rampant
rampant
adj.
Wanton: P. ὑβριστικός, V. κρῑθῶν, ὑβριστής (used adjectivally).
Excessive: P. ὑπέρμετρος.
Be rampant, prevail, v.: P. and V. κρᾰτεῖν ; see prevail.
adj.
Wanton: P. ὑβριστικός, V. κρῑθῶν, ὑβριστής (used adjectivally).
Excessive: P. ὑπέρμετρος.
Be rampant, prevail, v.: P. and V. κρᾰτεῖν ; see prevail.
RAMPANT
Exuberant lascivus: petulans: by circumlocution with present participle of verbs in To RAMP: rampant vices vitia praevalida (Tac. Ann. 3 53 2).
Rearing (of animals in heraldry) perhaps by circumlocution with exsultare (as Nep. Eum. 5 5) or se arrectum tollere (as Verg. Aen. 10 392) or erigere pedes priores; e.g. erectis pedibus prioribus.
Exuberant lascivus: petulans: by circumlocution with present participle of verbs in To RAMP: rampant vices vitia praevalida (Tac. Ann. 3 53 2).
Rearing (of animals in heraldry) perhaps by circumlocution with exsultare (as Nep. Eum. 5 5) or se arrectum tollere (as Verg. Aen. 10 392) or erigere pedes priores; e.g. erectis pedibus prioribus.
rampant:
I. Wild, overleaping restraints, exuberant:
1. pĕtŭlans (wanton): r. animals, p. animalia, Gell. 17, 20.
2. lascīvus (sporting freely): r. weeds, perh. *l. herbae (cf. lascivae hederae, Hor. Od. 1, 36, 20): v.SPORTIVE .
3. fĕrox (high-spirited, wild, fierce): the r. boar, f. aper. Virg. Aen. 10, 711. Phr.: r. sins (South), *vitia luxuriantia. To be r., dominari: cf. Virg. G. 1, 154 (of weeds), steriles dominantur avenae: and of persons, exsultare immoderateque jactare. Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.
II. In heraldry, denoting an animal standing on his hind legs: a lion r., *leo erectus.
I. Wild, overleaping restraints, exuberant:
1. pĕtŭlans (wanton): r. animals, p. animalia, Gell. 17, 20.
2. lascīvus (sporting freely): r. weeds, perh. *l. herbae (cf. lascivae hederae, Hor. Od. 1, 36, 20): v.
3. fĕrox (high-spirited, wild, fierce): the r. boar, f. aper. Virg. Aen. 10, 711. Phr.: r. sins (South), *vitia luxuriantia. To be r., dominari: cf. Virg. G. 1, 154 (of weeds), steriles dominantur avenae: and of persons, exsultare immoderateque jactare. Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.
II. In heraldry, denoting an animal standing on his hind legs: a lion r., *leo erectus.