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illex ( inl-), ēgis, adj. [in-lex], without law, contrary to law, lawless (anteclass.);

as a term of reproach: impure, inhoneste, injure, inlex, labes popli,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. 10, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 60 Rib.).

illex or illix ( inl-), ĭcis, adj. [illicio], alluring, enticing, seductive (ante- and post-class.).

Adj.:

oculi,

App. Mag. p. 323:

ars,

Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 6:

halitus,

id. Psych. 328.—More freq.,

A decoy, lure:

aedis nobis area'st, auceps sum ego, Esca'st meretrix, lectus illex est, amatores aves,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67.—

Transf., a seducer, a seductress:

malae rei tantae fuimus illices,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 35:

illex animi Venus,

App. Mag. p. 295.

ĭn-hŏnestus, a, um, adj.

Dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful (class.):

eho, impure, inhoneste, labes popli!

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 4:

simus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18:

ignotā matre inhonestus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 36:

vita,

Sall. C. 20, 9:

exitus nobis non inhonestus,

inglorious, Prop. 2, 26, 58 (3, 22, 38 Müll.):

mors,

id. 2, 7, 89 (2, 8 b, 27 M.); Liv. 29, 18:

vulnus,

Verg. A. 6, 497:

(hostes) inhonesta vulnera tergo accipiunt,

Ov. F. 2, 211:

pax,

Tac. A. 15, 25:

Vitellius gulā et ventre sibi inhonestus,

id. H. 2, 31 Orell. N. cr.:

nihil injustum atque inhonestum, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 41: quid hoc joco inhonestius,

more indecent, Val. Max. 7, 8, 9.— Sup.:

inhonestissima cupiditas,

Cic. Quint. Fr. 1, 1, 6 fin.:

homo turpissimus atque inhonestissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 18.—

Unseemly, ugly, filthy:

homo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 65; 5, 4, 16.— Hence, adv.: ĭn-hŏnestē, dishonorably, disgracefully:

parere divitias,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 2:

accusare,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 9:

submitti alicui,

Vell. 2, 37, 3:

(with improbe) facere aliquid,

Gell. 10, 19, 1.— Comp., Capitol. Ver. 8.

lac, lactis (nom. lacte, Enn. ap. Non. 483, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16 Ritschl N. cr. al.; and lact, Aus. Idyll. 12; Mart. Cap. 3, § 307; masc. acc. lactem, App. M. 8, p. 214 fin.; 215 init.; but dub. in Gell. 12, 1, 17, where Hertz reads lacte), n. [Gr. gala, gen. galakt-os], milk.

Lit.:

dulci repletur lacte,

Lucr. 5, 814:

cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

lacte vivere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

Verg. E. 2, 22:

concretum vimine querno lac,

Ov. M. 12, 437:

lactis inopia... abundantia,

Col. 5, 12, 2:

a lacte cunisque,

from the cradle, from infancy, Quint. 1, 1, 21:

lac pressum,

cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82:

coagulatum,

Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 128.—Prov.:

tam similem quam lacte lacti'st,

as like as one egg is to another, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; cf.:

neque lac lacti magis est simile,

id. Am. 2, 1, 54; id. Men. 5, 9, 30: lac gallinaceum, chicken's milk, of something very rare, Plin. N. H. praef. § 23; Petr. 38, 1:

qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet,

of tender age, Juv. 11, 68.—

Trop., for something sweet, pleasant: in melle sunt linguae sitae nostrae atque orationes, lacteque;

corda felle sunt lita,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 77:

ut mentes... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—

Transf.

Milky juice, milk of plants:

herbae, nigri cum lacte veneni,

Verg. A. 4, 514:

herbarum,

Ov. M. 11, 606:

tenero dum lacte, quod intro est, id. Nux, 95: ficulneum,

Col. 7, 8, 1:

caprifici,

Cels. 5, 7.—

Milk-white color ( poet.): candidus taurus... una fuit labes;

cetera lactis erant,

Ov. A. A. 1, 290.

lac, lactis (nom. lacte, Enn. ap. Non. 483, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16 Ritschl N. cr. al.; and lact, Aus. Idyll. 12; Mart. Cap. 3, § 307; masc. acc. lactem, App. M. 8, p. 214 fin.; 215 init.; but dub. in Gell. 12, 1, 17, where Hertz reads lacte), n. [Gr. gala, gen. galakt-os], milk.

Lit.:

dulci repletur lacte,

Lucr. 5, 814:

cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

lacte vivere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

Verg. E. 2, 22:

concretum vimine querno lac,

Ov. M. 12, 437:

lactis inopia... abundantia,

Col. 5, 12, 2:

a lacte cunisque,

from the cradle, from infancy, Quint. 1, 1, 21:

lac pressum,

cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82:

coagulatum,

Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 128.—Prov.:

tam similem quam lacte lacti'st,

as like as one egg is to another, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; cf.:

neque lac lacti magis est simile,

id. Am. 2, 1, 54; id. Men. 5, 9, 30: lac gallinaceum, chicken's milk, of something very rare, Plin. N. H. praef. § 23; Petr. 38, 1:

qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet,

of tender age, Juv. 11, 68.—

Trop., for something sweet, pleasant: in melle sunt linguae sitae nostrae atque orationes, lacteque;

corda felle sunt lita,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 77:

ut mentes... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—

Transf.

Milky juice, milk of plants:

herbae, nigri cum lacte veneni,

Verg. A. 4, 514:

herbarum,

Ov. M. 11, 606:

tenero dum lacte, quod intro est, id. Nux, 95: ficulneum,

Col. 7, 8, 1:

caprifici,

Cels. 5, 7.—

Milk-white color ( poet.): candidus taurus... una fuit labes;

cetera lactis erant,

Ov. A. A. 1, 290.

lăcūna (collateral form lŭcūna; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 205; lăcūnā-tūra, App. Flor. 15, p. 351, 2 Hildebrand; v. infra), ae, f. [lacus], a ditch, pit, hole; esp. a place where water collects, a pool, pond.

Lit. (mostly poet.): lacuna, id est aquae collectio, a lacu derivatur, quam alii lamam, alii lustrum dicunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.:

vastae,

Lucr. 6, 552:

vastae Orci,

id. 1, 116; 6, 538:

cavae,

Verg. G. 1, 117; 3, 365.— Poet.:

salsae,

i. e. the sea, Lucr. 5, 794; 3, 1044; also,

Neptuniae,

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15:

caecas lustravit luce lacunas,

Cic. Arat. 431.—

In gen., a hollow, cavity, opening, chasm, cleft:

cum supercilia cana, et sub ea lacunae, dicunt, eum equum habere annos sedecim,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3; 1, 29, 3; cf.:

atque lacunarum fuerant vestigia cuique,

Lucr. 5, 1261; Vitr. 7, 1, 4:

labrum superius sub ipsa medietate narium lacuna quadam levi, quasi valle, signavit deus,

Lact. Op. D. 10:

genae teretes ac medio mento lacuna,

a dimple, App. Flor. p. 351 (Hildebr., lacunatura).—

Trop., a gap, void, defect, want, loss (rare but class.):

est, qui expleas duplicem istam lacunam,

to fill up the double void, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 28:

ut illam lacunam rei familiaris expleant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

lacuna in auro,

id. Att. 12, 6, 1:

illa labes et quasi lacuna famae,

Gell. 1, 3, 23.

măcŭla, ae, f. [for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt], a spot, mark, stain (class.).

Lit.

In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155:

(bos) maculis insignis et albo,

i. e. with white spots, Verg. G. 3, 56:

maculis albis equus,

id. A. 9, 49:

maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),

id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.:

parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,

Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.—

Transf., a mesh in a net, a hole in network or in a web:

rete grandibus maculis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 15, 1:

reticulum minutis maculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

retia maculis distincta,

Ov. H. 5, 19. —Of the meshes of a spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—

In partic., a spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole, etc.:

maculari corpus maculis luridis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63:

est corporis macula, naevus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79:

maculas auferre de vestibus,

Ov. F. 3, 821:

extrahere,

Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 120:

in veste facere,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

e veste abluere,

id. 28, 7, 23, § 109:

mederi maculis corporis,

id. 36, 19, 33, § 140; cf.:

lentigines ac maculas e facie tollere,

id. 20, 2, 4, § 9.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13:

inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70:

jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,

id. Balb. 6, 15:

vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,

id. Planc. 12, 30:

furtorum et flagitiorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

adulescentiae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11:

familiae,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,

Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28:

ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,

Liv. 3, 58:

plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

enduring disgrace, Juv. 14, 2.

Măcŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. of Q. Pompeius, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1.

măcŭla, ae, f. [for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt], a spot, mark, stain (class.).

Lit.

In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155:

(bos) maculis insignis et albo,

i. e. with white spots, Verg. G. 3, 56:

maculis albis equus,

id. A. 9, 49:

maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),

id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.:

parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,

Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.—

Transf., a mesh in a net, a hole in network or in a web:

rete grandibus maculis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 15, 1:

reticulum minutis maculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

retia maculis distincta,

Ov. H. 5, 19. —Of the meshes of a spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—

In partic., a spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole, etc.:

maculari corpus maculis luridis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63:

est corporis macula, naevus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79:

maculas auferre de vestibus,

Ov. F. 3, 821:

extrahere,

Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 120:

in veste facere,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

e veste abluere,

id. 28, 7, 23, § 109:

mederi maculis corporis,

id. 36, 19, 33, § 140; cf.:

lentigines ac maculas e facie tollere,

id. 20, 2, 4, § 9.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13:

inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70:

jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,

id. Balb. 6, 15:

vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,

id. Planc. 12, 30:

furtorum et flagitiorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

adulescentiae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11:

familiae,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,

Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28:

ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,

Liv. 3, 58:

plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

enduring disgrace, Juv. 14, 2.

Măcŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. of Q. Pompeius, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.