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sublīmis , e (collat. form sublīmus , a, um: ex sublimo vertice, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Enn. ap. Non. 169; Att. and Sall. ib. 489, 8 sq.; Lucr. 1, 340), adj. etym. dub.; perh. sub-limen, up to the lintel; cf. sublimen (sublimem est in altitudinem elatum, Fest. p. 306 Müll.),
I.uplifted, high, lofty, exalted, elevated (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: editus, arduus, celsus, altus).
I. Lit.
A. In gen., high, lofty: “hic vertex nobis semper sublimis,Verg. G. 1, 242; cf. Hor. C. 1, 1, 36: “montis cacumen,Ov. M. 1, 666: “tectum,id. ib. 14, 752: “columna,id. ib. 2, 1: “atrium,Hor. C. 3, 1, 46: “arcus (Iridis),Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 151: “portae,Verg. A. 12, 133: “nemus,Luc. 3, 86 et saep.: os, directed upwards (opp. to pronus), Ov. M. 1, 85; cf. id. ib. 15, 673; Hor. A. P. 457: “flagellum,uplifted, id. C. 3, 26, 11: “armenta,Col. 3, 8: “currus,Liv. 28, 9.—Comp.: “quanto sublimior Atlas Omnibus in Libyā sit montibus,Juv. 11, 24.—Sup.: “triumphans in illo sublimissimo curru,Tert. Apol. 33.—
B. Esp., borne aloft, uplifted, elevated, raised: “rapite sublimem foras,Plaut. Mil. 5, 1: “sublimem aliquem rapere (arripere, auferre, ferre),id. As. 5, 2, 18; id. Men. 5, 7, 3; 5, 7, 6; 5, 7, 13; 5, 8, 3; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20; id. Ad. 3, 2, 18; Verg. A. 5, 255; 11, 722 (in all these passages others read sublimen, q. v.); Ov. M 4, 363 al.: “campi armis sublimibus ardent,borne aloft, lofty, Verg. A. 11, 602: sublimes in equis redeunt, id. ib. 7, 285: “apparet liquido sublimis in aëre Nisus,id. G. 1, 404; cf.: “ipsa (Venus) Paphum sublimis abit,on high through the air, id. A. 1, 415: “sublimis abit,Liv. 1, 16; 1, 34: “vehitur,Ov. M. 5, 648 al.
II. Trop., lofty, exalted, eminent, distinguished.
A. In gen.: “antiqui reges ac sublimes viri,Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 9; cf. Luc. 10, 378: “mens,Ov. P. 3, 3, 103: “pectora,id. F. 1, 301: “nomen,id. Tr. 4, 10, 121: “sublimis, cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,aspiring, Hor. A. P. 165; cf.: “nil parvum sapias et adhuc sublimia cures,id. Ep. 1, 12, 15.—Comp.: “quā claritate nihil in rebus humanis sublimius duco,Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10; Juv. 8, 232.—Sup.: “sancimus supponi duos sublimissimos judices,Cod. Just. 7, 62, 39.—
B. In partic., of language, lofty, elevated, sublime (freq. in Quint.): “sublimia carmina,Juv. 7, 28: “verbum,Quint. 8, 3, 18: “clara et sublimia verba,id. ib.: “oratio,id. 8, 3, 74: “genus dicendi,id. 11, 1, 3: “actio (opp. causae summissae),id. 11, 3, 153: “si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,id. 8, 3, 60 et saep.—Transf., of orators, poets, etc.: “natura sublimis et acer,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 165: “sublimis et gravis et grandiloquus (Aeschylus),Quint. 10, 1, 66: “Trachalus plerumque sublimis,id. 10, 1, 119.—Comp.: “sublimior gravitas Sophoclis,Quint. 10, 1, 68: “sublimius aliquid,id. 8, 3, 14: “jam sublimius illud pro Archiā, Saxa atque solitudines voci respondent,id. 8, 3, 75.—Hence, advv.
1. Lit., aloft, loftily, on high.
(α). Form sub-līmĭter (rare ): “stare,upright, Cato, R. R. 70, 2; so id. ib. 71: “volitare,Col. 8, 11, 1: “munitur locus,id. 8, 15, 1.—
b. Comp.: “sublimius altum Attollit caput,Ov. Hal. 69.—
2. Trop., of speech, in a lofty manner, loftily (very rare): “alia sublimius, alia gravius esse dicenda,Quint. 9, 4, 130.
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