(adjective) : vĕhĕmens (veemens, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120 K. and H.; more freq. vēmens, Ter. And. 1, 1, 123; Cat. 50, 21; and Lucr. always, Lachm., Munro), entis, perh. Sanscr. vahis, out of, and mens; cf. vē-
* Very eager, violent, furious, impetuous, ardent, vehement, etc. (syn. violentus).
* Lit.: vehemens in utramque partem, Menedeme, es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā,Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 31: Galba non in agendo solum, sed etiam in meditando vehemens atque incensus,Cic. Brut. 22, 88: in alios, id. Sull. 31, 87: vehemens feroxque naturā,id. Vatin. 2, 4; with severus (opp. lenissimus),id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; with inexorabilis,id. Sull. 31, 87; with dissolutus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; with acer,id. Caecin. 10, 28; with fortis,id. Off. 1, 28, 100: vehemens lupus et sibi et hosti Iratus pariter,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 28: canis,Phaedr. 2, 3, 1.—Of abstract things: acer et vehemens incitatio,Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183: genus orationis vehemens atque atrox,id. ib. 2, 49, 200: vehemens et pugnax exordium dicendi,id. ib. 2, 78, 317: vehemens et aspera quaestio,Quint. 5, 10, 113: vehemens et grave senatusconsultum,Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.
* Transf., in gen., active, forcible, vigorous, powerful, mighty, strong: satis vemens causa ad objurgandum,Ter. And. 1, 1, 123: Arcturus signum sum omnium acerrimum: Vehemens sum exoriens: quom occido vehementior,Plaut. Rud. prol. 71: imber,Lucr. 6, 517: vehementior cursus fluminum,Quint. 9, 4, 7: vehementissimus cursus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 15: fuga,id. ib. 8, 48: ictus,Lucr. 6, 311: pilum ... vehementius ictu missuque telum,Liv. 9, 19, 7: impetus,Amm. 19, 11, 15: brassica ... tenui suco vehementissima,very powerful, very efficacious,Cato, R. R. 157, 2: medicamentum efficacius et vehementius,Scrib. Comp. 70: vitis vehementioribus statuminibus impedanda est,stronger,Col. 4, 16, 2: vitis vehemens multaque materia frondens,vigorous,id. 3, 1, 5: palus,thick, stout,id. 4, 12, 1: violentia vini,Lucr. 3, 482: vis frigorum aut calorum,Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 235; cf.: vis in oratione vehementissima,Quint. 9, 4, 13: vehementior lethargus,Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238: dolor capitis,id. 24, 9, 38, § 62: usus strigilis,Suet. Aug. 80: argumentum vehementius,Quint. 7, 6, 7: conviva salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,Juv. 9, 11.