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|lshtext=<b>dīrus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. [[root]] dī, to [[flee]]; Gr. [[δέος]], [[δείδω]], [[δεινός]],<br /><b>I</b> [[fearful]], [[awful]] (for syn. cf.: [[saevus]], [[atrox]], [[ferox]], [[crudelis]], [[trux]], furens, [[furiosus]], [[immitis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of [[fate]], [[ill]]-omened, [[ominous]], [[boding]], [[portentous]]: QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO, Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16: tristissima [[exta]] [[sine]] capite fuerunt, quibus [[nihil]] videtur esse dirius, id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.: [[bubo]], dirum mortalibus [[omen]], Ov. M. 5, 550: [[omen]], Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17: aves, Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22: alites, Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4: somnia, Val. Fl. 3, 59: [[tempus]], Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes, Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf. deprecationes, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19: [[detestatio]], Hor. Epod. 5, 89: [[ritus]] sacrorum, Tac. A. 16, 8: [[religio]] loci, Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dīrae, ārum, f.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (sc. res), [[ill]]-[[boding]] things, portents, [[unlucky]] signs: dirarum [[obnuntiatio]], id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.; called also [[Dirae]] deae, sorores, Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dīra, ōrum, n., [[fearful]] things, [[ill]]-[[boding]] events: in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus, Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.: me mihi dira precari cogis, to [[curse]], [[invoke]] curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17: dira [[passus]], Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[character]], [[dreadful]], [[horrible]], [[terrible]], [[abominable]], [[detestable]] (so [[almost]] [[exclusively]] [[poet]].; a [[very]] favorite [[expression]] [[with]] the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; [[but]] cf. [[diritas]], II.): [[senex]] dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30: Dea, i. e. [[Circe]], Ov. M. 14, 278: [[Ulixes]], Verg. A. 2, 261; 762: [[Hannibal]], Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.: durum, id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9): [[Afer]], Hor. C. 4, 4, 42: [[Amulius]], Ov. F. 4, 53: [[noverca]], id. H. 12, 188: [[pellex]], id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.: [[hydra]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10: [[serpens]], Ov. M. 2, 651: [[victima]], id. A. A. 1, 334: [[parens]], [[fell]], [[cruel]], id. ib. 2, 383: [[soror]], Stat. S. 5, 3, 84: parentes, Manil. 5, 541.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of [[inanimate]] and abstr. subjects: [[regio]], Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5: [[facies]], id. F. 1, 553: dapes, id. ib. 6, 663: venena, Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31: [[Asphaltites]] [[lacus]], Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71: [[scopulus]], id. 4, 11, 18, § 51: duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri [[sinus]], id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.: [[bellum]], Verg. A. 11, 217: [[nefas]], id. ib. 4, 563: sollicitudines, Hor. Epod. 13, 10: amores, Ov. M. 10, 426: [[superbia]], id. ib. 3, 354: [[quies]], Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—Poet., [[answering]] to the Gr. [[δεινός]], [[with]] inf.: dira portas quassare [[trabs]], Sil. 4, 284.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Skilful: in complicandis negotiis, Amm. 14, 5, 8.
|lshtext=<b>dīrus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. [[root]] dī, to [[flee]]; Gr. [[δέος]], [[δείδω]], [[δεινός]],<br /><b>I</b> [[fearful]], [[awful]] (for syn. cf.: [[saevus]], [[atrox]], [[ferox]], [[crudelis]], [[trux]], furens, [[furiosus]], [[immitis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of [[fate]], [[ill]]-omened, [[ominous]], [[boding]], [[portentous]]: QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO, Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16: tristissima [[exta]] [[sine]] capite fuerunt, quibus [[nihil]] videtur esse dirius, id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.: [[bubo]], dirum mortalibus [[omen]], Ov. M. 5, 550: [[omen]], Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17: aves, Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22: alites, Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4: somnia, Val. Fl. 3, 59: [[tempus]], Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes, Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf. deprecationes, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19: [[detestatio]], Hor. Epod. 5, 89: [[ritus]] sacrorum, Tac. A. 16, 8: [[religio]] loci, Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dīrae, ārum, f.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (sc. res), [[ill]]-[[boding]] things, portents, [[unlucky]] signs: dirarum [[obnuntiatio]], id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.; called also [[Dirae]] deae, sorores, Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dīra, ōrum, n., [[fearful]] things, [[ill]]-[[boding]] events: in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus, Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.: me mihi dira precari cogis, to [[curse]], [[invoke]] curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17: dira [[passus]], Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[character]], [[dreadful]], [[horrible]], [[terrible]], [[abominable]], [[detestable]] (so [[almost]] [[exclusively]] [[poet]].; a [[very]] favorite [[expression]] [[with]] the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; [[but]] cf. [[diritas]], II.): [[senex]] dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30: Dea, i. e. [[Circe]], Ov. M. 14, 278: [[Ulixes]], Verg. A. 2, 261; 762: [[Hannibal]], Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.: durum, id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9): [[Afer]], Hor. C. 4, 4, 42: [[Amulius]], Ov. F. 4, 53: [[noverca]], id. H. 12, 188: [[pellex]], id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.: [[hydra]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10: [[serpens]], Ov. M. 2, 651: [[victima]], id. A. A. 1, 334: [[parens]], [[fell]], [[cruel]], id. ib. 2, 383: [[soror]], Stat. S. 5, 3, 84: parentes, Manil. 5, 541.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of [[inanimate]] and abstr. subjects: [[regio]], Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5: [[facies]], id. F. 1, 553: dapes, id. ib. 6, 663: venena, Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31: [[Asphaltites]] [[lacus]], Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71: [[scopulus]], id. 4, 11, 18, § 51: duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri [[sinus]], id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.: [[bellum]], Verg. A. 11, 217: [[nefas]], id. ib. 4, 563: sollicitudines, Hor. Epod. 13, 10: amores, Ov. M. 10, 426: [[superbia]], id. ib. 3, 354: [[quies]], Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—Poet., [[answering]] to the Gr. [[δεινός]], [[with]] inf.: dira portas quassare [[trabs]], Sil. 4, 284.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Skilful: in complicandis negotiis, Amm. 14, 5, 8.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dīrus</b>,⁸ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> [[sinistre]], de mauvais augure, effrayant, terrible, funeste : quæ [[augur]] injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, [[dira]] defixerit, irrita infectaque [[sunto]] Cic. Leg. 2, 21, toute entreprise que l’augure déclarera irrégulière, néfaste, vicieuse, [[sinistre]], devra rester nulle et [[non]] avenue ; diræ exsecrationes Liv. 40, 56, 9, affreuses imprécations ; [[nihil]] dirius Cic. Div. 2, 36, [[rien]] de [[plus]] funeste &#124;&#124; pl. n. <b>dīra</b>, ōrum, présages funestes : Div. 1, 28 ; Leg. 2, 21 &#124;&#124; subst. f., Dira Virg. En. 12, 869, une Furie [qui a pris la forme d’un grand-[[duc]], v. <b>Diræ</b>, ārum<br /><b>2</b> cruel, [[barbare]], redoutable : [[dirus]] [[Ulixes]] Virg. En. 2, 261, le cruel Ulysse &#124;&#124; dirissimus Poet. d. Non. 100, 30<br /><b>3</b> [c. [[δεινός]] en grec] qui a la force de : [[dira]] portas quassare [[trabes]] Sil. 4, 284, poutre capable de briser des portes.||pl. n. <b>dīra</b>, ōrum, présages funestes : Div. 1, 28 ; Leg. 2, 21||subst. f., Dira Virg. En. 12, 869, une Furie [qui a pris la forme d’un grand-[[duc]], v. <b>Diræ</b>, ārum<br /><b>2</b> cruel, [[barbare]], redoutable : [[dirus]] [[Ulixes]] Virg. En. 2, 261, le cruel Ulysse||dirissimus Poet. d. Non. 100, 30<br /><b>3</b> [c. [[δεινός]] en grec] qui a la force de : [[dira]] portas quassare [[trabes]] Sil. 4, 284, poutre capable de briser des portes.
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{{Georges
|georg=dīrus, a, um ([[verwandt]] [[mit]] [[δεινός]] v. [[δείδω]]), [[grausig]], [[grauenhaft]], [[grausen]]-, grauenvoll, unheilvoll, I) [[als]] t.t. der Religionsspr., v. ominösen Vorfällen usw., [[omen]], Ov.: alites, Plin.: aves, Tac.: cometae, Verg.: [[tempus]], Poëta b. Cic. – alci [[dirum]] est [[mit]] folg. Acc. u. Infin. (Ggstz. [[laetum]] est), Plin. 32, 17. – subst., dīrae, ārum, f., unglückliche [[Anzeichen]], [[inter]] diras haberi, Plin.: [[obnuntiatio]] dirarum, Cic.: u. so [[auch]] dīra, ōrum, n., Cic. de legg. 2, 21; de div. 1, 28 (29). – II) übtr., grauenvoll, [[gräßlich]], [[schrecklich]], a) v. Lebl.: [[exsecratio]], Verg.: [[detestatio]], Hor.: [[preces]], Verwünschungen, Tac.: [[religio]] loci, ehrfurchtsvolles [[Grauen]] erregende [[Heiligkeit]], Verg.: [[nefas]], Verg.: [[facies]], Ov.: venena, Hor.: [[odor]], Plin.: [[funus]], zur [[Schande]] gereichend, Verg.: [[grando]], Hor. – poet., [[wie]] [[δεινός]], [[mit]] folg. Infin., [[dira]] [[vel]] portas quassare [[trabs]], Sil. 4, 284. – subst., dīrae, ārum, f. (Sing. [[dira]], Serv. Verg. Aen. 5, 7), Verwünschungen, diris agam [[vos]], Hor.: contingere funebribus diris signa [[tela]] [[arma]] hostium, [[mit]] Vernichtung drohenden V. [[berühren]] = [[durch]] Fluchformeln der Vernichtung [[anheimgeben]], Liv.: compositas meditatasque diras imprecari, Tac. – u. so [[auch]] dīra, ōrum, n., zB. [[dira]] alci precari, Verwünschungen [[gegen]] jmd. [[ausstoßen]], Tibull. 2, 6, 17.: u. adv., [[dira]] [[fremens]], [[furchtbar]] knirschend, Verg. Aen. 10, 572. – b) v. leb. [[Wesen]], [[grausig]], [[gräßlich]], [[schrecklich]], [[grausam]], unheilvoll, [[dea]], [[Circe]], Ov.: [[Hannibal]], Hor.: [[hydra]], Hor.: [[serpens]], Ov. – subst., personif., Dīra, ae, f. = [[Furia]], die [[Rachegöttin]], Verg. Aen. 12, 869: gew. Plur., [[oft]] [[mit]] dem Beinamen ultrices, Verg. Aen. 4, 473 u. 610; 8, 701; 12, 845. Lucan. 10, 337. Val. Flacc. 5, 445. Sen. Med. 13. Pacat. pan. 42, 3: Dirarum [[insectatio]], [[quae]] [[non]] [[immerito]] ultrices vocantur, Aur. Vict. epit. 21, 3.
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|lnztxt=dirus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. :: [[兇惡]]。[[可怕者]]
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Latest revision as of 18:25, 12 June 2024

Latin > English

dirus dira, dirum ADJ :: fearful, cruel, awful, horrible; fierce

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dīrus: a, um, adj. Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. δέος, δείδω, δεινός,
I fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).
I Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous: QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO, Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16: tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius, id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.: bubo, dirum mortalibus omen, Ov. M. 5, 550: omen, Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17: aves, Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22: alites, Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4: somnia, Val. Fl. 3, 59: tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes, Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf. deprecationes, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19: detestatio, Hor. Epod. 5, 89: ritus sacrorum, Tac. A. 16, 8: religio loci, Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:
   1    dīrae, ārum, f.
   (a)    (sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs: dirarum obnuntiatio, id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—
   (b)    As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.; called also Dirae deae, sorores, Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—
   2    dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events: in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus, Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.: me mihi dira precari cogis, to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17: dira passus, Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.
II Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30: Dea, i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278: Ulixes, Verg. A. 2, 261; 762: Hannibal, Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.: durum, id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9): Afer, Hor. C. 4, 4, 42: Amulius, Ov. F. 4, 53: noverca, id. H. 12, 188: pellex, id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.: hydra, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10: serpens, Ov. M. 2, 651: victima, id. A. A. 1, 334: parens, fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383: soror, Stat. S. 5, 3, 84: parentes, Manil. 5, 541.—
   b Of inanimate and abstr. subjects: regio, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5: facies, id. F. 1, 553: dapes, id. ib. 6, 663: venena, Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31: Asphaltites lacus, Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71: scopulus, id. 4, 11, 18, § 51: duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus, id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.: bellum, Verg. A. 11, 217: nefas, id. ib. 4, 563: sollicitudines, Hor. Epod. 13, 10: amores, Ov. M. 10, 426: superbia, id. ib. 3, 354: quies, Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—Poet., answering to the Gr. δεινός, with inf.: dira portas quassare trabs, Sil. 4, 284.—
   B Skilful: in complicandis negotiis, Amm. 14, 5, 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dīrus,⁸ a, um,
1 sinistre, de mauvais augure, effrayant, terrible, funeste : quæ augur injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, dira defixerit, irrita infectaque sunto Cic. Leg. 2, 21, toute entreprise que l’augure déclarera irrégulière, néfaste, vicieuse, sinistre, devra rester nulle et non avenue ; diræ exsecrationes Liv. 40, 56, 9, affreuses imprécations ; nihil dirius Cic. Div. 2, 36, rien de plus funeste || pl. n. dīra, ōrum, présages funestes : Div. 1, 28 ; Leg. 2, 21 || subst. f., Dira Virg. En. 12, 869, une Furie [qui a pris la forme d’un grand-duc, v. Diræ, ārum
2 cruel, barbare, redoutable : dirus Ulixes Virg. En. 2, 261, le cruel Ulysse || dirissimus Poet. d. Non. 100, 30
3 [c. δεινός en grec] qui a la force de : dira portas quassare trabes Sil. 4, 284, poutre capable de briser des portes.

Latin > German (Georges)

dīrus, a, um (verwandt mit δεινός v. δείδω), grausig, grauenhaft, grausen-, grauenvoll, unheilvoll, I) als t.t. der Religionsspr., v. ominösen Vorfällen usw., omen, Ov.: alites, Plin.: aves, Tac.: cometae, Verg.: tempus, Poëta b. Cic. – alci dirum est mit folg. Acc. u. Infin. (Ggstz. laetum est), Plin. 32, 17. – subst., dīrae, ārum, f., unglückliche Anzeichen, inter diras haberi, Plin.: obnuntiatio dirarum, Cic.: u. so auch dīra, ōrum, n., Cic. de legg. 2, 21; de div. 1, 28 (29). – II) übtr., grauenvoll, gräßlich, schrecklich, a) v. Lebl.: exsecratio, Verg.: detestatio, Hor.: preces, Verwünschungen, Tac.: religio loci, ehrfurchtsvolles Grauen erregende Heiligkeit, Verg.: nefas, Verg.: facies, Ov.: venena, Hor.: odor, Plin.: funus, zur Schande gereichend, Verg.: grando, Hor. – poet., wie δεινός, mit folg. Infin., dira vel portas quassare trabs, Sil. 4, 284. – subst., dīrae, ārum, f. (Sing. dira, Serv. Verg. Aen. 5, 7), Verwünschungen, diris agam vos, Hor.: contingere funebribus diris signa tela arma hostium, mit Vernichtung drohenden V. berühren = durch Fluchformeln der Vernichtung anheimgeben, Liv.: compositas meditatasque diras imprecari, Tac. – u. so auch dīra, ōrum, n., zB. dira alci precari, Verwünschungen gegen jmd. ausstoßen, Tibull. 2, 6, 17.: u. adv., dira fremens, furchtbar knirschend, Verg. Aen. 10, 572. – b) v. leb. Wesen, grausig, gräßlich, schrecklich, grausam, unheilvoll, dea, Circe, Ov.: Hannibal, Hor.: hydra, Hor.: serpens, Ov. – subst., personif., Dīra, ae, f. = Furia, die Rachegöttin, Verg. Aen. 12, 869: gew. Plur., oft mit dem Beinamen ultrices, Verg. Aen. 4, 473 u. 610; 8, 701; 12, 845. Lucan. 10, 337. Val. Flacc. 5, 445. Sen. Med. 13. Pacat. pan. 42, 3: Dirarum insectatio, quae non immerito ultrices vocantur, Aur. Vict. epit. 21, 3.

Latin > Chinese

dirus, a, um. adj. c. :: 兇惡可怕者