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  • 1 harēna (arēna)

        harēna (arēna) ae, f    [2 HAS-], sand: harenam fluctūs trahunt, S.: bibula, V.: sterilis, V.: omnis Tagi, i. e. the gold, Iu.: nigra, slime, V.: carae harenae, golden sands, O.: urentes, H.— Prov.: Quid harenae semina mandas? O.— Sand, sands, a sandy place: harenam aliquam emere.— Plur, sandy desert, waste: Libycae, O.: nigrae, Pr. — The shore, beach, coast, strand: hospitio prohibemur harenae, V.: potitur classis harenā, O.— A sanded place, ground marked off for combat, amphitheatre, arena: fulva, V.: Albana, Iu.: cum et iuris idem contingat harenae, i. e. to the gladiators, Iu.

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  • 2 harena

    hărēna (better than ărēna, Bramb. s. v. Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, and v. infra), ae, f. [Sabin. fas-ena; from Sanscr. root bhas-, to shine, gleam, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 102].
    I.
    Prop., sand (syn.:

    sabulum, glarea, suburra): harenae tria genera,

    Plin. 36, 23, 54, § 175:

    magnus congestus harenae,

    Lucr. 6, 724; 726:

    litoris incurvi bibulam pavit aequor harenam,

    the thirsty sand of the curved shore, id. 2, 376; so,

    bibula harena,

    Verg. G. 1, 114 (Rib. and Forbig., but Conington arena):

    sicca,

    id. ib. 1, 389:

    sterilis,

    id. ib. 1, 70:

    mollis,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    opaci omnis harena Tagi, i. e. the gold it was believed to contain,

    Juv. 3, 55 (cf. Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 115):

    nivis more incidens,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 2.— Poet.:

    harena nigra, = limus,

    slime, mud, Verg. G. 4, 292.— Plur. (postAug.; its use is said by Gell. 19, 8, 3, to have been ridiculed by Cæsar as a verbi vitium):

    arenae carae, of the golden sands of Pactolus,

    Ov. M. 11, 88 Merk.:

    quem (delphina) postquam bibulis inlisit fluctus harenis,

    id. H. 18, 201:

    summae cauda verruntur arenae,

    id. M. 10, 701 Merk.; so id. ib. 2, 456; 865; 11, 231; 499; 15, 268; 279; Stat. S. 4, 3, 23 Queck; Col. 1 praef. 24;

    but harenae,

    Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47; Verg. G. 2, 106; 3, 350; Hor. C. 3, 4, 31 K. and H.:

    arenarum inculta vastitas,

    Sen. Q. N. 1 prol. 8;

    of the bottom of the sea: furit aestus harenis,

    Verg. A. 1, 107:

    aestu miscentur harenae,

    id. ib. 3, 557.—Prov.
    (α).
    Quid harenae semina mandas? Ov. H. 5, 115; cf. id. Tr. 5, 4, 48.—
    (β).
    Ex incomprehensibili pravitate arenae funis effici non potest, Col. 10 praef. § 4.—
    (γ).
    Arena sine calce, said by Caligula of Seneca, because his sentences seem like independent maxims, without connection, Suet. Cal. 53.—
    (δ).
    Of vast numbers:

    sicut arena quae est in litore maris,

    Vulg. Judic. 7, 12; id. Gen. 22, 17.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    In gen., sand, sands, a sandy place:

    ut cum urbis vendiderit, tum arenam aliquam emat,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 71 B. and K.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    A sandy desert, waste (mostly post-Aug.):

    cum super Libycas victor penderet arenas,

    Ov. M. 4, 617; Luc. 2, 417:

    nigras inter harenas,

    Prop. 4 (5), 6, 83:

    Memnonis effigies, disjectas inter et vix pervias arenas,

    Tac. A. 2, 61.—
    2.
    The shore of the sea, the beach, coast, strand:

    cum mare permotum ventis ruit intus harenam,

    Lucr. 6, 726: litoream arenam sulcare, Ov. M. 15, 725:

    doque leves saltus udaeque inmittor arenae,

    id. ib. 3, 599:

    multaque perpessae (carinae) Phrygia potiuntur arena,

    id. ib. 12, 38:

    sub noctem potitur classis arena,

    id. ib. 13, 729.—So sing., Verg. A. 1, 540; 5, 34; 6, 316; 11, 626 al.—
    3.
    The place of combat in the amphitheatre (strewn with sand), the arena:

    in amphitheatri arena,

    Suet. Ner. 53; id. Tit. 8:

    missus in arenam aper,

    id. Tib. 72; id. Aug. 43:

    comminus ursos figebat Numidas Albana nudus harena venator,

    Juv. 4, 100; 2, 144; 8, 206:

    juvenes in arenam luxuria projecit,

    Sen. Ep. 99, 13.—
    4.
    Transf.
    (α).
    A combat in the amphitheatre:

    in harenam se dare,

    Dig. 11, 4, 5 fin.:

    operas arenae promittere,

    Tac. A. 14, 14:

    in opera scaenae arenaeque edenda,

    Suet. Tib. 35:

    scaenae arenaeque devotus,

    id. Cal. 30.—
    (β).
    The combatants in the arena: cum et juris idem (i. e. testandi libertas) contingat harenae, the gladiators have the right, etc., Juv. 6, 217.—
    5.
    Harena urens, volcanic fire, lava:

    Aetna ingentem vim arenae urentis effudit,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 1.—
    III.
    Trop., the place of combat, scene or theatre of any contest (war, a single battle, a dispute, etc.):

    civilis belli arena,

    Flor. 4, 2, 18; 4, 7, 6; cf. id. 3, 21, 1; Luc. 6, 63:

    in harena mea, hoc est apud centumviros,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > harena

  • 3 arena

    sand, grains of sand; sandy land or desert; seashore; arena, place of contest

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  • 4 harena

    sand, grains of sand; sandy land or desert; seashore; arena, place of contest

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