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1 humus
hŭmus, i (archaic form of the abl. sing. humu, Varr. ap. Non. 488, 6 and 48, 26), f. (archaic masc. humum humidum pedibus fodit, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 719 P.: humidum humum, Gracch. ib.) [from the prim. form XAM, whence chămai, chămothen, chămalos, Lat. humilis; kindr. with Sanscr. Xám, earth; Gr. chthôn], the earth, the ground, the soil.I.Lit. (class.; cf.: terra, solum, tellus): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, coronis languidulis et spinis coöperta piscium, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Gall. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66 (ap. Orell. IV. 2, p. 454); cf.:II.omnia constrata telis, armis, cadaveribus et inter ea humus infecta sanguine,
Sall. J. 101 fin.:subacta atque pura,
Cic. de Sen. 17, 59: cubitis pinsibant humum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll. (Trag. v. 435 Vahl.); cf.: procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit. bit the ground and died (cf. the Homer. odax helein gaian), Verg. A. 11, 418:calcibus atram Tundit humum exspirans,
id. ib. 10, 731; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 112:pede candido In morem Salium ter quatient humum,
Hor. C. 4, 1, 28:Acestes aequaevum ab humo attollit amicum,
Verg. A. 5, 452:sedit humo,
Ov. M. 4, 261:ipse feraces Figat humo plantas,
Verg. G. 4, 115; cf.:semina spargere humo,
Ov. M. 5, 647:surgit humo,
id. F. 6, 735; cf.:nec se movit humo,
id. M. 4, 264:dejectoque in humum vultu,
id. ib. 6, 607:propter humum volitat,
id. ib. 8, 258:humi atque ipsius stirpis laetitia,
Col. 4, 24, 4; cf.:quis cibus erat caro ferina atque humi pabulum uti pecoribus,
Sall. J. 18, 1:ii, quos humus injecta contegeret (shortly afterwards, gleba),
Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:quae (genera arborum) humi arido atque arenoso gignuntur,
Sall. J. 48, 3 Kritz N. cr. — Poet., as a fig. for what is low, mean, common:sermones repentes per humum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251; cf.:ne, dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,
id. A. P. 230:ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,
id. ib. 110; v. also [p. 871] under adv.:affigit humo divinae particulam aurae,
id. S. 2, 2, 79.—Transf., in gen., like solum, land, country, region:III.Punica nec Teucris pressa fuisset humus,
Ov. H. 7, 140:Aonia,
id. F. 1, 490:Illyrica,
id. Med. Fac. 74:Pontica,
id. P. 3, 5, 56.—Adverbial form humi, like chamai, on the ground or to the ground:jacere humi,
Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:requiescere,
Sall. J. 85, 33:strati,
Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22; cf.:serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,
Hor. A. P. 28:quousque humi defixa tua mens erit?
fixed on the ground, Cic. Rep. 6, 17:locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,
Sall. C. 55, 3:quot humi morientia corpora fundis?
Verg. A. 11, 665:spargere humi dentes,
Ov. M. 3, 105; cf.:hunc stravit humi,
id. ib. 12, 255:tremens procumbit humi bos,
Verg. A. 5, 481:volvitur ille excussus humi,
id. ib. 11, 640; cf.:projectum humi jugulavit,
Tac. H. 2, 64:stratus humi palmes viduas desiderat ulmos,
Juv. 8, 78. -
2 humus
humus ī, f [cf. χαμαί], the earth, ground, soil: infecta sanguine, S.: subacta atque pura: Fossa repletur humo, O.: humum momordit, bit the ground, V.: feracīs figere humo plantas, V.: semina Spargere humo, O.: Deiecto in humum voltu, O.: humi pabulum, i. e. grass, S.—Poet.: sermones Repentes per humum, H.: vitat humum, H.— A land, country, region: Punica, O.* * *ground, soil, earth, land, country -
3 mordeo
mordĕo, mŏmordi (archaic memordi; v. in the foll.), morsum, 2, v. a. [root smard-; Sanscr. mard-, bite; Gr. smerdnos, smerdaleos; (cf. Engl. smart)], to bite, to bite into (class.).I.Lit.: si me canis memorderit, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 3 (Sat. v. 36 Vahl.):2.canes mordere possunt,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57:mordens pulex,
biting, Mart. 14, 83:(serpens) fixum hastile momordit,
bit into, Ov. M. 3, 68:mordeat ante aliquis quidquid, etc.,
taste, Juv. 6, 632: terram, to bite the ground, bite the dust, of expiring warriors writhing on the ground:procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit,
Verg. A. 11, 418; Ov. M. 9, 61.—Part. as subst.:morsi a rabioso cane,
Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 100:laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis,
Cat. 64, 316.—In partic., to eat, devour, consume ( poet.):B.tunicatum cum sale mordens Caepe,
Pers. 4, 30:ostrea,
Juv. 6, 305:sordes farris mordere canini,
id. 5, 11.—Transf.1.To bite into, take fast hold of, catch fast; to press or cut into ( poet.):2.laterum juncturas fibula mordet,
takes hold of, clasps, Verg. A. 12, 274:mordebat fibula vestem,
Ov. M. 8, 318:id quod a lino mordetur,
where the thread presses in, Cels. 7, 4, 4:locus (corporis), qui mucronem (teli) momordit,
id. 7, 5, 4:arbor mordet humum,
takes hold of the ground, is rooted in the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 499.—Hence, poet., of a river: non rura quae Liris quieta Mordet aqua, cuts or penetrates into, Hor. C. 1, 31, 7.—To nip, bite, sting:II.matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent,
nips, attacks, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit [p. 1165] aestus, id. Ep. 1, 8, 5:mordeat et tenerum fortior aura nemus,
Mart. 8, 14, 2:radix gustu acri mordet,
bites, hurts, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133:linguam,
id. 29, 2, 9, § 34:oculos,
id. 21, 6, 17, § 32:urtica foliis non mordentibus,
stinging, burning, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37.—Trop., to bite, sting, pain, hurt (syn.: pungo, stimulo, remordeo;B.class.): invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum,
bit, stung, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:morderi dictis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 25:jocus mordens,
a biting jest, Juv. 9, 10:mordear opprobriis falsis,
shall I be stung, vexed, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38:par pari referto, quod eam mordeat,
to vex, mortify, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55:valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae,
Cic. Att. 13, 12, 1:scribis, morderi te interdum, quod non simul sis,
that it grieves you, affects you, id. ib. 6, 2, 8:dolore occulto morderi,
to be attacked, tormented, Ov. M. 2, 806:nec qui detrectat praesentia, Livor iniquo Ullum de nostris dente momordit opus,
detracted, id. Tr. 4, 10, 124; cf. id. P. 4, 14, 46:morderi conscientiā,
to feel the sting of conscience, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:hunc mordebit objurgatio,
Quint. 1, 3, 7.—To seize fast, hold firmly in the mind (cf. mordicus, II.):C.hoc tene, hoc morde,
Sen. Ep. 78, 29. —To squander, dissipate: de integro patrimonio meo centum milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.).
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