vĕhĕmens — Lewis & Short
vĕhĕmens (veemens, vēmens, entis, adj.perh. Sanscr. vahis, out of, and mens; cf. vē-,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120 K. and H.; more freq. Ter. And. 1, 1, 123; Cat. 50, 21; and Lucr. always, Lachm., Munro),I very eager, violent, furious, impetuous, ardent, vehement, etc. (syn. violentus).
I Lit.:
vehemens in utramque partem, Menedeme, es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā,Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 31:
Galba non in agendo solum, sed etiam in meditando vehemens atque incensus,Cic. Brut. 22, 88: in alios, id. Sull. 31, 87:
vehemens feroxque naturā,id. Vatin. 2, 4;
with severus (opp. lenissimus),id. Cat. 4, 6, 12;
with inexorabilis,id. Sull. 31, 87;
with dissolutus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104;
with acer,id. Caecin. 10, 28;
with fortis,id. Off. 1, 28, 100:
vehemens lupus et sibi et hosti Iratus pariter,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 28:
canis,Phaedr. 2, 3, 1.—Of abstract things:
acer et vehemens incitatio,Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183:
genus orationis vehemens atque atrox,id. ib. 2, 49, 200:
vehemens et pugnax exordium dicendi,id. ib. 2, 78, 317:
vehemens et aspera quaestio,Quint. 5, 10, 113:
vehemens et grave senatusconsultum,Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3. —
II Transf., in gen., active, forcible, vigorous, powerful, mighty, strong:
satis vemens causa ad objurgandum,Ter. And. 1, 1, 123:
Arcturus signum sum omnium acerrimum: Vehemens sum exoriens: quom occido vehementior,Plaut. Rud. prol. 71:
imber,Lucr. 6, 517:
vehementior cursus fluminum,Quint. 9, 4, 7:
vehementissimus cursus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:
fuga,id. ib. 8, 48:
ictus,Lucr. 6, 311:
pilum ... vehementius ictu missuque telum,Liv. 9, 19, 7:
impetus,Amm. 19, 11, 15:
brassica ... tenui suco vehementissima,very powerful, very efficacious, Cato, R. R. 157, 2:
medicamentum efficacius et vehementius,Scrib. Comp. 70:
vitis vehementioribus statuminibus impedanda est,stronger, Col. 4, 16, 2:
vitis vehemens multaque materia frondens,vigorous, id. 3, 1, 5:
palus,thick, stout, id. 4, 12, 1:
violentia vini,Lucr. 3, 482:
vis frigorum aut calorum,Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 235; cf.:
vis in oratione vehementissima,Quint. 9, 4, 13:
vehementior lethargus,Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238:
dolor capitis,id. 24, 9, 38, § 62:
usus strigilis,Suet. Aug. 80:
argumentum vehementius,Quint. 7, 6, 7:
conviva salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,Juv. 9, 11.