(adjective) : vălĭdus, a, um, valeo
* Strong, stout, able, powerful, robust, vigorous (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Caes.; very rare in Cic.; cf. valens).
* Lit.
* In gen.: quasi incudem me homines octo validi caedant,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 7: quantus et quam validus est,id. ib. 1, 1, 143: lictores,id. As. 3, 2, 29: videmus ea, quae terra gignit, corticibus et radicibus valida servari,Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33: legiones,Lucr. 5, 1228: leo,id. 5, 985; 5, 1310: tauri,Ov. M. 7, 538; 9, 186: lacerti,Lucr. 4, 829; Ov. M. 9, 223: vires,Verg. A. 2, 50: robur pectoris,Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 11: validissima forma,Quint. 12, 10, 5: ventus,Lucr. 6, 137; 3, 509: aestus,id. 1, 300: fulmen,id. 6, 228: flumen,id. 1, 291: pontes,id. 1, 285: turres,id. 5, 1440: tormenta,id. 6, 329: bipennis,Verg. G. 4, 331: urbs valida muris,Liv. 1, 15, 4: validiores munitiones,id. 36, 17, 4; 24, 37: praesidia,id. 44, 35: robustis apta materia validissima est,the strongest, most nourishing food,Cels. 2, 18 fin. (cf. valens, A.): ptisanae usus validissimus saluberrimusque,Plin. 18, 7, 15, § 74.—With inf.: pondus sustinere valida abies,Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 222: (canis) validus servare gregem,Claud. in Eutrop. 1, 34.
* Trop., strong, mighty, powerful, effective: Jovi opulento, incluto ... valido viripotenti,Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1: aevi leges,Lucr. 5, 58: valida urbs et potens,Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4: fama validissima,Tac. A. 13, 8: ducibus validiorem quam exercitu rem Romanam esse,Liv. 2, 39, 2: delecti, quibus corpus annis infirmum, ingenium sapientiā validum erat,Sall. C. 6, 6: mente minus validus quam corpore toto,Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 7: quam sit ingenio validus,Quint. 10, 1, 62: opibus, ingenio validus,Tac. H. 1, 57: vir gratiā et facundiā validus,Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 12: Tiberius spernendis rumoribus validus,Tac. A. 3, 10; 4, 37: auctor validissimus mittendi secretos nuntios,id. ib. 6, 31: ad Caesaris amicitiam validus,id. ib. 6, 8: adversus consentientis nec regem quemquam satis validum nec tyrannum fore,Liv. 34, 49, 9: cum validae tum breves vibrantesque sententiae,Quint. 10, 1, 60: validissimum genus (dicendi),id. 12, 10, 63. —With gen.: orandi validus,Tac. A. 4, 21: colonia virium et opum,id. H. 2, 19: aevi,Aur. Vict. Caes. 16 fin.—Hence, advv.
* Well in body, in good health, sound, healthy: salvus atque validus,Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 7: jamne isti abierunt, Qui me vi cogunt, ut validus insaniam?of sound body,Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 2: si, ut spero, te validum videro,Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 3: validus male filius,i. e. sickly,Hor. S. 2, 5, 45: necdum ex morbo satis validus,Liv. 3, 13, 2: color validus,healthy complexion,Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 42.
* Of medicines, strong, powerful, active, efficacious: medicamen,Ov. M. 15, 533; 7, 262: sucus,id. ib. 7, 316: venenum,id. ib. 7, 123; Tac. A. 13, 15 fin.: validissima faex aceti contra cerastas,Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.
* Vălĭdē, strongly, stoutly, vehemently, mightily, powerfully, exceedingly, very, etc. (not in Cic. or Caes.): ut valide tonuit!Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10: quam valide tonuit,id. ib. 5, 1, 78: fluctuat valide mare,id. Rud. 2, 1, 14: ne tua vox valide valet!id. Pers. 3, 3, 22: vostra latera loris faciam valide varia uti sint,id. Ps. 1, 2, 12: amare valide coepi hinc meretricem,id. Merc. prol. 42; 48.—Comp.: validius clamare,Phaedr. 3, 16, 6: quo me validius cruciaret,Quint. 6, praef. § 8: quanto validius bonos inhibet pudor quam metus,id. 9, 2, 76: utros peccare validius putem,id. 10, 3, 12: abrogant fidem validius,Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 20: poëtae sunt molesti validius,Phaedr. 4, epil. 9.— Sup.: validissime alicui favere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1: cupere,Plin. Ep. 9, 35, 1; 3, 15, 2.—*
* As a reply in the affirmative, certainly, by all means, to be sure: Ca. Legirupa. Ba. Valide. Ps. Pernicies adulescentum. Ba. Acerrime, etc., Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 130; cf. v. 110.
* In a contr. form, valdē, an intens. adv., strongly, vehemently, energetically, vigorously, intensely, very, very much, exceedingly (freq. and class.; cf.: graviter, multo, bene, magnopere, etc.).
* With verbs: quidquid volt, valde volt, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2: nunc inhibere illud tuum, quod valde mihi arriserat, vehementer displicet,Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3: epistula tua, quae me valde levavit,id. ib. 4, 7, 1: de Vergilii parte valde probo,id. ib. 13, 26, 1: alicui valde interdicere, ut, etc.,id. Rep. 1, 39, 61: non valde moveri,id. ib.: hos sermones ... lacessivi numquam, sed non valde repressi,id. Fam. 3, 8, 7: litteras tuas valde exspecto,id. ib. 16, 19: ille se profecisse sciat, cui Cicero valde placebit,Quint. 10, 1, 112.—Strengthened by nimis: tu vero eum nec nimis valde umquam nec nimis saepe laudaveris,Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1.—By tam: hoc est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere,Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31: nil mihi tam valde placeat, quod, etc.,Cat. 68, 77: quem tam diu tamque valde timuissent,Nep. Eum. 11, 2: de remedio non tam valde laboro,Petr. 17.—By quam: vosmet videte, quam mihi valde placuerit,Plaut. Merc. prol. 103: quam valde universi admurmuraverint,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: significare quam valde probetis ea, quae, etc., Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1.
* With adjectives: magistratus valde lenes et remissi,Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66: aetas valde longa,id. ib. 1, 37, 58: exspectatio valde magna,id. Fam. 15, 17, 3: cui me praeripere desponsam laudem, valde est iniquum,id. Har. Resp. 3, 6: homo et acutus, ut Poenus, et valde studiosus ac diligens,id. Ac. 2, 31, 98: mala valde est Bestia,Cat. 69, 7: quoties verbum verbo aut non dissimile valde quaeritur,Quint. 9, 3, 75.—With tam: quasi vero quicquam sit tam valde, quam nihil sapere, vulgare,Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81.—With quam: nam suos valde quam paucos habet, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3.
* As a strongly confirmative reply, yes, certainly: Ca. Meam tu amicam vendidisti? Ba. Valde, viginti minis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 110.
* Comp. (rare; cf. valide, supra): novit me valdius ipso,Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 6: valdius oblectat populum,id. A. P. 321.
* Sup.: quos valdissime diligunt,Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 4.—*