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  • 1 mucro

    mucro, ōnis, m., a sharp point or edge; esp., the point of a sword, the sword's point (class.; cf.: acies, cuspis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mucro falcis,

    Col. 4, 25, 1:

    dentis,

    Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 8:

    folii,

    id. 16, 10, 16, § 38:

    crystalli,

    id. 37, 2, 9, §

    26: cultri,

    edge, Juv. 14, 216:

    medio jugulaberis ensis,

    sword's point, Ov. M. 12, 484:

    coruscus,

    Verg. A. 2, 333.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A sword:

    nisi mucrones militum tremere voltis,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

    mortalis,

    Verg. A. 12, 740.—
    2.
    A point, extremity, end ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 2, 520:

    faucium,

    Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.—
    II.
    Trop., edge, point, sharpness:

    censorii stili,

    Cic. Clu. 44, 123:

    tribunicius,

    id. Leg. 3, 9, 21:

    defensionis tuae,

    id. Caecin. 29, 84:

    ingenii,

    sharpness, Quint. 10, 5, 16.

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  • 2 mucrō

        mucrō ōnis, m    a sharp point, edge, sword's point: Ferreus, V.: cultri, edge, Iu.: hebes, O.— A sword: cruentus: mortalis, V.—Fig., edge, point, sharpness: censorii stili: tribunicius.
    * * *
    sword, sword point, sharp point

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  • 3 mucro

    a sharp point, edge, dagger point.

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  • 4 dissiliō

        dissiliō uī, —, īre    [dis- + salio], to leap asunder, fly apart, burst, break up, split: mucro ictu dissiluit, V.: aera (sc. frigore), V.: Haec loca convolsa ruinā Dissiluisse ferunt, V.: Caput dissilire neniā, H.—Fig., to be broken, be dissolved: Gratia fratrum geminorum dissiluit, H.
    * * *
    dissilire, dissilui, - V
    fly/leap/burst apart; break up; be broken up; burst; split

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  • 5 īn-tepēscō

        īn-tepēscō puī, —, ere,     inch, to become lukewarm, be warmed: strata membris tuis, O.— Poet.: Ut semel intepuit mucro, felt blood, V.

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  • 6 latus

        latus eris, n    [PLAT-], the side, flank: cuius latus mucro petebat: lateri adcommodat ensem, V.: si tetigit latus acrior, nudged, Iu.: lateris dolore consumptus, pleurisy: lateris vigili cum febre dolor, Iu.: utne tegam Damae latus, walk beside, H.: servi claudit latus, gives the wall to, Iu.: negotia circa saliunt latus, encompass, H.: a senis latere numquam discedere, never leave his side.—The side, body, person: latere tecto abscedere, unharmed, T.: Penna latus vestit, tenet, O.: fessum longā militiā, H.—Of speakers, the lungs: nobilitatus ex lateribus et lacertis tuis: legem bonis lateribus suadere.—Of things, the side, flank, lateral surface: terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior: latus unum castrorum, Cs.: Illyricum, coast, Iu.: castelli, S.: tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus, the ship's side, V.: ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctūs, O.: Nudum remigio, H.—Of an army, the flank, wing, side: equites ad latera disponit, on the wings, Cs.: latere tecto abscedere, with flank protected, i. e. safely, T.: latere aperto, the flank exposed, Cs.: ne in frontem simul et latera pugnaretur, Ta.: latere inde sinistro petit, farther to the left, O.: a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, on the sides: ab utroque latere, Cs.: ab latere adgredi, L.: ex lateribus ceteros adgreditur, S.—Fig., the person, life: regi latus cingebant, attached themselves closely, L.: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, was pressing upon them, L.: addit eos ab latere tyranni, the intimates, L.
    * * *
    I
    lata -um, latior -or -us, latissimus -a -um ADJ
    wide, broad; spacious, extensive
    II
    side; flank

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  • 7 mortālis

        mortālis e, adj.    [mors], subject to death, destined to die, mortal: quid in his mortale et caducum sit.— Temporary, transient: inimicitiae: leges, L.— Of a mortal, human, mortal: mucro, of human workmanship, V.: condicio vitae: opera, L.: pectora, O.: volnus, from the hand of a mortal, V.: cura, of man, V.: Nec mortale sonans, like a human voice, V.: Nil mortale loquar, i. e. uninspired, H.—As subst m. and f a man, mortal, human being: neque mortali cuiquam credere, S.: ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te sequar, L.: indignatus ab umbris Mortalem surgere, V.: diu magnum inter mortalīs certamen fuit, etc., S.: de quo omnes mortales iudicaverunt.— Plur n. as subst, human affairs, V.
    * * *
    mortalis, mortale ADJ
    mortal, transient; human, of human origin

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  • 8 petō

        petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere    [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.
    * * *
    petere, petivi, petitus V
    attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for

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  • 9 teres

        teres etis, adj.    [1 TER-], rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth: stipites, Cs.: oliva, V.: fusus, O.: hastile, L.: mucro, V.: cervix, rounded, V.: puer, a graceful figure, H.: plagae, tightly twisted, H.: zona, neat, O.: gemma, becoming, V.—Fig., finished, complete, smooth, polished: (sapiens) in se ipso totus teres atque rotundus, H.: Atticorum aures: oratio, polished.
    * * *
    (gen.), teretis ADJ
    smooth; tapering

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  • 10 Asper

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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  • 11 asper

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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  • 12 aspero

    aspĕro ( aspro, Sid. Ep. 4, 8; id. Carm. 2, 418), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [asper], to make rough, uneven.
    I.
    A.. Lit. (very freq. in the poets and Tac., but not found in Cic.):

    asserculi asperantur, ne sint advolantibus lubrici,

    Col. 8, 3, 6:

    tum enim (apes) propter laborem asperantur ac macescunt,

    become rough, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

    cum torpent apes, nec caloribus asperantur,

    Pall. 7, 7, 2:

    (vinum myrtites) limum dysentericae passionis medicabiliter asperare, i. e. excrementa solidiora reddere,

    id. 3, 31, 2:

    Et glacialis hiemps aquilonibus asperat undas,

    throws into commotion, Verg. A. 3, 285; so Luc. 8, 195; Val. Fl. 2, 435: Minervae pectus asperare hydris, Prud. peri steph. 14, 275.—
    B.
    Transf., to furnish with a rough, wounding exterior (cf. 1. asper, I.):

    sagittas inopiā ferri ossibus asperant,

    to point, Tac. G. 46.—Hence, also, to whet, to sharpen:

    pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit,

    Tac. A. 15, 54:

    abruptaque saxa asperat,

    Luc. 6, 801 (cf. id. 7, 139: nisi cautibus asper Exarsit mucro, and exaspero).—
    II.
    Trop., to make fierce, to rouse up, excite, exasperate:

    indomitos praeceps discordia fratres asperat,

    Stat. Th. 1, 137:

    hunc quoque asperavere carmina in saevitiam,

    Tac. A. 1, 72 fin.; 3, 12:

    ubi asperatum Vitellium satis patuit iis, qui etc.,

    id. H. 3, 38:

    ne lenire neve asperare crimina videretur,

    to make more severe, to aggravate, heighten, id. A. 2, 29:

    iram victoris,

    id. H. 2, 48.

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  • 13 asperum

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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  • 14 aspro

    aspĕro ( aspro, Sid. Ep. 4, 8; id. Carm. 2, 418), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [asper], to make rough, uneven.
    I.
    A.. Lit. (very freq. in the poets and Tac., but not found in Cic.):

    asserculi asperantur, ne sint advolantibus lubrici,

    Col. 8, 3, 6:

    tum enim (apes) propter laborem asperantur ac macescunt,

    become rough, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

    cum torpent apes, nec caloribus asperantur,

    Pall. 7, 7, 2:

    (vinum myrtites) limum dysentericae passionis medicabiliter asperare, i. e. excrementa solidiora reddere,

    id. 3, 31, 2:

    Et glacialis hiemps aquilonibus asperat undas,

    throws into commotion, Verg. A. 3, 285; so Luc. 8, 195; Val. Fl. 2, 435: Minervae pectus asperare hydris, Prud. peri steph. 14, 275.—
    B.
    Transf., to furnish with a rough, wounding exterior (cf. 1. asper, I.):

    sagittas inopiā ferri ossibus asperant,

    to point, Tac. G. 46.—Hence, also, to whet, to sharpen:

    pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit,

    Tac. A. 15, 54:

    abruptaque saxa asperat,

    Luc. 6, 801 (cf. id. 7, 139: nisi cautibus asper Exarsit mucro, and exaspero).—
    II.
    Trop., to make fierce, to rouse up, excite, exasperate:

    indomitos praeceps discordia fratres asperat,

    Stat. Th. 1, 137:

    hunc quoque asperavere carmina in saevitiam,

    Tac. A. 1, 72 fin.; 3, 12:

    ubi asperatum Vitellium satis patuit iis, qui etc.,

    id. H. 3, 38:

    ne lenire neve asperare crimina videretur,

    to make more severe, to aggravate, heighten, id. A. 2, 29:

    iram victoris,

    id. H. 2, 48.

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  • 15 dissilio

    dis-sĭlĭo, ŭi, 4, v. n. [salio], to leap or burst asunder, to fly apart.
    I.
    Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    duo de concursu corpora lata si cita dissiliant,

    Lucr. 1, 385; cf. id. 1, 391; 2, 87:

    dissiliunt ferventi saxa vapore,

    id. 1, 491; so,

    silex igni,

    Plin. 36, 18, 29, § 135; cf.:

    mucro ictu dissiluit,

    Verg. A. 12, 740:

    aera (sc. frigore),

    id. G. 3, 363:

    uva pressa pede,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 20:

    haec loca vi quondam et vasta convolsa ruina Dissiluisse ferunt,

    Verg. A. 3, 416; Sil. 5, 616:

    omne solum,

    Ov. M. 2, 260:

    lamina,

    id. ib. 5, 173; 12, 488 al.: boves degustatā bupresti, burst open, = dirumpere, Plin. 22, 22, 36, § 78; id. 29, 4, 27, § 89:

    risu,

    Sen. Ep. 113 fin.:

    (vox) ubi Dissiluit semel in multas,

    has broken up into many, Lucr. 4, 605 (preceded by: partis in cunctas dividitur vox).—
    B.
    To leap:

    in Jordanem,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 48.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    gratia fratrum geminorum dissiluit,

    was dissolved, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42.

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  • 16 ensis

    ensis, is, m. [Sanscr. root as-, asyati, hurl; asi, sword], a sword, brand.
    I.
    Prop. (almost exclusively in the poets; synon. with gladius, acc. to Quint. 10, 1, 11; cf.

    also spatha, acinaces, sica, mucro, pugio),

    Lucr. 5, 1293; Cic. poët. ap. Gell. 15, 6, 3; and id. N. D. 2, 63 fin.; Tib. 1, 3, 47; 1, 10, 1:

    ensem haesurum jugulo puto,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 484; Verg. A. 2, 393; 553 et saep.; Liv. 7, 10, 9.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    War, Sil. 7, 167; Stat. S. 4, 7, 45; cf.:

    lateque vagatur ensis, i. e. slaughter,

    Luc. 2, 102.—
    B.
    For defensor:

    MARCELLO ROMANORVM ENSI,

    Inscr. Momms. 1984.—
    C.
    Royal sway, Luc. 5, 61.—
    D.
    Ensis, the constellation Orion, Val. Fl. 2, 68; cf. ensifer. [p. 648]

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  • 17 hiulcus

    hĭulcus, a, um, adj. [hio], gaping, split, cleft, opened, open.
    I.
    Lit. (only poet.):

    ubi hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva,

    Verg. G. 2, 353:

    Aegyptus,

    Stat. Th. 4, 708:

    venae fluminis,

    id. ib. 9, 450:

    juga montis Tauri,

    Sol. 38 fin.:

    nubes, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 206: nimbi,

    id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 230:

    vulnus,

    Sid. Ep. 6, 7:

    ova,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 4 praef.: mucro, i. e. ungues ferrei, Prud. steph. 10, 452:

    ictus,

    id. ib. 5, 113.—
    * B.
    Poet. transf., act., cleaving, destroying:

    fulmen,

    Stat. Th. 1, 26.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of speech, gaping, not well connected, forming a hiatus (class.):

    struere verba sic, ut neve asper eorum concursus neve hiulcus sit, sed quodammodo coagmentatus et levis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf.:

    hiulcae voces,

    id. Or. 44, 150:

    nonnumquam hiulca etiam decent,

    Quint. 9, 4, 36.—
    * B.
    Eager, longing for any thing:

    gens,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 9.—
    * Adv.: hiulcē (acc. to II. A.), of speech, in a gaping manner, with a hiatus:

    non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, non hiulce, sed presse et aequabiliter et leniter (loqui),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45.

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  • 18 latus

    1.
    lātus, a, um, adj. [old Lat. stlātus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 313; Sanscr. root star-, strnāmi = sterno; Gr. stor- in stornumi, stratos; Lat. sterno, stratus, torus; cf. strāges, struo; not connected with platus, nor with 3. lātus = tlêtos], broad, wide.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fossa,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    mare,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

    via,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 53, §

    119: agri,

    id. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

    clavus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 138 (v. clavus):

    umeri,

    Verg. A. 9, 725; cf.:

    artus barbarorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 21:

    lati et lacertosi viri,

    broad-shouldered, Col. 1, 9, 4; Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    rana bove latior,

    Phaedr. 1, 24, 5:

    palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    latissimum flumen,

    id. ib. 2, 27:

    latissimae solitudines,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    comesse panem tris pedes latum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 8:

    fossae quindecim pedes latae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

    areas latas pedum denum facito,

    Col. 2, 10, 26:

    populi,

    Verg. A. 1, 225:

    moenia lata videt,

    id. ib. 6, 549:

    latis otia fundis,

    id. G. 2, 468: ne latos fines parare studeant. Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

    ager,

    Liv. 23, 46:

    orbis,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 57:

    terrae,

    Ov. M. 2, 307:

    lata Polyphemi acies,

    wide eye, Juv. 9, 64.— Neutr. absol.:

    crescere in latum,

    to increase in width, widen, Ov. M. 1, 336.— Absol.:

    per latum,

    Vulg. Ezech. 46, 22:

    in lato pedum centum,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7.—
    B.
    Transf., poet., for proud, swelling (cf. Eng. vulg. spreading):

    latus ut in circo spatiere,

    that you may stalk along largely, proudly, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183:

    lati incesserunt et cothurnati (histriones),

    Sen. Ep. 76, 31. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., broad, wide, wide-spread, extended (mostly post-Aug.):

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

    verba,

    pronounced broadly, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

    gloria,

    widespread, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7:

    lato Murrus caligat in hoste,

    Sil. 1, 499:

    interpretatio,

    broad, not strict, lenient, Dig. 22, 1, 1:

    culpa,

    great, ib. 50, 16, 213; 11, 6, 1 fin.:

    fuga,

    a kind of banishment, whereby all places are forbidden to the exile but one, ib. 48, 22, 5.—
    B.
    In partic., of style, diffuse, detailed, copious, prolix:

    oratio Academicorum liberior et latior (opp. Stoicorum oratio astrictior et contractior),

    Cic. Brut. 31, 120:

    latum atque fusum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 50:

    latiore varioque tractatu,

    id. 7, 3, 16:

    latiore quadam comprehensione,

    id. 2, 5, 14:

    genus orandi latum et sonans,

    Tac. H. 1, 90:

    Aeschines his latior et audentior,

    Quint. 12, 10, 23.— Hence, adv.: lātē, broadly, widely, extensively; with longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere.
    1.
    Lit.:

    late longeque diffusus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

    omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 35:

    minus late vagari,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    regnare,

    Just. 13, 7:

    populus late rex,

    Verg. A. 1, 21; cf.:

    diu Lateque victrix,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 23:

    cladem inferre,

    Tac. H. 3, 23.— Comp.:

    latius demum operaest pretium ivisse,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

    itaque latius quam caedebatur ruebat (murus),

    Liv. 21, 11:

    possidere (agros),

    Ov. M. 5, 131:

    metui,

    Tac. A. 12, 43. — Sup.:

    ager latissime continuatus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

    quam latissime possint, ignes faciant,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.—
    2.
    Trop.: ars late patet, widely. Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235:

    Phrygiae late refer primordia gentis,

    Ov. H. 17, 57.— Comp.:

    latius loquuntur rhetores, dialectici compressius,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: quod [p. 1042] pateat latius, of rather extensive application, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19:

    latius perscribere,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

    uti opibus,

    more lavishly, Hor. S. 2, 2, 113.— Sup.:

    fidei bonae nomen latissime manat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    latissime patere,

    id. ib. 3, 17, 69.
    2.
    lătus, ĕris, n. [cf. Gr. platus; Lat. lăter, Latium, plautus or plotus], the side, flank of men or animals.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ego vostra faciam latera lorea,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 2: quid conminatu's mihi? Con. Istud male factum arbitror, quia non latus fodi, id. Aul. 3, 2, 4:

    occidisse ex equo dicitur, et latus offendisse vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    cujus latus ille mucro petebat,

    id. Lig. 3, 9:

    laterique accommodat ensem,

    Verg. A. 2, 393; Quint. 2, 13, 12; 11, 3, 69; 118:

    laterum inclinatione forti ac virili,

    id. 1, 11, 18: vellere latus digitis, to twitch one by the side (in order to attract attention), Ov. A. A. 1, 606; cf.:

    si tetigit latus acrior,

    Juv. 7, 109:

    tum latus ei dicenti condoluisse... dieque septimo est lateris dolore consumptus,

    pleurisy, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6; so,

    lateris dolor,

    Cato, R. R. 125; Cels. 2, 7; 8; Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

    lateris vigili cum febre dolor,

    Juv. 13, 229; cf.:

    laterum dolor aut tussis,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 32: artifices lateris, i. e. those who make skilful side movements or evolutions, ballet-dancers, Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

    latus tegere alicui,

    to walk by the side of one, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18:

    claudere alicui,

    Juv. 3, 131; and:

    mares inter se uxoresque contendunt, uter det latus illis (sc. pantomimis),

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3.—Of animals:

    equorum,

    Lucr. 5, 1324:

    cujus (equi aënei) in lateribus fores essent,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—
    2.
    Of orators, the lungs:

    lateribus aut clamore contendere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    quae vox, quae latera, quae vires, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 67:

    ut lateris conatus sit ille, non capitis,

    Quint. 1, 11, 8; cf.:

    lateris pectorisve firmitas an capitis etiam plus adjuvet,

    id. 11, 3, 16; so id. 11, 3, 40:

    dum vox ac latus praeparetur,

    id. 10, 7, 2; 11, 3, 13:

    voce, latere, firmitate (constat orator),

    id. 12, 11, 2:

    neque enim ex te umquam es nobilitatus, sed ex lateribus et lacertis tuis,

    Cic. de Sen. 9, 27:

    cum legem Voconiam voce magna et bonis lateribus suasissem,

    id. ib. 5, 14:

    illa adhuc audaciora et majorum, ut Cicero existimat, laterum,

    Quint. 9, 1, 29.—
    3.
    Poet., in mal. part., Lucil. ap. Non. 260, 30; Ov. H. 2, 58; 19, 138; Prop. 2, 2, 12:

    lateri parcere,

    Juv. 6, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen.
    1.
    The side, flank, lateral surface of a thing (opp. frons and tergum;

    v. h. vv.): collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat et in frontem leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planiciem redibat,

    on each side, Caes. B. G. 2, 8; cf. Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202:

    terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    latus unum castrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    insula, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    id. ib. 5, 13:

    et (Fibrenus) divisus aequaliter in duas partis latera haec (insulae) adluit,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6.—Of a maritime country, the coast, seaboard:

    Illyricum,

    Juv. 8, 117:

    castelli,

    Sall. J. 93:

    tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus,

    the ship's side, Verg. A. 1, 105:

    ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctus,

    Ov. M. 11, 529:

    nudum remigio,

    Hor. C. 1, 14, 4; id. Epod. 10, 3:

    dextrum (domus),

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

    mundi,

    id. C. 1, 22, 19:

    crystallus sexangulis nascitur lateribus,

    surfaces, Plin. 37, 2, 9, § 26.—Of an army, the flank, Tac. Agr. 35:

    reliquos equites ad latera disponit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 7:

    ex itinere nostros latere aperto aggressi,

    id. ib. 1, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 23 fin.:

    ad latus apertum hostium constitui,

    id. ib. 4, 25:

    ne simul in frontem, simul in latera, pugnaretur,

    Tac. Agr. 35.—So in fighting: latus dare, to expose one's side or flank to the adversary, Val. Fl. 4, 304 (v. II. A. infra).—
    b.
    Esp. freq.: a (ab) latere, on or at the side or flank; a or ab lateribus, on or at the sides or flanks (opp. a fronte, in front, before, and a tergo, at the back, behind):

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.; id. B. G. 2, 25:

    ab omni latere securus,

    Amm. 16, 9, 3:

    ab latere aggredi,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    disjectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant,

    Sall. J. 50 fin.:

    ne quis inermibus militibus ab latere impetus fieri posset,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Sulla profligatis iis, quos advorsum ierat, rediens ab latere Mauris incurrit,

    Sall. J. 101, 8: si ex hac causa unda prorumperet, a lateribus undae circumfunderentur, Sen. Q. N. 6, 6, 4:

    a lateribus, a fronte, quasi tria maria prospectat,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 5.—
    c.
    Less freq. with ex:

    latere ex utroque,

    Lucr. 2, 1049:

    ex lateribus aggredi aliquem,

    Sall. C. 60:

    tribus ex lateribus (locus) tegebatur,

    Hirt. B. Alex. 28, 4:

    ex alio latere cubiculum est politissimum,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10:

    omni ex latere armorum molibus urgeri,

    Amm. 19, 7, 7.—
    d.
    With de:

    de latere ire,

    Lucr. 6, 117.—Without prep.:

    alio latere,

    Tac. A. 3, 74.—
    2.
    Poet. (pars pro toto), the body:

    penna latus vestit, tenet,

    Ov. M. 2, 376:

    nunc latus in fulvis niveum deponit harenis,

    id. ib. 2, 865; cf. id. ib. 3, 23;

    14, 710: forte,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 26:

    fessum longā militiā,

    id. C. 2, 7, 18:

    credidit tauro latus,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 26:

    liminis aut aquae Caelestis patiens latus,

    id. ib. 3, 10, 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.: in latera atque in terga incurrere, to attack the sides, i. e. the unguarded points, Quint. 9, 1, 20:

    aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

    encompass on every side, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34:

    ut a sems latere numquam discederem,

    never left his side, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf.: aliquem lateri alicujus adjungere, to attach to his side, i. e. to give him for a companion, Quint. 1, 2, 5; so,

    alicui latus dare, of a client,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3 (cf. B. 1. infra):

    lateri adhaerere gravem dominum,

    hung about them, threatened them, Liv. 39, 25:

    Illyriorum rex, lateri ejus haerens, assiduis precibus promissa exigebat,

    Just. 29, 4, 8; cf.:

    Agathocles regis lateri junctus, civitatem regebat,

    id. 30, 2, 5:

    circumfusa turba lateri meo,

    Liv. 6, 15.—Esp.:

    sacpe dabis nudum latus,

    expose, Tib. 1, 4, 52:

    la. tus imperii nudum,

    Flor. 3, 5, 4:

    nec adulatoribus latus praebeas,

    expose yourself, lay yourself open to, Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.: latere tecto abscedere, i. e safe, unharmed, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5:

    hic fugit omnes Insidias nullique malo latus obdit apertum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 59:

    ex uno latere constat contractus,

    on one side, Dig. 19, 1, 13 fin.; so ib. 3, 5, 5:

    nulla ex utroque latere nascitur actio,

    ib. 3, 5, 6, § 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To express intimacy, attachment:

    latus alicui cingere,

    to cling to, Liv. 32, 39, 8; esp. in the phrase: ab latere, at the side of, i. e. in intimate association with (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.):

    ab latere tyranni: addit eos ab latere tyranni,

    Liv. 24, 5, 13; Curt. 3, 5, 15; cf.:

    ille tuum, Castrice, dulce latus,

    your constant associate, Mart. 6, 68, 4.—
    2.
    Relationship, kindred, esp. collateral relationship (post-Aug.):

    quibus (liberis) videor a meo tuoque latere pronum ad honores iter relicturus,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

    sunt et ex lateribus cognati ut fratres sororesque,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 8:

    ex latere uxorem ducere,

    ib. 23, 2, 68:

    latus omne divinae domus,

    Stat. S. 5 praef.: omnes personae cognatorum aut supra numerantur, aut infra, aut ex transverso, sive a latere... a latere, fratres et sorores, liberique eorum; item parentium fratres et sorores liberique eorum, (Ulp.) de Grad. Cogn. 2 ap. Huschke, Jurisp. Antejust. p. 530.
    3.
    lātus, a, um, Part., v. fero.

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  • 19 mortalia

    mortālis, e, adj. [mors], subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

    animal,

    id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Human, mortal:

    mucro,

    of human workmanship, Verg. A. 12, 740:

    condicio vitae,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

    opera,

    Liv. 1, 2:

    acta,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97:

    mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

    from the hand of a mortal, Verg. A. 12, 797:

    haud tibi vultus Mortalis,

    id. ib. 1, 328:

    nec mortale sonans,

    like a human voice, id. ib. 6, 50:

    si mortalis idem nemo sciat,

    Juv. 13, 76.— Comp.:

    aliquid ipso homine mortalius,

    more perishable, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis, is, comm., a man, mortal, human being (in sing. mostly ante-class.):

    lepidus ecastor mortalis est Strabax,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 57:

    edepol, mortalis malos,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40:

    ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te ac tua vestigia sequar,

    Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, like the Gr. thnêtoi, mortals, men, mankind:

    quod ad immortales attinet haec: deinceps quod ad mortales attinet, videamus,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

    omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175:

    diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, etc.,

    Sall. C. 1, 5:

    omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum,

    Cic. Pis. 40, 96:

    defendo multos mortales,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 25:

    plus debuisse fortunae, quam solus omnium mortalium in potestate habuit (Alexander),

    Curt. 10, 5, 35.— mortālĭa, ĭum, n., human affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—
    B.
    Temporary, transient (opp. immortalis, imperishable, eternal;

    v. immortalis): neque me vero paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter, mortally, in the manner of mortals (eccl. Lat.):

    mortaliter vivere,

    Aug. Enchir. 64.

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  • 20 mortalis

    mortālis, e, adj. [mors], subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

    animal,

    id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Human, mortal:

    mucro,

    of human workmanship, Verg. A. 12, 740:

    condicio vitae,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

    opera,

    Liv. 1, 2:

    acta,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97:

    mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

    from the hand of a mortal, Verg. A. 12, 797:

    haud tibi vultus Mortalis,

    id. ib. 1, 328:

    nec mortale sonans,

    like a human voice, id. ib. 6, 50:

    si mortalis idem nemo sciat,

    Juv. 13, 76.— Comp.:

    aliquid ipso homine mortalius,

    more perishable, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis, is, comm., a man, mortal, human being (in sing. mostly ante-class.):

    lepidus ecastor mortalis est Strabax,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 57:

    edepol, mortalis malos,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40:

    ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te ac tua vestigia sequar,

    Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, like the Gr. thnêtoi, mortals, men, mankind:

    quod ad immortales attinet haec: deinceps quod ad mortales attinet, videamus,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

    omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175:

    diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, etc.,

    Sall. C. 1, 5:

    omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum,

    Cic. Pis. 40, 96:

    defendo multos mortales,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 25:

    plus debuisse fortunae, quam solus omnium mortalium in potestate habuit (Alexander),

    Curt. 10, 5, 35.— mortālĭa, ĭum, n., human affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—
    B.
    Temporary, transient (opp. immortalis, imperishable, eternal;

    v. immortalis): neque me vero paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter, mortally, in the manner of mortals (eccl. Lat.):

    mortaliter vivere,

    Aug. Enchir. 64.

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  • Mucro — Mu cro, n. [L.] (Bot. & Zo[ o]l.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mucro — (lat.), 1) Spitze; 2) (Bot.), die Weich od. Stachelspitze, ein dünner, kurzer, bald weicherer, bald härterer Stachel an der Spitze u. den Lappen von Blättern, auch an Blüthentheilen u. Früchten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • mucro — [myo͞o′krō] n. pl. mucrones [myo͞o krō′nēz] [ModL < L, sharp point < IE base * meuk , to scratch > Gr amychē, a scratch] Biol. a short, sharp point, tip, or process projecting abruptly from certain parts and organs, as at the end of a… …   English World dictionary

  • mucro — noun (plural mucrones) Etymology: New Latin mucron , mucro, from Latin, point, edge Date: 1646 an abrupt sharp terminal point or tip or process (as of a leaf) • mucronate adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mucro — n.; pl. mucrones [L. mucro, sharp point] A small pointed projection, or spine like ending on a terminus …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • mucro — /myooh kroh/, n., pl. mucrones /myooh kroh neez/. Bot., Zool. a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf. [1640 50; < NL, L mucro sharp point] * * * …   Universalium

  • mucro — A term applied to the pointed extremity of a structure. [L. point, sword] m. cordis obsolete term for apex of heart. m. sterni SYN: xiphoid process. * * * mu·cro myü .krō n …   Medical dictionary

  • mucro — mu•cro [[t]ˈmyu kroʊ[/t]] n. pl. mu•cro•nes [[t]myuˈkroʊ niz[/t]] pln zool. an abruptly projecting point, as at the end of a leaf or feather • Etymology: 1640–50; < NL, L mucrō point mu′cro•nate krə nɪt, ˌneɪt mu′cro•nat ed,adj …   From formal English to slang

  • mucro — n. (pl. mucrones) Bot. & Zool. a sharp pointed part or organ. Derivatives: mucronate adj. Etymology: L mucro onis sharp point …   Useful english dictionary

  • mucro — noun A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ. Examples include: A projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; the distal part of the furcula in Collembola …   Wiktionary

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