Infinite: endles: that hath no ende. Infinita altitudine spelunca. Cic. Deepe beyond al measure. Infinitum genus inuenerat ad innumerabilem pecuniam corripiendam. Cic. He had inuented an infinite kynde of extortion whereby he might take together an vnnumerable summe of money. Infinitum imperium. Cic. A rule or gouernement withoute measure or restraint in any thing. Labor rerum forensium infinitus. Cic. Tantas & tam infinitas pecunias repudiare. Cic. So greate and so innunterable summes of money. Infinitæ quæstiones. Cic. Ouestions without prescription of circumstances. Infinitum tempus ætatis. C. A continuaunce of life without ende. Ex infinito contractum tempore bellum. Lucret. A strife or warre that hath alway beene. Spatium infinitum. Luct. Ad infinitum. Plin. Infinitely: for euer: beyond measure. vt, Siccatus durescit ad infinitum, vt mandi non possit, &c. Plin. Beyond all measure. In infinitum, Vide IN Abire in infinitum, Vide ABEO. Infinitior, Comparatiuus. Not in so good number or measnre. Ci. Partium distributio sæpe est infinitior.

I. Lit.: quod finitum est habet extremum ... nihil igitur cum habeat extremum, infinitum sit necesse est, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103: aër, materia, id. Ac. 2, 37, 118: imperium, id. Verr. 2, 3, 91: potestas, id: Agr. 2, 13, 33; Liv. 3, 9: magnitudines infinitissimae, Boëth. Inst. Arithm. 1, 4. — Subst.: infī-nītum, i, n., boundless space, the infinite: ex infinito coorta, Lucr. 5, 367.—

II. Transf.

A. Without end, endless, infinite: altitudo, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48: spes, id. Deiot. 5, 13: odium, id. Balb. 27, 62: labor, id. de Or. 1, 1: licentia, id. Verr. 2, 3, 94, 220: imperium, id. ib. 2, 3, 91, 213: potestas, id. Agr. 2, 13, 33: occupationes, Nep. Att. 20, 2: pretium, immoderate, Dig. 35, 2, 61: sin cuipiam nimis infinitum videtur, too prolix, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 65. — Subst.: infīnītum, i, n., an infinitude, an endless amount or number: infinitum auri, Eutr. 9, 9: ad or in infinitum, to infinity, without end: haec (ars statuaria) ad infinitum effloruit, Plin. 34, 7, 16, 35: crescere, id. 34, 2, 3, 5: durescere, id. 13, 9, 18, 62: sectio in infinitum, Quint. 1, 10 fin.: ne in infinitum abeamus, Plin. 17, 25, 38, 243: infinitum quantum, beyond all measure, exceedingly, extraordinarily, Plin. 18, 28, 68, n. 3, 277: infinito plus or magis, infinitely more, far more, Quint. 3, 4, 25; 11, 3, 172.—

B. Innumerable, countless: multitudo librorum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 6: multitudo, id. Off. 1, 16, 52: causarum varietas, id. de Or. 1, 5, 16; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 3: legum infinita multitudo, Tac. A. 3, 25: numerus annorum, Gell. 14, 1, 18: pietatis exempla, Plin. 7, 36, 36, 121: pecunia ex infinitis rapinis, Auct. B. Alex. 64, 4; Spart. Hadr. 20, 5; Eutr. 1, 3; 3, 20 al.—

C. Indefinite.

1. In gen.: infinitior distributio, where no person or time is mentioned or implied, Cic. Top. 8: quaestio, id. Part. Or. 18: res, id. de Or. 1, 31: conexa, indefinite conclusions, id. Fat. 8.—Adv.: in infinito, to infinity, everywhere, at pleasure, Dig. 8, 2, 24; 8, 1, 9.—

2. In gram.: verbum, i. e. the infinitive, Quint. 9, 3, 9; also absol., id. 1, 6, 7 and 8: articulus, an indefinite pronoun, Varr. L. L. 8, 45; 50 Müll.: vocabula, appellative nouns (as vir, mulier), ib. 80.— Adv.

A. infīnītē.

1. Without bounds, without end, infinitely: ne infinite feratur ut flumen oratio, Cic. Or. 68, 228: concupiscere, excessively, id. Par. 6, 3: dividere, id. Ac. 1, 7: perorare, without cessation, constantly, id. Or. 36 fin.—

2. Indefinitely, in general: referre de re publica, Gell. 14, 7, 9.—

B. in-fīnītō (rare), immensely, vastly: magis delectare, Quint. 11. 3, 4: magis flexa sunt, id. 8, 4, 25: plus cogitare, id. ib.: infinito praestare, Plin. 25, 8, 53, 94.