1454. The positive sometimes expresses an idea of disproportion: as,
#prō multitūdine hominum angustōs sē fīnīs habēre arbitrābantur#, 1, 2,
5, _in view of their large numbers they thought they had a cramped place
to live in_. Generally, however, disproportion is expressed as in 1460
or 1461.