audax

Latin > English

audax audacis (gen.), audacior -or -us, audacissimus -a -um ADJ :: bold, daring; courageous; reckless, rash; audacious, presumptuous; desperate

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

audax: ācis, adj. from audeo, as ferax from fero, capax from capio,
I daring, in a good, but oftener in a bad sense, bold, courageous, spirited; audacious, rash, presumptuous, foolhardy (syn.: fortis, temerarius).
I Lit.
   a Absol.: qui me alter est audacior homo, aut qui me confidentior? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 1: quae non deliquit, decet Audacem esse, id. ib. 2, 2, 207: o scelestum atque audacem hominem, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 42: O hominem audacem! id. And. 4, 4, 30: rogitas, audacissime? id. Eun. 5, 4, 26: Verres homo audacissimus atque amentissimus, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 2 fin.; id. Rosc. Am. 1: temerarius et audax, id. Inv. 1, 3: petulans et audax, id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 4: alii audaces, protervi, id. Fin. 1, 18, 61: audaces, sibi placentes, Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 10: de improbis et audacibus, Cic. Phil. 14, 3: adulescentes quosdam eligit cum audacissimos tum viribus maximis, Nep. Dion, 9, 3: da facilem cursum atque audacibus annue coeptis, Verg. G. 1, 40: poëta, a poet who remains unmoved amid praise and blame, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 182 Schmid: audax Iapeti genus, id. C. 1, 3, 25; 3, 27, 28: conjunx timidi aut audacis Ulixis, Ov. M. 14, 671: furit audacissimus omni De numero Lycabas, id. ib. 3, 623 al.—
   b Constr.,
   (a)    With abl.: viribus audax, Verg. A. 5, 67: audax juventā, id. G. 4, 565.—
   (b)    With gen.: audax ingenii, Stat. S. 3, 2, 64; 5, 3, 135: animi, id. Th. 10, 495; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 4; Sil. 14, 416.—
   (g)    With inf.: audax omnia perpeti, Hor. C. 1, 3, 25: leges inponere, Prop. 5, 5, 13: casus audax spondere secundos, Luc. 7, 246.—
   (d)    With ad: ad facinus audacior, Cic. Cat. 2, 5.—
II Transf. to things: audax facinus, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 2; so id. And. 2, 3, 27; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 4; so, animus, Sall. C. 5, 4: consilium, Liv. 25, 38: lingua, Vulg. Eccli. 21, 8: res, Liv. 26, 38: spes audacior, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35: paupertas, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51: dithyrambi, id. C. 4, 2, 10: verba, bold, i. e. unusual, poetic, Quint. 10, 5, 4: hyperbole audacioris ornatūs, id. 8, 6, 67: volatus, Ov. M. 8, 223 al.—
III Meton., violent, fierce, proud: Nunc audax cave sis, *Cat. 50, 18: ambitiosus et audax, Hor. S. 2, 3, 165: Cerberus, Tib. 1, 10, 35: leones, Vulg. Sap. 11, 18: Hecate, Sen. Med. 844.—Adv., boldly, courageously, audaciously; in two forms,
   a audācĭter (the original but unusual form; cf.: licet omnes oratores aliud sequantur, i. e. the form audacter, Quint. 1, 6, 17): Multa scelerate, multa audaciter, multa improbe fecisti, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104 B. and K.; cf. Prisc. p. 1014 P.; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. l. l.: audaciter se laturum fuisse de etc., Liv. 22, 25: audaciter negantem, id. 40, 55 Weissenb.; Sen. Prov. 4.—
   b audacter (the usu. class. form): loquere audacter patri, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 82: monere, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 6: audacter inter reges versari, Lucr. 2, 50; Cat. 55, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, id. Rosc. Am. 11; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81; Liv. 9, 34; 44, 4: patrare, Vulg. Gen. 34, 30; ib. Jud. 20, 31; ib. Marc. 15, 43 al.—Comp.: quoi tuum concredat filium audacius, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 98; Cic. Or. 8, 26; 60, 202; Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 18; Nep. Epam. 9, 1: scribere, Vulg. Rom. 15, 15.—Sup.: audacissume oneris quid vis inpone, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 28; Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 5, 15; Liv. 30, 30 (on these forms, v. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 661 sq.).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

audāx,⁸ ācis (audeo), [adj. souvent pris subst^t] audacieux
1 [en mauv. part. plus habituellement] : sceleratissimus et audacissimus Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 111, le plus criminel et le plus audacieux ; audacior quam Catilina, furiosior quam Clodius Cic. Phil. 2, 1, plus audacieux que Catilina, plus forcené que Clodius ; consilium tam cupidum, tam audax, tam temerarium Cic. Quinct. 81, un projet où il y a tant de cupidité, tant d’audace, tant de témérité || nemo est in ludo gladiatorio paulo ad facinus audacior qui... Cic. Cat. 2, 9, il n’y a pas dans une école de gladiateurs d’homme ayant quelque audace pour les coups de main qui...; audax ad conandum Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 5, audacieux dans ses entreprises
2 [sans nuance péjor.] audacieux (qui ose), hardi : (oculi) fortem, ignavum, audacem timidumque cognoscunt Cic. Nat. 2, 145, (les yeux) savent reconnaître le courageux, le lâche, le hardi et le timide ; insiste audax hostium muris Liv. 5, 16, 10, monte hardiment sur les murailles ennemies ; tralationes paulo audaciores Cic. de Or. 3, 156, métaphores un peu plus hardies ; in faciendis verbis audax Cic. Or. 81, audacieux dans les créations de mots || [poét.] viribus audax Virg. En. 5, 67, confiant dans sa force ; audax juventā Virg. G. 4, 565, rendu hardi par ma jeunesse, avec l’audace de la jeunesse ; audax omnia perpeti Hor. O. 1, 3, 25, ayant l’audace de tout affronter.

Latin > German (Georges)

audāx, ācis, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (audeo), wagend im guten u. (gew.) im üblen Sinne, kühn, herzhaft, dreist, keck, verwegen, ungestüm, tollkühn, frech, vermessen, (Ggstz. timidus, ignavus), a) v. leb. Wesen u. deren Sinn: Vatinius homo petulans et audax, Cic.: temerarius et audax homo, Cic.: mulier aud., Cic.: belua aud., Cic.: audaces et protervi, Cic.: animus, Sall. u. Verg.: poëta, ein kühner (der ungewöhnliche Wendungen wagt), Hor.: audax cave sis, ungestüm, Catull.: u. so Cerberus aud., Tibull. – homo audacissime, Plaut.: Verres homo audacissimus atque amentissimus, Cic.: audacissimus ego ex omnibus, der unerschrockenste, Cic.: subst., audax, der Kühne, der Wagehals, Cic.: u. so im Plur., audaces, Wagehälse, verwegene, tollkühne Menschen, Bösewichte, Cic. – m. Genet. loci, audax ingenii, Stat. silv. 3, 2, 64; 5, 3, 135: animi, Stat. Theb. 10, 495. Claud. rapt. Pros. 2, 4. – m. Abl., iuventā, Verg. georg. 4, 565: viribus audax, trotzend auf usw., Verg. Aen. 5, 67: irā, Sil. 14, 416: verbis, Quint. 10, 1, 96. – m. ad u. Akk., paulo ad facinus audacior, Cic. Cat. 2, 9: supra vires audacem esse ad conandum (Ggstz. cunctatorem esse), Liv. 45, 35, 15. – mit in (zu) u. Akk., Liber animum audaciorem in omnes conatus facit, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 17, 8 (15, 15). – mit in u. Abl. Gerund., audax praecipue fuisse videtur in convocandis hominibus et armandis, Cic. Caecin. 2. – m. usque ad od. ad usque od. m. in u. Akk. (bis zu), audax usque ad insaniam, Amm. 14, 7, 17, ad usque insaniam, Amm. 28, 1, 53, in insaniam, Amm. 17, 8, 1. – m. Infin., Hor. carm. 1, 3, 25. Prop. 4, 5, 13 u. spät. Dichter. – b) von Lebl.: facinus aud., Ter.: audax negotium! dicerem impudens, nisi etc., Cic.: consilium primā specie temerarium magis quam audax, Liv.: spes, Plin.: verba, ungewöhnlichere, dichterische, Quint.: audacior hyperbole, ungewöhnlichere, härtere, Quint.: solito audacior loquacitas, Cels.

Latin > Chinese

audax, acis. adj. c. s. :: 大胆者。冒失。— facinus 冒行爲。