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  • 1 Corpus vile

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  • 2 nequam

    worthless, good for nothing, bad.

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  • 3 nēquam

        nēquam adj.    indecl. with comp. nequior, and sup. nequissimus, worthless, good for nothing: nilne in mentemst?... tanto nequior, T.: nequam et cessator Davus, H.—Of character, worthless, vile, bad: liberti nequam et improbi: nihil nequius est: homo nequissimus, a great rogue.
    * * *
    wicked/licentious/depraved; naughty/roguish; worthless/useless/good for nothing

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  • 4 nugatorius

    nūgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [nugator], trifling, worthless, useless, futile, nugatory:

    nugatoriae artes,

    i. e. lies, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 2:

    boves Ligustici,

    worthless, useless, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9; so,

    unguentum,

    id. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.:

    ad probandum res infirma nugatoriaque,

    Cic. Caecin. 23, 64:

    illud valde leve est ac nugatorium,

    id. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

    in malā nugatoriāque accusatione,

    id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

    genus argumentationis,

    not to the point, Auct. Her. 2, 20, 31: genus deorum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—As subst.: nū-gātōrĭus, ii, m., a worthless fellow, nugatorium vocant, Sen. Ep. 36, 2.—Hence, adv.: nūgātōrĭē, triflingly, frivolously:

    tenuiter et nugatorie respondere,

    Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48.

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  • 5 frīvolus

        frīvolus adj.    [FRI-], trifling, frivolous, pitiful, sorry, worthless: aura, Ph.: insolentia, Ph.— Plur n. as subst, trifles, knickknacks: omnia regum, Iu.
    * * *
    frivola, frivolum ADJ
    frivolous, trifling; silly, worthless; trashy

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  • 6 inānis

        inānis e, adj.    with comp. and sup, empty, void: vas: domum reddere inanem: naves (opp. onustae), Cs.: naves, dismantled: tumulus, cenotaph, V.: sepulchrum, O.—Void, stripped, deserted, abandoned, unoccupied: civitas: egentes inanesque discedere, empty-handed: equus, without a rider: Absint inani funere neniae, without a corpse, H.: venter, hungry, H.: quod inani sufficit alvo, Iu.: laeva, without rings, H.: litterae, empty: paleae, light, V.: corpus, lifeless: galea, i. e. harmless, V.: umbra, O.: verba, a semblance of speech, V.: Gaurus (an extinct volcano), Iu.: epistula inanis aliquā re utili: ager centum aratoribus inanior est, less populous by: Sanguinis pectus inane, O.: lymphae dolium, H.—Fig., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable: Laborem inanem capit, T.: honesti inane nomen esse: elocutio: damnatus inani iudicio, Iu.: minae: multae res, ut gloria, unsubstantial: causas nectis inanīs, pretexts, V.: simulatio, Cs.: fama, unfounded, V.: Tempus, leisure, V.: omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum, poor in words: quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt.—Of persons, vain, puffed up, worthless, petty: homo, S.: inanīs Hoc iuvat, empty heads, H.: animus: inaniora ingenia, L.
    * * *
    inanis, inane ADJ
    void, empty, hollow; vain; inane, foolish

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  • 7 nūgātōrius

        nūgātōrius adj.    [nugator], trifling, worthless, useless, futile: ad probandum res: alqd valde.
    * * *
    nugatoria, nugatorium ADJ
    trifling, worthless, futile, paltry

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  • 8 vīlis

        vīlis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [VAG-], of small price, of little value, purchased at a low rate, cheap: istaec (puella), T.: frumentum vilius: vilissimae res.—Of trifling value, cheap, poor, paltry, common, mean, worthless, base, vile: si honor noster vobis vilior fuisset: quorum tibi est vita vilissima: fidem fortunas pericula vilia habere, S.: Et genus et virtus nisi cum re vilior algā est, H.: Europe, abandoned, H.: Si, dum me careas, est tibi vile mori, O.: poma, i. e. abundant, V.: phaselus, common, V.
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    vilis, vile ADJ
    cheap, common, mean, worthless

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  • 9 Ballio

    Ballio, ōnis, m., the name of a worthless pimp in the Pseudolus of Plautus; hence, for designating any worthless man, Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.— Whence, Ballĭōnĭus, a, um, adj., of Ballio, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 2.

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  • 10 Ballionius

    Ballio, ōnis, m., the name of a worthless pimp in the Pseudolus of Plautus; hence, for designating any worthless man, Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.— Whence, Ballĭōnĭus, a, um, adj., of Ballio, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 2.

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  • 11 frivola

    frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).
    I.
    Adj.:

    frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

    Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

    levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

    Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

    colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

    Gell. 18, 7, 3:

    frivola et inanis argutiola,

    id. 2, 7, 9:

    quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

    id. 16, 12, 1:

    jocus,

    Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

    auspicium,

    Suet. Ner. 41:

    aura,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

    insolentia,

    id. 3, 6, 8:

    jactantia in parvis,

    Quint. 1, 6, 20:

    opus,

    Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

    labor,

    Sen. Ep. 31:

    cura,

    Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

    origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

    id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

    ratione morientes,

    id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

    flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

    Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

    in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21:

    frivolum dictu,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

    frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

    id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

    huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

    some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —
    II.
    Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

    inter frivola mea,

    Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

    jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

    Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

    aliqui mentiuntur,

    Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

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  • 12 frivole

    frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).
    I.
    Adj.:

    frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

    Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

    levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

    Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

    colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

    Gell. 18, 7, 3:

    frivola et inanis argutiola,

    id. 2, 7, 9:

    quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

    id. 16, 12, 1:

    jocus,

    Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

    auspicium,

    Suet. Ner. 41:

    aura,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

    insolentia,

    id. 3, 6, 8:

    jactantia in parvis,

    Quint. 1, 6, 20:

    opus,

    Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

    labor,

    Sen. Ep. 31:

    cura,

    Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

    origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

    id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

    ratione morientes,

    id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

    flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

    Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

    in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21:

    frivolum dictu,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

    frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

    id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

    huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

    some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —
    II.
    Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

    inter frivola mea,

    Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

    jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

    Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

    aliqui mentiuntur,

    Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

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  • 13 frivolus

    frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).
    I.
    Adj.:

    frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

    Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

    levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

    Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

    colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

    Gell. 18, 7, 3:

    frivola et inanis argutiola,

    id. 2, 7, 9:

    quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

    id. 16, 12, 1:

    jocus,

    Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

    auspicium,

    Suet. Ner. 41:

    aura,

    Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

    insolentia,

    id. 3, 6, 8:

    jactantia in parvis,

    Quint. 1, 6, 20:

    opus,

    Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

    labor,

    Sen. Ep. 31:

    cura,

    Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

    origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

    id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

    ratione morientes,

    id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

    flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

    Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

    in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21:

    frivolum dictu,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

    frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

    id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

    huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

    some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —
    II.
    Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

    inter frivola mea,

    Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

    jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

    Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

    aliqui mentiuntur,

    Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

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  • 14 inane

    ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).
    I.
    Physically:

    cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

    aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

    tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

    Lucr. 1, 527:

    domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

    quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,

    naves (opp. onustae),

    id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:

    inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

    lagenae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

    mensa,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

    vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

    without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:

    ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 70:

    janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,

    emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:

    hic homo est inanis,

    without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:

    misera in civitate et inani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

    egentes inanesque discedere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

    structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

    id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    equus,

    without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:

    quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    absint inani funere neniae,

    without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:

    parasitus,

    unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:

    venter,

    hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:

    siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

    quod inani sufficit alvo,

    Juv. 5, 7:

    laeva,

    without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:

    litterae,

    empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:

    paleae,

    empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:

    nubila,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    venti,

    id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:

    corpus,

    Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.

    in the foll.: vulgus,

    i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.

    umbra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

    imago,

    id. F. 5, 463:

    regna Ditis,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    Tartara,

    Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,

    tigris,

    id. ib. 6, 722:

    vultus,

    i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —
    (β).
    With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):

    nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

    Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

    Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

    sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

    Ov. H. 3, 60:

    corpus animae,

    id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:

    lymphae dolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

    pectus deorum,

    Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —
    B.
    Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):

    scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 439:

    namque est in rebus inane,

    id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:

    ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

    plus esse inanis,

    Lucr. 1, 365:

    inani,

    ib. 524:

    inane,

    id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

    514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

    Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

    per inane,

    through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:

    inani,

    Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

    ab inani,

    id. 1, 431:

    in inani,

    id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

    sine inani,

    id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

    per inania,

    id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:

    aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:

    honesti inane nomen esse,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

    sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

    voces inanes fundere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.

    elocutio,

    id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

    damnatus inani judicio,

    Juv. 1, 47:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    verba,

    id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.

    verborum torrenti,

    id. 10, 7, 23:

    crimen,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

    o inanes nostras contentiones!

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

    id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

    inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

    spes,

    Verg. A. 10, 627:

    religio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

    delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:

    cupiditates,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

    causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

    Verg. A. 9, 219:

    minae,

    Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,

    ternpora (with morae),

    Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

    poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:

    quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

    id. Mur. 12, 26.—
    B.
    Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:

    Graii,

    Lucr. 1, 639:

    homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

    Lact. 2, 17, 8:

    inanes Hoc juvat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:

    hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

    illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

    non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

    Liv. 45, 23, 16.—
    C.
    As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:

    o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

    Pers. 1, 1:

    inane abscindere soldo,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

    dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

    id. A. P. 230:

    inaina famae,

    idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

    inania belli,

    id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:

    exsultare,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    moveri,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

    pectus angere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

    medicas exercet inaniter artes,

    Ov. M. 2, 618.

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  • 15 inanis

    ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).
    I.
    Physically:

    cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

    aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

    tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

    Lucr. 1, 527:

    domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

    quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,

    naves (opp. onustae),

    id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:

    inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

    lagenae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

    mensa,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

    vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

    without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:

    ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 70:

    janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,

    emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:

    hic homo est inanis,

    without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:

    misera in civitate et inani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

    egentes inanesque discedere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

    structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

    id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    equus,

    without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:

    quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    absint inani funere neniae,

    without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:

    parasitus,

    unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:

    venter,

    hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:

    siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

    quod inani sufficit alvo,

    Juv. 5, 7:

    laeva,

    without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:

    litterae,

    empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:

    paleae,

    empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:

    nubila,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    venti,

    id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:

    corpus,

    Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.

    in the foll.: vulgus,

    i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.

    umbra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

    imago,

    id. F. 5, 463:

    regna Ditis,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    Tartara,

    Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,

    tigris,

    id. ib. 6, 722:

    vultus,

    i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —
    (β).
    With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):

    nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

    Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

    Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

    sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

    Ov. H. 3, 60:

    corpus animae,

    id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:

    lymphae dolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

    pectus deorum,

    Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —
    B.
    Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):

    scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 439:

    namque est in rebus inane,

    id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:

    ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

    plus esse inanis,

    Lucr. 1, 365:

    inani,

    ib. 524:

    inane,

    id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

    514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

    Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

    per inane,

    through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:

    inani,

    Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

    ab inani,

    id. 1, 431:

    in inani,

    id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

    sine inani,

    id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

    per inania,

    id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:

    aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:

    honesti inane nomen esse,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

    sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

    voces inanes fundere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.

    elocutio,

    id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

    damnatus inani judicio,

    Juv. 1, 47:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    verba,

    id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.

    verborum torrenti,

    id. 10, 7, 23:

    crimen,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

    o inanes nostras contentiones!

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

    id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

    inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

    spes,

    Verg. A. 10, 627:

    religio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

    delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:

    cupiditates,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

    causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

    Verg. A. 9, 219:

    minae,

    Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,

    ternpora (with morae),

    Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

    poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:

    quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

    id. Mur. 12, 26.—
    B.
    Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:

    Graii,

    Lucr. 1, 639:

    homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

    Lact. 2, 17, 8:

    inanes Hoc juvat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:

    hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

    illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

    non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

    Liv. 45, 23, 16.—
    C.
    As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:

    o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

    Pers. 1, 1:

    inane abscindere soldo,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

    dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

    id. A. P. 230:

    inaina famae,

    idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

    inania belli,

    id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:

    exsultare,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    moveri,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

    pectus angere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

    medicas exercet inaniter artes,

    Ov. M. 2, 618.

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  • 16 nebula

    nĕbŭla, ae, f. [like nubes; Sanscr. nabhas; Lat. aër, caelum; Gr. nephelê], mist, vapor, fog, smoke, exhalation (syn.: nubes, nimbus).
    I.
    Lit.: fluviis ex omnibus et simul ipsa Surgere de terrā nebulas aestumque videmus, etc., Lucr. 6, 477; Verg. A. 8, 258:

    tenuem exhalat nebulam,

    id. G. 2, 217. — Poet., of the clouds:

    nebulae pluviique rores,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 56; Verg. A. 1, 412; 439 (for which, nubes, id. ib. 587; Ov. M. 6, 21. —Of smoke, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 31.—Of any thing soft or transparent:

    nebula haud est mollis, atque hujus est,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

    desine Inter ludere virgines Et stellis nebulam spargere candidis,

    Hor. C. 3, 15, 6.—

    Prov.: nebulae cyathus, of any thing worthless, trifling,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 62.—

    —Personified = Nephele,

    Hyg. Fab. 2 and 3.—
    B.
    Transf., a foggy mist, a vapor, cloud:

    pulveris nebula,

    Lucr. 5, 253:

    nebulae dolia summa tegunt,

    Ov. F. 5, 269:

    pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae,

    Pers. 5, 181; Sil. 6, 281: per nebulam audire, aut scire aliquid, to hear or know a thing indistinctly, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 47; id. Capt. 5, 4, 26 (for which:

    quasi per caliginem videre,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 2).—
    2.
    A thin, transparent substance; of a thin garment: aequum est induere nuptam ventum textilem, Palam prostare nudam in nebulā lineā, Laber. ap. Petr. 55;

    of a thin plate of metal,

    Mart. 8, 33, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., darkness, obscurity:

    erroris nebula,

    Juv. 10, 4:

    nebulae quaestionum,

    obscure, puzzling questions, Gell. 8, 10 in lemm.:

    suspicionum nebulae,

    vague suspicions, Amm. 14, 1, 4.—Of something empty, trifling, worthless:

    grande locuturi nebulas Helicone legunto,

    Pers. 5, 7 (for which:

    nubes et inania captare,

    Hor. A. P. 230).

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  • 17 nequam

    nēquam, adj. indecl. [for ne-aequam, from aequus], worthless, good for nothing, wretched, vile, etc. (syn.: inutilis, pravus, vilis).
    I.
    In gen.:

    nequam esse oportet quoi, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 20; id. Trin. 4, 4, 29:

    piscis nequam est nisi recens,

    id. As. 1, 3, 26; id. Trin. 2, 4, 38: enthymema nequam et vitiosum, faulty, defective, Tiro ap. Gell. 6 (7), 3, 27; Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.—
    II.
    In partic., of character, worthless, vile, bad; opp. frugi (cf. nebulo), Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 53:

    malus et nequam es,

    id. As. 2, 2, 39:

    nequam homo et indiligens,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 23:

    liberti nequam et improbi,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 130:

    nihil nequius est,

    id. Pis. 27, 66:

    quid est nequius aut turpius?

    id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

    nequior factus, jamst usus aedium,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 32:

    homo nequissimus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192; id. Att. 1, 16, 3.—So of licentious, dissolute persons:

    juvenes nequam facilesque puellae,

    Mart. 3, 69, 5.— Comp.:

    nequior omnibus libellis,

    id. 11, 15, 4.—As subst.: nē-quam, an injury, mischief, harm:

    vin' tu illi nequam dare?

    an injury, a mischief, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 31:

    facere,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 44:

    nos nequam abs te habemus,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 60.—Hence, adv.: nēquĭter, worthlessly, wretchedly, badly, miserably, etc. (class.):

    nequiter fricare genua,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 88; id. Am. 1, 3, 23:

    turpiter et nequiter facere,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

    ille porro prave, nequiter, turpiter cenabat,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 25: si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, voluptas cito abibit: nequiter factum illud apud vos semper manebit, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4.— Comp.:

    utrum bellum susceptum sit nequius, an inconsultius gestum, dici non potest,

    Liv. 41, 7; Mart. 10, 77, 1.— Sup.:

    nequissime,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 121.

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  • 18 nihil

    nĭhil, or (ante-class. and post-Aug.) contr. nīl, n. indecl.; and nĭhĭlum, or contr. nīlum, i, n. [ne-hilum, not the least; v. hilum].
    I.
    nĭhil, nothing:

    nihil est agriculturā melius, nihil uberius,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151:

    de re publicā nihil loquebantur,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—
    (β).
    Nihil agere, to accomplish nothing:

    nil agis,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 134:

    nihil agis dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

    nihil ergo agebat Q. Maximus? nihil L. Paulus? ceteri senes nihil agebant?

    id. Sen. 6, 15; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Hor. S. 1, 9, 15; Luc. 7, 809; Vell. 2, 66, 3.—In like manner, nihil per aliquem (sc. agere):

    nihil per Senatum, multa et magna per populum et absente populo et invito,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6; Tac. Agr. 19.—
    (γ).
    Of persons:

    victor, quo nihil erat moderatius,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

    ita tibi persuadeas, mihi te carius nihil fuisse,

    id. ib. 14, 3, 5:

    nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,

    id. Part. 17, 57; Tac. H. 1, 79; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1.—
    (δ).
    Nihil, nec.. nec (without destroying the negation):

    nihil me nec subterfugere voluisse reticendo, nec obscurare dicendo,

    Cic. Clu. 1, 1; v. neque.—
    (ε).
    Nihil non, everything:

    nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,

    Cic. Brut. 37, 140:

    nihil non arroget armis,

    Hor. A. P. 122; Nep. Att. 19, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Non nihil and haud nihil, something, somewhat:

    non nihil, ut in tantis malis, est profectum,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 2:

    non nihil me consolatur, cum recordor,

    id. ib. 4, 14, 2:

    haud nihil,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13:

    haud nihil ambigam,

    I may be somewhat in doubt, Liv. 1, 3.—
    (η).
    Nihil quidquam or nihil unum, nothing whatever, nothing at all:

    nil ego tibi hodie consili quicquam dabo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 113:

    sine studio nihil quidquam egregium nemo umquam assequetur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134:

    Rhodiis ut nihil unum insigne, ita omnis generis dona dedit,

    Liv. 41, 20, 7:

    si nihil aliud,

    if there were nothing else, id. 3, 19, 7; 30, 35, 8.—
    (θ).
    With gen.:

    nihil mali,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    nihil novi,

    id. Fam. 2, 14, 1:

    nihil humanarum rerum,

    id. Red. Quir. 5, 1:

    nihil est lucri quod me hodie facere mavelim, quam,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 18.—Adjectives also, of the second declension as well as of the third, are not unfrequently joined to nihil in the same case, as nihil honestum, lautum, forte, illustre:

    nihil exspectatione vestrā dignum dico,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137.—
    (ι).
    Nihil, or mhil aliud, with nisi, quam, praeter, praeterquam, etc., nothing else than, nothing except, nothing but:

    tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:

    amare nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligere, quem ames,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

    si nihil aliud fecerunt, nisi rem detulerunt, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108:

    ut nihil aliud, quam de hoste cogitet,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    nihil tibi deest praeter voluntatem,

    nothing except, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3:

    puto te existimare, me ex his miseriis nihil aliud quaerere, nisi ut homines intellegant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 16:

    qui nihil praeterquam de vitā cogitarent, Auct. B. Alex. 8.—Sometimes, in this connection, elliptically: Herdonius, si nihil aliud, hostem se fatendo prope denuntiavit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 19, 6:

    si nihil aliud, vulneribus certe ferrum hostile hebetarent,

    id. 30, 35, 8:

    illā quidem nocte nihil praeterquam vigilatum est in urbe,

    id. 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 83.—Hence, as adv.: nihil aliud quam, only:

    nihil aliud quam prendere prohibito,

    Liv. 2, 29, 4:

    is intromissus in castra nihil aliud quam hoc narrāsse fertur,

    id. 2, 32, 8:

    nihil aliud quam in populationibus res fuit,

    id. 2, 49, 9 al. —
    (κ).
    Nihil... quin or quominus, nothing whereby: nihil praetermisi... quin Pompeium a Caesaris conjunctione avocarem, I have omitted nothing that might separate, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 23:

    nihil moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

    Liv. 3, 54:

    nihil facere oportet, quominus excedat, etc.,

    Cels. 3, 27, 4.—
    (λ).
    Nihil est quod, cur, quamobrem, etc., there is no reason why I ( you, etc.) need not:

    nihil est jam, quod tu mihi succenseas,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 46:

    nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4:

    sed ego nunc nil est, cur me morer,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 102:

    nihil est, cur advenientibus te offerre gestias,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1:

    nihil excogitem, quamobrem Oppianico damnari necesse sit?

    id. Clu. 26, 70.—
    (μ).
    Nihil est, ut, there is nothing that:

    nihil fuit in Catulis, ut eos exquisito judicio putares uti litterarum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    (ν).
    Nihil est, it is of no use, to no purpose, in vain:

    at ego ab hac puerum reposcam, ne mox infitias eat. Nihil est. Nam ipsa haec ultro, ut factum est, fecit omnem rem palam,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76: at nihil est, ignotum ad illum mittere: operam luseris. id. Capt. 2, 2, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 6.—In a question:

    usque adeo nihil est, quod nostra infantia caelum hausit Aventini?

    Juv. 3, 84.—
    (ο).
    Nihil ad me (sc. pertinet):

    recte an secus, nihil ad nos: aut si ad nos, nihil ad hoc tempus,

    Cic. Pis. 28, 68; cf. Ter. And. 1, 2, 16; also, nihil ad, nothing to, nothing in comparison with:

    nihil ad Persium,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

    nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar, sed ex eis, quos habuit, electos,

    id. Deiot. 8, 24.—
    (π).
    Nihil minus, nothing less so, i. e. by no means, not at all:

    cadit ergo in virum bonum mentiri, fallere? nihil minus,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81:

    an Gallos existimatis hic versari animo demisso atque humili? nihil vero minus,

    id. Font. 11, 23.—
    (ρ).
    Nihil dum, nothing as yet:

    quamquam nihil dum audieramus, nec ubi esses, nec, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2; id. Att. 7, 12, 4.—
    (σ).
    Nihil mihi cum illo est, I have nothing to do with him:

    tecum nihil rei nobis Demipho est,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 74; Ov. F 2, 308.—
    (τ).
    Nihil esse, to be nothing or nobody, to have no power, to be of no use, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; id. Fam. 7, 27, 2; 7, 33, 1; Ter. And. 2, 1, 14:

    aliquem nihil putare,

    to esteem meanly, Cic. Sest. 53, 114 (B. and K. nihili):

    accepimus eum nihil hominis esse,

    a worthless fellow, id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77; but de Attio Dionysio nihil puto esse, nothing about him, i. e. no news of him, id. Fam. 12, 30, 5.—
    (υ).
    Aut nihil aut paulum, little or nothing (Gr. oligon ê ouden):

    aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna,

    Cat. 68, 131.—
    B.
    Adverb.
    1.
    Not (as a strengthened non), in nothing, in no respect, not at all:

    me nihil poenitet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 63; id. Mil. 4, 2, 16:

    conjecturā nihil opus est,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; Ter. And. 4, 1, 14:

    beneficio isto legis nihil utitur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61:

    de fratre nihil ego te accusavi,

    id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

    Thebani nihil moti sunt,

    Liv. 42, 46; 3, 65; 6, 38; 49; Sall. C. 16, 5:

    nihil miror,

    Quint. 2, 17, 15; 6, 1, 38.—
    2.
    To no purpose, in vain:

    herele hanc quidem Nihil tu amassis: mihi haec desponsa est,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 16.—
    3.
    For no reason: quorsum tandem aut cur ista quaeris? M Nihil sane, nisi ne nimis diligenter anquiras, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4. —
    II.
    nĭhĭlum, i (contr. form nīlum, Lucr. 1, 159; Hor. S. 1, 5, 67), n., nothing:

    erit aliquid, quod aut ex nihilo oriatur, aut in nihilum subito occidat,

    Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:

    ut de nihilo quippiam fiat,

    id. Fat. 9, 18:

    interire in nihilum,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

    venire ad nihilum,

    id. Fam. 11, 12, 1:

    ad nihilum recidere,

    id. Phil. 7, 8, 27: quam mihi ista pro nihilol id. Att. 14, 9, 1:

    aliquid pro nihilo putare,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40.—
    (β).
    Nihili, of no value, worthless:

    quem putamus esse non hili, dicimus nihili,

    Varr. L. L. 10, § 81 Müll.; cf.: nihili, qui nec hili quidem est. Paul. ex Fest. p. 175 Müll.:

    unde is nihili? ubi fuisti?

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 29: nihili est autem suum Qui officium facere immemor est. id. Ps. 4, 7, 2:

    homo nihili factus,

    unmanned, id. Mil. 5, 16.—Hence, nihili pendere or facere, to esteem as nothing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 14.—
    (γ).
    De nihilo, for nothing, without cause or reason, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17:

    mali rem exempli esse, de nihilo hospites corripi,

    Liv. 34, 61; 30, 29.—
    (δ).
    Nihilo, with compp., by nothing, no: nihilo pluris, quam si, etc., no more than if, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 21:

    nihilo minus,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 49:

    Phaedriae esse nilo minus amicum quam Antiphoni,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 7 (but minus nihilo, less than nothing, id. ib. 3, 3, 2):

    nihilo benevolentior,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

    nihilo major,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 4:

    nihilo tamen setius,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 4 and 7:

    nihil segnius,

    Liv. 6, 38.—Esp. as adv.: nĭhĭlō mĭnus, or, in one word, nĭhĭlōmĭnus, none the less, no less, nevertheless, notwith standing.
    1.
    In gen.:

    minus dolendum fuit re non perfectā, sed puniendum certe nihilo minus,

    Cic. Mil. 7, 19; id. Phil. 5, 9, 26; Quint. 8, 3, 85.—
    2.
    With si, etsi, quamvis, quamquam, ut, etc.:

    in iis rebus, quae nihilo minus, ut ego absim, confici possunt,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 2, 2:

    nihilo minus eloquentiae studendum est, etsi ea quidam perverse abutuntur,

    id. Inv. 1, 4, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

    alia sunt, quae quamvis nolit accidere, nihilominus laudat,

    Sen. Ep. 66, 44:

    si nihil fiet, nihilominus, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 39, 2.—
    3.
    Strengthened by tamen:

    nihilominus ego hoc faciam tamen,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—
    (ε).
    Nihilo aliter, no otherwise:

    ego isti nihilo sum aliter ac fui,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 45.—
    B.
    Transf., adverb., for non, not, by no means:

    nihilum metuenda timere,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 53. —
    III.
    nīl, nothing, no (rare and mostly poet.;

    in Cic. not at all): nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce durum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 31; id. C. 4, 4, 73:

    nil sanguinis,

    no drop of blood, Ov. M. 13, 266:

    nil sui,

    nothing proper, id. ib. 3, 435; Vulg. Prov. 10, 2 (in Caes. B. G. 5, 29, the true reading is nihil):

    hoc ridere meum, tam nil, nulla tibi vendo Iliade,

    such a trifle, Pers. 1, 122.—
    B.
    Transf. as adv., not at all, by no means:

    nil opus est verbis,

    Lucr. 5, 263:

    ut nil umor abundet,

    id. 5, 265; 1, 266:

    nil pictis timidus navita puppibus Fidit,

    Hor. C. 1, 14, 14.—
    IV.
    nīlum, abl. nīlo, nothing (Lucretian):

    ad nilum revorti,

    Lucr. 1, 237; so id. 1, 673; 791; 797; 2, 756;

    864: nil igitur fieri de nilo posse,

    id. 1, 205; 266.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nihil

  • 19 nihilo minus

    nĭhil, or (ante-class. and post-Aug.) contr. nīl, n. indecl.; and nĭhĭlum, or contr. nīlum, i, n. [ne-hilum, not the least; v. hilum].
    I.
    nĭhil, nothing:

    nihil est agriculturā melius, nihil uberius,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151:

    de re publicā nihil loquebantur,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—
    (β).
    Nihil agere, to accomplish nothing:

    nil agis,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 134:

    nihil agis dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

    nihil ergo agebat Q. Maximus? nihil L. Paulus? ceteri senes nihil agebant?

    id. Sen. 6, 15; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Hor. S. 1, 9, 15; Luc. 7, 809; Vell. 2, 66, 3.—In like manner, nihil per aliquem (sc. agere):

    nihil per Senatum, multa et magna per populum et absente populo et invito,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6; Tac. Agr. 19.—
    (γ).
    Of persons:

    victor, quo nihil erat moderatius,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

    ita tibi persuadeas, mihi te carius nihil fuisse,

    id. ib. 14, 3, 5:

    nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,

    id. Part. 17, 57; Tac. H. 1, 79; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1.—
    (δ).
    Nihil, nec.. nec (without destroying the negation):

    nihil me nec subterfugere voluisse reticendo, nec obscurare dicendo,

    Cic. Clu. 1, 1; v. neque.—
    (ε).
    Nihil non, everything:

    nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,

    Cic. Brut. 37, 140:

    nihil non arroget armis,

    Hor. A. P. 122; Nep. Att. 19, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Non nihil and haud nihil, something, somewhat:

    non nihil, ut in tantis malis, est profectum,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 2:

    non nihil me consolatur, cum recordor,

    id. ib. 4, 14, 2:

    haud nihil,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13:

    haud nihil ambigam,

    I may be somewhat in doubt, Liv. 1, 3.—
    (η).
    Nihil quidquam or nihil unum, nothing whatever, nothing at all:

    nil ego tibi hodie consili quicquam dabo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 113:

    sine studio nihil quidquam egregium nemo umquam assequetur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134:

    Rhodiis ut nihil unum insigne, ita omnis generis dona dedit,

    Liv. 41, 20, 7:

    si nihil aliud,

    if there were nothing else, id. 3, 19, 7; 30, 35, 8.—
    (θ).
    With gen.:

    nihil mali,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    nihil novi,

    id. Fam. 2, 14, 1:

    nihil humanarum rerum,

    id. Red. Quir. 5, 1:

    nihil est lucri quod me hodie facere mavelim, quam,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 18.—Adjectives also, of the second declension as well as of the third, are not unfrequently joined to nihil in the same case, as nihil honestum, lautum, forte, illustre:

    nihil exspectatione vestrā dignum dico,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137.—
    (ι).
    Nihil, or mhil aliud, with nisi, quam, praeter, praeterquam, etc., nothing else than, nothing except, nothing but:

    tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:

    amare nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligere, quem ames,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

    si nihil aliud fecerunt, nisi rem detulerunt, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108:

    ut nihil aliud, quam de hoste cogitet,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    nihil tibi deest praeter voluntatem,

    nothing except, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3:

    puto te existimare, me ex his miseriis nihil aliud quaerere, nisi ut homines intellegant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 16:

    qui nihil praeterquam de vitā cogitarent, Auct. B. Alex. 8.—Sometimes, in this connection, elliptically: Herdonius, si nihil aliud, hostem se fatendo prope denuntiavit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 19, 6:

    si nihil aliud, vulneribus certe ferrum hostile hebetarent,

    id. 30, 35, 8:

    illā quidem nocte nihil praeterquam vigilatum est in urbe,

    id. 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 83.—Hence, as adv.: nihil aliud quam, only:

    nihil aliud quam prendere prohibito,

    Liv. 2, 29, 4:

    is intromissus in castra nihil aliud quam hoc narrāsse fertur,

    id. 2, 32, 8:

    nihil aliud quam in populationibus res fuit,

    id. 2, 49, 9 al. —
    (κ).
    Nihil... quin or quominus, nothing whereby: nihil praetermisi... quin Pompeium a Caesaris conjunctione avocarem, I have omitted nothing that might separate, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 23:

    nihil moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

    Liv. 3, 54:

    nihil facere oportet, quominus excedat, etc.,

    Cels. 3, 27, 4.—
    (λ).
    Nihil est quod, cur, quamobrem, etc., there is no reason why I ( you, etc.) need not:

    nihil est jam, quod tu mihi succenseas,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 46:

    nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4:

    sed ego nunc nil est, cur me morer,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 102:

    nihil est, cur advenientibus te offerre gestias,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1:

    nihil excogitem, quamobrem Oppianico damnari necesse sit?

    id. Clu. 26, 70.—
    (μ).
    Nihil est, ut, there is nothing that:

    nihil fuit in Catulis, ut eos exquisito judicio putares uti litterarum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    (ν).
    Nihil est, it is of no use, to no purpose, in vain:

    at ego ab hac puerum reposcam, ne mox infitias eat. Nihil est. Nam ipsa haec ultro, ut factum est, fecit omnem rem palam,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76: at nihil est, ignotum ad illum mittere: operam luseris. id. Capt. 2, 2, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 6.—In a question:

    usque adeo nihil est, quod nostra infantia caelum hausit Aventini?

    Juv. 3, 84.—
    (ο).
    Nihil ad me (sc. pertinet):

    recte an secus, nihil ad nos: aut si ad nos, nihil ad hoc tempus,

    Cic. Pis. 28, 68; cf. Ter. And. 1, 2, 16; also, nihil ad, nothing to, nothing in comparison with:

    nihil ad Persium,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

    nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar, sed ex eis, quos habuit, electos,

    id. Deiot. 8, 24.—
    (π).
    Nihil minus, nothing less so, i. e. by no means, not at all:

    cadit ergo in virum bonum mentiri, fallere? nihil minus,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81:

    an Gallos existimatis hic versari animo demisso atque humili? nihil vero minus,

    id. Font. 11, 23.—
    (ρ).
    Nihil dum, nothing as yet:

    quamquam nihil dum audieramus, nec ubi esses, nec, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2; id. Att. 7, 12, 4.—
    (σ).
    Nihil mihi cum illo est, I have nothing to do with him:

    tecum nihil rei nobis Demipho est,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 74; Ov. F 2, 308.—
    (τ).
    Nihil esse, to be nothing or nobody, to have no power, to be of no use, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; id. Fam. 7, 27, 2; 7, 33, 1; Ter. And. 2, 1, 14:

    aliquem nihil putare,

    to esteem meanly, Cic. Sest. 53, 114 (B. and K. nihili):

    accepimus eum nihil hominis esse,

    a worthless fellow, id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77; but de Attio Dionysio nihil puto esse, nothing about him, i. e. no news of him, id. Fam. 12, 30, 5.—
    (υ).
    Aut nihil aut paulum, little or nothing (Gr. oligon ê ouden):

    aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna,

    Cat. 68, 131.—
    B.
    Adverb.
    1.
    Not (as a strengthened non), in nothing, in no respect, not at all:

    me nihil poenitet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 63; id. Mil. 4, 2, 16:

    conjecturā nihil opus est,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; Ter. And. 4, 1, 14:

    beneficio isto legis nihil utitur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61:

    de fratre nihil ego te accusavi,

    id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

    Thebani nihil moti sunt,

    Liv. 42, 46; 3, 65; 6, 38; 49; Sall. C. 16, 5:

    nihil miror,

    Quint. 2, 17, 15; 6, 1, 38.—
    2.
    To no purpose, in vain:

    herele hanc quidem Nihil tu amassis: mihi haec desponsa est,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 16.—
    3.
    For no reason: quorsum tandem aut cur ista quaeris? M Nihil sane, nisi ne nimis diligenter anquiras, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4. —
    II.
    nĭhĭlum, i (contr. form nīlum, Lucr. 1, 159; Hor. S. 1, 5, 67), n., nothing:

    erit aliquid, quod aut ex nihilo oriatur, aut in nihilum subito occidat,

    Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:

    ut de nihilo quippiam fiat,

    id. Fat. 9, 18:

    interire in nihilum,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

    venire ad nihilum,

    id. Fam. 11, 12, 1:

    ad nihilum recidere,

    id. Phil. 7, 8, 27: quam mihi ista pro nihilol id. Att. 14, 9, 1:

    aliquid pro nihilo putare,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40.—
    (β).
    Nihili, of no value, worthless:

    quem putamus esse non hili, dicimus nihili,

    Varr. L. L. 10, § 81 Müll.; cf.: nihili, qui nec hili quidem est. Paul. ex Fest. p. 175 Müll.:

    unde is nihili? ubi fuisti?

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 29: nihili est autem suum Qui officium facere immemor est. id. Ps. 4, 7, 2:

    homo nihili factus,

    unmanned, id. Mil. 5, 16.—Hence, nihili pendere or facere, to esteem as nothing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 14.—
    (γ).
    De nihilo, for nothing, without cause or reason, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17:

    mali rem exempli esse, de nihilo hospites corripi,

    Liv. 34, 61; 30, 29.—
    (δ).
    Nihilo, with compp., by nothing, no: nihilo pluris, quam si, etc., no more than if, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 21:

    nihilo minus,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 49:

    Phaedriae esse nilo minus amicum quam Antiphoni,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 7 (but minus nihilo, less than nothing, id. ib. 3, 3, 2):

    nihilo benevolentior,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

    nihilo major,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 4:

    nihilo tamen setius,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 4 and 7:

    nihil segnius,

    Liv. 6, 38.—Esp. as adv.: nĭhĭlō mĭnus, or, in one word, nĭhĭlōmĭnus, none the less, no less, nevertheless, notwith standing.
    1.
    In gen.:

    minus dolendum fuit re non perfectā, sed puniendum certe nihilo minus,

    Cic. Mil. 7, 19; id. Phil. 5, 9, 26; Quint. 8, 3, 85.—
    2.
    With si, etsi, quamvis, quamquam, ut, etc.:

    in iis rebus, quae nihilo minus, ut ego absim, confici possunt,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 2, 2:

    nihilo minus eloquentiae studendum est, etsi ea quidam perverse abutuntur,

    id. Inv. 1, 4, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

    alia sunt, quae quamvis nolit accidere, nihilominus laudat,

    Sen. Ep. 66, 44:

    si nihil fiet, nihilominus, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 39, 2.—
    3.
    Strengthened by tamen:

    nihilominus ego hoc faciam tamen,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—
    (ε).
    Nihilo aliter, no otherwise:

    ego isti nihilo sum aliter ac fui,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 45.—
    B.
    Transf., adverb., for non, not, by no means:

    nihilum metuenda timere,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 53. —
    III.
    nīl, nothing, no (rare and mostly poet.;

    in Cic. not at all): nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce durum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 31; id. C. 4, 4, 73:

    nil sanguinis,

    no drop of blood, Ov. M. 13, 266:

    nil sui,

    nothing proper, id. ib. 3, 435; Vulg. Prov. 10, 2 (in Caes. B. G. 5, 29, the true reading is nihil):

    hoc ridere meum, tam nil, nulla tibi vendo Iliade,

    such a trifle, Pers. 1, 122.—
    B.
    Transf. as adv., not at all, by no means:

    nil opus est verbis,

    Lucr. 5, 263:

    ut nil umor abundet,

    id. 5, 265; 1, 266:

    nil pictis timidus navita puppibus Fidit,

    Hor. C. 1, 14, 14.—
    IV.
    nīlum, abl. nīlo, nothing (Lucretian):

    ad nilum revorti,

    Lucr. 1, 237; so id. 1, 673; 791; 797; 2, 756;

    864: nil igitur fieri de nilo posse,

    id. 1, 205; 266.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nihilo minus

  • 20 quisquilia

    quisquĭlĭae, ārum, f. ( neutr. collat. form quisquĭlĭa, ōrum, Petr. 75; cf.: quisquilia, skubala, Gloss. Philox.) [prob. from quisque, all sorts of things, odds and ends].
    I.
    Lit., the waste or refuse of any thing, the droppings of trees, sweepings, offscourings, rubbish, filth:

    quisquiliae dici putantur quicquid ex arboribus minutis surculorum foliorumve cadit,

    Fest. p. 257 Müll.; cf.:

    quisquiliae, stipulae immixta esurculis et foliis aridis: sunt autem purgamenta terrarum,

    Isid. Orig. 17, 6; and: quisquiliae, skubala, phruganôn chaitai, peripsêmata, Gloss. Philox.:

    quisquilias, volantes, venti spolia, memoras, Caecil. ap. Fest. l. l.: quisquiliae frumenti,

    Vulg. Amos, 8, 6:

    nugas marinas et quisquilias litorales quaerere,

    App. Mag. p. 296, 36. —
    II.
    Transf., of vile or worthless persons, beasts, or things, refuse, outcast, riffraff, dregs, rubbish, trash:

    omitto Numerium, Serranum, Aelium, quisquilias seditionis Clodianae,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 94; id. Att. 1, 16, 6: homo non, quisquiliae, Nov. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll.—

    Of worthless fish,

    App. M. 1, p. 113, 28:

    corcillum est, quod homines facit: cetera quisquilia omnia,

    are trifles, Petr. 75.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > quisquilia

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