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ingens , tis, adj. 2. in-genus, gens, that goes beyond its kind or species, qs. uncouth, monstrous,
I.of immoderate size, vast, huge, prodigious, enormous; great, remarkable: magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi? Gn. Ingentes, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1 (cf.: “satis erat respondere magnas: ingentes inquit, semper auget assentator,” Cic. Lael. 26, 98): “ingens immanisque praeda,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110: “ingens immensusque campus,” id. de Or. 3, 19, 70: “pecunia,” an exorbitant sum, id. Div. in Caecil. 10 init.; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5: “aquae,” Liv. 35, 9, 2: “aequor,” Hor. C. 1, 7, 32: “pinus,” id. ib. 2, 3, 9: “exitus Istri,” Val. Fl. 8, 185: “clamor,” Liv. 2, 23, 7: “gloria,” id. 2, 22, 6: “virtus atque animus,” Hor. S. 2, 7, 103: “ingentia facta,” id. Ep. 2, 1, 6: “vir,” Sen. Herc. Fur. 441: ingens aliquā re, great, remarkable, distinguished in any respect: “vir famā ingens, ingentior armis,” Verg. A. 11, 124: “gloriā,” Tac. A. 11, 10: “viribus opibusque,” id. H. 1, 61: “eloquio,” Stat. S. 1, 4, 71.—
(β). With gen.: “ingens virium atque animi,” Sall. H. 3, 13 Dietsch: femina ingens animi, Tac. A. 1, 69: “vir ingens rerum,” id. H. 4, 66.—
(γ). With inf.: “ingens ferre mala,” Sil. 10, 216.—Comp. (poet.), Verg. A. 11, 124.—
II. Trop., great, strong, powerful: “senatus,” Sil. 11, 67: “Paulus,” id. 17, 298: “ingentis spiritus vir,” Liv. 21, 1, 5: “cui genus a proavis ingens,” Verg. A. 12, 225.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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