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enormis

enormis · adj

out of rule

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Where it lives

Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 1 · 4.32/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 2 · 2.97/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Metamorphoses 8 · 1.5/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
De Anima 2 · 0.84/10k
Silvae 2 · 0.8/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ē-normis — Lewis & Short

ē-normis, e, adj.norma,

I out of rule (post-Aug.).

I Irregular, unusual: toga, Quint. 11, 3, 139: vici (with huc et illuc flexi), Tac. A. 15, 38.—Far more freq.,

II Immoderate, immense, enormous (cf.: immensus, immodicus, summus, maximus, effusus): enormes sunt (umbrae) cerasis, Plin. 17, 12, 17, § 88: spatium (with immensum), Tac. Agr. 10; cf. hastae (with immensa scuta), id. A. 2, 14: gladii (opp. parva scuta), id. Agr. 36: Colossi, Stat. S. 1, 3, 51; cf. corpus, Suet. Calig. 50: proceritas, id. Vitell. 17: uniones, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 115 et saep.: senecta, i. e. very great, App. 9, p. 232; Sen. ap. Gell. 12, 2, 10: loquacitas, Petr. 2, 7; cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 6.— Comp.: prologus enormior quam fabula, longer, Spart. Ael. Ver. 1 fin.—Adv.: ēnor-mĭter (acc. to I.), irregularly, Sen. Q. N. 1, 7; Plin. 36, 10, 15, § 17; 37, 6, 23, § 89; Veg. Vet. 2, 8, 2; 2, 28, 10; 1, 36; 56 Bip.— Sup. of the adj. and comp. and sup. of the adv. appear not to occur.

In the wild

enormes Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.13
enormes Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.12.p1
enorme Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 10.4
enormes Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.35.p6
enormis Silius Italicus, Punica 12.357
enormes Statius, Silvae 2.1.131

6 of 37 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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