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|lshtext=<b>vĕhĕmens</b>: ([[veemens]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120 K. and H.; [[more]] freq. vēmens, Ter. And. 1, 1, 123; Cat. 50, 21; and Lucr. [[always]], Lachm., Munro), entis, adj. perh. Sanscr. vahis, [[out]] of, and [[mens]]; cf. vē-,<br /><b>I</b> [[very]] [[eager]], [[violent]], [[furious]], [[impetuous]], [[ardent]], [[vehement]], etc. (syn. [[violentus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[vehemens]] in utramque partem, Menedeme, es [[nimis]], Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 31: [[Galba]] non in agendo [[solum]], sed [[etiam]] in meditando [[vehemens]] [[atque]] [[incensus]], Cic. Brut. 22, 88: in alios, id. Sull. 31, 87: [[vehemens]] feroxque naturā, id. Vatin. 2, 4; [[with]] [[severus]] (opp. lenissimus), id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; [[with]] [[inexorabilis]], id. Sull. 31, 87; [[with]] [[dissolutus]], id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; [[with]] [[acer]], id. Caecin. 10, 28; [[with]] [[fortis]], id. Off. 1, 28, 100: [[vehemens]] [[lupus]] et sibi et hosti Iratus [[pariter]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 28: [[canis]], Phaedr. 2, 3, 1.—Of [[abstract]] things: [[acer]] et [[vehemens]] [[incitatio]], Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183: [[genus]] orationis [[vehemens]] [[atque]] [[atrox]], id. ib. 2, 49, 200: [[vehemens]] et [[pugnax]] [[exordium]] dicendi, id. ib. 2, 78, 317: [[vehemens]] et aspera [[quaestio]], Quint. 5, 10, 113: [[vehemens]] et [[grave]] [[senatusconsultum]], Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., [[active]], [[forcible]], [[vigorous]], [[powerful]], [[mighty]], [[strong]]: [[satis]] [[vemens]] [[causa]] ad objurgandum, Ter. And. 1, 1, 123: [[Arcturus]] [[signum]] [[sum]] omnium acerrimum: Vehemens [[sum]] [[exoriens]]: [[quom]] [[occido]] vehementior, Plaut. Rud. prol. 71: [[imber]], Lucr. 6, 517: vehementior [[cursus]] fluminum, Quint. 9, 4, 7: vehementissimus [[cursus]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 15: [[fuga]], id. ib. 8, 48: [[ictus]], Lucr. 6, 311: [[pilum]] ... vehementius ictu missuque [[telum]], Liv. 9, 19, 7: [[impetus]], Amm. 19, 11, 15: [[brassica]] ... tenui [[suco]] vehementissima, [[very]] [[powerful]], [[very]] [[efficacious]], [[Cato]], R. R. 157, 2: [[medicamentum]] efficacius et vehementius, Scrib. Comp. 70: [[vitis]] vehementioribus statuminibus impedanda est, stronger, Col. 4, 16, 2: [[vitis]] [[vehemens]] multaque [[materia]] frondens, [[vigorous]], id. 3, 1, 5: [[palus]], [[thick]], [[stout]], id. 4, 12, 1: [[violentia]] vini, Lucr. 3, 482: vis frigorum aut calorum, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 235; cf.: vis in oratione vehementissima, Quint. 9, 4, 13: vehementior [[lethargus]], Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238: [[dolor]] capitis, id. 24, 9, 38, § 62: [[usus]] [[strigilis]], Suet. Aug. 80: [[argumentum]] vehementius, Quint. 7, 6, 7: [[conviva]] salibus [[vehemens]] [[intra]] pomoeria [[natis]], Juv. 9, 11.

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