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.]
TOO Copy link • TOOOver and above, overmuch, nimis; nimium: Too much, plus justo; nimio plus, praeter modum: neither too much nor too often, nec nimis valde, nec nimis saepe: too many, nimium multi, masculine; nimis multa, neuter: too long, nimium diu: too long a time, tempus nimium longum: a little too much, paullo nimium. ☞ This word is often expressed by the mere force of the adjective, in the positive degree, or by an adverb; e.g., too soon, maturus; mature: too late, serus; sero: too long, longus: too narrow, angustus. OBS. When = immoderately, extra modum, ultra modum; e.g., ultra modum esse verecundum. Sometimes by the comparative; e.g., Themistocles liberius vivebat (Nep., Them., 1, 2; too freely): si tibi quaedam videbuntur obscuriora, cogitare debetis (Marcus Tullius Cic., Fam., 7, 19, 1; too recondite): versum syllaba una longiorem aut breviorem pronuntiare (Marcus Tullius Cic., Parad., 3, 2; too long or too short). Also by quam qui (quae, quod); to go too far in anything, modum excedere in aliqua re; credibile non est quantum scribam die, quin etiam noctibus (and night too). Also, Vid.