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  • 1 lingua

    lingua (ante-class. form dingua, like dagrima for lacrima, Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf. the letter D), ae, f. [Sanscr. jihvā; original Lat. form. dingua; A. -S. tunga; Germ. Zunge; Engl. tongue. Not from the root lih, lich, v. lingo], the tongue.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fac proserpentem bestiam me duplicem ut habeam linguam (of a kiss in which the tongues touched each other),

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 105:

    lingua haeret metu,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 7:

    in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

    linguā haesitantes,

    id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

    linguā properanti legere,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 9:

    linguā titubante loqui,

    id. Tr. 3, 1, 21:

    quo facilius verba ore libero exprimeret, calculos lingua volvens dicere domi solebat (Demosthenes),

    Quint. 11, 3, 54: linguam exserere, to thrust out the tongue, in token of derision or contempt, Liv. 7, 10: so,

    lingua ejecta,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266:

    lingua minor,

    the epiglottis, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.—Comically, as mock term of endearment:

    hujus voluptas, te opsecro, hujus mel, hujus cor, hujus labellum, hujus lingua,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 178; cf. v. 175.—In mal. part.: homo malae linguae, a fellow with a bad tongue, i. q. fellator, Mart. 3, 80, 2; Min. Fel. Oct. 28.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Since the tongue is an organ of speech, a tongue, utterance, speech, language:

    largus opum, lingua melior,

    Verg. A. 11, 338:

    facilem benevolumque lingua tua jam tibi me reddidit,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

    non tu tibi istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam jubes?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 47:

    Latium beare divite linguā,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

    lingua quasi flabello seditionis contionem ventilare,

    Cic. Fl. 23, 54:

    linguam continere,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:

    tenere,

    Ov. F. 2, 602:

    moderari,

    Sall. J. 84:

    linguae solutio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

    linguam solvere ad jurgia,

    Ov. M. 3, 261:

    quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83:

    ut vitemus linguas hominum,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    Aetolorum linguas retundere,

    to check their tongues, bring them to silence, Liv. 33, 3; cf.:

    claudente noxarum conscientiā linguam,

    Amm. 16, 12, 61:

    si mihi lingua foret,

    Ov. H. 21, 205:

    ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro,

    Verg. E. 7, 28: favete linguis, i. e. give attention, " be silent that you may hear," Hor. C. 3, 1, 2; Ov. F. 1, 71:

    linguis animisque faventes,

    Juv. 12, 83:

    nam lingua mali pars pessima servi,

    id. 9, 121:

    mercedem imponere linguae,

    i. e. to speak for pay, id. 7, 149:

    usum linguae reciperare,

    Amm. 17, 12, 10:

    linguā debili esse,

    to stammer, Gell. 1, 12, 2.—Comically: os habeat, linguam, perfidiam, tongue, i. e. readiness in speech, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33. —
    2.
    The tongue or language of a people:

    lingua Latina, Graeca,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    Graeca et Latina lingua,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

    (Massilia) tam procul a Graecorum regionibus, disciplinis linguāque divisa,

    Cic. Fl. 26, 63:

    quod quidem Latina lingua sic observat, ut, etc.,

    id. Or. 44, 150:

    Gallicae linguae scientiam habere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

    qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli, appellantur,

    id. ib. 1, 1:

    dissimili linguā,

    Sall. C. 6, 2:

    linguā utrāque,

    i. e. Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 23; so, auctores utriusque linguae, Quint. prooem. 1;

    1, 1, 14: Mithridates, cui duas et viginti linguas notas fuisse,

    id. 11, 2, 50:

    haud rudis Graecae linguae,

    Curt. 5, 11, 4; 5, 4, 4; Nep. Milt. 3, 2:

    Syrus in Tiberim Orontes et linguam et mores vexit,

    Juv. 3, 63.—
    b.
    Dialect, idiom, mode of speech (post-Aug.): illis non verborum modo, sed. linguarum etiam se inter differentium copia est. Quint. 12, 10, 34:

    Crassus quinque Graeci sermonis differentias sic tenuit, ut, qua quisque apud eum linguā postulasset, eadem jus sibi redditum ferret,

    id. 11, 2, 50:

    utar enim historicā linguā,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 13, 3:

    si philosophorum linguā uti voluissem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 4.—
    3.
    Poet. of animals. the voice, note, song, bark, etc.:

    linguae volucrum,

    Verg. A. 3, 361; 10, 177:

    linguam praecludere (canis),

    Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.—
    4.
    An utterance, expression:

    lingua secretior,

    a dark saying, Quint. 1, 1, 35.—
    B.
    Of tongue-shaped things.
    1.
    A plant, also called lingulaca, Plin. 24, 19, 108, § 170.—
    2.
    Lingua bubula, a plant, oxtongue, bugloss, Cato, R. R. 40; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.—
    3.
    Lingua canina, Cels. 5, 27, 18 init.;

    and lingua canis,

    App. Herb. 96, the plant hound's-tongue, also called cynoglossos; q. v.—
    4.
    A tongue of land: id promontorium, Cujus lingua in altum proicit, Pac. ap. Gell. 4, 17 fin.:

    lingua in altum mille passuum excurrens,

    Liv. 37, 31, 9; Weissenb. ad Liv. 25, 15, 12:

    eminet in altum lingua, in qua urbs sita est,

    Liv. 44, 11:

    tenuem producit in aequora linguam,

    Luc. 2, 614; cf.: lingua dicitur promontorii genus non excellentis sed molliter in planum devexi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—
    5.
    A spoonful, as a measure, Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119 (al. lingulis).—
    6.
    The tongue or reed of a flute, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.—
    7.
    The short arm of a lever:

    vectis lingua sub onus subdita,

    Vitr. 10, 8 (cf. ligula, VII.).

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  • 2 ligula

    lĭgŭla and lingŭla (v. infra), ae, f. dim. [from lingua:

    quamvis me ligulam dicant Equitesque Patresque, Dicor ab indoctis lingula grammaticis,

    Mart. 14, 120 ], a little tongue; hence, transf.
    I.
    A tongue of land:

    oppida posita in extremis lingulis promontoriisque,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12.—
    II.
    The tongue of a shoe, a shoe-strap, shoe-latchet: lingula per diminutionem linguae dicta; alias a similitudine linguae exsertae, ut in calceis, alias insertae, id est intra dentes coërcitae, ut in tibiis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.:

    habet Trebius, propter quod rumpere somnum debeat et ligulas dimittere,

    Juv. 5, 20; Mart. 2, 29, 7.—As a term of reproach:

    ligula, i in malam crucem,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 30.—
    III.
    A spoon or ladle for skimming a pot, a skimmer:

    isque (musteus fructus) saepius ligula purgandus est,

    Col. 9, 5 fin. —For taking out and dropping aromatic essences:

    inde lingulis eligunt florem,

    Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 84.—For preserves, Cato, R. R. 84.—
    B.
    As a measure, a spoonful:

    duarum aut trium lingularum mensura,

    Plin. 20, 5, 18, § 36.—
    IV.
    A small sword, Naev. ap. Gell. 10, 25, 3; ct. Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.—
    V.
    The tongue or reed of a flute, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 171; cf. under II. the passage cited from Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—
    VI.
    The pointed end of a post or stake, which was inserted into something, a tongue, tenon:

    lingulae edolatae,

    Col. 8, 11, 4.—
    VII.
    The short arm of a lever, which is placed under the weight to be raised:

    si sub onus vectis lingula subjecta fuerit,

    Vitr. 10, 8.—
    VIII.
    The tongueshaped extremity of a water-pipe, by which it is fitted into another, Vitr. 8, 7.—
    IX.
    The tongue of a scale-beam: examen est ligula et lignum, quod mediam hastam ad pondera adaequanda tenet, Schol. ad Pers. 1, 6.—
    X.
    A tongue-shaped member of the cuttle-fish:

    loliginum ligulas,

    App. Mag. p. 297, 5.

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  • 3 artus

        artus (not arctus), adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AR-], close, strait, narrow, confined, short: laquei: saltus, L.: compages, V.: nexus, O.: toga, narrow, H.: convivia, i. e. crowded, H.: artiores silvae, dense, Cs.: custodia, Ta. — As subst n., a narrow place, narrow passage: in arto, L.: in artius coire, Cu. — Fig., straitened, scanty, small, close, binding: vincula amoris artissima: vinculum ad astringendam fidem: commeatūs, L.—As subst: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish expec<*> tation, O.: desilire in artum, into straits, H.— Needy, indigent, straitened: artis in rebus, O.—As subst: ne in arto res esset, L. — Of sleep, deep: artior somnus. — Narrow, frugal: animus, H.
    * * *
    I
    arta -um, artior -or -us, artissimus -a -um ADJ
    close, firm, tight; thrifty; dense, narrow; strict; scarce, critical; brief
    II
    arm/leg/limb, joint, part of the body; frame (pl.), body; sexual members/organs

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