam,

to carry off, win, id. Att. 4, 15, 6:

victoriam ex inermi,

to gain, Liv. 39, 51, 10; 2, 50, 2; 8, 8, 18:

gratiam et gloriam annonae levatae,

id. 4, 12, 8:

maximam laudem inter suos,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4:

centuriam, tribus,

i. e. to get their votes, Cic. Planc. 20, 49; 22, 53; id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

suffragia,

Suet. Caes. 13 (diff. from 8. a.):

responsum ab aliquo,

to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.:

repulsam a populo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

repulsam,

id. de Or. 2, 69 fin.; id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; id. Att. 5, 19 al.: calumniam, i. e. to be convicted of a false accusation, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

ita ut filius partem dimidiam hereditatis ferat,

Gai. Inst. 3, 8:

singulas portiones,

id. ib. 3, 16; 61.—

To bear, support any thing unpleasant; or pregn., to suffer, tolerate, endure.

To bear in any manner.

With acc.: servi injurias nimias aegre ferunt, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

(onus senectutis) modice ac sapienter sicut omnia ferre,

Cic. de Sen. 1, 2:

aegre ferre repulsam consulatus,

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40:

hoc moderatiore animo ferre,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

aliquid toleranter,

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

clementer,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

quod eo magis ferre animo aequo videmur, quia, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse, feremus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 17.—

With an object-clause:

ut si quis aegre ferat, se pauperem esse,

take it ill, Cic. Tusc. 4, 27, 59:

hoc ereptum esse, graviter et acerbe ferre,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:

quomodo ferant veterani, exercitum Brutum habere,

id. Phil. 10, 7, 15.—

With de:

de Lentulo scilicet sic fero, ut debeo,

Cic. Att. 4, 6, 1:

quomodo Caesar ferret de auctoritate perscripta,

id. ib. 5, 2, 3:

numquid moleste fers de illo, qui? etc.,

id. ib. 6, 8, 3.—

Absol.:

sin aliter acciderit, humaniter feremus,

Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

si mihi imposuisset aliquid, animo iniquo tulissem,

id. ib. 15, 26, 4.—

Pregn., to bear or put up with, to suffer, tolerate, endure, sustain, resist.

With acc.: quis hanc contumeliam, quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem ferre potest? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

qui potentissimorum hominum contumaciam numquam tulerim, ferrem hujus asseclae?

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:

cujus desiderium civitas ferre diutius non potest,

id. Phil. 10, 10, 21:

cogitandi non ferebat laborem,

id. Brut. 77, 268:

unum impetum nostrorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 3:

vultum atque aciem oculorum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 1:

cohortatio gravior quam aures Sulpicii ferre didicissent,

to hear unmoved, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

vultum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 121:

multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit,

id. A. P. 413:

spectatoris fastidia,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 215:

fuisse (Epaminondam) patientem suorumque injurias ferentem civium,

Nep. Epam. 7.—Of personal objects:

quem ferret, si parentem non ferret suum?

brook, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 28:

optimates quis ferat, qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

vereor, ut jam nos ferat quisquam,

Quint. 8, 3, 25:

an laturi sint Romani talem regem,

id. 7, 1, 24:

quis enim ferat puerum aut adolescentulum, si, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 8.—

With an object-clause:

ferunt aures hominum, illa... laudari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes,

Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Ov. M. 2, 628:

illa quidem in hoc opere praecipi quis ferat?

Quint. 11, 3, 27; 11, 1, 69:

servo nubere nympha tuli,

Ov. H. 5, 12; cf.:

alios vinci potuisse ferendum est,

id. M. 12, 555. —

With quod:

quod rapta, feremus, dummodo reddat eam,

Ov. M. 5, 520:

illud non ferendum, quod, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 131. —

With the access, notion of publicity, to make public, to disclose, show, exhibit:

eum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

laetitiam apertissime tulimus omnes,

id. Att. 14, 13, 2:

neque id obscure ferebat nec dissimulare ullo modo poterat,

id. Clu. 19, 54:

haud clam tulit iram adversus praetorem,

Liv. 31, 47, 4; cf.:

tacite ejus verecundiam non tulit senatus, quin, etc.,

id. 5, 28, 1.—

Prae se ferre, to show, manifest, to let be seen, to declare:

cujus rei tantae facultatem consecutum esse me, non profiteor: secutum me esse, prae me fero,

Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12:

noli, quaeso, prae te ferre, vos plane expertes esse doctrinae,

id. ib. 2, 18, 47:

non mediocres terrores... prae se fert et ostentat,

id. Att. 2, 23, 3:

hanc virtutem prae se ferunt,

Quint. 2, 13, 11:

liberalium disciplinarum prae se scientiam tulit,

id. 12, 11, 21:

magnum animum (verba),

id. 11, 1, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

(comae) turbatae prae se ferre aliquid affectus videntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

oratio prae se fert felicissimam facilitatem,

id. 10, 1, 11.—

Of speech, to report, relate, make known, assert, celebrate:

haec omnibus ferebat sermonibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 2:

alii alia sermonibus ferebant Romanos facturos,

Liv. 33, 32, 3:

ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

id. 4, 5, 6:

patres ita fama ferebant, quod, etc.,

id. 23, 31, 13; cf. with acc.:

hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149:

famam,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

fama eadem tulit,

Tac. A. 1, 5; cf. id. ib. 15, 60:

nec aliud per illos dies populus credulitate, prudentes diversa fama, tulere,

talk about, id. ib. 16, 2:

inimici famam non ita, ut nata est, ferunt,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

quod fers, cedo,

tell, say, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 17:

nostra (laus) semper feretur et praedicabitur, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 9, 21.—With an object-clause:

cum ipse... acturum se id per populum aperte ferret,

Liv. 28, 40, 2; id. ib. §

1: saepe homines morbos magis esse timendos ferunt quam Tartara leti,

Lucr. 3, 42:

Prognen ita velle ferebat,

Ov. M. 6, 470; 14, 527:

ipsi territos se ferebant,

Tac. H. 4, 78; id. A. 4, 58; 6, 26 (32); cf.:

mihi fama tulit fessum te caede procubuisse, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 503:

commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Macronem praesedisse, etc.,

Tac. A. 6, 47 (53).—

Ferunt, fertur, feruntur, etc., they relate, tell, say; it is said, it appears, etc.—With inf.:

quin etiam Xenocratem ferunt, cum quaereretur ex eo, etc... respondisse, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2:

fuisse quendam ferunt Demaratum, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19:

quem ex Hyperboreis Delphos ferunt advenisse,

id. N. D. 3, 23, 57; Hor. C. 3, 17, 2:

homo omnium in dicendo, ut ferebant, accrrimus et copiosissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45:

Ceres fertur fruges... mortalibus instituisse,

Lucr. 5, 14:

in Syria quoque fertur item locus esse, etc.,

id. 6, 755:

is Amulium regem interemisse fertur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

qui in contione dixisse fertur,

id. ib. 2, 10 fin.:

quam (urbem) Juno fertur terris omnibus unam coluisse,

Verg. A. 1, 15:

non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris,

you were accounted, held, Hor. C. 2, 19, 27:

si ornate locutus est, sicut fertur et mihi videtur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 49; cf.: cum quaestor ex Macedonia venissem Athenas florente [p. 739] Academia, ut temporibus illis ferebatur, id. ib. § 45.—

To give out, to pass off a person or thing by any name or for any thing; and, in the pass., to pass for any thing, to pass current:

hunc (Mercurium) omnium inventorem artium ferunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1:

ut Servium conditorem posteri fama ferrent,

Liv. 1, 42, 4:

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

set himself up for, boast, Vell. 1, 11, 1:

avum M. Antonium, avunculum Augustum ferens,

boasting of, Tac. A. 2, 43; cf.:

qui ingenuum se et Lachetem mutato nomine coeperat ferre,

Suet. Vesp. 23:

ante Periclem, cujus scripta quaedam feruntur,

Cic. Brut. 7, 27 (quoted paraphrastically, Quint. 3, 1, 12): sub nomine meo libri ferebantur artis rhetoricae, Quint. prooem. 7; cf.:

cetera, quae sub nomine meo feruntur,

id. 7, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Aug. 31; id. Caes. 20:

multa ejus (Catonis) vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6:

qua ex re in pueritia nobilis inter aequales ferebatur,

Nep. Att. 1, 3.—

Polit. and jurid. t. t.

Suffragium or sententiam, to give in one's vote, to vote, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1; cf.:

ferunt suffragia,

Cic. Rep. 1, 31; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit,

id. Balb. 15, 34; cf.:

de quo vos (judices) sententiam per tabellam feretis,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104;

so of the voting of judges,

id. Clu. 26, 72;

of senators: parcite, ut sit qui in senatu de bello et pace sententiam ferat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76; cf. id. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

Legem (privilegium, rogationem) ad populum, or absol., to bring forward or move a proposition, to propose a law, etc.:

perniciose Philippus in tribunatu, cum legem agrariam ferret, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73; cf. id. Sull. 23, 65:

quae lex paucis his annis lata esset,

id. Corn. 1, 3 (vol. xi. p. 10 B. and K.):

familiarissimus tuus de te privilegium tulit, ut, etc.,

id. Par. 4, 32:

Sullam illam rogationem de se nolle ferri (shortly before: Lex ferri coepta),

id. Sull. 23, 65:

rogationem de aliquo, contra or in aliquem, ad populum, ad plebem,

id. Balb. 14, 33; id. Clu. 51, 140; id. Brut. 23, 89; Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 4; Liv. 33, 25, 7:

nescis, te ipsum ad populum tulisse, ut, etc.,

proposed a bill, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 100:

ut P. Scaevola tribunus plebis ferret ad plebem, vellentne, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54; cf. Liv. 33, 25, 6:

quod Sulla ipse ita tulit de civitate, ut, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

nihil de judicio ferebat,

id. Sull. 22, 63:

cum, ut absentis ratio haberetur, ferebamus,

id. Att. 7, 6, 2.— Impers.:

lato ut solet ad populum, ut equum escendere liceret,

Liv. 23, 14, 2. —

Judicem, said of the plaintiff, to offer or propose to the defendant as judge:

quem ego si ferrem judicem, refugere non deberet,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45; id. de Or. 2, 70, 285.—Hence, judicem alicui, in gen., to propose a judge to, i. e. to bring a suit against, to sue a person:

se iterum ac saepius judicem illi ferre,

Liv. 3, 57, 5; 3, 24, 5; 8, 33, 8.—

Mercant. t. t., to enter, to set or note down a sum in a book:

quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum rettulit, quam Verres illi expensum tulerit, etc.,

i. e. has set down as paid, has paid, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100 sq., v. expendo.—

Absol., of abstr. subjects, to require, demand, render necessary; to allow, permit, suffer:

ita sui periculi rationes ferre ac postulare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 105; cf.:

gravioribus verbis uti, quam natura fert,

id. Quint. 18, 57: quid ferat Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. 203 ed. Vahl.):

quamdiu voluntas Apronii tulit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

ut aetas illa fert,

as is usual at that time of life, id. Clu. 60, 168:

ad me, ut tempora nostra, non ut amor tuus fert, vere perscribe,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5:

quod ita existimabam tempora rei publicae ferre,

id. Pis. 2, 5:

si ita commodum vestrum fert,

id. Agr. 2, 28, 77:

prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

si vestra voluntas feret,

if such be your pleasure, id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

ut opinio et spes et conjectura nostra fert,

according to our opinion, hope, and belief, id. Att. 2, 25, 2:

ut mea fert opinio,

according to my opinion, id. Clu. 16, 46: si occasio tulerit, if occasion require, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

dum tempus ad eam rem tulit, sivi, animum ut expleret suum,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 17: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu perspicies, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,

id. Rep. 6, 18.— Impers.:

sociam se cujuscumque fortunae, et, si ita ferret, comitem exitii promittebat (sc. res or fortuna),

Tac. A. 3, 15; so,

si ita ferret,

id. H. 2, 44.

amplus, a, um, adj. [some regard this as a shortened form of anapleôs, = filled up, full; others, as for ambulus from amb-, rounded out, as superus from super, etc.; v. Doed. Syn. II. p. 113; but perh. it is better to form it from am- and -plus, akin to -pleo, plenus, q. v. Pott], thus pr., full all round; hence, great, large. —In space, of large extent, great, large, wide, ample, spacious (the forms amplus and amplior are very rare in the ante-class. per., and rare in all periods. Amplius is com. in the ante-class., freq. in the class., and very freq. in the post-class. per., the Vulg. rarely using the other forms, but using this 121 times. Amplissimus belongs to prose, and is scarcely used before Cicero, with whom it was a very favorite word. It was also used by Plin. Maj. and Min., but never by Tac., Sall. (in his genuine works), nor the Vulg. Catullus used only the form amplius, and Prop. only amplus, while Tib. and Pers. never used this word in any form. Ampliter is found mostly in Plaut.; and ample and amplissime are used a few times by Cic. and by writers that followed him; syn.: magnus, ingens, latus, late patens, spatiosus, laxus).

Lit.:

amplus et spectu protervo ferox,

Pac. Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.:

qui (Pluto) ter amplum Geryonen compescit unda,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 7:

ampla domus dedecori domino fit, si est in ea solitudo,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; so Verg. A. 2, 310:

admodum amplum et excelsum signum,

Cic. Verr. 4, 74:

collis castris parum amplus,

Sall. J. 98, 3:

porticibus in amplis,

Verg. A. 3, 353:

per amplum mittimur Elysium,

id. ib. 6, 743:

vocemque per ampla volutant Atria,

id. ib. 1, 725:

nil vulva pulchrius ampla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41:

amplae aures,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

milium amplum grano,

id. 18, 7, 10, § 55:

cubiculum amplum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:

baptisterium amplum atque opacum,

id. ib. 5, 6, 25.— Comp.:

quanto est res amplior,

Lucr. 2, 1133:

Amplior Urgo et Capraria,

Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81:

avis paulo amplior passere,

id. 10, 32, 47, § 89:

amplior specie mortali,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 76 (for the neutr. amplius, v. infra).— Sup.:

amplissima curia... gymnasium amplissimum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:

urbs amplissima atque ornatissima,

id. Agr. 2, 76:

amplissimum peristylum,

id. Dom. 116:

(candelabrum) ad amplissimi templi ornatum esse factum,

id. Verr. 4, 65:

mons Italiae amplissimus,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:

amplissimum flumen,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 3:

amplissimus lacus,

id. ib. 10, 41, 2:

amplissima insula,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71:

amplissimi horti,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

amplissima arborum,

Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 200:

est (topazon) amplissima gemmarum,

id. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

amplissimum cubiculum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23.—

Transf., great, abundant, ample, much, long:

bono atque amplo lucro,

Plaut. Am. prol. 6 and Ep. 2, 2, 117:

pabula miseris mortalibus ampla,

Lucr. 5, 944:

ampla civitas,

Cic. Verr. 4, 81; 4, 96:

civitas ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

gens ampla,

Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125:

amplae copiae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

ampla manus militum,

Liv. Epit. 1, 4, 9:

pecuaria res ampla,

Cic. Quinct. 12:

res familiaris ampla,

id. Phil. 13, 8:

(res) ampla,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 82, 20 Kritz:

patrimonium amplum et copiosum,

Cic. Sex. Rosc. 6; id. Dom. 146: id. Phil. 2, 67:

amplae divitiae,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:

esse patri ejus amplas facultates,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

in amplis opibus heres,

Plin. 9, 36, 59, § 122.— Comp.:

amplior numerus,

Cic. Mil. 57; Sall. J. 105, 3; Tac. A. 14, 53:

ampliores aquae,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 58:

amplior exercitus,

Sall. J. 54, 3; Suet. Vesp. 4:

commeatus spe amplior,

Sall. J. 75, 8:

amplior pecunia, Auct. B. Alex. 56: pecunia amplior,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

pretia ampliora,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84:

omnia longe ampliora invenire quam etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:

ampliores noctes,

Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

ut ampliori tempore maneret,

Vulg. Act. 18, 20.— Sup.:

peditatus copiae amplissimae e Gallia,

Cic. Font. 8:

exercitus amplissimus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; 9, 13, 11:

amplissima pecunia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31:

amplissimae fortunae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; id. Quinct. 49; id. Phil. 10, 4:

amplissimae patrimonii copiae,

id. Fl. 89:

amplissimas summas emptionibus occupare,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:

opes amplissimae,

id. ib. 8, 18, 4:

amplissima dies horarum quindecim etc.,

the longest day, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 218.—Also subst. in comp. neutr. (v. amplius, adv. infra), more:

ut quirem exaudire amplius,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:

si vis amplius dari, Dabitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 18:

jam amplius orat,

id. ib. 2, 1, 19:

daturus non sum amplius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29:

non complectar in his libris amplius quam quod etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

tantum adfero quantum ipse optat, atque etiam amplius,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 10:

ni amplius etiam, quod ebibit,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 20: Ph. Etiamne amplius? Th. Nil, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 63: Tr. Dimidium Volo ut dicas. Gr. Immo hercle etiam amplius, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 21: Th. Nempe octoginta debentur huic minae? Tr. Haud nummo amplius, id. Most. 3, 3, 16:

etiam amplius illam adparare condecet,

Turp. Com. Rel. p. 100 Rib.:

hoc onere suscepto amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1:

si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

omnis numerus amplius octingentis milibus explebat,

Vell. 2, 110, 3:

Segestanis imponebat aliquanto amplius quam etc.,

Cic. Verr. 4, 76:

illa corona contentus Thrasybulus neque amplius requisivit,

Nep. Thras. 4, 3:

amplius possidere,

Plin. 18, 4, 3, § 17:

Ille imperio ei reddito haud amplius, quam ut duo ex tribus filiis secum militarent, exegit,

Curt. 8, 4, 21:

dedit quantum maximum potuit, daturus amplius, si potuisset,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 6:

cum hoc amplius praestet, quod etc.,

id. ib. 7, 25, 1.—Also with part. gen., more of, a greater quantity or number of:

gaudeo tibi liberorum esse amplius,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 4:

te amplius bibisse praedicet loti,

Cat. 39, 21:

amplius frumenti auferre,

Cic. Verr. 3, 49:

expensum est auri viginti paulo amplius,

id. Fl. 6, 8:

amplius negotii contrahi,

id. Cat. 4, 9:

si amplius obsidum vellet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9, ubi v. Herz.:

quanto ejus amplius processerat temporis,

id. B. C. 3, 25.—

Fig.

Of internal power or force, great, strong, violent, impetuous:

pro viribus amplis,

Lucr. 5, 1174:

amplae vires peditum,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 75;

ampla nepotum Spes,

Prop. 4, 22, 41:

poena sera, sed ampla,

full, strict, id. 4, 5, 32. — Comp.:

haec irae factae essent multo ampliores,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 9:

si forte morbus amplior factus siet, i. e. gravior,

id. ib. 3, 1, 50:

amplior metus,

Cic. Clu. 128:

amplior potentia feris,

Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153:

ampliorem dicendi facultatem consequi,

Quint. 2, 3, 4:

amplior eoque acrior impetus,

Flor. 4, 2, 66:

spes amplior,

Sall. J. 105, 4:

amplius accipietis judicium,

severer, Vulg. Matt. 23, 14:

amplior auctoritas,

Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 47:

amplior virtus,

higher merit, Quint. 8, 3, 83:

idem aut amplior cultus (dei),

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:

amplior est quaestio,

Quint. 3, 5, 8:

ampliora verba,

of larger meaning, id. 8, 4, 2: scientia intellegentiaque ac sapientia ampliores inventae sunt in te, Vulg. Dan. 5, 14:

quo legatis animus amplior esset,

Sall. C. 40, 6; 59, 1:

spiritus amplior,

Vulg. Dan. 5, 12; 6, 3.— Sup.:

(honos) pro amplissimis meritis redditur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 41:

cujus sideris (Caniculae) effectus amplissimi in terra sentiuntur,

very violent, Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107:

amplissima spes,

Suet. Caes. 7:

his finis cognitionis amplissimae,

most important trial, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.—

Of external splendor, great, handsome, magnificent, splendid, glorious:

illis ampla satis forma, pudicitia,

great enough, Prop. 1, 2, 24:

haec ampla sunt, haec divina,

Cic. Sest. 102; id. Arch. 23:

res gestae satis amplae,

Sall. C. 8, 2:

cur parum amplis adfecerit praemiis,

Cic. Mil. 57:

ampla quidem, sed pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperunt,

Tac. A. 14, 53:

amplum in modum praemia ostentare,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 26, 6:

amplis honoribus usi,

Sall. J. 25, 4:

amplis honoribus auctos,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 11.—Sometimes in mal. part. or ironically:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

a fine opportunity, Cic. Verr. 2, 61:

spolia ampla refertis Tuque puerque tuus,

glorious spoils, Verg. A. 4, 93.— Comp.:

ne ullum munus aedilitatis amplius aut gratius populo esse possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5; id. Mur. 37:

praemiis ad perdiscendum amplioribus commoveri,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

alicui ampliorem laudem tribuere,

id. Sest. 27:

in aliqua re esse laudem ampliorem,

id. Marcell. 4:

corporis membris plus dedit, id amplius atque augustius ratus (Zeuxis),

Quint. 12, 10, 5:

ut Augustus vocaretur ampliore cognomine,

Suet. Aug. 7.— Subst.:

in potestatibus eo modo agitabat, ut ampliore, quam gerebat, dignus haberetur,

of something greater, Sall. J. 63, 5.— Sup.:

ut consules monumentum quam amplissimum faciundum curent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 38; 14, 31; id. Verr. 4, 82:

hoc munus aedilitatis amplissimum,

id. ib. 1, 12, 36; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 1, 74:

alicui amplissimas potestates dare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 31:

insignibus amplissimis ornatus,

id. ib. 2, 101:

dona amplissima conferre,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9:

praemia legatis dedistis amplissima,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5; id. Phil. 2, 32:

spe amplissimorum praemiorum adduci,

id. Mil. 5; id. de Or. 1, 5, 16:

velut praemium quoddam amplissimum longi laboris,

Quint. 10, 7, 1:

munera amplissima mittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

vestris beneficiis amplissimis adfectus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 51; id. Dom. 98:

laudi amplissimae lauream concedere,

id. Pis. 74:

laudibus amplissimis adficere,

id. Phil. 7, 11:

amplissimam gloriam consequi,

id. Prov. Cons. 39:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine adfeceris,

id. Deiot. 14:

amplissimis aliquem efferre honoribus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 17, 3:

amplissimis uti honoribus,

Cic. Fl. 45:

amplissimos honores adipisci,

id. Verr. 5, 181:

honores adsequi amplissimos,

id. Mil. 81:

aliquem ad honores amplissimos perducere,

id. Am. 20, 73:

meus labor fructum est amplissimum consecutus,

id. Imp. Pomp 2:

mihi gratiae verbis amplissimis aguntur,

in the handsomest termis, id. Cat. 3, 14; id. Phil. 2, 13; id. Quir. 15:

ei amplissimis verbis gratias egimus,

id. Phil. 1, 3:

provincia Gallia merito ornatur verbis amplissimis ab senatu,

id. ib. 4, 9:

amplissimis verbis conlaudatus,

Suet. Caes. 16:

amplissimo populi senatusque judicio exercitus habuistis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 12; id. Fl. 5; id. Dom. 86; id. Planc. 93:

de meo consulatu amplissima atque ornatissima decreta fecerunt,

id. Dom. 74:

quam universi populi, illius gentis, amplissimum testimonium (said of Cic.),

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 116.—

In respect of the opinion of others, esteemed, renowned, etc.:

quicquid est, quamvis amplum sit, id est parum tum cum est aliquid amplius,

Cic. Marcell. 26:

quid hunc hominem magnum aut amplum de re publica cogitare (putare possumus), qui etc.,

great or noble, id. Imp. Pomp. 37:

omnia, quae vobis cara atque ampla sunt,

id. Agr. 2, 9; id. Arch. 23:

convenerunt corrogati et quidem ampli quidam homines,

id. Phil. 3, 20:

hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,

small and great, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28:

amplis doctoribus instructus,

Tac. A. 14, 52:

sin autem sunt amplae et honestae familiae plebeiae,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15.— Comp.:

cum est aliquid amplius,

Cic. Marcell. 26:

ampliores ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77, where Dinter reads priores: quo (ingenio) neque melius neque amplius aliud in natura mortalium est, [p. 112] Sall. J. 2, 4:

nihil amplius potes (tribuere) amicitia tua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

quid amplius facitis?

Vulg. Matt. 5, 47.— Sup.:

ex amplissimo genere nubere,

Cic. Cael. 34:

amplissimo genere natus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

genere copiisque amplissimus, id. ib 6, 15: quam (familiam) vidit amplissimam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12:

amplissimos patruos habere,

id. Sex. Rosc. 147:

amplissima civitas,

id. Verr. 5, 122:

apud illos Fabiorum nomen est amplissimum,

id. Font. 36; id. Caecin. 104; id. Verr. 3, 96; id. Deiot. 14:

mihi hic locus ad agendum amplissimus est visus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1:

non adgrediar ad illa maxima atque amplissima prius quam etc.,

id. Sest. 5:

licet tribuas ei quantum amplissimum potes, nihil tamen amplius potes amicitia tua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

amplissimis operibus increscere,

id. ib. 8, 4, 3:

honores in amplissimo consilio collocare,

Cic. Sen. 2:

amplissimi orbis terrae consilii principes,

id. Phil. 3, 34: honoris amplissimi puto esse accusare improbos, I esteem it to be the greatest honor, etc., id. Div. in Caecil. 70:

promotus ad amplissimas procurationes,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:

praeter honores amplissimos cognomenque etc.,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 142:

spes amplissimae dignitatis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 49; id. Sen. 19, 68; Suet. Vit. 2.—

Hence, amplissimus (almost always thus in sup.) as a title for persons holding great and honored offices, as consul, senator, etc., or as an honorable epithet of the office itself or the body of officers, distinguished, very distinguished, honorable, right honorable, most honorable, etc.:

is mihi videtur amplissimus, qui sua virtute in altiorem locum pervenit,

Cic. Sex. Rosc. 83:

homo et suis et populi Romani ornamentis amplissimus,

id. Mur. 8:

P. Africanus rebus gestis amplissimus,

id. Caecin. 69:

ut homines amplissimi testimonium de sua re non dicerent,

id. Sex. Rosc. 102; id. Clu. 197:

Q. Catuli atque ceterorum amplissimorum hominum auctoritas,

id. Imp. Pomp. 63:

vir amplissimus ejus civitatis,

id. Verr. 4, 17; id. Fl. 32:

exercitum Cn. Domitii, amplissimi viri, sustentavit,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

cum habeas amplissimi viri religionem (of L. Lucullus),

id. Arch. 4, 8; id. Lig. 22:

in quo consilio amplissimi viri judicarent,

id. Mil. 5; id. Balb. 1; id. Dom. 2:

comitatus virorum amplissimorum,

id. Sull. 9:

viros primarios atque amplissimos civitatis in consilium advocare,

id. Verr. 3, 18:

ordinis amplissimi esse,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, 1; 37, 6:

cives amplissimos legare,

Cic. Balb. 42:

hoc amplissimum nomen, i. e. senatorium,

id. Verr. 3, 96:

amplissimus honos, i. e. consulatus,

id. Rep. 1, 6; so,

amplissimo praeditus magistratu,

Suet. Aug. 26:

amplissimus ordo, i. e. senatorius,

Plin. Ep. 10, 3; Suet. Calig. 49:

amplissimi ordines, i. e. senatus et equites,

id. Vesp. 9:

amplissimum collegium decemvirale,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

an vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 3:

amplissimum sacerdotium,

id. Verr. 2, 126; id. Phil. 13, 8:

sacerdotium amplissimum,

id. Verr. 2, 127.—

As rhet. epithet:

amplus orator,

one that speaks richly and with dignity, Cic. Or. 9; id. Brut. 68:

herous (pes), qui est idem dactylus Aristoteli amplior, iambus humanior videatur,

grander, more stately, Quint. 9, 4, 88:

amplius compositionis genus,

more copious style, id. 9, 4, 129.— Adv. (on the extent of the use of the different forms of the adverb, v. supra init.), largely, abundantly, copiously.

Lit.

Form amplĭter:

benigne ei largi atque ampliter,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:

aptate munde atque ampliter convivium,

Pomp. Com. Rel. p. 234 Rib.:

extructam ampliter mensam,

Lucil. 13, 7 Mull.:

opsonato ampliter,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65:

adpositum est ampliter,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 163:

acceptus hilare atque ampliter,

id. Merc. prol. 98:

modeste melius facere sumptum quam ampliter,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 10:

parum (digitulos) immersisti ampliter,

not deep enough, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—

Form amplē:

exornat ample magnificeque triclinium,

Cic. Verr. 4, 62: qui ample valetudinarios nutriunt, in great numbers (v. the context), Cels. praef. med. —

Trop., fully, handsomely.

Form amplĭter:

ampliter dicere,

fully, particularly, Gell. 10, 3, 4:

laudare ampliter,

id. 2, 6, 11.—

Form amplē: duo genera sunt: unum attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium, with great fulness, richly (v. amplus, II. E.), Cic. Brut. 55, 201; so,

elate ampleque loqui,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

satis ample sonabant in Pompeiani nominis locum Cato et Scipio,

full grandly filled the place of, Flor. 4, 2, 65.— Comp.: amplĭus, more, longer, further, besides (syn.: ultra, praeterea); of time, number, and action (while plus denotes more in quantity, measure, etc.; magis, more, in the comparison of quality, and sometimes of action; and potius, rather, the choice between different objects or acts), constr. absol., with comp. abl., and, in the case of numerals, like minus, plus, propius, q. v., without quam with the nom., acc., or gen., or rarely with the abl. comp., or with quam, but chiefly in the post-Aug. per.; cf. Zumpt, § 485; Madv. § 305; Roby, § 1273; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 12; and Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. p. 521 sq.

In gen.:

deliberatum est non tacere [me] amplius,

Afran. Com. Rel. p. 199 Rib.:

otium ubi erit, de istis rebus tum amplius tecum loquar,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 18:

cui amplius male faxim,

id. Aul. 3, 2, 6: De. Etiam? Li. Amplius, id. As. 1, 1, 29: Ar. Vale. Ph. Aliquanto amplius valerem, si hic maneres, id. ib. 3, 3, 2:

etiam faxo amabit (eam) amplius,

id. Men. 5, 2, 40:

multo tanto illum accusabo, quam te accusavi, amplius,

id. ib. 5, 2, 49:

quo populum servare potissit amplius,

Lucil. 1, 15 Mull.:

At ego amplius dico,

Cic. Verr. 2, 26:

amplius posse,

Sall. J. 69, 2:

armis amplius valere,

id. ib. 111, 1:

si lamentetur miser amplius aequo,

Lucr. 3, 953:

tribus vobis opsonatumst an opsono amplius Tibi et parasito et mulieri?

besides, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 45:

Quam vellem invitatum, ut nobiscum esset amplius,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:

in illo exercitu cuncta (probra) fuere et alia amplius,

Sall. J. 44, 5:

felices ter et amplius,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

binas aut amplius domos continuare,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

ter nec amplius,

Suet. Caes. 25:

cum non solum de his scripserit, sed amplius praecepta (reliquerit),

Quint. 12, 11, 24:

multa promi amplius possunt,

Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

si studere amplius possum,

Quint. 6, prooem. 4:

auram communem amplius haurire potui?

id. 6, prooem. 12:

sagum, quod amplius est,

Vulg. Exod. 26, 12.—

And so very often with the pron. quid, etc.; with the negatives nihil, non, neque, nec, ne; and sometimes with nemo and haud.

With quid, etc.:

Quid faciam amplius?

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 14, and Cic. Har. Resp. 42:

quid dicam amplius?

Quint. 8, 4, 7:

quid a me amplius dicendum putatis?

Cic. Verr. 3, 60:

quid quaeris amplius?

id. Sex. Rosc. 145; id. Dom. 41; id. Verr. 2, 191:

quid vultis amplius?

id. Mil. 35:

quid amplius vis?

Hor. Epod. 17, 30:

quid exspectatis amplius?

Cic. Verr. 2, 174:

quid amplius exspectabo,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 33:

quid loquar amplius de hoc homine?

Cic. Caecin. 25:

quid amplius laboremus?

Quint. 8, prooem. 31:

quid habet amplius homo?

Vulg. Eccl. 1, 3; 6, 8:

quid ego aliud exoptem amplius, nisi etc.,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 134:

quid amplius debeam optare?

Quint. 4, 1, 51: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 11; Ter. And. 2, 1, 25: De. An quid est etiam amplius? He. Vero amplius, id. Ad. 3, 4, 22:

quid est quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?

more than this, id. And. 1, 1, 4:

Etenim quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si etc.,

Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Sull. 90:

si quid amplius scit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

si quid ego addidero amplius,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 13:

si amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 8.—And often hoc amplius, where hoc is commonly an abl., but sometimes may be regarded as a nom. or an acc.:

hoc amplius si quid poteris,

any thing beyond this, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 44: et hoc amplius (additur), quod etc., and this further, that etc., id. Sull. 44; so Quint. 5, 13, 36:

de paedagogis hoc amplius, ut aut sint etc.,

id. 1, 1, 8:

Mario urbe Italiaque interdicendum, Marciano hoc amplius, Africa,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 19; Quint. 1, 5, 50; 1, 5, 55; sometimes in plur., his amplius:

his amplius apud eundem (est) etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 15;

so rarely eo amplius: inferiasque his annua religione, publice instituit, et eo amplius matri Circenses,

Suet. Calig. 15:

quaeris quid potuerit amplius adsequi,

Cic. Planc. 60: prius quam (hic) turbarum quid faciat amplius, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 93:

quare jam te cur amplius excrucies?

Cat. 76, 10.—

With nihil, etc.:

habet nihil amplius quam lutum,

Lucil. 9, 46 Mull.:

nihil habui amplius, quod praeciperem,

Quint. 7, 1, 64:

nihil enim dixit amplius,

Cic. Deiot. 21:

Nihil dico amplius: causa dicta est,

I say no more; I have done with my case, id. ib. 8:

nihil amplius dico, nisi me etc.,

id. Planc. 96:

nihil amplius dicam quam victoriam etc.,

id. Marcell. 17.—Hence, nihil dico or dicam amplius, when one fears to wound by declaring his opinion, etc., I say no more, have nothing further to say or add:

vetus est, Nihili cocio est. Scis cujus? non dico amplius,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51:

si, quod equitis Romani filius est, inferior esse debuit: omnes tecum equitum Romanorum filii petiverunt. Nihil dico amplius,

Cic. Planc. 7 (tacite significat eos dignitate inferiores esse Plancio, Manut. ad h.l.):

Alterius vero partis nihil amplius dicam quam id, quod etc.,

id. Marcell. 6, 17:

amplius nihil respondit,

Vulg. Marc. 15, 5:

nihil amplius addens,

ib. Deut. 5, 22:

nihil noverunt amplius,

ib. Eccl. 9, 5:

nihil amplius optet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46:

nihil amplius potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

amplius quod desideres, nihil erit,

this will leave nothing to be desired, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

nil amplius oro, nisi ut etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 4:

ipse Augustus nihil amplius quam equestri familia ortum se scribit,

Suet. Aug. 2:

si non amplius, ad lustrum hoc protolleret unum,

Lucil. 1, 33 Mull.:

non luctabor tecum, Crasse, amplius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:

verbum non amplius addam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 121:

non amplius me objurgabis,

Quint. 5, 10, 47:

non amplius posse,

Sall. Fragm. Hist. 3, 82, 19 Kritz:

non habent amplius quid faciant,

Vulg. Luc. 12, 4: non videbitis amplius faciem meam. ib. Gen. 44, 23; ib. Heb. 10, 17:

amplius illa jam non inveniet,

ib. Apoc. 18, 14:

studium, quo non aliud ad dignitatem amplius excogitari potest,

Tac. Or. 5:

extra me non est alia amplius,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 15:

neque hoc amplius quam quod vides nobis quicquamst,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 21:

neque va dari amplius neque etc.,

Cic. Quinct. 23:

nec jam amplius ullae Adparent terrae,

Verg. A. 3, 192; 3, 260; 5, 8; 9, 426; 9, 519; 11, 807; 12, 680; id. G. 4, 503:

nec irascar amplius,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 42; ib. Apoc. 7, 16:

ne amplius dona petas,

Cat. 68, 14:

urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,

Lucr. 4, 874;

ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

ut ne quem amplius posthac discipulum reciperet,

Suet. Gram. 17:

ne amplius morando Scaurum incenderet,

Sall. J. 25, 10; id. Fragm. Hist. 1, 2, 10 Kritz;

3, 82, 17: ne amplius divulgetur,

Vulg. Act. 4, 17:

ut nequaquam amplius per eamdem viam revertamini,

ib. Deut. 17, 16:

nolite amplius accipere pecuniam,

ib. 4 Reg. 12, 7.—

With nemo:

cur non restipulatur neminem amplius petiturum?

Cic. Q. Rosc. 12, 36:

cum amplius nemo occurreret,

nobody further, no one more, Curt. 8, 10, 2; so,

neminem amplius viderunt,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 7:

nemo emet amplius,

no one will buy any longer, any more, ib. Apoc. 18, 11 (for cases of haud with amplius, v. c. a and g).—

With numerals and numeral forms.

Without quam:

amplius horam suffixum in cruce me memini esse,

Cat. 69, 3:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo homines moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 4, 95:

amplius annos triginta tribunus fuerat,

Sall. C. 59, 6:

me non amplius novem annos nato,

Nep. Hann. 2, 3:

per annos amplius quadraginta,

Suet. Aug. 72; 32:

quid si tandem amplius triennium est?

Cic. Q. Rosc. 8:

Tu faciem illius noctem non amplius unam Falle dolo,

Verg. A. 1, 683:

inveniebat Sabim flumen non amplius milia passuum decem abesse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16; 4, 12:

reliquum spatium, quod est non amplius pedum sexcentorum, mons continet,

id. ib. 1, 28;

2, 29: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli,

Cic. Phil. 2, 40; id. Fl. 68; so Plin. Ep. 10, 39, 1:

huic paulo amplius tertiam partem denegem?

id. ib. 5, 7, 3:

cum eum amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,

Cic. Verr. 1, 14; 5, 155:

victi amplius ducenti ceciderunt,

Liv. 21, 29, 3: non amplius quattuordecim cohortes, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C:

ex omni multitudine non amplius quadraginta locum cepere,

Sall. J. 58, 3: torrentes amplius centum, [p. 113] Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; 9, 5, 4, § 10.—And very rarely placed after the numeral:

qui septingentos jam annos amplius numquam mutatis legibus vivunt,

Cic. Fl. 63:

pugnatum duas amplius horas,

Liv. 25, 19, 15 Weissenb.:

duo haud amplius milia peditum effugerunt,

id. 28, 2:

decem amplius versus perdidimus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12:

tris pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

Verg. E. 3, 105.—

With the comp. abl. (rare but class.):

cum jam amplius horis sex continenter pugnaretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 4, 37:

pugnatum amplius duabus horis est,

Liv. 27, 12:

neque triennio amplius supervixit,

Suet. Caes. 89:

uti non amplius quinis aut senis milibus passuum interesset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23; 2, 7;

6, 29: non amplius patet milibus quinque et triginta,

Sall. Fragm. Hist. 4, 1, 34 Kritz:

est ab capite paulo amplius mille passibus locus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 90, 1:

ab Capsa non amplius duum milium intervallo,

Sall. J. 91, 3:

(Catilina) cum initio non amplius duobus milibus (militum) habuisset,

id. C. 56, 2; so,

denas alii, alii plures (uxores) habent, set reges eo amplius,

id. J. 80, 7.—

And prob. the following ambiguous cases: cum mille non amplius equitibus,

Sall. J. 105, 3:

oppidum non amplius mille passuum abesse,

id. ib. 68, 3.—

With quam (postAug. and eccl.):

non amplius, cum plurimum, quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

nec amplius quam septem et viginti dies Brundisii commoratus,

id. ib. 17:

Toto triennio semel omnino eam nec amplius quam uno die paucissimis vidit horis,

id. Tib. 51:

demoratus dies non amplius quam octo aut decem,

Vulg. Act. 25, 6:

ut non amplius apud te quam quarta (pars) remaneret,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

ut vexillum veteranorum, non amplius quam quingenti numero, copias fuderint,

Tac. A. 3, 21:

haud amplius quam ducentos misit,

id. ib. 14, 32:

insidiantur ei ex iis viri amplius quam quadraginta,

Vulg. Act. 23, 21.—

Amplius, t. t. of judges when they deferred an important case for future examination:

Amplius adeo prolixum temporis spatium significat, ut judices quotienscunque significarent, adhuc se audire velle, amplius dicebant. Itaque negotium differebant, unde hodieque ampliari judicium differri dicitur,

Charis. 176 P.; so Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 39; cf.

also amplio and ampliatio: cum consules re audita amplius de consilii sententia pronuntiavissent,

Cic. Brut. 22, 86:

antea vel judicari primo poterat vel amplius pronuntiari,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

ut de Philodamo amplius pronuntiaretur,

id. ib. 2, 1, 29.—

And metaph.: ego amplius deliberandum censeo,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 17.—

Amplius non petere, judicial t. phr., to bring no further action, to make no further claim:

quid ita satis non dedit, AMPLIVS [A SE] NEMINEM PETITVRVM?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35:

Tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero amplius eo nomine neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

sunt duo, quae te rogo: primum, ut si quid satis dandum erit, AMPLIVS EO NOMINE NON PETI, cures etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 28 A:

quod ille recusarit satis dare amplius abs te non peti,

id. Att. 1, 8, 1.—

Hoc amplius, beside the general use given above (II. Comp. b. a), as t. phr. of senators when they approved a measure, but amended it by addition:

Servilio adsentior et HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, magnum Pompeium fecisse etc.,

Cic. Phil. 12, 21, 50:

cui cum essem adsensus, decrevi HOC AMPLIVS, ut etc.,

id. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1;

so Seneca: fortasse et post omnes citatus nihil improbabo ex iis, quae priores decreverint, et dicam HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, Vit. Beat. 3, 2: Quaedam ex istis sunt, quibus adsentire possumus, sed HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO,

id. Q. N. 3, 15, 1.—

To this may be added the elliptical phrases, nihil amplius and si nihil amplius:

nihil amplius, denoting that there is nothing further than has been declared: sese ipsum abs te repetit. Nihil amplius,

Cic. Verr. 5, 49, 128;

(res publica) ulta suas injurias est per vos interitu tyranni. Nihil amplius,

id. Fam. 12, 1, 2; and, si nihil amplius, marking a limit, if nothing more, at least:

excedam tectis? An, si nihil amplius, obstem?

Ov. M. 9, 148.

word more, which is sometimes an adj., sometimes a subst., and sometimes an adv., and some of the above examples would admit of different classifications; as, non amplius dicere, not to speak further (adv.) or not to say more (subst.), Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51; but some of them would admit of only one explanation;

as, ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43. Sup.: amplissimē.

Lit., very largely, most abundantly:

ut quibus militibus amplissime (agri) dati adsignati essent,

in the largest shares, Cic. Phil. 5, 53:

duumviri (deos) tribus quam amplissume tum apparari poterat stratis lectis placavere,

Liv. 5, 13, 6 Weissenb.—

Fig., most generously, most handsomely:

qui amplissime de salute mea decreverint,

Cic. Dom. 44:

amplissime laudare,

in the handsomest style, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11; Suet. Calig. 15:

honores amplissime gessit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 112:

pater cum amplissime ex praetura triumphasset,

with the greatest pomp, id. Mur. 15:

placere eum quam amplissime supremo suo die efferri,

should be carried forth with every possible solemnity, id. Phil. 9, 7, 16. V. on this word, Hand, Turs. I. pp. 287-296.

amplus, a, um, adj. [some regard this as a shortened form of anapleôs, = filled up, full; others, as for ambulus from amb-, rounded out, as superus from super, etc.; v. Doed. Syn. II. p. 113; but perh. it is better to form it from am- and -plus, akin to -pleo, plenus, q. v. Pott], thus pr., full all round; hence, great, large. —In space, of large extent, great, large, wide, ample, spacious (the forms amplus and amplior are very rare in the ante-class. per., and rare in all periods. Amplius is com. in the ante-class., freq. in the class., and very freq. in the post-class. per., the Vulg. rarely using the other forms, but using this 121 times. Amplissimus belongs to prose, and is scarcely used before Cicero, with whom it was a very favorite word. It was also used by Plin. Maj. and Min., but never by Tac., Sall. (in his genuine works), nor the Vulg. Catullus used only the form amplius, and Prop. only amplus, while Tib. and Pers. never used this word in any form. Ampliter is found mostly in Plaut.; and ample and amplissime are used a few times by Cic. and by writers that followed him; syn.: magnus, ingens, latus, late patens, spatiosus, laxus).

Lit.:

amplus et spectu protervo ferox,

Pac. Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.:

qui (Pluto) ter amplum Geryonen compescit unda,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 7:

ampla domus dedecori domino fit, si est in ea solitudo,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; so Verg. A. 2, 310:

admodum amplum et excelsum signum,

Cic. Verr. 4, 74:

collis castris parum amplus,

Sall. J. 98, 3:

porticibus in amplis,

Verg. A. 3, 353:

per amplum mittimur Elysium,

id. ib. 6, 743:

vocemque per ampla volutant Atria,

id. ib. 1, 725:

nil vulva pulchrius ampla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41:

amplae aures,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

milium amplum grano,

id. 18, 7, 10, § 55:

cubiculum amplum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:

baptisterium amplum atque opacum,

id. ib. 5, 6, 25.— Comp.:

quanto est res amplior,

Lucr. 2, 1133:

Amplior Urgo et Capraria,

Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81:

avis paulo amplior passere,

id. 10, 32, 47, § 89:

amplior specie mortali,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 76 (for the neutr. amplius, v. infra).— Sup.:

amplissima curia... gymnasium amplissimum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53:

urbs amplissima atque ornatissima,

id. Agr. 2, 76:

amplissimum peristylum,

id. Dom. 116:

(candelabrum) ad amplissimi templi ornatum esse factum,

id. Verr. 4, 65:

mons Italiae amplissimus,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:

amplissimum flumen,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 3:

amplissimus lacus,

id. ib. 10, 41, 2:

amplissima insula,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71:

amplissimi horti,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

amplissima arborum,

Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 200:

est (topazon) amplissima gemmarum,

id. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

amplissimum cubiculum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23.—

Transf., great, abundant, ample, much, long:

bono atque amplo lucro,

Plaut. Am. prol. 6 and Ep. 2, 2, 117:

pabula miseris mortalibus ampla,

Lucr. 5, 944:

ampla civitas,

Cic. Verr. 4, 81; 4, 96:

civitas ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

gens ampla,

Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125:

amplae copiae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

ampla manus militum,

Liv. Epit. 1, 4, 9:

pecuaria res ampla,

Cic. Quinct. 12:

res familiaris ampla,

id. Phil. 13, 8:

(res) ampla,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 82, 20 Kritz:

patrimonium amplum et copiosum,

Cic. Sex. Rosc. 6; id. Dom. 146: id. Phil. 2, 67:

amplae divitiae,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:

esse patri ejus amplas facultates,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

in amplis opibus heres,

Plin. 9, 36, 59, § 122.— Comp.:

amplior numerus,

Cic. Mil. 57; Sall. J. 105, 3; Tac. A. 14, 53:

ampliores aquae,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 58:

amplior exercitus,

Sall. J. 54, 3; Suet. Vesp. 4:

commeatus spe amplior,

Sall. J. 75, 8:

amplior pecunia, Auct. B. Alex. 56: pecunia amplior,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

pretia ampliora,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84:

omnia longe ampliora invenire quam etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:

ampliores noctes,

Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

ut ampliori tempore maneret,

Vulg. Act. 18, 20.— Sup.:

peditatus copiae amplissimae e Gallia,

Cic. Font. 8:

exercitus amplissimus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; 9, 13, 11:

amplissima pecunia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31:

amplissimae fortunae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; id. Quinct. 49; id. Phil. 10, 4:

amplissimae patrimonii copiae,

id. Fl. 89:

amplissimas summas emptionibus occupare,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:

opes amplissimae,

id. ib. 8, 18, 4:

amplissima dies horarum quindecim etc.,

the longest day, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 218.—Also subst. in comp. neutr. (v. amplius, adv. infra), more:

ut quirem exaudire amplius,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:

si vis amplius dari, Dabitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 18:

jam amplius orat,

id. ib. 2, 1, 19:

daturus non sum amplius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29:

non complectar in his libris amplius quam quod etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

tantum adfero quantum ipse optat, atque etiam amplius,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 10:

ni amplius etiam, quod ebibit,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 20: Ph. Etiamne amplius? Th. Nil, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 63: Tr. Dimidium Volo ut dicas. Gr. Immo hercle etiam amplius, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 21: Th. Nempe octoginta debentur huic minae? Tr. Haud nummo amplius, id. Most. 3, 3, 16:

etiam amplius illam adparare condecet,

Turp. Com. Rel. p. 100 Rib.:

hoc onere suscepto amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1:

si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

omnis numerus amplius octingentis milibus explebat,

Vell. 2, 110, 3:

Segestanis imponebat aliquanto amplius quam etc.,

Cic. Verr. 4, 76:

illa corona contentus Thrasybulus neque amplius requisivit,

Nep. Thras. 4, 3:

amplius possidere,

Plin. 18, 4, 3, § 17:

Ille imperio ei reddito haud amplius, quam ut duo ex tribus filiis secum militarent, exegit,

Curt. 8, 4, 21:

dedit quantum maximum potuit, daturus amplius, si potuisset,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 6:

cum hoc amplius praestet, quod etc.,

id. ib. 7, 25, 1.—Also with part. gen., more of, a greater quantity or number of:

gaudeo tibi liberorum esse amplius,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 4:

te amplius bibisse praedicet loti,

Cat. 39, 21:

amplius frumenti auferre,

Cic. Verr. 3, 49:

expensum est auri viginti paulo amplius,

id. Fl. 6, 8:

amplius negotii contrahi,

id. Cat. 4, 9:

si amplius obsidum vellet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9, ubi v. Herz.:

quanto ejus amplius processerat temporis,

id. B. C. 3, 25.—

Fig.

Of internal power or force, great, strong, violent, impetuous:

pro viribus amplis,

Lucr. 5, 1174:

amplae vires peditum,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 75;

ampla nepotum Spes,

Prop. 4, 22, 41:

poena sera, sed ampla,

full, strict, id. 4, 5, 32. — Comp.:

haec irae factae essent multo ampliores,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 9:

si forte morbus amplior factus siet, i. e. gravior,

id. ib. 3, 1, 50:

amplior metus,

Cic. Clu. 128:

amplior potentia feris,

Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153:

ampliorem dicendi facultatem consequi,

Quint. 2, 3, 4:

amplior eoque acrior impetus,

Flor. 4, 2, 66:

spes amplior,

Sall. J. 105, 4:

amplius accipietis judicium,

severer, Vulg. Matt. 23, 14:

amplior auctoritas,

Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 47:

amplior virtus,

higher merit, Quint. 8, 3, 83:

idem aut amplior cultus (dei),

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:

amplior est quaestio,

Quint. 3, 5, 8:

ampliora verba,

of larger meaning, id. 8, 4, 2: scientia intellegentiaque ac sapientia ampliores inventae sunt in te, Vulg. Dan. 5, 14:

quo legatis animus amplior esset,

Sall. C. 40, 6; 59, 1:

spiritus amplior,

Vulg. Dan. 5, 12; 6, 3.— Sup.:

(honos) pro amplissimis meritis redditur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 41:

cujus sideris (Caniculae) effectus amplissimi in terra sentiuntur,

very violent, Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107:

amplissima spes,

Suet. Caes. 7:

his finis cognitionis amplissimae,

most important trial, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.—

Of external splendor, great, handsome, magnificent, splendid, glorious:

illis ampla satis forma, pudicitia,

great enough, Prop. 1, 2, 24:

haec ampla sunt, haec divina,

Cic. Sest. 102; id. Arch. 23:

res gestae satis amplae,

Sall. C. 8, 2:

cur parum amplis adfecerit praemiis,

Cic. Mil. 57:

ampla quidem, sed pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperunt,

Tac. A. 14, 53:

amplum in modum praemia ostentare,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 26, 6:

amplis honoribus usi,

Sall. J. 25, 4:

amplis honoribus auctos,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 11.—Sometimes in mal. part. or ironically:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

a fine opportunity, Cic. Verr. 2, 61:

spolia ampla refertis Tuque puerque tuus,

glorious spoils, Verg. A. 4, 93.— Comp.:

ne ullum munus aedilitatis amplius aut gratius populo esse possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5; id. Mur. 37:

praemiis ad perdiscendum amplioribus commoveri,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

alicui ampliorem laudem tribuere,

id. Sest. 27:

in aliqua re esse laudem ampliorem,

id. Marcell. 4:

corporis membris plus dedit, id amplius atque augustius ratus (Zeuxis),

Quint. 12, 10, 5:

ut Augustus vocaretur ampliore cognomine,

Suet. Aug. 7.— Subst.:

in potestatibus eo modo agitabat, ut ampliore, quam gerebat, dignus haberetur,

of something greater, Sall. J. 63, 5.— Sup.:

ut consules monumentum quam amplissimum faciundum curent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 38; 14, 31; id. Verr. 4, 82:

hoc munus aedilitatis amplissimum,

id. ib. 1, 12, 36; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 1, 74:

alicui amplissimas potestates dare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 31:

insignibus amplissimis ornatus,

id. ib. 2, 101:

dona amplissima conferre,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9:

praemia legatis dedistis amplissima,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5; id. Phil. 2, 32:

spe amplissimorum praemiorum adduci,

id. Mil. 5; id. de Or. 1, 5, 16:

velut praemium quoddam amplissimum longi laboris,

Quint. 10, 7, 1:

munera amplissima mittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

vestris beneficiis amplissimis adfectus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 51; id. Dom. 98:

laudi amplissimae lauream concedere,

id. Pis. 74:

laudibus amplissimis adficere,

id. Phil. 7, 11:

amplissimam gloriam consequi,

id. Prov. Cons. 39:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine adfeceris,

id. Deiot. 14:

amplissimis aliquem efferre honoribus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 17, 3:

amplissimis uti honoribus,

Cic. Fl. 45:

amplissimos honores adipisci,

id. Verr. 5, 181:

honores adsequi amplissimos,

id. Mil. 81:

aliquem ad honores amplissimos perducere,

id. Am. 20, 73:

meus labor fructum est amplissimum consecutus,

id. Imp. Pomp 2:

mihi gratiae verbis amplissimis aguntur,

in the handsomest termis, id. Cat. 3, 14; id. Phil. 2, 13; id. Quir. 15:

ei amplissimis verbis gratias egimus,

id. Phil. 1, 3:

provincia Gallia merito ornatur verbis amplissimis ab senatu,

id. ib. 4, 9:

amplissimis verbis conlaudatus,

Suet. Caes. 16:

amplissimo populi senatusque judicio exercitus habuistis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 12; id. Fl. 5; id. Dom. 86; id. Planc. 93:

de meo consulatu amplissima atque ornatissima decreta fecerunt,

id. Dom. 74:

quam universi populi, illius gentis, amplissimum testimonium (said of Cic.),

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 116.—

In respect of the opinion of others, esteemed, renowned, etc.:

quicquid est, quamvis amplum sit, id est parum tum cum est aliquid amplius,

Cic. Marcell. 26:

quid hunc hominem magnum aut amplum de re publica cogitare (putare possumus), qui etc.,

great or noble, id. Imp. Pomp. 37:

omnia, quae vobis cara atque ampla sunt,

id. Agr. 2, 9; id. Arch. 23:

convenerunt corrogati et quidem ampli quidam homines,

id. Phil. 3, 20:

hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,

small and great, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28:

amplis doctoribus instructus,

Tac. A. 14, 52:

sin autem sunt amplae et honestae familiae plebeiae,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15.— Comp.:

cum est aliquid amplius,

Cic. Marcell. 26:

ampliores ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77, where Dinter reads priores: quo (ingenio) neque melius neque amplius aliud in natura mortalium est, [p. 112] Sall. J. 2, 4:

nihil amplius potes (tribuere) amicitia tua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

quid amplius facitis?

Vulg. Matt. 5, 47.— Sup.:

ex amplissimo genere nubere,

Cic. Cael. 34:

amplissimo genere natus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

genere copiisque amplissimus, id. ib 6, 15: quam (familiam) vidit amplissimam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12:

amplissimos patruos habere,

id. Sex. Rosc. 147:

amplissima civitas,

id. Verr. 5, 122:

apud illos Fabiorum nomen est amplissimum,

id. Font. 36; id. Caecin. 104; id. Verr. 3, 96; id. Deiot. 14:

mihi hic locus ad agendum amplissimus est visus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1:

non adgrediar ad illa maxima atque amplissima prius quam etc.,

id. Sest. 5:

licet tribuas ei quantum amplissimum potes, nihil tamen amplius potes amicitia tua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

amplissimis operibus increscere,

id. ib. 8, 4, 3:

honores in amplissimo consilio collocare,

Cic. Sen. 2:

amplissimi orbis terrae consilii principes,

id. Phil. 3, 34: honoris amplissimi puto esse accusare improbos, I esteem it to be the greatest honor, etc., id. Div. in Caecil. 70:

promotus ad amplissimas procurationes,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:

praeter honores amplissimos cognomenque etc.,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 142:

spes amplissimae dignitatis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 49; id. Sen. 19, 68; Suet. Vit. 2.—

Hence, amplissimus (almost always thus in sup.) as a title for persons holding great and honored offices, as consul, senator, etc., or as an honorable epithet of the office itself or the body of officers, distinguished, very distinguished, honorable, right honorable, most honorable, etc.:

is mihi videtur amplissimus, qui sua virtute in altiorem locum pervenit,

Cic. Sex. Rosc. 83:

homo et suis et populi Romani ornamentis amplissimus,

id. Mur. 8:

P. Africanus rebus gestis amplissimus,

id. Caecin. 69:

ut homines amplissimi testimonium de sua re non dicerent,

id. Sex. Rosc. 102; id. Clu. 197:

Q. Catuli atque ceterorum amplissimorum hominum auctoritas,

id. Imp. Pomp. 63:

vir amplissimus ejus civitatis,

id. Verr. 4, 17; id. Fl. 32:

exercitum Cn. Domitii, amplissimi viri, sustentavit,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

cum habeas amplissimi viri religionem (of L. Lucullus),

id. Arch. 4, 8; id. Lig. 22:

in quo consilio amplissimi viri judicarent,

id. Mil. 5; id. Balb. 1; id. Dom. 2:

comitatus virorum amplissimorum,

id. Sull. 9:

viros primarios atque amplissimos civitatis in consilium advocare,

id. Verr. 3, 18:

ordinis amplissimi esse,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, 1; 37, 6:

cives amplissimos legare,

Cic. Balb. 42:

hoc amplissimum nomen, i. e. senatorium,

id. Verr. 3, 96:

amplissimus honos, i. e. consulatus,

id. Rep. 1, 6; so,

amplissimo praeditus magistratu,

Suet. Aug. 26:

amplissimus ordo, i. e. senatorius,

Plin. Ep. 10, 3; Suet. Calig. 49:

amplissimi ordines, i. e. senatus et equites,

id. Vesp. 9:

amplissimum collegium decemvirale,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

an vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 3:

amplissimum sacerdotium,

id. Verr. 2, 126; id. Phil. 13, 8:

sacerdotium amplissimum,

id. Verr. 2, 127.—

As rhet. epithet:

amplus orator,

one that speaks richly and with dignity, Cic. Or. 9; id. Brut. 68:

herous (pes), qui est idem dactylus Aristoteli amplior, iambus humanior videatur,

grander, more stately, Quint. 9, 4, 88:

amplius compositionis genus,

more copious style, id. 9, 4, 129.— Adv. (on the extent of the use of the different forms of the adverb, v. supra init.), largely, abundantly, copiously.

Lit.

Form amplĭter:

benigne ei largi atque ampliter,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.:

aptate munde atque ampliter convivium,

Pomp. Com. Rel. p. 234 Rib.:

extructam ampliter mensam,

Lucil. 13, 7 Mull.:

opsonato ampliter,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65:

adpositum est ampliter,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 163:

acceptus hilare atque ampliter,

id. Merc. prol. 98:

modeste melius facere sumptum quam ampliter,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 10:

parum (digitulos) immersisti ampliter,

not deep enough, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—

Form amplē:

exornat ample magnificeque triclinium,

Cic. Verr. 4, 62: qui ample valetudinarios nutriunt, in great numbers (v. the context), Cels. praef. med. —

Trop., fully, handsomely.

Form amplĭter:

ampliter dicere,

fully, particularly, Gell. 10, 3, 4:

laudare ampliter,

id. 2, 6, 11.—

Form amplē: duo genera sunt: unum attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium, with great fulness, richly (v. amplus, II. E.), Cic. Brut. 55, 201; so,

elate ampleque loqui,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

satis ample sonabant in Pompeiani nominis locum Cato et Scipio,

full grandly filled the place of, Flor. 4, 2, 65.— Comp.: amplĭus, more, longer, further, besides (syn.: ultra, praeterea); of time, number, and action (while plus denotes more in quantity, measure, etc.; magis, more, in the comparison of quality, and sometimes of action; and potius, rather, the choice between different objects or acts), constr. absol., with comp. abl., and, in the case of numerals, like minus, plus, propius, q. v., without quam with the nom., acc., or gen., or rarely with the abl. comp., or with quam, but chiefly in the post-Aug. per.; cf. Zumpt, § 485; Madv. § 305; Roby, § 1273; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 12; and Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. p. 521 sq.

In gen.:

deliberatum est non tacere [me] amplius,

Afran. Com. Rel. p. 199 Rib.:

otium ubi erit, de istis rebus tum amplius tecum loquar,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 18:

cui amplius male faxim,

id. Aul. 3, 2, 6: De. Etiam? Li. Amplius, id. As. 1, 1, 29: Ar. Vale. Ph. Aliquanto amplius valerem, si hic maneres, id. ib. 3, 3, 2:

etiam faxo amabit (eam) amplius,

id. Men. 5, 2, 40:

multo tanto illum accusabo, quam te accusavi, amplius,

id. ib. 5, 2, 49:

quo populum servare potissit amplius,

Lucil. 1, 15 Mull.:

At ego amplius dico,

Cic. Verr. 2, 26:

amplius posse,

Sall. J. 69, 2:

armis amplius valere,

id. ib. 111, 1:

si lamentetur miser amplius aequo,

Lucr. 3, 953:

tribus vobis opsonatumst an opsono amplius Tibi et parasito et mulieri?

besides, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 45:

Quam vellem invitatum, ut nobiscum esset amplius,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:

in illo exercitu cuncta (probra) fuere et alia amplius,

Sall. J. 44, 5:

felices ter et amplius,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

binas aut amplius domos continuare,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

ter nec amplius,

Suet. Caes. 25:

cum non solum de his scripserit, sed amplius praecepta (reliquerit),

Quint. 12, 11, 24:

multa promi amplius possunt,

Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

si studere amplius possum,

Quint. 6, prooem. 4:

auram communem amplius haurire potui?

id. 6, prooem. 12:

sagum, quod amplius est,

Vulg. Exod. 26, 12.—

And so very often with the pron. quid, etc.; with the negatives nihil, non, neque, nec, ne; and sometimes with nemo and haud.

With quid, etc.:

Quid faciam amplius?

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 14, and Cic. Har. Resp. 42:

quid dicam amplius?

Quint. 8, 4, 7:

quid a me amplius dicendum putatis?

Cic. Verr. 3, 60:

quid quaeris amplius?

id. Sex. Rosc. 145; id. Dom. 41; id. Verr. 2, 191:

quid vultis amplius?

id. Mil. 35:

quid amplius vis?

Hor. Epod. 17, 30:

quid exspectatis amplius?

Cic. Verr. 2, 174:

quid amplius exspectabo,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 33:

quid loquar amplius de hoc homine?

Cic. Caecin. 25:

quid amplius laboremus?

Quint. 8, prooem. 31:

quid habet amplius homo?

Vulg. Eccl. 1, 3; 6, 8:

quid ego aliud exoptem amplius, nisi etc.,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 134:

quid amplius debeam optare?

Quint. 4, 1, 51: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 11; Ter. And. 2, 1, 25: De. An quid est etiam amplius? He. Vero amplius, id. Ad. 3, 4, 22:

quid est quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?

more than this, id. And. 1, 1, 4:

Etenim quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si etc.,

Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Sull. 90:

si quid amplius scit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

si quid ego addidero amplius,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 13:

si amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 8.—And often hoc amplius, where hoc is commonly an abl., but sometimes may be regarded as a nom. or an acc.:

hoc amplius si quid poteris,

any thing beyond this, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 44: et hoc amplius (additur), quod etc., and this further, that etc., id. Sull. 44; so Quint. 5, 13, 36:

de paedagogis hoc amplius, ut aut sint etc.,

id. 1, 1, 8:

Mario urbe Italiaque interdicendum, Marciano hoc amplius, Africa,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 19; Quint. 1, 5, 50; 1, 5, 55; sometimes in plur., his amplius:

his amplius apud eundem (est) etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 15;

so rarely eo amplius: inferiasque his annua religione, publice instituit, et eo amplius matri Circenses,

Suet. Calig. 15:

quaeris quid potuerit amplius adsequi,

Cic. Planc. 60: prius quam (hic) turbarum quid faciat amplius, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 93:

quare jam te cur amplius excrucies?

Cat. 76, 10.—

With nihil, etc.:

habet nihil amplius quam lutum,

Lucil. 9, 46 Mull.:

nihil habui amplius, quod praeciperem,

Quint. 7, 1, 64:

nihil enim dixit amplius,

Cic. Deiot. 21:

Nihil dico amplius: causa dicta est,

I say no more; I have done with my case, id. ib. 8:

nihil amplius dico, nisi me etc.,

id. Planc. 96:

nihil amplius dicam quam victoriam etc.,

id. Marcell. 17.—Hence, nihil dico or dicam amplius, when one fears to wound by declaring his opinion, etc., I say no more, have nothing further to say or add:

vetus est, Nihili cocio est. Scis cujus? non dico amplius,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51:

si, quod equitis Romani filius est, inferior esse debuit: omnes tecum equitum Romanorum filii petiverunt. Nihil dico amplius,

Cic. Planc. 7 (tacite significat eos dignitate inferiores esse Plancio, Manut. ad h.l.):

Alterius vero partis nihil amplius dicam quam id, quod etc.,

id. Marcell. 6, 17:

amplius nihil respondit,

Vulg. Marc. 15, 5:

nihil amplius addens,

ib. Deut. 5, 22:

nihil noverunt amplius,

ib. Eccl. 9, 5:

nihil amplius optet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46:

nihil amplius potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 10:

amplius quod desideres, nihil erit,

this will leave nothing to be desired, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

nil amplius oro, nisi ut etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 4:

ipse Augustus nihil amplius quam equestri familia ortum se scribit,

Suet. Aug. 2:

si non amplius, ad lustrum hoc protolleret unum,

Lucil. 1, 33 Mull.:

non luctabor tecum, Crasse, amplius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:

verbum non amplius addam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 121:

non amplius me objurgabis,

Quint. 5, 10, 47:

non amplius posse,

Sall. Fragm. Hist. 3, 82, 19 Kritz:

non habent amplius quid faciant,

Vulg. Luc. 12, 4: non videbitis amplius faciem meam. ib. Gen. 44, 23; ib. Heb. 10, 17:

amplius illa jam non inveniet,

ib. Apoc. 18, 14:

studium, quo non aliud ad dignitatem amplius excogitari potest,

Tac. Or. 5:

extra me non est alia amplius,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 15:

neque hoc amplius quam quod vides nobis quicquamst,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 21:

neque va dari amplius neque etc.,

Cic. Quinct. 23:

nec jam amplius ullae Adparent terrae,

Verg. A. 3, 192; 3, 260; 5, 8; 9, 426; 9, 519; 11, 807; 12, 680; id. G. 4, 503:

nec irascar amplius,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 42; ib. Apoc. 7, 16:

ne amplius dona petas,

Cat. 68, 14:

urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,

Lucr. 4, 874;

ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

ut ne quem amplius posthac discipulum reciperet,

Suet. Gram. 17:

ne amplius morando Scaurum incenderet,

Sall. J. 25, 10; id. Fragm. Hist. 1, 2, 10 Kritz;

3, 82, 17: ne amplius divulgetur,

Vulg. Act. 4, 17:

ut nequaquam amplius per eamdem viam revertamini,

ib. Deut. 17, 16:

nolite amplius accipere pecuniam,

ib. 4 Reg. 12, 7.—

With nemo:

cur non restipulatur neminem amplius petiturum?

Cic. Q. Rosc. 12, 36:

cum amplius nemo occurreret,

nobody further, no one more, Curt. 8, 10, 2; so,

neminem amplius viderunt,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 7:

nemo emet amplius,

no one will buy any longer, any more, ib. Apoc. 18, 11 (for cases of haud with amplius, v. c. a and g).—

With numerals and numeral forms.

Without quam:

amplius horam suffixum in cruce me memini esse,

Cat. 69, 3:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo homines moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 4, 95:

amplius annos triginta tribunus fuerat,

Sall. C. 59, 6:

me non amplius novem annos nato,

Nep. Hann. 2, 3:

per annos amplius quadraginta,

Suet. Aug. 72; 32:

quid si tandem amplius triennium est?

Cic. Q. Rosc. 8:

Tu faciem illius noctem non amplius unam Falle dolo,

Verg. A. 1, 683:

inveniebat Sabim flumen non amplius milia passuum decem abesse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16; 4, 12:

reliquum spatium, quod est non amplius pedum sexcentorum, mons continet,

id. ib. 1, 28;

2, 29: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli,

Cic. Phil. 2, 40; id. Fl. 68; so Plin. Ep. 10, 39, 1:

huic paulo amplius tertiam partem denegem?

id. ib. 5, 7, 3:

cum eum amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,

Cic. Verr. 1, 14; 5, 155:

victi amplius ducenti ceciderunt,

Liv. 21, 29, 3: non amplius quattuordecim cohortes, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C:

ex omni multitudine non amplius quadraginta locum cepere,

Sall. J. 58, 3: torrentes amplius centum, [p. 113] Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 103; 9, 5, 4, § 10.—And very rarely placed after the numeral:

qui septingentos jam annos amplius numquam mutatis legibus vivunt,

Cic. Fl. 63:

pugnatum duas amplius horas,

Liv. 25, 19, 15 Weissenb.:

duo haud amplius milia peditum effugerunt,

id. 28, 2:

decem amplius versus perdidimus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12:

tris pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

Verg. E. 3, 105.—

With the comp. abl. (rare but class.):

cum jam amplius horis sex continenter pugnaretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 4, 37:

pugnatum amplius duabus horis est,

Liv. 27, 12:

neque triennio amplius supervixit,

Suet. Caes. 89:

uti non amplius quinis aut senis milibus passuum interesset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23; 2, 7;

6, 29: non amplius patet milibus quinque et triginta,

Sall. Fragm. Hist. 4, 1, 34 Kritz:

est ab capite paulo amplius mille passibus locus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 90, 1:

ab Capsa non amplius duum milium intervallo,

Sall. J. 91, 3:

(Catilina) cum initio non amplius duobus milibus (militum) habuisset,

id. C. 56, 2; so,

denas alii, alii plures (uxores) habent, set reges eo amplius,

id. J. 80, 7.—

And prob. the following ambiguous cases: cum mille non amplius equitibus,

Sall. J. 105, 3:

oppidum non amplius mille passuum abesse,

id. ib. 68, 3.—

With quam (postAug. and eccl.):

non amplius, cum plurimum, quam septem horas dormiebat,

Suet. Aug. 78:

nec amplius quam septem et viginti dies Brundisii commoratus,

id. ib. 17:

Toto triennio semel omnino eam nec amplius quam uno die paucissimis vidit horis,

id. Tib. 51:

demoratus dies non amplius quam octo aut decem,

Vulg. Act. 25, 6:

ut non amplius apud te quam quarta (pars) remaneret,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

ut vexillum veteranorum, non amplius quam quingenti numero, copias fuderint,

Tac. A. 3, 21:

haud amplius quam ducentos misit,

id. ib. 14, 32:

insidiantur ei ex iis viri amplius quam quadraginta,

Vulg. Act. 23, 21.—

Amplius, t. t. of judges when they deferred an important case for future examination:

Amplius adeo prolixum temporis spatium significat, ut judices quotienscunque significarent, adhuc se audire velle, amplius dicebant. Itaque negotium differebant, unde hodieque ampliari judicium differri dicitur,

Charis. 176 P.; so Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 39; cf.

also amplio and ampliatio: cum consules re audita amplius de consilii sententia pronuntiavissent,

Cic. Brut. 22, 86:

antea vel judicari primo poterat vel amplius pronuntiari,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

ut de Philodamo amplius pronuntiaretur,

id. ib. 2, 1, 29.—

And metaph.: ego amplius deliberandum censeo,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 17.—

Amplius non petere, judicial t. phr., to bring no further action, to make no further claim:

quid ita satis non dedit, AMPLIVS [A SE] NEMINEM PETITVRVM?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35:

Tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero amplius eo nomine neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

sunt duo, quae te rogo: primum, ut si quid satis dandum erit, AMPLIVS EO NOMINE NON PETI, cures etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 28 A:

quod ille recusarit satis dare amplius abs te non peti,

id. Att. 1, 8, 1.—

Hoc amplius, beside the general use given above (II. Comp. b. a), as t. phr. of senators when they approved a measure, but amended it by addition:

Servilio adsentior et HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, magnum Pompeium fecisse etc.,

Cic. Phil. 12, 21, 50:

cui cum essem adsensus, decrevi HOC AMPLIVS, ut etc.,

id. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1;

so Seneca: fortasse et post omnes citatus nihil improbabo ex iis, quae priores decreverint, et dicam HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO, Vit. Beat. 3, 2: Quaedam ex istis sunt, quibus adsentire possumus, sed HOC AMPLIVS CENSEO,

id. Q. N. 3, 15, 1.—

To this may be added the elliptical phrases, nihil amplius and si nihil amplius:

nihil amplius, denoting that there is nothing further than has been declared: sese ipsum abs te repetit. Nihil amplius,

Cic. Verr. 5, 49, 128;

(res publica) ulta suas injurias est per vos interitu tyranni. Nihil amplius,

id. Fam. 12, 1, 2; and, si nihil amplius, marking a limit, if nothing more, at least:

excedam tectis? An, si nihil amplius, obstem?

Ov. M. 9, 148.

word more, which is sometimes an adj., sometimes a subst., and sometimes an adv., and some of the above examples would admit of different classifications; as, non amplius dicere, not to speak further (adv.) or not to say more (subst.), Plaut. As. 1, 3, 51; but some of them would admit of only one explanation;

as, ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43. Sup.: amplissimē.

Lit., very largely, most abundantly:

ut quibus militibus amplissime (agri) dati adsignati essent,

in the largest shares, Cic. Phil. 5, 53:

duumviri (deos) tribus quam amplissume tum apparari poterat stratis lectis placavere,

Liv. 5, 13, 6 Weissenb.—

Fig., most generously, most handsomely:

qui amplissime de salute mea decreverint,

Cic. Dom. 44:

amplissime laudare,

in the handsomest style, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11; Suet. Calig. 15:

honores amplissime gessit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 112:

pater cum amplissime ex praetura triumphasset,

with the greatest pomp, id. Mur. 15:

placere eum quam amplissime supremo suo die efferri,

should be carried forth with every possible solemnity, id. Phil. 9, 7, 16. V. on this word, Hand, Turs. I. pp. 287-296.

obvĭus, a, um, adj. [ob-via], in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet (class.).

In gen.:

si ille obvius ei futurus omnino non erat,

had no expectation of meeting him, Cic. Mil. 18, 47:

dare se obvium alicui,

to meet a person, Liv. 1, 16:

quo in loco inter se obvii fuissent,

had met each other, Sall. J. 79, 4:

libellus insidiarum ab obvio quodam porrectus,

by one who met him, Suet. Caes. 81; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 29:

cuicumque est obvia,

whomsoever she meets, Juv. 6, 412:

cui mater mediā sese tulit obvia silvā,

met, Verg. A. 1, 314:

obvia cui Camilla Occurrit,

id. ib. 11, 498: esse in obvio alicui, to be in the way of or where one can meet another, Liv. 37, 23; so, with ellips. of dat.:

Brutidius meus ad Martis fuit obvius aram,

Juv. 10, 83:

se gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

agmen obviorum,

Suet. Calig. 13:

obvii e diverso,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 201.—Of things:

neque aranei tenvia fila Obvia sentimus,

Lucr. 3, 384:

simulacra nobis,

id. 4, 37:

obvias mihi litteras mittas,

send to meet, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 4, 3:

ultroque ferebant Obvia securis ubera lactis oves,

offered, presented, Tib. 1, 3, 46: montes, qui obvii erant itineri adversariorum, which lay in their way, which they met or fell in with, Nep. Eum. 9:

quaeque,

Val. Fl. 3, 583:

obvia flamina,

Ov. M. 1, 528:

obvius undis,

up the stream, id. ib. 11, 138:

obviaque hospitiis teneat frondentibus arbos,

over against, opposite, Verg. G. 4, 24:

aquilones,

contrary, adverse, Tac. A. 2, 54:

prona cadit lateque et cominus obvia frangens,

every thing in its way, Cat. 64, 109.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, as an enemy, against, to meet or encounter:

si ingredienti cum armatā manu obvius fueris,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

Jugurthae obvius procedit,

Sall. J. 21, 1:

obvii hostibus,

id. ib. 50, 4:

infestā subit obvius hastā,

Verg. A. 10, 877.—

In a good sense.

Easy of access, affable, courteous (perh. not ante-Aug.):

est enim obvius, et expositus, plenusque humanitate,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things, at hand, easy, ready, obvious:

nec se obvias fuisse dicenti, sed conquisitas (figuras),

Quint. 9, 3, 5:

quidquid venerit obvium loquamur,

Mart. 11, 7, 7:

obvias opes deferre deos,

Tac. A. 16, 2:

comitas,

id. ib. 2, 2:

laudes,

common, Gell. 5, 1, 1:

obvia et illaborata virtus,

easy, not difficult of attainment, Quint. 12, 2, 2:

ex obvio fere victus (animalibus),

id. 2, 16, 14.—

Of words, in constant use, common:

est vestibulum in sermonibus celebre atque obvium verbum,

Macr. S. 6, 8, 15:

municipes et municipia sunt verba dictu facilia et usu obvia,

Gell. 16, 13, 1; 18, 12, 10; cf.:

obvium est dicere dimidiā,

id. 3, 14, 12.—

Se dare obvium, to occur to one's mind or memory:

licet omnes (versus) praesens memoria non suggerat, tamen, qui se dederint obvios, annotabo,

Macr. S. 5, 3, 1.—

Lying open, i. e. exposed, obnoxious to an evil ( poet.):

rupes Obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto,

Verg. A. 10, 694:

melioribus opto Auspiciis et quae fuerit minus obvia Graiis,

id. ib. 3, 498:

calvitium quoquoversus obvium,

i. e. exposed to the air, App. M. 11, p. 273 fin.

păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. par, piparmi, to lead, to further; Gr. poros; Lat. porta, peritus; also -per in pauper], to make or get ready, to prepare, furnish, provide; to order, contrive, design, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: apparo, comparo, acquiro); with personal, non-personal, and abstract objects; constr. usually with acc. or inf., rarely with ut, ne, or absol.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

omne paratum est, Ut jussisti... prandium,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 14; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

turres, falces, testudinesque,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.:

incendia,

Sall. C. 27, [p. 1305] 2:

ad integrum bellum cuncta parat,

id. J. 73, 1; Ter. And. 4, 4, 2:

quod parato opus est, para,

id. ib. 3, 2, 43:

quam hic fugam aut furtum parat?

id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; so with acc. of the act purposed:

fugam,

i. e. to prepare one's self for flight, Verg. A. 1, 360; Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

filio luctum,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 13:

cupiditates in animo,

id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 43, 2:

defensionem,

id. ib. 35, 2:

leges,

to introduce, id. ib. 51, 40:

verba a vetustate repetita gratiam novitati similem parant,

furnish, Quint. 1, 6, 39.—More rarely with reflex. pron. and final clause, or ad and acc., or (mostly post-Aug.) with dat.:

hisce ego non paro me, ut rideant,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18; cf.:

quin ita paret se, ut, etc.,

id. Hec. 1, 1, 11:

se ad discendum,

Cic. Or. 35, 122:

ad iter parare,

Liv. 42, 53, 2; cf.:

huc te pares, haec cogites,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9:

alterutri se fortunae parans,

Vell. 2, 43, 2:

se ad similem casum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 41; Prop. 2, 24, 48 (3, 19, 32):

multitudo, quam ad capiunda arma paraverat,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

parantibus utrisque se ad proelium,

Liv. 9, 14, 1; 21, 31, 1:

ad proelium vos parate,

Curt. 4, 13, 10: foro se parant, Sen. Contr. praef. § 4.— Pass.:

si ita naturā paratum esset, ut, etc.,

so ordered, ordained, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122:

ut simul in omnia paremur,

may habituate ourselves, Quint. 11, 3, 25.—

With inf., to prepare, intend, resolve, purpose, delermine, be on the point of, be about to do any thing: signa sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 Vahl.):

maledictis deterrere (poëtam), ne scribat, parat,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 3:

munitiones institutas parat perficere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 83:

omni Numidiae imperare parat,

Sall. J. 13, 2:

proficisci parabat,

id. C. 46, 3 Kritz:

in nemus ire parant,

Verg. A. 4, 118:

multa parantem Dicere,

id. ib. 4, 390.—

With ut or ne (very rare):

aequom fuit deos paravisse, uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,

have so ordered it, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 130; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122 supra:

age jam, uxorem ut arcessat, paret,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 75:

animo virili praesentique ut sis, para,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 64.—

With rel.-clause:

quom accepisti, haud multo post aliquid quod poscas paras,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 16:

priusquam unum dederis, centum quae poscat parat,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 31.— Absol., to make preparations, to prepare one's self (very rare):

at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare, parare, alius alium hortari, etc.,

Sall. C. 6, 5:

contra haec oppidani festinare, parare,

id. J. 76, 4; 60, 1:

jussis (militibus) ad iter parare,

Liv. 42, 53.—

In partic., of fate, to prepare, destine any thing ( poet.): cui fata parent, quem poscat Apollo, for whom the Fates prepare (death), Verg. A. 2, 121:

quid fata parent,

Luc. 1, 631; 6, 783:

motus fata parabant,

id. 2, 68; cf.:

sed quibus paratum est a Patre meo,

Vulg. Matt. 20, 23. —

Transf., to procure, acquire, get, obtain (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

jam ego parabo Aliquam dolosam fidicinam,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 37:

at dabit, parabit,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 49:

ille bonus vir nobis psaltriam Paravit,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 31; id. Eun. 4, 6, 32:

eum mihi precatorem paro,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 49:

cetera parare, quae parantur pecuniā... amicos non parare,

Cic. Lael. 15, 55:

sibi regnum,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

exercitum,

id. ib. 29, 3:

commeatus,

id. J. 28, 7:

locum et sedes,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31; 6, 22:

quin ei velut opes sint quaedam parandae,

Quint. 10, 1, 15:

de lodice parandā,

Juv. 7, 66.—

In partic., to procure with money, to buy, purchase:

in Piraeum ire volo, parare piscatum mihi,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 64:

trans Tiberim hortos,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; id. Fl. 29, 71 fin.:

jumenta,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2:

servi aere parati,

Sall. J. 31, 11:

argento parata mancipia,

Liv. 41, 6 fin. —Hence, părātus, a, um, P. a., prepared.

In gen., ready (class.):

ex paratā re imparatam omnem facis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 6; so (opp. imparata) id. Cas. 4, 4, 8:

tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 114:

quos locos multā commentatione atque meditatione paratos atque expeditos habere debetis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

propositum ac paratum auxilium,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 22:

omnia ad bellum apta ac parata,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30; Plin. Pan. 88:

obvius et paratus umor,

id. Ep. 2, 17, 25: parata victoria, an easy victory, Liv. 5, 6.—