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rŭbor, ōris, m. [rubeo], redness of all shades, cf. Gell. 2, 26, 5 (class.).

In gen.:

candore mixtus rubor,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

medicamenta ruboris,

id. Or. 23, 79; cf. Ov. M. 3, 491; id. Am. 3, 3, 5 sq.:

cui plurimus ignem Subjecit rubor,

Verg. A. 12, 66 sq.:

quidam ruboris acerrimi,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 2; Plin. 11, 38, 91, § 224:

in ore impudentia multo rubore effusa,

Plin. Pan. 48, 4; Tac. Agr. 45:

cocci,

Plin. 10, 22, 29, § 56.— Plur.:

Tyrios incocta rubores,

i. e. purple, Verg. G. 3, 307:

molles rubores,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 664.—

In partic., a blush.

Lit.:

pudorem rubor consequitur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

Masinissae haec audienti non rubor solum suffusus, sed lacrimae etiam obortae,

Liv. 30, 15:

verecundus,

Ov. M. 1, 484; cf. id. ib. 2, 450; 4, 329;

6, 47.—In a comic equivoque: in ruborem te totum dabo,

I will make you red all over, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 9 (cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 37 sq.).—

Meton. (causa pro effectu), shamefacedness, bashfulness, modesty (syn. pudor;

not freq. till after the Aug. per.): (orator) praestet ingenuitatem et ruborem suum verborum turpitudine et rerum obscenitate vitandā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242; cf.:

ruborem incutere,

Liv. 45, 37 fin.:

ruborem afferre,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

vox, quae vel rabulae cuivis ruborem inicere potest,

to put to the blush, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14:

vultu modesto ruborisque pleno (shortly after: verecundia oris),

Suet. Dom. 18:

proprius,

Tac. H. 4, 7:

antiquitatis,

Plin. 36, 1, 2, § 4.—

Esp., after the Aug. per., by a further meton. (like pudor), the cause of shame; shame, disgrace:

censoris judicium nihil fere damnato nisi ruborem affert,

Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 6:

nec tunicam tibi sit posuisse, rubori,

Ov. Am. 3, 14, 21; cf.:

duas res ei rubori fuisse, unam, quod, etc.,

Liv. 45, 13; 4, 35, 11; so,

rubori est (alicui),

Tac. A. 14, 55 fin.; 11, 17;

for which also: nec rubor est emisse palam,

Ov. A. A. 3, 167; Tac. G. 13:

minorem quippe ruborem fore in juris iniquitate, quam si, etc.,

Liv. 4, 35 fin.; cf.:

nil tua facta ruboris habent,

Ov. H. 20, 204:

rubor ac dedecus penes omnes,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

saepe minus est constantiae in rubore quam in culpā,

Curt. 9, 7, 25.

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ăcer, ĕris, n. [kindred with Germ. Ahorn] (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.), the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.—

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.

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.

Prop., of the senses and things affecting them, sharp, dazzling, stinging, pungent, fine, piercing:

praestans valetudine, viribus, formā, acerrimis integerrimisque sensibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45. So,

Of the sight:

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:

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:

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:

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. —

Of the internal states of the human system, violent, sharp, severe, gnawing:

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:

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:

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.

In a good sense, active, ardent, eager, spirited, brave, zealous:

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.):

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.

fūco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. fucus], to color, paint, dye.

In gen.:

Alba nec Assyrio fucatur lana veneno,

Verg. G. 2, 465; so,

vellera Milesia saturo hyali colore,

id. ib. 4, 334:

tabulas colore,

Tac. A. 2, 14:

pinnas vario veneno,

Nemes. Cyneg. 309:

frena spumis sanguineis (equus),

Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 350:

humida creta colorque Stercore fucatus crocodili,

i. e. paint made of crocodile's dung, Hor. Epod. 12, 11 (cf. Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 109).—

In partic., with cosmetics, to paint, to rouge.

Lit.:

fucandi cura coloris,

Ov. Tr. 2, 487:

corpora vulsa atque fucata,

Quint. 8 praef. § 19.—

Trop.:

unumquodque genus (dicendi) cum fucatur atque praelinitur, fit praestigiosum,

is embellished too much, Gell. 7, 14, 11.—Hence, fūcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), painted, colored, beautified, falsified, counterfeit (a favorite word of Cic.; syn.: simulatus;

opp. sincerus, verus, naturalis): secerni blandus amicus a vero et internosci tam potest adhibita diligentia quam omnia fucata et simulata a sinceris atque veris,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

naturalis non fucatus nitor,

id. Brut. 9, 36; cf.:

fucati medicamenta candoris et ruboris omnia repellentur: elegantia modo et munditia remanebit,

id. Or. 23, 79:

signa probitatis non fucata forensi specie, sed domesticis inusta notis veritatis,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

iisdem ineptiis fucata sunt illa omnia,

id. Mur. 12, 26:

puer subdolae ac fucatae vernilitatis,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.— Comp.:

versus Homeri fucatior (opp. simplicior et sincerior),

Gell. 13, 26, 3.—

* Adv.: fūcāte, with paint or color: fucatius concinnata carmina, Aus. in prosa post Idyll. 3.

mĕdĭcāmentum, i, n. [medicor], a drug, remedy, physic, medicine, medicament.

Lit.:

medicamentum alicui dare ad aquam intercutem,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

haurire,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174:

sumere,

to take, Curt. 3, 6, 3:

componere,

to compound, Plin. 32, 9, 34, § 106:

somnificum,

id. 37, 10, 57, § 158:

medicamenta salubria,

Liv. 8, 18:

salutaria,

Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132.—Also of remedies applied externally:

medicamentis delibutus,

Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—

Transf., like the Gr. pharmakon, a drug, a potion.

A hurtful drug, poison: quaerit ibidem ab Hannibale, cur biberit medicamentum, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 23:

coquere medicamenta,

Liv. 8, 18:

medicamentis partum abigere,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

medicamento sagittas tingere,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101:

amatorium,

a love-potion, philter, Suet. Calig. 50; of an enchanted potion, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 80.—

A tincture for dyeing, a color, dye, mordant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 521, 20:

crassius,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 3:

rudia,

Plin. 35, 6, 26, § 44.—

A seasoning, condiment, Col. 12, 20.—

A paint, wash, cosmetic, Sen. Ben. 7, 9, 2.—

A plastering, Vop. Firm. 3.—

Trop.

A remedy, relief, antidote (rare but class.):

multorum medicamentum laborum,

Cic. Clu. 71, 201:

doloris medicamenta illa Epicurea,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22:

panchrestum medicamentum (sc. pecunia),

id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) An embellishment:

medicamenta fucati candoris, et ruboris,

Cic. Or. 23, 79.—

An enchantment:

ne quid mali medicamenti inferretur,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 142.