nĭmĭus — Lewis & Short
nĭmĭus, a, um, adj.nimis,
I beyond measure, excessive, too great, too much.
I Lit.:
quod autem satis est, eo quidquid accesserit nimium est,Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 81:
vitem coërcet, ne in omnes partes nimia fundatur,id. Sen. 15, 52:
nimiae celeritates,id. Off. 1, 36, 131:
nimiā pertinaciā atque arrogantiā,Caes. B. C. 1, 85:
Prometheus Assiduam nimio pectore pavit avem,that grew again too fast, Mart. Spect. 7, 2.—
(b) With abl. of thing, excessive, immoderate, intemperate in any thing:
fiduciā nimius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess.: rebus secundis nimii,too much elated, Tac. H. 4, 23:
nimius mero,Hor. C. 2, 12, 5.—
(g) With gen.:
impotens et nimius animi est,Liv. 6, 11, 3:
imperii,id. 3, 26:
sermonis,Tac. H. 3, 75:
pugnae,Sil. 5, 232.—
2 Subst.: nĭmĭum, ii, n., too much, superabundance, excess:
mediocritatem illam tenebit, quae est inter nimium et parum,Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89:
juris,Sil. 14, 670:
auri argentique nimium fuit,Plin. 33 prooem. § 5.—
B In partic., too mighty, too powerful (post-Aug.):
Cn. Pompeium esse nimium jam liberae reipublicae,Vell. 2, 32, 1:
legio legatis nimia ac formidolosa erat,Tac. Agr. 7; Flor. 3, 15, 3.—
II Transf., great beyond measure, i. e. very great, very much:
homo nimiā pulchritudine,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 8:
nimia memoras mira,id. Am. 2, 1, 69; 5, 1, 52; Mart. 5, 64, 3.—
2 Subst.: nĭmĭum, ii, n.: nimium boni est, cui nil est [in diem] mali, it is great good fortune (a transl. of Eurip. Hec. 2: kei=nos o)lbiw/tatos), Enn. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41 (Trag. v. 237 Vahl.).—Hence,
b In the abl., nĭmĭo, adverb., exceedingly, by far, much, very, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 6:
nimio mavolo,id. Poen. 1, 2, 90.—Esp., with comparatives, = multo:
scito, nimio celerius venire quod molestum'st,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 69 Lorenz ad loc.:
nimio nequior,id. ib. 1, 2, 65: quia te nimio plus diligo, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A, 1:
ne doleas plus nimio,Hor. C. 1, 33, 1:
nimio minus,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 21:
nimio melius,id. Pers. 1, 3, 31:
nimio plus quam satis tutum esset, etc.,Liv. 1, 2, 3:
nimio plus quam velim,id. 2, 37, 4; 29, 33, 4:
nimio amplior,Gell. 1, 3, 25.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
A nĭmĭum, too much, too ( = nimis, in all uses, v. infra):
nimium parce facere sumptum,Ter. And. 2, 6, 19:
nimium dicere, opp. parum,Cic. Clu. 58, 160:
nimium ne crede colori,Verg. E. 2, 17:
diu,Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:
longum tempus,id. Att. 12, 18, 1:
nimium multi,id. Clu. 46, 126:
nimium gratum ... gratum praeter modum,id. Planc. 33, 82:
amantes mei,Quint. 1 prooem. 7 et saep.—
(b) Non nimium, not very much, not particularly:
illud non nimium probo,Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7.—
2 Transf., very much, greatly, exceedingly:
homo nimium lepidus,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 8:
nimium lepida nimisque nitida femina,id. ib. 4, 2, 12; id. Ps. 1, 2, 71:
loci nimium mirabiles,id. Trin. 4, 2, 86:
nimium vellem,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:
o fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint, Agricolas!Verg. G. 2, 458:
felix, heu nimium felix!id. A. 4, 657; Stat. S. 3, 3, 25.—In class. prose esp.—
b Nimium quantum, as much as can be, very much indeed, exceedingly, very:
differt inter honestum et turpe nimium quantum,Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 70:
sales in dicendo nimium quantum valent,id. Or. 26, 87:
ille nimium quantum audacter, Oves, inquit, etc.,Gell. 16, 6, 9 (nimium quam, false reading for quae nimium, Quint. 4, 2, 70. In Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 13, the better reading is hem quam, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
B nĭmĭē (post-class.).
1 Too much, excessively:
nimie aliquid facere,Capitol. Gord. 6:
arat (frontem rugis) non nimie sed pulchre dictum,Macr. S. 6, 6.—
2 Transf., very much, very:
in locis nimie frigidis,Pall. 4, 10.