(adjective) : densus, a, um, kindred with δασύς, δαυλός (i. e. δασυλός); cf. Lat. dumus, old form dusmus, and dumetum
* Thick, dense, i. e. consisting of parts crowded together. opp. to rarus (on the contrary, crassus, thick, is opp. to thin, fluid; and spissus, close, compact, with the predominant idea of impenetrability; cf. also: angustus, artus, solidus—class. and freq., esp. in poets and historians; in Cic. very rare).
* Lit.
* In space: ne dum variantia rerum Tanta queat densis rarisque ex ignibus esse,Lucr. 1, 654; cf. Verg. G. 1, 419 (for which densatus et laxatus aër, Quint. 5, 9, 16); and: (terra) Rara sit an supra morem si densa requiras ... Densa magis Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo,Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.: densa et glutinosa terra, Col. praef. § 24: silva, poëta ap. Cic. Att. 12, 15; cf.: densiores silvae,Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2: densissimae silvae,id. ib. 4, 38, 3: lucus densissimae opacitatis,Front. Strat. 1, 11, 10: denso corpore nubes,Lucr. 6, 361; cf.: denso agmine,id. 6, 100; so, agmen (sc. navium),Verg. A. 5, 834: densum umeris vulgus,Hor. Od. 2, 13, 32 et saep.: tunicae,Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: zmaragdi,id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: litus,sandy,Ov. M. 2, 576; cf. Verg. G. 2, 275: aequor,i. e. frozen.Luc. 2, 640: aër,Hor. Od. 2, 7, 14; cf. caelum,Cels. 1 praef.; 3, 22: nimbi,Ov. M. 1, 269: caligo,Verg. A. 12, 466; cf.: densissima nox,pitch-dark night,Ov. M. 15, 31: umbra, Catull. 65, 13; Hor. Od. 1, 7, 20 et saep.— Without distinction, corresp. with crassus,Lucr. 6, 246 al.
* Trop. of speech, condensed, concise: vox atrox in ira, et aspera ac densa,coarse,Quint. 11, 3, 63: tanta vis in eo (sc. Demosthene) tam densa omnia, etc.,id. 10, 1, 76; cf. transf. to the writer himself: densior ille (sc. Demosthenes), hic (sc. Cicero) copiosior, ib. § 106: densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides, ib. § 73: (Euripides) sententiis densus, ib. § 68.— Adv.: densē (very rare).
* Transf., of the parts themselves which are crowded together, thick, close, set close: superiorem partem collis densissimis castris (sc. trinis) compleverant,pitched very near together,Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3: sepes,id. ib. 2, 22: frutices,Ov. M. 1, 122: ilex,id. F. 2, 165 et saep.: hostes,Verg. A. 2, 511: ministri,id. M. 2, 717: densior suboles,Verg. G. 3, 308: dens (pectinis),Tib. 1, 9, 68: comae,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 42; cf. pilae,id. F. 2, 348 et saep.— Poet.: densorum turba malorum,Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 41.
* In time, of things which take place in close succession, thick, frequent, continuous (mostly poet.): ictus,Verg. A. 5, 459; cf. plagae,Hor. Od. 3, 5, 31: Aquilo,strong, powerful,Verg. G. 3, 196: silentia,deep, profound,Val. Fl. 3, 604: amores,Verg. G. 4, 347: pericula,Ov. P. 4, 7, 15: usus,id. ib. 4, 3, 15: ictus,Amm. 15, 5, 31.
* In space, thickly, closely, close together: caesae alni,Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173: calcatum quam densissime,Vitr. 5, 12 med.: milites densius se commovebant,Amm. 24, 6, 8.
* (Acc. to no. I. B. 2.) In time, frequently, rapidly, one after the other: quod in perpetuitate dicendi eluceat aliquando, idem apud alios densius, apud alios fortasse rarius,Cic. Or. 2, 7: nulla tamen subeunt mihi tempora densius istis,Ov. P. 1, 9, 11: replicatis quaestionibus dense,Amm. 29, 3 fin.

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