Strength: might: power: puissante: possibilitie: vertue: efficacie: effect. Violence: compulston. Abundance: multitude. Nostra omnis vis in animo & corpore sita est. Salust. Vis & copia. Cic. Vis & effectus radicum. Ci. The vertue or strength and efficatie of rootes. Vis & facultas oratoris. Cic. The whole profession and arte of an oratour, that he vudertaketh to meddle with. Vis & natura rei. Cic. The strength and nature. Vi ac necessitate coacti, inuiti. Cic. Qui vim tantam in me, & potestatem habeam tantæ astutiæ. Terent. Whiche haue in me so great strength of wit, and am so well able to worke this craftie deuite. Vis amicitiæ est in animorum consensione. Ci. The whole efficacie of friendship is in the consent of mindes. Ni vis boni in ipsa inesset forma. Terent. If there were not a good naturall grace in the beautie of it selfe. Canthatidis vis. Cic. Magna vis est conscientiæ. Cic. Eloquentiæ vires. Quint. Frigoris vis. Cice. The force and vehemencie of colde. Ingenij vis. Cic. The strength and liuelinesse of wit. Magistratus vis. Cic. The power of the magisicate. Morborum vis. Tac. Morbivis excita. Lucr. Impetus & vis orationis. Cice. Quod ostentÛ habuit hanc vim, vt Dyonisius paucis post diebus regnare cœperit. Cic. Which myraculous signification was of such force and effect, that, &c. Porestatis vis. Cic. Veneni vis. Cic. Verborum vis. Ci. The strength and signification of words. Vis magna in fortuna ad res secundas vel aduersas. Ci. Fortune may do much, or is of great force, &c. Vis in verbis. Cic. The pithie signification in words. Vis in manibus. Cic. Dicendi vis. Quint. Loquendi vis & norma. Hora. Percipiendi vis. Quint. Infirmitas virium, Vide INFIRMVS. Ad portionem virium. Plin. According to the strength that he hath. Audax viribus, Vide AVDAX. Editior viribus. Hor. Stronger. Inferior viribus. Ouid. Not so strong. Inuicti viribus. Virg. Prædurus viribus. Virg. Omnibus opibus viribusque elaborandum est. Cic. Omnibus viribus arque opibus repugnandum est. Cic. Agrestes & horridæ vires. Cic. Ardens vis fulminis. Lucr. Auxiliaris vis, Vide Auxiliaris in AVXILIOR. Blanda vis dei noctiuagi. Sta. Pleasant sleepe. Cœlestis vis. Cic. Dinine force. Concalefactoria vis, vide Cõcalefactorius in CONCALEFACIO. Corusca vis. Cic. Dura. Virg. Horrida vis lethi. Lucr. Exesa vis luminis, Tac. Humana vis. Virg. Exiguæ vires ingenij, Oui. Ignea vis cœli. Ouid. Eximia vis. Cice. Imperiosissima vis. Quin. Firmæ vires. Ouid. Incita vis ventis. Lucr. Furiatæ vires. Sil. Ingens vis rerum. Quin. Inimica vis Parcarum propinquat. Virgil. Inualidæ vires. Ouid. Magna vis nocendi. Ouid. Morbida, Vide MORBVS. Maiores vires. Plin. Mordax. Plin. Maximis viribus vir. Cic. Mortifera. Lucr. Malefica vis. Plin. Occulta. Quint. Occultis viribus egregius fons. Iuuen. A sountaine eccellent for some priuie and vnknowne operation. Præduræ vires. Claud. Solida ac virilis ingenij vis. Quint. Summa vi. Plaut. With all might aud power: to the vttermost that one can. Summa vi hanc defendam. Tere. I will vefende this woman with all that euer I can. Tacita vis. Quint. Vesanæ vires. Ouid. Temperata. Hor. Violentæ. Lucr. Vastæ vires. Virg. Violenta vis leonum. Lucret. Vera vis. Quint. Viuida vis animi. Lucr. Abolere vires. Tac. Abrogare vires beneficijs, Vide ABROGO. Abscedunt vires. Stat. Abstinere vim ab aliquo. Hor. To forbeare to vse any violence towarde one: not to lay violent hands on one. Abstulerat vires corporis ipse timor. Ouid. Iræ absumit vires mora. Ouid. Anger by delay loseth his force, or diminisheth. Abuti viribus corporis. Cic. Accipere vim, & vires. To take strength. Vide ACCRPIO. Acquirere vires. Virg. Nouas vires acquirere. Lucan. Adijcere vires, vide ADIICIO. Adimit dolor vires, Vide ADIMO. Admouere vim, Vide ADMOVEO. Summis adnixos viribus. Virgil. Indeuouring with all his force, or all that euer he coulde. Robustis viribus adoleuit æras. Lucr. Natura atque ingenium ad dicendum vim afferunt maximã. Cic Nature and wit be of great efficacie, or help very much to eloquence. Agere pro viribus. C. To do for his power, or so much as be cã. Alere vires. Cæs. Ventus amittit vires. Luca. Assumpsit vires flamma. Ouid. Augentur yires. Ouid. Augere vires eloquentiæ. Quint. Capere vires, Vide CAPIO. Carpere vires, Vide CARPO. Aegra animo vis, ac fiducia cessit. Stat. Colligere vires, vide COLLIGO. To gather sir ength: to ware strong: to increase. Colligit vires sibi amor vsu. Ouid. Increaseth. Concipere vires, Vide CONCIPIO. Flumina concipiunt vires. Ouid. Occultas vires accipiunt terræ. Virg. Conceiue minie operations. Conferre vires in vnum, Vide CONFERO. Confilus viribus. Iuuon. Fortuna vires ipsa consumpsit suas. Sen. Contendere viribus inter se. Lucr. Validis viribus contorsit hastam. Virgil. Hee flang the laueline mightily or with great strength. Couuulsus vi dominationis. Tac. With the force of, &c. Decedunt vires, Vide DECEDO. Deficiunt vires. Cic. His strength saileth him. Quum me vires deficere cœpissent. Ci. When my strength beganne to faile me. Defici viribus. Quint. To become weake and fainte. Insanis viribus Austri deiecta trabs. Ouid. Wyth the outragious blustring. Demittere ad vnum auditorem vim dicendi. Quint. Desiderare vires adolescentis. Cice. Distracta vis animæ per artus. Lucr. The strength and efficacie of the soule diuided thorough all the body. Dare vim, vel vires. Cic. Dare vires alicui in rem aliquam. Ouid. To giue one strength to do a thing. Domare vires alicuius. Sen. Effundere vires suas in aliquo. Ouid. To vtter and bestowe all his strength vpon. Effundere vires in ventum. Virg. To giue a greate stroke, and misse of that he striketh at. Eneruare vires alicuius. Hor. Eniti viribus. Virg. Excellere aliquem viribus. Cic. To bee stronger. Exercere vires. Cic. Experiri vires alicuius. Ouid. Explorare vires alicuius. Sta. Firmare vires. Virg. Fractæ vires Danaûm. Vi The power of the Grecians abated. Frangere vim alicuius. Quint. Effœtæ frigent in corpore vires. Virg. Fundare vires alicuius. Sen. Gerere res viribus. Cic. Habere vires alicuius. Cic. To be as strong as oue: to haue his strength. Habere vim dicendi. Cic. To haue good eloquence. Si habeant hanc vim, vt si digitis concrepuerint, &c. Cicer. If they haue this power. Maiorem vim ad deterrendam habuit, qum ad cohortandÛ. Cic. It was of more efficacie. Has literas velim existimes fœderis habituras esse vim. Cicer. Impendere vim suam in rem aliquam. Quint. Incutere vim, Vide INCVTIO. Infringere magnas vires alicuius. Propert. Infringere vim militum. Cæs. Instigat & alit vires quies tempestiua. Stat. Intendere vim. Tac. To increase or augment strength. Intendere vim rebus. Qui. To increase the strength of things. Laborare vitio virium. Quin. Languescit vis. Quint. Metiatur ac diligenter æstimet vires suas actor. Quin. Let the plcader measure & diligently ponder what he is able to do. Ministrare vires alicui. Virg. To giue strength. Minuuntur vires amoris. Ouid. Propria vi niti. Virg. Obtusis ceciderunt viribus artus. Lucr. Occupare orbem viribus. Virg. Superbas vires ostentare. Stat. Vindicibus pacatus viribus orbis. Ouid. Parare vim, Vide PARO. Indomiras vires posuere incendia. Virgil. The rage of the fyre asswaged. Progredi viribus suis sine adminiculo. Quint. To proceede of his owne strength without any help. Prosternj suis viribus. Quintil. To bee home downe with his owne violence. Viribus aclacertis pugnare. Cice. Validis viribus æui quassatum est corpus. Lucr. Recipere suas vires. Cels. To recouer his strength. Recreat vires cibus. Lucr. Recuperatis cibo somnoque viribus. Tac. After they had with meate and sleepe refreshed themselues. Reparat vires alterna quies. Sen. Resoluere vires. Lucret. Restituere vires per vinum. Celsus. To restore strength agayne with wine. Retinere omni vi. Cæl. Cic. To hold or stay with all his force. Reuocare vires victu. Virg. To refresh and strengthen agayne himselfe with meate and drinke. Seruare vim suam. Quint. Solidæ vires suo stant robore. Virg. Subducere vires alicui. Ouid. To weaken one, or take awaye his strength. Suggerere vim occultam. Quint. To giue a priuie strength or efficacie. Bonis viribus esse, Vide BONVS. Sumunt vires incendia. Horat. The fire increaseth or wareth more vehement. Superare viribus aprum. Hor. To be stronger, &c. Suscitare vim ira. Virg. To make more strong by anger. Sustinere omnibus viribus. Cic. Temperare vires suas. Quint. Torpent infractæ ad prælia vires. Virg. Torquere lacertis & viribus. Cic. Tueri vires. Cels. To preserue and maintaine strength. Valere viribus. Virg. Vigent vires. Lucre. Vti viribus per cliuos. Hor. Armorum viribus vsus. Ouid. Vti orandi viribus. Quint. Odora canum vis, Vide ODOR. Vis. Virg. Giolence: force: compulsion. Expers consilij vis. Hor. Armatorum vis. Cice. Vis & violentia. Virg. Ingens vis pelagi. Luca. Vis maior. Plini. A greater tempest: more tempestuous and blustring weather. Si cœli maior vis incessit. Colum. If there folowed more tempestuous weather. Vis diuina, Idem. Vlp. A great tempest. Abducere vi aliquem. Cic. Adacta vis mortis. Lucr. Adhibere vim. Cic. To vse violence or compulsion: to enforce. Adhibere vim pactionis. Cic. Afferre vim mulieri. Cicero. To rauish a woman. Agere vi, Vide AGO. Auellere vi. Cic. To pull away by strong hand. Auferre per vim, Vide AVFERO. Cogere vi & minis. Cic. Decutere vi. Plin. Defendere vim, Vide DEFENDO. Defendere vim vi, Cic. By violence to put awaye violence: by force to defend himselfe against force. Denuntiare vim alicui. Cic. To manace to beate one. Deponunt vim suam æquora. Ouid. The seas ware calme. Per vim datus. Cic. Facere vim alicui. Cic To vse violence towarde one. Vi facere imperium, & Amicitia adiungere, contraria. Ter. Ferre vim alicui. Virg. To vse violence towarde one: to lay vinlente handes on. Fracta vis & debilitata. Cic. Imponere alicui vim, Vide IMPONO. Inferre alicui vim. Quint. To vse violence towarde: to kill: to beate. Inferre vim & manus alicui, Vide INFERO. Paratus ad vim. Ouid. Perferre aliquid vi eadem. Quin. Vi superÛ. By the inforcemÊt compulsiõ or power of the gods. Fit via vi. They make a way by strong hande. Auro vi poritur. Virg. Acrior vis rapit me. Hor. Vim vi repellere. Cic. To resiste force by force. Per vim stuprare. Cic. Vim suscipere contra Rempub. Cicer. To attempt violence and force against the common weale. Victus vi. Virg. Vis. Cic. Multitude: aboundaunce. Vis frumenti. Cæs. A great abundance or substance of corn. Vis seminum magna. Cic. Vis militum. Cic. A multitude of souldiours. Magna vis auri & argenti. Ci. A great substance: or a great summe of, &c. Equorum vis. Cic. Lachrymarum infioita vis. Cice. Maxima vis ranuuculorum. Cic. A great companie or multitude of frogges. Continet mens vim maximam optimarum rerum. Ci. Vis negotij. Plaut. Great businesse.

I. Lit.

1. In gen.

(a). Sing.: celeritas et vis equorum, Cic. Div. 1, 70, 144: magna vis eorum (urorum) et magna velocitas, Caes. B. G. 6, 28: contra vim atque impetum fluminis, id. ib. 4, 17: tempestatis, id. B. C. 2, 14: venti, Lucr. 1, 271: solis, id. 4, 326 (301): horrida teli, id. 3, 170: acris vini, id. 3, 476: ferri aerisque, id. 5, 1286: veneni, Cic. Cael. 24, 58 et saep.—

(b). Plur. (most freq. of physical strength): non viribus aut velocitatibus aut celeritate corporum res magnae geruntur, Cic. Sen. 6, 17: nec nunc vires desidero adulescentis, non plus quam adulescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam, id. ib. 9, 27: hoc ali vires nervosque confirmari putant, Caes. B. G. 6, 21: me jam sanguis viresque deficiunt, id. ib. 7, 50 fin.: perpauci viribus confisi transnatare contenderunt, id. ib. 1, 53: nostri integris viribus fortiter repugnare, id. ib. 3, 4: lacertis et viribus pugnare, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2: omnibus viribus atque opibus repugnare, id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25: non animi solum vigore sed etiam corporis viribus excellens, Liv. 9, 16, 12: validis viribus hastam contorquere, Verg. A. 2, 50: quicquid agas, decet agere pro viribus, with all your might, Cic. Sen. 9, 27; so, supra vires, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: et neglecta solent incendia sumere vires, id. ib. 1, 18, 85: seu virium vi seu exercitatione multā cibi vinique capacissimus, Liv. 9, 16, 13; cf.: in proelii concursu abit res a Consilio ad vires vimque pugnantium, Nep. Thras. 1, 4 dub. (Siebel. vires usumque).—Poet., with inf.: nec mihi sunt vires inimicos pellere tectis, Ov. H. 1, 109.—

2. In partic.

a. Energy, virtue, potency (of herbs, drugs, etc.): in radices vires oleae abibunt, Cato, R. R. 61, 1: vires habet herba? Ov. M. 13, 942: egregius fons Viribus occultis adjuvat, Juv. 12, 42. —

b. Vis, personified, the same as Juno, Aus. Idyll. de Deis; cf. Verg. A. 7, 432 Serv. —

c. Hostile strength, force, violence, = bi/a: EA POENA, QVAE EST DE VI, S. C. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5: cum vi vis illata defenditur, Cic. Mil. 4, 9; cf.: celeri rumore dilato Dioni vim allatam, Nep. Dion, 10, 1: ne vim facias ullam in illam, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 37: sine vi facere, id. ib. 4, 7, 20: vim afferre alicui, Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, 62; 2, 4, 66, 148: adhibere, id. Off. 3, 30, 110; id. Cat. 1, 8, 19: praesidio tam valido et armato vim adferre, Liv. 9, 16, 4: iter per vim tentare, by force, forcibly, Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so, per vim, id. B. C. 2, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4: ne id quidem satis est, nisi docet, ita se possedisse nec vi nec clam nec precario possederit, id. Caecin. 32, 92; so the jurid. formula in Lex Thoria ap. Grut. 202, 18; Dig. 41, 1, 22; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28: vis haec quidem hercle est, et trahi et trudi simul, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 92; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 20: naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam (shortly afterwards: tantas tempestates Oceani tantosque impetus ventorum sustineri), violence, shock, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: caeli, a storm, tempest, Plin. 18, 28, 69, 278.—To avoid the gen. form (v. supra): de vi condemnati sunt, Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 4: de vi reus; id. Sest. 35, 75; id. Vatin. 17, 41: ei qui de vi itemque ei qui majestatis damnatus sit, id. Phil. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 21 sq. Halm ad loc.; Tac. A. 4, 13.—

d. In mal. part., force, violence: pudicitiam cum eriperet militi tribunus militaris ... interfectus ab eo est, cui vim adferebat, Cic. Mil. 4, 9: matribus familias vim attulisse, id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, 62: vis allata sorori, Ov. A. A. 1, 679: victa nitore dei vim passa est, id. M. 4, 233: vim passa est Phoebe, id. A. A. 1, 679.—

B. Transf., concr.

1. Quantity, number, abundance (cf.: copia, multitudo); with gen.: quasi retruderet hominum me vis invitum, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 66: innumerabilis servorum, Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 22: in pompā cum magna vis auri argentique ferretur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: vis magna pulveris, Caes. B. C. 2, 26: vis maxima ranunculorum, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 3: argenti, id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4: vim lacrimarum profudi, id. Rep. 6, 14, 14: odora canum vis, Verg. A. 4, 132; cf. absol.: et nescio quomodo is, qui auctoritatem minimam habet, maximam vim, populus cum illis facit, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—

2. Vires, military forces, troops: praeesse exercitui, ut praeter auctoritatem vires quoque ad coërcendum haberet, Caes. B. C. 3, 57: satis virium ad certamen, Liv. 3, 60, 4: undique contractis viribus signa cum Papirio conferre, id. 9, 13, 12: robur omne virium ejus regni, the flower, id. 33, 4, 4: concitet et vires Graecia magna suas, Ov. H. 15 (16), 340.—

3. Vires, the virile forces or organs, Arn. 5, 158; 5, 163; Inscr. Orell. 2322; 2332: veluti castratis viribus, Plin. 11, 18, 19, 60; cf.: vis (= vires) multas possidere in se, Lucr. 2, 586.—Rarely sing.: vis genitalis, Tac. A. 6, 18.—

II. Trop.

A. Mental strength, power, force, vigor: vis illa divina et virtus oratoris, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 120: vis ac facultas oratoris, id. ib. 1, 31, 142: suavitatem Isocrates ... sonitum Aeschines, vim Demosthenes habuit, id. ib. 3, 7, 28: summa ingenii, id. Phil. 5, 18, 49: magna vis est conscientiae in utramque partem, id. Mil. 23, 61: magna vis est in fortunā in utramque partem, id. Off. 2, 6, 19: patriae, id. de Or. 1, 44, 196: quod ostentum habuit hanc vim, ut, etc., power, effect, id. Div. 1, 33, 73: qui indignitate suā vim ac jus magistratui quem gerebat dempsisset, Liv. 26, 12, 8: hujus conventionis, Dig. 43, 25, 12.—Plur. (post-Aug.): eloquentiae, Quint. 5, 1, 2: facilitatis, id. 12, 9, 20: ingenii, id. 1, 2, 23; 12, 1, 32: orationis, id. 8, 3, 87.—

B. Transf., of abstr. things, force, notion, meaning, sense, import, nature, essence (cf. significatio): id, in quo est omnis vis amicitiae, Cic. Lael. 4, 15: eloquentiae vis et natura, id. Or. 31, 112: vis honesti (with natura), id. Off. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Fin. 1, 16, 50: virtutis, id. Fam. 9, 16, 5: quae est alia vis legis? id. Dom. 20, 53: vis, natura, genera verborum et simplicium et copulatorum, i.e. the sense, signification, id. Or. 32, 115: vis verbi, id. Inv. 1, 13, 17; id. Balb. 8, 21: quae vis insit in his paucis verbis, si attendes, si attendes, intelleges, id. Fam. 6, 2, 3: quae vis subjecta sit vocibus, id. Fin. 2, 2, 6: nominis, id. Top. 8, 35: metwnumi/a, cujus vis est, pro eo, quod dicitur, causam, propter quam dicitur, ponere, Quint. 8, 6, 23.