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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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.38
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.14
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 10
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 36
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 50
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.88
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.17
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.26.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.139
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 12.2.10
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.3
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