vilis

vīlis, e, adj., of small price or value, purchased at a low rate, cheap (opp. carus).

• I Lit.: nec quicquam hic vile nunc est nisi mores mali, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 10 (32): annona vilior, id. Mil. 3, 1, 138 (733): istaec (puella) vero vilis est, Ter. Phorm. 558: istuc verbum vile est viginti minis, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 139 (295): ex eis praediis talenta argenti bina Statim capiebat ... Ac rebus vilioribus multo talenta bina, Ter. Phorm. 791: frumentum quoniam vilius erat, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195: res vilissimae (opp. pretiosissimae), id. Fin. 2, 28, 91.—Abl. neutr. (sc. pretio), at a small price, at a low rate, cheaply: Ep. Quanti eam emit? Th. Vili, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 49 (49): vili vendere, Mart. 12, 66, 10.— Comp.: quod viliori praedium distraxerit ... et si non viliori vendidit, etc., Dig. 43, 24, 11, § 8.—Sup.: res stipulatoris vilissimo distracta est, Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.—
• II Transf.
• • A Of trifling value, cheap, poor, paltry, common, mean, worthless, base, vile (cf. indignus): si honor noster vobis vilior fuisset, Cic.Cic. Fl. 41, 103: nihil tam vile neque tam vulgare, id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: Velia non est vilior quam Lupercal, id. Fam. 7, 20, 1: hi quorum tibi auctoritas est videlicet cara, vita vilissima, id. Cat. 1, 8, 19: fidem fortunas pericula vilia habere, Sall. C. 16, 2: nec adeo vilis tibi vita esset nostra, ut, etc., Liv. 40, 9: et genus et virtus nisi cum re vilior alga est, Hor. S. 2, 5, 8: inter Perfectos veteresque referri debet an inter Viles et novos? id. Ep. 2, 1, 38: vilis Europe, vile, abandoned, id. C. 3, 27, 57: tu poscis vilia rerum, id. Ep. 1, 17, 21: si, dum me careas, est tibi vile mori, Ov. H. 7, 48.— Neutr. adverb.: et vile virentes Hesperidum risit ramos, i.e. in the ordinary manner, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 37: vile comparati, Schol. Juv. 11, 145.—Prov.: vile est, quod licet, Petr. 93, 1.—
  • • • • β With inf.: stat fucare colos nec Sidone vilior, Ancon. Sil. 8, 438. —
  • B Found in great quantities, abundant, common (poet. and rare): poma, Verg. G. 1, 274: phaselus, id. ib. 1, 227.—Hence, adv.: vīlĭter.
  • • 1 Lit., cheaply: venire poteris intestinis vilius, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 28 (243): vilissime constat, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45: vilissime constiterit, Col. 9, 1, 6.—
    • 2 Transf., meanly, poorly, vilely: se ipsum colere, Ap. Flor. 1, p. 344, 29; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 97: vilissime natus, Eutr. 9, 21.

vīlis, e, wohlfeil (Ggstz. pretiosus, carus), I) eig.: servulus, Cic.: merces (Waren), Ggstz. merces opimae (kostbare), Amm.: frumentum vilius, Cic.: res viliores, wohlfeilere Zeiten, Ter.: res vilissimae, Cic.: de pretio vilissimi pisces, Donat.: non ecastor vilis est emptus modius, qui venit, salis, Plaut. – absol. Abl. vīlī, wohlfeil, emere, Plaut., vendere, Mart.: u. so viliori vendere oder distrahere, ICt.: u. vilissimo distrahere, ICt. – vīle adv., Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 37. Schol. Iuven. 11, 145; vgl. viliter a.E. – II) übtr.: a) wertlos, gering an Wert, gleichgültig, verächtlich, rex, Nep.: vita, Cic.: etiamsi honos noster vobis vilior fuisset, Cic.: vita vilissima, Cic.: nihili quidem hercle verbum id ac vilissimum, Plaut.: pericula vilia habere, geringschätzen, Sall.: inter vilia habere, Hor.: poscis vilia rerum, Hor. – mit Infin. als Subj., si est tibi vile mori, Ov. her. 7, 48: als Obj., stat fucare colus nec Sidone vilior Ancon, Sil. 8, 436. – vīle adv., gering, vile virentes rami, Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 37: vile facere, gering achten, Lact. ad Stat. Theb. 5, 28. – b) poet. = (weil im Überflusse vorhanden) überall feil, phaselus, Verg. georg. 1, 227: poma, ibid. 1, 274.

vilis [CL] 1 of low price, cheap, (also of price) low. multos stateres queque ~ia valebant Ord. Vit. IX 10 p. 551; pretium impretiabile hodie sub ~is oboli taxatione venditur P. Blois Serm. 737A; reliquos ‥ in servitutem vendidit ~i precio [ME: for a peny] Itin. Mand. 58. 2 of low or little value or worth, base, mean (also as assoc. w. poor condition). ~ibus ‥ meritis Gildas EB 1; in quo monasteriolum habebatur antiquitus sed erat tunc destitutum ‥ ~ibus edificiis consistens Ælf. Æthelwold 7; caprini pellibus usi / vilibus induti seclique in rebus egeni Wulf. Brev. 478; Dominus ‥ se ‥ exposuit ‥ tam fragili, tam corruptibili, tam ~i materie Gir. TH I 13 p. 44; ad fullandum aliquos ~es pannos vel grossos G. S. Alb. I 418; honor mundi transitivus / ‥ / est inanis et exilis / brevis levis vanus vilis Walt. Wimb. Van. 3; transmutandi metalla ~ia in aurum et argentum Bacon Tert. sup. 13; Averroys ‥ ~e sophisma facit Id. CSTheol. 51; non carum facit Deum sed ~em [ME: unwurð] nimis qui ‥ aliquid de ejus dilectione diminuit AncrR 162; 1423 [lego] reparacioni et emendacioni viarum ~ium ubi magis necesse fuerit Reg. Cant. II 242. 3 of low rank, status, importance, or esteem (also w. ref. to contempt); b (w. dat.). ut nos ‥ / abducat fallax vilis quasi servulus hostis Bede CuthbV 319; de villanis et ~i plebe DB I 44vb; utitur solummodo quarundam ~ium testimoniis personarum Herm. Arch. 25 p. 60; rex celorum ‥ non ‥ equo superbo, sed ~is aselli dorso est invectus Hon. Spec. Eccl. 1005B; tametsi ~is vermiculus et vapor sim (Lit.) M. Rievaulx 75; hec etenim Anglorum opinio ‥ quod ~is et abjectus in Anglia validus et acceptus in Wallia Gir. JS I p. 121; opifices ~es Major I 8.  b ferre apud Normannos pigebat ~em se cunctis, odiosum esse multis W. Poit. I 9; fides, sacramentum, et salus obsidum ~ia fuerunt iratis pro ‥ occisis parentibus Ord. Vit. IV 5 p. 187; paupertas Christi et humilitas ejus mundo ~is est Bald. Cant. Serm. 1. 38. 569. 4 unpleasant, repulsive, foul, vile; b (of language); c (morally). persona quedam ~is et feda Map NC V 6 f. 67; ~is discordancia sive tediosa ‥ et refutabilis ab omnibus in majori parte Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 80; adjudicati fuerunt prisone, in qua ferris erant mancipati et in loco ~i positi State Tri. Ed. I 32.  b 1269 vilificavit ~ibus verbis majorem et ballivos Rec. Leic. I 109.  c trapezeta, et nummularius ‥ qui nummis fenerantur et ~is [sic] negotiis Gl. Leid. 29. 42; Theodorus ‥ nulli ‥ unquam permisit ‥ se inducere ‥ ~ium hypocritarum Bradw. CD 15A; Judei ‥ falsaverant monetam per ~em retonsionem Rish. 418; 1321 lupanar ~ium mulierum (Pat) Foed. III 880a; absit regem delectari vel assuesci viciosis et ~ibus operibus disconvenientibus sue dignitati Milemete Nob. 87.

vīlĭs, (8) e, ¶ 1 à vil prix, bon marché : frumentum vilius Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 195, blé meilleur marché ; res vilissimæ Cic. Fin. 2, 91, les choses du plus vil prix || vili emere Pl. Epid. 51 ; vili vendere Mart. 12, 66, 10, acheter, vendre à bas prix ; viliori, vilissimo Dig. 43, 24, 11, 8 ; 13, 4, 2, à plus bas prix ; au plus bas prix ¶ 2 [fig.] a) de peu de valeur, sans valeur, vil : Cic. Cat. 1, 19 ; Fl. 103, etc. ; fidem, fortunas, pericula vilia habere Sall. C. 16, 2, tenir comme choses viles, faire bon marché de lʼhonneur, de la fortune, des périls || [poét.] nec Sidone vilior Ancon avec inf. Sil. 8, 436, Ancône aussi habile que Sidon à... b) commun, très répandu, vulgaire : Virg. G. 1, 227 ; 274.

➳ vilei = vili Pl. Epid. 51.

vilis , e. adj. c. lior. s. lissimus.
賤價。卑賤。平常。鄙陋者。— oratio 粗論。Vili (pretio) emere 賤買。Vilius erat frumentum 時麥畧賤。Pretium non vile 可以之價。

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• VAG-, of small price, of little value, purchased at a low rate, cheap: istaec (puella), T.: frumentum vilius: vilissimae res.—Of trifling value, cheap, poor, paltry, common, mean, worthless, base, vile: si honor noster vobis vilior fuisset: quorum tibi est vita vilissima: fidem fortunas pericula vilia habere, S.: Et genus et virtus nisi cum re vilior algā est, H.: Europe, abandoned, H.: Si, dum me careas, est tibi vile mori, O.: poma, i. e. abundant, V.: phaselus, common, V.