eve Copy link Outline I. Of the dayII. The evening preceding a festivalIII. The period immediately before an event1. expr. by insto, immĭneo, impendeo2. by jam with pres. imperf. of verbs for to come, etc.3. by sub with acc. (= on the e. of) • eve, even (subs.): I. Of the day: vesper, vespertīnum tempus: v. evening. II. The evening preceding a festival: prīdie (the day before: in this application with acc.): on the eve of the Compitalia, p. Compitalia, Cic.: Suet. III. The period immediately before an event: 1. expr. by insto, immĭneo, impendeo: I think we are on the eve of war, mihi videtur bellum instare, Cic.: because she was on the eve of becoming a mother, ob imminentem partum, Tac.: v. to impend. 2. by jam with pres. imperf. of verbs for to come, etc.: we are even now on the e. of the return of the golden age, jam redeunt Saturnia regna, Virg. E. 4, 6. 3. by sub with acc. (= on the e. of): on the very e. of battle, sub horam pugnae, Suet. Aug. 16: on the e. of the lamentable fall of Troy, sub lacrimosa Trojae funera, Hor. Od. 1, 8, 14. Phr.: being on the e. of becoming a mother, gravida et jam ad pariendum [vicina?] exactis mentibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, 48.
even (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Level, smoothII. Uniform, undisturbedIII. Fairly balancedIV. Of numbers, opp. to odd • even (adj.): I. Level, smooth: aequus, plānus: v. level. II. Uniform, undisturbed: esp. in phr., an e. mind or temper, aequus animus, Cic.: Hor.: v. equanimity, equable. III. Fairly balanced: aequus: to fight an e. (or drawn) battle, aequo Marte pugnare, Liv. Phr.: to be e. with any one, par pari respondere, Pl. Truc. 5, 47. IV. Of numbers, opp. to odd: par, ăris: to play at odd and e., ludere par, impar, Hor. S. 2, 3, 248.
even (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. ĕtiam2. vel (esp. to emphasise single words)3. ădeo (serving to give precision and emphasis)4. ipse (with a subs.)5. usque (of a limit in time) • even (adv.): 1. ĕtiam: the most gen. equivalent for the Eng. (N.B.--Not when there is a negative in the sentence: not ... even, ne ... quĭdem, see L. G. § 656): we may be safe e. yet, salvi e. nunc esse possumus, Cic. R. Am. 52, 150: e. if you have nothing to write, e. si (or as one word etiamsi) quod scribas non habebis, Cic. 2. vel (esp. to emphasise single words): I prefer e. monarchy to democracy, [sed tamen] vel regnum malo quam liberum populum, Cic. Rep. 3, 34: they may think what they please, and take e. this view, existiment quod velint, ac vel hoc intelligant, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33. Esp. with superlatives, v. very (the). 3. ădeo (serving to give precision and emphasis): you are e. such a one, is a. tu es, Pl.: with very great loss and e. ruin to the revenue, cum maximo detrimento atque a. exitio vectigalium, Cic. Verr. 3, 8, 19. 4. ipse (with a subs.): e. if Salus herself desired to save, ipsa si cupiat Salus servare, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, fin.: e. virtue (herself) is made light of by many, a multis ipsa virtus contemnitur, Cic. Am. 23, 86. 5. usque (of a limit in time): from morning e. to evening, a mane usque ad vesperam, Suet.: Cic. Phr.: e. if, etiamsi [v. supr., 1], etsi, ut: v. although.
EVEN Copy link • EVEN 1. Vid: EVENING. 2. adj., aequus (not departing from the horizontal line, level: not rising or sinking: opposed to acclivis, going up, or declivis, going down, sloping; or superior, that lies higher; or inferior, that lies lower): planus (plain, flat, without observable inequalities; opposed to asper, rough, uneven; or montanus or montuosus, mountainous) :aequus et planus (e.g., locus). To erect a building on even ground, aedificium plano pede instituere. The even tenor of his whole life, aequabilitas in omni vita, or universae vitae: to make even, asquare, complanare (e.g., manibus, pedibus): solo adaequare (to make even with the ground): pavire (to make even by beating; e.g., a pavement, a floor; all round, circumpavire). Of numbers, par (opposed to impar). To play at odd and even, ludere par impar. 3. adverb, etiam (in nearly every application of the English word, especially with comparatives, and “nay even” [immo potius] after a negative clause, and after tantum abesse ut etc.): vel ( “or even,” “even,” especially with superlatives): et (the use of et for etiam has been disputed, but is found in Cic. in the following cases: (1) = praeterea, especially at the beginning of a clause: (2) with igitur, ergo, when et stands first with the word it refers to, and the igitur or ergo in the third place [affectus animi laudabilis, et vita igitur laudabilis, etc.] . (3) After relative pronouns and conjunctions, cum, quod, etc. [illud, quod et in testimonio, etc.] (4) Before proper names and demonstrative pronouns, the particle standing at the head of its clause, or after one word of it or two, if they are such as cannot be separated [spes est, et hunc miserum, etc.] : (5) In ut - sic et. (6) In non solum or non modo - sed et. (7) In et nunc; Pr. Intr. 2, 227). Sometimes ipse, adeo. Even virtue herself is despised, ipsa virtus contemnitur: even his enemies could not restrain their tears, vel hostes lacrimis temperare non potuerunt: even you are angry with me, tu adeo mihi succenses: even if, etiamsi: even, now, jam nunc (i. e., before one could well suspect): even then, etiamtunc, etiamtum (still, up to that time, etc.): even though, ut jam (e.g., ut jam omnes incipientes sint miseri, - non est tamen etc.); and even, nay even (of a stronger assertion, correcting a preceding statement), atque adeo (e.g., intra moenia, atque adeo in senatu; a force which sometimes belongs to atque alone). “Even so” (in answer), etiam. As - even so. Vid: JUST as, etc. 4. v. To level [Vid: “to make even”]. To equalize, Vid: EVEN-HANDED, aequus: incorruptus: tamquam medius nec in alterius favorem inclinatus. Vid. JUST, IMPARTIAL.