vĕhĕmenter (vēmenter), adv. [vehemens].
- I. (Acc. to vehemens, I.) Eagerly, impetuously, ardently, violently, earnestly, vehemently, etc.: vehementer irata, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 64; id. Merc. 5, 2, 82: vos credere hoc mihi vehementer velim, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 39: se agere, Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 16: quae vehementer, acriter, animose fiunt, id. Tusc. 4, 23, 51: vehementer eos incusavit, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: commotus, id. ib. 1, 37.
Comp.: insectari aliquem vehementius, Cic. Lael. 16, 57: nisi alicui vehementius minari, id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149: vehementius equos incitare, Caes. B. C. 2, 41.
Sup.: vehementissime contendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 17: proeliari, Auct. B. G. 8, 30: vehementissime sibi animum ad virtutem adcendi, Sall. J. 4, 5.
- II. (Acc. to vehemens, II.) Strongly, forcibly, powerfully, exceedingly, extremely, very much: fluctuare video vehementer mare, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 12: astringere manus, id. Capt. 3, 5, 9; cf. id. Curc. 4, 4, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 50: vehementer id retinebatur, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56: hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo, id. Att. 16, 16, D: displicere, id. ib. 13, 21, 3: quod vehementer ad has res Attinet, Lucr. 4, 29: (res) vehementer ad me pertinet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10: vitium vehementer effugere, Lucr. 4, 823.
Comp.: ingemere vehementer, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12.
Sup.: se vehementissime exercere in aliquā re, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 152: probare, Licin. Calv. ap. Charis. p. 198 P.