effeminate

in-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [infrango], to break off, to break, bruise, crack.

Lit.:

infractis omnibus hastis,

Liv. 40, 40, 7:

ut si quis violas riguove papavera in horto Liliaque infringat,

Ov. M. 10, 191:

genibusque tumens infringitur unda,

Val. Fl. 5, 412: manus, to snap or crack one ' s fingers, Petr. 17:

articulos,

Quint. 11, 3, 158: latus liminibus, to bruise one ' s side by lying on the threshold, Hor. Epod. 11, 22: infractus remus, appearing broken, in consequence of the refraction of the rays in the water, Cic. Ac. 2, 25; cf.:

infracti radii resiliunt,

Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103:

ossa infracta extrahere,

id. 23, 7, 63, § 119.—

Transf., to strike one thing against another: digitos citharae, to strike or play upon the lute, Stat. Ach. 1, 575:

alicui colaphum,

to give one a box on the ear, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130:

linguam (metu),

to stammer, Lucr. 3, 155.—

Trop., to break, check, weaken, lessen, diminish, mitigate, assuage:

ut primus incursus et vis militum infringeretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92:

conatus adversariorum,

id. ib. 2, 21:

florem dignitatis,

Cic. Balb. 6, 15:

militum gloriam,

id. Mil. 2, 5:

animos hostium,

Liv. 38, 16:

spem,

Cic. Or. 2, 6:

tribunatum alicujus,

id. de Or. 1, 7, 24:

vehementius esse quiddam suspicor, quod te infringat,

id. Att. 7, 2, 2:

continuam laudem humanitatis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:

res Samnitium,

Liv. 8, 39, 10:

difficultatem,

to overcome, Col. 2, 4, 10:

jus consulis,

Dig. 34, 9, 5 fin.:

fortia facta suis modis,

to weaken, Ov. Tr. 2, 412:

deos precatu,

to appease by entreaties, Stat. Ach. 1, 144:

infringitur ille quasi verborum ambitus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

infringendis concidendisque numeris,

id. Or. 69, 230:

vocem de industria,

purposely to make plaintive, Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

To destroy, make void, break:

quoniam haec gloriatio non infringetur in me,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 10:

legem,

ib. 1 Macc. 1, 66. — Hence, infractus, a, um, P. a., broken, bent.

Lit.:

mares caprarum longis auribus infractisque probant,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 202.—

Trop., broken, exhausted, weakened, subdued.

In gen.:

infractos animos gerere,

Liv. 7, 31, 6:

nihil infractus Appii animus,

id. 2, 59, 4:

oratio submissa et infracta,

id. 38, 14:

infractae ad proelia vires,

Verg. A. 9, 499:

veritas,

falsified, Tac. H. 1, 1:

fides metu infracta,

shaken, id. ib. 3, 42:

tributa,

diminished, id. ib. 4, 57:

potentia matris,

id. A. 13, 12:

fama,

injured reputation, Verg. A. 7, 332; Tac. H. 2, 22:

Latini,

broken, Verg. A. 12, 1.—

Diluted:

fel aqua infractum,

Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.—

In partic., of speech, broken off:

infracta et amputata loqui,

broken, unconnected, Cic. Or. 51, 170:

infracta loquela,

broken talk, baby - talk, Lucr. 5, 230:

cum vocem ejus (delicati) infractam videret,

effeminate, Gell. 3, 5, 2:

vocibus delinitus infractis,

Arn. 4, 141.

lĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [lepos], pleasant, agreeable, charming, fine, elegant, neat (esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; in Cic. very rare).

In gen.:

fui ego bellus, lepidus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

nugator,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 1:

virgo,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

mortalis,

id. Truc. 5, 1, 57:

o lepidum patrem!

Ter. And. 5, 4, 45:

ego usa sum benigno et lepido et comi,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 39:

lepida es,

id. ib. 5, 1, 26:

forma lepida et liberalis,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

mores,

id. Most. 2, 3, 12:

fama,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 98:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 95:

dies,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 4:

itan' lepidum tibi visum est, scelus nos irridere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17.— Comp.:

nos invenies alterum Lepidiorem ad omnes res,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 65.— Sup.:

pater lepidissime,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 13:

o capitulum lepidissimum,

id. Eun. 3, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, nice, effeminate:

hi pueri tam lepidi ac delicati,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—

In partic., of speech, smart, witty, facetious:

lepida et concinna,

Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:

scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto,

Hor. A. P. 273:

versus,

Cat. 6, 17.—Hence, adv.: lĕpĭdē, pleasantly, agreeably, charmingly, finely, prettily.

In gen.:

lepide ornata,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 84:

stratus lectus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 84:

hoc effectum lepide tibi tradam,

id. Curc. 3, 15:

lepide ludificatus,

id. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

intellexisti,

id. Truc. 3, 2, 13:

lepide prospereque evenire,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 1:

ubi lepide voles esse tibi, mea rosa, mihi dicito,

when you want to enjoy yourself, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 50.—

In partic.

As an affirmative response, yes, very well:

lepide licet,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 1.—

As a term of applause, splendidly, excellently:

euge, euge, lepide,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

facete, laute, lepide: nihil supra,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37.— Comp.:

nimis lepide fabulare: eo potuerit lepidius pol fieri,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 5, 52.— Sup.:

lepidissime et comissime,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66.—

Of speech, smartly, wittily, humorously:

in quo lepide in soceri mei persona lusit is, qui elegantissime id facere potuit, Lucilius: Quam lepide lexeis compostae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf. id. Or. 44, 149:

in libris multa posuit lepide atque argute reperta,

Gell. 13, 10, 3.

Lĕpĭdus, i, m., a surname in the gens Aemilia; e. g. M. Aemilius Lepidus, consul 675 A. U. C., an enemy of Sylla, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24; id. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212.—Another M. Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir with Antony and Octavius, Cic. Mil. 5, 13; id. Phil. 5, 14, 39; v. his letters to Cicero ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34 sq.—Hence,

Lĕpĭdā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidan:

bellum,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 63 Dietsch.—

Lĕpĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidian:

tumultus,

which broke out a year after Sylla's death, in the consulate of M. Æmilius Lepidus, Macr. S. 1, 32.

lĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [lepos], pleasant, agreeable, charming, fine, elegant, neat (esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; in Cic. very rare).

In gen.:

fui ego bellus, lepidus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

nugator,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 1:

virgo,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

mortalis,

id. Truc. 5, 1, 57:

o lepidum patrem!

Ter. And. 5, 4, 45:

ego usa sum benigno et lepido et comi,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 39:

lepida es,

id. ib. 5, 1, 26:

forma lepida et liberalis,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

mores,

id. Most. 2, 3, 12:

fama,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 98:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 95:

dies,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 4:

itan' lepidum tibi visum est, scelus nos irridere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17.— Comp.:

nos invenies alterum Lepidiorem ad omnes res,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 65.— Sup.:

pater lepidissime,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 13:

o capitulum lepidissimum,

id. Eun. 3, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, nice, effeminate:

hi pueri tam lepidi ac delicati,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—

In partic., of speech, smart, witty, facetious:

lepida et concinna,

Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:

scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto,

Hor. A. P. 273:

versus,

Cat. 6, 17.—Hence, adv.: lĕpĭdē, pleasantly, agreeably, charmingly, finely, prettily.

In gen.:

lepide ornata,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 84:

stratus lectus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 84:

hoc effectum lepide tibi tradam,

id. Curc. 3, 15:

lepide ludificatus,

id. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

intellexisti,

id. Truc. 3, 2, 13:

lepide prospereque evenire,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 1:

ubi lepide voles esse tibi, mea rosa, mihi dicito,

when you want to enjoy yourself, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 50.—

In partic.

As an affirmative response, yes, very well:

lepide licet,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 1.—

As a term of applause, splendidly, excellently:

euge, euge, lepide,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

facete, laute, lepide: nihil supra,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37.— Comp.:

nimis lepide fabulare: eo potuerit lepidius pol fieri,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 5, 52.— Sup.:

lepidissime et comissime,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66.—

Of speech, smartly, wittily, humorously:

in quo lepide in soceri mei persona lusit is, qui elegantissime id facere potuit, Lucilius: Quam lepide lexeis compostae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf. id. Or. 44, 149:

in libris multa posuit lepide atque argute reperta,

Gell. 13, 10, 3.

Lĕpĭdus, i, m., a surname in the gens Aemilia; e. g. M. Aemilius Lepidus, consul 675 A. U. C., an enemy of Sylla, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24; id. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212.—Another M. Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir with Antony and Octavius, Cic. Mil. 5, 13; id. Phil. 5, 14, 39; v. his letters to Cicero ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34 sq.—Hence,

Lĕpĭdā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidan:

bellum,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 63 Dietsch.—

Lĕpĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidian:

tumultus,

which broke out a year after Sylla's death, in the consulate of M. Æmilius Lepidus, Macr. S. 1, 32.

lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).

Lit.:

leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

Lucr. 2, 227:

aether,

id. 5, 459:

aura,

id. 3, 196:

levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

stipulae,

Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

levis armaturae Numidae,

the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

miles,

a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

Tac. G. 6:

flebis in solo levis angiportu,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

Tib. 2, 4, 50;

esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—

Transf.

Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

leves malvae,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

id. Epod. 2, 57).—

Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

leves venti,

Ov. M. 15, 346:

flatus,

Sil. 15, 162:

currus,

light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

levi deducens pollice filum,

light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

pollex,

id. ib. 6, 22:

saltus,

id. ib. 7, 767;

3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

Nep. Iphicr. 1:

Messapus levis cursu,

Verg. A. 12, 489:

leves Parthi,

id. G. 4, 314:

equus,

Val. Fl. 1, 389:

Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

quaere modos leviore plectro,

nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

omnes ire leves,

Sil. 16, 488:

exsultare levis,

id. 10, 605:

levior discurrere,

id. 4, 549:

nullo levis terrore moveri,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

hora,

fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

terra,

light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

so (opp graviora),

id. ib. —

Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

tactus,

a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

strepitus,

id. ib. 7, 840:

stridor,

id. ib. 4, 413.

Trop.

Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

leve et infirmum,

id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

ad motum animi... leviora,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

id. Planc. 26, 63:

auditio,

a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

dolor,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

periculum,

id. B. C. 3, 26:

in aliquem merita,

id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

leviore de causa,

id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

Juv. 13, 182:

effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

in levi habitum,

was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

levia sed nimium queror,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

quidquid levius putaris,

easier, id. 10, 344.—

With gen. ( poet.):

opum levior,

Sil. 2, 102.—

In disposition or character.

Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

homo levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

ne me leviorem erga te putes,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

tu levior cortice,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

id. ib. 17, 63:

leves ac nummarii judices,

id. Clu. 28, 75:

sit precor illa levis,

Tib. 1, 6, 56:

levi brachio aliquid agere,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

quid levius aut turpius,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

auctor,

Liv. 5, 15:

leves amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

spes,

vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

leviores mores,

Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—

Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

levior reprehensio,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

exsilium,

mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.

Lit. (rare):

armati,

light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

levius casura pila sperabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—

Trop.

Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

leviter densae nubes,

Lucr. 6, 248:

inflexum bacillum,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

saucius,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

non leviter lucra liguriens,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

agnoscere aliquid,

id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

eruditus,

id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

dolere,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

ut levissime dicam,

to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —

Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

levius torquetis Arachne,

more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.

lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

id. Univ. 6:

pocula,

smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

pharetrae,

id. ib. 5, 558:

brassica,

Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

levissima corpora,

Lucr. 4, 659:

coma pectine levis,

Ov. M. 12, 409:

nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

ora,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

crura,

Juv. 8, 115:

sponsus,

id. 3, 111:

caput,

id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

pectus,

Verg. A. 11, 40:

frons,

id. E. 6, 51:

umeri,

id. A. 7, 815:

colla,

Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

vir,

Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

per leve,

Pers. 1, 64:

per levia,

Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—

Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

oratio (opp. aspera),

Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

levis et aspera (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15:

levis et quadrata compositio,

id. 2, 5, 9:

levia ac nitida,

id. 5, 12, 18:

(aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

lĭquesco, lĭcŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [liqueo], to become fluid or liquid, to melt.

Lit.:

tabes nivis liquescentis,

Liv. 21, 36:

haec ut cera liquescit,

Verg. E. 8, 80; Ov. M. 5, 431:

volnificusque chalybs vastā fornace liquescit,

Verg. A. 8, 446; Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162:

corpora foeda jacent... dilapsa liquescunt,

i. e. putrefy, Ov. M. 7, 550.—

Transf.

To become clear, limpid: aqua liquescit ac subsidit, Auct. B. Alex. 5.—

Of the liquid sound of l, m, n, r with other consonants, to merge, coalesce, be confined with other sounds:

eorum sonus liquescit et tenuatur,

Val. Prob. p. 1389 P.—

Trop.

To grow soft, effeminate:

qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52. —

To melt or waste away:

fortuna liquescit,

Ov. Ib. 425.—Of a person:

minui et deperire, et, ut proprie dicam, liquescere,

Sen. Ep. 26.

lĭquesco, lĭcŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [liqueo], to become fluid or liquid, to melt.

Lit.:

tabes nivis liquescentis,

Liv. 21, 36:

haec ut cera liquescit,

Verg. E. 8, 80; Ov. M. 5, 431:

volnificusque chalybs vastā fornace liquescit,

Verg. A. 8, 446; Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162:

corpora foeda jacent... dilapsa liquescunt,

i. e. putrefy, Ov. M. 7, 550.—

Transf.

To become clear, limpid: aqua liquescit ac subsidit, Auct. B. Alex. 5.—

Of the liquid sound of l, m, n, r with other consonants, to merge, coalesce, be confined with other sounds:

eorum sonus liquescit et tenuatur,

Val. Prob. p. 1389 P.—

Trop.

To grow soft, effeminate:

qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52. —

To melt or waste away:

fortuna liquescit,

Ov. Ib. 425.—Of a person:

minui et deperire, et, ut proprie dicam, liquescere,

Sen. Ep. 26.

Maecēnas, ātis, m. [Tuscan, perh. Maecnatial; v. Sil. 10, 40; Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 404; 415]: C. Cilnius Maecenas, a Roman knight, descended, on the mother's side, from the Arretinian gens of the Maecenates (and on the father's side from that of the Cilnii;

v. Müll. l. c. p. 416 sq.),

the friend of Augustus and the patron of Horace and Virgil, Prop. 4, 8 (9), 1; Hor. C. 1, 1, 1; Verg. G. 1, 2; Vell. 2, 88, 2; Tac. A. 6, 11; Sen. Prov. 3, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 19, 8 sq.; 114, 4; Quint. 9, 4, 28.—

Transf., to denote, in gen.,

A patron of literature:

sint Maecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones,

Mart. 8, 56, 5; Sen. Prov. 3, 10:

quis tibi Maecenas erit?

Juv. 7, 94.—

A person of distinction:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39. —

A luxurious, effeminate person:

multum referens de Maecenate supino,

Juv. 1, 66.—Hence,

Maecēnātĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mæcenas:

turris,

Suet. Ner. 38:

horti,

id. Tib. 15:

vina,

named after him, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 67.

Maecēnas, ātis, m. [Tuscan, perh. Maecnatial; v. Sil. 10, 40; Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 404; 415]: C. Cilnius Maecenas, a Roman knight, descended, on the mother's side, from the Arretinian gens of the Maecenates (and on the father's side from that of the Cilnii;

v. Müll. l. c. p. 416 sq.),

the friend of Augustus and the patron of Horace and Virgil, Prop. 4, 8 (9), 1; Hor. C. 1, 1, 1; Verg. G. 1, 2; Vell. 2, 88, 2; Tac. A. 6, 11; Sen. Prov. 3, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 19, 8 sq.; 114, 4; Quint. 9, 4, 28.—

Transf., to denote, in gen.,

A patron of literature:

sint Maecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones,

Mart. 8, 56, 5; Sen. Prov. 3, 10:

quis tibi Maecenas erit?

Juv. 7, 94.—

A person of distinction:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39. —

A luxurious, effeminate person:

multum referens de Maecenate supino,

Juv. 1, 66.—Hence,

Maecēnātĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mæcenas:

turris,

Suet. Ner. 38:

horti,

id. Tib. 15:

vina,

named after him, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 67.

maltha, ae, f., = maltha, a kind of thick, fatty petroleum from Samosata, fossil tar, the flame of which could be extinguished only with earth, Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235.—

Transf., a kind of varnish or cement made of slaked lime and hog's fat: maltha e calce fit recenti; gleba vino restinguitur: mox tunditur cum adipe suillo et ficu, Plin. 36, 24, 38, § 181; Pall. 1, 41.—

Trop., an effeminate person, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 9.

mălus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mala, dirt; Gr. melas, black; cf. macula; Germ. mal in Mutter-mal, etc.].— Comp.: pējor, pejus.— Sup.: pessimus, a, um, bad, in the widest sense of the word (opp. bonus), evil, wicked, injurious, destructive, mischievous, hurtful; of personal appearance, ill-looking, ugly, deformed; of weight, bad, light; of fate, evil, unlucky, etc.:

malus et nequam homo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 1:

pessima puella,

Cat. 36, 9; 55, 10:

delituit mala,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 9:

philosophi minime mali illi quidem, sed non satis acuti,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 23:

malam opinionem habere de aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

consuetudo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 36:

conscientia,

Quint. 12, 1, 3:

mens,

id. ib.:

mores,

Sall. C. 18:

fures,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 77:

Furiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 135:

virus,

Verg. G. 1, 129:

cicuta,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 56:

libido,

Liv. 1, 57:

falx,

Verg. E. 3, 11:

gramina,

id. A. 2, 471: carmen, i. e. an incantation, Leg. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17:

abi in malam rem,

go and be hanged! Ter. And. 2, 1, 17:

pugna,

unsuccessful, adverse, Cic. Div. 2, 25, 54; Sall. J. 56:

avis,

i. e. ill-boding, Hor. C. 1, 15, 5; cf. id. ib. 3, 6, 46:

ales,

id. Epod. 10, 1: aetas, burdensome, i. e. senectus, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 4:

haud mala est mulier,

not badlooking, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42:

facies,

Quint. 6, 3, 32; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43:

crus,

i. e. deformed, Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

pondus,

i. e. light, deficient, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156.—Of the sick:

in malis aeger est,

in great danger, Cels. 3, 15 fin.:

tempus a quo omnis aeger pejor fiat,

id. 3, 5 med.:

eo tempore fere pessimi sunt qui aegrotant,

id. ib. —In neutr. sing., as adv.:

ne gallina malum responset dura palato,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 18.— Comp.: pejor, worse:

via,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 96.—Hence,

mă-lum, i, n., any thing bad, an evil, mischief, misfortune, calamity, etc.

In gen.:

orarem, ut ei, quod posses mali facere, faceres,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 25:

quam sit bellum, cavere malum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

nihil enim mali accidisse Scipioni puto,

id. Lael. 3, 10:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

externum, i. e. bellum,

Nep. Hamilc. 21:

ne in cotidianam id malum vertat, i. e. febris,

Cels. 3, 15:

hoc malo domitos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam, etc.,

Liv. 2, 34, 11.—

In partic.

Punishment; hurt, harm, severity, injury:

malo domandam tribuniciam potestatem,

Liv. 2, 54, 10:

malo exercitum coërcere,

Sall. J. 100, 5:

sine malo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81; so Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 45; Liv. 4, 49, 11:

vi, malo, plagis adductus est, ut frumenti daret,

ill-usage, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:

amanti amoenitas malo est: nobis lucro est,

is hurtful, injurious, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 5:

clementiam illi malo fuisse,

was injurious, unfortunate, Cic. Att. 14, 22, 1: malo hercle magno suo convivat sine modo, to his own [p. 1105] hurt, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 23 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

olet homo quidam malo suo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 165:

male merenti bona es: at malo cum tuo,

to your own hurt, id. As. 1, 3, 3.—

Wrong-doing:

causae, quae numquam malo defuturae sunt, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 3: sperans famam exstingui veterum sic posse malorum,

Verg. A. 6, 527; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178.—

As a term of abuse, plague, mischief, torment:

quid tu, malum, me sequere?

Plaut. Cas. 1, 3:

qui, malum, alii?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 10:

quae, malum, est ista tanta audacia?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54; so id. Off. 2, 15, 53; Curt. 8, 14, 41.—

As an exclamation, alas! misery! Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 16; id. Men. 2, 3, 37 Brix ad loc.—

măle, adv., badly, ill, wrongly, wickedly, unfortunately, erroneously, improperly, etc.: dubitas, quin lubenter tuo ero meus, quod possiet facere, faciat male? will do all the harm to him, etc., Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66: si iste Italiam relinquet, faciet omnino male, et, ut ego existimo, alogistôs, will act altogether unwisely, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10:

di isti Segulio male faciant,

do harm to him, punish him, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 1:

o factum male de Alexione!

id. Att. 15, 1, 1:

male velle alicui,

to wish ill, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 13:

Karthagini male jamdiu cogitanti bellum multo ante denuntio, cogitare de aliquo,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

male loqui,

id. Rosc. Am. 48:

male loqui alicui, for maledicere,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 25:

male accipere verbis aliquem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

equitatu agmen adversariorum, male habere,

to harass, annoy, Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

hoc male habet virum,

annoys, vexes him, Ter. And. 2, 6, 5:

male se habere,

to feel ill, dejected, low-spirited, id. Eun. 4, 2, 6:

male est animo,

it vexes me, id. Ad. 4, 5, 21:

male est animo,

I feel unwell, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 33:

male fit animo,

I am beginning to feel bad, am getting unwell, id. Rud. 2, 6, 26: L. Antonio male sit, si quidem, etc., evil betide him! (a formula of imprecation), Cic. Att. 15, 15, 1:

quae res tibi vertat male,

much harm may it do you! Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:

male tibi esse malo quam molliter,

I would rather you should be unfortunate than effeminate, Sen. Ep. 82, 1:

proelium male pugnatum,

unsuccessfully, Sall. J. 54, 7:

ea quae male empta sunt,

at a bad bargain, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1:

male vendere,

at a sacrifice, id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

male reprehendunt praemeditationem rerum futurarum,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

male tegere mutationem fortunae,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

male sustinere arma,

unskilfully, Liv. 1, 25, 12: non dubito, quin me male oderit, i. e. very much, intensely, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

male metuo, ne, etc.,

exceedingly, much, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2:

rauci,

miserably, Hor. S. 1, 4, 66.—

When attached to an adjective, it freq. gives it the opposite meaning: male sanus = insanus,

insane, deranged, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 5:

male sana,

with mind disturbed, Verg. A. 4, 8:

gratus,

i. e. ungrateful, Ov. H. 7, 27:

male fidas provincias,

unfaithful, Tac. H. 1, 17:

statio male fida carinis,

unsafe, Verg. A. 2, 23.— Comp.:

oderam multo pejus hunc quam illum ipsum Clodium,

Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

pejusque leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50; and:

cane pejus vitabit chlamydem,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 30.

mālus, i, f., Gr. mêlea, an appletree:

malus bifera,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7:

et steriles platani malos gessere valentes,

Verg. G. 2, 70:

malus granata,

the pomegranate, Isid. 17, 7, 6:

felices arbores putantur esse quercus...malus, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 20, 2.

mālus, i, m. [by some referred to root mac-; Gr. makros; Lat. magnus; but perh. the same word with 2. malus], an upright mast, pole, or beam.

In gen.:

malos exaequantes altitudinem jugi surrexit,

Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—

Esp.

A mast of a ship:

ut si qui gubernatorem in navigando agere nihil dicant, cum alii malos scandant, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 6, 17:

malum erigi, vela fieri imperavit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

attolli malos,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

malo suspendit ab alto,

id. ib. 5, 489:

saucius,

injured, Hor. C. 1, 14, 5.—

A standard or pole, to which the awnings spread over the theatre were attached, Lucr. 6, 110; Liv. 39, 7, 8.—

The beam in the middle of a wine-press, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

The corner beams of a tower:

turrium mali,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4.

mās, măris (n. mare, rare; gen. plur [p. 1117] marium, Cic. Part. Or. 10, 35; Mel. 3, 9, 5), adj. [prob. from Sanscr. root man, think; manus, man, human being; cf.: memini, moneo, etc.], male, masculine, of the male sex:

mare et femineum sexus,

App. de Mund. p. 66 med.:

maribus (sc. diis),

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

si marem (anguem) emisisset... si feminam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 18, 36; id. Part. Or. 10; so,

emissio maris anguis (opp. emissio feminae anguis),

id. Div. 2, 29, 62: mas vitellus, a male yolk, i. e. which would produce a male chick, Hor. S. 2, 4, 14.—Of plants:

ure mares oleas,

Ov. F. 4, 741.—

Transf., masculine, manly, brave ( poet.):

quod mares homines amant,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32:

maribus Curiis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 64:

animi,

id. A. P. 402:

male mas,

unmanly, effeminate, Cat. 16, 13:

atque marem strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

i. e. a manly, noble strain, Pers. 6, 4.—As subst.: mās, māris, a male (opp. femina, v. infra).

Lit., of gods, human beings, and animals:

congressio maris et feminae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

et mares deos et feminas esse dicitis,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

(bestiarum) aliae mares, aliae feminae sunt... et in mare et in femina, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 51, 128; cf.:

feminaque ut maribus conjungi possit,

Lucr. 5, 853:

marium expers,

Suet. Claud. 33; so,

marium pignora,

id. Aug. 21 Oud. N. cr.:

stuprum in maribus,

Quint. 11, 1, 84:

vos tollite laudibus, mares, Delon Apollinis,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 10.—

Trop., of plants:

in tilia mas et femina differunt omni modo: namque et materies dura ac nodosa, etc.,

Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65:

cognati virilis sexus, per mares descendentes,

Ulp. Fragm. 26, 1.

mī̆tra, ae, f., = mitra.

A headband, coif, turban of the Asiatics;

in Greece and Rome worn only by women, except occasionally by effeminate young men: P. Clodius a crocotā, a mitrā... est factus repente popularis,

Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58:

picta lupa barbara mitra,

Juv. 3, 66. Also worn by Bacchus, Prop. 4, 2, 31.—

A rope (late Lat.), Tert. Carm. de Jona et Ninive, 42; cf. Isid. 19, 4, 6.

mollesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [molleo], to become soft, to soften ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. liquesco).

Lit.:

rura colit nemo: mollescunt colla juvencis,

Cat. 64, 38:

ebur,

Ov. M. 10, 283:

tactu,

Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.—

Trop.

To become soft, mild, or gentle:

tum genus humanum primum mollescere coepit,

Lucr. 5, 1014:

pectora,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 8.—

To become effeminate, unmanly:

mollescat in undis,

Ov. M. 4, 386:

ne forte mollescat cor vestrum,

Vulg. Jer. 51, 46.

mollĭo, īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (mollibat for molliebat, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16; Ov. M. 6, 21:

mollirier for molliri,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 27), v. a. [mollis], to make soft, pliant, flexible, or supple, to soften (class.).

Lit.:

frigoribus durescit umor, et idem vicissim mollitur tepefactus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

lanam trahendo,

by spinning, Ov. M. 2, 411:

artus oleo,

Liv. 21, 55:

dum ferrum molliat ignis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 20:

ceram,

Ov. M. 8, 198:

semina,

id. ib. 7, 123:

humum foliis,

id. ib. 4, 741:

glebas,

id. ib. 6, 220:

ventrem,

to relax, purge moderately, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 43:

duritias,

id. 28, 17, 70, § 34:

agri molliti,

softened, loosened, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 130.—

Trop.

To soften, moderate, mitigate; to tame, restrain, check; to render easier, lighter, pleasanter, or less disagreeable:

Hannibalem juveniliter exsultantem patientiā suā molliebat,

Cic. Sen. 4, 10: quā mons mollibat mare, broke the violence of the sea, Att. ap. Non. 347, 16:

iras,

Liv. 1, 9:

impetum,

id. 3, 35:

indocili numero cum grave mollit opus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 6:

poenam,

id. ib. 3, 5, 53:

clivum,

to make the ascent of a hill easier, Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

clivos,

Liv. 21, 37, 3:

verba usu,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

translationem,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 165:

fructus feros colendo,

to render milder, Verg. G. 2, 36:

caelum,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 124:

lacrimae meorum me interdum molliunt,

overcome me, Cic. Att. 10, 9, 2:

Deus mollivit cor meum,

softened, Vulg. Job, 23, 16.—

To soften, render effeminate or unmanly:

legionem,

Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

animos,

id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: vocem, to make soft or womanish, Quint. 11, 3, 24:

puerum,

to unman, Stat. S. 3, 4, 68.

mŭlĭĕbris, e, adj. [mulier], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, female, feminine.

Adj. (class.):

loci muliebres, ubi nascendi initia consistunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, 3:

facinus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:

comitatus,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

vox,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

vestis,

Nep. Alc. 10, 6:

venustas,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

fraus,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

impotentia,

id. ib. 1, 4:

certamen, i. e. de mulieribus,

Liv. 1, 57:

jura,

id. 34, 3:

Fortuna Muliebris, worshipped in memory of the wife and mother of Coriolanus, who persuaded him to retreat,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 4; Liv. 2, 40.—

In a reproachful sense, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: parce muliebri supellectili. Mi. Quae ea est supellex? Ha. Clarus clamor sine modo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 26 sq.: animum geritis muliebrem, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. Rel. p. 227 Rib.):

muliebris enervataque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—Gram. t. t., feminine (opp. virilis):

vocabulum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 sq. Müll.—

Subst.: mŭlĭĕbrĭa, ĭum, n.

= pu denda muliebria, Tac. A. 14, 60:

muliebria pati,

to let one's self be used as a woman, id. ib. 11, 36.—

Womanish things:

muliebria cetera,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17 = menstrua:

desierant Sarae fieri muliebria,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.—Hence, adv.: mŭlĭĕ-brĭter.

In the manner of a woman, like a woman:

nec muliebriter Expavit ensem,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 22:

ingemiscens,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5:

Hunni equis muliebriter insidentes,

in the manner of women, Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Womanishly, effeminately: si se lamentis muliebriter lacrimisque dedet. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 55:

Antinăum suum muliebriter flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5.

mŭlĭĕbris, e, adj. [mulier], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, female, feminine.

Adj. (class.):

loci muliebres, ubi nascendi initia consistunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, 3:

facinus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:

comitatus,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

vox,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

vestis,

Nep. Alc. 10, 6:

venustas,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

fraus,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

impotentia,

id. ib. 1, 4:

certamen, i. e. de mulieribus,

Liv. 1, 57:

jura,

id. 34, 3:

Fortuna Muliebris, worshipped in memory of the wife and mother of Coriolanus, who persuaded him to retreat,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 4; Liv. 2, 40.—

In a reproachful sense, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: parce muliebri supellectili. Mi. Quae ea est supellex? Ha. Clarus clamor sine modo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 26 sq.: animum geritis muliebrem, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. Rel. p. 227 Rib.):

muliebris enervataque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—Gram. t. t., feminine (opp. virilis):

vocabulum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 sq. Müll.—

Subst.: mŭlĭĕbrĭa, ĭum, n.

= pu denda muliebria, Tac. A. 14, 60:

muliebria pati,

to let one's self be used as a woman, id. ib. 11, 36.—

Womanish things:

muliebria cetera,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17 = menstrua:

desierant Sarae fieri muliebria,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.—Hence, adv.: mŭlĭĕ-brĭter.

In the manner of a woman, like a woman:

nec muliebriter Expavit ensem,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 22:

ingemiscens,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5:

Hunni equis muliebriter insidentes,

in the manner of women, Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Womanishly, effeminately: si se lamentis muliebriter lacrimisque dedet. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 55:

Antinăum suum muliebriter flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5.

per-mădesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become thoroughly wet, quite moist.

Lit.:

quasi hibernis pluviis terra permaduerit,

Col. 2, 4; Prud. steph. 10, 1010.—

Trop., to grow soft or effeminate:

deliciis,

Sen. Ep. 20, 11:

fugite enervatam felicitatem, quā animi permadescunt,

id. Prov. 4, 9.