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|lshtext=<b>crēber</b>: bra, brum (<br /><b>I</b> [[sup]]. creberrimus; [[but]] crebrissimus, Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170; and CEREBERRIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. from cre-, [[root]] of [[cresco]], Corn. Beitr. p. 356, [[that]] exists or takes [[place]] in a [[continuous]] [[multitude]], [[following]] [[closely]] [[together]] or one [[after]] [[another]] ([[hence]] [[with]] [[continuus]], Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. [[rarus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Thick, [[close]], pressed [[together]], [[frequent]], [[numerous]], [[repeated]] ([[very]] freq., and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[material]] subjects: [[lucus]] [[avius]], Crebro salicto [[oppletus]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf. [[silva]], Lucr. 6, 135: crebris arboribus succisis omnes [[introitus]] erant praeclusi, Caes. B. G. 5, 9: rami, id. ib. 2, 17: (venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: [[funale]], [[numerous]] torches, id. Sen. 13, 44: castella, Caes. B. G. 2, 30: creberrima aedificia, id. ib. 5, 12: ignes [[quam]] creberrimi, Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6: vigilias ponere, id. ib. 45, 2: tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique, Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf. exploratores, id. ib. 6, 10: tam crebri ad terram decidebant [[quam]] pira, as [[thick]] as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf. hostes, id. Am. 1, 1, 84: crebri cecidere [[caelo]] lapides, Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. [[sup]]., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[immaterial]] subjects: itiones, Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf. excursiones, Nep. Milt. 2, 1: [[ictus]], Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30: [[impetus]], Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.: [[anhelitus]], Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199: commutationes aestuum, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: rumores, id. ib. 2, 1: [[amplexus]], Ov. M. 9, 538 al.: compellationes, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2: [[sonus]], [[oft]] [[repeated]], Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81: [[argumentatio]], Quint. 2, 5, 8: [[supplosio]] [[pedis]], id. 11, 3, 128: crebriores figurae, id. 9, 2, 94: quae [[apud]] Sallustium [[rare]] fuerunt, [[apud]] hunc crebra sunt et [[paene]] continua, Sen. Ep. 114, 18: crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua, Quint. 12, 10, 46.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., of an [[object]] [[that]] is furnished [[with]] [[abundance]], or produces [[something]] in multitudes, [[crowded]] [[with]], [[abundant]], abounding in: [[creber]] harundinibus [[lucus]], Ov. M. 11, 190: Africus procellis, Verg. A. 1, 85: [[Tiberis]] [[creber]] ac [[subitus]] incrementis, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of [[speech]] or [[writing]]: [[sane]] in eo [[creber]] fuisti, Te noluisse, etc., [[you]] [[frequently]] said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83: si mihi [[tantum]] esset otii, [[quantum]] est [[tibi]] ... in scribendo [[multo]] essem crebrior [[quam]] tu, id. Att. 1, 19, 1: ([[Thucydides]]) ita [[creber]] est rerum [[frequentia]], ut, etc., id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: [[quis]] sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: [[densus]] sententiis, id. ib. § 68).—In Gr. constr., of the [[person]]: densis ictibus [[heros]] Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta, Verg. A. 5, 460: [[modus]] (dicendi) translationibus crebrior, Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Most freq. in the form crēbrō, [[close]] one [[after]] [[another]] (in [[time]] or [[number]]), [[repeatedly]], [[often]], oftentimes, [[frequently]], [[many]] times: si [[crebro]] cades, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105: ruri esse, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18: mittere litteras, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1: tussire et exspuere, Quint. 11, 5, 56: personare purgatam aurem, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.: qui [[crebro]] Catulum, [[saepe]] me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat, Cic. Cael. 24, 59.—Comp. crebrius: perlucet [[villa]] crebrius [[quam]] [[cribrum]], i. e. [[with]] [[more]] holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14: mittas litteras, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.: crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes, Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-): commemorantur a Stoicis, Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; crē-bră (acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), [[repeatedly]]: [[revisit]] ad [[stabulum]] ([[mater]]), Lucr. 2, 359: et pede terram Crebra ferit ([[equus]]), Verg. G. 3, 500.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; crēbrē, [[closely]], compactly (of [[place]]; [[only]] in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus [[crebre]] fixa, Vitr. 2, 9, 10.—Sup.: [[crates]] ex virgis creberrime textae, Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; crē-brĭter, [[repeatedly]], [[frequently]] (in [[time]]), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

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|georg=crēber, bra, brum, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. ([[cresco]]), v. Dichtaneinandersein in [[Raum]] u. [[Zeit]] (Ggstz. [[rarus]]), I) im Raume u. dgl., [[dicht]] od. [[dick]] [[nebeneinander]] ([[aneinander]]) [[stehend]], [[dicht]], [[gedrängt]] (dah. verb. [[creber]] et continnus od. et [[paene]] [[continuus]]), a) übh.: α) attributiv: creberrima aedificia, Caes.: cr. arbores, Caes.: cr. castella, praesidia, stationes, Caes.: [[crebra]] ενθυμήματα, Plin. ep.: cr. fontes, Curt.: cr. foramina, [[Loch]] an [[Loch]], Val. Max.: delectari [[crebro]] funali et tibicine, an vielen Fackeln [[hintereinander]], Cic.: creberrima [[grando]], Liv.: cr. ignes, [[Feuer]] an [[Feuer]], Sall.: cr. insulae, Curt.: lapides crebris intervallis positi, Curt.: cr. lumina, Liv. u. (im Bilde) Quint.: [[crebro]] [[pilo]], dichtbehaart (Ggstz. [[glaber]]), [[Varro]]: cr. rami, Caes.: crebrae venustaeque sententiae, Cic., od. aptae crebraeque sententiae, Quint.: [[nimis]] cr. [[sutura]] (Ggstz. [[nimis]] rara [[sutura]]), Cels.: vigilias crebras ponere, Sall.: volitare crebras per urbes, [[von]] [[Stadt]] zu [[Stadt]], Tibull. – β) [[mehr]] prädikativ im engern [[Anschluß]] an das [[Verbum]]: hostes crebri cadunt, [[Mann]] [[für]] [[Mann]], in [[dichten]] Scharen, Plaut.: [[haud]] [[aliter]] [[quam]] cum grandinem venti glomeratam in terras agunt, crebri cecĭdere [[caelo]] lapides, Liv.: u. [[semen]] serito crebrum [[tamquam]] [[linum]], [[Cato]].<br />'''b)''' prägn., v. dem, an, in od. [[bei]] dem etw. in dichter [[Menge]] [[sich]] findet, [[dicht]] [[voll]], [[gedrängt]] [[voll]], gew. m. Ang. [[wodurch]]? [[durch]] Abl., [[creber]] arundinibus [[lucus]], [[dicht]] [[bewachsen]] [[mit]] R., Ov. [[met]]. 11, 190: [[Tiberis]] [[creber]] ac [[subitus]] incrementis, [[stark]] u. [[plötzlich]] angeschwollen, Plin. 3, 55. – v. der [[Rede]], [[oratio]] [[similis]] nivibus hibernis, id est [[crebra]] ([[reich]] an [[Gedankenfülle]]) et assidua et larga, Plin. ep. 1, 21, 22. – v. [[Schriftsteller]], [[reich]]-, [[fruchtbar]] an usw., [[qui]] ([[Thucydides]]) [[ita]] [[creber]] est rerum frequentiā, ut etc., Cic.: [[creber]] sententiis, Quint.: [[quis]] sententiis [[aut]] acutior [[aut]] crebrior? Cic. fr.<br />'''II)''' in der [[Zeit]], in [[kürzen]] Zwischenräumen-, [[kurz]] [[nacheinander]]-, alle Augenblicke [[sich]] wiederholend, [[immer]] od. [[häufig]] wiederholt, [[immer]] wiederkehrend, fortgesetzt, [[häufig]] (Ggstz. [[rarus]]), a) übh.: α) attributiv: crebri [[amplexus]], Ov.: cr. [[anhelitus]], Quint.: labat ariete [[crebro]] [[ianua]], [[durch]] [[immer]] wiederholte Stöße, Verg.: vgl. [[iam]] crebris arietibus saxorum compage laxatā, Curt. – [[crebra]] [[inter]] se colloquia habere, Caes.: crebras [[vel]] [[potius]] cotidianas compellationes meas [[non]] tulit, Cic.: cr. [[dolor]], Cels.: cr. excursiones, Caes.: crebris confecti vulneribus, Caes.: crebros exploratores in Suebos mittere, Caes.: crebros edere od. (poet.) dare [[gemitus]], Curt. u. Ov.: crebri [[ictus]] (Schläge, Hiebe, Stöße), Verg. u. Suet.: [[ictus]] ([[Pulsschlag]]) [[creber]] [[aut]] [[languidus]], Plin.: crebris micat ignibus [[aether]], [[von]] [[Schlag]] [[auf]] [[Schlag]] erfolgenden (versch. v. crebri ignes no. I, a, α), Verg.: cr. [[iteratio]], Quint.: cr. [[iactatio]] cervicum, Curt.: crebrae, crebriores, creberrimae [[litterae]], Cic.: cr. mortes, Tac.: cr. nuntii, Nep.: crebriores [[litterae]] nuntiique, Caes.: [[crebra]] proelia fiebant, Caes.: vulgi cr. [[rumor]], Tac.: cr. rumores, Caes.: per hos [[dies]] creberrimus fuit [[sermo]] m. Akk. u. Inf., Cic.: crebris [[totius]] contionis sibilis vexari, Val. Max.: [[pedis]] [[supplosio]] cr., Quint.: crebrae voces militum audiebantur, Caes.: crebriore vomitu [[uti]], Cels. – β) prädikativ: [[quae]] [[apud]] Sallustium rara fuerunt, [[apud]] [[hunc]] [[crebra]] sunt et [[paene]] continua, Sen. ep. 114, 18. – γ) neutr. pl. [[crebra]] adverb., wiederholt, Lucr. 2, 359. Verg. georg. 3, 500.<br />'''b)''' prägn., v. dem, der wiederholt [[sich]] [[durch]] ([[mit]]) od. in etw. [[tätig]] zeigt, [[creber]] pulsat, klopft wiederholt, Verg.: errat aures et [[tempora]] [[circum]] [[crebra]] [[manus]], Verg.: [[Africus]] [[creber]] procellis, der wiederholt, [[häufig]] Stürme erzeugt, Verg. – m. 2. Supin., [[creber]] egressu, Pacat. pan. 21, 2 (Ggstz. [[rarus]] egressu, Tac. ann. 15, 53). – m. Ang. [[worin]]? [[durch]] in m. Abl., si [[mihi]] [[tantum]] esset otii, [[quantum]] est [[tibi]]... in scribendo [[multo]] essem crebrior [[quam]] tu, Cic.: [[sed]] [[haec]] [[nescio]] [[quomodo]] [[frequenter]] in me congessisti saneque in eo [[creber]] fuisti (hast dich wiederholt, [[immer]] [[wieder]] [[darüber]] [[ausgelassen]]), te [[idcirco]] in ludos causam conicere noluisse, ne [[ego]] etc., Cic.

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