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|lshtext=<b>densus</b>: a, um, adj. [[kindred]] [[with]] [[δασύς]], [[δαυλός]]> (i. e. δασυλός); cf. Lat. [[dumus]], old form dusmus, and [[dumetum]],<br /><b>I</b> [[thick]], [[dense]], i. e. consisting of parts [[crowded]] [[together]]. opp. to [[rarus]] (on the [[contrary]], [[crassus]], [[thick]], is opp. to [[thin]], [[fluid]]; and [[spissus]], [[close]], [[compact]], [[with]] the [[predominant]] [[idea]] of impenetrability; cf. also: [[angustus]], [[artus]], [[solidus]]—[[class]]. and freq., esp. in poets and historians; in Cic. [[very]] [[rare]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[space]]: ne dum [[variantia]] rerum Tanta queat densis rarisque ex ignibus esse, Lucr. 1, 654; cf. Verg. G. 1, 419 (for [[which]] densatus et [[laxatus]] aër, Quint. 5, 9, 16); and: ([[terra]]) Rara [[sit]] an [[supra]] morem si densa requiras ... Densa [[magis]] Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo, Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.: densa et glutinosa [[terra]], Col. praef. § 24: [[silva]], poëta ap. Cic. Att. 12, 15; cf.: densiores silvae, Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2: densissimae silvae, id. ib. 4, 38, 3: [[lucus]] densissimae opacitatis, Front. Strat. 1, 11, 10: [[denso]] corpore [[nubes]], Lucr. 6, 361; cf.: [[denso]] agmine, id. 6, 100; so, [[agmen]] (sc. navium), Verg. A. 5, 834: densum umeris [[vulgus]], Hor. Od. 2, 13, 32 et saep.: tunicae, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: zmaragdi, id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: [[litus]], [[sandy]], Ov. M. 2, 576; cf. Verg. G. 2, 275: [[aequor]], i. e. [[frozen]]. Luc. 2, 640: aër, Hor. Od. 2, 7, 14; cf. [[caelum]], Cels. 1 praef.; 3, 22: nimbi, Ov. M. 1, 269: [[caligo]], Verg. A. 12, 466; cf.: densissima nox, [[pitch]]-[[dark]] [[night]], Ov. M. 15, 31: [[umbra]], Catull. 65, 13; Hor. Od. 1, 7, 20 et saep.— Without [[distinction]], corresp. [[with]] [[crassus]], Lucr. 6, 246 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Poet. [[with]] abl., [[thickly]] [[set]] [[with]], [[covered]] [[with]], [[full]] of: loca silvestribus sepibus densa, poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 42 fin.; cf.: [[specus]] virgis ac vimine, Ov. M. 3, 29: [[vallis]] piceis et acuta cupressu, id. ib. 3, 155: [[Thybris]] verticibus, id. F. 6, 502: [[ficus]] pomis, id. ib. 2, 253: corpora setis, id. M. 13, 846; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 32: [[femina]] crinibus emptis, id. A. A. 3, 165: [[funale]] lampadibus, id. M. 12, 247: [[trames]] caligine opaca (coupled [[with]] [[obscurus]]), id. ib. 10, 54 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of the parts [[themselves]] [[which]] are [[crowded]] [[together]], [[thick]], [[close]], [[set]] [[close]]: superiorem partem [[collis]] densissimis castris (sc. trinis) compleverant, pitched [[very]] [[near]] [[together]], Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3: [[sepes]], id. ib. 2, 22: frutices, Ov. M. 1, 122: [[ilex]], id. F. 2, 165 et saep.: hostes, Verg. A. 2, 511: ministri, id. M. 2, 717: densior [[suboles]], Verg. G. 3, 308: [[dens]] (pectinis), Tib. 1, 9, 68: comae, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 42; cf. pilae, id. F. 2, 348 et saep.— Poet.: densorum [[turba]] malorum, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[time]], of things [[which]] [[take]] [[place]] in [[close]] [[succession]], [[thick]], [[frequent]], [[continuous]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[ictus]], Verg. A. 5, 459; cf. plagae, Hor. Od. 3, 5, 31: Aquilo, [[strong]], [[powerful]], Verg. G. 3, 196: silentia, [[deep]], [[profound]], Val. Fl. 3, 604: amores, Verg. G. 4, 347: pericula, Ov. P. 4, 7, 15: [[usus]], id. ib. 4, 3, 15: [[ictus]], Amm. 15, 5, 31. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop. of [[speech]], [[condensed]], [[concise]]: vox [[atrox]] in ira, et aspera ac densa, [[coarse]], Quint. 11, 3, 63: tanta vis in eo (sc. Demosthene) tam densa omnia, etc., id. 10, 1, 76; cf. transf. to the [[writer]] [[himself]]: densior [[ille]] (sc. [[Demosthenes]]), hic (sc. [[Cicero]]) copiosior, ib. § 106: [[densus]] et [[brevis]] et [[semper]] [[instans]] sibi [[Thucydides]], ib. § 73: ([[Euripides]]) sententiis [[densus]], ib. § 68.— Adv.: densē ([[very]] [[rare]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[space]], [[thickly]], [[closely]], [[close]] [[together]]: caesae alni, Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173: calcatum [[quam]] densissime, Vitr. 5, 12 med.: milites densius se commovebant, Amm. 24, 6, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to no. I. B. 2.) In [[time]], [[frequently]], [[rapidly]], one [[after]] the [[other]]: [[quod]] in perpetuitate dicendi eluceat [[aliquando]], [[idem]] [[apud]] alios densius, [[apud]] alios [[fortasse]] rarius, Cic. Or. 2, 7: nulla [[tamen]] subeunt mihi tempora densius istis, Ov. P. 1, 9, 11: replicatis quaestionibus [[dense]], Amm. 29, 3 fin.>
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