(adj.adv.) : immānis (inm-), e, adj. i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits
* Monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).
* Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things): corporum magnitudo,Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.: simulacra immani magnitudine,id. ib. 6, 16, 4: immani corpore serpens,Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987: ingens immanisque praeda,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110: pecunia,id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23: pocula,id. Phil. 2, 25, 63: immania ponti Aequora,Lucr. 4, 410: templa caeli,id. 5, 521: antrum,Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.: spelunca vasto hiatu,id. ib. 6, 237: barathrum,id. ib. 8, 245: tegumen leonis,id. ib. 7, 666: telum,id. ib. 11, 552 al.: magna atque immanis,Lucr. 4, 1163: cete,Verg. A. 5, 822: numerus annorum,Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.: exercitus,Vell. 2, 51, 1: frequentia amicorum,id. 2, 59 fin.: geminos immani pondere caestus,Verg. A. 5, 401: vox,Quint. 11, 3, 32: ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4: dissensio civitatis,Vell. 2, 2, 1: studium loquendi,Ov. M. 5, 678: avaritia,Sall. J. 31, 12: vitium,Hor. S. 2, 4, 76: soloecismus,Gell. 15, 9, 3: impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,the vast crash,Juv. 10, 107.—Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so, vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,how exceedingly, wonderfully,Hor. C. 1, 27, 6: civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.; and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.
* Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus; opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.: nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30: ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,id. Inv. 1, 2, 2: ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,id. Rep. 2, 14: belua (with fera),id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161; (with taetra),id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.: immanis et vasta belua,id. Rep. 2, 40: nihil ista immanius belua est,id. ib. 3, 33: janitor aulae, Cerberus,Hor. C. 3, 11, 15: ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 44: istius immanis atque importuna natura,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8: immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7: immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,Cic. Font. 10, 21: tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68: coeptis effera Dido,Verg. A. 4, 642: orae,id. ib. 1, 616: Raeti,Hor. C. 4, 14, 15: Agathyrsi,Juv. 15, 125: Pyrrhus,id. 14, 162.—Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings: quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,stories however fabulous and frightful,Tac. A. 4, 11: dira atque inmania pati,Juv. 15, 104.—Comp.: scelere ante alios immanior omnes,Verg. A. 1, 347.—Sup.: voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).
* (Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively: immaniter clamare,Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.
* (Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.
* Form immane: leo hians immane,Verg. A. 10, 726: sonat fluctus per saxa,id. G. 3, 239; cf.: fremant torrentes,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237: spirans rapta securi,Verg. A. 7, 510.
* Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7: perdite et immaniter vivere,Aug. Conf. 10, 37.
* Comp.: immanius efferascunt,Amm. 18, 7.

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