shallow
shallow
adj.
P. and V. οὐ βᾰθύς.
Shallow-brained: see foolish.
adj.
P. and V. οὐ βᾰθύς.
Shallow-brained: see foolish.
SHALLOW
s. vadum; locus vadosus (Caes.). ☞ Brevia vada or simply brevia are poetical.
s. vadum; locus vadosus (Caes.). ☞ Brevia vada or simply brevia are poetical.
adj. PROP. tenuis: vadosus (full of shallows Caes.): Shallow water aqua languida tenuis. Figuratively tenuis: aridus: jejunus: levis. Shallow knowledge or learning levis rerum cognitio; parum subtilis doctrina: wit ingenium jejunum aridum tenue.
shallow (subs.):
1. vădum: the Rhone is crossed in some places by means of a s. (ford), Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur, Caes. B. G. 1, 6: having found s.s there, they endeavoured to lead over a part of their forces, ibi vadis repertis partem suarum copiarum transducere conati sunt, ib. 2, 9: Liv. 21, 31, extr. Fig.: my speech seems to have got out of the s.s, and to have sailed past the cliffs, emersisse e vadis et scopulos praetervecta videtur oratio mea, Cic. Coel. 21, 51.
2. brĕvia, ium (n. plu., as in Gr. τὰ βραχέα): nor could the s.s be distinguished from the deeps, neque discerni poterant b. a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70, med.: Virg. Aen. 1, 111.
1. vădum: the Rhone is crossed in some places by means of a s. (ford), Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur, Caes. B. G. 1, 6: having found s.s there, they endeavoured to lead over a part of their forces, ibi vadis repertis partem suarum copiarum transducere conati sunt, ib. 2, 9: Liv. 21, 31, extr. Fig.: my speech seems to have got out of the s.s, and to have sailed past the cliffs, emersisse e vadis et scopulos praetervecta videtur oratio mea, Cic. Coel. 21, 51.
2. brĕvia, ium (n. plu., as in Gr. τὰ βραχέα): nor could the s.s be distinguished from the deeps, neque discerni poterant b. a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70, med.: Virg. Aen. 1, 111.
shallow (adj.):
I. Of things, not deep:
1. vădōsus (full of shallows): a s. sea, mare v., Caes. B. C. 1, 25: a s. river, amnis v., Virg. Aen. 7, 728.
2. brĕvis, e (short in length or depth): a s. well, puteus b., Juv. 3, 226: s. fords, b. vada, Virg. Aen. 5, 221.
3. hŭmĭlis, e (rare in this sense): he himself traces out the walls with a s. trench, ipse humili designat moenia fossa, ib. 7, 157: Tac. A. 1, 61, med.
4. often expr. by altus, with a negative: (the river) broader, and therefore s.er, latior eoque minus alto alveo, Liv. 21, 27: quite s., minime alto alveo, etc.
II. Fig.: of intellectual qualities: Phr.: s. learning, levis rerum cognitio; parum subtilis doctrina, (Kr.): a man of very s. learning, qui nonnisi primoribus labris literas gustavit: cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20.
I. Of things, not deep:
1. vădōsus (full of shallows): a s. sea, mare v., Caes. B. C. 1, 25: a s. river, amnis v., Virg. Aen. 7, 728.
2. brĕvis, e (short in length or depth): a s. well, puteus b., Juv. 3, 226: s. fords, b. vada, Virg. Aen. 5, 221.
3. hŭmĭlis, e (rare in this sense): he himself traces out the walls with a s. trench, ipse humili designat moenia fossa, ib. 7, 157: Tac. A. 1, 61, med.
4. often expr. by altus, with a negative: (the river) broader, and therefore s.er, latior eoque minus alto alveo, Liv. 21, 27: quite s., minime alto alveo, etc.
II. Fig.: of intellectual qualities: Phr.: s. learning, levis rerum cognitio; parum subtilis doctrina, (Kr.): a man of very s. learning, qui nonnisi primoribus labris literas gustavit: cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20.