fast (adj.) Copy link • fast (adj.): i. e. firm (q. v.): chiefly in special phrases: f. friends, firmi amici, Pl.; firmi et stabiles et constantes amici, Cic. Am. 17, 62: f. colours, perh. stabiles colores: v. to fasten; MAKE FIRM.
fast (v.) Copy link Outline 1. jējūnus sum2. jējūno, 1 (unclassical)3. jējūnium servo4. abstĭneo, ui, tentum, 2 • fast (v.): to abstain from food: 1. jējūnus sum: I had f.'d so completely for two days as not even to taste water, biduum ita jejunus fueram., ut ne aquam quidem gustarem, Cic. Fam. 7, 26: a stomach that seldom f.s, loathes homely fare, raro jejunus stomachus vulgaria temnit, Hor. S. 2, 2, 38. 2. jējūno, 1 (unclassical): Hier.: Tert. 3. jējūnium servo: used of special religious observance: no Jew f.s so scrupulously on his sabbaths as I have done on this, ne Judaeus quidem tam diligenter sabbatis jejunium s., quam ego hodie servavi, Suet. Aug. 76. 4. abstĭneo, ui, tentum, 2: (properly, with abl. expressed): the patient ought to f. the day before, that he may be fit for such a treatment, pridie abs. debet aeger, ut aptus tali curationi sit, Cels. (not so in Cic.): more fully., aqua ciboque abs., Col.
fast (subs.) Copy link • fast (subs.): jējūnium: to break a f., j. solvere, Cic.: those, long f.s subdue, with scanty food, illos longa domant inopi j. victu, Ov.: to appoint a f. in honour of Ceres, j. Cereri instituere, Liv.: to declare a f., j. indicere, Hor.: v. fasting.
FAST Copy link • FAST 1. v. jejunium servare (voluntarily to refrain from food for a season; to keep a fast, especially from religious motives; Vid: Suet., Oct., 76): cibo se abstinere (to abstain from food, especially as a remedy; ☞ abstinere cibo and simply abstinere are post-classical): to injure one’s health by fasting, aliquis tam parcus et continens est, ut necessitates valetudinis restringat. 2. s. jejunium (a voluntary abstaining from food for some time, a fasting; then as it were figuratively = hunger): inedia (a not eating; the abstaining from food voluntarily or compulsorily, or in consequence of the state of body; ☞ abstinentia does not occur until after the classical period). To order, appoint a fast, jejunium instituere: to proclaim a fast, jejunium indicare. 3. adj., Quick, Vid: Firm, Vid :, and also FAST, adverb, (= firmly), and to FASTEN. 4. adverb, Firmly, firme: firmiter: stabiliter [SYN. in QUICK]. Fast asleep, sopitus; arto et gravi somno sopitus; or dormiens only: to be fast asleep, arte et graviter dormitare; arto et gravi somno sopitum esse; also sopitum esse only (PROP.); dormitare; dormitare in otio (Plaut.); oscifare (or oscifari) et dormitare (Cic., De Or., 2, 33, 144); sedere et oscitari (Auct., ad Her., 4, 36; all IMPROP.): to stand fast, *immotum stare: to tie fast, vincire; devincire, to anything, ad aliquid; constringere, with anything, aliqua re: to hold fast, tenere; retinere (PROP., of a thief, etc.); mordicus tenere (with the teeth; also IMPROP., to abide fast or firmly by anything): to stick fast, adhaerere; inhaerere: to make anything fast with a pin, *aliquid acu affigere. Swiftly, celeriter: cito: festinanter: velociter [SYN. in QUICK, adjective]: raptim (in a hurried manner): too fast, praepropere: to walk, go, or run fast, celeriter ire; celeri or citato gradu ire (of persons); celeri cursu ferri (of a waggon, a ship, etc.): to flow fast, incitatius fluere or ferri; citatum ferri (of a river): to move, etc., faster (after one had been going slower), gradum addere or corripere; gradum conferre: a fast-sailing vessel, navis celerrima: this was a very fast-sailing vessel, haec navis erat incredibili celeritate velis: one that speaks fast, volubilis: the habit of speaking too fast, praeceps quaedam celeritas dicendi (of an orator); citata pronunciatio (a rapid utterance): to conclude or judge too fast, festinantius judicare.