View source for vilis

{{LaEn
|lnetxt=vilis vilis, vile ADJ :: cheap, common, mean, worthless
}}
{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>vīlis</b>: e, adj.,<br /><b>I</b> of [[small]] [[price]] or [[value]], purchased at a [[low]] [[rate]], [[cheap]] (opp. [[carus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: nec [[quicquam]] hic [[vile]] [[nunc]] est [[nisi]] [[mores]] mali, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 10: [[annona]] vilior, id. Mil. 3, 1, 138: [[istaec]] ([[puella]]) [[vero]] [[vilis]] est, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 25: [[istuc]] [[verbum]] [[vile]] est [[viginti]] minis, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 139: ex eis praediis talenta argenti bina Statim capiebat ... Ac rebus vilioribus [[multo]] talenta bina, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 8: [[frumentum]] [[quoniam]] vilius erat, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195: res vilissimae (opp. pretiosissimae), id. Fin. 2, 28, 91.—Abl. neutr. (sc. [[pretio]]), at a [[small]] [[price]], at a [[low]] [[rate]], [[cheaply]]: Ep. Quanti eam [[emit]]? Th. Vili, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 49: vili vendere, Mart. 12, 66, 10.— Comp.: [[quod]] viliori [[praedium]] distraxerit ... et si non viliori vendidit, etc., Dig. 43, 24, 11, § 8.—Sup.: res stipulatoris vilissimo distracta est, Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[trifling]] [[value]], [[cheap]], [[poor]], [[paltry]], [[common]], [[mean]], [[worthless]], [[base]], [[vile]] (cf. [[indignus]]): si [[honor]] [[noster]] [[vobis]] vilior fuisset, Cic. Fl. 41, 103: [[nihil]] tam [[vile]] [[neque]] tam vulgare, id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: [[Velia]] non est vilior [[quam]] [[Lupercal]], id. Fam. 7, 20, 1: hi quorum [[tibi]] [[auctoritas]] est [[videlicet]] cara, [[vita]] vilissima, id. Cat. 1, 8, 19: fidem fortunas pericula vilia habere, Sall. C. 16, 2: nec [[adeo]] [[vilis]] [[tibi]] [[vita]] esset nostra, ut, etc., Liv. 40, 9: et [[genus]] et [[virtus]] [[nisi]] cum re vilior [[alga]] est, Hor. S. 2, 5, 8: [[inter]] Perfectos veteresque referri debet an [[inter]] Viles et novos? id. Ep. 2, 1, 38: [[vilis]] [[Europe]], [[vile]], [[abandoned]], id. C. 3, 27, 57: tu poscis vilia rerum, id. Ep. 1, 17, 21: si, dum me careas, est [[tibi]] [[vile]] mori, Ov. H. 7, 48.— Neutr. adverb.: et [[vile]] virentes Hesperidum risit ramos, i. e. in the [[ordinary]] [[manner]], Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 37: [[vile]] comparati, Schol. Juv. 11, 145.—Prov.: [[vile]] est, [[quod]] [[licet]], Petr. 93.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: stat fucare [[colos]] nec Sidone vilior, [[Ancon]]. Sil. 8, 438. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Found in [[great]] quantities, [[abundant]], [[common]] ([[poet]]. and [[rare]]): poma, Verg. G. 1, 274: [[phaselus]], id. ib. 1, 227.—Hence, adv.: vīlĭter.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., [[cheaply]]: venire poteris intestinis vilius, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 28: vilissime [[constat]], Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45: vilissime constiterit, Col. 9, 1, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[meanly]], [[poorly]], [[vilely]]: se ipsum colere, App. Flor. 1, p. 344, 29; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 97: vilissime [[natus]], Eutr. 9, 21.
}}
{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>vīlĭs</b>,⁸ e,<br /><b>1</b> à vil prix, bon marché : [[frumentum]] vilius Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 195, blé meilleur marché ; [[res]] vilissimæ Cic. Fin. 2, 91, les choses du [[plus]] vil prix &#124;&#124; vili [[emere]] Pl. Epid. 51 ; vili vendere Mart. 12, 66, 10, acheter, vendre à bas prix ; viliori, vilissimo Dig. 43, 24, 11, 8 ; 13, 4, 2, à [[plus]] bas prix ; au [[plus]] bas prix<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> de peu de valeur, sans valeur, vil : Cic. Cat. 1, 19 ; Fl. 103, etc. ; fidem, [[fortunas]], pericula vilia habere Sall. C. 16, 2, tenir comme choses viles, faire bon marché de l’honneur, de la fortune, des périls &#124;&#124; [poét.] [[nec]] Sidone vilior [[Ancon]] avec inf. Sil. 8, 436, Ancône aussi habile que [[Sidon]] à... <b> b)</b> commun, très répandu, vulgaire : Virg. G. 1, 227 ; 274. vilei = vili Pl. Epid. 51.
}}
{{Georges
|georg=vīlis, e, [[wohlfeil]] (Ggstz. [[pretiosus]], [[carus]]), I) eig.: [[servulus]], Cic.: [[merces]] (Waren), Ggstz. [[merces]] opimae (kostbare), Amm.: [[frumentum]] vilius, Cic.: [[res]] viliores, wohlfeilere Zeiten, Ter.: [[res]] vilissimae, Cic.: de [[pretio]] vilissimi pisces, Donat.: [[non]] [[ecastor]] [[vilis]] est [[emptus]] [[modius]], [[qui]] venit, salis, Plaut. – absol. Abl. vīlī, [[wohlfeil]], [[emere]], Plaut., vendere, Mart.: u. so viliori vendere [[oder]] distrahere, ICt.: u. vilissimo distrahere, ICt. – vīle adv., Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 37. Schol. Iuven. 11, 145; vgl. [[viliter]] a.E. – II) übtr.: a) [[wertlos]], [[gering]] an [[Wert]], [[gleichgültig]], [[verächtlich]], [[rex]], Nep.: [[vita]], Cic.: [[etiamsi]] [[honos]] [[noster]] [[vobis]] vilior fuisset, Cic.: [[vita]] vilissima, Cic.: [[nihili]] [[quidem]] [[hercle]] [[verbum]] id ac vilissimum, Plaut.: pericula vilia habere, [[geringschätzen]], Sall.: [[inter]] vilia habere, Hor.: poscis vilia rerum, Hor. – [[mit]] Infin. [[als]] Subj., si est [[tibi]] [[vile]] mori, Ov. her. 7, 48: [[als]] Obj., stat fucare [[colus]] [[nec]] Sidone vilior [[Ancon]], Sil. 8, 436. – vīle adv., [[gering]], [[vile]] virentes rami, Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 37: [[vile]] facere, [[gering]] [[achten]], Lact. ad Stat. Theb. 5, 28. – b) poet. = ([[weil]] im Überflusse vorhanden) [[überall]] [[feil]], [[phaselus]], Verg. georg. 1, 227: poma, ibid. 1, 274.
}}