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Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
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|lshtext=<b>magnus</b>: a, um (archaic<br /><b>I</b> gen. magnai for magnae: magnai reipublicai [[gratia]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; [[sup]]. maxĭmus (maxŭm-), a, um [[root]] magh-; Sanscr. mahat, mabā, [[great]]; Gr. [[μέγας]]; cf. μείζων for μεγιων; cf. [[μῆχος]], majestas; also cf. [[root]] mak-; Gr. [[μακρός]], and perh. [[μάκαρ]], [[great]], [[large]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of [[physical]] [[size]] or [[quantity]], [[great]], [[large]]; of things, [[vast]], [[extensive]], [[spacious]], etc.: [[nequam]] et [[magnus]] [[homo]], a [[great]], [[tall]] [[fellow]], Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll.; cf. the [[double]] [[meaning]]: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, [[magnus]] [[homo]] es, a [[great]] [[man]], Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1: magna ossa lacertosque Exuit, Verg. A. 5, 422: ([[scarus]]) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): [[indu]] mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554: [[magnus]] [[fluens]] [[Nilus]], Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2: magna et pulcra [[domus]], [[spacious]], Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17: montes, Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.): templa caelitum, [[vast]], id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae [[quercus]], [[great]] oaks, [[lofty]] oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.): aquae, [[great]] floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: [[oppidum]] maximum, Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[measure]], [[weight]], [[quantity]], [[great]], [[much]], [[abundant]], [[considerable]], etc.: maximum [[pondus]] auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176: magna [[pecunia]] mutua, id. Att. 11, 3, 3: [[copia]] pabuli, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: [[multitudo]] [[peditatus]], id. ib. 4, 34: [[divitiae]], Nep. [[Dion]]. 1, 2: [[populus]], Verg. A. 1, 148.—<br /> <b>2</b> Rarely of [[time]], for [[longus]], [[multus]]: [[interea]] magnum sol circumvolvitur annum, Verg. A. 3, 284: magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione [[lunaris]], Macr. S. 2, 11: magno [[post]] tempore, Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of the [[voice]], [[loud]], [[powerful]], [[strong]], [[mighty]]: magnā voce confiteri, Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major [[pars]], the [[majority]]: tribunorum, Liv. 9, 46, 7.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., [[great]], [[grand]], [[mighty]], [[noble]], [[lofty]], [[important]], of [[great]] [[weight]] or [[importance]], [[momentous]]: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.): vir [[magnus]] in primis, Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120: [[nemo]] [[igitur]] vir [[magnus]] [[sine]] [[aliquo]] adflatu [[divino]] [[umquam]] fuit, id. ib. 2, 66, 167: [[magnus]] hoc [[bello]] [[Themistocles]] fuit, nec [[minor]] in [[pace]], Nep. Them. 6, 1: [[Cato]] [[clarus]] [[atque]] [[magnus]] habetur, Sall. C. 53, 1: [[amicus]], [[great]], [[wealthy]], Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.): [[virtus]], Caes. B. G. 2, 15: [[infamia]], Cic. Fam. 1, 1: [[eloquentia]], [[gravitas]], [[studium]], [[contentio]], id. ib.: [[multo]] major [[alacritas]], studiumque pugnandi majus, Caes. B. G. 1, 46: [[causa]], [[great]], [[important]], [[weighty]], Cic. Dom. 1, 1: [[opus]] et arduum, id. Or. 10, 33.—Absol. in neutr, [[sing]]. and plur.: [[quamquam]] id magnum, et arduum est, [[something]] [[great]], Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ([[great]] things, [[important]] matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167: magna loqui, to [[say]] [[great]] things, [[speak]] [[boastfully]], Tib. 2, 6, 11: magnum est efficere, ut [[quis]] intellegat, [[quid]] [[sit]] illud, etc., it is a [[great]], [[difficult]], [[important]] [[thing]], Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7: probitatem vel in eis, quos [[numquam]] vidimus, vel, [[quod]] majus est, in hoste [[etiam]] diligimus, [[what]] is [[far]] greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: [[annus]] [[magnus]], the [[great]] [[year]], at the [[end]] of [[which]] the [[sun]], [[moon]], and planets were supposed to [[return]] to the [[same]] [[relative]] positions, the Piatonic [[year]] or [[cycle]], consisting of 15000 years: quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.—Posit. in [[comparison]]: [[Alexander]] orbi [[magnus]] est, Alex. andro [[orbis]] [[angustus]], [[great]] in [[comparison]] [[with]], i. e. [[too]] [[great]] for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[age]], [[with]] [[natu]], advanced in years, of [[great]] [[age]], [[aged]]: jam magno [[natu]], Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3: [[homo]] [[magnus]] [[natu]], id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and [[sup]]., [[with]] or [[without]] [[natu]] or annis, [[older]], the [[elder]], the oldest or [[eldest]]: qui ([[Livius]]) fuit major [[natu]] [[quam]] [[Plautus]] et [[Naevius]], [[older]] [[than]], earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3: audivi ex majoribus [[natu]], id. Off. 1, 30, 109: hic una e multis, quae maxima [[natu]], [[Pyrgo]], Verg. A. 5, 644: annos [[natus]] major [[quadraginta]], [[more]] [[than]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39: [[civis]] major annis [[viginti]], Suet. Caes. 42: cum liberis, majoribus [[quam]] [[quindecim]] annos [[natis]], Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri [[frater]] major, the [[elder]] of [[two]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13: ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major [[minor]] Licinio Stoloni erat, Liv. 6, 34: [[Gelo]] [[maximus]] stirpis, id. 23, 30: ut nubere vellet [[mulier]] viro, major juniori, App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf. in gen.: [[Cyrus]] major, Lact. 4, 5, 7: quaerere [[uter]] major aetate fuerit, [[Homerus]] an [[Hesiodus]], cum [[minor]] [[Hecuba]] fuerit [[quam]] [[Helena]], Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In [[legal]] lang., major (opp. [[minor]]), one [[who]] has attained his [[twenty]]-[[fifth]] [[year]], [[who]] is of [[age]]: si [[minor]] negotiis majoris intervenerit, Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Müll.—But [[usually]] majores, ancestors, forefathers: Itan [[tandem]] hanc majores famam tradiderunt [[tibi]] tui, Ut, etc., Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16: ibi mei sunt majores siti, [[pater]], avos, proavos, abavos, id. Mil. 2, 4, 20: L. [[Philippus]], vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25: patres majoresque nostri, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69: [[more]] majorum, id. Att. 1, 1, 1: [[spes]] [[tamen]] una est, [[aliquando]] populum Romanum majorum similem [[fore]], id. Fam. 12, 22, 2: majores [[natu]], Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1: maxima [[virgo]], the [[eldest]] of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major [[erus]], the old [[master]], the [[master]] of the [[house]], the old [[man]] (opp.: [[minor]] [[erus]], the [[young]] [[master]]): Le. Ubinam est [[erus]]? Li. Major [[apud]] [[forum]]'st, [[minor]] hic est [[intus]], Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores [[natu]], of the Senate: de istis rebus in patriā majores [[natu]] consulemus, Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating [[relationship]], [[magnus]] denotes [[kindred]] of the [[fourth]], major of the [[fifth]], and [[maximus]] of the [[sixth]] [[degree]]; so, [[avunculus]] [[magnus]], a [[great]]-[[uncle]]; [[amita]] magna, a greataunt; [[avunculus]] or [[amita]] major; [[avunculus]] [[maximus]], [[amita]] maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> In specifications of [[value]], in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, [[high]], [[dear]], of [[great]] [[value]], at a [[high]] [[price]], etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, [[higher]], [[highest]], [[very]] [[high]]: magni esse, to be [[highly]] [[esteemed]], Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2: magni aestimare, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20: magni existimans interesse ad [[decus]], to be of [[great]] [[consequence]], id. N. D. 1, 4, 7: [[emere]] agros poterunt [[quam]] volent magno, id. Agr. 2, 13, 34: magno vendere, id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71: conducere aliquid [[nimium]] magno, [[too]] [[high]], [[too]] [[dear]], id. Att. 1, 17, 9: magno [[illi]] ea [[cunctatio]] stetit, [[cost]] him [[dear]], Liv. 2, 36.—Comp.: [[ornatus]] [[muliebris]] majoris pretii, Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, [[rarely]] [[without]] pretii: [[multo]] majoris alapae [[mecum]] veneunt, dearer, [[higher]], Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.—Sup.: te haec [[solum]] [[semper]] fecit maxumi, [[most]] [[highly]] prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58: [[senatus]] auctoritatem sibi maximi videri, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, [[too]] [[greatly]], [[too]] [[highly]], greater [[than]] it is: extollere aliquid in majus, [[more]] [[highly]] [[than]] it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30: celebrare, id. ib. 13, 8: nuntiare, id. H. 3, 38: credere, to [[believe]] a [[thing]] to be [[worse]] [[than]] it is, id. ib. 1, 18: accipere, to [[take]] a [[thing]] to be greater [[than]] it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an [[exaggerated]] [[manner]], id. ib 4, 50.—Also [[with]] abl., in majus [[vero]] ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—<br /> <b>3</b> Magnum and maximum, adverbially, [[greatly]], [[loudly]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): magnum clamat, [[greatly]], [[with]] a [[loud]] [[voice]], [[aloud]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10: inclamare, Gell. 5, 9 fin.: exclamat [[derepente]] maximum, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., [[only]] in comp. in this [[anomalous]] form (i. e. mag-ius, [[like]] pris-cus for [[prius]]-cus, and pris-[[tinus]] for [[prius]]-[[tinus]]); and in [[sup]].: maxĭmē (maxŭmē).<br /> <b>A</b> Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; [[but]] in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, [[magis]] or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, [[Cicero]] in the Frumentaria wrote: [[mage]] condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a [[higher]] [[degree]], [[more]] [[completely]], [[more]] (for the [[difference]] [[between]] [[magis]], [[plus]], [[potius]], and [[amplius]], v. [[amplius]]).—<br /> <b>B</b> In gen.<br /> <b>1</b> With no qualifying words.<br /> <b>a</b> With the [[addition]] of the [[second]] [[term]] of the [[comparison]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With verbs: quae (facinora) [[istaec]] [[aetas]] fugere [[magis]] [[quam]] sectari solet, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28: saliendo [[sese]] exercebant [[magis]], [[quam]] scorto aut saviis, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86: [[magis]] honorem tribuere [[quam]] salutem accipere, Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7: [[nisi]] [[forte]] [[magis]] erit [[parricida]], si qui consularem patrem, [[quam]] si [[quis]] humilem necarit, Cic. Mil. 7, 17: [[magis]] ut consuetudinem servem, [[quam]] [[quod]], etc., id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated: [[quam]] [[magis]] exhausto spumaverit ubere [[mulctra]], Laeta [[magis]] pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo [[magis]], ... eo [[magis]], Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.: tam [[magis]] [[illa]] fremens ... [[quam]] [[magis]] effuso crudescunt [[sanguine]] pugnae, id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, [[quod]] or ut, [[there]] is greater [[reason]], [[there]] is [[more]] [[cause]] [[that]], etc.: [[quamobrem]] [[etsi]] [[magis]] est, [[quod]] gratuler [[tibi]], [[quam]] [[quod]] te rogem: [[tamen]] [[etiam]] [[rogo]], etc., Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2: [[magis]] est, ut [[ipse]] [[moleste]] ferat, errasse se, [[quam]] ut, etc., id. Cael. 6, 14.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With substt., usu. [[with]] [[quam]]: tu me amoris [[magis]] [[quam]] honoris servavisti gratiā, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' [[quam]] sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.): [[umbra]] es amantum [[magis]] [[quam]] [[amator]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31: [[magis]] [[adeo]] id [[facilitate]] [[quam]] [[alia]] ulla [[culpa]] mea contigit, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15: [[aditus]] ad consulatum non [[magis]] nobilitati [[quam]] virtuti pateret, id. Mur. 8, 17: [[magis]] ratione et consilio [[quam]] virtute vicisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.: ut [[magis]] virtute [[quam]] [[dolo]] contenderent, id. ib. 1, 13, 6: se [[magis]] consuetudine suā [[quam]] [[merito]] eorum civitatem conservaturum, id. ib. 2, 32, 1: timori [[magis]] [[quam]] religioni consulere, id. B. C. 1, 67, 3: jus bonumque [[apud]] eos non legibus [[magis]] [[quam]] naturā valebat, Sall. C. 9, 1: non duces [[magis]] [[quam]] milites callent (obsistere, etc.), Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And [[after]] negatives: non [[magis]] [[quam]], as [[little]] as: in dicendo irasci, dolere ... non sunt figurae, non [[magis]] [[quam]] suadere, Quint. 9, 1, 23: Romanos nec [[magis]] jam [[dolo]] capi [[quam]] armis vinci posse, Liv. 10, 4, 10: pro [[certo]] habens non [[magis]] Antonio eripi se [[quam]] Caesari Brutum posse, Sen. Suas. 6, 17: non [[magis]] Alexandri saevitiam [[quam]] [[Bessi]] [[parricidium]] ferre potuisse, Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.: nec [[magis]] [[post]] [[proelium]] [[quam]] in [[proelio]] caedibus temperatum est, Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by [[atque]] [[instead]] of [[quam]] ([[rare]]): non Apollinis [[magis]] [[verum]] [[atque]] hoc [[responsum]] est, Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. ([[rare]]): [[quid]] philosophiā [[magis]] colendum? Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76: [[quanto]] [[magis]] Aliensi [[die]] Aliam ipsam reformidaturos? Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: [[quam]] [[Juno]] fertur terris [[magis]] omnibus unam ... coluisse, Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. [[infra]]): Albanum [[sive]] Falernum Te [[magis]] appositis delectat, Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With pronn.: [[quid]] habetis, qui [[mage]] immortales vos credam esse [[quam]] ego [[siem]]? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64: [[quis]] [[homo]] [[sit]] [[magis]] [[meus]] [[quam]] tu es? id. Mil. 3, 1, 20: [[quam]] [[mage]] amo [[quam]] matrem meam, id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.: quem ego [[ecastor]] [[mage]] amo [[quam]] me, id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With [[utrum]], followed by an: jam scibo, [[utrum]] haec me [[mage]] amet, an [[marsupium]], Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. [[instead]] of [[quam]]: nec [[magis]] hac [[infra]] [[quicquam]] est in corpore nostro, Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With adjj. and advv., and esp. [[with]] those [[which]] do not [[admit]] the [[comparative]] [[termination]] ([[most]] freq. [[without]] adding the [[second]] [[term]] of the [[comparison]]; v. under b. δ): [[numquam]] potuisti mihi Magis [[opportunus]] advenire [[quam]] advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47: [[neque]] lac lacti [[magis]] est [[simile]], [[quam]] [[ille]] ego [[similis]] est mei, id. Am. 2, 1, 54: ars [[magis]] magna [[atque]] [[uber]], [[quam]] [[difficilis]] et obscura, Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190: corpora magna [[magis]] [[quam]] firma, Liv. 5, 44, 4: vultu pulchro [[magis]] [[quam]] [[venusto]], Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114: [[neque]] ego hoc homine quemquam vidi [[magis]] [[malum]], id. Ps. 4, 1, 27: ab secundis rebus [[magis]] [[etiam]] [[solito]] incauti, Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to [[their]] [[force]]): ita fustibus [[sum]] mollior [[miser]] [[magis]] [[quam]] [[ullus]] [[cinaedus]], Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —<br /> <b>b</b> Without the [[addition]] of the [[second]] [[term]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With verbs: [[ergo]] plusque magisque viri [[nunc]] [[gloria]] claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.): sapiunt [[magis]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4: [[magis]] curae est, magisque [[afformido]], ne, etc., id. ib. 4, 10, 3: [[magis]] metuant, id. Mil. 5, 44: tum [[magis]] id diceres, Fanni, si, etc., Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62: cum [[Pompeius]] ita contendisset, ut [[nihil]] [[umquam]] [[magis]], id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: [[magis]] velle, for malle: [[quod]] [[magis]] vellem evenire, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.): [[magis]] [[aedilis]] fieri non potuisset, [[better]], finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With pronn.: [[ecastor]] neminem [[hodie]] [[mage]] Amat corde [[atque]] [[animo]] suo, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With adjj. and advv. (so [[most]] freq.).—With adjj.: ut quadam [[magis]] necessaria ratione recte [[sit]] vivendum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2: [[magis]] [[anxius]], Ov. M. 1, 182: hic [[magis]] tranquillu'st, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55: [[nihil]] videtur mundius, nec [[magis]] compositum [[quicquam]], nec [[magis]] [[elegans]], Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12: [[nemo]] fuit [[magis]] [[severus]] nec [[magis]] [[continens]], id. ib. 2, 1, 21: [[quod]] est [[magis]] verisimile, Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6: [[magis]] [[admirabilis]] [[oratio]], Quint. 8, 3, 24: [[magis]] communia verba, id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; [[rare]]: [[magis]] [[quam]] in aliis = [[praeter]] ceteros; [[nescio]] quo pacto [[magis]] [[quam]] in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est, Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.: [[magis]] aperte, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30: [[magis]] [[impense]], id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to [[their]] [[force]]: [[magis]] est dulcius, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22: [[magis]] majores [[nugae]], id. Men. prol. 55: [[magis]] modum in majorem, id. Am. 1, 1, 145: contentiores [[mage]] erunt, id. Poen. 2, 15.—<br /> <b>2</b> Strengthened.<br /> <b>a</b> By [[etiam]], [[multo]], tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, [[quam]]; and negatively, [[nihilo]]: [[qualis]] in dicendo [[Hierocles]] Alabandeus, [[magis]] [[etiam]] [[Menecles]], [[frater]] ejus, fuit, Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72: illud ad me, ac [[multo]] [[etiam]] [[magis]] ad vos, id. de Or. 2, 32, 139: tanto [[magis]] Dic, [[quis]] est? Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28: ut quidque [[magis]] [[contemplor]], tanto [[magis]] placet, id. Most. 3, 2, 146: vicina cacumina [[caelo]], [[quam]] sint [[magis]], tanto [[magis]] fument, Lucr. 6, 460: [[quanto]] [[ille]] plura miscebat, tanto hic [[magis]] in [[dies]] convalescebat, Cic. Mil. 9, 25: sed eo [[magis]] cauto est [[Opus]], ne huc exeat, qui, etc., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22: [[atque]] eo [[magis]], si, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1: eoque [[magis]] [[quod]], etc., id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14; 5, 1: [[immo]] [[vero]] [[etiam]] hoc [[magis]], [[quam]] [[illi]] veteres, [[quod]], etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: hoc [[vero]] [[magis]] properare [[Varro]], ut, etc., Caes. B. C. 2, 20: quo [[magis]] [[cogito]] ego cum meo [[animo]], Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2: [[magis]] [[quam]] id [[reputo]], tam [[magis]] uror, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5: tam [[magis]] [[illa]] fremens ... Quam [[magis]], etc., Verg. A. 7, 787: [[quanto]] [[mage]] ... tam [[magis]], Lucr. 4, 81 sq.: [[quam]] [[magis]] in pectore meo [[foveo]], quas [[meus]] [[filius]] turbas turbet ... [[magis]] curae est magisque [[afformido]], ne, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19: [[quam]] [[magis]] te in [[altum]] capessis, tam [[aestus]] te in portum [[refert]], id. As. 1, 3, 6: densior [[hinc]] [[suboles]] Quam [[magis]], etc., Verg. G. 3, 309: cum [[Vercingetorix]] [[nihilo]] [[magis]] in aequum locum descenderet, Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—<br /> <b>b</b> By reduplication: [[magis]] magisque, [[magis]] et [[magis]], [[magis]] ac [[magis]]; and [[poet]]. also, [[magis]] [[magis]], [[more]] and [[more]]: ex desiderio [[magis]] magisque maceror, Afran. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 182 P.: cum cotidie [[magis]] magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2: de [[Graecia]] cotidie [[magis]] et [[magis]] [[cogito]], Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6: [[magis]] [[deinde]] ac [[magis]], Suet. Vit. 10: [[post]] hoc [[magis]] ac [[magis]], id. Gram. 3; for [[which]] also: magisque ac [[magis]] [[deinceps]], id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.—Poet. also: [[magis]] [[atque]] [[magis]], Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48: [[post]], [[vento]] crescente, [[magis]] [[magis]] increbescunt, id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—<br /> <b>3</b> Pleon.<br /> <b>a</b> With [[potius]] (anteclass.): [[magis]] [[decorum]]'st Libertum [[potius]] [[quam]] patronum [[onus]] in via portare, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99: mihi [[magis]] [[lubet]] cum probis [[potius]] [[quam]] cum improbis vivere, id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—<br /> <b>b</b> With malle: [[quam]] cum [[lego]], [[nihil]] [[malo]] [[quam]] has res relinquere; his [[vero]] auditis [[multo]] [[magis]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76: finge [[enim]] malle eum [[magis]] suum consequi [[quam]], etc., Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —<br /> <b>C</b> In partic.: non ([[neque]]) [[magis]] [[quam]].<br /> <b>1</b> To [[signify]] [[perfect]] [[equality]] [[between]] [[two]] enunciations, no [[more]] ... [[than]]; [[just]] as [[much]] ... as; or neg., no [[more]] ... [[than]]; [[just]] as [[little]] ... as: [[domus]] erat non domino [[magis]] ornamento [[quam]] civitati, i. e. [[just]] as [[much]] to the [[city]] as to its [[owner]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: non Hannibale [[magis]] victo a se [[quam]] Q. Fabio, Liv. 22, 27, 2: conficior [[enim]] maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae [[magis]] excruciant [[quam]] tuae vestraeque, Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est [[enim]] [[animus]] in [[aliquo]] morbo ... non [[magis]] est [[sanus]], [[quam]] id [[corpus]], [[quod]] in morbo est, i. e. is [[just]] as [[far]] from [[being]] [[sound]] as a [[body]], etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10: si aliquā in re Verris [[similis]] fuero, non [[magis]] mihi deerit [[inimicus]] [[quam]] Verri defuit, id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31: non nascitur [[itaque]] ex [[malo]] [[bonum]], non [[magis]] [[quam]] [[ficus]] ex [[olea]], Sen. Ep. 87, 25; Quint. prooem. § 26: non [[magis]] Gaium imperaturum, [[quam]] per Baianum [[sinum]] equis discursurum, Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.: nec eo [[magis]] lege [[liberi]] sunto, [[just]] as [[little]] from [[that]] as from the [[rest]], Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—<br /> <b>2</b> For restricting the [[idea]] expressed in the [[clause]] [[with]] non [[magis]], so [[that]] not [[more]], according to a [[common]] [[figure]] of [[speech]], = [[less]]; in Engl. not so [[much]] ... as; [[less]] ... [[than]]: [[deinde]] credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone [[magis]] [[quam]] pro omnibus scribere, Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17: miserebat non poenae [[magis]] homines, [[quam]] sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent, Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—<br /> <b>3</b> Magis minusve, [[magis]] aut [[minus]], or [[magis]] ac [[minus]]; [[post]]-Aug. for the [[usual]] [[plus]] minusve, [[more]] or [[less]]: sed istud [[magis]] minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium, Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220: minora [[vero]] [[plerumque]] sunt talia, ut pro [[persona]], tempore, [[loco]], [[causa]] [[magis]] ac [[minus]] vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda, Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67: quaedam [[tamen]] et nationibus [[puto]] [[magis]] aut [[minus]] convenire, Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.: quosdam [[minus]] aut [[magis]] osos veritatem, id. Suas. 1, 5: aut [[minus]], aut [[magis]], id. Ep. 82, 14.—<br /> <b>4</b> With [[alius]] ... [[alio]], etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, [[omnino]] [[alia]] [[magis]] [[alia]], sed [[tamen]] omnes, one [[more]] [[than]] [[another]], i. e. in [[different]] degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.: [[alia]] [[magis]], [[alia]] [[minus]], v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes [[quidem]] [[illi]] errasse ... sed [[alius]] [[alio]] [[magis]], Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43: sunt [[omnino]] omnes [[fere]] similes, sed declarant [[communis]] notiones, [[alia]] [[magis]] [[alia]], id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53: alii aliis [[magis]] recusare, Liv. 29, 15, 11.—Sup.: maxĭmē (maxŭmē), in the [[highest]] [[degree]], [[most]] of all, [[most]] [[particularly]], [[especially]], [[exceedingly]], [[very]], etc.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> [[Alone]].<br /> <b>a</b> With a [[verb]]: haec una res in omni [[libero]] [[populo]] maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus [[praecipue]] [[semper]] floruit, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30: [[quid]] commemorem [[primum]] aut laudem [[maxime]]? Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79: nos coluit [[maxime]], id. Ad. 3, 2, 54: quem convenire [[maxime]] cupiebam, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133: de te audiebamus ea, quae [[maxime]] vellemus, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1: [[extra]] quos (fines) egredi non possim, si [[maxime]] velim, id. Quint. 10, 35: in re publica [[maxime]] conservanda sunt jura belli, [[most]] [[especially]], id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni [[Caesar]] [[propter]] virtutem confidebat [[maxime]], Caes. B. G. 1, 40: quem Homero crederet [[maxime]] accedere, came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf. pugnare, [[most]] [[violently]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44: jubere, [[most]] [[positively]], id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80: id [[enim]] est [[profecto]], [[quod]] constituta religione rem publicam contineat [[maxime]], Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. [[maxime]] fin.: ab eo exordiri volui [[maxime]], id. Off. 1, 2, 4: cernere naturae vim [[maxime]], id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—<br /> <b>b</b> With an adj.: res [[maxime]] necessaria, Cic. Lael. 23, 86: loca [[maxime]] frumentaria, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: loci ad hoc [[maxime]] idonei, Quint. 1, 11, 13: [[maxime]] naturali carent amicitiā, Cic. Lael. 21, 80: [[maxime]] feri, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: qui eo tempore [[maxime]] plebi [[acceptus]] erat, id. ib. 1, 3: īdem ad augendam eloquentiam [[maxime]] accommodati erunt, Quint. 1, 11, 13: [[elegans]] [[maxime]] [[auctor]], id. 10, 1, 93: [[maxime]] [[vero]] [[commune]] est quaerere, an [[sit]] honesta? etc., id. 2, 4, 37: [[noto]] [[enim]] [[maxime]] utar [[exemplo]], id. 7, 3, 3.—So [[with]] supp.: quae [[maxime]] liberalissima, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3: [[maxime]] gravissimam omniumque (rerum), Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —<br /> <b>c</b> With numerals, at [[most]]: [[puer]] ad annos [[maxime]] [[natus]] [[octo]], Gell. 17, 8, 4.—<br /> <b>d</b> With an adv.: ut dicatis [[quam]] [[maxime]] ad veritatem [[accommodate]], Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. [[infra]] 2).—<br /> <b>2</b> Strengthened by [[unus]], [[unus]] omnium, omnium, [[multo]], vel, tam, [[quam]], etc. ([[supply]] potest): qui [[proelium]] [[unus]] [[maxime]] accenderat, Curt. 5, 2, 5: cum suā modestiā [[unus]] omnium [[maxime]] floreret, Nep. Milt. 1, 1: quae [[maxime]] omnium belli avida, Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4: [[atque]] ea res [[multo]] [[maxime]] disjunxit illum ab [[illa]], Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85: [[imperium]] populi Romani [[multo]] [[maxime]] miserabile [[visum]] est, Sall. C. 36, 4: illud mihi videtur vel [[maxime]] confirmare, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162: hoc [[enim]] uno praestamus vel [[maxime]] feris, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32: quae [[quidem]] vel [[maxime]] suspicionem movent, id. Part. Or. 33, 114: [[quam]] potes, tam verba [[confer]] [[maxime]] ad [[compendium]], as [[much]] as [[possible]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186: ego jubeo [[quam]] [[maxime]] unam facere nos hanc familiam, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2: ut [[quam]] [[maxime]] permaneant diuturna corpora, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154: quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri [[quam]] [[maxime]] longam efficere, Sall. C. 1, 3: [[ceterum]] illum juvenem incipere a [[quam]] [[maxime]] facili ac favorabili [[causa]] velim, Quint. 12, 6, 6.—<br /> <b>3</b> With the [[relative]] qui in the phrases, [[quam]] qui [[maxime]] and ut qui [[maxime]]: tam [[enim]] [[sum]] [[amicus]] rei publicae, [[quam]] qui [[maxime]], as [[any]] one [[whatever]], Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6: grata ea res, ut quae [[maxime]] senatui [[umquam]] fuit, Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—<br /> <b>4</b> With ut [[quisque]] ... ita ([[maxime]], potissimum or [[minime]]), the [[more]] ... the [[more]] (or [[less]]): hoc [[maxime]] officii est, ut [[quisque]] [[maxime]] opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: ut [[quisque]] magnitudine animae [[maxime]] excellit, ita [[maxime]], etc., id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the [[contrary]] [[order]]: colendum [[autem]] esse ita quemque [[maxime]], ut [[quisque]] [[maxime]] virtutibus his lenioribus erit [[ornatus]], id. ib. 1, 15, 47: ut [[enim]] [[quisque]] [[maxime]] ad suum [[commodum]] [[refert]], quaecumque agit, ita [[minime]] est vir [[bonus]], id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—<br /> <b>5</b> In gradations, to [[denote]] the [[first]] and [[most]] [[desirable]], [[first]] of all, in the [[first]] [[place]]: hujus industriam [[maxime]] [[quidem]] vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: [[secundo]] [[autem]] [[loco]], ne alterius labori inviderent, Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23: si per eum [[reductus]] [[insidiose]] redissem, me [[scilicet]] [[maxime]] sed [[proxime]] illum [[quoque]] fefellissem, id. Rab. Post. 12, 33: in quo genere sunt [[maxime]] oves, [[deinde]] caprae, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1: [[maxime]] ... [[dein]], Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56: sed vitem [[maxime]] [[populus]] videtur alere, [[deinde]] [[ulmus]], [[post]] [[etiam]] [[fraxinus]], Col. 5, 6, 4: [[maxime]] ... [[deinde]] ... [[postea]] ... [[minume]], Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196: [[maxime]] ... [[postea]] ... ultimae, Col. 6, 3, 6: [[post]] Chium [[maxime]] laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium, Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> Like potissimum, to [[give]] [[prominence]] to an [[idea]], [[especially]], [[particularly]], [[principally]]: quae [[ratio]] poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1: [[scribe]] aliquid, et [[maxime]], si [[Pompeius]] Italiā cedit, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, [[approbo]]: [[maxime]] [[quod]] de judicatu meo, id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1: cognoscat [[etiam]] rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, [[maxime]] [[scilicet]] nostrae civitatis, id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the [[connection]], cum ... tum [[maxime]]; tum ... tum [[maxime]]; ut ... tum [[maxime]], [[but]] [[more]] [[especially]]: [[scio]] et perspexi [[saepe]]: cum [[antehac]], tum [[hodie]] [[maxime]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56: plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum [[saepe]], tum [[maxime]] [[bello]] Punico [[secundo]], Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94: tum exercitationibus crebris [[atque]] magnis, tum scribendo [[maxime]] persequatur, id. de Or. 2, 23, 96: longius [[autem]] procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum [[maxime]], etc., id. Brut. 93, 320.— With [[nunc]], [[nuper]], tum, cum, [[just]], [[precisely]], [[exactly]]: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii [[quot]] eratis? M. Su. Ut [[nunc]] [[maxime]] [[memini]], duo, [[just]] [[now]], Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58: cum iis, quos [[nuper]] [[maxime]] liberaverat, Caes. B. C. 3, 9: [[ipse]] tum [[maxime]] admoto igne refovebat [[artus]], Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.: haec cum [[maxime]] loqueretur, [[sex]] lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187; 2, 4, 38, § 72: totius [[autem]] injustitiae nulla capitalior, [[quam]] eorum, qui cum [[maxime]] fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur, id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33: tum cum [[maxime]], at [[that]] [[precise]] [[time]], at [[that]] [[moment]], Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so, [[tunc]] cum [[maxime]], Curt. 3, 2, 17: [[nunc]] cum [[maxime]], Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—<br /> <b>2</b> In [[colloquial]] lang., to [[denote]] [[emphatic]] [[assent]], [[certainly]], by all [[means]], [[very]] [[well]], [[yes]]; and [[with]] [[immo]], to [[express]] [[emphatic]] [[dissent]], [[certainly]] not, by no [[means]]: Ar. Jace, [[pater]], talos, ut [[porro]] nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi [[quid]] [[magis]] Es [[occupatus]], operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid [[peccatum]] est, [[Simo]]? Si. Immo [[maxime]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31: [[scilicet]] res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo [[vero]] [[maxime]], Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. [[immo]]); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607. | |lshtext=<b>magnus</b>: a, um (archaic<br /><b>I</b> gen. magnai for magnae: magnai reipublicai [[gratia]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; [[sup]]. maxĭmus (maxŭm-), a, um [[root]] magh-; Sanscr. mahat, mabā, [[great]]; Gr. [[μέγας]]; cf. μείζων for μεγιων; cf. [[μῆχος]], majestas; also cf. [[root]] mak-; Gr. [[μακρός]], and perh. [[μάκαρ]], [[great]], [[large]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of [[physical]] [[size]] or [[quantity]], [[great]], [[large]]; of things, [[vast]], [[extensive]], [[spacious]], etc.: [[nequam]] et [[magnus]] [[homo]], a [[great]], [[tall]] [[fellow]], Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll.; cf. the [[double]] [[meaning]]: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, [[magnus]] [[homo]] es, a [[great]] [[man]], Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1: magna ossa lacertosque Exuit, Verg. A. 5, 422: ([[scarus]]) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): [[indu]] mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554: [[magnus]] [[fluens]] [[Nilus]], Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2: magna et pulcra [[domus]], [[spacious]], Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17: montes, Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.): templa caelitum, [[vast]], id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae [[quercus]], [[great]] oaks, [[lofty]] oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.): aquae, [[great]] floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: [[oppidum]] maximum, Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[measure]], [[weight]], [[quantity]], [[great]], [[much]], [[abundant]], [[considerable]], etc.: maximum [[pondus]] auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176: magna [[pecunia]] mutua, id. Att. 11, 3, 3: [[copia]] pabuli, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: [[multitudo]] [[peditatus]], id. ib. 4, 34: [[divitiae]], Nep. [[Dion]]. 1, 2: [[populus]], Verg. A. 1, 148.—<br /> <b>2</b> Rarely of [[time]], for [[longus]], [[multus]]: [[interea]] magnum sol circumvolvitur annum, Verg. A. 3, 284: magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione [[lunaris]], Macr. S. 2, 11: magno [[post]] tempore, Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of the [[voice]], [[loud]], [[powerful]], [[strong]], [[mighty]]: magnā voce confiteri, Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major [[pars]], the [[majority]]: tribunorum, Liv. 9, 46, 7.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., [[great]], [[grand]], [[mighty]], [[noble]], [[lofty]], [[important]], of [[great]] [[weight]] or [[importance]], [[momentous]]: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.): vir [[magnus]] in primis, Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120: [[nemo]] [[igitur]] vir [[magnus]] [[sine]] [[aliquo]] adflatu [[divino]] [[umquam]] fuit, id. ib. 2, 66, 167: [[magnus]] hoc [[bello]] [[Themistocles]] fuit, nec [[minor]] in [[pace]], Nep. Them. 6, 1: [[Cato]] [[clarus]] [[atque]] [[magnus]] habetur, Sall. C. 53, 1: [[amicus]], [[great]], [[wealthy]], Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.): [[virtus]], Caes. B. G. 2, 15: [[infamia]], Cic. Fam. 1, 1: [[eloquentia]], [[gravitas]], [[studium]], [[contentio]], id. ib.: [[multo]] major [[alacritas]], studiumque pugnandi majus, Caes. B. G. 1, 46: [[causa]], [[great]], [[important]], [[weighty]], Cic. Dom. 1, 1: [[opus]] et arduum, id. Or. 10, 33.—Absol. in neutr, [[sing]]. and plur.: [[quamquam]] id magnum, et arduum est, [[something]] [[great]], Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ([[great]] things, [[important]] matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167: magna loqui, to [[say]] [[great]] things, [[speak]] [[boastfully]], Tib. 2, 6, 11: magnum est efficere, ut [[quis]] intellegat, [[quid]] [[sit]] illud, etc., it is a [[great]], [[difficult]], [[important]] [[thing]], Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7: probitatem vel in eis, quos [[numquam]] vidimus, vel, [[quod]] majus est, in hoste [[etiam]] diligimus, [[what]] is [[far]] greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: [[annus]] [[magnus]], the [[great]] [[year]], at the [[end]] of [[which]] the [[sun]], [[moon]], and planets were supposed to [[return]] to the [[same]] [[relative]] positions, the Piatonic [[year]] or [[cycle]], consisting of 15000 years: quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.—Posit. in [[comparison]]: [[Alexander]] orbi [[magnus]] est, Alex. andro [[orbis]] [[angustus]], [[great]] in [[comparison]] [[with]], i. e. [[too]] [[great]] for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[age]], [[with]] [[natu]], advanced in years, of [[great]] [[age]], [[aged]]: jam magno [[natu]], Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3: [[homo]] [[magnus]] [[natu]], id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and [[sup]]., [[with]] or [[without]] [[natu]] or annis, [[older]], the [[elder]], the oldest or [[eldest]]: qui ([[Livius]]) fuit major [[natu]] [[quam]] [[Plautus]] et [[Naevius]], [[older]] [[than]], earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3: audivi ex majoribus [[natu]], id. Off. 1, 30, 109: hic una e multis, quae maxima [[natu]], [[Pyrgo]], Verg. A. 5, 644: annos [[natus]] major [[quadraginta]], [[more]] [[than]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39: [[civis]] major annis [[viginti]], Suet. Caes. 42: cum liberis, majoribus [[quam]] [[quindecim]] annos [[natis]], Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri [[frater]] major, the [[elder]] of [[two]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13: ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major [[minor]] Licinio Stoloni erat, Liv. 6, 34: [[Gelo]] [[maximus]] stirpis, id. 23, 30: ut nubere vellet [[mulier]] viro, major juniori, App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf. in gen.: [[Cyrus]] major, Lact. 4, 5, 7: quaerere [[uter]] major aetate fuerit, [[Homerus]] an [[Hesiodus]], cum [[minor]] [[Hecuba]] fuerit [[quam]] [[Helena]], Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In [[legal]] lang., major (opp. [[minor]]), one [[who]] has attained his [[twenty]]-[[fifth]] [[year]], [[who]] is of [[age]]: si [[minor]] negotiis majoris intervenerit, Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Müll.—But [[usually]] majores, ancestors, forefathers: Itan [[tandem]] hanc majores famam tradiderunt [[tibi]] tui, Ut, etc., Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16: ibi mei sunt majores siti, [[pater]], avos, proavos, abavos, id. Mil. 2, 4, 20: L. [[Philippus]], vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25: patres majoresque nostri, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69: [[more]] majorum, id. Att. 1, 1, 1: [[spes]] [[tamen]] una est, [[aliquando]] populum Romanum majorum similem [[fore]], id. Fam. 12, 22, 2: majores [[natu]], Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1: maxima [[virgo]], the [[eldest]] of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major [[erus]], the old [[master]], the [[master]] of the [[house]], the old [[man]] (opp.: [[minor]] [[erus]], the [[young]] [[master]]): Le. Ubinam est [[erus]]? Li. Major [[apud]] [[forum]]'st, [[minor]] hic est [[intus]], Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores [[natu]], of the Senate: de istis rebus in patriā majores [[natu]] consulemus, Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating [[relationship]], [[magnus]] denotes [[kindred]] of the [[fourth]], major of the [[fifth]], and [[maximus]] of the [[sixth]] [[degree]]; so, [[avunculus]] [[magnus]], a [[great]]-[[uncle]]; [[amita]] magna, a greataunt; [[avunculus]] or [[amita]] major; [[avunculus]] [[maximus]], [[amita]] maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> In specifications of [[value]], in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, [[high]], [[dear]], of [[great]] [[value]], at a [[high]] [[price]], etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, [[higher]], [[highest]], [[very]] [[high]]: magni esse, to be [[highly]] [[esteemed]], Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2: magni aestimare, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20: magni existimans interesse ad [[decus]], to be of [[great]] [[consequence]], id. N. D. 1, 4, 7: [[emere]] agros poterunt [[quam]] volent magno, id. Agr. 2, 13, 34: magno vendere, id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71: conducere aliquid [[nimium]] magno, [[too]] [[high]], [[too]] [[dear]], id. Att. 1, 17, 9: magno [[illi]] ea [[cunctatio]] stetit, [[cost]] him [[dear]], Liv. 2, 36.—Comp.: [[ornatus]] [[muliebris]] majoris pretii, Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, [[rarely]] [[without]] pretii: [[multo]] majoris alapae [[mecum]] veneunt, dearer, [[higher]], Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.—Sup.: te haec [[solum]] [[semper]] fecit maxumi, [[most]] [[highly]] prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58: [[senatus]] auctoritatem sibi maximi videri, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, [[too]] [[greatly]], [[too]] [[highly]], greater [[than]] it is: extollere aliquid in majus, [[more]] [[highly]] [[than]] it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30: celebrare, id. ib. 13, 8: nuntiare, id. H. 3, 38: credere, to [[believe]] a [[thing]] to be [[worse]] [[than]] it is, id. ib. 1, 18: accipere, to [[take]] a [[thing]] to be greater [[than]] it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an [[exaggerated]] [[manner]], id. ib 4, 50.—Also [[with]] abl., in majus [[vero]] ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—<br /> <b>3</b> Magnum and maximum, adverbially, [[greatly]], [[loudly]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): magnum clamat, [[greatly]], [[with]] a [[loud]] [[voice]], [[aloud]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10: inclamare, Gell. 5, 9 fin.: exclamat [[derepente]] maximum, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., [[only]] in comp. in this [[anomalous]] form (i. e. mag-ius, [[like]] pris-cus for [[prius]]-cus, and pris-[[tinus]] for [[prius]]-[[tinus]]); and in [[sup]].: maxĭmē (maxŭmē).<br /> <b>A</b> Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; [[but]] in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, [[magis]] or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, [[Cicero]] in the Frumentaria wrote: [[mage]] condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a [[higher]] [[degree]], [[more]] [[completely]], [[more]] (for the [[difference]] [[between]] [[magis]], [[plus]], [[potius]], and [[amplius]], v. [[amplius]]).—<br /> <b>B</b> In gen.<br /> <b>1</b> With no qualifying words.<br /> <b>a</b> With the [[addition]] of the [[second]] [[term]] of the [[comparison]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With verbs: quae (facinora) [[istaec]] [[aetas]] fugere [[magis]] [[quam]] sectari solet, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28: saliendo [[sese]] exercebant [[magis]], [[quam]] scorto aut saviis, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86: [[magis]] honorem tribuere [[quam]] salutem accipere, Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7: [[nisi]] [[forte]] [[magis]] erit [[parricida]], si qui consularem patrem, [[quam]] si [[quis]] humilem necarit, Cic. Mil. 7, 17: [[magis]] ut consuetudinem servem, [[quam]] [[quod]], etc., id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated: [[quam]] [[magis]] exhausto spumaverit ubere [[mulctra]], Laeta [[magis]] pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo [[magis]], ... eo [[magis]], Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.: tam [[magis]] [[illa]] fremens ... [[quam]] [[magis]] effuso crudescunt [[sanguine]] pugnae, id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, [[quod]] or ut, [[there]] is greater [[reason]], [[there]] is [[more]] [[cause]] [[that]], etc.: [[quamobrem]] [[etsi]] [[magis]] est, [[quod]] gratuler [[tibi]], [[quam]] [[quod]] te rogem: [[tamen]] [[etiam]] [[rogo]], etc., Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2: [[magis]] est, ut [[ipse]] [[moleste]] ferat, errasse se, [[quam]] ut, etc., id. Cael. 6, 14.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With substt., usu. [[with]] [[quam]]: tu me amoris [[magis]] [[quam]] honoris servavisti gratiā, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' [[quam]] sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.): [[umbra]] es amantum [[magis]] [[quam]] [[amator]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31: [[magis]] [[adeo]] id [[facilitate]] [[quam]] [[alia]] ulla [[culpa]] mea contigit, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15: [[aditus]] ad consulatum non [[magis]] nobilitati [[quam]] virtuti pateret, id. Mur. 8, 17: [[magis]] ratione et consilio [[quam]] virtute vicisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.: ut [[magis]] virtute [[quam]] [[dolo]] contenderent, id. ib. 1, 13, 6: se [[magis]] consuetudine suā [[quam]] [[merito]] eorum civitatem conservaturum, id. ib. 2, 32, 1: timori [[magis]] [[quam]] religioni consulere, id. B. C. 1, 67, 3: jus bonumque [[apud]] eos non legibus [[magis]] [[quam]] naturā valebat, Sall. C. 9, 1: non duces [[magis]] [[quam]] milites callent (obsistere, etc.), Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And [[after]] negatives: non [[magis]] [[quam]], as [[little]] as: in dicendo irasci, dolere ... non sunt figurae, non [[magis]] [[quam]] suadere, Quint. 9, 1, 23: Romanos nec [[magis]] jam [[dolo]] capi [[quam]] armis vinci posse, Liv. 10, 4, 10: pro [[certo]] habens non [[magis]] Antonio eripi se [[quam]] Caesari Brutum posse, Sen. Suas. 6, 17: non [[magis]] Alexandri saevitiam [[quam]] [[Bessi]] [[parricidium]] ferre potuisse, Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.: nec [[magis]] [[post]] [[proelium]] [[quam]] in [[proelio]] caedibus temperatum est, Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by [[atque]] [[instead]] of [[quam]] ([[rare]]): non Apollinis [[magis]] [[verum]] [[atque]] hoc [[responsum]] est, Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. ([[rare]]): [[quid]] philosophiā [[magis]] colendum? Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76: [[quanto]] [[magis]] Aliensi [[die]] Aliam ipsam reformidaturos? Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: [[quam]] [[Juno]] fertur terris [[magis]] omnibus unam ... coluisse, Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. [[infra]]): Albanum [[sive]] Falernum Te [[magis]] appositis delectat, Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With pronn.: [[quid]] habetis, qui [[mage]] immortales vos credam esse [[quam]] ego [[siem]]? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64: [[quis]] [[homo]] [[sit]] [[magis]] [[meus]] [[quam]] tu es? id. Mil. 3, 1, 20: [[quam]] [[mage]] amo [[quam]] matrem meam, id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.: quem ego [[ecastor]] [[mage]] amo [[quam]] me, id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With [[utrum]], followed by an: jam scibo, [[utrum]] haec me [[mage]] amet, an [[marsupium]], Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. [[instead]] of [[quam]]: nec [[magis]] hac [[infra]] [[quicquam]] est in corpore nostro, Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With adjj. and advv., and esp. [[with]] those [[which]] do not [[admit]] the [[comparative]] [[termination]] ([[most]] freq. [[without]] adding the [[second]] [[term]] of the [[comparison]]; v. under b. δ): [[numquam]] potuisti mihi Magis [[opportunus]] advenire [[quam]] advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47: [[neque]] lac lacti [[magis]] est [[simile]], [[quam]] [[ille]] ego [[similis]] est mei, id. Am. 2, 1, 54: ars [[magis]] magna [[atque]] [[uber]], [[quam]] [[difficilis]] et obscura, Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190: corpora magna [[magis]] [[quam]] firma, Liv. 5, 44, 4: vultu pulchro [[magis]] [[quam]] [[venusto]], Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114: [[neque]] ego hoc homine quemquam vidi [[magis]] [[malum]], id. Ps. 4, 1, 27: ab secundis rebus [[magis]] [[etiam]] [[solito]] incauti, Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to [[their]] [[force]]): ita fustibus [[sum]] mollior [[miser]] [[magis]] [[quam]] [[ullus]] [[cinaedus]], Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —<br /> <b>b</b> Without the [[addition]] of the [[second]] [[term]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With verbs: [[ergo]] plusque magisque viri [[nunc]] [[gloria]] claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.): sapiunt [[magis]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4: [[magis]] curae est, magisque [[afformido]], ne, etc., id. ib. 4, 10, 3: [[magis]] metuant, id. Mil. 5, 44: tum [[magis]] id diceres, Fanni, si, etc., Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62: cum [[Pompeius]] ita contendisset, ut [[nihil]] [[umquam]] [[magis]], id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: [[magis]] velle, for malle: [[quod]] [[magis]] vellem evenire, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.): [[magis]] [[aedilis]] fieri non potuisset, [[better]], finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With pronn.: [[ecastor]] neminem [[hodie]] [[mage]] Amat corde [[atque]] [[animo]] suo, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With adjj. and advv. (so [[most]] freq.).—With adjj.: ut quadam [[magis]] necessaria ratione recte [[sit]] vivendum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2: [[magis]] [[anxius]], Ov. M. 1, 182: hic [[magis]] tranquillu'st, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55: [[nihil]] videtur mundius, nec [[magis]] compositum [[quicquam]], nec [[magis]] [[elegans]], Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12: [[nemo]] fuit [[magis]] [[severus]] nec [[magis]] [[continens]], id. ib. 2, 1, 21: [[quod]] est [[magis]] verisimile, Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6: [[magis]] [[admirabilis]] [[oratio]], Quint. 8, 3, 24: [[magis]] communia verba, id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; [[rare]]: [[magis]] [[quam]] in aliis = [[praeter]] ceteros; [[nescio]] quo pacto [[magis]] [[quam]] in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est, Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.: [[magis]] aperte, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30: [[magis]] [[impense]], id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to [[their]] [[force]]: [[magis]] est dulcius, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22: [[magis]] majores [[nugae]], id. Men. prol. 55: [[magis]] modum in majorem, id. Am. 1, 1, 145: contentiores [[mage]] erunt, id. Poen. 2, 15.—<br /> <b>2</b> Strengthened.<br /> <b>a</b> By [[etiam]], [[multo]], tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, [[quam]]; and negatively, [[nihilo]]: [[qualis]] in dicendo [[Hierocles]] Alabandeus, [[magis]] [[etiam]] [[Menecles]], [[frater]] ejus, fuit, Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72: illud ad me, ac [[multo]] [[etiam]] [[magis]] ad vos, id. de Or. 2, 32, 139: tanto [[magis]] Dic, [[quis]] est? Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28: ut quidque [[magis]] [[contemplor]], tanto [[magis]] placet, id. Most. 3, 2, 146: vicina cacumina [[caelo]], [[quam]] sint [[magis]], tanto [[magis]] fument, Lucr. 6, 460: [[quanto]] [[ille]] plura miscebat, tanto hic [[magis]] in [[dies]] convalescebat, Cic. Mil. 9, 25: sed eo [[magis]] cauto est [[Opus]], ne huc exeat, qui, etc., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22: [[atque]] eo [[magis]], si, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1: eoque [[magis]] [[quod]], etc., id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14; 5, 1: [[immo]] [[vero]] [[etiam]] hoc [[magis]], [[quam]] [[illi]] veteres, [[quod]], etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: hoc [[vero]] [[magis]] properare [[Varro]], ut, etc., Caes. B. C. 2, 20: quo [[magis]] [[cogito]] ego cum meo [[animo]], Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2: [[magis]] [[quam]] id [[reputo]], tam [[magis]] uror, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5: tam [[magis]] [[illa]] fremens ... Quam [[magis]], etc., Verg. A. 7, 787: [[quanto]] [[mage]] ... tam [[magis]], Lucr. 4, 81 sq.: [[quam]] [[magis]] in pectore meo [[foveo]], quas [[meus]] [[filius]] turbas turbet ... [[magis]] curae est magisque [[afformido]], ne, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19: [[quam]] [[magis]] te in [[altum]] capessis, tam [[aestus]] te in portum [[refert]], id. As. 1, 3, 6: densior [[hinc]] [[suboles]] Quam [[magis]], etc., Verg. G. 3, 309: cum [[Vercingetorix]] [[nihilo]] [[magis]] in aequum locum descenderet, Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—<br /> <b>b</b> By reduplication: [[magis]] magisque, [[magis]] et [[magis]], [[magis]] ac [[magis]]; and [[poet]]. also, [[magis]] [[magis]], [[more]] and [[more]]: ex desiderio [[magis]] magisque maceror, Afran. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 182 P.: cum cotidie [[magis]] magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2: de [[Graecia]] cotidie [[magis]] et [[magis]] [[cogito]], Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6: [[magis]] [[deinde]] ac [[magis]], Suet. Vit. 10: [[post]] hoc [[magis]] ac [[magis]], id. Gram. 3; for [[which]] also: magisque ac [[magis]] [[deinceps]], id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.—Poet. also: [[magis]] [[atque]] [[magis]], Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48: [[post]], [[vento]] crescente, [[magis]] [[magis]] increbescunt, id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—<br /> <b>3</b> Pleon.<br /> <b>a</b> With [[potius]] (anteclass.): [[magis]] [[decorum]]'st Libertum [[potius]] [[quam]] patronum [[onus]] in via portare, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99: mihi [[magis]] [[lubet]] cum probis [[potius]] [[quam]] cum improbis vivere, id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—<br /> <b>b</b> With malle: [[quam]] cum [[lego]], [[nihil]] [[malo]] [[quam]] has res relinquere; his [[vero]] auditis [[multo]] [[magis]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76: finge [[enim]] malle eum [[magis]] suum consequi [[quam]], etc., Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —<br /> <b>C</b> In partic.: non ([[neque]]) [[magis]] [[quam]].<br /> <b>1</b> To [[signify]] [[perfect]] [[equality]] [[between]] [[two]] enunciations, no [[more]] ... [[than]]; [[just]] as [[much]] ... as; or neg., no [[more]] ... [[than]]; [[just]] as [[little]] ... as: [[domus]] erat non domino [[magis]] ornamento [[quam]] civitati, i. e. [[just]] as [[much]] to the [[city]] as to its [[owner]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: non Hannibale [[magis]] victo a se [[quam]] Q. Fabio, Liv. 22, 27, 2: conficior [[enim]] maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae [[magis]] excruciant [[quam]] tuae vestraeque, Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est [[enim]] [[animus]] in [[aliquo]] morbo ... non [[magis]] est [[sanus]], [[quam]] id [[corpus]], [[quod]] in morbo est, i. e. is [[just]] as [[far]] from [[being]] [[sound]] as a [[body]], etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10: si aliquā in re Verris [[similis]] fuero, non [[magis]] mihi deerit [[inimicus]] [[quam]] Verri defuit, id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31: non nascitur [[itaque]] ex [[malo]] [[bonum]], non [[magis]] [[quam]] [[ficus]] ex [[olea]], Sen. Ep. 87, 25; Quint. prooem. § 26: non [[magis]] Gaium imperaturum, [[quam]] per Baianum [[sinum]] equis discursurum, Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.: nec eo [[magis]] lege [[liberi]] sunto, [[just]] as [[little]] from [[that]] as from the [[rest]], Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—<br /> <b>2</b> For restricting the [[idea]] expressed in the [[clause]] [[with]] non [[magis]], so [[that]] not [[more]], according to a [[common]] [[figure]] of [[speech]], = [[less]]; in Engl. not so [[much]] ... as; [[less]] ... [[than]]: [[deinde]] credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone [[magis]] [[quam]] pro omnibus scribere, Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17: miserebat non poenae [[magis]] homines, [[quam]] sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent, Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—<br /> <b>3</b> Magis minusve, [[magis]] aut [[minus]], or [[magis]] ac [[minus]]; [[post]]-Aug. for the [[usual]] [[plus]] minusve, [[more]] or [[less]]: sed istud [[magis]] minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium, Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220: minora [[vero]] [[plerumque]] sunt talia, ut pro [[persona]], tempore, [[loco]], [[causa]] [[magis]] ac [[minus]] vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda, Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67: quaedam [[tamen]] et nationibus [[puto]] [[magis]] aut [[minus]] convenire, Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.: quosdam [[minus]] aut [[magis]] osos veritatem, id. Suas. 1, 5: aut [[minus]], aut [[magis]], id. Ep. 82, 14.—<br /> <b>4</b> With [[alius]] ... [[alio]], etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, [[omnino]] [[alia]] [[magis]] [[alia]], sed [[tamen]] omnes, one [[more]] [[than]] [[another]], i. e. in [[different]] degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.: [[alia]] [[magis]], [[alia]] [[minus]], v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes [[quidem]] [[illi]] errasse ... sed [[alius]] [[alio]] [[magis]], Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43: sunt [[omnino]] omnes [[fere]] similes, sed declarant [[communis]] notiones, [[alia]] [[magis]] [[alia]], id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53: alii aliis [[magis]] recusare, Liv. 29, 15, 11.—Sup.: maxĭmē (maxŭmē), in the [[highest]] [[degree]], [[most]] of all, [[most]] [[particularly]], [[especially]], [[exceedingly]], [[very]], etc.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> [[Alone]].<br /> <b>a</b> With a [[verb]]: haec una res in omni [[libero]] [[populo]] maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus [[praecipue]] [[semper]] floruit, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30: [[quid]] commemorem [[primum]] aut laudem [[maxime]]? Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79: nos coluit [[maxime]], id. Ad. 3, 2, 54: quem convenire [[maxime]] cupiebam, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133: de te audiebamus ea, quae [[maxime]] vellemus, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1: [[extra]] quos (fines) egredi non possim, si [[maxime]] velim, id. Quint. 10, 35: in re publica [[maxime]] conservanda sunt jura belli, [[most]] [[especially]], id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni [[Caesar]] [[propter]] virtutem confidebat [[maxime]], Caes. B. G. 1, 40: quem Homero crederet [[maxime]] accedere, came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf. pugnare, [[most]] [[violently]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44: jubere, [[most]] [[positively]], id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80: id [[enim]] est [[profecto]], [[quod]] constituta religione rem publicam contineat [[maxime]], Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. [[maxime]] fin.: ab eo exordiri volui [[maxime]], id. Off. 1, 2, 4: cernere naturae vim [[maxime]], id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—<br /> <b>b</b> With an adj.: res [[maxime]] necessaria, Cic. Lael. 23, 86: loca [[maxime]] frumentaria, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: loci ad hoc [[maxime]] idonei, Quint. 1, 11, 13: [[maxime]] naturali carent amicitiā, Cic. Lael. 21, 80: [[maxime]] feri, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: qui eo tempore [[maxime]] plebi [[acceptus]] erat, id. ib. 1, 3: īdem ad augendam eloquentiam [[maxime]] accommodati erunt, Quint. 1, 11, 13: [[elegans]] [[maxime]] [[auctor]], id. 10, 1, 93: [[maxime]] [[vero]] [[commune]] est quaerere, an [[sit]] honesta? etc., id. 2, 4, 37: [[noto]] [[enim]] [[maxime]] utar [[exemplo]], id. 7, 3, 3.—So [[with]] supp.: quae [[maxime]] liberalissima, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3: [[maxime]] gravissimam omniumque (rerum), Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —<br /> <b>c</b> With numerals, at [[most]]: [[puer]] ad annos [[maxime]] [[natus]] [[octo]], Gell. 17, 8, 4.—<br /> <b>d</b> With an adv.: ut dicatis [[quam]] [[maxime]] ad veritatem [[accommodate]], Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. [[infra]] 2).—<br /> <b>2</b> Strengthened by [[unus]], [[unus]] omnium, omnium, [[multo]], vel, tam, [[quam]], etc. ([[supply]] potest): qui [[proelium]] [[unus]] [[maxime]] accenderat, Curt. 5, 2, 5: cum suā modestiā [[unus]] omnium [[maxime]] floreret, Nep. Milt. 1, 1: quae [[maxime]] omnium belli avida, Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4: [[atque]] ea res [[multo]] [[maxime]] disjunxit illum ab [[illa]], Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85: [[imperium]] populi Romani [[multo]] [[maxime]] miserabile [[visum]] est, Sall. C. 36, 4: illud mihi videtur vel [[maxime]] confirmare, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162: hoc [[enim]] uno praestamus vel [[maxime]] feris, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32: quae [[quidem]] vel [[maxime]] suspicionem movent, id. Part. Or. 33, 114: [[quam]] potes, tam verba [[confer]] [[maxime]] ad [[compendium]], as [[much]] as [[possible]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186: ego jubeo [[quam]] [[maxime]] unam facere nos hanc familiam, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2: ut [[quam]] [[maxime]] permaneant diuturna corpora, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154: quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri [[quam]] [[maxime]] longam efficere, Sall. C. 1, 3: [[ceterum]] illum juvenem incipere a [[quam]] [[maxime]] facili ac favorabili [[causa]] velim, Quint. 12, 6, 6.—<br /> <b>3</b> With the [[relative]] qui in the phrases, [[quam]] qui [[maxime]] and ut qui [[maxime]]: tam [[enim]] [[sum]] [[amicus]] rei publicae, [[quam]] qui [[maxime]], as [[any]] one [[whatever]], Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6: grata ea res, ut quae [[maxime]] senatui [[umquam]] fuit, Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—<br /> <b>4</b> With ut [[quisque]] ... ita ([[maxime]], potissimum or [[minime]]), the [[more]] ... the [[more]] (or [[less]]): hoc [[maxime]] officii est, ut [[quisque]] [[maxime]] opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: ut [[quisque]] magnitudine animae [[maxime]] excellit, ita [[maxime]], etc., id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the [[contrary]] [[order]]: colendum [[autem]] esse ita quemque [[maxime]], ut [[quisque]] [[maxime]] virtutibus his lenioribus erit [[ornatus]], id. ib. 1, 15, 47: ut [[enim]] [[quisque]] [[maxime]] ad suum [[commodum]] [[refert]], quaecumque agit, ita [[minime]] est vir [[bonus]], id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—<br /> <b>5</b> In gradations, to [[denote]] the [[first]] and [[most]] [[desirable]], [[first]] of all, in the [[first]] [[place]]: hujus industriam [[maxime]] [[quidem]] vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: [[secundo]] [[autem]] [[loco]], ne alterius labori inviderent, Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23: si per eum [[reductus]] [[insidiose]] redissem, me [[scilicet]] [[maxime]] sed [[proxime]] illum [[quoque]] fefellissem, id. Rab. Post. 12, 33: in quo genere sunt [[maxime]] oves, [[deinde]] caprae, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1: [[maxime]] ... [[dein]], Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56: sed vitem [[maxime]] [[populus]] videtur alere, [[deinde]] [[ulmus]], [[post]] [[etiam]] [[fraxinus]], Col. 5, 6, 4: [[maxime]] ... [[deinde]] ... [[postea]] ... [[minume]], Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196: [[maxime]] ... [[postea]] ... ultimae, Col. 6, 3, 6: [[post]] Chium [[maxime]] laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium, Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> Like potissimum, to [[give]] [[prominence]] to an [[idea]], [[especially]], [[particularly]], [[principally]]: quae [[ratio]] poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1: [[scribe]] aliquid, et [[maxime]], si [[Pompeius]] Italiā cedit, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, [[approbo]]: [[maxime]] [[quod]] de judicatu meo, id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1: cognoscat [[etiam]] rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, [[maxime]] [[scilicet]] nostrae civitatis, id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the [[connection]], cum ... tum [[maxime]]; tum ... tum [[maxime]]; ut ... tum [[maxime]], [[but]] [[more]] [[especially]]: [[scio]] et perspexi [[saepe]]: cum [[antehac]], tum [[hodie]] [[maxime]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56: plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum [[saepe]], tum [[maxime]] [[bello]] Punico [[secundo]], Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94: tum exercitationibus crebris [[atque]] magnis, tum scribendo [[maxime]] persequatur, id. de Or. 2, 23, 96: longius [[autem]] procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum [[maxime]], etc., id. Brut. 93, 320.— With [[nunc]], [[nuper]], tum, cum, [[just]], [[precisely]], [[exactly]]: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii [[quot]] eratis? M. Su. Ut [[nunc]] [[maxime]] [[memini]], duo, [[just]] [[now]], Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58: cum iis, quos [[nuper]] [[maxime]] liberaverat, Caes. B. C. 3, 9: [[ipse]] tum [[maxime]] admoto igne refovebat [[artus]], Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.: haec cum [[maxime]] loqueretur, [[sex]] lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187; 2, 4, 38, § 72: totius [[autem]] injustitiae nulla capitalior, [[quam]] eorum, qui cum [[maxime]] fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur, id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33: tum cum [[maxime]], at [[that]] [[precise]] [[time]], at [[that]] [[moment]], Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so, [[tunc]] cum [[maxime]], Curt. 3, 2, 17: [[nunc]] cum [[maxime]], Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—<br /> <b>2</b> In [[colloquial]] lang., to [[denote]] [[emphatic]] [[assent]], [[certainly]], by all [[means]], [[very]] [[well]], [[yes]]; and [[with]] [[immo]], to [[express]] [[emphatic]] [[dissent]], [[certainly]] not, by no [[means]]: Ar. Jace, [[pater]], talos, ut [[porro]] nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi [[quid]] [[magis]] Es [[occupatus]], operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid [[peccatum]] est, [[Simo]]? Si. Immo [[maxime]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31: [[scilicet]] res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo [[vero]] [[maxime]], Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. [[immo]]); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>[[magnus]],³ a, um, comp. [[major]] 1, sup. [[maximus]]<br /><b>1</b> grand : magna [[domus]] Cic. Nat. 2, 17, [[grande]], [[vaste]] maison ; [[epistula]] maxima Cic. Q. 3, 1, 11, la [[plus]] [[grande]] lettre ; [[magnus]] [[homo]] Lucil. d. [[Varro]] L. 7, 32, homme grand, cf. Mart. 9, 50, 4 ; [[oppidum]] maximum Cæs. G. 1, 23, 1, la ville la [[plus]] [[grande]] ; magnæ aquæ fuerunt Liv. 24, 9, 6, il y eut de l’eau en abondance [pluies, inondations] ; [[prout]] [[ille]] ([[Nilus]]) [[magnus]] influxit [[aut]] parcior Sen. Nat. 4, 2, 2, selon que ses eaux sont abondantes ou restreintes<br /><b>2</b> grand [comme quantité] : [[magnus]] [[numerus]] frumenti Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 176, une [[grande]] quantité de blé ; magna [[pecunia]] mutua Cic. Att. 11, 3, 3, gros prêt d’argent ; magna [[multitudo]] [[peditatus]] Cæs. G. 4, 34, 6, une [[grande]] masse d’infanterie ; magna [[pars]], une [[grande]] partie, v. [[pars]] || abl. et gén. de prix : magno, [[magni]] ; magno [[emere]], acheter cher ; [[magni]] æstimare, estimer beaucoup<br /><b>3</b> grand [comme force, intensité] : magna voce Cic. Cæc. 92, à haute voix || n. pris adv<sup>t</sup> : magnum clamare Pl. Mil. 823, crier fort ; maximum exclamare Pl. Most. 488, jeter les [[plus]] hauts cris ; [[majus]] exclamare Cic. Tusc. 2, 56, crier [[plus]] fort<br /><b>4</b> [en parl. du temps, [[rare]] : magno [[post]] tempore Just. 11, 10, 14, après un long temps || [en part.] [[magnus]] [[annus]] Cic. Nat. 2, 51, la [[grande]] année<br /><b>5</b> [fig.] magno [[natu]] Nep. Paus. 5, 3, ou [[magnus]] [[natu]] Liv. 10, 38, 6, d’un grand âge ; [[natu]] [[major]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, [[plus]] âgé || magnæ virtutis [[homo]] Cæs. G. 2, 15, 4, homme d’un grand courage ; [[major]] [[alacritas]] Cæs. G. 1, 46, une ardeur [[plus]] [[grande]]<br /><b>6</b> grand, important [pers. et choses] : [[vir]] [[magnus]] Cic. Nat. 2, 167, grand homme ; [[magnus]] [[homo]] Mart. 2, 32, 2, grand personnage ; magna di curant, parva neglegunt Cic. Nat. 2, 167, les dieux s’occupent des grandes choses et ne se soucient pas des petites ; magnum [[est]] scire Cic. Br. 199, c’[[est]] une chose importante de savoir || [[difficile]] : magnum fuit mittere Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 168, c’était une grosse affaire, c’était [[difficile]] d’envoyer<br /><b>7</b> grand, noble, généreux : magno [[animo]] [[esse]], avoir une [[grande]] âme, un grand cœur ; [[magnus]] [[homo]] Mart. 11, 56, 7, homme magnanime || [sens péj.] magna verba Virg. En. 11, 381, grands mots, phrases pompeuses ; [[lingua]] magna Hor. O. 4, 6, 2, langue orgueilleuse. | |||
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magnus: a, um (archaic
I gen. magnai for magnae: magnai reipublicai gratia, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus (maxŭm-), a, um root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, mabā, great; Gr. μέγας; cf. μείζων for μεγιων; cf. μῆχος, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. μακρός, and perh. μάκαρ, great, large.
I Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll.; cf. the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es, a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1: magna ossa lacertosque Exuit, Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554: magnus fluens Nilus, Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2: magna et pulcra domus, spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17: montes, Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.): templa caelitum, vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.): aquae, great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: oppidum maximum, Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—
B Esp.
1 Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.: maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176: magna pecunia mutua, id. Att. 11, 3, 3: copia pabuli, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: multitudo peditatus, id. ib. 4, 34: divitiae, Nep. Dion. 1, 2: populus, Verg. A. 1, 148.—
2 Rarely of time, for longus, multus: interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum, Verg. A. 3, 284: magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris, Macr. S. 2, 11: magno post tempore, Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—
3 Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty: magnā voce confiteri, Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority: tribunorum, Liv. 9, 46, 7.
II Trop.
A In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.): vir magnus in primis, Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120: nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit, id. ib. 2, 66, 167: magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace, Nep. Them. 6, 1: Cato clarus atque magnus habetur, Sall. C. 53, 1: amicus, great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.): virtus, Caes. B. G. 2, 15: infamia, Cic. Fam. 1, 1: eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio, id. ib.: multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus, Caes. B. G. 1, 46: causa, great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1: opus et arduum, id. Or. 10, 33.—Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.: quamquam id magnum, et arduum est, something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant (great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167: magna loqui, to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11: magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc., it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7: probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus, what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years: quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.—Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—
B In partic.
1 Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged: jam magno natu, Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3: homo magnus natu, id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest: qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius, older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3: audivi ex majoribus natu, id. Off. 1, 30, 109: hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo, Verg. A. 5, 644: annos natus major quadraginta, more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39: civis major annis viginti, Suet. Caes. 42: cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis, Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13: ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat, Liv. 6, 34: Gelo maximus stirpis, id. 23, 30: ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori, App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf. in gen.: Cyrus major, Lact. 4, 5, 7: quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena, Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age: si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit, Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Müll.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers: Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc., Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16: ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos, id. Mil. 2, 4, 20: L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25: patres majoresque nostri, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69: more majorum, id. Att. 1, 1, 1: spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore, id. Fam. 12, 22, 2: majores natu, Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1: maxima virgo, the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate: de istis rebus in patriā majores natu consulemus, Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
2 In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high: magni esse, to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2: magni aestimare, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20: magni existimans interesse ad decus, to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7: emere agros poterunt quam volent magno, id. Agr. 2, 13, 34: magno vendere, id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71: conducere aliquid nimium magno, too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9: magno illi ea cunctatio stetit, cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.—Comp.: ornatus muliebris majoris pretii, Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii: multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt, dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.—Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58: senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is: extollere aliquid in majus, more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30: celebrare, id. ib. 13, 8: nuntiare, id. H. 3, 38: credere, to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18: accipere, to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—
3 Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.): magnum clamat, greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10: inclamare, Gell. 5, 9 fin.: exclamat derepente maximum, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē (maxŭmē).
A Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—
B In gen.
1 With no qualifying words.
a With the addition of the second term of the comparison.
(a) With verbs: quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28: saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86: magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere, Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7: nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit, Cic. Mil. 7, 17: magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc., id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated: quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis, ... eo magis, Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.: tam magis illa fremens ... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae, id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.: quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2: magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc., id. Cael. 6, 14.—
(b) With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratiā, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.): umbra es amantum magis quam amator, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31: magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15: aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret, id. Mur. 8, 17: magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.: ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent, id. ib. 1, 13, 6: se magis consuetudine suā quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum, id. ib. 2, 32, 1: timori magis quam religioni consulere, id. B. C. 1, 67, 3: jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam naturā valebat, Sall. C. 9, 1: non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.), Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as: in dicendo irasci, dolere ... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere, Quint. 9, 1, 23: Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse, Liv. 10, 4, 10: pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse, Sen. Suas. 6, 17: non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse, Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.: nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est, Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare): non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est, Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare): quid philosophiā magis colendum? Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76: quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos? Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam ... coluisse, Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra): Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat, Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—
(g) With pronn.: quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64: quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es? id. Mil. 3, 1, 20: quam mage amo quam matrem meam, id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.: quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me, id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an: jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam: nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro, Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—
(d) With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. δ): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47: neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei, id. Am. 2, 1, 54: ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura, Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190: corpora magna magis quam firma, Liv. 5, 44, 4: vultu pulchro magis quam venusto, Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114: neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum, id. Ps. 4, 1, 27: ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti, Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force): ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —
b Without the addition of the second term.
(a) With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.): sapiunt magis, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4: magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc., id. ib. 4, 10, 3: magis metuant, id. Mil. 5, 44: tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc., Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62: cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis, id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—
(b) With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.): magis aedilis fieri non potuisset, better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—
(g) With pronn.: ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—
(d) With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.: ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2: magis anxius, Ov. M. 1, 182: hic magis tranquillu'st, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55: nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12: nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens, id. ib. 2, 1, 21: quod est magis verisimile, Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6: magis admirabilis oratio, Quint. 8, 3, 24: magis communia verba, id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros; nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est, Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.: magis aperte, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30: magis impense, id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force: magis est dulcius, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22: magis majores nugae, id. Men. prol. 55: magis modum in majorem, id. Am. 1, 1, 145: contentiores mage erunt, id. Poen. 2, 15.—
2 Strengthened.
a By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo: qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit, Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72: illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos, id. de Or. 2, 32, 139: tanto magis Dic, quis est? Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28: ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet, id. Most. 3, 2, 146: vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument, Lucr. 6, 460: quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat, Cic. Mil. 9, 25: sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22: atque eo magis, si, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1: eoque magis quod, etc., id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14; 5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc., Caes. B. C. 2, 20: quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2: magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5: tam magis illa fremens ... Quam magis, etc., Verg. A. 7, 787: quanto mage ... tam magis, Lucr. 4, 81 sq.: quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet ... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19: quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert, id. As. 1, 3, 6: densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc., Verg. G. 3, 309: cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet, Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—
b By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.: cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2: de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito, Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6: magis deinde ac magis, Suet. Vit. 10: post hoc magis ac magis, id. Gram. 3; for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps, id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.—Poet. also: magis atque magis, Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48: post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt, id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—
3 Pleon.
a With potius (anteclass.): magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99: mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere, id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—
b With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere; his vero auditis multo magis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76: finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc., Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —
C In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.
1 To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more ... than; just as much ... as; or neg., no more ... than; just as little ... as: domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati, i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio, Liv. 22, 27, 2: conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque, Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo ... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10: si aliquā in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit, id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31: non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea, Sen. Ep. 87, 25; Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum, Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.: nec eo magis lege liberi sunto, just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—
2 For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much ... as; less ... than: deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere, Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17: miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent, Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—
3 Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less: sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium, Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220: minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda, Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67: quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire, Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.: quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem, id. Suas. 1, 5: aut minus, aut magis, id. Ep. 82, 14.—
4 With alius ... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.: alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse ... sed alius alio magis, Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43: sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia, id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53: alii aliis magis recusare, Liv. 29, 15, 11.—Sup.: maxĭmē (maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.
A Lit.
1 Alone.
a With a verb: haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30: quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime? Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79: nos coluit maxime, id. Ad. 3, 2, 54: quem convenire maxime cupiebam, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133: de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1: extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim, id. Quint. 10, 35: in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli, most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: quem Homero crederet maxime accedere, came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf. pugnare, most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44: jubere, most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80: id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime, Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.: ab eo exordiri volui maxime, id. Off. 1, 2, 4: cernere naturae vim maxime, id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—
b With an adj.: res maxime necessaria, Cic. Lael. 23, 86: loca maxime frumentaria, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: loci ad hoc maxime idonei, Quint. 1, 11, 13: maxime naturali carent amicitiā, Cic. Lael. 21, 80: maxime feri, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat, id. ib. 1, 3: īdem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt, Quint. 1, 11, 13: elegans maxime auctor, id. 10, 1, 93: maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc., id. 2, 4, 37: noto enim maxime utar exemplo, id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.: quae maxime liberalissima, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3: maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum), Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —
c With numerals, at most: puer ad annos maxime natus octo, Gell. 17, 8, 4.—
d With an adv.: ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—
2 Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest): qui proelium unus maxime accenderat, Curt. 5, 2, 5: cum suā modestiā unus omnium maxime floreret, Nep. Milt. 1, 1: quae maxime omnium belli avida, Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4: atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85: imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est, Sall. C. 36, 4: illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162: hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32: quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent, id. Part. Or. 33, 114: quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium, as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186: ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2: ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154: quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere, Sall. C. 1, 3: ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim, Quint. 12, 6, 6.—
3 With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime: tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime, as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6: grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit, Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—
4 With ut quisque ... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more ... the more (or less): hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc., id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus, id. ib. 1, 15, 47: ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus, id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—
5 In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place: hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent, Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23: si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem, id. Rab. Post. 12, 33: in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1: maxime ... dein, Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56: sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus, Col. 5, 6, 4: maxime ... deinde ... postea ... minume, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196: maxime ... postea ... ultimae, Col. 6, 3, 6: post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium, Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—
B Transf.
1 Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally: quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1: scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italiā cedit, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo: maxime quod de judicatu meo, id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1: cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis, id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum ... tum maxime; tum ... tum maxime; ut ... tum maxime, but more especially: scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56: plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94: tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur, id. de Or. 2, 23, 96: longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc., id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58: cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat, Caes. B. C. 3, 9: ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus, Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.: haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187; 2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur, id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33: tum cum maxime, at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so, tunc cum maxime, Curt. 3, 2, 17: nunc cum maxime, Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—
2 In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31: scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime, Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.
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(1) magnus,³ a, um, comp. major 1, sup. maximus
1 grand : magna domus Cic. Nat. 2, 17, grande, vaste maison ; epistula maxima Cic. Q. 3, 1, 11, la plus grande lettre ; magnus homo Lucil. d. Varro L. 7, 32, homme grand, cf. Mart. 9, 50, 4 ; oppidum maximum Cæs. G. 1, 23, 1, la ville la plus grande ; magnæ aquæ fuerunt Liv. 24, 9, 6, il y eut de l’eau en abondance [pluies, inondations] ; prout ille (Nilus) magnus influxit aut parcior Sen. Nat. 4, 2, 2, selon que ses eaux sont abondantes ou restreintes
2 grand [comme quantité] : magnus numerus frumenti Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 176, une grande quantité de blé ; magna pecunia mutua Cic. Att. 11, 3, 3, gros prêt d’argent ; magna multitudo peditatus Cæs. G. 4, 34, 6, une grande masse d’infanterie ; magna pars, une grande partie, v. pars
