VAL 
VAL 
VAL 
wavering. Cic. scntentia de diis. Id. 
Vaga volubilisque fortuna.-IT Also, 
free, bound by no law, unrestrained, 
loose. Cic. Solutum, nec vagum tamen. 
- IT Also, indefinite, general. Cic. 
pars qucRStionum, k. c. not treating of 
individual, definite persons, &c. Plin. 
nomen, too general; or merely, common 
to many. -IT Also, diffuse, discursive. 
Cic. genus orationem. - IT Also, 
flighty, giddy, not serious. Martial. 
Vag;e moderator juventse. 
VaH, ah! oh! a, inter). — Sometimes of 
3 insult. Hieron. In lingua Latina habe- 
mus interjectiones quasdam, ut in in- 
sultando dicamus vah. Tercnt. Vah! 
leno iniqua me non vult loqui. — Some¬ 
times of wonder. Plant. Vah ! solus 
liic homo est, qui sciat divinitus. 
Sometimes of grief, ah! alas! Tercnt. 
Vah ! perii! — Sometimes of indigna 
tion and wrath. Plant. Vah 1 apage te 
a me, pestis te tenet, zounds! keep your 
distance. — Of joy. Tevent. Quam 
gaudeo, &c. vah ! vivere etiam nunc 
lubet. - IT For this is found also 
Valia. Plaut. 
VXHa. See Vah. 
VAIIA LIS, or, as others read VaLTS, is, 
m. the Waal (or Wahl, Wael ), a branch 
of the Ithine. Cats. — Called also Vd- 
ch&lis. Sidon. 
VALDE (for valide), adv. vehemently, 
stroncrly, highly, very, much, very much , 
greatly, ayav. Cic. Expectatio valde 
maena. Catull. Mala valde est bestia. 
Cats. ap. Cic. Quidquid vult, valde vult, 
earnestly. Plin. Ep. Diligentiam tuam 
valde probo, highly. Cic. Illud valde 
graviter tulerunt. Id. Valde veliemen- 
ter visus est dicere. Mop. Quern tam- 
diu tamque valde timuissent. Cic. 
Tam valde, quam nihil sapere, vulgare. 
Cats, in Cic. Ep. Significare, quam val¬ 
de probetis ea. Brut, ad Cic. Nam 
suos valde quam paucos habet, for val¬ 
de paucos. Horat. Valdius oblectat 
populum, for validius. Scnec. de brev. 
vit. 8, Quos valdissime diligunt (where 
Ed. Gron. has validissime). — Also, in 
answers, yes, certainly. Plaut. 
IT Cic. Neque valde opinio est, not 
strong, for valida. 
VALDIUS, ) e pe y a lde 
VALDISSIME. i hee VaU " 
VALE, imperat. farewell. See Valeo. 
VXLEDIC8 (vale & dico), is, n. 3. to bid 
3 farewell or adieu, take leave. Ovid. 
VALENS (valeo), tis, particip. and adj. 
well, in good health, whole, vyiys. Cic. 
Propediem te valentem fore. Id. Si 
sensus sani sunt, et valentes. 
IT Also, strong, robust, able, vigorous, 
ioxvpos. Cic. Robusti, et valentes, et 
audaces satellites. Id. Cum homo im- 
becillus a valentissima bestia laniatur. 
— Hence, Valens cibus, strong, sub¬ 
stantial. nutritive, but also demanding 
more digestive power. Cel s. Scire 
oportet. omnia legumina generis valen- 
tissimi 'esse, valentissimum voco, in 
quo plurimum alimenti est. Id. Valen- 
tior faba, quam pisum. — Also, thick, 
coarse. Ovid, tunica. — Also, strong, 
mi Ir hill, powerful. Cic. Cum valentiore 
pugnare. Id. (Ciesari) tam valenti re- 
sistere. JVcp. Bellum componere, quo 
valentior postea congrederetur. — Also, 
strong, powerful , forcible, effective , in 
speech, for instance. Cic. Sic ut fieri 
nihil possit valentius. Quintil. Argu- 
roenta valentiora. Cic. Tibi cum Dio- 
doro valente dialectico magna luctatio 
est. — Also, strong, powerful, efficacious. 
Ovid. Nisi convictu, causisque valenti- 
bus essem. Cels. Valens est adversus 
cancerem intestinorum minii gleba. 
Id. Si nimis valentibus inedicamentis 
fiunt. Scnec. Solatium valentissimum. 
VXLENTER (valens), adv. strongly, 
2 stoutly, vehemently, iax'optbe- Colam. 
Valenter resistent contra ea. Ovid. 
Cmpit spirare valentius Eurus. — Also, 
of speech, strongly, powerfully, impres¬ 
sively, forcibly. Val. Max. 
VALENTIX (id.), te, f. strength, evpwi r- 
-3 via, itryti?* Titian, ap. Mon., and Ma¬ 
cron. —_ IT Also, the name of several 
cities; fur instance, one in theBruttian 
territory, — Rente, Valentlni, the Vfi¬ 
ler tians (in the Bruttian territory). Cic. 
and (in Sardinia) Plin. 
VALENTINUS, a, urn, adj See Valen- 
tia. 
VALENTOLUS, a, urn, adj dimin. from 
3 valens. Plaut. Obsecro, ut valentula 
est 1 how strong the little creature is ! 
VALES (unc.), es, lui, litum, n. 2. to be 
well or in health, enjoy health, vyiaivw, 
tfipwpai. Tcrent. Facile omnes, cum 
valemus, recta consilia asgrotis damus. 
Cic. Quod minus valuisses. Id. cor- 
pore. JVep. pedibus, to be able to walk. 
Juvenal, stomacho. Also, with a, h. e. 
in respect of, as to ; as, Gell. Cum valebo 
ab oculis, revise ad me. Plaut. a cor- 
pore. Also, with bene, recte, &c. in 
which connection it may be rendered 
to be, find one’s self; as, Plaut. Benene 
usque valuisti? Cic. Si melius vales, 
gaudeo. Id. Optime valere. Dolab. 
ad Cic. recte. Further, Tcrent. Ut va¬ 
les ? how are you 1 how do you do ? Plin. 
Ep. Ecquid commode vales ? Impers.; 
Plaut. Ut valetur? — Hence, Vale, 
farewell, eppoiao, byiaive, %ai,o£. Te- 
rent. In hoc biduum, Thais, vale. Cic. 
Mi frater, vale (at the end of a letter). 
Also, with salve; as, Cic. Vale, mi Ti¬ 
ro, vale et salve. With ave; as, Catull. 
In perpetuum, frater, ave, atque vale. 
With vice; as, Horat. Vive valeque. 
In plur.; as, Cic. Valete, mea desideria, 
valete. Also, Valeas, farewell; as, 
Horat,. Haud mihi vita est opus hac, et 
valeas. Also, in anger, Vale, good-bye, 
farewell, as, Ovid. Qualiscumque (sis), 
vale. Id. Duraque ligna, valete, fores. 
So, also, Tcrent. Valeas, habeas illam, 
farewell (ironically), be gone. Because 
persons said vale upon taking leave, 
hence, Cic. Jussi eum valere, took leave, 
bade him adieu. Also, are vale, valete, 
valeas, valeat, &c. often go, be gone, go 
your way, away with you, &c. Cic. Si 
talis est dens, ut nulla hominum cari- 
tate teneatur, valeat, li. e. let him go, I 
will have nothing to do with him. Tereut. 
Valeant, qui inter nos discidium volunt, 
h. c. away with those, &c. Cic. Quare 
ista valeant: me res familiaris movet. 
Tilull. Valeat Venus valeantque puel- 
lrc, good-bye to Venus and the girls. 
Petron. Valete curai. Vale also stands 
substantively; as, Virg. Longum vale. 
Ovid. Dicto vale. Apul. Vale facto 
discessimus. — Vale has the e some¬ 
times short; for instance, before a 
vowel. Virg. and Ovid. Vale, vale, 
inquit. So, also, in valSdico; Ovid. 
- IT Also, to have strength or power, be 
strong, be robust or lusty, be able, icrxveiv. 
Cic. Alios videmus velocitate ad cur- 
sum. alios viribus ad luctandum valere. 
Tibull. Flet, sibi dementes tam valuis- 
se manus, were so strong. Id. Iltec 
amor, et majora valet, is able to do. 
Hence, with the infin. to have strength 
or power, be in a condition to do this or 
that, be able; as, Horat. Quid ferre re- 
cusent, quid valeant humeri, are able to 
bear (though ferre is not necessarily de¬ 
pendent upon valeant, and quid may de¬ 
pend on valeant, as majora in the pre¬ 
ceding example). Ovid. Nec valuere 
manus educere telum. — Figur. to be 
powerful or strong, have force or effect, 
have weight, interest, or influence, prevail, 
SvvacQat. Cic. Valere animo, to be 
strong in spirit. Id. litre auctoritas 
aputf exteras nationes valitura est. 
Cees. Quantum gratia, auctoritate, pe- 
cunia valent, ad sollicitandas civitates 
nituntur. Id. multum equitatu. 'Cic. 
opibus, armis, potentia. JVep. eloquen- 
tia. Cats. Multum ad terrendos nostros 
valuit clamor. Cic. Nihil putas valere 
in judiciis conjecturam. Id. Dicitur 
C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse di- 
cendo. Id. Tu non solum ad negli- 
gendas leges, verum etiam ad everten- 
das valuisti, have had suffeient power to, 
&c. Id. Valere classe maritimisque 
rebus, to have strength or superiority. 
Id. Gneci parum valent verho, are un¬ 
happy in the choice of a word, do not well 
express the idea by the word they use. 
Ovid. Sperandum nostras posse valere 
pieces. Cic. In vulgus opinio valet, 
h. e. apud vulgum. Id. Hoc videtur 
contra te valere. — Also, to have force 
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or efficacy, avail, be effectual, serve, bt 
good, of medicines, &.c. Plin. Sanda- 
racha valet purgare. Id. Fimum po- 
turn valet ad dysentericos. Id. Cimi- 
ces valent contra serpentium morsus. 
Id. Ruta pro antidoto valet. Cic. A(- 
fectio astrorum valeat, si vis, ad quas- 
darn res, have power, influence. — Also. 
to hold, stand good, have or keep its force. 
Cic. Ut lex A3lia et Fusia ne valerent 
Id. Ilia obnuntiatio nihil valuit: aut si 
valuit, id valuit, ut, &c. Ovid. Promis- 
sa valent. Sallust, fama, prevails. Cic. 
In uno servulo familias nomen non 
valet, does not hold, does not pass. Ti¬ 
bull. Vetuit ille valere quidquid juras- 
set. Ncp. Ratio non valuit, h. e. did 
not prevail, was not carried through. — 
Also, to be valued at, be worth, ivvaoSai. 
Liv. Pro argenteis decern aureus unus 
valeret. Also, with accus. or ablat.; as, 
Varr. Denarii, quod denos ®ris vale¬ 
bant. Plin. Ita ut scrupulum valeret 
sestertiis vicenis. And with genii..; as, 
Pandect. Quanti valet. — Also, to sig¬ 
nify, import, mean. Varr. ’Jlxetos valet 
cito. Cic. Verbum, quod idem valeat 
— Also, to hold, pass, aim, tend. .A r ep. 14 
responsum quo valeret, quum inteliige- 
ret nemo, what its drift was. Cic. Vin- 
cere te Romanos nihilo magis in se 
quam in Romanos valere. Id. Qu®- 
cumque est hominis definitio, una in 
omnes valet, holds good oj all, applies to 
all. — Also, to hold, avail, pass, have in¬ 
fluence or effect. Liv. In deos legem 
valuisse. Id. Metus ad (h. e. apud 
omues valuit. Also, to have influence, 
redound. Cic. Invidia mihi valeat ad 
gloriain, may redound to my glory. Id. 
Scepius ad laudem atque virtutem natu- 
ram sine doctrina, quam sine natura 
valuisse doctrinam. -Tl See, also 
Valens. 
VALERIA (from valeo, on account of its 
strength), ie, f. a kind, of eagle, same a3 
Melanaetos. Plin. 
VALERI ANOS, a, urn, adj. Valerian,per¬ 
taining to Valerius. Liv. milites, h. e. 
whom Valerius led. 
VALERIOS, a, um, a Roman gentile name. 
- IT Adj. Valerian. Cic. gens. Id 
tabula, h. e. the banking table of a certain 
Valerius, at which judicial transactions of 
all sorts took place. - TT Subst. A ale- 
rius, Valeria, a man, woman of the Vale¬ 
rian gens; for instance, Valerius Publi- 
cola, or Poplicola. Horat. Valeri {.for 
Valerii) genus, It. e. descendants of the 
same. — Valerius Antias, an old Roman 
historian and chronicler. V C. Valerius 
Flaccus, a poet in the time of Vespasian, 
who wrote a poem on the Argonautic expe¬ 
dition. — Valerius Maximus, a writer m 
the time of Tiberius, who has left nine 
books of the memorable deeds and sayings 
of Romans and foreigners. — M. Vale¬ 
rius Martialis, Martial, the celebrated 
epigrammatist. . 
VALeSCB (incept, from valeo), is, n. 3. 
2 to wax strong, get or gain strength, in¬ 
crease. Lucret. .Tali facto recreata va- 
lescat. Tacit. Externa; superstitiones 
valescunt. 
VALETuDINaRIOS (valetudo), a, um, 
2 adj. weak, sickly, infirm, valetudinary, 
sick, diseased, aaSsinKOS, voiriocys. 
Varr. Alias e valetudinario, abas e 
sano pecore. Senec. Valetudina nus, 
sc. homo, a valetudinarian, invalid. 
IT Also, pertaining to sickness; hence, 
Valetudinarium, ii, n. a hospital Jor 
sick people; an infirmary, lazaretto, vyi- 
aorfipiov, Siatrijrn/Jtov. _ 
VALET0D5, or VALITuDS ( va, ®°)> 
inis, f. hubit or state of body, as respects 
strength, weakness, &c. ; health either 
good or bad; the constitution, oia-rsaii 
Manil. Valetudo, nunc libera mo bis 
nunc oppressa. Cic. Inhima.q 
a;gra valetudine usus. Mcp. Pl0 ^P e ‘' ta 
valetudinis. Cic. Me incommoda vale¬ 
tudo tenebat Brnndisii, h. e. M heaUA, 
indisposition. Cc/s. adieua, ,..t ’ 
indisposition. Cic. valetudu i ■ 
tissime servire. — I; ,ence >J voLfudo 
health, iyieia, evr^ia. C . ■ 
sustentatur notuia sui c orp°ns. I 
Valetudinem anuserain. Id. Valetu“ 
diligentissime servire, be vei 
of one’s health. 
e SiBI vuo, w y “*i» 
[d. pare ere. — Also, m 
