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  • 1 ēnōrmis

        ēnōrmis e, adj.    [ex + norma], out of rule, shapeless, irregular: spatium terrarum, Ta.: vici, Ta.— Immense, huge: gladii, Ta.
    * * *
    enormis, enorme ADJ
    irregular; ill-fitting, shapeless; immense, huge, enormous; unusually large

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  • 2 īnfōrmis

        īnfōrmis e, adj.    [2 in+forma], without form, unformed, shapeless: alveus, L.: materia, Ta.— Unshapely, misshapen, deformed, distorted, hideous, horrible: monstrum, V.: hiemes, H.: letum, disfiguring, V.: aggeribus Terra, V.: ossibus ager, H.
    * * *
    informis, informe ADJ
    formless, shapeless; deformed; ugly, hideous

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  • 3 imāgō

        imāgō inis, f    [2 IC-], an imitation, copy, image, representation, likeness, statue, bust, picture: tabularum, exact copy: cereae, H.: macra, Iu.: genetiva, natural figure, O.: sine imagine tellus, shapeless, O.—An ancestral image, mask (of a man who had been aedile, praetor, or consul): ius imaginis: avi tui: clarum hac fore imagine, i. e. would become an aristocrat, L.: fumosae, smoky ancestral images: nullae sunt imagines, quae, etc., ancestors of distinction: imagines non habeo, S.: imagines familiae suae: homo multarum imaginum, S.: funus imagines ducant triumphales tuum, H.—A phantom, ghost, apparition, vision: magna mei sub terras ibit imago, shade, V.: vana, H.: inhumani coniugis, V.: natum falsis Ludis imaginibus, phantoms, V.: mortis, O.: somni, a dream, O.: nocturnae, Tb.—A reverberation, echo: resonare tamquam imago: vocis offensa resultat imago, V.: iocosa montis, H.—Fig., an image, conception, thought, imagination, idea: Scipionis imaginem sibi proponere: antiquitatis, an image of the olden time: proconsularem imaginem tam saevam facere (i. e. by cruelty in office), L.: tantae pietatis, V.: poenaeque in imagine tota est, O. —A figure of speech, similitude, comparison, C.: haec a te non multum abludit imago, H.—An empty form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow: adumbrata gloriae: equitis Romani: rei p.: his imaginibus iuris spretis, L.—A reminder, suggestion: quorum (temporum) imaginem video in rebus tuis: genitoris imagine capta, V.
    * * *
    likeness, image, appearance; statue; idea; echo; ghost, phantom

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  • 4 mōlēs

        mōlēs is, f    [1 MAC-], a shapeless mass, huge bulk, weight, pile, load: rudis indigestaque, O.: ingenti mole Chimaera, V.: taurus ipsā mole piger, Iu.: tantas moles tollere, seas, V.: in mole sedens, cliff, O.: magna unius exercitus, L.: Nemeaea, i. e. the lion, O.— A massive structure, pile, dam, pier, mole, foundation: moles atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris iaciebat, Cs.: moles oppositae fluctibus: exstructa moles opere magnifico, monument: insanae substructionum moles, enormous piles: molem aggeris ultra venire, Iu.— A battering-ram, munitions of war: oppugnat molibus urbem, V.: belli, Ta.—Fig., greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity: pugnae, L.: curarum, Ta.: mali: Vis consili expers mole ruit suā, H.: densā ad muros mole feruntur, a vast throng, V.: ingens rerum, fabric, O.— Difficulty, labor, trouble: transveham naves haud magnā mole, without great difficulty, L.: Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so much labor did it cost, V.: quantā mole parentur Insidiae, O.
    * * *
    mass (huge); bulk; monster; massive structure; difficulty, trouble, danger

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  • 5 offa

        offa ae, f    a bit, morsel, little ball of flour: Melle soporata, V.: pultis.—A swelling, Iu.—A shapeless mass, untimely birth, Iu.
    * * *
    lump of food, cake

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  • 6 chaos

    Chaos, pit of Hell, underworld; formless/shapeless primordial matter

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  • 7 chaus

    Chaos, pit of Hell, underworld; formless/shapeless primordial matter

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  • 8 deformis

    deforme, deformior -or -us, deformissimus -a -um ADJ
    deformed/illformed/misshapen/disfigured; shameful/degrading/base; ugly/loathsome inappropriate/unseemly/offending good taste; shapeless/lacking definite shape

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  • 9 deformus

    deforma -um, deformior -or -us, deformissimus -a -um ADJ
    deformed/illformed/misshapen/disfigured; shameful/degrading/base; ugly/loathsome inappropriate/unseemly/offending good taste; shapeless/lacking definite shape

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  • 10 informis

    formless, shapeless / deformed, hideous.

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  • 11 deformis

    dē-formis, e ( abl. plur.: deformīs dentibus, Apul. Met. 10, p. 249, 9), adj. [forma; cf. 2. deformo].
    I.
    Departing, either physically or (more freq.) morally, from the right shape, quality, etc.; misshapen, deformed, unsightly, ugly, odious, disgusting; disgraceful, base (for syn. cf.:

    taeter, foedus, turpis—freq. and class.): longus an brevis, formosus an deformis,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

    deformem esse natum,

    id. Cael. 3, 6; cf.:

    calvitio quoque deformis,

    Suet. Dom. 18;

    and, deformissima femina (opp. pulcherrima),

    Gell. 5, 11, 11:

    opus non deforme,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 5:

    nec ulla deformior species est civitatis quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 34; cf.

    patria,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

    solum patriae belli malis,

    Liv. 5, 49; cf. Suet. Vesp. 8:

    agmen (sc. inerme),

    Liv. 9, 6:

    turba,

    id. 41, 3; cf. Suet. Aug. 35:

    spectaculum,

    Liv. 1, 26, 10; 31, 24; cf.

    aspectus (opp. species honesta),

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

    motus statusve,

    id. Fin. 5, 12, 35 et saep.:

    oratio non tam honorifica audientibus quam sibi deformis,

    Liv. 45, 44; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 15:

    blanditiae,

    id. 8, 3, 65:

    convicia,

    id. 6, 4, 10:

    libido,

    id. 8, 6, 40:

    haesitatio,

    id. 11, 2, 48:

    obsequium,

    servile, Tac. A. 4, 20:

    aegrimonia,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 18 et saep.:

    deforme et servile est caedi discentes,

    Quint. 1, 3, 14;

    so with a subject-clause,

    id. 9, 4, 72 (opp. foedissimum); id. 11, 3, 81 and 125; Tac. Or. 36 fin. al.; and in the comp., Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 2; id. ib. 8, 24 fin.; Val. Max. 3, 2, 6.— N. plur. as subst.:

    deformia meditari,

    shameful deeds, Tac. A. 14, 15.—
    * Poet.
    with gen.:

    deformis leti,

    Sil. 1, 166.— Adv. (post-Aug.): dēformĭ-ter.
    a.
    Misshapenly: formati, Apul. M. 8, p. 214, 4.—
    b.
    Inelegantly; disgracefully:

    sonat junctura,

    Quint. 8, 3, 45:

    dicet multa,

    id. 11, 1, 82:

    vivo,

    Suet. Ner. 49.— Comp.: deformius errasse, Sulpic. Sev. Dial. 1, 6, 6. —
    * II.
    Shapeless:

    animae,

    Ov. M. 2, 554.

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  • 12 imago

    ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. [cf. imitor], an imitation, copy of a thing, an image, likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition, ghost, phantom; the latter only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: simulacrum, effigies, statua, sigillum): imago ab imitatione dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf.: imago dicitur quasi imitago, Porphyr. Hor. C. 1, 12, 4.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a representation, likeness (usu. of a person), statue, bust, picture:

    Spartiates Agesilaus neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse... unus Xenophontis libellus in eo rege laudando facile omnes imagines omnium statuasque superavit,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

    Demosthenes, cujus nuper inter imagines tuas ac tuorum imaginem ex aere vidi,

    id. Or. 31, 110:

    Epicuri in poculis et in anulis,

    id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: hominis imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in eam formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153:

    Africani,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10:

    mulieris,

    Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    Antigoni,

    id. 2, 13, 12:

    depictam in tabula sipariove imaginem rei,

    id. 6, 1, 32:

    si in tabula mea aliquis pinxerit velut imaginem,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 78:

    cereae,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 76; id. S. 1, 8, 43:

    ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

    Juv. 7, 29:

    hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,

    Mart. 9, 1:

    epistula atque imago me certum fecit,

    i. e. the image on the seal, the signet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 35; 4, 2, 29; 4, 7, 105:

    nunc amici anne inimici sis imago, Alcesime, mihi, sciam,

    i. e. will act like a friend, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 1.—
    2.
    A phantom, ghost, apparition:

    infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae Visa mihi ante oculos et nota major imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 773; cf.:

    et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago,

    shade, spirit, Verg. A. 4, 654; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6; cf. id. ib. 1:

    non vanae redeat sanguis imagini,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 15:

    (somnus) Vanum nocturnis fallit imaginibus,

    Tib. 3, 4, 56; cf. Hor. C. 3, 27, 40; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 50:

    te videt in somnis, tua sacra et major imago humana turbat pavidum,

    Juv. 13, 221:

    quid natum totiens falsis Ludis imaginibus?

    phantoms, Verg. A. 1, 408:

    ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago,

    id. ib. 2, 369; cf.:

    repetitaque mortis imago,

    Ov. M. 10, 726:

    lurida mortis imago,

    Petr. 123, v. 257:

    varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,

    Tac. H. 3, 28:

    caesorum insepultorumque,

    id. A. 1, 62:

    supremorum (i. e. funeris) imago,

    id. H. 4, 45.— Poet.:

    genitiva (with forma),

    natural shape, figure, Ov. M. 3, 331; so,

    rudis et sine imagine tellus (= informis),

    shapeless, id. ib. 1, 87.—
    B.
    In partic., an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions.—
    (α).
    In plur.: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, commendatione fumosarum imaginum, quarum simile habes nihil praeter colorem, of smoky (i. e. old) ancestral images, Cic. Pis. 1, 1; cf. Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

    si quid deliquero, nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

    no ancestors of distinction, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; cf.:

    quia imagines non habeo et quia mihi nova nobilitas est,

    Sall. J. 85, 25:

    qui imagines familiae suae consecuti sunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1:

    homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum,

    Sall. J. 85, 10:

    majorum imagines,

    id. ib. 5, 5; Suet. Vesp. 1:

    multis in familia senatoriis imaginibus,

    id. Aug. 4:

    esto beata, funus atque imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

    qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

    id. S. 1, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6 sqq.; Prop. 2, 13, 19; Suet. Vesp. 19.—
    (β).
    In sing. (rare):

    jus imaginis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

    imaginis ornandae causa,

    id. Sest. 8, 19:

    vir honoratissimae imaginis futurus ad posteros,

    Liv. 3, 58, 2:

    clarum hac fore imagine Scaptium,

    would become an aristocrat, id. 3, 72, 4, v. Weissenb. ad loc.:

    Tunc Cotta ne imago Libonis exsequias posterorum comitaretur censuit,

    Tac. A. 2, 32.
    II.
    Transf., a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):

    (mellaria facere oportet) potissimum ubi non resonent imagines,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

    concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago,

    Verg. G. 4, 50; cf. Sil. 14, 365:

    alternae deceptus imagine vocis: Huc coëamus ait... Coëamus retulit Echo,

    Ov. M. 3, 385:

    cujus recinit jocosa Nomen imago,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 4; so,

    jocosa Vaticani montis,

    id. ib. 1, 20, 8:

    vaga,

    Val. Fl. 3, 596.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., an image or likeness of a thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought, imagination, idea:

    Scipionis memoriam atque imaginem sibi proponere,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

    magnam partem noctium in imagine tua vigil exigo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 5, 1:

    Verginium cogito, Verginium video, Verginium jam vanis imaginibus audio,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12: imagines, quae eidôla nominant, quorum incursione non solum videmus, sed etiam cogitamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; cf.:

    imagines extrinsecus in animos nostros per corpus irrumpere,

    id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plena sunt imaginum omnia, nulla species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, etc.; id. Div. 2, 67, 137 sq.: unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, columen rei publicae diceres intueri, an image of the olden time, id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

    expressam imaginem vitae quotidianae videre,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    quidnam illi consules dictatoresve facturi essent, qui proconsularem imaginem tam saevam ac trucem fecerint, i. e. by cruelty in office,

    Liv. 5, 2, 9:

    naturae... urbis et populi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 39 fin.:

    justitiae,

    Quint. 2, 20, 6:

    virtutis,

    id. 10, 2, 15:

    similitudines ad exprimendas rerum imagines compositae,

    id. 8, 3, 72: illae rerum imagines, quas vocari phantasias indicavimus, id. 10, 7, 15:

    conscripta formantur imagine templa,

    plans, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

    scipione determinata prius templi imagine in solo,

    Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

    tua, pater Druse, imago,

    memory, Tac. A. 1, 13:

    magna illic imago tristium laetorumque,

    recollection, id. ib. 2, 53:

    si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,

    Verg. A. 6, 405.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In rhet., a figurative representation, similitude, comparison:

    comparabile est, quod in rebus diversis similem aliquam rationem continet. Ejus partes sunt tres: imago, collatio, exemplum. Imago est oratio demonstrans corporum aut naturarum similitudinem, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

    imago est formae cum forma cum quadam similitudine collatio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Sen. Ep. 59, 92; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 320; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—
    2.
    With the idea predominating of mere imitation, in opp. to what is original or real, a mere form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow:

    consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

    nos veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus: umbra et imaginibus utimur,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf.:

    non in umbra et imagine civitatis, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 30; and:

    umbram equitis Romani et imaginem videtis,

    id. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

    haec ars tota dicendi, sive artis imago quaedam est et similitudo, habet hanc vim, ut, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

    judiciorum,

    only the appearance of courts, id. Sest. 13, 30; cf.:

    imaginem rei publicae nullam reliquissent,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 88:

    his quoque imaginibus juris spretis,

    Liv. 41, 8, 10:

    imaginem retinendi largiendive penes nos, vim penes Parthos,

    Tac. A. 15, 14:

    habitu et ore ad exprimendam imaginem honesti exercitus,

    the pretence, id. ib. 16, 32; 6, 27; id. H. 1, 84; 3, 70:

    qui faciem eloquentiae, non imaginem praestaret,

    id. Or. 34:

    nec imagine rerum, sed rebus incendit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 16:

    in falsa rerum imagine detineri,

    id. 10, 5, 17; cf.:

    nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, quam quod illi (hermae) marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago,

    Juv. 8, 55.—
    3.
    A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;

    sed imaginem veram, caelesti sanguine ortam, intellegere discrimen, etc.,

    Tac. A. 4, 52.—
    4.
    That which suggests or recalls something by resemblance, a reminder:

    me consolatur recordatio meorum temporum, quorum imaginem video in rebus tuis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

    a Corbulone petierat, ne quam imaginem servitii Tiridates perferret,

    nothing to suggest slavery, Tac. A. 15, 31; cf.:

    moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo possim imaginem antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis adgnoscere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.

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  • 13 ineffigiatus

    ĭn-effĭgĭātus, a, um, adj. [id.], without form, shapeless (post-class.):

    fetus (with informis),

    Gell. 17, 10, 3:

    anima,

    Tert. Anim. 9.

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  • 14 infigurabilis

    infĭgūrābĭlis, e, adj. [2. in-figura], shapeless, ill-shaped, deformed:

    fornix,

    Amm. 24, 4, 15.

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  • 15 informis

    informis, e, adj. [2. in-forma], that has no form or not a proper form, unformed, shapeless.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum res muta aut informis fit loquens et formata,

    Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66:

    alveus,

    Liv. 21, 26, 9:

    caro,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—
    II.
    Transf., unshapely, misshapen, deformed, hideous, horrid:

    cadaver,

    Verg. A. 8, 264:

    hiemes,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 15:

    situs,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nota in ore,

    Prop. 1, 5, 16:

    color,

    Tib. 4, 4, 6:

    informes sanguine peltae,

    Stat. Th. 12, 528:

    imbre cruento informis facies,

    Luc. 6, 224:

    exitus,

    Tac. A. 6, 49:

    sors,

    id. ib. 12, 37:

    letum,

    Verg. A. 12, 603:

    nihil est illis (metallis) informius,

    Sen. Ep. 94 med.— Adv.: infor-mĭter, hideously, horridly:

    sonare,

    Aug. Conf. 12, 29.

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  • 16 moles

    mōles, is, f. [prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. mochthos, mogein, mogis; cf.: mochlos, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe], a shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet.):

    Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles,

    Ov. M. 1, 7:

    vastā se mole moventem Pastorem Polyphemum,

    Verg. A. 3, 656:

    taurus et ipsa mole piger,

    Juv. 12, 12:

    stetit aequore moles Pinea,

    i. e. a fleet of large ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 19.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock:

    in mole sedens,

    Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.—
    2.
    A mass or pile of waves:

    venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,

    Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.—
    3.
    A huge, massive structure, esp. of stone; a dam, pier, mole; a foundation, etc. (freq. and class.):

    molem atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris jaciebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    moles, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

    aditus insulae muniti mirificis molibus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    exstructa moles opere magnifico, incisaeque litterae, virtutis testes sempiternae,

    a monument, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

    moles propinqua nubibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 10:

    insanae substructionum moles,

    huge buildings, piles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85; Hor. C. 3, 1, 34:

    sepulcri moles,

    i. e. a tomb, Luc. 8, 865:

    molem aggeris ultra venire,

    Juv. 16, 26.—
    4.
    A huge engine or machine, used at sieges:

    velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,

    Verg. A. 5, 439.—
    5.
    Warlike apparatus, munitions of war:

    belli,

    Tac. H. 1, 61:

    non alias majore mole concursum,

    with a greater mass, id. A. 2, 46.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity, heap:

    moles pugnae,

    Liv. 26, 6:

    molem invidiae austinere,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; cf.:

    moles mali,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 17: vis consili expers mole ruit suā, Hor. [p. 1158] C. 3, 4, 65:

    rerum,

    Suet. Aug. 84:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 15, 52:

    Herculea,

    Sil. 12, 143:

    densā ad muros mole feruntur,

    a vast crowd, immense body, Verg. A. 12, 575:

    curarum,

    multitude, crowd, Tac. A. 12, 66:

    tantae corporum moles in fugam consternati sunt,

    Liv. 38, 46, 4.—
    B.
    Difficulty, labor, trouble:

    transveham naves haud magnā mole,

    without great difficulty, Liv. 25, 11:

    tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem,

    so much labor did it cost, Verg. A. 1, 33:

    Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum, quam, etc.,

    Tac. A. 13, 35.

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  • 17 offa

    offa, ae, f.
    I.
    Lit., a bite, bit, morsel; esp. a little ball or pellet made of flour: antiqui offam vocabant abscisum globi formā, ut manu glomeratam pultem, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. poenitam offam, p. 242 Müll.: offam eripere alicui, Enn. ap. Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 84 (Enn. p. 181 Vahl.); Varr. R. R. 3, 5:

    offam obicit,

    Verg. A. 6, 420:

    pultis,

    Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73.—Prov.: inter os et offam, = Engl. between the cup and the lip, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 18 (17), 1; cf.: vetus est proverbium inter os et offam, idem significans quod Graecus ille paroimiôdês versus: Polla metaxu pelei kulikos kai cheileos akrou, Apollin. ap. Gell. l. l. § 3.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen.
    A.
    A piece, lump, mass:

    aufer illam offam porcinam,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165 Ritschl N. cr.:

    offa porcina cum caudā in cenis puris offa penita vocatur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. penem, p. 230 Müll.: gummi in offas convolutum,

    Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35.—
    B.
    A swelling, Juv. 16, 11.—
    C.
    A shapeless mass, untimely birth, abortion, Juv. 2, 33:

    quantas robusti carminis offas Ingeris?

    Pers. 5, 5; Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > offa

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