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fastus , ūs (
I.gen. fasti, Coripp. 4, 137), m. Sanscr. dharshati, to be bold; Gr. θρασύς, θάρσος; full form farstus, scornful contempt or disdain of others, haughtiness, arrogance, pride (poet., and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: fastidium, clatio, superbia, arrogantia, insolentia).
(α). Sing.: “tu cave nostra tuo contemnas carmina fastu,Prop. 1, 7, 25; cf.: “fastus inest pulchris sequiturque superbia formam,Ov. F. 1, 419: “superbo simul ac procaci fastu,Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119: “aspice primum, Quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circum Spectemus,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 93: “tanto te in fastu negas, amice,” i. e. thou withdrawest thyself with so much pride from my society, Cat. 55, 14: “fastus erga patrias epulas,Tac. A. 2, 2 fin.
(β). Plur.: “fastus superbi,Prop. 3 (4), 25, 15. Tib. 1, 8, 75; Ov. M. 14, 762.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.762
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.2
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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