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vehementia

vehementia · f

Eagerness

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Where it lives

De Architectura 5 · 0.87/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

vĕhĕmentĭa — Lewis & Short

vĕhĕmentĭa, ae, f.id. (post-Aug.).

I Eagerness, fervency, vehemence: Pollio Asinius fuit acris vehementiae, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 33: Gracchi, Gell. 1, 11, 14.—

II Strength: odoris, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59: saporis, id. 19, 5, 27, § 88; cf. id. 23, 1, 21, § 36: venarum, i. e. a strong pulse, id. 23, 1, 24, § 48: linteorum strigilumque, i. e. a copious use, id. 28, 4, 14, § 55.—

B Of language: inter hujus generis et illius superioris vehementiam hoc interest, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26.

In the wild

vehementiam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 15.18.p2
vehementiae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.5.p9
vehementiam Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.4.3
vehementiam Vitruvius, De Architectura 6.1.10
vehementiae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.1.p15
vehementiam Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.10.6

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