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nimis

nimis, beyond measure, too much, overmuch, excessively, too

BWL

nimis iam dixi
I’ve already said too much nimium diu
for a very long time

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

nimis : (adv.), too much, overmuch; too well, 9.472.

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nímisque Adverb of nimis

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nĭmis, adv. [ni-, ne-, and root ma-, to measure; cf.: metior, mensa, metare, etc.; hence], too much, overmuch, excessively, beyond measure.
  • I Lit.: Chremes nimis graviter cruciat adulescentulum nimisque inhumane, too severely ... too inhumanly, Ter. Heaut. 1045: nec nimis valde nec nimis saepe, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1: heu nimis longo satiate ludo, Hor. C. 1, 2, 37: nimis castus Bellerophon, id. ib. 3, 7, 14: felix heu nimis, Stat. S. 2, 7, 24: nimis dixi, Plin. Pan. 45.—
          • β With gen.: nimis insidiarum, Cic. Or. 51, 170: haec loca lucis habent nimis, Ov. F. 6, 115.—
    • B With a preceding negative, not too much, not very much, not altogether, not very: Philotimi litterae me quidem non nimis, sed eos admodum delectārunt, Cic. Att. 7, 24, 1: ea dicis non nimis deesse nobis, id. de Or. 1, 29, 133: Caecilium non nimis hanc causam severe, non nimis accurate, non nimis diligenter acturum, id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71: illud non nimis probo, quod scribis, id. Fam. 12, 30, 15: praesidium non nimis firmum, Caes. B. G. 7, 36: haud nimis amplum, Liv. 8, 4. —
  • II Transf., beyond measure, exceedingly (ante-class.): nimis velim lapidem, etc., Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 119 (275): nimis id genus ego odi male, id. Rud. 4, 2, 15 (920); id. Am. 1, 1, 63 (215); Ter. Eun. 786.—Also strengthened by quam or tandem, very much, in the highest degree: nimis quam formido, ne, etc., Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 79 (509); id. Truc. 2, 5, 15 (462): nimis tandem contemnor, id. Ps. 4, 1, 11 (915); id. Pers. 2, 1, 2 (169).—Prov.: ne quid nimis, Ter. And. 61.

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