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  • 41 da

    tempo since
    viene da Roma he comes from Rome
    sono da mio fratello I'm at my brother's (place)
    ero da loro I was at their place
    passo da Firenze I'm going via Florence
    vado dal medico I'm going to the doctor's
    da ieri since yesterday
    da oggi in poi from now on, starting from today
    da bambino as a child
    I'ho fatto da me I did it myself
    qualcosa da mangiare something to eat
    francobollo da 1000 lire 1000 lire stamp
    dai capelli grigi with grey hair
    * * *
    da prep.
    1 ( moto da luogo, origine, provenienza) from (anche fig.): da dove vieni?, where do you come from? (o where are you from?); l'aereo da Roma arriva alle 7.50, the plane from Rome arrives at 7.50; da che binario parte il treno per Parigi?, which platforms does the Paris train leave from?; vengo adesso dall'ospedale, I've just come from the hospital; sostammo a Roma e da lì proseguimmo per Napoli, we called at Rome and from there went on to Naples; si sono trasferiti da Milano a Firenze, they moved from Milan to Florence; la macchina veniva da destra, the car was coming from the right; ''Da dove provenivano gli spari?'' ''Dall'interno dell'edificio'', ''Where did the shots come from?'' ''From inside the building''; la porta si apriva dall'esterno, the door opened from the outside // fuori da, ( moto da luogo) out of; ( stato in luogo) outside: guardava ( fuori) dalla finestra, she was looking out of the window; tolse dalla tasca il portafoglio, he took his wallet out of his pocket; c'era una gran folla fuori dal teatro, there was a big crowd outside the theatre // Sant'Antonio da Padova, St. Anthony of Padua; Francesca da Rimini, Francesca of Rimini // da... a, from... to; la catena appenninica attraversa l'Italia da nord a sud, the Apennines cross Italy from north to south; contare da 1 a 100, to count from 1 to 100; dalla A alla Z, from A to Z
    2 ( distanza, separazione, distacco) from (anche fig.): da qui al mare c'è mezzora di macchina, it takes half an hour by car from here to the coast; Firenze dista da Roma circa 300 chilometri, Florence is about 300 kilometres from Rome; le Alpi separano l'Italia dalla Francia, the Alps separate Italy from France; vive separato dalla famiglia, he lives apart from his family; non riuscivano a staccarlo da sua madre, they were unable to get him away from his mother
    3 ( allontanamento, assenza) away (from): la prossima settimana sarò via da Milano per affari, next week I shall be away from Milan on business; era assente da scuola per malattia, she was away from school due to illness; non ama stare lontano da casa, he doesn't like being away from home; tenetevi lontano dai binari, keep away from the railtracks
    4 ( moto a luogo) to: porteremo i bambini dai nonni per Natale, we'll take the children to their grandparents' for Christmas; venite da noi a colazione?, will you come to us for lunch?; devo andare dal dentista alle 3, I have to go to the dentist's at 3 o'clock
    5 ( stato in luogo) at: dal macellaio, dal parrucchiere, at the butcher's, at the hairdresser's; è da sua madre in questo momento, she's at her mother's now; mi fermerò a dormire da un amico, I'm going to stay at a friend's house; abbiamo cenato da Mario, we had dinner at Mario's // si veste da Dior, she is dressed by Dior (o she wears Dior clothes) // da noi si usa così, we do it this way
    6 ( moto per luogo) through: se passi da Bergamo, vieni a trovarci, if you're passing through Bergamo, come and see us; non trovavo le chiavi e sono entrato dalla finestra, I could not find my keys so I got in through the window; l'acqua è filtrata dal tetto, water leaked through the roof; il pianoforte non passa dalla porta, the piano won't go through the door; entra aria dalle fessure, there's a draught coming in through the cracks
    7 ( agente, causa efficiente, con il verbo al passivo) by: la città fu completamente distrutta dal terremoto, the town was completely destroyed by the earthquake; essere colpito da virus, to be infected by a virus; 'Marcovaldo' è stato scritto da Calvino, 'Marcovaldo' was written by Calvino; il progetto sarà realizzato da architetti italiani, the plan will be carried out by Italian architects
    8 ( causa) for, with: tremare dal freddo, to shiver with cold; era pallido dalla paura, he was pale with fear; fare i salti dalla gioia, to jump for joy; non riusciva a tenere gli occhi aperti dal sonno, she couldn't keep her eyes open for tiredness
    9 ( durata nel tempo) for: vivo a Palermo da oltre un anno, I've been living in Palermo for over a year; ''Da quanto tempo studi il tedesco?'' ''Da sei mesi'', ''How long have you been studying German?'' ''For six months''; lo aspetto da due ore, I've been waiting for him for two hours; lo conosco da vent'anni, I've known him for twenty years; non piove da parecchi mesi, it hasn't rained for several months; Cara Lucia, scusa se non ti scrivo da tanto tempo..., Dear Lucy, sorry I haven't written for so long... // da secoli, da un'eternità, for ages
    10 ( decorrenza) since ( riferito al tempo passato); (as) from ( riferito al presente o al futuro): insegna dal 1980, he has been teaching since 1980; sono passati più di due secoli dalla Rivoluzione Francese, over two centuries have passed since the French Revolution; da prima della guerra, since before the war; da allora, since then; lavoro dalle otto di stamattina, I've been working since 8 o'clock this morning; non mangia da ieri, he hasn't eaten since yesterday; è da Natale che non abbiamo sue notizie, we haven't heard from him since Christmas; da quel giorno non ci siamo più visti, we haven't seen each other since that day; dall'ultima sua telefonata sono passati due mesi, it's two months since she last phoned; da quando è rimasto senza lavoro, non è più lui, he hasn't been the same since he lost his job; dal primo di luglio, il mio indirizzo sarà..., as from July 1st, my address will be...; da aprile a settembre..., from April to September...; qui le rose fioriscono da maggio a novembre, roses bloom here from May to November // da ieri, since yesterday // da oggi in poi, from today onwards // ( a partire) da domani, (as) from tomorrow // sin dalla sua infanzia, since (s)he was a child // a tre giorni dal suo arrivo, three days after his arrival // cieco dalla nascita, blind from birth
    11 ( modo) like: comportati da uomo, behave like a man; vivere da re, to live like a king; ti ho trattato da amico, I've treated you like a friend; ha agito da perfetto mascalzone, he behaved like a real scoundrel; da buon italiano, adora gli spaghetti, like a true Italian, he loves spaghetti // non è da te arrendersi al primo insuccesso, it's unlike you to give up so easily
    12 ( stato, condizione) as: da bambino, as a child; ti parlo da medico, I'm talking to you as a doctor; da giovane, as a young man; lasciamoci da buoni amici, let's part as friends // che cosa farai da grande?, what are you going to be, when you grow up?
    13 ( qualità, caratteristica, valore): un francobollo da 0,62 euro, a 62 euro cent stamp; una banconota da 5 euro, a five-euro note; un brillante da 100.000 euro, a 100,000-euro diamond; una lampadina da 40 watt, a 40-watt light bulb; una domanda da un milione di dollari, a million-dollar question; un palazzo dalla facciata neo-classica, a building with a neo-classical façade // è un uomo da poco, he isn't worth much // una faccia da schiaffi, a brazen face
    14 ( uso, determinazione, scopo): rete da pesca, fishing net; occhiali da sole, sunglasses; ferro da stiro, iron; spazzolino da denti, toothbrush; carta da macero, scrap paper; macchina da scrivere, typewriter ∙ Come si nota dagli esempi, nei significati 13 e 14 sono spesso usate forme aggettivali in luogo del compl. introdotto dalla prep. da
    15 ( limitazione) in: cieco da un occhio, blind in one eye; sordo da un orecchio, deaf in one ear
    16 ( per indicare trasformazione, mutamento) from: passare dallo stato liquido allo stato gassoso, to change from the liquid phase to the gaseous phase; da impiegato è diventato dirigente, from being an ordinary employee he has become a director; da piccola azienda sono diventati un complesso industriale a livello mondiale, from small beginnings they have become a worldwide organization; sfumature dal rosso all'arancio, shades from red to orange
    17 (con valore consecutivo, spesso in correlazione con così, tanto, talmente): non è tipo da arrendersi facilmente, he isn't the sort to give up easily; non sarai tanto sciocco da rifiutare una simile offerta!, you won't be so silly as to refuse such an offer, will you?; erano così assorti nel gioco da non accorgersi della nostra presenza, they were so wrapped up in their game that they didn't notice we were there
    18 ( secondo, in base a) by, from: l'ho riconosciuto dalla voce, I recognized him by his voice; da un'attenta analisi è risultato che..., from a careful analysis it turns out that...; da quello che si legge sui giornali..., from what you read in the newspapers...
    19 (seguito da un verbo all'inf., per esprimere fine, necessità o dovere) to (+ inf.): vorrei un bel libro da leggere, I'd like a good book to read; avete camere da affittare?, have you any rooms to let?; vuoi qualcosa da bere?, will you have something to drink?; non c'è un attimo da perdere, there isn't a moment to lose; hai molto da fare?, have you much to do?; era un rischio da correre, it was a risk we had to run // una commedia ( tutta) da ridere, a hilarious comedy.
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: da parte, aside (o apart) // da capo daccapo // da capo a piedi, from head to toe // dall'inizio alla fine, from start to finish // dal primo all'ultimo, from first to last // dall'inizio, from the beginning // da basso, downstairs // da dentro, from within // da fuori, from outside // da lontano, from afar // da vicino, from nearby // copia dal vero, real life copy // da solo, da sé, by oneself // chi fa da sé fa per tre, (prov.) if you want a job doing, do it yourself.
    * * *
    [da]
    preposizione (artcl. dal, dallo, dalla, dall'; pl. dai, da' ant., dagli, dalle)
    1) (moto da luogo, origine, provenienza, distanza) from

    viene, arriva da Taiwan — he's from Taiwan

    dalla finestra si vede... — from the window, one can see...

    2) (moto per luogo) through

    per andare a Roma passo da Firenze — to get to Rome, I go via o by o through Florence

    da qcn. — (a casa di) at sb.'s (place)

    dal dottore, dal barbiere — at the doctor's, barber's

    "da Mario" — (su un'insegna) "Mario's"

    abito qui dal 1° maggio — I've been living here since 1 t May

    7) da... a from... to
    8) (complemento d'agente, di causa efficiente, mezzo) by
    9) (causa) with, for
    10) (fine, scopo, utilizzo)
    11) (valore, misura)

    un uomo dai capelli scuri, dagli occhi verdi — a dark-haired, green-eyed man, a man with dark hair, green eyes

    13) (come) like; (nella funzione di, con il ruolo di) as

    dare da bere a qcn. — to give sb. a drink

    * * *
    da
    /da/
    (artcl. dal, dallo, dalla, dall'; pl. dai, da' ant., dagli, dalle)
     1 (moto da luogo, origine, provenienza, distanza) from; il treno da Roma the train from Rome; da dove vieni? where are you from? viene, arriva da Taiwan he's from Taiwan; dalla finestra si vede... from the window, one can see...; arrivare da destra to come from the right; non è lontano da qui it's not far from here; a due chilometri dal mare two kilometres from the seaside
     2 (moto per luogo) through; passare da Milano to pass through Milan; per andare a Roma passo da Firenze to get to Rome, I go via o by o through Florence; passare dalla finestra to pass through the window
     3 (stato in luogo) at; da qcn. (a casa di) at sb.'s (place); dal dottore, dal barbiere at the doctor's, barber's; "da Mario" (su un'insegna) "Mario's"
     4 (moto a luogo) andare dal dottore to go to the doctor's; vado da Isa I'm going to Isa's
     5 (tempo) (inizio) since; da allora since then; sono qui da lunedì I've been here since Monday; abito qui dal 1° maggio I've been living here since 1st May; da quando siamo arrivati ever since we arrived
     6 (tempo) (durata) for; da due ore for two hours; studio inglese da due anni I've studied English for two years; non si vedevano da 6 anni they hadn't seen each other for 6 years
     7 da... a from... to; da destra a sinistra from right to left; da martedì a sabato from Tuesday to Saturday; lavorare dalle 9 alle 5 to work from 9 till o to 5
     8 (complemento d'agente, di causa efficiente, mezzo) by; scritto da Poe written by Poe; rispettato da tutti respected by all; la riconosco dalla camminata I know her by her walk
     9 (causa) with, for; tremare dal freddo to shiver with cold; sbellicarsi dalle risa to scream with laughter; saltare dalla gioia to jump for joy
     10 (fine, scopo, utilizzo) cappello da cowboy cowboy hat; abito da sera evening dress
     11 (valore, misura) una banconota da dieci sterline a ten-pound note; una lampadina da 60 watt a 60-watt light bulb
     12 (qualità) un uomo dai capelli scuri, dagli occhi verdi a dark-haired, green-eyed man, a man with dark hair, green eyes
     13 (come) like; (nella funzione di, con il ruolo di) as; te lo dico da amico I'll tell you as a friend; travestirsi da pirata to dress up as a pirate; comportarsi da vigliacco to act like a coward; non è da lui it's not like him o unlike him; da bambino giocavo a calcio when I was a child I used to play football
     14 (limitazione) in; cieco da un occhio blind in one eye
     15 (davanti a verbo all'infinito) non ho più niente da dire I have nothing more to say; c'è ancora molto da fare a lot remains to be done; la casa è da affittare the house is to let; dare da bere a qcn. to give sb. a drink
     16 (con valore consecutivo) essere così ingenuo da fare to be foolish enough to do; saresti così gentile da fare would you be so kind as to do.
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  • 42 sol

    sōl, sōlis, m. [Sanscr. svar, shine; cf. Gr. Seirios, seir, selas, Helenê; and Lat. serenus].
    I.
    Sing., the sun, as a heavenly body.
    A.
    In gen.:

    tempora duorum generum sunt, unum annale, quod sol circuitu suo finit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 27:

    solis cursus lunaeque meatus,

    Lucr. 5, 77:

    annum ad cursum solis accommodavit,

    Suet. Caes. 40:

    liquidi fons luminis aetherius sol,

    Lucr. 5, 282:

    quid potest esse sole majus?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 82:

    illud dubium esse nulli potest quin arcus imago solis sit,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Sol oriens or solis ortus, the east, as a quarter of the heavens:

    spectant in septemtrionem et orientem solem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 5, 13; 7, 69; cf.:

    a sole exoriente supra Maeotis paludes, Cic. poët. Tusc. 5, 17, 49: si illud signum solis ortum conspiceret,

    id. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    facem stellae ab ortu solis ad occidentem porrigi visam,

    Liv. 29, 14, 3:

    ab ortu solis flare venti,

    id. 25, 27, 6.—
    2.
    Sol occidens or solis occasus, the west:

    alterum (litus) vergit ad solem occidentem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

    laborant ut spectent sua triclinaria ad solem occidentem,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 13 fin.:

    spectat inter occasum solis et septemtriones,

    north-west, Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    quae (pars insulae) est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28.—Cf. poet.:

    sub sole cadente,

    Manil. 4, 791.—In phrases, sol is often omitted by ellipsis: unde sol oritur oriens nuncupatur aut ortus;

    quo demergitur occidens vel occasus,

    Mel. 1, 1 init.; v. orior, ortus, occĭdo.—
    3.
    Sol oriens or sol (solis) ortus= sunrise; sol occidens or solis (sol) occasus = sunset:

    qui solem nec occidentem umquam viderint, nec orientem,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

    sole orto Gracchus copias educit,

    Liv. 24, 15, 1:

    prius orto Sole,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113:

    certi solis lunaeque et ortus et occasus sunt,

    Liv. 44, 37, 7:

    numquam ab orto sole ad occidentem... a curiā abscessit,

    id. 27, 50, 4:

    ut, equis insidentes, solis ortu cursum in quemdam locum dirigerent,

    Val. Max. 7, 3, 2 ext.:

    solis occasu,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 50; Liv. 24, 17, 7:

    ad (sub) solis occasum,

    towards sunset, Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 2, 11:

    in occasum declivi sole,

    Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203.— Poet.:

    surgente a sole,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 29.—For sol occasus, v. occidere, and Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 87 (ante solem occasum); id. ib. 5, 7, 35 (ad solem occasum); cf.:

    ab exortu ad occasum perstare contuentis solem,

    Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22.—
    4.
    To designate a clime, country, etc., as eastern or southern (post-Aug.):

    ille Liberi currus triumphantem usque ad Thebas a solis ortu vehat,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 4:

    terminos civitatis nostrae cum sole metimur,

    id. Ot. Sap. 4 (31), 1. it tamen ultra oceanum solemque, id. Ep. 94, 63:

    sub alio sole,

    in another clime, Manil. 4, 171; cf.:

    ut sua orientis occidentisque terminis finiat (sc. solis),

    Sen. Ep. 92, 32.—
    5.
    Trop., of a great good or a great man:

    sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

    Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

    solem e mundo tollere videntur qui, etc.,

    id. Lael. 13, 47:

    P. Africanus, sol alter (with sole geminato),

    id. N. D. 2, 5, 14; cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 24:

    neque mundum posse duobus solibus regi, neque orbem, etc.,

    Just. 11, 12.—
    6.
    Prov.:

    et sceleratis sol oritur,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1; cf.:

    qui solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos,

    Vulg. Matt. 5, 45: nondum omnium dierum sol occidit (Germ. Es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend) = there are more days yet to come, sc. when the tables may be turned, Liv. 39, 26, 9.—
    C.
    The poets reckon time in many ways by the movement, etc., of the sun:

    bis me sol adiit gelidae post frigora brumae,

    two years, Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 1:

    donec sol annuus omnes conficeret metas,

    within a year, Stat. Achill. 1, 455; cf. Nemes. Cyn. 122:

    octavo lumine solis,

    on the eighth day, Lucr. 6, 1195:

    sol septimus,

    Juv. 15, 44:

    cum sol Herculei terga leonis adit,

    in midsummer, Ov. A. A. 1, 68: O sol Pulcher, O laudande (= dies;

    sc. Augusti reditus),

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 46; cf. id. S. 1, 9, 72:

    supremo sole,

    at noon, id. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

    sub medium solem,

    Manil. 4, 651; cf. id. 4, 593:

    sol abit,

    it is growing late, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 32; cf.:

    a primo ad ultimum solem,

    all day long, Amm. 14, 6, 10.—
    D.
    Transf., the sun, sunlight, sunshine, heat of the sun:

    ager soli ostentus,

    exposed to the sun, Cato, R. R. 6:

    sarmenta imponito quae frigus defendant et solem,

    id. ib. 48 (49):

    uvas ponite in sole biduum,

    id. ib. 112 (113):

    sol semper hic est a mani ad vesperum,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 80:

    quin exta inspicere in sole etiam vivo licet,

    id. Aul. 3, 6, 29:

    nec res posse in sole videri, ni, etc.,

    Lucr. 5, 292:

    nunc quidem paululum a sole,

    out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92:

    cum in sole ambulem,

    id. de Or. 2, 14, 60:

    apricatio in illo Lucretino tuo sole,

    id. Att. 7, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 6, 1:

    iter in calescente sole factum erat,

    Liv. 44, 36 init.:

    torrente meridiano sole,

    id. 44, 38:

    ex vehementi sole,

    id. 28, 15, 11:

    urente assiduo sole,

    id. 44, 33 fin.:

    ut veniens dextrum latus aspiciat sol,

    light of the morning sun, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

    reformidant insuetum lumina solem,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 49; cf.:

    nam et solem lumina aegra formidant,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 6:

    adversi solis ab ictu,

    sunstroke, Ov. M. 3, 183:

    altera (spelunca) solem non recipit,

    Sen. Ep. 55, 6:

    sole correptis,

    Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119:

    pisces, quos sole torreant,

    id. 7, 2, 2, § 30:

    siccatur in sole,

    id. 19, 1, 3, § 16:

    in agmine (Caesar) anteibat capite detecto, seu sol seu imber esset,

    Suet. Caes. 57:

    patiens pulveris atque solis,

    Hor. C. 1, 8, 4.— And trop.: in solem ac pulverem procedere, or producere, into heat and dust, i. e. into practical life (opp. umbra eruditorum), Cic. Brut. 9, 37; id. Leg. 3, 6, 14.—In a similar sense:

    cedat stilus gladio, umbra soli,

    Cic. Mur. 14, 30.—Prov.:

    clarior quam solis radii,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 2:

    sole ipso est clarius,

    Arn. 1, n. 47; cf.

    the class. luce clarius, and: cum id solis luce videatur clarius,

    Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6.
    II.
    Plur.
    A.
    Suns, images of the sun (class.):

    neque pauci neque leves sunt qui se duo soles vidisse dicant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:

    Albae duos soles visos ferebant,

    Liv. 28, 11, 3:

    et rursus plures soles simul cernuntur,

    Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

    quid eas vocem? imagines solis? Historici soles vocant, et binos ternosque adparuisse memoriae tradunt,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 11, 2.—
    B.
    Poet. = days (v. I. C.):

    nec tamen illis solibus ulla comparebat avis,

    Lucr. 6, 1219:

    saepe ego longos Cantando puerum memini me condere soles,

    to spend the long summer days in singing, Verg. E. 9, 52:

    tres soles... Erramus,

    id. A. 3, 203; cf. Sil. 3, 554:

    Bajani soles,

    the sunny days of Bajœ, Mart. 6, 43, 5:

    O soles!

    id. 10, 51, 6: soles fulsere quondam tibi candidi, Cat. 8, 3, 8:

    soles occidere et redire possunt,

    id. 5, 4:

    longis solibus,

    Stat. Th. 5, 460:

    solibus arctis,

    short winter days, id. S. 1, 3, 88.—So, to describe certain seasons:

    solibus hibernis... gratior,

    than the sun in winter, Ov. M. 13, 793:

    si numeres anno soles et nubila toto,

    the sunny and cloudy days, id. Tr. 5, 8, 31.—
    C.
    Light or heat of the sun ( poet. and in postAug. prose; cf.

    D. supra): pars terrai perusta solibus assiduis,

    Lucr. 5, 253; cf. Ov. H. 5, 112:

    pluviis et solibus icta,

    Lucr. 6, 1101:

    quae carent ventis et solibus,

    i. e. are buried, Hor. Epod. 16, 13; 2, 41:

    et soles melius nitent,

    id. C. 4, 5, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

    ex imbri soles Prospicere... poteris,

    Verg. G. 1, 393:

    inque novos soles audent se gramina tuto Credere,

    id. ib. 2, 332;

    similarly,

    Ov. F. 4, 404; Stat. Th. 1, 363; 4, 421; 4, 831:

    tum blandi soles,

    Ov. F. 1, 157:

    frigore soles juvant,

    id. R. Am. 405; so Mart. 10, 42:

    Romulus et frater... Solibus et campo corpora nuda dabant,

    Ov. F. 2, 366:

    aequora semper solibus orba tument,

    id. P. 1, 3, 54:

    solibus rupta glacies,

    Juv. 4, 43:

    geminā pereunt caligine soles,

    Stat. Th. 5, 154:

    aestivos quo decipis aere soles?

    id. S. 4, 4, 19:

    tacent exhausti solibus amnes,

    id. Th. 3, 2, 59; 4, 56; Mart. 10, 12, 7; 8, 14, 4; 14, 28; Ov. M. 1, 435:

    cura soles assiduo quaerendi,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    perpeti soles,

    id. 36, 22, 45, § 162:

    evitatis solibus,

    id. 28, 12, 50, § 186:

    (sal) siccatur aestivis solibus,

    id. 31, 7, 39, § 73:

    merguntur in aquam solibus tepefactam,

    id. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

    nec campi minus soles accipiunt,

    id. 17, 4, 3, § 29:

    sarculatio novos soles admittit,

    id. 18, 21, 50, § 184; cf. id. 12, 5, 11, § 23; 12, 7, 14, § 26:

    aurea pellebant tepidos umbracula soles,

    Ov. F. 2, 311:

    dum patula defendimus arbore soles,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 70.—Very rarely of the sun's revolution, without reference to light or heat:

    quae via soles praecipitet,

    Stat. Th. 6, 362.—In class. prose sometimes solis ardores, with the force of the poet. soles:

    et nimios solis defendit ardores,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 53; cf.:

    propter nimios solis ardores,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 17.
    III.
    Sol, the Sun-god.
    A.
    Lit.
    a.
    The ancient Italian deity Sol, represented as driving the four-horse sun-chariot from east to west; later identified with the Greek Helios, and hence often called Titan or Phœbus by the poets:

    signi dic quid est? Cum quadrigis Sol exoriens,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

    Sol... aeternam suscepit lampada mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 402:

    rapax vis Solis equorum,

    id. 5, 402:

    quod magni filia Solis eram,

    Ov. R. Am. 276; id. M. 14, 346:

    Solis currus,

    id. P. 4, 6, 48:

    secundum (invocabis) Solem et Lunam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.:

    grates tibi ago, summe Sol,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:

    Sol Phaëthonti filio facturum se esse dixit quidquid optasset,

    id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    Quid? illum filium Solis nonne patris ipsius luce indignum putas?

    id. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:

    qui Solem aurigando aequiperare existimaretur,

    Suet. Ner. 53:

    Solis colossus Rhodi,

    Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; 34, 8, 19, § 63.—Comic.:

    credo edepol equidem dormire Solem atque adpotum probe,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 129.—
    b.
    The Phœnician sun-god Heliogabalus (Elagabal), whose worship was introduced by the later emperors (Aurelianus, Heliogabalus):

    ad templum Heliogabali tetendit... et Romae Soli templum posuit,

    Vop. Aur. 25; cf. id. ib. 4; 14; 35; 39; Lampr. Heliog. 1; 3; afterwards called Sol Invictus, whose birthday, acc. to the Calendar. Const., was celebrated December 25th; cf. Julian. Or. 4, p. 156.—
    c.
    Of the sun-worship of other nations:

    (Germani) deorum numero ducunt Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21; cf.:

    rex regum, frater Solis et Lunae,

    of the king of Persia, Amm. 17, 5, 3.—
    B.
    The sun-god as emblem of omniscience:

    non potuit reperire, si ipsi Soli quaerundas dares, lepidiores ad hanc rem quam ego dabo,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206:

    meliorem neque tu reperis, neque Sol videt,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

    at vigiles mundi... Sol et Luna,

    Lucr. 5, 1435:

    si hoc uno quicquam Sol vidisset iniquius,

    Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28:

    O Solem ipsum beatissimum, qui antequam se abderet fugientem vidit Antonium,

    id. Phil. 14, 10, 27:

    Solem consule, qui late facta diurna videt,

    Ov. F. 4, 582:

    quis Solem fallere possit?

    id. A. A. 2, 573; cf. Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Sen. Herc. Fur. 595.—Hence represented as betrayer of conspiracies: propiusque honos [p. 1718] Boli, qui occulta conjurationis retexisset, Tac. A. 15, 74;

    to him was commended the detection of murderers, in inscriptions over the slain: SOL, TIBI COMMENDO QVI MANVS INTVLIT EI,

    Inscr. Orell. 4791:

    SOL, TV INDICES EIVS MORTEM,

    ib. 4792.—
    C.
    Poet., to describe the times of the day: solverat flagrantes Sol pronus equos, = it was night, Stat. Th. 3, 408: Sol operum medius summo librabat Olympo Lucentes, ceu staret, equos, = it was mid-day, id. ib. 5, 85.
    IV.
    In gen., solis as an appellation.
    A.
    DIES SOLIS, Sunday (late Lat.), Inscr. Orell. 508.—
    B.
    Solis gemma, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—
    C.
    Solis insula, off the coast of Gedrosia, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86; 6, 23, 26, § 97.—
    D.
    Solis fons, in Marmorica, Curt. 4, 7, 22; Mela, 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.—
    E.
    Solis promunturium, in Africa, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9.—
    F.
    Solis oppidum, a town in Ægina, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61.

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  • 43 demum

    dēmum (also demus, like prorsus, quorsus, rursus, deorsus, Liv. Andr. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 70, 8 Müll.; Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 51 Ritschl and Brix), adv. [a sup. form from de, downmost; cf.: sub, summus], used to give prominence to an idea in opposition to or restriction of another, at length, at last, not till then; just, precisely; only, etc.
    I.
    In Latin of every period and description of writing (for syn. cf.: tandem, denique, postremum, primo).
    A.
    Enclitically with pronouns, like adeo (but less freq.), just, precisely, especially, exactly, indeed; also translated by an emphasis of the pronoun:

    id demum lepidumst,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

    sic sentio, id demum aut potius id solum esse miserum, quod turpe sit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 8 init.:

    idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est,

    Sall. C. 20, 4; cf. id. ib. 12 fin.:

    relinquere aculeum in audientium animis is demum potest, qui, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18:

    tamquam ad eam linguam demum natus esset,

    Quint. 6 prooem. §

    11: me fortuna hac demum voluit consistere terra,

    Verg. A. 1, 629; cf. id. ib. 2, 743 al.:

    ille demum antiquis est adulescens moribus,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 20:

    per quaedam parva sane, si ipsa demum aestimes, ducunt,

    Quint. 1, 10, 5:

    vos demum, ut video, legem antiquastis sine tabella. Sed ego, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38 (but Bait. vos quidem):

    quae demum causae secundam valetudinem praestent, Cels. praef.: jam vero exsilium, si rerum naturam, non ignominiam nominis quaerimus, quantum demum a perpetua peregrinatione differt?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107:

    sciscitando eo demum pervenit, ut haud procul esset, quin Remum agnosceret,

    Liv. 1, 5 fin.
    (β).
    Strengthened by a preceding verum enim vero, or a following profecto:

    verum enim vero id demum juvat, si quem, etc.,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 2; Sall. C. 2, 9; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

    is demum profecto vitam aequa lance pensitabit, etc.,

    Plin. 7, 7, 5.—
    (γ).
    Separated from the pronoun:

    hoc est demum quod percrucior,

    Plaut. Bac. 5, 1, 13:

    illa seges demum,

    Verg. G. 1, 47.—
    B.
    Enclitically with the adverbs nunc, tum, or tunc, post, modo, jam, ibi, sic, etc.; just, precisely, not till; also freq. expressed by more strongly accenting those particles.—
    a.
    Nunc demum, Gr. nun dê, now, now at length, at last (cf.: nunc adeo, under 2. adeo, no. B. 2. c.):

    nunc demum ego cum illa fabulabor libere,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 40;

    so with scio,

    id. Epid. 3, 4, 22; id. Mil. 2, 6, 62;

    with intellego,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 12; cf.:

    nunc demum rescribo iis litteris, quas, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 16, 3; and:

    undevicesimo aetatis anno dicere in foro coepi et nunc demum, quid praestare debeat orator, adhuc tamen per caliginem video,

    yet it is only now that I am at length beginning to see, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8 et saep.—
    (β).
    In Plautus with following conjunctions, cum, quoniam, etc.:

    nunc demum a me insipienter factum esse arbitror, Cum rem cognosco,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 80; cf. id. Rud. 4, 4, 78.—
    (γ).
    Separated by pol, edepol, or other words:

    nunc pol demum ego sum liber,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 14:

    nunc edepol demum in memoriam regredior, cum cogito, etc.,

    id. Capt. 5, 4; 25; id. Cas. 4, 4, 14; id. Aul. 1, 2, 1:

    heu, nunc misero mihi demum Exsilium infelix!

    Verg. A. 10, 849.—
    b.
    Tum demum, then at length, then indeed (so most freq., esp. in the historians;

    in Caes. only in this connection): tum demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 17; 1, 50, 2; 1, 51, 2; Liv. 2, 20; 3, 12; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6; Verg. A. 6, 330; 573; id. G. 3, 205; Ov. F. 4, 615 et saep.:

    utraque re satis experta tum demum consules,

    Liv. 2, 29.—
    (β).
    With foll. conjunct. ubi, si, cum, etc. (and in Plautus also separate; cf. above, no. 1. b. and c.):

    ubi expolivero, Magis hoc tum demum dices,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; Sall. J. 46; Cels. 7, 27 fin.:

    si id facies, tum demum scibis, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56; id. Men. 2, 2, 71; Cic. Rep. 1, 24; cf. with quodsi, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4:

    ac tum demum, cum medium tenuere, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 7:

    tum tu igitur demum id adulescenti aurum dabis, Ubi, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 52.—Once in this connection demum alone:

    servata res est demum, si illam videro,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 68.—
    c.
    Tunc demum (cf. Drak. Liv. 41, 3, 5):

    tunc demum intelleges, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 121; Suet. Calig. 9; Vulg. Gen. 41, 9; and with cum, Col. praef. fin.;

    with ubi,

    Cels. 3, 6, and 10.—
    d.
    Post demum, afterwards, not till after:

    post eum demum huc cras adducam,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65:

    post igitur demum, etc.,

    id. Amph. 3, 1, 16.—With post as praep.: unas enim post idus Martias, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4:

    post biduum demum,

    Suet. Aug. 10 fin.
    e.
    Modo demum, only now, now for the first time:

    modone id demum sensti,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 11.—
    f.
    Jam demum, now at last, now (cf. dê... êdê, Eurip. Suppl. 980;

    Troad. 235),

    Ov. Tr. 2, 8.—
    g.
    Ibi demum, just there:

    illic ibi demum'st locus, ubi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 3; Quint. 10, 3, 13:

    ibi demum morte quievit,

    Verg. A. 9, 445; cf. id. ib. 1, 629; Stat. Th. 2, 474; id. Silv. 2, 3, 14; cf.

    also ibi demum, of time,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 53.—
    h.
    Sic demum:

    sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso,

    Verg. A. 2, 795; 6, 154.—
    k.
    Ita demum, Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 15.—
    2.
    With the abl. temp. or absol.:

    ego novus maritus anno demum quinto et sexagesimo fiam?

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 15:

    decimo demum pugnavimus anno,

    Ov. M. 13, 209:

    quarta vix demum exponimur hora,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

    hieme demum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

    pontificatum maximum, quem numquam vivo Lepido auferre sustinuerat, mortuo demum suscepit,

    Suet. Aug. 31; cf.:

    appellato demum collegio obtinuit,

    id. Caes. 23:

    his demum exactis,

    Verg. A. 6, 637:

    noctu demum rex recessit,

    Curt. 7, 11, 20.—And once with the nominative of the part. perf.:

    damnatus demum, vi coactus reddidit Mille et ducentos Philippos,

    i. e. not until condemned, Plaut. Bac. 2, 4, 38.—
    C.
    To add emphasis to the idea contained in a proposition, in fact, in very truth, certainly, indeed (rare):

    ea sunt enim demum non ferenda in mendacio, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 15:

    immemor est demum, nec frugum munere dignus, qui, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 122; Quint. 10, 6, 5;

    so to strengthen a comparative (cf.: adeo, etiam): latius demum ire,

    further yet, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

    num expositio haec longior demum esse debeat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 79.—
    II.
    In postAug. Latin.
    A.
    Only, solely, exclusively ( = duntaxat, tantum, solum, tantummodo, modo): ne vulgarem viam ingressus, alienis demum vestigiis insisterem, Quint. prooem. § 3; id. 2, 15, 1:

    adeo suis demum oculis credidit,

    id. 11, 3, 68: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget, id. 1, 4, 29: [p. 545] qui (Cicero) non assecutus esset docendo judicem tantum et utiliter demum ac Latine perspicueque dicendo, ut, etc., id. 8, 3, 3 et saep.:

    nihil magis pro contione testatus est, quam id demum se habiturum, quod, etc.,

    but just that, Suet. Oth. 6 et saep.:

    ut non is demum sit veneficus, qui vitam abstulit data potione, sed etiam qui mentem,

    Quint. 9, 2, 105; cf.

    with the following verum etiam,

    id. 7 prooem. § 1.—
    b.
    Ita demum, only so; then or in that case only; not till then ( = tum demum);

    esp. freq. in conditional propositions: si plus humoris excernitur quam assumitur, ita demum secundae valetudinis spes est,

    Cels. 3, 21; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Claud. 25 al.—
    B.
    To point out something as taking place only after previous delay, at length, at last = tandem:

    quod oppidum Hispaniae frustra diu oppugnatum illitis demum galbano facibus succenderit,

    Suet. Galb. 3; cf. corresp. with tandem, id. Calig. 6.—
    * 2.
    For denique no. II. 2, finally, in fine:

    ex quibus alium Ciceroni, alium Caesari, singulis demum singulos opponeremus,

    Tac. Or. 26 fin. Cf. Hand Turs. II. p. 250-260; Zumpt ad Curt. 6, 39, 25; Mützell ad Curt. 3, 7, 8; 3, 22, 26.

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  • 44 tanti

    tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].
    I.
    Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.
    1.
    With [p. 1841] quantus:

    nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

    quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:

    est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:

    tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:

    quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,

    Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—
    2.
    With ut.
    a.
    Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:

    tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B G 4, 17:

    non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;

    unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

    quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?

    Curt. 4, 10, 29:

    quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?

    id. 6, 7, 30.—
    b.
    Denoting comparison:

    tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—
    3.
    With rel. qui, etc.:

    cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

    statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,

    id. Sull. 2, 7:

    nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,

    id. Marcell. 3, 8.—
    4.
    Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:

    tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,

    id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:

    qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:

    neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,

    id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    tantilla tanta verba funditat,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:

    ne tantae nationes conjugantur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

    onus,

    id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:

    non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,

    id. de Or 2, 20, 84:

    qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

    tot tantaque vitia,

    id. Verr 1, 16, 47:

    quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,

    id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:

    conservare urbes tantas atque tales,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:

    tanta ista mala,

    Sall. C. 40, 2;

    Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,

    Verg. G. 2, 154:

    tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,

    id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:

    sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,

    six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,

    sexcenta tanta,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:

    tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,

    three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:

    jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,

    such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:

    si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,

    Lact. 1, 3, 21.—
    5.
    With quam:

    maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:

    tantus ille ventorum,

    Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—
    6.
    Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):

    cur tanto opere extimueras?

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:

    si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:

    mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):

    tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,

    Val. Fl. 5, 636:

    lamentabile tantis urbibus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 160:

    legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,

    Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:

    numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,

    Luc. 7, 834. —
    C.
    Neutr. absol.
    1.
    tantum, so much, so many:

    habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

    decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:

    iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

    eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):

    cum tantum belli in manibus esset,

    Liv. 4, 57, 1:

    sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:

    tantum hostium intra muros est,

    Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:

    sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:

    etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):

    tantum... dum,

    Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:

    tantum modo... dum,

    Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —
    b.
    In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:

    vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,

    Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Gen. (of price) tanti:

    tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:

    tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,

    it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:

    frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:

    ubi me dixero dare tanti,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:

    graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,

    in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —
    b.
    Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:

    tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

    hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:

    sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

    etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,

    id. Mil. 22, 58:

    juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 13, 2:

    cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),

    Quint. 12, 8, 4:

    sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,

    Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—
    3.
    Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:

    quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

    quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,

    id. B. C. 1, 81:

    tanto major vis, quanto recentior,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:

    tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:

    bis tanto pluris,

    id. Men. 4, 3, 6:

    ter tanto pejor,

    id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:

    multo tanto miserior,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:

    si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:

    post tanto,

    Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:

    tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:

    doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:

    tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,

    Cat. 49, 6.—
    b.
    In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;

    so too: tanto melior,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:

    tanto hercle melior,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:

    tanto major! tanto augustior!

    how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:

    tanto nequior!

    so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,

    tanto miserior,

    id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—
    4.
    In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:

    danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:

    quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:

    in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,

    Liv. 22, 27.
    II.
    Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):

    ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

    praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tantum navium,

    id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.
    A.
    So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:

    tantum, quantum quis fuge,

    as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:

    de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,

    Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,

    so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:

    rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1:

    tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,

    Liv. 37, 39, 6:

    tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,

    so long, id. 27, 42, 13:

    tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 16:

    ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

    nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,

    Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):

    nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,

    Verg. G. 4, 101:

    juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:

    tantum dissimilis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 313:

    Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,

    Vell. 2, 11, 1.—
    B.
    (Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:

    tantum monet, quantum intellegit,

    only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:

    tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

    quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,

    id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,

    id. Par. 2, 17:

    dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,

    id. Fl. 15, 34:

    notus mihi nomine tantum,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:

    apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,

    non tantum... sed,

    id. 9, 3, 28:

    nec tantum... sed (etiam),

    id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;

    once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    unum flumen tantum intererat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

    unum defuisse tantum superbiae,

    Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—
    b.
    Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;

    whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,

    id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:

    cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,

    id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:

    omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 6:

    pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 62:

    velis tantummodo,

    you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:

    unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:

    neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

    neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,

    Liv. 9, 37, 2:

    Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,

    id. 21, 32, 4; so,

    non tantummodo... sed etiam,

    Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:

    non tantummodo... sed... quoque,

    Vell. 2, 110, 5:

    non tantummodo... verum etiam,

    Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:

    rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—
    2.
    Particular phrases.
    a.
    Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):

    cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,

    Liv. 5, 7, 2:

    tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,

    id. 34, 40, 5:

    tantum non ad portam bellum esse,

    id. 25, 15, 1:

    videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,

    id. 37, 29, 9:

    cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,

    id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:

    tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    tantum non statim a funere,

    id. ib. 52:

    tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,

    id. ib. 66:

    tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,

    id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:

    tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,

    only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:

    dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,

    id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:

    ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,

    Quint. 6, 2, 4.—
    b.
    Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):

    tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:

    tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 117, 1:

    haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,

    Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:

    navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,

    Suet. Aug. 98:

    natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,

    id. Ner. 6:

    tantum quod pueritiam egresso,

    id. Aug. 63:

    dentem tantum quod exemptum,

    id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):

    tantum alone = tantum quod,

    Verg. E. 6, 16. —
    c.
    Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:

    tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tanti

  • 45 tanto

    tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].
    I.
    Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.
    1.
    With [p. 1841] quantus:

    nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

    quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:

    est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:

    tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:

    quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,

    Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—
    2.
    With ut.
    a.
    Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:

    tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B G 4, 17:

    non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;

    unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

    quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?

    Curt. 4, 10, 29:

    quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?

    id. 6, 7, 30.—
    b.
    Denoting comparison:

    tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—
    3.
    With rel. qui, etc.:

    cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

    statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,

    id. Sull. 2, 7:

    nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,

    id. Marcell. 3, 8.—
    4.
    Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:

    tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,

    id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:

    qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:

    neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,

    id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    tantilla tanta verba funditat,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:

    ne tantae nationes conjugantur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

    onus,

    id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:

    non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,

    id. de Or 2, 20, 84:

    qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

    tot tantaque vitia,

    id. Verr 1, 16, 47:

    quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,

    id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:

    conservare urbes tantas atque tales,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:

    tanta ista mala,

    Sall. C. 40, 2;

    Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,

    Verg. G. 2, 154:

    tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,

    id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:

    sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,

    six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,

    sexcenta tanta,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:

    tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,

    three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:

    jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,

    such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:

    si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,

    Lact. 1, 3, 21.—
    5.
    With quam:

    maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:

    tantus ille ventorum,

    Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—
    6.
    Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):

    cur tanto opere extimueras?

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:

    si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:

    mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):

    tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,

    Val. Fl. 5, 636:

    lamentabile tantis urbibus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 160:

    legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,

    Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:

    numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,

    Luc. 7, 834. —
    C.
    Neutr. absol.
    1.
    tantum, so much, so many:

    habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

    decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:

    iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

    eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):

    cum tantum belli in manibus esset,

    Liv. 4, 57, 1:

    sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:

    tantum hostium intra muros est,

    Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:

    sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:

    etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):

    tantum... dum,

    Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:

    tantum modo... dum,

    Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —
    b.
    In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:

    vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,

    Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Gen. (of price) tanti:

    tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:

    tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,

    it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:

    frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:

    ubi me dixero dare tanti,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:

    graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,

    in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —
    b.
    Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:

    tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

    hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:

    sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

    etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,

    id. Mil. 22, 58:

    juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 13, 2:

    cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),

    Quint. 12, 8, 4:

    sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,

    Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—
    3.
    Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:

    quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

    quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,

    id. B. C. 1, 81:

    tanto major vis, quanto recentior,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:

    tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:

    bis tanto pluris,

    id. Men. 4, 3, 6:

    ter tanto pejor,

    id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:

    multo tanto miserior,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:

    si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:

    post tanto,

    Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:

    tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:

    doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:

    tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,

    Cat. 49, 6.—
    b.
    In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;

    so too: tanto melior,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:

    tanto hercle melior,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:

    tanto major! tanto augustior!

    how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:

    tanto nequior!

    so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,

    tanto miserior,

    id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—
    4.
    In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:

    danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:

    quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:

    in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,

    Liv. 22, 27.
    II.
    Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):

    ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

    praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tantum navium,

    id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.
    A.
    So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:

    tantum, quantum quis fuge,

    as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:

    de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,

    Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,

    so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:

    rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1:

    tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,

    Liv. 37, 39, 6:

    tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,

    so long, id. 27, 42, 13:

    tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 16:

    ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

    nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,

    Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):

    nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,

    Verg. G. 4, 101:

    juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:

    tantum dissimilis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 313:

    Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,

    Vell. 2, 11, 1.—
    B.
    (Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:

    tantum monet, quantum intellegit,

    only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:

    tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

    quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,

    id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,

    id. Par. 2, 17:

    dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,

    id. Fl. 15, 34:

    notus mihi nomine tantum,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:

    apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,

    non tantum... sed,

    id. 9, 3, 28:

    nec tantum... sed (etiam),

    id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;

    once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    unum flumen tantum intererat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

    unum defuisse tantum superbiae,

    Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—
    b.
    Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;

    whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,

    id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:

    cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,

    id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:

    omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 6:

    pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 62:

    velis tantummodo,

    you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:

    unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:

    neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

    neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,

    Liv. 9, 37, 2:

    Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,

    id. 21, 32, 4; so,

    non tantummodo... sed etiam,

    Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:

    non tantummodo... sed... quoque,

    Vell. 2, 110, 5:

    non tantummodo... verum etiam,

    Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:

    rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—
    2.
    Particular phrases.
    a.
    Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):

    cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,

    Liv. 5, 7, 2:

    tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,

    id. 34, 40, 5:

    tantum non ad portam bellum esse,

    id. 25, 15, 1:

    videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,

    id. 37, 29, 9:

    cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,

    id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:

    tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    tantum non statim a funere,

    id. ib. 52:

    tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,

    id. ib. 66:

    tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,

    id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:

    tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,

    only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:

    dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,

    id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:

    ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,

    Quint. 6, 2, 4.—
    b.
    Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):

    tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:

    tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 117, 1:

    haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,

    Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:

    navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,

    Suet. Aug. 98:

    natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,

    id. Ner. 6:

    tantum quod pueritiam egresso,

    id. Aug. 63:

    dentem tantum quod exemptum,

    id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):

    tantum alone = tantum quod,

    Verg. E. 6, 16. —
    c.
    Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:

    tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tanto

  • 46 tanto opere

    tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].
    I.
    Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.
    1.
    With [p. 1841] quantus:

    nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

    quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:

    est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:

    tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:

    quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,

    Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—
    2.
    With ut.
    a.
    Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:

    tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B G 4, 17:

    non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;

    unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

    quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?

    Curt. 4, 10, 29:

    quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?

    id. 6, 7, 30.—
    b.
    Denoting comparison:

    tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—
    3.
    With rel. qui, etc.:

    cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

    statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,

    id. Sull. 2, 7:

    nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,

    id. Marcell. 3, 8.—
    4.
    Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:

    tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,

    id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:

    qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:

    neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,

    id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    tantilla tanta verba funditat,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:

    ne tantae nationes conjugantur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

    onus,

    id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:

    non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,

    id. de Or 2, 20, 84:

    qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

    tot tantaque vitia,

    id. Verr 1, 16, 47:

    quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,

    id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:

    conservare urbes tantas atque tales,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:

    tanta ista mala,

    Sall. C. 40, 2;

    Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,

    Verg. G. 2, 154:

    tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,

    id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:

    sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,

    six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,

    sexcenta tanta,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:

    tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,

    three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:

    jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,

    such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:

    si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,

    Lact. 1, 3, 21.—
    5.
    With quam:

    maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:

    tantus ille ventorum,

    Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—
    6.
    Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):

    cur tanto opere extimueras?

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:

    si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:

    mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):

    tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,

    Val. Fl. 5, 636:

    lamentabile tantis urbibus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 160:

    legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,

    Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:

    numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,

    Luc. 7, 834. —
    C.
    Neutr. absol.
    1.
    tantum, so much, so many:

    habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

    decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:

    iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

    eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):

    cum tantum belli in manibus esset,

    Liv. 4, 57, 1:

    sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:

    tantum hostium intra muros est,

    Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:

    sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:

    etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):

    tantum... dum,

    Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:

    tantum modo... dum,

    Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —
    b.
    In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:

    vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,

    Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Gen. (of price) tanti:

    tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:

    tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,

    it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:

    frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:

    ubi me dixero dare tanti,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:

    graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,

    in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —
    b.
    Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:

    tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

    hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:

    sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

    etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,

    id. Mil. 22, 58:

    juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 13, 2:

    cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),

    Quint. 12, 8, 4:

    sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,

    Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—
    3.
    Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:

    quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

    quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,

    id. B. C. 1, 81:

    tanto major vis, quanto recentior,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:

    tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:

    bis tanto pluris,

    id. Men. 4, 3, 6:

    ter tanto pejor,

    id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:

    multo tanto miserior,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:

    si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:

    post tanto,

    Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:

    tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:

    doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:

    tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,

    Cat. 49, 6.—
    b.
    In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;

    so too: tanto melior,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:

    tanto hercle melior,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:

    tanto major! tanto augustior!

    how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:

    tanto nequior!

    so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,

    tanto miserior,

    id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—
    4.
    In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:

    danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:

    quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:

    in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,

    Liv. 22, 27.
    II.
    Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):

    ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

    praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tantum navium,

    id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.
    A.
    So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:

    tantum, quantum quis fuge,

    as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:

    de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,

    Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,

    so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:

    rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1:

    tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,

    Liv. 37, 39, 6:

    tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,

    so long, id. 27, 42, 13:

    tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 16:

    ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

    nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,

    Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):

    nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,

    Verg. G. 4, 101:

    juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:

    tantum dissimilis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 313:

    Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,

    Vell. 2, 11, 1.—
    B.
    (Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:

    tantum monet, quantum intellegit,

    only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:

    tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

    quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,

    id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,

    id. Par. 2, 17:

    dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,

    id. Fl. 15, 34:

    notus mihi nomine tantum,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:

    apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,

    non tantum... sed,

    id. 9, 3, 28:

    nec tantum... sed (etiam),

    id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;

    once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    unum flumen tantum intererat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

    unum defuisse tantum superbiae,

    Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—
    b.
    Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;

    whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,

    id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:

    cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,

    id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:

    omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 6:

    pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 62:

    velis tantummodo,

    you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:

    unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:

    neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

    neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,

    Liv. 9, 37, 2:

    Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,

    id. 21, 32, 4; so,

    non tantummodo... sed etiam,

    Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:

    non tantummodo... sed... quoque,

    Vell. 2, 110, 5:

    non tantummodo... verum etiam,

    Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:

    rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—
    2.
    Particular phrases.
    a.
    Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):

    cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,

    Liv. 5, 7, 2:

    tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,

    id. 34, 40, 5:

    tantum non ad portam bellum esse,

    id. 25, 15, 1:

    videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,

    id. 37, 29, 9:

    cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,

    id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:

    tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    tantum non statim a funere,

    id. ib. 52:

    tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,

    id. ib. 66:

    tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,

    id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:

    tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,

    only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:

    dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,

    id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:

    ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,

    Quint. 6, 2, 4.—
    b.
    Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):

    tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:

    tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 117, 1:

    haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,

    Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:

    navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,

    Suet. Aug. 98:

    natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,

    id. Ner. 6:

    tantum quod pueritiam egresso,

    id. Aug. 63:

    dentem tantum quod exemptum,

    id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):

    tantum alone = tantum quod,

    Verg. E. 6, 16. —
    c.
    Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:

    tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tanto opere

  • 47 tantus

    tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].
    I.
    Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.
    1.
    With [p. 1841] quantus:

    nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

    quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:

    est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:

    tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:

    quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,

    Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—
    2.
    With ut.
    a.
    Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:

    tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B G 4, 17:

    non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;

    unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

    quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?

    Curt. 4, 10, 29:

    quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?

    id. 6, 7, 30.—
    b.
    Denoting comparison:

    tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—
    3.
    With rel. qui, etc.:

    cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

    statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,

    id. Sull. 2, 7:

    nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,

    id. Marcell. 3, 8.—
    4.
    Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:

    tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,

    id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:

    qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:

    neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,

    id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    tantilla tanta verba funditat,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:

    ne tantae nationes conjugantur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

    onus,

    id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:

    non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,

    id. de Or 2, 20, 84:

    qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

    tot tantaque vitia,

    id. Verr 1, 16, 47:

    quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,

    id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:

    conservare urbes tantas atque tales,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:

    tanta ista mala,

    Sall. C. 40, 2;

    Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,

    Verg. G. 2, 154:

    tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,

    id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:

    sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,

    six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,

    sexcenta tanta,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:

    tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,

    three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:

    jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,

    such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:

    si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,

    Lact. 1, 3, 21.—
    5.
    With quam:

    maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:

    tantus ille ventorum,

    Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—
    6.
    Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):

    cur tanto opere extimueras?

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:

    si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:

    mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):

    tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,

    Val. Fl. 5, 636:

    lamentabile tantis urbibus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 160:

    legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,

    Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:

    numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,

    Luc. 7, 834. —
    C.
    Neutr. absol.
    1.
    tantum, so much, so many:

    habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

    decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:

    iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

    eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):

    cum tantum belli in manibus esset,

    Liv. 4, 57, 1:

    sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:

    tantum hostium intra muros est,

    Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:

    sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:

    etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):

    tantum... dum,

    Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:

    tantum modo... dum,

    Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —
    b.
    In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:

    vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,

    Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Gen. (of price) tanti:

    tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:

    tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,

    it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:

    frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:

    ubi me dixero dare tanti,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:

    graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,

    in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —
    b.
    Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:

    tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

    hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:

    sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

    etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,

    id. Mil. 22, 58:

    juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 13, 2:

    cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),

    Quint. 12, 8, 4:

    sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,

    Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—
    3.
    Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:

    quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

    quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,

    id. B. C. 1, 81:

    tanto major vis, quanto recentior,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:

    tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:

    bis tanto pluris,

    id. Men. 4, 3, 6:

    ter tanto pejor,

    id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:

    multo tanto miserior,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:

    si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:

    post tanto,

    Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:

    tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:

    doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:

    tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,

    Cat. 49, 6.—
    b.
    In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;

    so too: tanto melior,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:

    tanto hercle melior,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:

    tanto major! tanto augustior!

    how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:

    tanto nequior!

    so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,

    tanto miserior,

    id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—
    4.
    In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:

    danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:

    quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:

    in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,

    Liv. 22, 27.
    II.
    Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):

    ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

    praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tantum navium,

    id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.
    A.
    So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:

    tantum, quantum quis fuge,

    as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:

    de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,

    Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,

    so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:

    rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1:

    tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,

    Liv. 37, 39, 6:

    tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,

    so long, id. 27, 42, 13:

    tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 16:

    ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

    nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,

    Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):

    nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,

    Verg. G. 4, 101:

    juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:

    tantum dissimilis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 313:

    Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,

    Vell. 2, 11, 1.—
    B.
    (Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:

    tantum monet, quantum intellegit,

    only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:

    tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

    quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,

    id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,

    id. Par. 2, 17:

    dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,

    id. Fl. 15, 34:

    notus mihi nomine tantum,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:

    apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,

    non tantum... sed,

    id. 9, 3, 28:

    nec tantum... sed (etiam),

    id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;

    once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    unum flumen tantum intererat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

    unum defuisse tantum superbiae,

    Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—
    b.
    Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;

    whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,

    id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:

    cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,

    id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:

    omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 6:

    pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 62:

    velis tantummodo,

    you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:

    unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:

    neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

    neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,

    Liv. 9, 37, 2:

    Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,

    id. 21, 32, 4; so,

    non tantummodo... sed etiam,

    Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:

    non tantummodo... sed... quoque,

    Vell. 2, 110, 5:

    non tantummodo... verum etiam,

    Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:

    rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—
    2.
    Particular phrases.
    a.
    Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):

    cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,

    Liv. 5, 7, 2:

    tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,

    id. 34, 40, 5:

    tantum non ad portam bellum esse,

    id. 25, 15, 1:

    videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,

    id. 37, 29, 9:

    cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,

    id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:

    tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    tantum non statim a funere,

    id. ib. 52:

    tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,

    id. ib. 66:

    tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,

    id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:

    tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,

    only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:

    dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,

    id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:

    ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,

    Quint. 6, 2, 4.—
    b.
    Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):

    tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:

    tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 117, 1:

    haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,

    Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:

    navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,

    Suet. Aug. 98:

    natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,

    id. Ner. 6:

    tantum quod pueritiam egresso,

    id. Aug. 63:

    dentem tantum quod exemptum,

    id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):

    tantum alone = tantum quod,

    Verg. E. 6, 16. —
    c.
    Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:

    tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tantus

  • 48 hisco

    hisco, ĕre - intr. - [st2]1 [-] s'entrouvrir, s'ouvrir. [st2]2 [-] ouvrir la bouche (pour parler). [st2]3 - tr. - dire, raconter.    - raris turbatus vocibus hisco: " vivo equidem", Virg. En. 3, 314: bouleversé, je prononce quelques paroles d'une voix entrecoupée: oui, je vis.    - non hiscere audebant, Liv.: ils n'osaient souffler mot.
    * * *
    hisco, ĕre - intr. - [st2]1 [-] s'entrouvrir, s'ouvrir. [st2]2 [-] ouvrir la bouche (pour parler). [st2]3 - tr. - dire, raconter.    - raris turbatus vocibus hisco: " vivo equidem", Virg. En. 3, 314: bouleversé, je prononce quelques paroles d'une voix entrecoupée: oui, je vis.    - non hiscere audebant, Liv.: ils n'osaient souffler mot.
    * * *
        Hisco, hiscis, hiscere, Inchoatiuum verbum. Baailler de sommeil qu'on ha, ou d'ennuy.
    \
        Nec hiscere quisquam audebat. Liu. Il n'y avoit personne qui osast seulement ouvrir la bouche.
    \
        Hiscere. Plaut. S'ouvrir, ou estre ouvert, Se gerser.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > hisco

  • 49 rifare

    do again
    ( rinnovare) do up
    stanza tidy (up)
    letto make
    * * *
    rifare v.tr.
    1 to do* again, to redo*; to make* again, to remake*: bello quel passo di danza, rifallo!, that dance step is fine, do it again!; è tutto da rifare, the whole thing must be redone (o done again); non ho ancora rifatto il mio letto, I have not yet made my bed // rifare un esame, to take an exam (ination) again
    2 ( ricostruire) to rebuild*: l'antica chiesa fu rifatta nel XVIII secolo, the ancient church was rebuilt in the 18th century
    3 ( rieleggere) to re-elect: rifare qlcu. presidente, to re-elect s.o. president (o chairman)
    4 ( ripercorrere) to retrace: ha dovuto rifare la strada fino al semaforo, he had to retrace his steps as far as the traffic-lights
    5 ( riparare) to repair: devo far rifare questo divano, I must have this sofa repaired
    6 ( imitare) to imitate, to ape: rifare i gesti, le mosse di qlcu., to ape (o to imitate) s.o.'s gestures, movements
    7 ( imitare fraudolentemente) to forge: rifare la firma di qlcu., to forge s.o.'s signature
    8 ( indennizzare) to indemnify, to reimburse: rifare qlcu. di un danno, to indemnify s.o. for damages; ti rifarò delle spese, I'll refund (o reimburse) you.
    rifarsi v.rifl. o intr.pron.
    1 to make* up (for); to make* good (sthg.): voleva rifare del denaro perduto, he wanted to make up for (o he wanted to recover) the money he had lost; rifare del tempo perduto, to make up for lost time; dopo che fece bancarotta ci mise tre anni a rifare, after he went bankrupt he took three years to get on his feet again; ho continuato a giocare perché speravo di rifarmi, I went on playing, because I was hoping to make good my losses; non so neppure se mi rifarò delle spese, I don't even know if I'll recoup (o cover o clear) my expenses
    2 ( ritornare, ridiventare) to become* again: il tempo si è rifatto bello, the weather has become fine again // dopo una settimana si è rifatto vivo, after a week he showed (o turned) up again
    3 ( vendicarsi) to get* even (with s.o.); to revenge oneself: egli voleva rifare su di loro dei torti ricevuti, he wanted to get even with them (o to revenge himself on them) for the wrongs he had received
    4 ( risalire) to go* back to (sthg.); ( attingere) to draw* on (sthg.): per ritrovarne le tracce dobbiamo rifarci a epoche preistoriche, to find traces of it we have to go back to prehistoric times; rifare all'esperienza passata, to draw on previous experience
    5 ( richiamare) to follow: qui l'autore si rifà a un metodo classico, here the author is following a classical method
    6 ( con chirurgia estetica): rifare il seno, to have one's breasts redone, to have plastic surgery on one's breasts; è tutta rifatta, (spreg.) it's all plastic (surgery).
    * * *
    1. [ri'fare]
    vb irreg vt
    (ricominciare) to redo, do again, (ricostruire) to make again, (nodo) to tie again, do up again

    stai tranquillo, non lo rifarà — don't worry, she won't do it again

    rifarsi la bocca (anche), fig to take away a bad taste

    rifarsi una vita — to make a new life for o.s.

    2. vip (rifarsi)
    1)

    rifarsi vivo — to re-appear, turn up again

    rifarsi di(perdita, spesa) to recover from

    rifarsi di qc su qn (vendicarsi) to get one's own back on sb for sth, get even with sb for sth

    rifarsi a(periodo, fenomeno storico) to go back to, (stile, autore) to follow

    * * *
    [ri'fare] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (fare di nuovo) to do* [sth.] again, to redo* [esercizio, calcolo, lavoro]; to remake* [letto, vestito, film]
    2) (risistemare) to redo* [pavimento, grondaia]; to resurface [ strada]

    farsi rifare il naso, il seno — to have a nose job, breast job

    3) (imitare) to imitate
    2.
    verbo pronominale rifarsi

    -rsi del tempo, sonno perduto — to make up for lost time, sleep

    2) (riferirsi) to relate (a to)

    -rsi su qcn. — to take it out on sb.

    -rsi il naso, seno — to have a nose job, breast job

    ••

    -rsi gli occhi con qcs. — to feast one's eyes on sth.

    ••
    Note:
    v. la voce 1.fare
    * * *
    rifare
    /ri'fare/ [8]
    v. la voce 1. fare.
     1 (fare di nuovo) to do* [sth.] again, to redo* [esercizio, calcolo, lavoro]; to remake* [letto, vestito, film]; rifare la valigia to repack one's suitcase; rifare gli stessi errori to make the same mistakes again; rifare la stessa strada to go back the same way; rifare un numero di telefono to redial a phone number; si doveva rifare tutto da capo it all had to be done all over again
     2 (risistemare) to redo* [pavimento, grondaia]; to resurface [ strada]; rifare i tacchi delle scarpe to reheel the shoes; farsi rifare il naso, il seno to have a nose job, breast job
     3 (imitare) to imitate
    II rifarsi verbo pronominale
     1 (recuperare) -rsi del tempo, sonno perduto to make up for lost time, sleep
     2 (riferirsi) to relate (a to)
     3 (rivalersi) -rsi su qcn. to take it out on sb.; - rsi delle perdite to recoup one's costs
     4 colloq. (con chirurgia plastica) -rsi il naso, seno to have a nose job, breast job
    -rsi gli occhi con qcs. to feast one's eyes on sth.; - rsi una vita to start a new life.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > rifare

  • 50 sentire

    feel
    ( udire) hear
    ( ascoltare) listen to
    odore smell
    cibo taste
    * * *
    sentire v.tr.
    1 to feel* (anche fig.): hai sentito il peso di questo pacco?, have you felt the weight of this parcel?; senti quanta umidità c'è in questa stanza, feel how damp this room is; senti com'è ruvido, feel how rough it is; sento un bruciore allo stomaco, I've got heartburn; sento che ha bisogno di me, he needs me, I feel it; sento che ha ragione, I feel he is right; sentire caldo, freddo, to feel warm, cold; sentire il caldo, il freddo, to feel the heat, the cold; sentire fame, sete, to feel hungry, thirsty; sentire la fatica, to feel the strain; sentire un male alla schiena, to feel a pain in one's back; sentire i morsi della fame, to feel the pangs of hunger; sentire il morso, to feel the bit; sentire la frusta, to feel the whip; sentire un prurito, to feel an itch; sentire il solletico, to be ticklish; sentire l'obbligo, to feel obliged; sentire la mancanza di qlcu., qlco., to feel the lack of (o to miss) s.o., sthg.; sentire compassione per qlcu., to feel pity for s.o. // sentire il tempo, to feel the weather // il freddo incomincia a farsi sentire, the cold is beginning to make itself felt // non sento più le gambe, I can hardly stand up // è un egoista che non sente nulla, he is an egoist without feelings // è un uomo schietto, le dice come le sente, he is an outspoken man, he says what he thinks // non tutti la sentono allo stesso modo, not everyone feels the same way about it // gli uomini hanno gli anni che sentono, le donne quelli che dimostrano, prov. men are as old as they feel, women as old as they look
    2 ( gustare) to taste: senti questo caffè, taste this coffee; senti se ti piace questa salsa, taste this sauce and see if you like it; sento qlco. di strano in questo dolce, I can taste sthg. strange in this cake
    3 ( odorare) to smell*: senti questa rosa, smell this rose; sento odore di cipolla, gas, bruciato, I smell onions, gas, sthg. burning; il cane l'ha sentito al fiuto, the dog has scented it; l'ho sentito dall'odore, I smelt it
    4 ( udire) to hear*: ho sentito un rumore, I heard a noise; si sente il treno, you can hear the train; fui così felice di sentire che avevi vinto il premio, I was so happy to hear you had won the prize; ho sentito dire che non è in città, I have heard that he is not in town; lo sentii io dire questo, I heard him say so myself; non l'ho mai sentito cantare, I have never heard him sing; non ne ho mai sentito parlare, I have never heard of it; non voglio sentirne più parlare, I do not want to hear any more about it // non sente nemmeno le cannonate, he sleeps like a log // a quel che sento, from what I hear // ne sentiremo delle belle, we won't half catch it // se ne sentono di tutti i colori!, the things you hear! (o that happen!) // farsi sentire, to make oneself heard: fatti sentire!, speak up for yourself!; non ti far sentire a piangere, don't let them hear you crying
    5 ( ascoltare) to listen to (s.o., sthg.): senti il tuo avvocato, go and see your lawyer; Senti! Volevo dirti..., Listen (o look)! I wanted to tell you...; stammi a sentire, listen to me; sentiamo!, let's hear it; sentire una commedia, to listen to a play; sentire la radio, to listen to the radio; sentire una conferenza, to listen to a lecture; sentire la lezione a un bambino, to make a child repeat his lesson // sentire la messa, to attend mass // a sentire lui, according to him // non sente ragione, he won't listen to reason // non sente altro che l'interesse, he doesn't do anything for nothing
    v. intr.
    1 ( udire) to hear*: non sente, è sordo, he cannot hear, he is deaf // da quell'orecchio non ci sente, he is deaf in that ear; (fig.) he'll turn a deaf ear
    2 ( avere gusto) to taste: sentire di buono, to taste good; sentire di pesce, to taste of fish
    3 ( avere odore) to smell*: sentire di buono, to smell good; sentire di muffa, to smell musty
    4 ( avere sentimenti): egli sente rettamente, he has a good heart.
    sentirsi v.rifl.
    1 to feel*; to feel* up to (sthg., doing); to feel* like (sthg., doing): sentire offeso, grato, obbligato, to feel hurt, grateful, obliged; sentire rinato, to feel reborn; non mi sento ( in grado) di fare una cosa così difficile, una passeggiata così lunga, I do not feel up to doing such a difficult thing, to going for such a long walk; non mi sento di mangiare, uscire, I do not feel like eating, going out // non me la sento, I do not feel like (o up to) it
    2 ( stare) to feel*; to be: come ti senti?, how do you feel? (o how are you feeling?); non mi sento molto bene, I do not feel quite myself; sentire a proprio agio, to feel at ease (o at home); sentire bene, male, stanco, depresso, to feel well, ill, tired, depressed; sentire svenire, to feel faint.
    sentire s.m. (letter.) ( sentimento) feeling, sentiment: uomo di alto sentire, man of noble feelings.
    * * *
    [sen'tire]
    1. vt
    1) (percepire: gen), (al tatto) to feel

    sentire freddo/caldo — to feel cold/hot

    2) (emozione) to feel
    3) (al gusto) to taste, (all'olfatto) to smell

    ho il raffreddore e non sento gli odori/i sapori — I've got a cold and I can't smell/taste anything

    4) (udire) to hear, (ascoltare) to listen to

    senti, mi presti quel disco? — listen, will you lend me that record?

    ho sentito dire che... — I have heard that...

    a sentir lui... — to hear him talk...

    farsi sentire — to make o.s. heard

    non ci sente (sordo) he's deaf, he can't hear

    intendo sentire il mio legale/il parere di un medico — I'm going to consult my lawyer/a doctor

    1) (gen) to feel

    sentirsi bene/male — to feel well/unwell o ill

    come ti senti? — how are you?, how do you feel?

    2)

    (essere disposto) sentirsi di fare qc — to feel like doing sth

    3) (uso reciproco) to hear from each other, be in touch

    ci sentiamo spesso (al telefono) we often talk on the phone

    * * *
    I 1. [sen'tire]
    verbo transitivo

    sentire freddo, caldo — to feel o to be cold, hot

    sentire fame, sete — to be o to feel hungry, thirsty

    ho camminato troppo, non sento più i piedi — I've been walking for too long, my feet are numb

    3) (attraverso l'odorato) to smell* [odore, profumo]
    5) (udire) to hear* [parola, rumore, colpo]
    6) (ascoltare) to listen to [radio, cassetta, conferenza, concerto]; [giudice, polizia] to hear* [ testimone]

    stammi bene a sentire... — now listen here...

    senti chi parla!look o listen who's talking!

    senti un po',... — just a minute,...

    senti, non essere ridicolo! — come on, don't be ridiculous!

    senta, ne ho abbastanza — listen, I've had enough

    senti Sara, puoi prestarmi 10 euro? — say Sara, can you lend me 10 euros?

    non sentire ragioni — not to listen to, not to see reason

    9) (venire a sapere di) to hear* [notizia, storia]

    a quel che sento... — from what I hear...

    10) (intuire, immaginare) to feel*
    11) (provare) to feel* [affetto, desiderio, pietà, bisogno]
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

    sentirci o sentire male to have a bad hearing; non sentire da un orecchio — to be deaf in one ear

    3.
    verbo pronominale sentirsi
    1) to feel* [stanco, triste, nervoso, stupido, tradito]

    - rsi maleto feel ill o sick o bad

    mi sentii mancaremy heart o spirit sank

    -rsi in debito con qcn. — to feel under obligation to sb.

    sentiamoci, ci sentiamo — (I'll) be in touch

    3) sentirsela (avere voglia) to feel* like ( di fare doing); (essere in grado) to feel* up to ( di fare doing)
    ••

    farsi sentire (cominciare a pesare) to be felt; (farsi vivo) to turn up; (farsi valere) to make oneself o one's voice heard

    ••
    Note:
    v. la nota della voce 1.vedere
    II [sen'tire]
    sostantivo maschile lett. feeling, sentiment
    * * *
    sentire1
    /sen'tire/ [3]
    v. la nota della voce 1. vedere 
     1 (avvertire una sensazione fisica) sentire freddo, caldo to feel o to be cold, hot; sentire fame, sete to be o to feel hungry, thirsty; non sento più le dita per il freddo I'm so cold I can't feel my fingers any more; ho camminato troppo, non sento più i piedi I've been walking for too long, my feet are numb
     2 (attraverso il tatto) to feel*; ho sentito qualcosa di morbido I felt something soft
     3 (attraverso l'odorato) to smell* [odore, profumo]; si sente un buon profumo di caffè there is a lovely smell of coffee; i cani hanno sentito l'odore del cinghiale the dogs scented the boar
     4 (attraverso il gusto) to taste; si sente il vino nella salsa one can taste the wine in the sauce
     5 (udire) to hear* [parola, rumore, colpo]; la sentì salire le scale he heard her coming up the stairs; non l'ho mai sentito dire una cosa del genere I've never heard him say such a thing
     6 (ascoltare) to listen to [radio, cassetta, conferenza, concerto]; [giudice, polizia] to hear* [ testimone]; senti che cosa vuole go and see what he wants; sentiamo di che si tratta let's see what's it's about; non starlo a sentire don't listen to him; che cosa c'è? - sentiamo what's the matter? let's have it; che mi tocca sentire! I've never heard such nonsense! stammi bene a sentire... now listen here...; ma sentilo! (just) listen to him! senti chi parla! look o listen who's talking! ora mi sente! I'll give him a piece of my mind! senti un po',... just a minute,...; senti, non essere ridicolo! come on, don't be ridiculous! senta, ne ho abbastanza listen, I've had enough; senti Sara, puoi prestarmi 10 euro? say Sara, can you lend me 10 euros? non sentire ragioni not to listen to, not to see reason; non ne ho mai sentito parlare I've never heard of it; non voglio più sentirne parlare I don't want to hear another word about it
     7 (consultare) dovresti sentire un medico you should go to the doctor('s); sentire il parere degli esperti to seek experts' advice
     8 (avere notizie di) l'hai più sentita? have you heard any more from her?
     9 (venire a sapere di) to hear* [notizia, storia]; l'ho sentito ieri per caso I overheard it yesterday; ho sentito che si sposa I heard she's getting married; a quel che sento... from what I hear...; ne ho sentite delle belle su di lui I have been hearing stories about him; hai sentito dell'incidente? have you heard (anything) of the accident?
     10 (intuire, immaginare) to feel*; sento che è sincero I feel that he's sincere; sento che questo libro ti piacerà I have a feeling that you'll like this book
     11 (provare) to feel* [affetto, desiderio, pietà, bisogno]
     (aus. avere) sentirci o sentire male to have a bad hearing; non sentire da un orecchio to be deaf in one ear
    III sentirsi verbo pronominale
     1 to feel* [stanco, triste, nervoso, stupido, tradito]; - rsi male to feel ill o sick o bad; come ti senti? how do you feel? mi sentii mancare my heart o spirit sank; -rsi in debito con qcn. to feel under obligation to sb.; - rsi una star to feel like a star; me lo sentivo! I knew it!
     2 (per telefono) sentiamoci, ci sentiamo (I'll) be in touch; non fare niente finché non ci sentiamo di nuovo don't do anything until you hear from me
     3 sentirsela (avere voglia) to feel* like ( di fare doing); (essere in grado) to feel* up to ( di fare doing); te la senti? do you feel up to it? non me la sento di andare a Londra I'm not up to going to London
    farsi sentire (cominciare a pesare) to be felt; (farsi vivo) to turn up; (farsi valere) to make oneself o one's voice heard; gli effetti si faranno sentire in tutto il paese the effects will be felt throughout the country; il freddo comincia a farsi sentire the cold weather is setting in; fatti sentire! keep in touch!
    ————————
    sentire2
    /sen'tire/
    sostantivo m.
    lett. feeling, sentiment.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sentire

  • 51 nam

    nam, conj. [ acc. sing. fem. of pronom. stem na-; cf.: egô-nê, tu-nê; Lat. ne, nae; masc. num; cf.: tum, tam; quom, quam].
    I.
    To introduce a confirmation or explanation, for (always in prose beginning the sentence; cf.: enim, etenim, and v. infra C.).
    A.
    Introducing an explanation or fuller statement of something already said.
    1.
    In gen.:

    is pagus appellabatur Tigurinus. Nam omnis civitas Helvetia in quattuor pagos divisa est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 12, 4:

    quibus rebus auditis... suas quoque copias in tres partes distribuerunt. Nam praesidio e regione castrorum relicto... reliquas copias, etc.,

    id. ib. 7, 61, 5: neque solum colent inter se ac diligent, sed etiam verebuntur. Nam maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex eā tollit verecundiam, Cic. [p. 1185] Lael. 22, 82; id. Part. Or. 11, 38; id. Or. 43, 147; cf.:

    pandite atque aperite propere januam hanc Orci, opsecro. Nam equidem haut aliter esse duco,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 2. —
    2.
    Esp.
    (α).
    To introduce an explanatory parenthetical clause:

    omni ratione colenda justitia est, tum ipsa per sese (nam aliter justitia non esset), tum, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42:

    et in insulā quae est in Fibreno —nam hoc, opinor, illi alteri flumini nomen est—sermoni reliquo demus operam sedentes,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 1:

    tamen is ad id locorum talis vir (nam postea ambitione praeceps datus est), consulatum adpetere non audebat,

    Sall. J. 63, 6; Sen. Ep. 40, 9.—
    (β).
    To resume the course of thought after a parenthetical interruption:

    hic vero simul... atque me mare transisse cognovit (audi, audi, atque attende...), nam simul ac me Dyrrachium attigisse audivit, etc.,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 98:

    duplex inde Hannibali gaudium fuit (neque enim quidquam eorum, quae apud hostes agerentur, eum fallebat): nam et liberam Minucii temeritatem se suo modo capturum, et sollertiae Fabii dimidium virium decessisse,

    Liv. 22, 28, 1.—
    (γ).
    To introduce an example, or several examples, illustrating a general statement, for example, for instance:

    sed vivo Catone minores natu multi uno tempore oratores floruerunt. Nam et A. Albinus... et litteratus et disertus fuit. Nam Q. Metellus... in primis est habitus eloquens,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 81:

    quin etiam easdem causas ut quisque egerit utile erit scire. Nam de domo Ciceronis dixit Calidius, et pro Milone orationem Brutus exercitationis gratiā scripsit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 23; 8, 6, 38; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 23.—
    B.
    Introducing a ground or reason for a fact, command, or principle.
    1.
    In gen.:

    quamobrem, Quirites, celebratote illos dies cum conjugibus ac liberis vestris: nam multi saepe honores dīs immortalibus justi habiti sunt, sed profecto justiores numquam,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 23: vires vitaque corpus meum nunc deserit omne: nam me visus homo pulcher, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40:

    qui... dilectum habere noluerit. Nam sociorum auxilia aut ita imbecilla sunt, ut non multum nos juvare possint, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 11.—
    2.
    Esp., introducing the speaker's reason for a particular form of statement, etc.:

    Phoenices alias urbes in orā maritumā condidere... nam de Carthagine silere melius puto quam parum dicere,

    Sall. J. 19, 1; cf.

    Mercuri (nam te docilis magistro Movit Amphion lapides canendo), etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 1;

    so in a question: una domus erat, idem victus isque communis... nam quid ego de studiis dicam cognoscendi semper aliquid, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 104:

    nam quid ego de cotidiano sermone querimoniāque populi Romani loquar?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 129.—
    3.
    Loosely, introducing the speaker's reason for saying what precedes: nam ego ad Menaechmum nunc eo ( I have said this), for, etc., Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 20; id. Trin. 1, 1, 3 Brix ad loc.—So esp. after a general remark, introducing its illustration in the case in hand, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 58 Spengel ad loc.; id. Most. 5, 1, 3; id. Mil. 2, 1, 17.—
    4.
    In a still looser connection, introducing a particular fact or argument in support of what precedes, but, now, certainly:

    L. Sisennae omnis facultas ex historiā ipsius perspici potest, quae cum facile vincat superiores, tum indicat quantum absit a summo... Nam Q. Hortensii admodum adulescentis ingenium simul aspectum et probatum est,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 228; 43, 161; id. Div. 2, 31, 66; 2, 32, 68:

    at prooemium aliquando et narrationem dicit malus homo et argumenta sic, ut nihil sit in his requirendum. Nam et latro pugnabit acriter, virtus tamen erit fortitudo,

    Quint. 2, 20, 10.—
    5.
    Ellipt., in reply to a question or remark, where the answer is implied, and nam introduces the reason for it; for assuredly, certainly:

    nos hunc Heracliensem, multis civitatibus expetitum... de nostrā civitate eiciemus? Nam si quis minorem gloriae fructum putat ex Graecis versibus percipi quam ex Latinis, vehementer errat,

    Cic. Arch. 10, 22 sq.:

    numquid ergo hic Lysimachus, felicitate quādam dentibus leonis elapsus, ob hoc cum ipse regnaret mitior fuit? Nam Telesphorum Rhodium amicum suum... in caveā velut novum animal aliquod... pavit,

    Sen. de Ira. 3, 17, 3; cf.: de eis rebus, inquit Crassus, quibus sciam poteroque. Tum ille:

    nam quod tu non poteris aut nescies, quis nostrum tam impudens est, qui se scire aut posse postulet?

    Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 101.—So with particles of asseveration: mehercule, hercule, edepol, etc.: tamen tibi a me nulla orta est injuria. Aes. Nam hercle etiam hoc restat, i. e. not yet; for that is to come hereafter, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 36: sume, posce, prome quidvis: te facio cellarium. Er. Nam nisi hercle manticinatus probe ero, fusti pectito, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 115:

    dicunt ei fere nullam esse columnam, quae ad perpendiculum esse possit. Nam mehercule, inquit, sic agamus: columnae ad perpendiculum exigantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133.—
    C.
    The conjunction nam sometimes follows a word of the clause ( poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 246):

    prohibent nam cetera Parcae Scire,

    Verg. A. 3, 379:

    solam nam perfidus ille Te colere,

    id. ib. 4, 421; 10, 585;

    1, 444: olim nam quaerere amabam,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 20; 41:

    ego nam videor mihi sanus,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 302:

    his nam plebecula plaudit,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 186.
    II.
    In transitions.
    A.
    Introducing a new subject as of secondary importance; but now, on the other hand:

    nam quod rumores distulerunt malivoli, Multas contamināsse Graecas, dum facit Paucas Latinas: factum hic esse id non negat, Neque se pigere,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 19:

    nam quod purgas eos, quos ego mihi scripsi invidisse, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

    nam quod negas te dubitare quin magnā in offensā sim apud Pompeium hoc tempore, non video causam cur ita sit,

    id. ib. 9, 2, a, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    nam auguralis libros ad commune utriusque nostrum otium serva,

    id. Fam. 3, 11, 4:

    nam Vestae nomen a Graecis est, i. e. though that of Janus, before named, is Latin,

    id. N. D. 2, 27, 67; id. Div. 2, 31, 66; 2, 32, 68; Quint. 1, 11, 7; 10, 1, 9.—
    B.
    Esp., in referring to a consideration too obvious to require discussion, for obviously, for it is certain, etc.:

    postremo hoc in pectus tuum demitte, numquam populum Romanum beneficiis victum esse: nam bello quid valeat, tute scis,

    Sall. J. 102, 11; Liv. 39, 26, 3; Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; Tac. H. 4, 76.
    III.
    In interrogations, emphatically, expressing wonder or emotion in the questioner; cf. Gr. gar.
    A.
    With an interrogative.
    1.
    Beginning a sentence (anteclass. and poet.): perdidisti omnem operam? Ep. Nam quī perdidi? but how? but why? Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 29:

    nam quem ego adspicio?

    id. Poen. 5, 3, 3: quid ego ago? Tr. Nam quid tu, malum, me rogitas quid agas? id. Most. 2, 1, 21:

    nam quae haec anus est exanimata a fratre quae egressa'st meo?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 5:

    nam quid ita?

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 58:

    nam quem? alium habui neminem,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 13:

    nam quam ob rem? (= quamnam),

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 2:

    nam quā me causā extrusisti ex aedibus?

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 5 et saep.:

    nam quis te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras Jussit adire domos?

    Verg. G. 4, 445 (but cf. Forbig. ad loc. and Kritz ad Sall. J. 19, 2):

    nam quae tam sera moratur Segnities?

    id. A. 2, 373:

    bellua multorum es capitum. Nam quid sequar aut quem?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 76.—
    2.
    Joined as enclitic to an interrogative word:

    quinam homo hic ante aedīs nostras conqueritur?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 17:

    quidnam id est?

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 45:

    quisnam igitur tuebitur P. Scipionis memoriam mortui?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 36, § 80:

    O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus?

    id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

    sed Allobroges diu in incerto habuere quidnam consilii caperent,

    Sall. C. 41, 1.—For quianam, v. quia fin.
    3.
    Separated from the interrogative word:

    quid tibi ex filio nam, obsecro, aegre est?

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 27:

    quis ea'st nam optuma?

    id. Aul. 2, 1, 17; 3, 2, 3:

    quid cerussa opus nam?

    id. Most. 1, 3, 101:

    quis est nam ludus in undis?

    Verg. E. 9, 39.—
    4.
    With num:

    num tibi nam, amabo, janua est mordax mea?

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 1:

    num quid nam tibi molestum est, gnate mi, si, etc.,

    id. As. 5, 1, 3; cf.:

    comicum est et Terentianum numquidnam, cum exemptis num et nam sufficere ad interrogationem potuisset quid,

    Donat. ad Ter. And. 1, 4, 8:

    num nam haec audivit,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 6:

    num quid nam de oratore ipso restat,

    Cic. Part. Or. 7, 26.—
    B.
    Without an interrogative word (very rare): scis nam tibi quae praecepi? Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 51. (For fuller details, v. Hand, Turs. 4, pp. 1-22.)

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  • 52 posteriora

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin.
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 53 posteriores

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin.
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 54 posterius

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin.
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 55 posterus

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin.
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 56 postremus

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin.
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > postremus

  • 57 postumum

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin.
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > postumum

  • 58 morto

    1. agg.
    (di morte naturale) умерший; (in guerra ecc.) погибший, убитый; (defunto) покойный, скончавшийся, усопший, мёртвый; (crepato) дохлый, подохший

    "Tu mi conosci bene: se non lavorerò, sarà perché sono morto" (G. Guareschi) — "Ты меня знаешь: если я перестану работать, значит, меня нет в живых" (Г. Гуарески)

    cadde a terra, morto — он упал замертво

    2. m.
    умерший, покойный, погибший, убитый, мёртвый
    3.

    morto e sepolto — было и прошло и быльём поросло

    lo davano per morto, e non per disperso — считали, что он убит, а не пропал без вести

    fare il mortoa) (restare immobile) притворяться мёртвым; b) (galleggiare) лежать на спинке

    è un morto di fame, le ripeteva il padre, non sposarlo! — у него ни кола ни двора, не выходи за него! - уговаривал её отец

    sono stanco mortoя смертельно устал (fam. я ухайдакался)

    se si ripresenta qui è un uomo morto — если он здесь появится, ему конец (fam. ему хана)

    a vedere quel film non ci vengo neanche morto! — убей, не пойду смотреть этот фильм

    per poco non ci scappava il morto — слава Богу, все живы!

    andiamocene, prima che ci scappi il morto! — пошли отсюда пока живы!

    4.

    Il nuovo dizionario italiano-russo > morto

  • 59 tantus

    tantus, a, um ( von tam, wie quantus von quam), I) von solcher Größe, so groß, a) m. folg. quantus: nullam umquam vidi tantam (contionem), quanta nunc vestrûm est, Cic. – b) mit folg. qui, quae, quod (das gew. den Coniunctiv bei sich hat): nulla est tanta vis, quae non frangi possit, Cic. – c) m. folg. quam, Liv. 37, 51, 9 (s. dazu Drak.). Tac. dial. 6. Verg. Aen. 6, 354. – d) m. folg. ut u. Konj.: non fuit tantus homo, ut de eo potissimum conqueramur, Cic. – e) ohne Korrelation: in tantis mutationibus, Cic.: verb. m. tot, tot tantaque vitia, Cic.: mit tam multus, tam multae res atque tantae, Cic.: mit talis, homo tantus et talis, Cic. – tantus natu, so alt, Plaut. – mit Genet., utinam tantus animi forem, ut etc., Apul. apol. 22.

    II) von solcher Menge, so viel, tanta mira, so viel Wunderdinge, Plaut.: tanta pecunia, Cic.: qui indutias tanti temporis petant, ut legatos Romam mittere possitis, Liv. – bei den Eccl. Plur. = tot, zB. tanta hominum milia, Lact.: nec tamen tantos inveniunt verba discipulos, quantos Christiani factis docendo, Tert.; vgl. Hildebr. Apul. met. 7, 9. p. 552 (b). Bünem. Lact. 1, 3, 21. Dräger Histor. Synt.2 1, 104. – Neutrum tantum subst., a) im Nom. u. Acc. = so viel, so vieles, α) absol.: ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret, Cic.: tantum debuit, Plaut.: mit folg. quam, Ter. Hec. 417. – tantum abest, ut etc., s. ab- sumno. II, 2, a. – tantum est (in der Umgangssprache), so viel, weiter nichts, das ist alles, Plaut. u. Ter.; vgl. Brix Plaut. trin. prol. 22. – Plur., sescenta tanta (sechshundertmal soviel) reddam, si vivo, tibi, Plaut. Bacch. 1034: tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris, um dreimal soviel weniger, Plaut. trin. 530. – β) mit Genet.: belli, Liv.: hominum, Plaut.: hostium, Liv.: itineris, eine so große Strecke Weges, Cic.: auctoritatis, Cic.: tantum navium reperit, ut etc., nur soviel, Caes.: tantum temporis, so lange Zeit, Liv.: tantum eius opinionis deperdidisse, so viel von der Meinung verloren haben, Caes.: mit folg. quantum, so viel, so viel als, Cic. – mit Plur. des Verbums, tantum hominum incedunt, Plaut. – b) im Genet. als Ausdruck des wirklichen od. moral. Wertes, so viel, so hoch, so teuer, tanti quanti poscit, vin tanti illam emi? Plaut.: hortos emit homo tanti, quanti Pythius voluit, Cic.: ubi me dixero dare tanti, testes faciet ilico vendidisse me, Ter.: graviter (eum) increpuit tanti censorem (als Z.) habitare, Plin.: qui frugiferas arbores tanti taxaverant, Plin.: ut, quanti quisque se ipse facit, tanti fiat (so hoch soll er geschätzt werden) ab amicis, Cic. – bes. oft tanti est, u. zwar α) alqd od. alqs est tanti, etw. od. jmd. ist so viel wert, gilt so viel, si ullo in loco eius provinciae frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit, Cic.: tanti nova non fuit arbor, Ov.: non fuerant artes tanti, Ov.: tantine ulla fuit spoliati gloria Parthi? Prop.: nulla studia tanti sunt, ut amicitiae officium deseratur, Plin. ep.: vix Priamus tanti totaque Troia fuit, Ov.: non sum, me iudice, tanti, Ov.: tanti eius apud se gratiam esse, uti etc., so hoch stehe er in Gunst bei ihm, daß usw., Caes. – nihil est tanti u. nihil mihi (nobis) est tanti, es ist (mir) nichts so viel wert, es ist mir an nichts mehr gelegen, es geht mir nichts darüber, Cic.: u. so nec mihi quicquam est tanti, Cic. – est tanti m. folg. ut u. Konj., μακάρων νησοι tanti sunt, ut sine te sim tot dies, Cic.: tantine, ut lacrimes, Africa tota fuit? Prop.: nihil tamen tanti, ut a te abessem, fuit, Cic.: tanti non esse od. tanti se non esse (an seiner Person sei nicht so viel gelegen), ut etc., Eutr.: arbitrabantur eum tanti mortem P. Clodii putasse (er habe den Tod des P. Kl. für so wichtig gehalten), ut etc., Cic. – alqd non est tanti m. folg. quin u. Konj., hic tibi ne qua morae fuerint dispendia tanti,... quin adeas vatem, Verg. Aen. 3, 453 u. 456. – tanti non fuit od. erat m. Infin. als Subj., neque mihi erat vincere tanti, Ov.; u. zugl. mit folg. ut u. Konj., tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut earum rerum, quae hic gestae sunt spectaculo careres, Cael. in Cic. ep.: non fuit armillas tanti pepigisse Sabinas, ut premerent sacrae virginis arma caput, Ov.: nec vincere tanti, ut bellum differret, erat (viro), Lucan. – β) alqd tanti est, es ist etw. der Mühe wert, es verlohnt sich der Mühe, sunt, o sunt iurgia tanti! Ov. met. 2, 424 (dazu Haupt). – m. Infin. als Subj., est mihi tanti, huius invidiae crimen subire, dummodo etc., Cic.: fuit tanti non revocare promissum suum, Sen.: u. ellipt., sed est mihi tanti, dummodo etc., Cic.: quid quaeris? Fuit tanti, Cic.: etiam tabulae proferentur; est tanti, Cic. Vgl. übh. Madvig opusc. 2, 187 sqq. – c) im Abl. tanto, α) vor Komparativen = um so viel, desto, tanto aberant ab aqua longius, Caes.: tanto crebriores nuntii mittebantur, Caes.: tanto nos submissius geramus, Cic.: tanto minoris, desto wohlfeiler, Cic.: bis tanto pluris, zweimal so teuer, Plaut.: ter tanto peior, Cic.: quinquies tanto amplius, Cic.: u. (ohne Komparativ) bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, Plaut. – tanto melior (lobender Ausdruck in der Umgangssprache), um so besser! recht gut! brav! bravo! Komik., Sen. u.a. (s. Brix Plaut. Men. 433. Wagner Ter. heaut. 549. Spengel Ter. adelph. 528. Haupt opusc. 2, 323); auch tanto hercle melior, Ter.: tanto nequior, um so schlimmer! schlimm genug! Ter.: u. so tanto miserior, nur um so jämmerlicher! Plaut.: tanto maior, tanto augustior, um so größer, um so erhabener bist du! Plin. pan. 71, 4. – multo tanto bei Komparat., s. multum unter multus no. II, A, c. (Bd. 2. S. 1047). – β) neben den Zeitadverbien ante u. post, tanto ante, so lange vorher, Cic.: tanto post od. post tanto, so lange nachher, Curt. u. Verg. – γ) neben Verben, die einen Komparativbegriff enthalten, wie antecedere, praestare, Nep. Epam. 2, 2; Hann. 1, 1. Ov. met. 13, 368. – δ) selten vor Superl., tanto pessimus omnium poëta, quanto tu optimus omnium patronus, um so viel der schlechteste, ein um so viel schlechterer, Catall. 49, 6. – d) in der Verbdg. in tantum = so weit, so sehr, in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse, Liv.: m. folg. in quantum, si denique in tantum diligo optimum principem, in quantum invisus pessimo fui, Plin. pan.: matrona prodcat in tantum ornata, in quantum ne immunda sit, insoweit, als sie nicht, Sen. contr. 2, 7 (15), 3. – Das Neutrum tantum adv. = so sehr, so weit, α) neben Verben: de fano illo dico, de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites, Cic.: tantum eius auctoritate motus est, ut etc., Nep.: tantum progressus a castris, ut etc., Liv. – β) neben Adjj., statt tam: tantum magna, Hor.: non tantum, nicht so, nicht sowohl, mit folg. quantum, non tantum Veneris, quantum studiosa culinae, Hor.: nec tantum dulcia, quantum et liquida, Verg.: auch m. folg. quam, non ab ira tantum, quam quod etc., nicht sowohl aus Zorn, als weil, Liv.: tantum cepisse timorem, quam, Verg. – γ) neben Superlativen: quantum bello optimus... tantum pace pessimus, Vell.

    III) von der Größe, von der Art, so klein, so gering, ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus, Cic.: nec sidera tanta debent existimari, quanta cernuntur, Plin.: (senatus) auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse, tantam vim habet, ut magis iratorum hominum studium quam constantis senatus consilium esse videatur, Cic.: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores parvis additis copiis sustinere possint, Cael. in Cic. ep. – Neutrum tantum subst., eine solche Kleinigkeit, Wenigkeit, so wenig, tantum praesidii, navium, Caes. – Das Neutrum tantum wird auch als Abverbium gebraucht, nur, bloß, nomen tantum virtutis usurpas, Cic.: quos quidem dies quem ad modum agatis non dico, tantum dico etc., Cic.: tantum, ut procul abesset, curabat, Liv. – Man merke hier: a) tantum non, beinahe, fast, Nep., Liv. u. Suet. Vgl. Drak. u. Gronov Liv. 4, 2, 12. – b) tantum quod, α) nur, just, gerade, eben (zu der Zeit), Cic. u.a. – so auch (ohne quod) serta tantum delapsa, nur erst abgefallen, Verg. ecl. 6, 16. – β) nur, bloß, nur daß, es fehlt weiter nichts, als daß, tantum quod hominem non nominat, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 116. – γ) tantum, quod, als zwei besondere Wörter, tantum, quod exstaret aqua, quaerentibus, nur so viel als usw., Liv.: tantum, quod Aetoli accesserant, nur insofern, weil, Liv. – δ) non tantum... sed etiam, nicht nur (bloß)... sondern auch, Hirt. b.G., Liv. u.a.: ebenso non tantum... verum et (= etiam), Plin. ep.: aber non (nec) tantum... sed, nicht nur (bloß)... sondern sogar, Liv., Quint. u.a. – / Archaist. tamtus, a, um, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 206. lin. 38 u. 40.

    lateinisch-deutsches > tantus

  • 60 tantus

    tantus, a, um ( von tam, wie quantus von quam), I) von solcher Größe, so groß, a) m. folg. quantus: nullam umquam vidi tantam (contionem), quanta nunc vestrûm est, Cic. – b) mit folg. qui, quae, quod (das gew. den Coniunctiv bei sich hat): nulla est tanta vis, quae non frangi possit, Cic. – c) m. folg. quam, Liv. 37, 51, 9 (s. dazu Drak.). Tac. dial. 6. Verg. Aen. 6, 354. – d) m. folg. ut u. Konj.: non fuit tantus homo, ut de eo potissimum conqueramur, Cic. – e) ohne Korrelation: in tantis mutationibus, Cic.: verb. m. tot, tot tantaque vitia, Cic.: mit tam multus, tam multae res atque tantae, Cic.: mit talis, homo tantus et talis, Cic. – tantus natu, so alt, Plaut. – mit Genet., utinam tantus animi forem, ut etc., Apul. apol. 22.
    II) von solcher Menge, so viel, tanta mira, so viel Wunderdinge, Plaut.: tanta pecunia, Cic.: qui indutias tanti temporis petant, ut legatos Romam mittere possitis, Liv. – bei den Eccl. Plur. = tot, zB. tanta hominum milia, Lact.: nec tamen tantos inveniunt verba discipulos, quantos Christiani factis docendo, Tert.; vgl. Hildebr. Apul. met. 7, 9. p. 552 (b). Bünem. Lact. 1, 3, 21. Dräger Histor. Synt.2 1, 104. – Neutrum tantum subst., a) im Nom. u. Acc. = so viel, so vieles, α) absol.: ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret, Cic.: tantum debuit, Plaut.: mit folg. quam, Ter. Hec. 417. – tantum abest, ut etc., s. absum
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    no. II, 2, a. – tantum est (in der Umgangssprache), so viel, weiter nichts, das ist alles, Plaut. u. Ter.; vgl. Brix Plaut. trin. prol. 22. – Plur., sescenta tanta (sechshundertmal soviel) reddam, si vivo, tibi, Plaut. Bacch. 1034: tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris, um dreimal soviel weniger, Plaut. trin. 530. – β) mit Genet.: belli, Liv.: hominum, Plaut.: hostium, Liv.: itineris, eine so große Strecke Weges, Cic.: auctoritatis, Cic.: tantum navium reperit, ut etc., nur soviel, Caes.: tantum temporis, so lange Zeit, Liv.: tantum eius opinionis deperdidisse, so viel von der Meinung verloren haben, Caes.: mit folg. quantum, so viel, so viel als, Cic. – mit Plur. des Verbums, tantum hominum incedunt, Plaut. – b) im Genet. als Ausdruck des wirklichen od. moral. Wertes, so viel, so hoch, so teuer, tanti quanti poscit, vin tanti illam emi? Plaut.: hortos emit homo tanti, quanti Pythius voluit, Cic.: ubi me dixero dare tanti, testes faciet ilico vendidisse me, Ter.: graviter (eum) increpuit tanti censorem (als Z.) habitare, Plin.: qui frugiferas arbores tanti taxaverant, Plin.: ut, quanti quisque se ipse facit, tanti fiat (so hoch soll er geschätzt werden) ab amicis, Cic. – bes. oft tanti est, u. zwar α) alqd od. alqs est tanti, etw. od. jmd. ist so viel wert, gilt so viel, si ullo in loco eius provinciae frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit, Cic.: tanti nova non fuit arbor, Ov.: non fuerant artes tanti, Ov.: tantine
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    ulla fuit spoliati gloria Parthi? Prop.: nulla studia tanti sunt, ut amicitiae officium deseratur, Plin. ep.: vix Priamus tanti totaque Troia fuit, Ov.: non sum, me iudice, tanti, Ov.: tanti eius apud se gratiam esse, uti etc., so hoch stehe er in Gunst bei ihm, daß usw., Caes. – nihil est tanti u. nihil mihi (nobis) est tanti, es ist (mir) nichts so viel wert, es ist mir an nichts mehr gelegen, es geht mir nichts darüber, Cic.: u. so nec mihi quicquam est tanti, Cic. – est tanti m. folg. ut u. Konj., μακάρων νησοι tanti sunt, ut sine te sim tot dies, Cic.: tantine, ut lacrimes, Africa tota fuit? Prop.: nihil tamen tanti, ut a te abessem, fuit, Cic.: tanti non esse od. tanti se non esse (an seiner Person sei nicht so viel gelegen), ut etc., Eutr.: arbitrabantur eum tanti mortem P. Clodii putasse (er habe den Tod des P. Kl. für so wichtig gehalten), ut etc., Cic. – alqd non est tanti m. folg. quin u. Konj., hic tibi ne qua morae fuerint dispendia tanti,... quin adeas vatem, Verg. Aen. 3, 453 u. 456. – tanti non fuit od. erat m. Infin. als Subj., neque mihi erat vincere tanti, Ov.; u. zugl. mit folg. ut u. Konj., tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut earum rerum, quae hic gestae sunt spectaculo careres, Cael. in Cic. ep.: non fuit armillas tanti pepigisse Sabinas, ut premerent sacrae virginis arma caput, Ov.: nec vincere tanti, ut bellum differret, erat (viro), Lucan. – β) alqd tanti est, es ist etw. der Mühe wert, es verlohnt sich der Mühe, sunt, o sunt iurgia tanti!
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    Ov. met. 2, 424 (dazu Haupt). – m. Infin. als Subj., est mihi tanti, huius invidiae crimen subire, dummodo etc., Cic.: fuit tanti non revocare promissum suum, Sen.: u. ellipt., sed est mihi tanti, dummodo etc., Cic.: quid quaeris? Fuit tanti, Cic.: etiam tabulae proferentur; est tanti, Cic. Vgl. übh. Madvig opusc. 2, 187 sqq. – c) im Abl. tanto, α) vor Komparativen = um so viel, desto, tanto aberant ab aqua longius, Caes.: tanto crebriores nuntii mittebantur, Caes.: tanto nos submissius geramus, Cic.: tanto minoris, desto wohlfeiler, Cic.: bis tanto pluris, zweimal so teuer, Plaut.: ter tanto peior, Cic.: quinquies tanto amplius, Cic.: u. (ohne Komparativ) bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, Plaut. – tanto melior (lobender Ausdruck in der Umgangssprache), um so besser! recht gut! brav! bravo! Komik., Sen. u.a. (s. Brix Plaut. Men. 433. Wagner Ter. heaut. 549. Spengel Ter. adelph. 528. Haupt opusc. 2, 323); auch tanto hercle melior, Ter.: tanto nequior, um so schlimmer! schlimm genug! Ter.: u. so tanto miserior, nur um so jämmerlicher! Plaut.: tanto maior, tanto augustior, um so größer, um so erhabener bist du! Plin. pan. 71, 4. – multo tanto bei Komparat., s. multum unter multus no. II, A, c. (Bd. 2. S. 1047). – β) neben den Zeitadverbien ante u. post, tanto ante, so lange vorher, Cic.: tanto post od. post tanto, so lange nachher, Curt. u. Verg. – γ) neben Verben, die einen Kompa-
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    rativbegriff enthalten, wie antecedere, praestare, Nep. Epam. 2, 2; Hann. 1, 1. Ov. met. 13, 368. – δ) selten vor Superl., tanto pessimus omnium poëta, quanto tu optimus omnium patronus, um so viel der schlechteste, ein um so viel schlechterer, Catall. 49, 6. – d) in der Verbdg. in tantum = so weit, so sehr, in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse, Liv.: m. folg. in quantum, si denique in tantum diligo optimum principem, in quantum invisus pessimo fui, Plin. pan.: matrona prodcat in tantum ornata, in quantum ne immunda sit, insoweit, als sie nicht, Sen. contr. 2, 7 (15), 3. – Das Neutrum tantum adv. = so sehr, so weit, α) neben Verben: de fano illo dico, de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites, Cic.: tantum eius auctoritate motus est, ut etc., Nep.: tantum progressus a castris, ut etc., Liv. – β) neben Adjj., statt tam: tantum magna, Hor.: non tantum, nicht so, nicht sowohl, mit folg. quantum, non tantum Veneris, quantum studiosa culinae, Hor.: nec tantum dulcia, quantum et liquida, Verg.: auch m. folg. quam, non ab ira tantum, quam quod etc., nicht sowohl aus Zorn, als weil, Liv.: tantum cepisse timorem, quam, Verg. – γ) neben Superlativen: quantum bello optimus... tantum pace pessimus, Vell.
    III) von der Größe, von der Art, so klein, so gering, ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,
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    Cic.: nec sidera tanta debent existimari, quanta cernuntur, Plin.: (senatus) auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse, tantam vim habet, ut magis iratorum hominum studium quam constantis senatus consilium esse videatur, Cic.: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores parvis additis copiis sustinere possint, Cael. in Cic. ep. – Neutrum tantum subst., eine solche Kleinigkeit, Wenigkeit, so wenig, tantum praesidii, navium, Caes. – Das Neutrum tantum wird auch als Abverbium gebraucht, nur, bloß, nomen tantum virtutis usurpas, Cic.: quos quidem dies quem ad modum agatis non dico, tantum dico etc., Cic.: tantum, ut procul abesset, curabat, Liv. – Man merke hier: a) tantum non, beinahe, fast, Nep., Liv. u. Suet. Vgl. Drak. u. Gronov Liv. 4, 2, 12. – b) tantum quod, α) nur, just, gerade, eben (zu der Zeit), Cic. u.a. – so auch (ohne quod) serta tantum delapsa, nur erst abgefallen, Verg. ecl. 6, 16. – β) nur, bloß, nur daß, es fehlt weiter nichts, als daß, tantum quod hominem non nominat, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 116. – γ) tantum, quod, als zwei besondere Wörter, tantum, quod exstaret aqua, quaerentibus, nur so viel als usw., Liv.: tantum, quod Aetoli accesserant, nur insofern, weil, Liv. – δ) non tantum... sed etiam, nicht nur (bloß)... sondern auch, Hirt. b.G., Liv. u.a.: ebenso non tantum... verum et (= etiam), Plin. ep.: aber non (nec) tantum... sed, nicht nur (bloß)... sondern sogar, Liv., Quint.
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    u.a. – Archaist. tamtus, a, um, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 206. lin. 38 u. 40.

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