too Copy link Outline I. AlsoII. In an excessive degree1. nĭmis2. nĭmium3. use compar. of adjj. and advv.4. ultra modum (to excess), Plin. Ep. 7, 31, init.5. sometimes expr. by adjj. compounded with prae • too: I. Also: ĕtiam, praetĕreā, insŭper: v. also, besides. II. In an excessive degree: 1. nĭmis: (i.) as adv. proper: t. severely and unkindly, n. graviter n.que inhumane, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 1: Cic. (ii.) as subs. foll. by part. gen.: t. much contrivance, n. insidiarum, Cic. Or. 51, 170: Ov. 2. nĭmium: (i.) as adv. proper: to be t. niggardly. n. parce facere sumptum, Ter. Andr. 2, 6, 19: t. long, n. diu, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, init. (ii.) as subs.: the mean between t. much and t. little, mediocritas quae est inter n. et parum, id. Off. 1 25, fin.: he has t. much good who has no ill, n. boni est cui nihil est mali, Enn. in Cic. Fin. 2, 13. 3. use compar. of adjj. and advv.: the t. powerful tide, imperiosius aequor, Hor. Od. 1, 14. 8: to articulate the letters t. nicely (affectedly), litteras exprimere putidius, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41. 4. ultra modum (to excess), Plin. Ep. 7, 31, init.: so, extra modum (immoderately), Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41. 5. sometimes expr. by adjj. compounded with prae: v. infr. Phr.: to go t. far in anything, modum egredi (excedere), Quint. 7, 6, 16: to agitate oneself t. much, ultra fas trepidare, Hor. Od. 3, 29, 33: to feel injuries t. deeply, injurias gravius aequo habere, Sall. Cat. 51: so, largius aequo [potus], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 115: t. eager haste, praepropera festinatio, Cic. Fam. 7, 8: t. heavy a burden, praegrave onus, Ov. H. 9, 98: t. early, praematurus (v. premature). [N. B.--Sometimes the word itself implies excess: e. g. longus, t. long or tedious (l. in narrationibus, Tac. Or. 22); artus or arctus, t. narrow or limited (a. stipato theatro, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60: but also, nimis arta convivia, ib. 1, 5, 29): brevis, t. short (vitae summa brevis, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 15): sero, t. late: v. late.]