saepius
Latin
Alternative forms
- sēpius (Medieval Latin)
Adverb
saepius (comparative)
- comparative degree of saepe, more often, too often
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.11:
- Nōn est saepius in ūnō homine summā salūs perīclitanda reī pūblicae.
- The highest welfare of the state must not be risked too often on one man.
- Nōn est saepius in ūnō homine summā salūs perīclitanda reī pūblicae.
References
- “saepius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- more than once; repeatedly: semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam
- he is encored several times: saepius revocatur (Liv. 7. 2. 9)
- more than once; repeatedly: semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam