(adjective) : grandis, e, cf. gradus; also Germ. gross; Engl. great
* Full-grown, large, great, full, abundant (class.; most freq. of things; for syn. cf.: magnus, ingens, amplus, procerus, vastus, enormis).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ita, quicquid (olerum) erat, grande erat,Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 35; cf.: ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131: quae seges grandissima atque optima fuerit,Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 1: farra, old poet. ap. Macr. S. 5, 20 fin.: frumenta,Verg. A. 4, 405: hordea,id. E. 5, 36: lilia,id. ib. 10, 25: ilex,Sall. J. 93, 4; cf.: et antiqua robora,Quint. 10, 1, 88: grandissimum alicae genus,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112: grandissimae olivae,id. 15, 3, 4, § 15 et saep.: litterae (opp. minutae),Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68; cf.: epistola sane grandis,Cic. Att. 13, 21, 1: sane grandes libri,id. Rep. 3, 8: grandiores libri,id. Att. 13, 13, 1: verbosa et grandis epistula,Juv. 10, 71: erat incisum grandibus litteris,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74: corpora,Lucr. 6, 303: saxa,id. 1, 289; Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 2; 7, 46, 3; cf.: cervi eminentes,id. ib. 7, 72, 4: tumulus terrenus,id. ib. 1, 43, 1: vas,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47; cf. patella,id. ib. § 46: speculum,Quint. 11, 3, 68: cothurni,Hor. A. P. 80: lumina,Ov. M. 5, 545; cf. membra,id. ib. 10, 237: ossa,id. ib. 9, 169: conchae,Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: rhombi,Hor. S. 2, 2, 95; cf.: opes grandiores,Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 47: smaragdi,Lucr. 4, 1126: divitiae,id. 5, 1118; cf.: alicui grandem pecuniam credere,Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: pecunia,Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24; id. Fam. 13, 61; Sall. C. 49, 3; Liv. 10, 46, 10; 27, 20, 7; 32, 40, 9; Suet. Aug. 12; id. Ner. 24; cf. faenus,Cic. Fl. 21, 51: aes alienum,Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3; Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; cf. also: donativum grandius solito,Suet. Galb. 16: cenae,Quint. 10, 1, 58; cf. convivium,id. 11, 2, 12: amiculum grandi pondere,Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.: grande pondus argenti,id. Caecin. 4, 12: grande onus exiguo formicas ore gerentes,Ov. M. 7, 625: elementa,bulky, massive, heavy,id. ib. 1, 29.—In neutr. as grandia ingrediens, advancing with great strides: μακρὰ βιβάς, Gell. 9, 11, 5: grandia incedens,Amm. 22, 14.
* Trop.
* Absol.: an sedere oportuit domi virginem tam grandem,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 39: videras grandis jam puer bello Italico, etc.,Cic. Pis. 36, 87: nobilis ut grandi cecinit Centaurus alumno (i. e. Achilli),Hor. Epod. 13, 11: (Q. Maximus) et bella gerebat ut adolescens, cum plane grandis esset, etc.,Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; cf. Lucr. 2, 1164: legibus annalibus cum grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituebant, adolescentiae temeritatem verebantur, etc. (shortly after: progressus aetatis),a more advanced age,Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47; so, grandior aetas,Ov. M. 6, 28; 7, 665: quandoquidem grandi cibus aevo denique defit,Lucr. 2, 1141: metuens virgae jam grandis Achilles cantabat,Juv. 7, 210.
* With natu or aevo: non admodum grandis natu, sed tamen jam aetate provectus,Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; so, grandis natu,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 7; Suet. Ner. 34; id. Aug. 89; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf.: in aetate consideratur puer an adolescens, natu grandior an senex,Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; so, grandior natu,Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 37: grandi jam natu vexatus,Suet. Aug. 53: grandis aevo parens,Tac. A. 16, 30 fin.; cf.: jam grandior aevo genitor,Ov. M. 6, 321.
* In gen., great, strong, powerful: subsellia grandiorem et pleniorem vocem desiderant. Cic. Brut. 84, 289: vox (opp. exigua),Quint. 11, 3, 15: perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum exemplum,Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.: exemplis grandioribus uti,id. Div. 1, 20, 39: de rebus grandioribus dicere,id. Fin. 3, 5, 19: supercilium,lofty,Juv. 6, 169: Maecenas, mearum Grande decus columenque rerum,Hor. C. 2, 17, 4: ingenium,Ov. M. 6, 574: certamen,Hor. C. 3, 20, 7: munus,id. ib. 2, 1, 11: praemia meritorum,id. Ep. 2, 2, 38: carmen,Juv. 6, 636: malum,Hor. S. 2, 1, 49: lethargus,id. ib. 2, 3, 145: alumnus,noble,id. Epod. 13, 11: si metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; so absol.: grandia,id. C. 1, 6, 9; id. A. P. 27.
* In partic., of style, great, grand, lofty, sublime: genus quoque dicendi grandius quoddam et illustrius esse adhibendum videtur,Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 337: grande atque robustum genus dicendi (opp. subtile),Quint. 12, 10, 58: causae (opp. pusillae),id. 11, 3, 151: antiqua comoedia,id. 10, 1, 65: grandia et tumida themata,id. 2, 10, 6: sententiae,id. 2, 11, 3: grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,id. 1, 10, 24.—Of the speaker: (oratores Thucydidi aequales) grandes erant verbis, crebri sententiis, compressione rerum breves, Cic. Brut. 7, 29; cf.: Thucydides rerum gestarum pronunciator sincerus et grandis,id. ib. 83, 287: causidicus amplus atque grandis,id. Or. 9, 30: quo grandior sit et quasi excelsior orator,id. ib. 34, 119: oratores, alii grandes aut graves aut copiosi,id. Opt. Gen. 1, 2: multis locis grandior (Lysias),id. ib. 3, 9: fiunt pro grandibus tumidi,Quint. 10, 2, 16; 10, 1, 77.—Adv.: in two forms.
* Grandĭter (acc. to II.), greatly, strongly, very (poet. and in postAug. prose): quamvis grandius ille (Alcaeus) sonet,sublimely,Ov. H. 15, 30: illud mihi inter maxima granditer cordi est,exceedingly,Sid. Ep. 7, 4: frugi pater,id. ib. 2: affectus,Aug. Conf. 1, 9.
* Grandō (rare and poet.), the same: grande fremens,strongly, aloud,Stat. Th. 12, 684: grande sonat. Juv. 6, 517.

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