vementer

vĕhĕmenter ( vēmenter ), adv. [vehemens].

I.

(Acc. to vehemens, I.) Eagerly, impetuously, ardently, violently, earnestly, vehemently, etc.:

vehementer irata,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 64; id. Merc. 5, 2, 82:

vos credere hoc mihi vehementer velim,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 39:

se agere,

Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 16:

quae vehementer, acriter, animose fiunt,

id. Tusc. 4, 23, 51:

vehementer eos incusavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

commotus,

id. ib. 1, 37.— Comp.:

insectari aliquem vehementius,

Cic. Lael. 16, 57:

nisi alicui vehementius minari,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:

vehementius equos incitare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41.— Sup.:

vehementissime contendere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

proeliari, Auct. B. G. 8, 30: vehementissime sibi animum ad virtutem adcendi,

Sall. J. 4, 5. —

II.

(Acc. to vehemens, II.) Strongly, forcibly, powerfully, exceedingly, extremely, very much:

fluctuare video vehementer mare,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 12:

astringere manus,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 9; cf. id. Curc. 4, 4, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 50:

vehementer id retinebatur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo,

id. Att. 16, 16, D:

displicere,

id. ib. 13, 21, 3:

quod vehementer ad has res Attinet,

Lucr. 4, 29: (res) vehementer ad me pertinet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10:

vitium vehementer effugere,

Lucr. 4, 823.— Comp.:

ingemere vehementer,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12.— Sup.:

se vehementissime exercere in aliquā re,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 152: probare, Licin. Calv. ap. Charis. p. 198 P.