very
very
adv.
P. and V. μά̆λᾰ, σφόδρᾰ, Ar. and V. κάρτᾰ (rare P.).
Much: P. and V. πολύ, Ar. and V. πολλά̆.
Exceedingly: P. ὑ̆περβαλλόντως, ἀμηχάνως, διαφερόντως, Ar. and P. ὑ̆περφυῶς, V. ἐξόχως.
The very man, the man himself: use P. and V. αὐτὸς ἀ̆νήρ.
The very same: P. and V. ὁ αὐτός, αὑτός.
This very thing: P. and V. αὐτὸ τοῦτο, τοῦτʼ αὐτό.
On the very day, adv.: P. and V. αὐθήμερον.
At the very moment: P. and V. αὐτί̆κᾰ, Ar. and P. αὐτόθεν.
On the very spot: P. and V. αὐτοῦ.
From the very spot: P. and V. αὐτόθεν.
To the very spot: Ar. and P. αὐτόσε.
adv.
P. and V. μά̆λᾰ, σφόδρᾰ, Ar. and V. κάρτᾰ (rare P.).
Much: P. and V. πολύ, Ar. and V. πολλά̆.
Exceedingly: P. ὑ̆περβαλλόντως, ἀμηχάνως, διαφερόντως, Ar. and P. ὑ̆περφυῶς, V. ἐξόχως.
The very man, the man himself: use P. and V. αὐτὸς ἀ̆νήρ.
The very same: P. and V. ὁ αὐτός, αὑτός.
This very thing: P. and V. αὐτὸ τοῦτο, τοῦτʼ αὐτό.
On the very day, adv.: P. and V. αὐθήμερον.
At the very moment: P. and V. αὐτί̆κᾰ, Ar. and P. αὐτόθεν.
On the very spot: P. and V. αὐτοῦ.
From the very spot: P. and V. αὐτόθεν.
To the very spot: Ar. and P. αὐτόσε.
VERY
adj. [Vid. TRUE REAL.] ”Veriest” may often be rendered by summus; or by a superlative. A very fool stultior stultissimo.
Itself ipse. In that very place in eo ipso loco.
adj. [Vid. TRUE REAL.] ”Veriest” may often be rendered by summus; or by a superlative. A very fool stultior stultissimo.
Itself ipse. In that very place in eo ipso loco.
adverb summe (in the highest degree; with verbs and adjectives): maxime: quam maxime: magno opere or magnopere: maximo opere or maximopere. summo opere or summopere (with great pains or effort; only with verbs): impense (zealously; with verbs): perquam (used almost exclusively with words which may be compounded with per): admodum (fully): valde (strongly; with verbs and adjectives): sane quam (with verbs and adjectives): oppido (litterally enough for the time plentifully with adjectives and verbs; chiefly in common life and hence found for the most part in the comedians; but also in Cic. in dialogues and epistles): satis (sufficiently; always with relation to some given end or to certain circumstances; with adjectives and adverbs; e.g. non satis se tutum in Argis videbat not very safe): vehementer (earnestly passionately; with verbs of emotion or the like; as dolere gaudere rogare; also not uncommonly in other connections merely to denote intensity; e.g. vehementer utile est Cic.; erit mihi vehementissime gratum Cic.; vehementer errare Caes.): graviter (severely; with verbs and participles; e.g. graviter aegrotare graviter iratus): mire: mirifice: mirum quantum (extraordinarily; with verbs and adjectives): apprime (particularly especially; with adjectives): perfecte (thoroughly; with adjectives): imprimis (before all among the first; and for this we find also inter primos in or cum paucis inter paucos ante alios praeter caeteros super omnes): bene (well duly; with adjectives adverbs and verbs): probe (finely; with adjectives and verbs; but only in conversational style in the comedians): egregie eximie (excellently extraordinarily; with adjectives and verbs: ☞ egregie is used also to denote excess or defect but only in common discourse in dialogue or in the epistolary style; e.g. egregie falsum “very false” (but ☞ there is no authority for egregie falli or errare for which the classical expressions are valde or vehementer errare procul or longe errare tota errare via probe or diligenter errare): longe (far; with words denoting preference or distinction; e.g. longe superare praestare or antecellere; longe diversus). “Very” is expressed in Latin in various other ways; e.g. by per in composition with adjectives adverbs or verbs; as perpauci perquam pauci very few; mihi perplacet or perquam placet I am very well pleased or satisfied: by dis in composition with verbs; e.g. discupere to desire very eagerly; dilaudare to extol very highly: by the superlative sometimes with longe or multo; e.g. (longe) fertilissimus; multo ditissimus: not very (before adjectives and adverbs) non ita; haud ita (☞ not non admodum non valde).
very (adj.):
1. vērus (true): v.TRUE , REAL .
2. germānus (genuine): I know that I have been a v. donkey, scio me g. asinum fuisse, Cic. Att. 4, 5, 3.
3. ipse (ipsus) (self, same): at that v. hour, ea i. hora, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4: superl., are you the man himself? His v. self, ergo ipsus es? ipsissimus, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 146. Phr.: expr. by superl., etc.: I speak in v. truth, verissime loquor, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: unless you were the v.est fool, nisi sis stultior stultissimo, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 26: v.UTTER . At this v. moment, nunc quum maxime, Cic. Clu. 5, 12: Tac. H. 4, 58: Ter. Andr. 5, 1, 4: at the v. moment when he was speaking, quum maxime loqueretur, Cic. Verr. 5, 54, 142.
1. vērus (true): v.
2. germānus (genuine): I know that I have been a v. donkey, scio me g. asinum fuisse, Cic. Att. 4, 5, 3.
3. ipse (ipsus) (self, same): at that v. hour, ea i. hora, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4: superl., are you the man himself? His v. self, ergo ipsus es? ipsissimus, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 146. Phr.: expr. by superl., etc.: I speak in v. truth, verissime loquor, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: unless you were the v.est fool, nisi sis stultior stultissimo, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 26: v.
very (adv.):
A. Expr. by adv.
I. With adj. etc.:
1. maxĭmē (in the highest degree): (i.) with adj.: districts v. rich in corn, loca m. frumentaria, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: v. eager for war, m. omnium belli avida, Liv. 23, 49: for other forms of expr. v. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict. (ii.) With verbs: in this legion he placed v. great trust, huic legioni confidebat m., Caes. B. G. 1, 40: v.GREATLY .
2. summē (in the highest degree): (i.) with adj.: v. pleasant, s. jucundum, Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2. (ii.) with verbs: which always causes me v. great anxiety, quod me sollicitare s. solet, id. de Or. 2, 72, 295: v.GREATLY .
3. valdē (strongly): (i.) with adj.: v. lenient magistrates, magistratus v. lenes, Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66. (ii.) with adv.: to speak v. strongly and freely, v. vehementer et libere dicere, id. Att. 14, 1, 2. (iii.) with verbs: v.STRONGLY , GREATLY .
4. admŏdum (in proper measure): (i.) with adj.: v. unpolished, a. impolita, Cic. Brut. 85, 294: esp. with words denoting age: when Crassus was v. young, Crassus quum esset a. adolescens, id. Off. 2, 13, 47. (ii.) with verbs: your letter gave me v. great pleasure, me literae tuae a. delectarunt, id. Fam. 5, 19, 2.
5. sătis (săt) (sufficiently): (i.) with adj.: v. much remains, s. multa restant, Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71. (ii.) with adverbs: not v. honourably, non s. honeste, id. Am. 16, 57. (iii.) with verbs: I know v. well, s. scio, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 37: v.ENOUGH , WELL .
6. bĕne (right): (i.) with adj.: a v. strong band, b. magna caterva, Cic. Mur. 33, 69. (ii.) with adv.: he got v. deep in his confidence, b. penitus se in istius familiaritatem dedit, id. Verr. 2, 70, 169: v. early, b. mane, id. Att. 4, 9, 2, fin.
7. prŏbē (well, in the conversational style of comedy): (i.) with adj.: he is v. like you, tui similis est p., Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18. (ii.) with verbs: to deceive v. thoroughly, p. decipere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 268: they are v. wrong, errant p., ib. 3, 3, 20.
8. perquam: (i.) with adj. or adv.: I touched on v. briefly, p. breviter perstrinxi, Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201. (ii.) with verbs: I should v. much like to know, p. scire velim, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 1.
9. sānē (well, truly): (i.) with adj.: he sets forth a v. long speech, explicat orationem s. longam, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13. (ii.) with adv.: v. well cultivated, s. bene culta, id. Quint. 3, 12. (iii.) strengthened with quam (v. much, exceedingly): with adj., adv., and verbs: in a v. short time, s. quam brevi, id. Leg. 2, 10, 23.
10. impensē (earnestly, greatly): (i.) with adj. (rare): v. wicked, i. improbus, Plaut. Epid. 4, 1, 39. (ii.) with verbs: v.VEHEMENTLY .
11. mīrē, mīrĭfĭce, mīrum quantum: v.MARVELLOUSLY .
12. apprīme, in prīmīs, etc.: v.ESPECIALLY .
13. perfectē (completely): v. learned, p. planeque eruditus, Cic. Brut. 81, 282: v.FULLY , COMPLETELY .
14. ēgrĕgiē (eminently): a v. brave and good general, e. fortis et bonus imperator, id. de Or. 2, 66, 268.
15. oppĭdo: (i.) with adj. or adv.: v. conveniently, o. opportune Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 24: Cic.: oppido quam Liv. (ii.) with verbs: they are v. different, o. inter se differunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 33.
16. plānē: v.QUITE .
17. vĕhĕmenter (ardently): (i.) with adj.: which are v. important, quae sunt gravia v., Cic. Clu. 24, 64. (ii.) with verbs: etc. v. angry, v. irata, Plaut. Truc. 2. 6, 64: I ask v. earnestly, v. rogo, Cic. Att. 16, 16 D.
II. With comp., etc., and words implying superiority or difference: v. far, etc.
1. multo: v. much fewer, m. pauciores, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11: placing virtue v. much before everything, virtutem omnibus rebus m. anteponentes, id. Fin. 4, 18, 51: v. differently: m. secus, id. Fam. 4, 9, 2.
2. multum: he will v. far surpass all, m. omnes superabit, id. Verr. 5, 44, 115: with comp. poet. Plaut.: Juv.
3. longē: v. superior, l. melior, Virg. Aen. 9, 556: v. much the first, l. princeps, Cic. Fam. 13, 13: my principle was v. different, mea longissime ratio abhorrebat, id. Verr. 2, 4, 10. Join: l. and multum, ib. 5, 44, 115: v.FAR .
III. With negatives:
1. non ita, haud ita: not v. long afterwards, non i. multo post, Cic. Caec. 6, 17: not v. much corn, haud i. multum frumenti, Liv. 4, 12.
2. haud sānē, non sane: not v. long since, haud s. diu, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 44. Join 1 and 2: not v. old, non ita sane vetus, Cic. Brut. 10, 41.
IV. With verbs or part.: v. much: [besides the words of which instances are given under I.]:
1. magnŏpĕrĕ. (old age) is not v. desirous of pleasures, voluptates nullas m. desiderat, Cic. Sen. 13, 44: Superl.: I ask you v. anxiously, a te maximopere peto, id. Fam. 3, 2, 1.
2. summŏpĕre: id. Inv. 1, 18, 26: Lucr.
3. grăvĭter (with words expressing suffering, anger, etc., deeply): to be v. ill, g. aegrotare, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32: v. angry, g. iratus, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2.
4. exĭmĭe: he loved him v. much, e. dilexit, Cic. Arch. 9, 20: a v. much decorated temple, e. ornatum templum, Liv. 25, 40. Phr.: you are v. wrong, tota erras via, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14: they are v. wrong, procul errant, Sall. Jug. 89, ad fin.: expr. by Superl.: a v. great man, vir maxĭmus: in a v. great degree, maxĭmē.
B. Expr. by words the composition of which denotes superiority, etc.: a v. great man, vir egregius, eximius, etc.
C. Expr. by prefix:
1. per: very few, perpauci: it is v. pleasing, perplăcet.
2. prae: v. hard, praedūrus.
3. vē (usu. in neg. sense): not v. large, vegrandis: v. pale, vepallidus: v. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict.
4. dis (with verbs): to praise v. highly, dilaudo, 1, Cic.: to be v. eager, discŭpio, 3, Coel. in Cic. Fam.: Plaut.
A. Expr. by adv.
I. With adj. etc.:
1. maxĭmē (in the highest degree): (i.) with adj.: districts v. rich in corn, loca m. frumentaria, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: v. eager for war, m. omnium belli avida, Liv. 23, 49: for other forms of expr. v. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict. (ii.) With verbs: in this legion he placed v. great trust, huic legioni confidebat m., Caes. B. G. 1, 40: v.
2. summē (in the highest degree): (i.) with adj.: v. pleasant, s. jucundum, Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2. (ii.) with verbs: which always causes me v. great anxiety, quod me sollicitare s. solet, id. de Or. 2, 72, 295: v.
3. valdē (strongly): (i.) with adj.: v. lenient magistrates, magistratus v. lenes, Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66. (ii.) with adv.: to speak v. strongly and freely, v. vehementer et libere dicere, id. Att. 14, 1, 2. (iii.) with verbs: v.
4. admŏdum (in proper measure): (i.) with adj.: v. unpolished, a. impolita, Cic. Brut. 85, 294: esp. with words denoting age: when Crassus was v. young, Crassus quum esset a. adolescens, id. Off. 2, 13, 47. (ii.) with verbs: your letter gave me v. great pleasure, me literae tuae a. delectarunt, id. Fam. 5, 19, 2.
5. sătis (săt) (sufficiently): (i.) with adj.: v. much remains, s. multa restant, Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71. (ii.) with adverbs: not v. honourably, non s. honeste, id. Am. 16, 57. (iii.) with verbs: I know v. well, s. scio, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 37: v.
6. bĕne (right): (i.) with adj.: a v. strong band, b. magna caterva, Cic. Mur. 33, 69. (ii.) with adv.: he got v. deep in his confidence, b. penitus se in istius familiaritatem dedit, id. Verr. 2, 70, 169: v. early, b. mane, id. Att. 4, 9, 2, fin.
7. prŏbē (well, in the conversational style of comedy): (i.) with adj.: he is v. like you, tui similis est p., Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18. (ii.) with verbs: to deceive v. thoroughly, p. decipere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 268: they are v. wrong, errant p., ib. 3, 3, 20.
8. perquam: (i.) with adj. or adv.: I touched on v. briefly, p. breviter perstrinxi, Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201. (ii.) with verbs: I should v. much like to know, p. scire velim, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 1.
9. sānē (well, truly): (i.) with adj.: he sets forth a v. long speech, explicat orationem s. longam, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13. (ii.) with adv.: v. well cultivated, s. bene culta, id. Quint. 3, 12. (iii.) strengthened with quam (v. much, exceedingly): with adj., adv., and verbs: in a v. short time, s. quam brevi, id. Leg. 2, 10, 23.
10. impensē (earnestly, greatly): (i.) with adj. (rare): v. wicked, i. improbus, Plaut. Epid. 4, 1, 39. (ii.) with verbs: v.
11. mīrē, mīrĭfĭce, mīrum quantum: v.
12. apprīme, in prīmīs, etc.: v.
13. perfectē (completely): v. learned, p. planeque eruditus, Cic. Brut. 81, 282: v.
14. ēgrĕgiē (eminently): a v. brave and good general, e. fortis et bonus imperator, id. de Or. 2, 66, 268.
15. oppĭdo: (i.) with adj. or adv.: v. conveniently, o. opportune Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 24: Cic.: oppido quam Liv. (ii.) with verbs: they are v. different, o. inter se differunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 33.
16. plānē: v.
17. vĕhĕmenter (ardently): (i.) with adj.: which are v. important, quae sunt gravia v., Cic. Clu. 24, 64. (ii.) with verbs: etc. v. angry, v. irata, Plaut. Truc. 2. 6, 64: I ask v. earnestly, v. rogo, Cic. Att. 16, 16 D.
II. With comp., etc., and words implying superiority or difference: v. far, etc.
1. multo: v. much fewer, m. pauciores, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11: placing virtue v. much before everything, virtutem omnibus rebus m. anteponentes, id. Fin. 4, 18, 51: v. differently: m. secus, id. Fam. 4, 9, 2.
2. multum: he will v. far surpass all, m. omnes superabit, id. Verr. 5, 44, 115: with comp. poet. Plaut.: Juv.
3. longē: v. superior, l. melior, Virg. Aen. 9, 556: v. much the first, l. princeps, Cic. Fam. 13, 13: my principle was v. different, mea longissime ratio abhorrebat, id. Verr. 2, 4, 10. Join: l. and multum, ib. 5, 44, 115: v.
III. With negatives:
1. non ita, haud ita: not v. long afterwards, non i. multo post, Cic. Caec. 6, 17: not v. much corn, haud i. multum frumenti, Liv. 4, 12.
2. haud sānē, non sane: not v. long since, haud s. diu, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 44. Join 1 and 2: not v. old, non ita sane vetus, Cic. Brut. 10, 41.
IV. With verbs or part.: v. much: [besides the words of which instances are given under I.]:
1. magnŏpĕrĕ. (old age) is not v. desirous of pleasures, voluptates nullas m. desiderat, Cic. Sen. 13, 44: Superl.: I ask you v. anxiously, a te maximopere peto, id. Fam. 3, 2, 1.
2. summŏpĕre: id. Inv. 1, 18, 26: Lucr.
3. grăvĭter (with words expressing suffering, anger, etc., deeply): to be v. ill, g. aegrotare, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32: v. angry, g. iratus, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2.
4. exĭmĭe: he loved him v. much, e. dilexit, Cic. Arch. 9, 20: a v. much decorated temple, e. ornatum templum, Liv. 25, 40. Phr.: you are v. wrong, tota erras via, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14: they are v. wrong, procul errant, Sall. Jug. 89, ad fin.: expr. by Superl.: a v. great man, vir maxĭmus: in a v. great degree, maxĭmē.
B. Expr. by words the composition of which denotes superiority, etc.: a v. great man, vir egregius, eximius, etc.
C. Expr. by prefix:
1. per: very few, perpauci: it is v. pleasing, perplăcet.
2. prae: v. hard, praedūrus.
3. vē (usu. in neg. sense): not v. large, vegrandis: v. pale, vepallidus: v. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict.
4. dis (with verbs): to praise v. highly, dilaudo, 1, Cic.: to be v. eager, discŭpio, 3, Coel. in Cic. Fam.: Plaut.
αὐτός
αὐτός, self; him, her, it, them; the same, the very
πάνυ
πάνυ (adv.), perfectly, very; by all means
μάλα
μάλα, (adv) very
ὧδε
ὧδε, in this way, thus, so very
σφόδρα
very, very much, exceedingly, violently
λίαν
λίαν, very, exceedingly
κάρτα
very, very much, extremely
ἄγαν
very, much, very much
the very
αὐτοσανδαράκη
very
λίην
too, excessively, greatly, very
αὐτός, self; him, her, it, them; the same, the very
πάνυ
πάνυ (adv.), perfectly, very; by all means
μάλα
μάλα, (adv) very
ὧδε
ὧδε, in this way, thus, so very
σφόδρα
very, very much, exceedingly, violently
λίαν
λίαν, very, exceedingly
κάρτα
very, very much, extremely
ἄγαν
very, much, very much
appearing fewer than 50 times
αὐτοάλφαthe very
αὐτοσανδαράκη
very
λίην
too, excessively, greatly, very
appearing fewer than 50 times
mediocritermoderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not very, not remarkably, slightly, somewhat
multa2
much, very, exceedingly, greatly, earnestly
multum
much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far
oppido
very, very much, completely, exceedingly, exactly, precisely
pulchre
beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very
valde
strongly, vehemently, energetically, vigorously, intensely, very, very much, exceedingly