deeply Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. altē2. pĕnitus (lit. inwardly)3. prŏfundē (very deeplyII. Fig.1. altē2. pĕnĭtus (inwardly; going to the heart of the matter)3. grăvĭter (of emotion)4. subtīlĭter • deeply, deep (adv.): I. Lit.: 1. altē: the iron had not descended deep into the body, ferrum haud a. in corpus descenderat, Liv. "deep-waisted." *alte cinctus (intended to represent the Homeric βαθύκολπος). 2. pĕnitus (lit. inwardly): a stone d. worn away., saxum p. exesum, Cic. 3. prŏfundē (very deeply: rare): the more mettlesome (a horse) is, the more d. he dips his nose in drinking, quo quis acrior, in bibendo profundius nares mergit, Plin. Phr.: deeply-rooted, altis, altissimis radicibus defixus, Cic.: d.-throated (fig.), profundo ore, cf. Hor. 4, 2, 8: to drink deeply, perpotare, Cic.; damnose bibere (a comically strong expr.), Hor. II. Fig.: 1. altē: to examine (into things) more d., altius perspicere, Cic. 2. pĕnĭtus (inwardly; going to the heart of the matter): to be d. conversant with all the emotions of the soul, p. pernoscere omnes animorum motus, Cic.: to be d. impressed on the mind, in animo p. insidere, id. 3. grăvĭter (of emotion): to be d. grieved, g. dolere, Caes.: to be d. in love, g. amare, Pl. 4. subtīlĭter: strictly, accurately, precisely: q. v. Phr.: to meditate more d. and attentively, acrius et attentius cogitare, Cic.: thinking d., cogitabundus, Cic.: to impress a thing d. on the mind, efficere ut quid in animo haereat (based on Cic.).