immania

immānis ( inm- ), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).

I.

Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

corporum magnitudo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

simulacra immani magnitudine,

id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

immani corpore serpens,

Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

ingens immanisque praeda,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

pecunia,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

pocula,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

immania ponti Aequora,

Lucr. 4, 410:

templa caeli,

id. 5, 521:

antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

spelunca vasto hiatu,

id. ib. 6, 237:

barathrum,

id. ib. 8, 245:

tegumen leonis,

id. ib. 7, 666:

telum,

id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

magna atque immanis,

Lucr. 4, 1163:

cete,

Verg. A. 5, 822:

numerus annorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

exercitus,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

frequentia amicorum,

id. 2, 59 fin.:

geminos immani pondere caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

dissensio civitatis,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

studium loquendi,

Ov. M. 5, 678:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 31, 12:

vitium,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

soloecismus,

Gell. 15, 9, 3:

impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—

II.

Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

belua (with fera),

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

(with taetra),

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

immanis et vasta belua,

id. Rep. 2, 40:

nihil ista immanius belua est,

id. ib. 3, 33:

janitor aulae, Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

istius immanis atque importuna natura,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

Cic. Font. 10, 21:

tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

coeptis effera Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 642:

orae,

id. ib. 1, 616:

Raeti,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

Agathyrsi,

Juv. 15, 125:

Pyrrhus,

id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

dira atque inmania pati,

Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).

1.

(Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

immaniter clamare,

Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,

2.

(Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.

(α).

Form immane:

leo hians immane,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

sonat fluctus per saxa,

id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

fremant torrentes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

spirans rapta securi,

Verg. A. 7, 510.—

(β).

Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

perdite et immaniter vivere,

Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—

b.

Comp.:

immanius efferascunt,

Amm. 18, 7.