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1 edāx
edāx ācis, adj. [ED-], greedy, voracious, gluttonous, rapacious: hospes: dominus, H.— Devouring, destructive: ignis, V.: imber, H.: curae, gnawing, H.: tempus rerum, O.* * *edacis (gen.), edacior -or -us, edacissimus -a -um ADJgreedy, rapacious, voracious, gluttonous; devouring, consuming, destructive -
2 morsus
morsus ūs, m [mordeo], a biting, bite: avium minorum morsūs: saxum Morsibus insequi, O.: Nec tu mensarum morsūs horresce, the eating, V.: vertere morsūs Exiguam in Cererem, their teeth, V.: zonam morsu tenere, by the teeth, Iu.: discludere morsūs Roboris, i. e. open the cleft trunk (which held the javelin), V.—Fig., a bite, sting, pain, vexation: (carmina) morsu venerare, malicious attack, H.: perpetui curarum morsūs, gnawing pains, O.: doloris.* * *bite, sting; anguish, pain; jaws; teeth -
3 tinea or tinia
tinea or tinia ae, f [1 TEM-], a gnawing worm, moth, bookworm: vestis, tinearum epulae, H.: dirum, tiniae, genus (in bee-hives), V.: Agrestes tineae, silkworms, O. -
4 admorsus
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5 ammorsus
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6 corrosio
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7 acer
1.ăcer, ĕris, n. [kindred with Germ. Ahorn] (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.), the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.—II.Transf., the wood of the maple-tree, maplewood, used, on account of its hardness and firmness, for writing-tablets, Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 28.2.ācer, cris, cre, adj. (m. acris, Enn.; f. acer, Naev. and Enn.; acrus, a um, Pall.; Veg.; cf. Charis. 63 and 93 P.) [cf. akis, akôn, akmê, akros, ôkus, oxus; Sanscr. acan = dart, acus = swift; Germ. Ecke; Engl. edge, to egg; and with change of quantity, ăcus, acuo, ăceo, ăcies, ăcerbus], sharp, pointed, piercing, and the like.I.Prop., of the senses and things affecting them, sharp, dazzling, stinging, pungent, fine, piercing:a.praestans valetudine, viribus, formā, acerrimis integerrimisque sensibus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45. So,Of the sight:b.acerrimus sensus videndi,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:acres oculi,
id. Planc. 27:splendor,
Lucr. 4, 304:quidam colores ruboris acerrimi,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 14 al. —Of the hearing:c.voce increpet acri?
Lucr. 3, 953:aurium mensura, quod est acrius judicium et certius,
Cic. de Or. 3, 47:acrem flammae sonitum,
Verg. G. 4, 409:acri tibiā,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 1.—Of smell, Lucr. 4, 122:d.exstinctum lumen acri nidore offendit nares,
id. 6, 792; cf. ib. 1216:unguentis minus diu delectemur summa et acerrima suavitate conditis, quam his moderatis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:odor,
Plin. 12, 17, 40.—Of taste: ut vitet acria, ut est sinapi, cepa, allium, Var. ap. Non. 201, 13:e.acres humores,
sharp juices, Cic. N. D. 2, 23:lactuca innatat acri stomacho,
an acid stomach, Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf. ib. 2, 8, 7:dulcibus cibis acres acutosque miscere,
Plin. Ep. 7, 3 al. —Of sensation in its widest extent: aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, sharp, severe, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 ed. Vahl.—cf. Lucr. 3, 20; 4, 261); and so Hor.: solvitur acris hiems, C. 1. 4, 1. —B.Of the internal states of the human system, violent, sharp, severe, gnawing:II.fames, Naev. ap. Prisc. l. l. (B. Punic. p. 18 ed. Vahl.): somnus, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l. (Ann. v. 369): morbus,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119:dolor,
Lucr. 6, 650:sitis,
Tib. 1, 3, 77 al.Of the states of mind: violent, vehement, passionate, consuming: mors amici subigit, quae mihi est senium multo acerrimum, Att. ap. Non. 2, 22:B.acri ira percitus,
Lucr. 5, 400: cf. 3, 312;6, 754 (on the contrary, 5, 1194: iras acerbas): acres curae,
Lucr. 3, 463, and Var. ap. Non. 241:luctus,
ib. 87:dolor,
Verg. A. 7, 291:metus,
Lucr. 6, 1211; Verg. A. 1, 362:amor,
Tib. 2, 6, 15:acrior ad Venerem cupido,
Curt. 6, 5 al. (Among unpleasant sensations, acer designates a piercing, wounding by sharpness; but acerbus the rough, harsh, repugnant, repulsive.)—Applied to the intellectual qualities, subtle, acute, penetrating, sagacious, shrewd:C.acrem irritat virtutem animi,
Lucr. 1, 70:acri judicio perpende,
id. 2, 1041:memoria,
strong, retentive, Cic. de Or. 2, 87:vir acri ingenio,
id. Or. 5; cf. id. Sest. 20 al. —Applied to moral qualities.1.In a good sense, active, ardent, eager, spirited, brave, zealous:2.milites,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10:civis acerrimus,
an ardent patriot, id. Fam. 10, 28:defensor,
id. ib. 1, 1:studio acriore esse,
id. de Or. 1, 21:jam tum acer curas venientem extendit in annum rusticus,
Verg. G. 2, 405 al. —In a bad sense, violent, hasty, hot, passionate, fierce, severe (very freq.):D.uxor acerrima,
enraged, angry, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 56; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 32:dominos acres,
Lucr. 6, 63; Nep. Tim. 3, 5; cf. Bremi Nep. Eum. 11, 1. Also, of animals, Lucr. 4, 421; 5, 860; Verg. A. 4, 156; Hor. Epod. 12, 6; 2, 31; Nep. Eum. 11, 1. —Of abstract things (mostly poet.), Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 32:egestas,
Lucr. 3, 65:poenas,
id. 6, 72:impetus,
ib. 128; 392:acerrimum bellum,
Cic. Balb. 6:nox acerrima atque acerbissima,
id. Sull. 18:acrius supplicium,
id. Cat. 1, 1; in Quint.: acres syllabae, which proceed from short to long, 9, 4.—Acer is constr. with abl., and also (esp. in the histt. of the silv. age) with gen., Vell. 1, 13; Tac. H. 2, 5 al.; cf. Ramsh. § 107, 6 note. With in, Cic. Fam. 8, 15; with inf., Sil. 3, 338.— Adv.: ācrĭter, sharply, strongly, vehemently, eagerly, zealously, etc., in all the signif. of the adj., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; id. Ps. 1, 3, 39; Lucr. 6, 783; Cic. Tusc. 1, 30 al.— Comp., Lucr. 3, 54; 5, 1147; Hor. S. 2, 3, 92; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 3.— Sup., Cic. Fl. 11; id. Fam. 10, 28; 15, 4.—Also, ācre, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 132, 25; App. M. 10, 32; and perh. Pers. 4, 34. -
8 adedo
ăd-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (less correctly, adessum), 3, v. a. (adest = adedit, Luc. 6, 265; cf. ĕdo), to begin to eat, to bite, to nibble at, to gnaw, etc.—As verb finite very rare, and mostly poet.; not found in prose of Cic.I.Prop.:II.angues duo ex occulto allapsi adedere jecur,
Liv. 25, 16, 2; so,adeso jecinore,
Val. Max. 1, 6, 8:favos,
Verg. G. 4, 242.—Hence metaph. of fire:cum me supremus adederit ignis,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 41:flamma plurima postibus haesit adesis,
Verg. A. 9, 537.—In an enlarged sense (as a consequence of a continued biting, gnawing, etc.; and hence only in the perf. or part. pass.; cf.: accīdo, absumo, abrumpo), to eat up, to consume entirely: frumento adeso, quod ex areis in oppidum portatum est, Sisenn. ap. Non. 70, 32; so,extis adesis,
Liv. 1, 7, 13;pisces ex parte adesi,
Quint. 6, 3, 90: and metaph., to use up, to consume, waste (as money, strength, etc.):non adesa jam, sed abundante etiam pecunia,
Cic. Quint. 12:adesis fortunis omnibus,
Tac. A. 13, 21:bona adesa,
id. H. 1, 4:adesus cladibus Asdrubal,
Sil. 13, 680.—Hence, ădēsus, a, um, P. a., eaten, gnawed; hence poet., worn away, esp. by water:adesi lapides,
smooth, polished, Hor. C. 3, 29, 36 (after Theocr. 22, 49; hous potamos periexese):scopulus,
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9 admorsus
1.admorsus, a, um, Part. of admordeo.2.admorsus, ūs, m. [admordeo], a biting at, a gnawing, a bite; trop.:vereor ne libellus iste admorsu duri dentis uratur,
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10 edax
I.Prop., Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. prol. 38; id. Heaut. prol. 38; Cic. Fl. 17, 41; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2 (abl. edaci, as in Ov. M. 15, 354; Val. Fl. 6, 420 et saep.); Hor. S. 2, 2, 92; id. Ep. 2, 1, 173; Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 11:II.vultur,
rapacious, id. Am. 2, 6, 33 et saep.— Sup.:edacissima animalia,
Sen. Ep. 60, 2.—Poet. transf., of inanimate and abstr. things, devouring, destroying:ignis,
Verg. A. 2, 758; Ov. M. 9, 202; id. F. 4, 785:imber,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 3:natura,
Ov. M. 15, 354:tempus,
id. P. 4, 10, 7; cf. with gen.:tempus rerum,
id. M. 15, 234:vetustas,
id. ib. 15, 872:curae,
gnawing, Hor. C. 2, 11, 18 et saep. ‡† edeatroe, qui praesunt regiis epulis, dicti apo tôn edesmatôn, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 20 Müll. [edeatroi, seneschals of the table, carvers, v. Lidd. and Scott s. v.]. -
11 edeatroe
I.Prop., Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. prol. 38; id. Heaut. prol. 38; Cic. Fl. 17, 41; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2 (abl. edaci, as in Ov. M. 15, 354; Val. Fl. 6, 420 et saep.); Hor. S. 2, 2, 92; id. Ep. 2, 1, 173; Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 11:II.vultur,
rapacious, id. Am. 2, 6, 33 et saep.— Sup.:edacissima animalia,
Sen. Ep. 60, 2.—Poet. transf., of inanimate and abstr. things, devouring, destroying:ignis,
Verg. A. 2, 758; Ov. M. 9, 202; id. F. 4, 785:imber,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 3:natura,
Ov. M. 15, 354:tempus,
id. P. 4, 10, 7; cf. with gen.:tempus rerum,
id. M. 15, 234:vetustas,
id. ib. 15, 872:curae,
gnawing, Hor. C. 2, 11, 18 et saep. ‡† edeatroe, qui praesunt regiis epulis, dicti apo tôn edesmatôn, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 20 Müll. [edeatroi, seneschals of the table, carvers, v. Lidd. and Scott s. v.]. -
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14 Ocnos
I.The founder of the city of Mantua, Verg. A. 10, 198.—II.An allegorical picture of Socrales the painter, which represented a man twisting a rope, while an ass kept gnawing it apart, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—Hence, prov., of labor in vain, which never comes to an end, Prop. 4, 3, 21. -
15 Ocnus
I.The founder of the city of Mantua, Verg. A. 10, 198.—II.An allegorical picture of Socrales the painter, which represented a man twisting a rope, while an ass kept gnawing it apart, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—Hence, prov., of labor in vain, which never comes to an end, Prop. 4, 3, 21. -
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17 seco
sĕco, cŭi, ctum ( part. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [root sak-, to cut; whence securis, sĕcula, serra (secra), segmen, sexus, saxum, etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. keiô, keazô, schizô], to cut, cut off, cut up (class.; syn.: caedo, scindo).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.leges duodecim tabularum, si plures forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, atque partiri corpus addicti sibi hominis permiserunt,
Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.:et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant,
Tert. Apol. 4:cape cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.:omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,
Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: pabulum secari non posse, be cut, mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so,sectae herbae,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:gallinam,
to cut to pieces, Juv. 5, 124:placenta,
Mart. 3, 77, 3:alicui collum gladio suā dexterā,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10:palatum,
to divide, Cels. 8, 1:tergora in frusta,
Verg. A. 1, 212: dona auro gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of carved, wrought ivory (an imitation of the Homeric pristos elephas, Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464:marmora,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.:nec ideo ferrum secandi vim non perdidit,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1:prave sectus unguis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 104:secti lapides,
Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —In partic.1.Med. t. t., to cut surgically; to operate on; to cut off or out, amputate, excise, etc.:2.in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,
Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.:saevitia secandi,
Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so,membra,
id. 26, 11, 69, § 112:vomicam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13:varices Mario,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for which, exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the same: C. Marius cum secaretur, ut supra dixi, principio vetuit se alligari;nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,
was cut, operated upon, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:servum,
Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—To cut, castrate (very rare):C.puer avari sectus arte mangonis,
Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),
id. 5, 41, 3.—Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).1.To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure (cf. caedo, II.):2.ambo (postes) ab infimo tarmes secat,
the worms are gnawing them, they are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,
lest I should be torn, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.:rigido sectas invenit ungue genas,
Ov. F. 6, 148:teneras plantas tibi (glacies),
Verg. E. 10, 49:corpora vepres,
id. G. 3, 444:crura (sentes),
Ov. M. 1, 509:pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca,
cut, lacerate, Tib. 1, 9, 22; so,sectus flagellis,
Hor. Epod. 4, 11:loris,
Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.:si quem podagra secat,
gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2;imitated by Martial: podagra cheragraque secatur Gaius,
Mart. 9, 92, 9.—Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,a.To divide, cleave, separate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):b.quos (populos) secans interluit Allia,
Verg. A. 7, 717:medios Aethiopas (Nilus),
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:medios agros (Tiberis),
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12:medium agmen (Turnus),
Verg. A. 10, 440:agrum (limes),
Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:caelum (zonae),
Ov. M. 1, 46:sectus orbis,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.:in longas orbem qui secuere vias,
Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—With the idea of motion, to cut through, i. e. to run, sail, fly, swim, go, etc., through:II.delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant,
cut through, cleave, Verg. A.5, 595:aequor,
id. ib. 5, 218:pontum,
id. ib. 9, 103:aequor Puppe,
Ov. M. 11, 479:fretum puppe,
id. ib. 7, 1; cf.:vada nota (amnis),
id. ib. 1, 370:ales avis... geminis secat aëra pennis,
Cic. Arat. 48:aethera pennis (avis),
Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409:auras (cornus),
id. A. 12, 268:ventos (Cyllenia proles),
ib. ib. 4, 257:sub nubibus arcum (Iris),
id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. temnein hodon, to take one's way, to travel a road:ille viam secat ad naves,
Verg. A. 6, 899:hinc velut diversae secari coeperunt viae,
Quint. 3, 1, 14.—Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).* A. B.To divide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):cum causas in plura genera secuerunt,
Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117:haec in plures partes,
Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.:scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,
id. 4, 5, 6:quae natura singularia sunt secant (corresp. to divido),
id. 4, 5, 25:sectae ad tenuitatem suam vires (just before: distinguendo. dividendo),
id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., like dirimo (II.), of disputes, to cut off, i.e. to decide them:quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to cure (as it were, by a light operation), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And once in Verg.: secare spem (the figure borrowed from the phrases secare mare, auras, viam): quae cuique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spem, whatever hope each follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, tenet, habet;ut: Ille viam secat ad naves,
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tĭnĕa, ae, f. [tan-, root of tondeo; cf. Gr. temnô].I.In gen., a gnawing worm, in clothes, books, etc., a moth, bookworm, etc.: Phalaena tinea, Linn.; Cato, R. R. 98, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; id. Ep. 1, 20, 12; Ov. P. 1, 1, 72; Mart. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 117.—II.In partic.A.Of the moth that flutters about a light, Lact. Phoen. 107.—B.Of the wood-worm, Vitr. 5, 12 fin. —C.Of worms in beehives, Verg. G. 4, 246; Col. 9, 14, 2.—D.Of worms in fig-trees, Col. 5, 10, 9.—E.Of worms in the human body, Plin. 27, 13, 120, § 145; 21, 20, 83, § 140; 23, 8, 77, § 148; 24, 10, 47, § 77.—F.Agrestes tineae, silkworms, Ov. M. 15, 373.—G.Of lice, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 113; 1, 260.
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