immensus — Lewis & Short
immensus (inm-), a, um, adj.inmensus,
I immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense (freq. and class.; syn.: infinitus, ingens, interminatus).
I Adj.
A Lit.:
si immensam et interminatam in omnes partes magnitudinem regionum videretis,Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:
aëra deum statuit eumque gigni esseque immensum et infinitum,id. ib. 1, 10, 26:
ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:
in mari immenso vehi,id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:
domus,Ov. F. 6, 640:
mons,Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96:
via,Ov. P. 3, 3, 78:
fines ingenii,Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214:
series laborum,Ov. H. 9, 5:
jacuitque per antrum Immensus,Verg. A. 3, 632; cf.:
omnis eorum juventus infinita numero, immensa corporibus,Vell. 2, 106, 1:
argenti pondus et auri,Cic. Rep. 1, 17; Hor. S. 1, 1, 41: pretiis emere, Suet. Calig. 39:
observata sunt haec tempore immenso,Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:
nox,Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 25.—
B Trop., vast, measureless, boundless:
morae,Ov. H. 1, 82:
fletus,id. M. 10, 136:
immensa vorago aut gurges vitiorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:
immensae, infinitae, immoderatae cupiditates,Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:
sitis cruoris,Ov. M. 13, 768:
difficultas,Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4:
differentia,id. 36, 5, 4, § 20: fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless (the fig. being taken from a river), Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:
immensum est, erratas dicere terras,there is no end of recounting, Ov. F. 4, 573; cf.:
quod persequi immensum est,Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—Sup. (very rare):
immensissimae voluptates,Spart. Hadr. 19.—
II Absol.
A Subst.: immensum, i, n., a boundless extent, immense size, boundlessness, immensity (rare;
not in Cic.): extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,Lucr. 1, 74; cf. id. 1, 957:
loci,Liv. 5, 37, 5:
per immensum ventis discordibus actus,Ov. M. 4, 620:
proruta per immensum aedificia,over a vast extent, Tac. A. 15, 40:
aliquid mercari immenso,at an enormous price, Plin. 9, 40, 64, § 138:
mons saxeus in immensum editus,Sall. J. 92, 5:
ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus Aetne,Ov. M. 2, 220:
ad immensum aliquid augere,Liv. 29, 25, 3:
aliquid immenso plus laudare,immoderately, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92. —
B Adv.: immensum, without end, exceedingly, immensely (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):
creverat immensum,Ov. F. 5, 537:
immensum attolli,Tac. A. 4, 40:
vigere,id. ib. 3, 30:
luxus immensum proruperat,id. ib. 3, 52:
immensum quantum hinc Oceano, illinc Hiberico mari conprimentibus,exceedingly, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110; 16, 36, 66, § 172.