Numerôsus, pen. prod. Adiect inum. Plin. iun.In great number: framed in measure and number of feete.Aliò me vocat numerosa gloria tua.Plin. iun.Your great & manifolde glorie calleth me another way.Numerosiore ambito litorum circumflectitur Ionia. Plini. With a greater compasse.Brachia numerosa ducere.Ouid.To mooue or gesture with his armes in a certaine measure.Cicatrix numerosa. Claud. A great number of scarres.Cohors numerosa. Plin. Gestus numerosi.Ouid.Gesturing in a certaine order, measure, or proportion.Laus numerosa.Ouid.Manifolde praises.Malum numerosum.Senec.Opus numerosum. Vide OPVS. Partus numerosus. Plinius. Where m any young are bronght forth at one time, as in pigges, whelpes, &c.Phalanx numerosa. Valer. Hac. Quæstus numerosior Claud.Grealer gaine.Varictas numerosa. Plin. Great diuersicie.Vrbes numerosæ, Claud. Numerosa oratio.Cic.An oration or slile going in measure and proportion of sillablcs.Horatius numerosus.Ouid.Horace an eloquent poet.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
nŭmĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [numerus]. I.Consisting of a great number, numerous, manifold (post-Aug.): numerosa pubes, Val. Fl. 5, 40: partus, Plin. 11, 40, 95, 233: numerosā caede futuram ultus mortem, Sil. 10, 172: herba radice magnā, numerosa, Plin. 21, 24, 95, 167: civitas, numerosissima provinciae totius,
, Plin. 35, 11, 40, 130: gymnasium longe numerosius laxiusque,
more extensive, with more wings
, Plin. Ep. 10, 48, 4: numerosa tabula,
a painting with many figures
, Plin. 35, 11, 40, 138: numerosum opus,
of various contents
, Quint. 5, 10, 10: sermo, id. 8, 6, 64: pectus, Col. 6, 9, 2: numerosa res means variously accomplished, having a knowledge of many things: RES NVMEROSA FVI, Inscr. Grut. 655, 3.—II.Full of rhythm or harmony, according to rhythm, measured, rhythmical, harmonious, melodious (class.): numerosaque bracchia ducit, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 29: numerosos ponere gressus (al. gestus), id. P. 4, 2, 33: numerosa oratio, rhythmical, melodious: si numerosum est id in omnibus sonis atque vocibus, quod habet quasdam impressiones et quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus; recte, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185: apta et numerosa oratio, id. Or. 50; 52: numerosus Horatius, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 49: Myron numerosior in arte, quam Polycletus,
more harmonious
, Plin. 34, 8, 19, 58. —Hence, adv., in two forms. 1. nŭmĕ-rōsē. A.Numerously, multifariously (not in Cic.): numerosius onerare, Col. 4, 21, 2: numerosius dividere, Plin. 33, 3, 19, 61. —Sup.: familias numerosissime comparant, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14: sententias versare quam numerosissime, Quint. 10, 5, 9: numerose loqui,