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τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
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|lshtext=<b>ā̆grestis</b>: e, adj. id..<br /><b>I</b> Lit., pertaining to [[land]], fields, or the [[country]], [[country]], [[rural]], [[rustic]], [[wild]], [[ἄγριος]] | |lshtext=<b>ā̆grestis</b>: e, adj. id..<br /><b>I</b> Lit., pertaining to [[land]], fields, or the [[country]], [[country]], [[rural]], [[rustic]], [[wild]], [[ἄγριος]]: [[Musa]], Lucr. 5, 1397: te in Arpinati videbimus et hospitio agresti accipiemus, Cic. Att. 2, 16 fin.: [[vestitus]], Nep. Pel. 2, 5: [[falx]], Tib. 2, 5, 28 al.: poma, Verg. A. 7, 111: cum lactucis agrestibus, Vulg. Exod. 12, 8: ligna non sunt pomifera, sed agrestia, ib. Deut. 20, 20: herbas agrestes, ib. 4 Reg. 4, 39.—Subst.: ā̆gre-stis, is (gen. plur. agrestūm, Ov. M. 14, 635), a [[countryman]], [[rustic]], [[farmer]], [[peasant]], Lucr. 5, 1382: non est haec [[oratio]] habenda aut cum imperitā multitudine aut in [[aliquo]] conventu agrestium, Cic. Mur. 29: collectos armat agrestes, Verg. A. 9, 11: Fictilia [[antiquus]] [[primum]] sibi fecit [[agrestis]] Pocula, Tib. 1, 1, 39: [[facinus]] [[admissum]] a quodam agresti, Tac. A. 4, 45: inopes agrestes, id. H. 2, 13; 4, 50.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., and in mal. [[part]].<br /> <b>A</b> Rustic, in opp. to the [[refined]] [[citizen]] ([[urbanus]], as [[ἄγριος]] is opp. to [[ἀστεῖος]]), [[boorish]], [[clownish]], [[rude]], [[uncultivated]], [[coarse]], [[wild]], [[savage]], [[barbarous]], of persons and things: sunt [[quidam]] vultu motuque corporis vasti [[atque]] agrestes, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: O rem dignam, in quā non [[modo]] docti, [[verum]] [[etiam]] agrestes erubescant, id. Leg. 1, 14, 41: aborigines, [[genus]] hominum agreste, Sall. C. 6, 1: Ego [[ille]] [[agrestis]], saevos, [[tristis]], [[parcus]], [[truculentus]], [[tenax]] Duxi uxorem, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12: [[quis]] nostrūm tam [[animo]] agresti ac [[duro]] fuit, ut, etc., Cic. Arch. 8: [[dominus]] [[agrestis]] et [[furiosus]], id. Sen. 14: exculto [[animo]] [[nihil]] agreste, [[nihil]] inhumanum est, id. Att. 13, 45; so Ov. M. 11, 767: [[rustica]] vox et [[agrestis]], Cic. de Or. 2, 11; 2, 3. —Hence, agrestiores Musae, ruder, of the [[language]] of the [[bar]], in opp. to [[more]] [[refined]] and [[polished]] [[eloquence]], Cic. Or. 3, 11.—<br /> <b>B</b> Wild, [[brutish]]: [[vultus]], Ov. M. 9, 96: agrestem detraxit ab [[ore]] figuram [[Juppiter]] (of Io), Prop. 3, 31, 13.—Comp., v. [[above]].— * Sup. agrestissimus, Cassiod. Ep. 7, 4.— * Adv. comp. neutr. agrestius, Spart. Hadr. 3. | ||
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ā̆grestis: e, adj. id..
I Lit., pertaining to land, fields, or the country, country, rural, rustic, wild, ἄγριος: Musa, Lucr. 5, 1397: te in Arpinati videbimus et hospitio agresti accipiemus, Cic. Att. 2, 16 fin.: vestitus, Nep. Pel. 2, 5: falx, Tib. 2, 5, 28 al.: poma, Verg. A. 7, 111: cum lactucis agrestibus, Vulg. Exod. 12, 8: ligna non sunt pomifera, sed agrestia, ib. Deut. 20, 20: herbas agrestes, ib. 4 Reg. 4, 39.—Subst.: ā̆gre-stis, is (gen. plur. agrestūm, Ov. M. 14, 635), a countryman, rustic, farmer, peasant, Lucr. 5, 1382: non est haec oratio habenda aut cum imperitā multitudine aut in aliquo conventu agrestium, Cic. Mur. 29: collectos armat agrestes, Verg. A. 9, 11: Fictilia antiquus primum sibi fecit agrestis Pocula, Tib. 1, 1, 39: facinus admissum a quodam agresti, Tac. A. 4, 45: inopes agrestes, id. H. 2, 13; 4, 50.—
II Transf., and in mal. part.
A Rustic, in opp. to the refined citizen (urbanus, as ἄγριος is opp. to ἀστεῖος), boorish, clownish, rude, uncultivated, coarse, wild, savage, barbarous, of persons and things: sunt quidam vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: O rem dignam, in quā non modo docti, verum etiam agrestes erubescant, id. Leg. 1, 14, 41: aborigines, genus hominum agreste, Sall. C. 6, 1: Ego ille agrestis, saevos, tristis, parcus, truculentus, tenax Duxi uxorem, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12: quis nostrūm tam animo agresti ac duro fuit, ut, etc., Cic. Arch. 8: dominus agrestis et furiosus, id. Sen. 14: exculto animo nihil agreste, nihil inhumanum est, id. Att. 13, 45; so Ov. M. 11, 767: rustica vox et agrestis, Cic. de Or. 2, 11; 2, 3. —Hence, agrestiores Musae, ruder, of the language of the bar, in opp. to more refined and polished eloquence, Cic. Or. 3, 11.—
B Wild, brutish: vultus, Ov. M. 9, 96: agrestem detraxit ab ore figuram Juppiter (of Io), Prop. 3, 31, 13.—Comp., v. above.— * Sup. agrestissimus, Cassiod. Ep. 7, 4.— * Adv. comp. neutr. agrestius, Spart. Hadr. 3.
