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semper , adv. root sam-; Gr. ἁμ-; v. semel and -per = παρά; cf. tantisper,
I.ever, always, at all times, forever (cf. usque).
I. In gen.: nequiter factum illud apud vos semper manebit, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1: “locus hic apud nos semper liber est,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 49: “semper occant priusquam sarriunt rustici,id. Capt. 3, 5, 5: “sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit,Plaut. Am. prol. 79: “quod improbis semper aliqui scrupus in animis haereat, semper iis ante oculos judicia et supplicia versentur: nullum autem emolumentum esse tantum, semper ut timeas, semper ut adesse, semper ut impendere aliquam poenam putes,Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: “quod semper movetur, aeternum est,id. ib. 6, 25, 27; id. Tusc. 1, 23, 53: “non haerent in suis sedibus, sed volucri semper spe rapiuntur,id. Rep. 2, 4, 7: “curavit (Servius Tullius), quod semper in re publicā tenendum est, ne, etc.,id. ib. 2, 22, 39; 3, 14, 23 et saep.: sibi exortam semper florentis Homeri Commemorat speciem (the Gr. ἀειθαλής), Lucr. 1, 124: “hic vertex nobis semper sublimis,Verg. G. 1, 242; cf.: quod Graeci aigleucos (ἀειγλεῦκος) vocant, hoc est semper mustum, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 83: “avida ulteriorum semper gens (semper belonging to ulter),Liv. 9, 38, 5: “si umquam dubitatum est, utrum tribuni plebis vestrā an suā causā seditionum semper auctores fuerint,id. 5, 3 Drak.; “for which also, without esse (hence apparently adject.): Hasdrubal pacis semper auctor,id. 30, 42; cf.: “adversus Sidicinos sumerent arma, suos semper hostes,id. 8, 1 fin.—To strengthen the signif., joined with cottidie, perenne, assidue, etc. (as in Gr. ἀεὶ καθ̓ ἡμέραν, συνεχές, etc.; v. Lidd. and Scott's Lex. under ἀει): “ea mihi cottidie Aut ture aut vino aut aliqui semper supplicat,Plaut. Aul. prol. 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 7: “lucrum ut perenne vobis semper suppetat,Plaut. Am. prol. 14: “ne semper servus currens, iratus senex, etc.... assidue agendi sint mihi,Ter. Heaut. prol. 39; so (with assiduus) Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 51; Ov. F. 4, 686: “ibi semper omne vitae spatium famula fuit,Cat. 63, 90: “semper et ubique,Quint. 1, 1, 29; 3, 9, 5; Petr. 99; Suet. Aug. 90; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 14.—
2. Esp., with comp., of a progressive change (poet.): “rem Romanam Alterum in lustrum meliusque semper, Proroget aevum,Hor. C. S. 67: “candidior semper candidiorque veni,Tib. 1, 7, 64.—
III. Transf. (poet.), everywhere, in every place (like Engl. always): “proque toro terrae non semper gramen habenti, Incubat infelix,Ov. M. 1, 633.
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.29
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 18.51
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 1.1
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.5
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.242
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 90
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.633
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.prol
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 5.2
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.124
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.12
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.39
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 42
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 1
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.23
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.4
    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.16
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.23
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 1.29
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 9.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 1.14
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 16.1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 9.4.6
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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