of the color of lutum

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lūtum, i, n., a plant used in dyeing yellow, yellow-weed. dyer's-weed, weld:

jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

Verg. E. 4, 44; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Vitr. 7, 14.—

Transf., a yellow color, yellow, Verg. Cir. 316:

nimius luto corpora tingit amor,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 52 Heyne ad loc.

lŭtum, i, n. ( lŭtus, i, m., Quadrig. ap. Non. 212, 17) [luo], mud, mire.

Lit.:

volutari in luto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53:

cratesque luto integuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15; Quadrig. ap. Non. 212, 17:

imbre lutoque Aspersus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 11:

luto perfusa porticus,

Juv. 14, 66: pinguia crura luto, id. 3, 247:

luto opplere aliquem,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

in longa via et pulvis et lutum et pluvia,

Sen. Ep. 96, 3:

si quis aliquem luto obliniverit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13:

te pervolvam in luto,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 38.—In plur.: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16.—Prov.: in luto esse or haerere, to stick in the mud, i. e. to be at a dead stop, unable to proceed:

nunc homo in medio luto est: Nomen nescit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 27:

neque mihi haud imperito eveniet, tali ut in luto haeream,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 66:

in eodem haesitas luto,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; cf. Lact. 2, 8, 24; 7, 2, 3: pro luto esse, to be as cheap as dirt:

pro luto erat annona,

Petr. 44:

omnia pro luto habere,

id. 67, 10; cf. id. 51, 6.—As a term of reproach, mud, filth: ludis me. Pa. Tum mihi sunt manus inquinatae. Sc. Quidum? Pa. Quia ludo luto, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 54; id. Most. 5, 2, 45:

Lutum lenonium, commictum caeno stercilinum publicum!

id. Pers. 3, 5, 2; 9; Cat. 42, 13:

O tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes,

offscouring of the earth, Cic. Pis. 26, 62.—

Transf.

Loam, clay, potter's clay:

pocula de facili luto componere,

Tib. 1, 1, 40:

ficta Saguntino cymbia malo luto,

Mart. 8, 6, 2: quibus arte benigna Et meliore luto finxit praecordia Titan, of better clay, i. e. of better materials, Juv. 14, 34; cf. Pers. 3, 23:

homines compositi luto,

Juv. 6, 13.—

The dust with which wrestlers besprinkled themselves, Sen. Ep. 88, 18.

lūtĕus, a, um, adj. [1. lutum], prop. of or belonging to the yellow-weed; hence, in gen., of the color of lutum.

Golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow. chrysocolla, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 91; Varr. ap Non. 549, 22:

pallor,

Hor. Epod. 10, 16:

pal la,

Tib. 1, 7, 46.— Subst.: lūtĕum, i, n, [p. 1088] yellow:

color in luteum inclinatus,

towards yellow, Plin. 24, 15, 86, § 136:

color in luteum languescens,

id. 27, 13, 109, § 133.— Esp., the yolk of an egg:

lutea ex ovis quinque columbarum,

Plin. 30, 15, 49, § 141. —

Flame-colored, of the veil of a bride (v. flammeus), Luc. 2, 361; cf. Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46; Cat. 61, 10.—

Rose-colored:

rosa... sese pandit in calyces medio sui stantis conplexa luteos apices,

Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14: Aurora in roseis fulgebat lutea bigis ( = crocea; cf. krokopeplos, Hom. Il. 8, 1), Verg. A. 7, 26:

me Lutea mane videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,

Ov. M. 7, 703; 13, 579:

Memnonis in roseis lutea mater equis,

id. F. 4, 714; Anthol. Lat. 5, 7, 1.

lŭtĕus, a, um, adj. [2. lutum], of mud or clay.

Lit.:

defingit Rheni luteum caput,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 37:

opus,

of a swallow's nest, Ov. F. 1, 157:

aedificium,

Plin. 7, 56, 57. §

194: toreuma,

Mart. 4, 46, 16:

homo,

i. e. Adam, Prud. Cath. 3, 41.—

Transf.

Bemired, muddy:

gallina si sit luteis pedibus,

Plin. 30, 11, 28, § 93.—

Besmeared, bedaubed:

luteum ceromate corpus,

Mart. 11, 47, 5:

Vulcanus,

Juv. 10, 132.—

Trop., dirty, vile, worthless:

blitea et lutea meretrix,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 1:

homo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35:

negotium,

a sorry commodity, poor affair, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, § 32.

Vĕnĕti ( Hĕnĕti), ōrum, m.

A people in Gallia Togata, in the mod. Venetian territory, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; 6, 2, 2, § 5; Liv. 1, 1; Just. 20, 1, 8; Luc. 4, 134; Sil. 8, 606 al.—Hence,

Vĕnĕtus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetian:

terrae,

Mart. 13, 88, 1:

Eridanus,

Prop. 1, 12, 4: Mantua, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15 fin.;

hence also, Vergilius,

Macr. S. 5, 2.—

(Perh. taken from the color of the sea on the coast.) Sea-colored, bluish:

color,

Veg. Mil. 4, 37:

cucullus,

Juv. 3, 170:

lutum,

Mart. 3, 74, 4:

conditura (piscium in marinā aquā coctorum),

Lampr. Heliog. 24. —

Factio, the party clothed in blue, the Blues, Suet. Vit. 14.—Hence, as subst.: Vĕ-nĕtus, i, m., one of the Blue faction, Mart. 6, 46, 1; 10, 48, 23; 14, 131, 1; v. factio.—Hence, Vĕnĕtĭāni, ōrum, m., the adherents of the Blues, the Blues, Capitol. Ver. 6; Inscr. Grut. 1075, 9.—

Vĕnĕtus lăcus, a portion of the lake of Constance, Mel. 3, 2, 8.—

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Liv. 39, 22; 41, 27; Vell. 2, 76, 2 al.—

A people of Gallia Lugdunensis, in the vicinity of the mod. Vannes, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; Caes. B. G. 2, 34; 3, 7 sq.; 3, 16 sq.; 7, 75; Flor. 3, 10, 5. —Hence,

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Caes. B. G. 3, 9 fin. —

Vĕ-nĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetic:

insulae,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 4, 21.—

A people of northern Germany, = Venedi.

Vĕnĕti ( Hĕnĕti), ōrum, m.

A people in Gallia Togata, in the mod. Venetian territory, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; 6, 2, 2, § 5; Liv. 1, 1; Just. 20, 1, 8; Luc. 4, 134; Sil. 8, 606 al.—Hence,

Vĕnĕtus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetian:

terrae,

Mart. 13, 88, 1:

Eridanus,

Prop. 1, 12, 4: Mantua, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15 fin.;

hence also, Vergilius,

Macr. S. 5, 2.—

(Perh. taken from the color of the sea on the coast.) Sea-colored, bluish:

color,

Veg. Mil. 4, 37:

cucullus,

Juv. 3, 170:

lutum,

Mart. 3, 74, 4:

conditura (piscium in marinā aquā coctorum),

Lampr. Heliog. 24. —

Factio, the party clothed in blue, the Blues, Suet. Vit. 14.—Hence, as subst.: Vĕ-nĕtus, i, m., one of the Blue faction, Mart. 6, 46, 1; 10, 48, 23; 14, 131, 1; v. factio.—Hence, Vĕnĕtĭāni, ōrum, m., the adherents of the Blues, the Blues, Capitol. Ver. 6; Inscr. Grut. 1075, 9.—

Vĕnĕtus lăcus, a portion of the lake of Constance, Mel. 3, 2, 8.—

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Liv. 39, 22; 41, 27; Vell. 2, 76, 2 al.—

A people of Gallia Lugdunensis, in the vicinity of the mod. Vannes, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; Caes. B. G. 2, 34; 3, 7 sq.; 3, 16 sq.; 7, 75; Flor. 3, 10, 5. —Hence,

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Caes. B. G. 3, 9 fin. —

Vĕ-nĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetic:

insulae,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 4, 21.—

A people of northern Germany, = Venedi.

Vĕnĕti ( Hĕnĕti), ōrum, m.

A people in Gallia Togata, in the mod. Venetian territory, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; 6, 2, 2, § 5; Liv. 1, 1; Just. 20, 1, 8; Luc. 4, 134; Sil. 8, 606 al.—Hence,

Vĕnĕtus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetian:

terrae,

Mart. 13, 88, 1:

Eridanus,

Prop. 1, 12, 4: Mantua, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15 fin.;

hence also, Vergilius,

Macr. S. 5, 2.—

(Perh. taken from the color of the sea on the coast.) Sea-colored, bluish:

color,

Veg. Mil. 4, 37:

cucullus,

Juv. 3, 170:

lutum,

Mart. 3, 74, 4:

conditura (piscium in marinā aquā coctorum),

Lampr. Heliog. 24. —

Factio, the party clothed in blue, the Blues, Suet. Vit. 14.—Hence, as subst.: Vĕ-nĕtus, i, m., one of the Blue faction, Mart. 6, 46, 1; 10, 48, 23; 14, 131, 1; v. factio.—Hence, Vĕnĕtĭāni, ōrum, m., the adherents of the Blues, the Blues, Capitol. Ver. 6; Inscr. Grut. 1075, 9.—

Vĕnĕtus lăcus, a portion of the lake of Constance, Mel. 3, 2, 8.—

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Liv. 39, 22; 41, 27; Vell. 2, 76, 2 al.—

A people of Gallia Lugdunensis, in the vicinity of the mod. Vannes, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; Caes. B. G. 2, 34; 3, 7 sq.; 3, 16 sq.; 7, 75; Flor. 3, 10, 5. —Hence,

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Caes. B. G. 3, 9 fin. —

Vĕ-nĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetic:

insulae,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 4, 21.—

A people of northern Germany, = Venedi.

Vĕnĕti ( Hĕnĕti), ōrum, m.

A people in Gallia Togata, in the mod. Venetian territory, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; 6, 2, 2, § 5; Liv. 1, 1; Just. 20, 1, 8; Luc. 4, 134; Sil. 8, 606 al.—Hence,

Vĕnĕtus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetian:

terrae,

Mart. 13, 88, 1:

Eridanus,

Prop. 1, 12, 4: Mantua, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15 fin.;

hence also, Vergilius,

Macr. S. 5, 2.—

(Perh. taken from the color of the sea on the coast.) Sea-colored, bluish:

color,

Veg. Mil. 4, 37:

cucullus,

Juv. 3, 170:

lutum,

Mart. 3, 74, 4:

conditura (piscium in marinā aquā coctorum),

Lampr. Heliog. 24. —

Factio, the party clothed in blue, the Blues, Suet. Vit. 14.—Hence, as subst.: Vĕ-nĕtus, i, m., one of the Blue faction, Mart. 6, 46, 1; 10, 48, 23; 14, 131, 1; v. factio.—Hence, Vĕnĕtĭāni, ōrum, m., the adherents of the Blues, the Blues, Capitol. Ver. 6; Inscr. Grut. 1075, 9.—

Vĕnĕtus lăcus, a portion of the lake of Constance, Mel. 3, 2, 8.—

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Liv. 39, 22; 41, 27; Vell. 2, 76, 2 al.—

A people of Gallia Lugdunensis, in the vicinity of the mod. Vannes, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; Caes. B. G. 2, 34; 3, 7 sq.; 3, 16 sq.; 7, 75; Flor. 3, 10, 5. —Hence,

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Caes. B. G. 3, 9 fin. —

Vĕ-nĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetic:

insulae,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 4, 21.—

A people of northern Germany, = Venedi.

Vĕnĕti ( Hĕnĕti), ōrum, m.

A people in Gallia Togata, in the mod. Venetian territory, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; 6, 2, 2, § 5; Liv. 1, 1; Just. 20, 1, 8; Luc. 4, 134; Sil. 8, 606 al.—Hence,

Vĕnĕtus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetian:

terrae,

Mart. 13, 88, 1:

Eridanus,

Prop. 1, 12, 4: Mantua, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15 fin.;

hence also, Vergilius,

Macr. S. 5, 2.—

(Perh. taken from the color of the sea on the coast.) Sea-colored, bluish:

color,

Veg. Mil. 4, 37:

cucullus,

Juv. 3, 170:

lutum,

Mart. 3, 74, 4:

conditura (piscium in marinā aquā coctorum),

Lampr. Heliog. 24. —

Factio, the party clothed in blue, the Blues, Suet. Vit. 14.—Hence, as subst.: Vĕ-nĕtus, i, m., one of the Blue faction, Mart. 6, 46, 1; 10, 48, 23; 14, 131, 1; v. factio.—Hence, Vĕnĕtĭāni, ōrum, m., the adherents of the Blues, the Blues, Capitol. Ver. 6; Inscr. Grut. 1075, 9.—

Vĕnĕtus lăcus, a portion of the lake of Constance, Mel. 3, 2, 8.—

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Liv. 39, 22; 41, 27; Vell. 2, 76, 2 al.—

A people of Gallia Lugdunensis, in the vicinity of the mod. Vannes, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; Caes. B. G. 2, 34; 3, 7 sq.; 3, 16 sq.; 7, 75; Flor. 3, 10, 5. —Hence,

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Caes. B. G. 3, 9 fin. —

Vĕ-nĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetic:

insulae,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 4, 21.—

A people of northern Germany, = Venedi.

Vĕnĕti ( Hĕnĕti), ōrum, m.

A people in Gallia Togata, in the mod. Venetian territory, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; 6, 2, 2, § 5; Liv. 1, 1; Just. 20, 1, 8; Luc. 4, 134; Sil. 8, 606 al.—Hence,

Vĕnĕtus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetian:

terrae,

Mart. 13, 88, 1:

Eridanus,

Prop. 1, 12, 4: Mantua, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15 fin.;

hence also, Vergilius,

Macr. S. 5, 2.—

(Perh. taken from the color of the sea on the coast.) Sea-colored, bluish:

color,

Veg. Mil. 4, 37:

cucullus,

Juv. 3, 170:

lutum,

Mart. 3, 74, 4:

conditura (piscium in marinā aquā coctorum),

Lampr. Heliog. 24. —

Factio, the party clothed in blue, the Blues, Suet. Vit. 14.—Hence, as subst.: Vĕ-nĕtus, i, m., one of the Blue faction, Mart. 6, 46, 1; 10, 48, 23; 14, 131, 1; v. factio.—Hence, Vĕnĕtĭāni, ōrum, m., the adherents of the Blues, the Blues, Capitol. Ver. 6; Inscr. Grut. 1075, 9.—

Vĕnĕtus lăcus, a portion of the lake of Constance, Mel. 3, 2, 8.—

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; Liv. 39, 22; 41, 27; Vell. 2, 76, 2 al.—

A people of Gallia Lugdunensis, in the vicinity of the mod. Vannes, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; Caes. B. G. 2, 34; 3, 7 sq.; 3, 16 sq.; 7, 75; Flor. 3, 10, 5. —Hence,

Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Caes. B. G. 3, 9 fin. —

Vĕ-nĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetic:

insulae,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 4, 21.—

A people of northern Germany, = Venedi.

sordes, is (abl. sordi, Lucr. 6, 1271; usu. sorde), f. [sordeo], dirt, filth, uncleanness, squalor (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense, and in plur.; syn.: situs, squalor, caenum, illuvies).

Lit.

Plur.:

pleni sordium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 104 sq.:

in sordibus aurium inhaerescere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144:

sint sine sordibus ungues,

Ov. A. A. 1, 519:

caret obsoleti Sordibus tecti,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 7; Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191.—

Sing.:

etiam in medio oculo paulum sordi'st,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 102:

auriculae collectā sorde dolentes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 53:

(pellis) Ulceribus tetris prope jam sordique sepultā,

Lucr. 6, 1271.—

Transf., plur., a mourning garment (because usu. soiled or dirty); and hence, mourning in gen. (syn. squalor):

jacere in lacrimis et sordibus,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2; cf.:

in sordibus, lamentis, luctuque jacuisti,

id. Pis. 36, 89:

mater squalore hujus et sordibus laetatur,

id. Clu. 6, 18; 67, 192; id. Mur. 40, 86:

sordes lugubres vobis erant jucundae,

id. Dom. 23, 59; Liv. 6, 16 fin.; Quint. 6, 1, 33; Suet. Vit. 8:

suscipere sordes,

Tac. A. 4, 52; id. Or. 12; Val. Max. 7, 8, 7.—

Trop., lowness or meanness of rank, a low condition; meanness, baseness of behavior or disposition (syn. illiberalitas).

In gen.:

sordes fortunae et vitae,

Cic. Brut. 62, 224:

obscuritas et sordes tuae,

id. Vatin. 5, 11; id. Sest. 28, 60:

ut quisque sordidissimus videbitur, ita libentissime severitate judicandi sordes suas eluet,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

nulla nota, nullus color, nullae sordes videbantur his sententiis allini posse,

id. Verr. 1, 6, 17:

in infamiā relinqui ac sordibus,

id. Att. 1, 16, 2; Liv. 4, 56:

sordes illae verborum,

low, vulgar expressions, Tac. Or. 21:

propter maternas sordes,

low origin, Just. 13, 2, 11:

pristinarum sordium oblitus,

id. 25, 1, 9; cf. id. 18, 7, 11.—

Concr., the dregs of the people, the mob, rabble (syn. faex):

apud sordem urbis et faecem,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11; so (with caenum) Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 3:

sordes et obscuritatem Vitellianarum partium,

Tac. H. 1, 84.—Hence, as a term of abuse:

o lutum, o sordes!

low-minded creature, Cic. Pis. 26, 62.—

In partic., meanness, stinginess, niggardliness, sordidness (cf.: parcimonia, avaritia).

Plur.:

(populus Romanus) non amat profusas epulas, sordes et inhumanitatem multo minus,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76; so (opp. luxuria) Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 7:

damnatus sordium,

id. ib. 2, 12, 4:

incusare alicujus sordes,

Quint. 6, 3, 74:

sordes obicere alicui,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 and 107:

sepulcrum sine sordibus exstrue,

id. ib. 2, 5, 105:

cogit minimas ediscere sordes,

the meanest tricks, Juv. 14 124; 1, 140.—

Sing.:

nullum hujus in privatis rebus factum avarum, nullam in re familiari sordem posse proferri,

Cic. Fl. 3, 7; so (with avaritia) Tac. H. 1, 52; 1, 60:

extremae avaritiae et sordis infimae infamis,

App. M. 1, p. 112, 2.