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nimius
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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : nĭmĭus, a, um, adj.nimis
* Beyond measure, excessive, too great, too much.
* Lit.: quod autem satis est, eo quidquid accesserit nimium est,Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 81: vitem coërcet, ne in omnes partes nimia fundatur,id. Sen. 15, 52: nimiae celeritates,id. Off. 1, 36, 131: nimiā pertinaciā atque arrogantiā,Caes. B. C. 1, 85: Prometheus Assiduam nimio pectore pavit avem,that grew again too fast,Mart. Spect. 7, 2.
* With abl. of thing, excessive, immoderate, intemperate in any thing: fiduciā nimius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess.: rebus secundis nimii,too much elated,Tac. H. 4, 23: nimius mero,Hor. C. 2, 12, 5.
* Transf., great beyond measure, i. e. very great, very much: homo nimiā pulchritudine,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 8: nimia memoras mira,id. Am. 2, 1, 69; 5, 1, 52; Mart. 5, 64, 3.
* In partic., too mighty, too powerful (post-Aug.): Cn. Pompeium esse nimium jam liberae reipublicae,Vell. 2, 32, 1: legio legatis nimia ac formidolosa erat,Tac. Agr. 7; Flor. 3, 15, 3.
* Subst.: nĭmĭum, ii, n.: nimium boni est, cui nil est [in diem] mali, it is great good fortune (a transl. of Eurip. Hec. 2: κεῖνος ὀλβιώτατος), Enn. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41 (Trag. v. 237 Vahl.).—Hence
* In the abl., nĭmĭo, adverb., exceedingly, by far, much, very, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 6: nimio mavolo,id. Poen. 1, 2, 90.—Esp., with comparatives, = multo: scito, nimio celerius venire quod molestum'st,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 69 Lorenz ad loc.: nimio nequior,id. ib. 1, 2, 65: quia te nimio plus diligo, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A, 1: ne doleas plus nimio,Hor. C. 1, 33, 1: nimio minus,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 21: nimio melius,id. Pers. 1, 3, 31: nimio plus quam satis tutum esset, etc.,Liv. 1, 2, 3: nimio plus quam velim,id. 2, 37, 4; 29, 33, 4: nimio amplior,Gell. 1, 3, 25.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
* Nĭmĭum, too much, too ( = nimis, in all uses, v.infra): nimium parce facere sumptum,Ter. And. 2, 6, 19: nimium dicere, opp. parum,Cic. Clu. 58, 160: nimium ne crede colori,Verg. E. 2, 17: diu,Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10: longum tempus,id. Att. 12, 18, 1: nimium multi,id. Clu. 46, 126: nimium gratum ... gratum praeter modum,id. Planc. 33, 82: amantes mei,Quint. 1 prooem. 7 et saep.
* Non nimium, not very much, not particularly: illud non nimium probo,Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7.
* Nĭmĭē (post-class.).
* Nimium quantum, as much as can be, very much indeed, exceedingly, very: differt inter honestum et turpe nimium quantum,Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 70: sales in dicendo nimium quantum valent,id. Or. 26, 87: ille nimium quantum audacter, Oves, inquit, etc.,Gell. 16, 6, 9 (nimium quam, false reading for quae nimium, Quint. 4, 2, 70. In Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 13, the better reading is hem quam, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).
* Too much, excessively: nimie aliquid facere,Capitol. Gord. 6: arat (frontem rugis) non nimie sed pulchre dictum,Macr. S. 6, 6.
* Transf., very much, very: in locis nimie frigidis,Pall. 4, 10.
* Beyond measure, excessive, too great, too much.
* Lit.: quod autem satis est, eo quidquid accesserit nimium est,Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 81: vitem coërcet, ne in omnes partes nimia fundatur,id. Sen. 15, 52: nimiae celeritates,id. Off. 1, 36, 131: nimiā pertinaciā atque arrogantiā,Caes. B. C. 1, 85: Prometheus Assiduam nimio pectore pavit avem,that grew again too fast,Mart. Spect. 7, 2.
* With abl. of thing, excessive, immoderate, intemperate in any thing: fiduciā nimius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess.: rebus secundis nimii,too much elated,Tac. H. 4, 23: nimius mero,Hor. C. 2, 12, 5.
* Transf., great beyond measure, i. e. very great, very much: homo nimiā pulchritudine,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 8: nimia memoras mira,id. Am. 2, 1, 69; 5, 1, 52; Mart. 5, 64, 3.
* In partic., too mighty, too powerful (post-Aug.): Cn. Pompeium esse nimium jam liberae reipublicae,Vell. 2, 32, 1: legio legatis nimia ac formidolosa erat,Tac. Agr. 7; Flor. 3, 15, 3.
* Subst.: nĭmĭum, ii, n.: nimium boni est, cui nil est [in diem] mali, it is great good fortune (a transl. of Eurip. Hec. 2: κεῖνος ὀλβιώτατος), Enn. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41 (Trag. v. 237 Vahl.).—Hence
* In the abl., nĭmĭo, adverb., exceedingly, by far, much, very, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 6: nimio mavolo,id. Poen. 1, 2, 90.—Esp., with comparatives, = multo: scito, nimio celerius venire quod molestum'st,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 69 Lorenz ad loc.: nimio nequior,id. ib. 1, 2, 65: quia te nimio plus diligo, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A, 1: ne doleas plus nimio,Hor. C. 1, 33, 1: nimio minus,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 21: nimio melius,id. Pers. 1, 3, 31: nimio plus quam satis tutum esset, etc.,Liv. 1, 2, 3: nimio plus quam velim,id. 2, 37, 4; 29, 33, 4: nimio amplior,Gell. 1, 3, 25.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
* Nĭmĭum, too much, too ( = nimis, in all uses, v.infra): nimium parce facere sumptum,Ter. And. 2, 6, 19: nimium dicere, opp. parum,Cic. Clu. 58, 160: nimium ne crede colori,Verg. E. 2, 17: diu,Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10: longum tempus,id. Att. 12, 18, 1: nimium multi,id. Clu. 46, 126: nimium gratum ... gratum praeter modum,id. Planc. 33, 82: amantes mei,Quint. 1 prooem. 7 et saep.
* Non nimium, not very much, not particularly: illud non nimium probo,Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7.
* Nĭmĭē (post-class.).
* Nimium quantum, as much as can be, very much indeed, exceedingly, very: differt inter honestum et turpe nimium quantum,Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 70: sales in dicendo nimium quantum valent,id. Or. 26, 87: ille nimium quantum audacter, Oves, inquit, etc.,Gell. 16, 6, 9 (nimium quam, false reading for quae nimium, Quint. 4, 2, 70. In Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 13, the better reading is hem quam, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).
* Too much, excessively: nimie aliquid facere,Capitol. Gord. 6: arat (frontem rugis) non nimie sed pulchre dictum,Macr. S. 6, 6.
* Transf., very much, very: in locis nimie frigidis,Pall. 4, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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