adjective #956

nĭmĭus

fem. nĭmia · neut. nĭmium

beyond measure, excessive, too great, too much

beyond measure, excessive, too great, too much.

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Lit.: quod autem satis est, eo quidquid accesserit nimium est, Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 81: vitem coërcet, ne in omnes partes nimia fundatur, id. Sen. 15, 52: nimiae celeritates, id. Off. 1, 36, 131: nimiā pertinaciā atque arrogantiā, Caes. B. C. 1, 85: Prometheus Assiduam nimio pectore pavit avem, that grew again too fast, Mart. Spect. 7, 2.—

excessive, immoderate, intemperate •

With abl. of thing, excessive, immoderate, intemperate in any thing: fiduciā nimius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess.: rebus secundis nimii, too much elated, Tac. H. 4, 23: nimius mero, Hor. C. 2, 12, 5.—

With gen.: impotens et nimius animi est, Liv. 6, 11, 3: imperii, id. 3, 26:… ••

With gen.: impotens et nimius animi est, Liv. 6, 11, 3: imperii, id. 3, 26: sermonis, Tac. H. 3, 75: pugnae, Sil. 5, 232.—

too much, superabundance, excess •

Subst.: nĭmĭum, ii, n., too much, superabundance, excess: mediocritatem illam tenebit, quae est inter nimium et parum, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89: juris, Sil. 14, 670: auri argentique nimium fuit, Plin. 33 prooem. § 5.—

too mighty, too powerful •

In partic., too mighty, too powerful (post-Aug.): Cn. Pompeium esse nimium jam liberae reipublicae, Vell. 2, 32, 1: legio legatis nimia ac formidolosa erat, Tac. Agr. 7; Flor. 3, 15, 3.—

great beyond measure; very great, very much by extension •

Transf., great beyond measure, i. e. very great, very much: homo nimiā pulchritudine, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 8: nimia memoras mira, id. Am. 2, 1, 69; 5, 1, 52; Mart. 5, 64, 3.—

it is great good fortune

Subst.: nĭmĭum, ii, n.: nimium boni est, cui nil est [in diem] mali, it is great good fortune (a transl. of Eurip. Hec. 2: κεῖνος ὀλβιώτατος), Enn. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41 (Trag. v. 237 Vahl.).—Hence,

exceedingly, by far, much, very ••

In the abl., nĭmĭo, adverb., exceedingly, by far, much, very, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 6: nimio mavolo, id. Poen. 1, 2, 90.—Esp., with comparatives, = multo: scito, nimio celerius venire quod molestum'st, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 69 Lorenz ad loc.: nimio nequior, id. ib. 1, 2, 65: quia te nimio plus diligo, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A, 1: ne doleas plus nimio, Hor. C. 1, 33, 1: nimio minus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 21: nimio melius, id. Pers. 1, 3, 31: nimio plus quam satis tutum esset, etc., Liv. 1, 2, 3: nimio plus quam velim, id. 2, 37, 4; 29, 33, 4: nimio amplior, Gell. 1, 3, 25.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

too much, too ••

nĭmĭum, too much, too ( = nimis, in all uses, v. infra): nimium parce facere sumptum, Ter. And. 2, 6, 19: nimium dicere, opp. parum, Cic. Clu. 58, 160: nimium ne crede colori, Verg. E. 2, 17: diu, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10: longum tempus, id. Att. 12, 18, 1: nimium multi, id. Clu. 46, 126: nimium gratum ... gratum praeter modum, id. Planc. 33, 82: amantes mei, Quint. 1 prooem. 7 et saep.—

not very much, not particularly •

Non nimium, not very much, not particularly: illud non nimium probo, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7.—

very much, greatly, exceedingly by extension ••

Transf., very much, greatly, exceedingly: homo nimium lepidus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 8: nimium lepida nimisque nitida femina, id. ib. 4, 2, 12; id. Ps. 1, 2, 71: loci nimium mirabiles, id. Trin. 4, 2, 86: nimium vellem, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49: o fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint, Agricolas! Verg. G. 2, 458: felix, heu nimium felix! id. A. 4, 657; Stat. S. 3, 3, 25.—In class. prose esp.—

as much as can be, very much indeed, exceedingly, very •

Nimium quantum, as much as can be, very much indeed, exceedingly, very: differt inter honestum et turpe nimium quantum, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 70: sales in dicendo nimium quantum valent, id. Or. 26, 87: ille nimium quantum audacter, Oves, inquit, etc., Gell. 16, 6, 9 (nimium quam, false reading for quae nimium, Quint. 4, 2, 70. In Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 13, the better reading is hem quam, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—

nĭmĭē (post-class.).

Too much, excessively •

Too much, excessively: nimie aliquid facere, Capitol. Gord. 6: arat (frontem rugis) non nimie sed pulchre dictum, Macr. S. 6, 6.—

very much, very by extension •

Transf., very much, very: in locis nimie frigidis, Pall. 4, 10.

Perseus ID: n30983 Key: nimius