the Styx

Styx, ygis and ygos, f., = Stux.

A fountain in Arcadia, the icy-cold water of which caused death, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 231; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1; Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Just. 12, 14, 7; Curt. 10, 10, 17.—

In mythology, a river in the infernal regions, by which the gods swore, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. G. 4, 480; Ov. M. 12, 322; id. A. A. 1, 635; Sil. 13, 570; Stat. Th. 8, 30; id. Achill. 1, 269 al.— Hence, poet., the infernal regions, the lower world, Verg. G. 1, 243; Ov. M. 10, 13; id. P. 4, 8, 60; id. Tr. 5, 2, 74; Mart. 4, 60, 4; and for poison:

miscuit undis Styga Sidoniis,

Sen. Oedip. 163.—Hence,

Stygĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Styx, Stygian; and poet., of or belonging to the lower world, infernal:

palus,

Verg. A. 6, 323:

aquae,

id. ib. 6, 374:

torrens,

Ov. M. 3, 290:

cymba,

i. e. of Charon, Verg. G. 4, 506; so,

carina,

id. A. 6, 391:

Juppiter,

i. e. Pluto, id. ib. 4, 638; cf. id. ib. 6, 252:

frater,

id. ib. 9, 104:

Juno,

i.e. Proserpine, Stat. Th. 4, 526:

canes,

Luc. 6, 733:

manes,

Val. Fl. 1, 730:

umbrae,

Ov. M. 1, 139.—Hence, poet., deadly, fatal, pernicious, awful, etc.:

vis,

Verg. A. 5, 855; cf.

nox,

i. e. death, Ov. M. 3, 695:

bubo,

id. ib. 15, 791 et saep.—

Stygĭālis, e, adj., Stygian:

sacra,

Verg. Cir. 373.

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infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

jūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., and jūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. jus], to swear, to take an oath.

In gen., absol.:

cui si aram tenens juraret, crederet nemo,

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

cum ille mihi nihil, nisi ut jurarem, permitteret,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 7:

cum enim faciles sint nonnulli hominum ad jurandum,

Dig. 28, 7, 8:

posteaquam juratum est, denegatur actio,

ib. 12, 2, 9:

ex animi tui sententia jurāris,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108.— With inf., Sil. 2, 3, 51; Claud. B. Get. 81; Dig. 12, 2, 13, § 5.—With nom. and inf., poet., Prop. 3, 4, 40.—With acc. and inf.:

jurat, se eum non deserturum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 13:

se non reversurum,

id. ib. 3, 87:

jurarem... me et ardere studio veri reperiendi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65:

nisi victores se redituros jurant,

Liv. 2, 45:

Boeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244:

falsum,

to swear falsely, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

vere,

to swear truly, id. Fam. 5, 2, 7:

jurarem per Jovem,

by Jupiter, id. Ac. 2, 20, 65:

per supremi regis regnum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 211; Verg. A. 9, 300:

per solis radios,

Juv. 13, 78; 6, 16.—Also with simple acc. of the being or object sworn by (mostly poet.):

Terram, Mare, Sidera,

Verg. A. 12, 197; 6, 324:

quomodo tibi placebit Jovem lapidem jurare, cum scias?

Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

quaevis tibi numina,

Ov. H. 16, 319:

Samothracum aras,

Juv. 3, 144.—Hence also pass.:

dis juranda palus,

the Styx, by which the gods swear, Ov. M. 2, 46; cf.:

Stygias juravimus undas,

id. ib. 2, 101:

Junonis numina,

Tib. 4, 13, 15:

caput,

Sil. 8, 106.— Rarely with acc. of the fact sworn to:

morbum,

i. e. to swear to the fact of sickness, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

jurata pacta,

Sil. 2, 274:

ex mei animi sententia,

with sincerity, without reservation, Liv. 22, 53, 10; so,

ex nostri animi sententia,

Quint. 8, 5, 1; cf. Liv. 43, 15, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3: alicui aliquid, [p. 1019] to vow or promise to one, Stat. Th. 4, 396:

sacramenta deis,

Sil. 10, 448:

alicui jurare,

to swear allegiance to, Plin. Pan. 68, 4: in verba, to swear with certain words, i. e. to take a prescribed form of oath:

Petreius in haec verba jurat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76:

cur in certa verba jurent,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

milites in verba P. Scipionis jurarunt,

Liv. 28, 29; 7, 5; 6, 22:

in haec verba jures postulo,

in this form of words, id. 22, 53, 12:

in verba magistri,

to echo his sentiments, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 14:

in verba ejus,

Suet. Galb. 16:

in verba Vitellii,

id. Oth. 8: idem deinceps omnis exercitus in se quisque jurat, i. e. each soldier took the oath separately;

whereas the usual practice was that one man uttered the entire oath, and the others only added, idem in me,

Liv. 2, 45, 14:

in litem,

to make oath respecting the matter in dispute, to appraise under oath, Cic. Rosc. Com. 1, 4; Dig. 4, 3, 18; 8, 5, 7 al.:

in nomen alicujus,

to swear allegiance to one, Suet. Claud. 10:

in legem,

to swear to observe a law, Cic. Sest. 16, 37:

verissimum pulcherrimumque jusjurandum,

to take an oath, id. Fam. 5, 2, 7:

sacramenta,

Sil. 10, 447; cf.:

sceleri jurato nefando sacramenta,

Luc. 4, 228.—With de and abl.:

de sua persona,

in one's own behalf, Dig. 44, 5, 1, § 3:

de calumnia,

to clear one's self of calumny under oath, ib. 12, 2, 16; 2, 8, 8, § 5.— Pass. impers.:

scis, tibi ubique jurari,

Plin. Pan. 68: ne in acta sua juraretur, Suet Tib. 26.—

Dep. form, Plaut. Pers. 3, 2, 2; cf. id. Rud. 5, 3, 16:

judici demonstrandum est, quid juratus sit, quid sequi debeat,

Cic. Inv. 2, 43, 126:

ex lege, in quam jurati sitis,

id. ib. 2, 45, 121:

juratus se eum sua manu interempturum,

Liv. 32, 22, 7.—

In partic., to conspire (cf. conjuro); with inf.: jurarunt inter se barbaros necare, Cato ap. Plin. 29, 1, 7, § 14:

in me jurarunt somnus, ventusque, fidesque,

Ov. H. 10, 117:

in facinus,

id. M. 1, 242.—Hence, jūrātus, a, um, P. a.

Called upon or taken to witness in an oath:

numina,

Ov. H. 2, 25.—

Under an oath, bound by an oath:

Regulus juratus missus est ad senatum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99:

quamvis jurato metuam tibi credere testi,

Juv. 5, 5.—

Act., having sworn, that has sworn:

nam injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281; id. As. 1, 1, 8:

haec, quae juratus in maxima contione dixi,

Cic. Sull. 11:

in eadem arma,

Ov. M. 13, 50.— Sup.: juratissimi auctores, the most trustworthy, Plin. H. N. praef. § 22. — Adv.: jūrātō, with an oath, under oath (post-class.):

promittere,

Dig. 2, 8, 16.

lăcus, ūs ( gen. laci, Vulg. Dan. 6, 17; 24; id. Jer. 37, 15; Cassiod. Var. 11, 14; dat. and abl. plur. lacis, Anthol. Lat. 5, 71, 10:

lacibus,

Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 33;

usually lacubus,

Ov. M. 12, 278 al.), m. [root lak, to tear; Gr. lakos, lakeros, lakkos; Lat. lacer, lacinia, lacuna, lāma; cf. lacerna; originally any thing hollow, hence].

A large vessel for liquids, a basin, tank, tub; esp. a vat into which the wine flowed from the press, Cato, R. R. 25; 67, 2; Col. 12, 18, 3:

tu quoque devotos, Bacche, relinque lacus,

Tib. 2, 3, 64:

de lacubus proxima musta tuis,

Ov. F. 4, 888;

a tank of water, in which heated metal was cooled: alii stridentia tingunt Aera lacu,

Verg. G. 4, 173:

gelido ceu quondam lamina candens tincta lacu, stridit,

Ov. M. 9, 170:

ferrum, igne rubens... lacubus demittit,

id. ib. 12, 278.—Hence,

Transf.:

oratio quasi de musto ac lacu fervida,

i. e. still new, that has not done fermenting, Cic. Brut. 83, 288.—

A large body of water which rises and falls (opp. stagnum, a standing pool), a lake, pond:

agri, aedificia, lacus, stagna,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

exhalant lacus nebulam,

Lucr. 5, 463:

deae, quae illos Hennenses lacus lucosque incolitis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188; cf.

2, 4, 48, § 107: Averni,

Lucr. 6, 746; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

Albanus,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

Fucinus,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

dicebar sicco vilior esse lacu,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 12:

ad spurcos lacus,

Juv. 6, 603.— Poet., of a river:

deinde lacu fluvius se condidit alto Ima petens,

Verg. A. 8, 66; cf. v. 74;

of the Styx,

id. ib. 6, 134; 238; 393.—

A large reservoir for water, a basin, tank, cistern (of which there were a great number in Rome), Front. 3; 78; Liv. 39, 44; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121:

a furno redeuntes lacuque,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 37.—A place called Lacus: garruli et malevoli supra Lacum, at the pond (perh. Lacus Curtius or Lacus Juturnae), Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 16.—Prov.:

siccus lacus, for something useless,

Prop. 2, 11, 11 (3, 6, 12).—

A hole in which lime is slacked, a lime-hole, Vitr. 7, 2, 2.—

One of the bins or receptacles for pulse in a granary:

sed et lacubus distinguuntur granaria, ut separatim quaeque legumina ponantur,

Col. 1, 6, 14.—

A den or cave for lions:

labitur in lacum leonum,

Prud. Cath. 4, 65; Vulg. Dan. 6, 7.—

The pit, the place of the dead (cf. II. fin. supra):

salvasti me a descendentibus in lacum,

Vulg. Psa. 29, 4.—

For lacunar, a panel in a ceiling (ante-class.): resultant aedesque lacusque, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 726.

Nōnācris, is, f., = Nônakris, a mountain in Arcadia, at the foot of which lay a city of the same name, and in which the Styx had its source, Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 131; 4, 6, 10, § 21.—

Hence,

Nōnācrīnus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:

virgo Nonacrina,

i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 409:

Atalanta,

id. A. A. 2, 185.—

Nōnācrĭus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:

heros,

i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 97.— Subst.: Nōnā-cria, ae, f.

Atalanta, Ov. M. 8, 426. —

(Sc. urbs.) The city of Nonacris, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1.

Nōnācris, is, f., = Nônakris, a mountain in Arcadia, at the foot of which lay a city of the same name, and in which the Styx had its source, Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 131; 4, 6, 10, § 21.—

Hence,

Nōnācrīnus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:

virgo Nonacrina,

i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 409:

Atalanta,

id. A. A. 2, 185.—

Nōnācrĭus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:

heros,

i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 97.— Subst.: Nōnā-cria, ae, f.

Atalanta, Ov. M. 8, 426. —

(Sc. urbs.) The city of Nonacris, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1.

Nōnācris, is, f., = Nônakris, a mountain in Arcadia, at the foot of which lay a city of the same name, and in which the Styx had its source, Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 131; 4, 6, 10, § 21.—

Hence,

Nōnācrīnus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:

virgo Nonacrina,

i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 409:

Atalanta,

id. A. A. 2, 185.—

Nōnācrĭus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:

heros,

i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 97.— Subst.: Nōnā-cria, ae, f.

Atalanta, Ov. M. 8, 426. —

(Sc. urbs.) The city of Nonacris, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1.

Nōnācris, is, f., = Nônakris, a mountain in Arcadia, at the foot of which lay a city of the same name, and in which the Styx had its source, Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 131; 4, 6, 10, § 21.—

Hence,

Nōnācrīnus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:

virgo Nonacrina,

i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 409:

Atalanta,

id. A. A. 2, 185.—

Nōnācrĭus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:

heros,

i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 97.— Subst.: Nōnā-cria, ae, f.

Atalanta, Ov. M. 8, 426. —

(Sc. urbs.) The city of Nonacris, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1.

pējĕro, or, in the orig. form, perjūro (Vulg. Lev. 19, 12; id. Matt. 5, 33), and per-jĕro (Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9; id. Truc. 1, 1, 9), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [per-juro], to swear falsely, to forswear or perjure one's self.

Lit.:

non enim falsum jurare pejerare (al. perjurare) est, sed quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipitur more nostro, id non facere perjurium est,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108; cf.:

illum verbis conceptis pejerasse,

id. Clu. 48, 134; Plaut. As. 3, 2, 16; Quint. 5, 11, 13: 5, 6, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

qui facile ac palam mentitur, pejerabit,

Quint. 5, 10, 87:

de aliquā re,

Mart. 7, 20, 6:

hic putat esse deos, et pejerat,

Juv. 13, 91:

per consulatum pejerat Vatinius,

by the consulship, Cat. 52, 3.—With acc.:

Stygias qui pejerat undas,

by the waters of the Styx, Luc. 6, 749; cf.:

alii in ipso Capitolio fallunt ac fulminantem perjurant Jovem,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21 Sillig N. cr. — Poet.:

bel. lum pejerans,

oath-breaking, treaty-breaking war, Stat. S. 4, 3, 4.—

Poet. in part. perf. pass.: jus pejeratum, a false oath (analog. to jus jurandum), Hor. C. 2, 8, 1:

et perjuratos in mea damna deos,

offended by perjury, Ov. Am. 3, 11, 22.—

Transf., in gen., to lie (Plautin.):

perge: optime hercle perjuras,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 34:

da pignus, ni nune perjures,

id. ib. 5, 4, 72; id. Merc. 3, 1, 42.

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pallĕo, ui, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. palitas, gray; Gr. pellos, pelidnos, polios; cf. pullus], to be or look pale.

Lit.:

sudat, pallet,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 84:

pallent amisso sanguine venae,

Ov. M. 2, 824:

metu sceleris futuri,

id. ib. 8, 465:

timore,

id. F. 2, 468:

mea rugosa pallebunt ora senectā,

Tib. 3, 5, 25;

morbo,

Juv. 2, 50:

fame,

Mart. 3, 38, 12.— Esp. of lovers: palleat omnis amans;

hic est color aptus amanti,

must look pale, Ov. A. A. 1, 729; Prop. 1, 9, 17.—Also through indolence, Mart. 3, 58, 24.—

Transf.

To be or look sallow, or yellow:

saxum quoque palluit auro,

Ov. M. 11, 110:

arca palleat nummis,

Mart. 8, 44, 10; id. 9, 55, 1; so, to become turbid:

Tagus auriferis pallet turbatus arenis,

Sil. 16, 561.—

To lose its natural color, to change color, to fade:

et numquam Herculeo numine pallet ebur,

always remains white, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 82:

sidera pallent,

Stat. Th. 12, 406:

ne vitio caeli palleat aegra seges,

Ov. F. 1, 688:

pallet nostris Aurora venenis,

id. M. 7, 209: pallere diem, Luc 7, 177—

With acc.:

multos pallere colores,

to change color often, Prop. 1, 15, 39.—

Trop.

To grow pale, be sick with desire, to long for, eagerly desire any thing:

ambitione malā aut argenti pallet amore,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 78:

nummo,

Pers. 4, 47.—

To grow pale at any thing, to be anxious or fearful. —With dat.:

pueris,

i. e. on account of, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7:

ad omnia fulgura,

Juv. 13, 223:

Marco sub judice palles?

Pers. 5, 8.—

With acc.:

scatentem Belluis pontum,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 26:

fraternos ictus,

Petr. 122; Pers. 5, 184.—

To grow pale by excessive application to a thing:

iratum Eupoliden praegrandi cum sene palles,

read yourself pale over Eupolis, Pers. 1, 124:

nunc utile multis Pallere, i. e. studere,

Juv. 7, 96:

vigilandum, nitendum, pallendum est,

of close study, Quint. 7, 10, 14.—Hence, pallens, entis, P. a., pale, wan ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

simulacra modis pallentia miris,

Lucr. 1, 123:

umbrae Erebi,

Verg. A. 4, 26:

animae,

id. ib. 4, 242:

regna,

of the Lower World, Sil. 13, 408; cf.

undae,

i. e. the Styx, the Cocytus, Tib. 3, 5, 21:

persona,

Juv. 3, 175:

pallens morte futurā,

Verg. A. 8, 709:

pallentes terrore puellae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 487. —

Transf.

Of a faint or pale color, pale-colored, greenish, yellowish, darkcolored:

pallentes violae,

Verg. E. 2, 47:

arva,

Ov. M. 11, 145:

gemmā e viridi pallens,

Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 110:

hedera,

Verg. E. 3, 39:

herbae,

id. ib. 6, 54:

lupini,

Ov. Med. Fac. 69:

faba,

Mart. 5, 78, 10:

sol jungere pallentes equos,

Tib. 2, 5, 76:

toga,

Mart. 9, 58, 8.—

Poet., that makes pale:

morbi,

Verg. A. 6, 275:

philtra,

Ov. A. A. 2, 105:

curae,

Mart. 11, 6, 6:

oscula,

Val. Fl. 4, 701.—

Trop., pale, weak, bad:

fama,

pale, Tac. Or. 13 fin.:

mores,

bad, vicious, Pers. 5, 15.

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gurges, ĭtis, m. [v. gula; and cf. barathron, vorago], a raging abyss, whirlpool, gulf (syn.: vorago, barathrum).

Lit. (class.):

non Rheni fossam gurgitibus illis redundantem,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

turbidus hic coeno vastaque voragine gurges Aestuat,

Verg. A. 6, 296:

multamque trahens sub gurgite arenam Volturnus,

Ov. M. 15, 714:

alterno procurrens gurgite pontus,

Verg. A. 11, 624:

per medios gurgites (opp. vada),

Liv. 21, 5, 14:

deficientibus animis hauriebantur gurgitibus,

id. 22, 6, 7:

caenosus,

the Styx, Juv. 3, 266.—

Transf.

In gen., waters, stream, sea ( poet.):

fessos jam gurgite Phoebus Ibero Tingat equos,

Verg. A. 11, 913:

Euboicus,

Ov. M. 9, 227:

Carpathius,

Verg. G. 4, 387:

Atlanteus,

Stat. Ach. 1, 223:

Tusci,

id. S. 4, 5, 4:

gurgite ab alto,

Verg. A. 6, 310; 7, 704:

Herculeus,

i. e. the Atlantic, beyond Gibraltar, Juv. 14, 280.—

Of insatiable craving, an abyss; of persons, a spendthrift, prodigal:

qui immensa aliqua vorago est, aut gurges vitiorum turpitudinumque omnium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23; cf.:

divitias in profundissimum libidinum gurgitem profundere,

id. Sest. 43, 93:

gurges ac vorago patrimonii,

id. ib. 52, 111; cf.:

ille gurges atque heluo, natus abdomini suo,

id. Pis. 17, 41:

Apicius, nepotum omnium altissimus gurges,

Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133.

Gurges, ĭtis, m., a surname.

Q. Fabius, Q. F. M. N. Gurges, Macr. S. 2, 9.—

Fabius Gurges, Juv. 6, 266.—

C. Volcatius Gurges, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181.