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|lshtext=<b>fĕrē</b>: and fermē (fĕrĕ, Aus. Epigr. 10, 5, 5), adv. Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-ami, to [[bear]], [[support]]; Gr. [[root]], θρα-, in [[θρῆνυς]]>, [[stool]], [[θρόνος]]>, [[seat]]; Lat. [[firmus]]; cf.: [[forma]], [[forum]]. Ferme is perh. a [[sup]]. form for ferime, v. Rib. Lat. Part. p. 6 sq. Erroneously, Varr.: [[ferme]] dicitur [[quod]] [[nunc]] [[fere]]: utrumque [[dictum]] a ferendo, [[quod]] id [[quod]] fertur est in motu [[atque]] adventat, L. L. 7, § 92 Müll.,<br /><b>I</b> [[approximately]], [[closely]], in [[two]] senses.<br /><b>I</b> With the [[idea]] of [[approach]] [[predominant]], [[nearly]], [[almost]], [[well]]-[[nigh]], [[within]] a [[little]], for the [[most]] [[part]], [[about]] (esp. [[with]] words of [[number]], [[quantity]], [[multitude]]; cf.: [[plerumque]], [[vulgo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Form [[fere]]: [[fere]] [[sexennis]], Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 80: [[abhinc]] menses [[decem]] [[fere]], Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 24; cf.: [[fere]] [[abhinc]] annos [[quindecim]], id. Phorm. 5, 8, 28: [[fere]] in diebus paucis, quibus haec [[acta]] sunt, [[Chrysis]] vicina haec moritur, [[soon]], [[only]] a [[few]] days [[after]], id. And. 1, 1, 77: quinta [[fere]] [[hora]], [[about]] the [[fifth]] [[hour]], Cic. Pis. 6, 13: [[hora]] [[fere]] tertia, id. Att. 14, 20, 1: tertia [[fere]] [[vigilia]], Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 1: sexcentos [[fere]] annos, Cic. Rep. 1, 48: [[sexto]] [[decimo]] [[fere]] [[anno]], id. ib. 2, 33: [[anno]] [[fere]] [[ante]], [[quam]] [[consul]] est declaratus, id. ib. 1, 5: [[anno]] [[fere]] [[centesimo]] et quadragesimo [[post]] mortem Numae, id. ib. 2, 15; cf.: [[anno]] trecentesimo et quinquagesimo [[fere]] [[post]] Romam conditam, id. ib. 1, 16: [[decem]] [[fere]] annis [[post]] primos consules, id. ib. 2, 32; cf. also: decessit [[fere]] [[post]] annum [[quartum]] [[quam]], etc., Nep. Arist. 3 fin.: [[meus]] [[fere]] [[aequalis]], Cic. Brut. 48, 179; cf. id. Off. 3, 1, 1: ipsa [[Peloponnesus]] [[fere]] tota in mari est, id. Rep. 2, 4, 8; cf.: totius [[fere]] Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 1: totis [[fere]] a fronte et ab [[sinistra]] parte nudatis castris, id. ib. 2, 23, 4: rerum omnium [[fere]] [[modus]], Cic. Rep. 6, 18; cf.: [[quam]] [[fere]] omnium [[constans]] et moderata [[ratio]] vitae, id. Clu. 16, 46: ex omnibus [[fere]] partibus, Caes. B. G. 7, 19: in reliquis [[fere]] rebus, id. ib. 6, 13, 3: omnes [[fere]], Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1; 4, 20, 1; Nep. Arist. 2, 3; id. Chabr. 3, 4; Liv. 21, 60, 9; Suet. Caes. 87; and in the [[order]] [[fere]] omnes, Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 1; 5, 23, 4: cujus disputationis fuit extremum [[fere]] de immortalitate animorum, Cic. Lael. 4, 14; cf.: [[Phalereus]] [[ille]] [[Demetrius]] [[ultimus]] est [[fere]] ex Atticis. Quint. 10, 1, 80: cum [[fere]] e regione castris [[castra]] poneret, Caes. B. G. 7, 35, 1; id. ib. 3, 12, 1: [[plus]] [[fere]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 45: [[semper]] [[fere]], Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22: [[satis]] [[fere]] diximus, id. Off. 1, 18, 60: [[tantum]] [[fere]], [[almost]] [[only]], id. Rep. 2, 18 fin.: [[Lycurgus]] [[eadem]] vidit [[fere]], id. ib. 2, 23: haec [[fere]], id. ib. 1, 34 fin.; cf.: hoc [[fere]] ab reliquis differunt, [[quod]], in this [[chiefly]], Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 3: haec [[fere]] dicere habui, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93: haec erant [[fere]], quae, etc., id. Fam. 12, 5 fin.; 12, 30 fin.; id. Att. 2, 16, 1; id. Or. 54, 182; id. Ac. 2, 32, 102: exposui [[fere]] non philosophorum judicia, sed, etc., id. N. D. 1, 16, 42; cf.: sic [[fere]] componendum, [[quomodo]] pronuntiandum erit, Quint. 9, 4, 138: [[fere]] [[eodem]] pacto, quo, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 10: et [[fere]] apparet, [[quid]] in invidiam, etc. ... dicendum [[sit]], Quint. 5, 12, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Form [[ferme]]: hoc [[factum]] est [[ferme]] [[abhinc]] [[biennium]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 4; so, [[abhinc]] annos [[ferme]] L., Vell. 2, 90 fin.: nam [[ferme]] [[ante]] annos DCCCCL. floruit, id. 1, 5, 3: [[intra]] XII. [[ferme]] annos, id. 2, 11 fin.: duodequadragesimo [[ferme]] [[anno]], ex quo regnare coeperat [[Tarquinius]], Liv. 1, 40: [[mille]] [[ferme]] delecti propugnatores onerariis imponuntur, id. 30, 10; cf.: [[pars]] [[ferme]] dimidia, id. 42, 51: a quo (flumine) aberat [[mons]] [[ferme]] milia [[viginti]], Sall. J. 48, 3; cf.: in [[tumulo]] quatuor [[ferme]] milia distante ab castris regiis consedit, Liv. 30, 8: abest ab Carthagine [[quindecim]] milia [[ferme]] passuum [[locus]], id. 30, 9: [[ferme]] [[eadem]] omnia, quae, etc., Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 21: cum [[ferme]] cunctos [[proceres]] cum honore nominavisset, Tac. A. 3, 76: mihi [[quidem]] [[aetas]] [[acta]] est [[ferme]], for the [[most]] [[part]], [[about]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38.<br /><b>II</b> With the [[idea]] of [[nearness]] or [[closeness]] [[predominant]], [[quite]], [[entirely]], [[just]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Form [[fere]]: domum revortor [[maestus]] [[atque]] [[animo]] [[fere]] conturbato, [[quite]] [[distracted]], Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69: [[quod]] statuas [[quoque]] videmus ornatu [[fere]] militari, [[quite]] [[military]], Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61: paria esse [[fere]] peccata, [[quite]] [[equal]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 96: [[etsi]] nobis, qui id aetatis sumus, evigilatum [[fere]] est, [[tamen]], etc., [[entirely]], [[sufficiently]], Cic. Rep. 3, 29: cum [[circa]] hanc [[fere]] consultationem [[disceptatio]] [[omnis]] verteretur, [[just]] on this debated [[point]], Liv. 36, 7, 1: jamque [[fere]], [[just]] [[now]], Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11; and ap. [[Charis]]. p. 114 P. (Ann. v. 286 and 580 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 135; 5, 327; 835; cf.: jam [[fere]], Enn. ap. Non. 355, 17 (Trag. v. 201 ed. Vahl.); and: jam ... [[fere]], id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 ed. Vahl.): [[sermo]] qui tum [[fere]] multis erat in [[ore]], [[just]] [[then]], Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Form [[ferme]]: circumvenire [[video]] [[ferme]] injuria, [[altogether]] [[wrong]], Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 92 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 12); cf.: [[ferme]] aderant ratibus, [[just]], Enn. ib. § 23 Müll. (Ann. v. 602 ed. Vahl.); so, [[quod]] [[ferme]] dirum in [[tempus]] cecidere [[Latinae]], Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18; and: sed eum constabat virum esse [[ferme]] [[bonum]], Gell. 14, 2, 5: [[ferme]] ut [[quisque]] rem accurat suam, Sic ei procedunt [[post]] principia [[denique]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 4; so, [[ferme]] ut pueri, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 32: jam [[ferme]] moriens me vocat, [[just]] [[dying]], id. And. 1, 5, 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With negatives, [[scarcely]], [[hardly]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> (= vix, non [[facile]].) Form [[fere]]: [[nihil]] aut non [[fere]] [[multum]] differre, Cic. Brut. 40, 150: [[nemo]] [[fere]] saltat [[sobrius]], id. Mur. 6; id. de Or. 1, 25, 116: [[nihil]] [[fere]] intelligit, id. Off. 3, 3, 15: non [[fere]] labitur, id. Fin. 1, 6, 18: [[quod]] non [[fere]] [[ante]] auctumnum [[Elaver]] [[vado]] transiri solet, Caes. B. G. 7, 35, 1: duo spondei non [[fere]] jungi patiuntur, Quint. 9, 4, 101: in se dicere non est [[fere]] [[nisi]] scurrarum, id. 6, 3, 82: [[denique]] ex bellica [[victoria]] non [[fere]] quemquam est [[invidia]] civium consecuta, [[hardly]] [[any]] one, Cic. Sest. 23, 51: rationem sententiae suae non [[fere]] reddere, id. Tusc. 1, 17, 38: nec [[adhuc]] [[fere]] inveni, qui, etc., id. Att. 7, 6, 1; cf.: [[quod]] non [[fere]] contingit, [[nisi]], etc., id. Lael. 20, 72: nec rei [[fere]] [[sane]] [[amplius]] [[quicquam]] fuit, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 3: in [[qua]] (disputatione) [[nihil]] [[fere]], [[quod]] magno opere ad rationes omnium rerum pertineret, praetermissum [[puto]], Cic. Rep. 1, 8 fin.: tum est [[Cato]] [[locutus]]; quo erat [[nemo]] [[fere]] [[senior]] temporibus illis, [[nemo]] prudentior, id. Lael. 1, 5: dixit, hunc ne in convivio [[quidem]] ullo [[fere]] interfuisse, id. Rosc. Am. 14: [[neque]] ullum [[fere]] totius hiemis [[tempus]] [[sine]] sollicitudine Caesaris intercessit, Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 5: [[neque]] [[enim]] [[fere]] iam est [[ullus]] [[dies]] [[occupatus]], ut [[nihil]], etc., Quint. 10, 7, 27.—With a neg. interrog.: nam [[quid]] [[fere]] [[undique]] placet? Quint. 1, 2, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Form [[ferme]]: hoc non [[ferme]] [[sine]] magnis principum vitiis evenit, Cic. Rep. 1, 45 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 38, 111: [[quod]] non [[ferme]] decernitur, [[nisi]], etc., Liv. 22, 9, 8; 24, 25, 9: voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis [[ferme]] superiores, Cic. Rep. 2, 34 fin.; so, nec [[ferme]] res antiqua [[alia]] est nobilior, Liv. 1, 24: [[facio]], [[quod]] [[manifesto]] moechi [[haud]] [[ferme]] solent, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 40; so Ter. And. 3, 1, 2: [[haud]] [[ferme]], Liv. 21, 7, 9; 27, 28, 14: ut eo [[nihil]] [[ferme]] [[quisquam]] addere posset, Cic. Brut. 43, 161: [[quia]] [[nemo]] [[ferme]] huc [[sine]] [[damno]] devortitur, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 39: non [[ferme]] facilius aliquid [[tenere]], Cic. Rep. 2, 5 fin.; 1, 45, 69.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[time]] (in the [[usual]] [[course]] of things; opp. to [[sometimes]], [[now]] and [[then]]), in [[general]], [[generally]], [[usually]], [[commonly]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Form [[fere]]: Fit [[fere]], ut, etc., Cic. Rep. 6, 10; cf.: jam hoc [[fere]] sic fieri solere accepimus, id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: [[quod]] [[fere]] solet fieri, id. Inv. 1, 29, 46; cf. also: ut [[fere]] [[fit]], id. ib. 2, 4, 14: nam [[fere]] maxima [[pars]] morem hunc homines habent, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 36: [[quod]] [[fere]] [[libenter]] homines id, [[quod]] volunt, credunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6: aedificio circumdato [[silva]] (ut sunt [[fere]] domicilia Gallorum, etc.), id. ib. 6, 30, 3: ruri [[fere]] se continebat, Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 16: nam [[fere]] non [[difficile]] est invenire, [[quid]], etc., Auct. Her. 2, 18, 27: in eum [[fere]] est [[voluntas]] nostra propensior, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69: sic omnia nimia in contraria [[fere]] convertuntur, id. Rep. 1, 44: [[quod]] in illis [[singuli]] fuissent [[fere]], qui, etc., id. ib. 2, 1: [[nominatim]] [[fere]] referri, [[quid]], etc., id. de Or. 2, 33, 142: nigra [[fere]] [[terra]], [[commonly]] [[black]], Verg. G. 2, 203: qui timet his adversa, [[fere]] miratur [[eodem]] quo [[cupiens]] pacto, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 9.—Strengthened by [[plerumque]] or [[plerique]]: hic solebamus [[fere]] Plerumque eam operiri, Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 39; cf. corresp. to [[plerumque]]: [[fortuna]] eos [[plerumque]] efficit caecos, quos complexa est: [[itaque]] efferuntur [[fere]] [[fastidio]] et [[contumacia]], Cic. Lael. 15, 54: adducto [[fere]] vultu, [[plerumque]] [[tacitus]], Suet. Tib. 68: non sunt vitiosiores, [[quam]] [[fere]] [[plerique]], qui avari avaros ... reprehendunt, Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.—Opp. [[raro]], [[interdum]], [[saepe]]: [[fere]] praedicta [[aetas]] [[laeto]] [[solo]] truncoque [[tres]] materias, [[raro]] quatuor desiderat, Col. 4, 17, 5; cf.: fereque id in capillo [[fit]], rarius in [[barba]], Cels. 6, 2: [[ipse]] Circenses ex amicorum [[fere]] libertinorumque cenaculis spectabat, [[interdum]] e pulvinari, Suet. Aug. 15: in consulatu pedibus [[fere]], [[extra]] consulatum [[saepe]] adaperta [[sella]] per publicum incessit, id. ib. 53.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Form [[ferme]]: [[quod]] [[ferme]] evenit, Cic. Rep. 1, 42: nam [[ferme]] [[apud]] Numidas in omnibus proeliis [[magis]] [[pedes]] [[quam]] [[arma]] tuta sunt, Sall. J. 74 fin.: inculta [[ferme]] vestiuntur virgultis vepribusque, Liv. 21, 54: intacta [[invidia]] media sunt: ad [[summa]] [[ferme]] tendit, id. 45, 35; cf.: [[mobilis]] et [[varia]] est [[ferme]] [[natura]] malorum, Juv. 13, 236: [[ceterum]] parva [[quoque]] (ut [[ferme]] principia omnia), Liv. 7, 2: ut [[ferme]] ad nova imperia, Tac. A. 2, 2: quae [[antea]] dictatorum et consulum [[ferme]] fuerant beneficia, Liv. 9, 30, 3: nocte [[ferme]] proficiscebantur, id. 34, 13, 3.