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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=saepe saepius, saepissime ADV :: often, oft, oftimes, many times, frequently
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>saepe</b>: adv. old acc. n. of [[saepis]].<br /><b>I</b> Often, [[oft]], oftentimes, [[many]] times, [[frequently]] (at [[indefinite]] intervals, [[while]] [[crebro]] denotes in [[close]] [[succession]]): aperitur [[ostium]], [[unde]] saturitate [[saepe]] ego exii [[ebrius]], Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 35: multis [[damno]] et mihi lucro [[saepe]] eris, id. Cist. 1, 1, 52: audivi [[saepe]] hoc [[vulgo]] dicier, id. Stich. 1, 3, 13: [[saepe]] ex te audivi [[pater]], id. Merc. 2, 3, 40; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46: [[saepe]] hoc de majoribus [[natu]] audivimus, id. ib. 2, 15, 28: cum [[saepe]] [[mecum]] ageres, ut, etc., id. Lael. 1, 4: sed ... [[saepe]] [[enim]] [[redeo]] ad Scipionem, etc., id. ib. 17, 62; cf. comp.: [[quocirca]] ... dicendum est [[enim]] saepius, etc., id. ib. 22, 85: [[licet]] lascivire, dum [[nihil]] metuas, ut in navi ac [[saepe]] [[etiam]] in morbo levi, id. Rep. 1, 40, 63; so, [[saepe]] [[etiam]], id. ib. 1, 17, 26: in hoc statu rei publicae, quem dixi jam [[saepe]] non posse esse diuturnum, id. ib. 2, 37: [[minime]] [[saepe]], [[least]] [[frequently]], Caes. B. G. 1, 1: [[haud]] [[saepe]], Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 33: non [[saepe]], id. Ps. 2, 4, 37: solet jocari [[saepe]] [[mecum]] [[illo]] [[modo]], id. Men. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 18; so ([[with]] solere) Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 9; cf. [[sup]].: de quo (Homero) saepissime [[vigilans]] ([[Ennius]]) solebat cogitare et loqui, id. ib. 6, 10; id. Lael. 8, 26: vidi ego [[multa]] [[saepe]] picta, quae Acherunti fierent cruciamenta, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 1; so ([[with]] [[multus]]) id. ib. 2, 2, 78; id. Cas. 2, 5, 41; id. Mil. 3, 3, 12; id. Poen. 1, 1, 1; Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42; id. Lael. 1, 2; id. Off. 2, 6, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 219; cf.: [[saepe]] et [[multum]] hoc [[mecum]] cogitavi, Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1: in hac (causā) [[multum]] et [[saepe]] versatus, id. Quint. 1, 3: quorum [[saepe]] et diu ad [[pedes]] jacuit [[stratus]], id. ib. 31, 96; Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 28: [[nullus]] ([[piscis]]) [[minus]] [[saepe]] ad terram venit, id. Rud. 4, 3, 56: illos (inimicos) [[saepe]] [[verum]] dicere, hos (amicos) [[numquam]], [[Cato]] ap. Cic. Lael. 24, 90: [[quod]] vos [[nimium]] [[saepe]] dicitis, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41: [[bene]] [[saepe]], Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 3 (Ann. v. 241 Vahl.): [[saepe]] [[antea]] ([[ante]]), Sall. J. 107, 1; 112, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Comp.: ibi eos conspicias [[quam]] praetorem saepius, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 8; cf.: ego saepius [[quam]] vellem, Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 59.— More usu. [[without]] [[quam]]: [[quod]], [[etsi]] [[saepe]] [[dictum]] est, dicendum est [[tamen]] saepius, etc., Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf. Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 6, A: [[semel]] [[atque]] [[iterum]] ac saepius, Cic. Font. 12, 26 (16): [[semel]] et saepius, id. Inv. 2, 4, 14: bis ac saepius, Quint. 10, 5, 7: [[iterum]] et saepius te [[rogo]], Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 2; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30: [[iterum]] ac saepius, Quint. 12, 8, 8: quo [[quidem]] schemate utuntur poëtae saepius, sed ne oratores [[quidem]] [[raro]], id. 9, 3, 44: quo [[magis]] [[novi]], tanto saepius, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 14: [[propterea]] saepius te, ut memineris, [[moneo]], Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 43: ut verbis, [[quid]] [[sit]] ... definiam saepius, Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38: [[quasi]] ipsos induxi loquentes, ne [[inquam]] et inquit saepius interponeretur, id. Lael. 1, 3: quae [[potestas]] si mihi saepius [[sine]] meo vestroque periculo fiet, utar, id. Phil. 1, 15, 38: si saepius decertandum [[sit]], id. ib. 2, 17, 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sup.: [[tibi]] saepissime Cyathisso, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 28; id. Ps. 2, 4, 56: optare ut [[quam]] saepissime peccet [[amicus]], Cic. Lael. 16, 59: ut [[vinum]] aegrotis, qui prodest [[raro]], nocet saepissime, id. N. D. 3, 27, 69: de quo (avo tuo) audisti [[multa]] ex me, eaque saepissime, id. Phil. 1, 14, 34.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[general]] propositions stating the results of [[experience]], to [[denote]] [[that]] [[which]] is [[wont]] to [[take]] [[place]] [[frequently]], Plaut. Capt. prol. 44: illud [[saepe]] [[fit]], [[tempestas]] venit, etc., id. Most. 1, 2, 27; cf.: nam [[saepe]] est, quibus in rebus [[alius]] ne [[iratus]] [[quidem]] est, Cum, etc., Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 28: [[saepe]] ex hujusmodi re quāpiam ... magna [[familiaritas]] Conflatast, id. Eun. 5, 2, 34: non [[licet]] hominem esse [[saepe]] ita ut [[volt]], id. Heaut. 4, 1, 53: in quo defuit [[fortasse]] [[ratio]], sed [[tamen]] vincit ipsa rerum publicarum [[natura]] [[saepe]] rationem, Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 57; [[repeated]]: [[saepe]] ... [[saepe]], Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. Ep. 1, 19, 19; Liv. 23, 15: [[saepe]], [[five]] times in [[succession]], Cic. Lael. 10, 33 sq.; cf.: [[saepe]] ... [[persaepe]] ... [[saepe]] ... [[saepe]] ... [[saepe]] ... [[modo]] ... [[modo]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 9: [[modo]] ... [[saepe]] ... [[modo]] ... [[interdum]], id. ib. 1, 10, 11: [[saepe]] ... [[modo]], id. ib. 2, 7, 8.—Sup.: [[bonum]] [[consilium]] subripitur saepissime, si, etc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 8.—<br /><b>III</b> Sometimes [[with]] [[numero]], and also joined in one [[word]] [[with]] it, [[saepenumero]], to [[strengthen]] the [[main]] [[idea]], [[like]] [[our]] oftentimes, [[again]] and [[again]] (perh. not [[before]] the [[class]]. per.): Aeduos fratres consanguineosque [[saepenumero]] a senatu appellatos, Caes. B. G. 1, 33; 1, 39; 1, 40; 6, 8; 7, 62; Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Sen. 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67; 41, 119; id. Fam. 16, 21, 3; Sall. C. 52, 7; 53, 3; Auct. B. Afr. 35, 4 al.—Once also in comp.: gigni hominem [[saepe]] [[nono]], saepiusnumero [[decimo]] mense, Gell. 3, 16, 1.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sæpĕ</b>, adv., souvent, fréquemment : [[nimium]] sæpe Cic. Fin. 2, 41, trop souvent &#124;&#124; comp. sæpius, superl. sæpissime Cic., etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=saepe, Adv. (eig. neutr. eines Adjekt. *[[saepis]]), [[oft]] (Ggstz. [[nonnumquam]], [[raro]]), Cic. u.a.: [[saepe]]... [[saepe]], Ov.: [[bene]] [[saepe]], Enn. fr. u. Cic.: [[saepe]] et [[multum]], [[multum]] et s., Cic.: [[saepe]] [[multi]], [[multi]] [[saepe]], Cic. (s. Beier Cic. de off. 2, 20). – Compar. saepius, Superl. saepissime, Cic. u.a.
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