tinctus

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tinctus, a, um, Part. of tingo.

tinctus, ūs, m. [tingo], a dipping into, a dyeing; meton., a sauce into which something is dipped:

avis croceo tinctu cibis gratissima,

i. e. saffron-sauce, Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134.

tingo (less correctly, tinguo), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [root tvak-, to wet; Sanscr. tuc-; Gr. tengô], to wet, moisten, bathe with or in any liquid (class.; cf.: aspergo, irroro, imbuo).

Lit.:

tunica sanguine centauri tincta,

Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70:

Lydia Pactoli tingit arata liquor,

Prop. 1, 6, 32:

in amne comas,

id. 4 (5), 4, 24:

tinget pavimentum mero,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 27:

Arctos Oceani metuentis aequore tingi,

Verg. G. 1, 246:

stridentia Aera lacu,

id. ib. 4, 172:

gemmam lacrimis,

Ov. M. 9, 567:

in undis summa pedum vestigia,

id. ib. 4, 343:

pedis vestigia,

id. ib. 5, 592:

flumine corpora,

i. e. to bathe, id. ib. 12, 413:

corpora lymphis,

id. ib. 2, 459:

in amne faces,

id. R. Am. 700:

(asinae) horrent ita ut pedes omnino caveant tingere,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169. — Poet.: in alto Phoebus anhelos Aequore tinget equos, bathe or plunge, i. e. will set, Ov. M. 15, 419:

non ego te meis Immunem meditor tingere poculis,

i. e. to entertain, treat you, Hor. C. 4, 12, 23.—

In partic.

To soak in color, to dye, color, tinge (syn. inficio):

Phocaico bibulas tingebat murice lanas,

Ov. M. 6, 9; cf.:

lanas vestium murice Afro,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 36. — Poet.:

niveam ovem Tyrio murice,

Tib. 2, 4, 28:

coma viridi cortice tincta nucis,

id. 1, 8, 44:

vestes Gaetulo murice,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 181:

vestem rubro cocco,

id. S. 2, 6, 103:

sanguine cultros,

Ov. M. 7, 599; cf.:

secures cervice,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 13:

ora cruore,

Ov. M. 14, 237:

comam,

id. Am. 1, 14, 2:

cutem,

i. e. to paint, Mart. 1, 77, 5:

tinguntur sole populi,

i. e. are embrowned, Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 70: nummos, to wash copper coins with gold or silver, Dig. 48, 10, 8:

globus... candenti lumine tinctus,

i. e. illuminated, Lucr. 5, 720; so,

loca lumine,

id. 6, 173.—

Of colors as objects, to produce, bring out:

purpuram,

Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 201; 16, 18, 31, § 77:

caeruleum,

id. 33, 13, 57, § 161.—

To baptize (late Lat.):

tinctus est ab Joanne prophetā in Jordane flumine,

Lact. 4, 15, 2.—

Trop.: orator sit mihi tinctus litteris, audierit aliquid, legerit, tinctured, i. e. imbued, well furnished with, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

Laelia patris elegantiā tincta,

id. Brut. 58, 211:

verba sensu tincta,

Quint. 4, 2, 117:

Romano lepidos sale tinge libellos,

Mart. 8, 3, 19:

sales lepore Attico tincti,

id. 3, 20, 9:

in similitudinem sui tingit (virtus),

Sen. Ep. 66, 8.—Hence, P. a. as substt.

tingens, entis, m., a dyer:

tingentium officinae,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133; 37, 9, 40, § 122.—

tincta, ōrum, n., dyed or colored stuffs:

tincta absint,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45.

tingo (less correctly, tinguo), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [root tvak-, to wet; Sanscr. tuc-; Gr. tengô], to wet, moisten, bathe with or in any liquid (class.; cf.: aspergo, irroro, imbuo).

Lit.:

tunica sanguine centauri tincta,

Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70:

Lydia Pactoli tingit arata liquor,

Prop. 1, 6, 32:

in amne comas,

id. 4 (5), 4, 24:

tinget pavimentum mero,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 27:

Arctos Oceani metuentis aequore tingi,

Verg. G. 1, 246:

stridentia Aera lacu,

id. ib. 4, 172:

gemmam lacrimis,

Ov. M. 9, 567:

in undis summa pedum vestigia,

id. ib. 4, 343:

pedis vestigia,

id. ib. 5, 592:

flumine corpora,

i. e. to bathe, id. ib. 12, 413:

corpora lymphis,

id. ib. 2, 459:

in amne faces,

id. R. Am. 700:

(asinae) horrent ita ut pedes omnino caveant tingere,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169. — Poet.: in alto Phoebus anhelos Aequore tinget equos, bathe or plunge, i. e. will set, Ov. M. 15, 419:

non ego te meis Immunem meditor tingere poculis,

i. e. to entertain, treat you, Hor. C. 4, 12, 23.—

In partic.

To soak in color, to dye, color, tinge (syn. inficio):

Phocaico bibulas tingebat murice lanas,

Ov. M. 6, 9; cf.:

lanas vestium murice Afro,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 36. — Poet.:

niveam ovem Tyrio murice,

Tib. 2, 4, 28:

coma viridi cortice tincta nucis,

id. 1, 8, 44:

vestes Gaetulo murice,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 181:

vestem rubro cocco,

id. S. 2, 6, 103:

sanguine cultros,

Ov. M. 7, 599; cf.:

secures cervice,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 13:

ora cruore,

Ov. M. 14, 237:

comam,

id. Am. 1, 14, 2:

cutem,

i. e. to paint, Mart. 1, 77, 5:

tinguntur sole populi,

i. e. are embrowned, Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 70: nummos, to wash copper coins with gold or silver, Dig. 48, 10, 8:

globus... candenti lumine tinctus,

i. e. illuminated, Lucr. 5, 720; so,

loca lumine,

id. 6, 173.—

Of colors as objects, to produce, bring out:

purpuram,

Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 201; 16, 18, 31, § 77:

caeruleum,

id. 33, 13, 57, § 161.—

To baptize (late Lat.):

tinctus est ab Joanne prophetā in Jordane flumine,

Lact. 4, 15, 2.—

Trop.: orator sit mihi tinctus litteris, audierit aliquid, legerit, tinctured, i. e. imbued, well furnished with, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

Laelia patris elegantiā tincta,

id. Brut. 58, 211:

verba sensu tincta,

Quint. 4, 2, 117:

Romano lepidos sale tinge libellos,

Mart. 8, 3, 19:

sales lepore Attico tincti,

id. 3, 20, 9:

in similitudinem sui tingit (virtus),

Sen. Ep. 66, 8.—Hence, P. a. as substt.

tingens, entis, m., a dyer:

tingentium officinae,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133; 37, 9, 40, § 122.—

tincta, ōrum, n., dyed or colored stuffs:

tincta absint,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45.

tingo (less correctly, tinguo), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [root tvak-, to wet; Sanscr. tuc-; Gr. tengô], to wet, moisten, bathe with or in any liquid (class.; cf.: aspergo, irroro, imbuo).

Lit.:

tunica sanguine centauri tincta,

Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70:

Lydia Pactoli tingit arata liquor,

Prop. 1, 6, 32:

in amne comas,

id. 4 (5), 4, 24:

tinget pavimentum mero,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 27:

Arctos Oceani metuentis aequore tingi,

Verg. G. 1, 246:

stridentia Aera lacu,

id. ib. 4, 172:

gemmam lacrimis,

Ov. M. 9, 567:

in undis summa pedum vestigia,

id. ib. 4, 343:

pedis vestigia,

id. ib. 5, 592:

flumine corpora,

i. e. to bathe, id. ib. 12, 413:

corpora lymphis,

id. ib. 2, 459:

in amne faces,

id. R. Am. 700:

(asinae) horrent ita ut pedes omnino caveant tingere,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169. — Poet.: in alto Phoebus anhelos Aequore tinget equos, bathe or plunge, i. e. will set, Ov. M. 15, 419:

non ego te meis Immunem meditor tingere poculis,

i. e. to entertain, treat you, Hor. C. 4, 12, 23.—

In partic.

To soak in color, to dye, color, tinge (syn. inficio):

Phocaico bibulas tingebat murice lanas,

Ov. M. 6, 9; cf.:

lanas vestium murice Afro,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 36. — Poet.:

niveam ovem Tyrio murice,

Tib. 2, 4, 28:

coma viridi cortice tincta nucis,

id. 1, 8, 44:

vestes Gaetulo murice,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 181:

vestem rubro cocco,

id. S. 2, 6, 103:

sanguine cultros,

Ov. M. 7, 599; cf.:

secures cervice,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 13:

ora cruore,

Ov. M. 14, 237:

comam,

id. Am. 1, 14, 2:

cutem,

i. e. to paint, Mart. 1, 77, 5:

tinguntur sole populi,

i. e. are embrowned, Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 70: nummos, to wash copper coins with gold or silver, Dig. 48, 10, 8:

globus... candenti lumine tinctus,

i. e. illuminated, Lucr. 5, 720; so,

loca lumine,

id. 6, 173.—

Of colors as objects, to produce, bring out:

purpuram,

Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 201; 16, 18, 31, § 77:

caeruleum,

id. 33, 13, 57, § 161.—

To baptize (late Lat.):

tinctus est ab Joanne prophetā in Jordane flumine,

Lact. 4, 15, 2.—

Trop.: orator sit mihi tinctus litteris, audierit aliquid, legerit, tinctured, i. e. imbued, well furnished with, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

Laelia patris elegantiā tincta,

id. Brut. 58, 211:

verba sensu tincta,

Quint. 4, 2, 117:

Romano lepidos sale tinge libellos,

Mart. 8, 3, 19:

sales lepore Attico tincti,

id. 3, 20, 9:

in similitudinem sui tingit (virtus),

Sen. Ep. 66, 8.—Hence, P. a. as substt.

tingens, entis, m., a dyer:

tingentium officinae,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133; 37, 9, 40, § 122.—

tincta, ōrum, n., dyed or colored stuffs:

tincta absint,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45.

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crŏcĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or pertaining to saffron, saffron-.

Prop.:

odores,

Verg. G. 1, 56:

flores,

id. ib. 4, 109:

tinctus,

saffron-sauce, Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134:

color,

id. 27, 10, 59, § 83.—

Transf., saffron-colored, yellow, golden:

lutum,

Verg. E. 4, 44:

cubile,

id. G. 1, 447:

acanthus,

id. A. 1, 649:

chlamys,

id. ib. 11, 775 al.:

comae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 530:

honor,

a saffron-tint, Sil. 8, 444.

ĕgō̆ (ŏ always in poets of the best age, as Cat., Verg., Hor., etc.; ō ante-class. and post-Aug., as Juv. 17, 357; Aus. Epigr. 54, 6, v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 483; gen. mei; dat. mihi; acc. and abl. me; plur., nom., and acc. nos; gen., mostly poet., nostrum; gen. obj. nostri, rarely nostrum; for the gen. possess. the adj. noster was used, q. v.; cf. Roby, Gram. 1, § 388; dat. and abl. nobis; mi in dat. for mihi, part., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Lucr. 3, 106; Verg. A. 6, 104;

in prose,

Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 2; id. Att. 1, 8, 3 et saep.; old form also MIHEI, C. I. L. 1, 1016 al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 180; old form of the acc. MEHE, acc. to Quint. 1, 5, 21 med.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 45; id. Am. 1, 1, 244; Inscr. Orell. 2497; gen. plur. nostrorum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 110; id. Poen. 3, 1, 37; 4, 2, 39; id. Am. Fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26; dat. and abl. NIS = nobis, acc. to Fest. S. V. CALLIM, p. 47, 3 Müll.; acc. ENOS, Carm. Arval., Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 160.—But as to me = mihi, cited in Fest. p. 181, 6 sq. Müll., me is there not dat., but acc., v. Vahl. ad Enn. p. 21), pron. pers. [Gr. egô; Sanscr. aham; Goth. ik; Germ. ich; Engl. I, etc.; plur. nos; Gr. nôï, nôïn, from same stem with acc. sing. me, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 533], I.

Prop.:

meruimus et ego et pater de vobis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 40:

tum te audes Sosiam esse dicere, Qui ego sum?

id. ib. 1, 1, 218; cf.:

ego tu sum, tu es ego: unanimi sumus,

id. Sticn. 5, 4, 49; the combination alter ego v. under alter.—

Emphasized.

By the suffixes met and pte: Am. Quis te verberavit? So. Egomet memet, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 60:

credebam primo mihimet Sosiae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 50:

quasi per nebulam nosmet scimus,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 48:

med erga,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 56:

cariorem esse patriam nobis quam nosmetipsos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19 fin. et saep.: mihipte, Cato ap. Fest. p. 103:

mepte fieri servom,

Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 10.—

By repetition:

meme ad graviora reservat,

Sil. 9, 651 (but Verg. A. 9, 427, is written me, me); cf.: met and pte.—

Esp. to be noted are,

Mihi and nobis as dativi ethici (Zumpt Gr. § 408;

A. and S. Gr. § 228 N.): quid enim mihi L. Pauli nepos quaerit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. id. Par. 5, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 15; and in the plur.:

quid ait tandem nobis Sannio?

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12:

sit mihi (orator) tinctus litteris, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85; cf. Liv. praef. § 9; 2, 29 fin.; Quint. 1, 11, 14; 2, 4, 9; 12, 2, 31; Verg. G. 1, 45; Sil. 1, 46 Drak.; and in the plur.:

nobis jam paulatim accrescere puer incipiat,

Quint. 1, 2, 1:

hic mihi Q. Fufius pacis commoda memorat,

Cic. Phil. 8, 4; cf. Sall. C. 52, 11 Kritz; Cat. 24, 4:

tu mihi seu magni superas jam saxa Timavi, etc.,

Verg. E. 8, 6 et saep.—

Mecum, nobiscum (v. cum, II. fin.).—

Ad me veni, i. e. ad meam domum, Cic. Att. 16, 10, v. ad, A. 2. a.

. —

Nos, etc., for ego, etc., in grave or official lang., etc.:

nobis consulibus,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4; cf. Verg. E. 1, 4; so with sing. constr.:

nec merito nobis inimica merenti,

Tib. 3, 6, 55; cf. Cat. 107, 5:

absente nobis,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.

littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.

Lit.:

cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

quid hae locuntur litterae?

id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

ipsae tibi narrabunt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

priscarum litterarum notae,

id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

maximis litteris incisum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

lenis appellatio litterarum,

id. Brut. 74, 159:

suavis appellatio litterarum,

Quint. 11, 3, 35:

quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

nescire litteras,

not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

scribere aureis litteris,

Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

scientia litterarum,

the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

facere litteram or litteras,

to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—

Transf.

A word, a line:

ad me litteram numquam misit,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

locum ad litteram subjeci,

Quint. 9, 1, 15.—

A handwriting:

Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

arguit ipsorum quos littera,

Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—

Usually plur.

Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

litteras mittere,

id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

reddere alicui,

id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

accipere,

id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

remittere,

id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

queri apud aliquem per litteras,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

civitatum animos litteris temptare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—

A writing, document, paper:

litterae publicae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

littera poscetur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—

An account-book:

ratio omnis et litterae,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—

An edict, ordinance:

praetoris litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

litteras revocavit,

letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —

Written monuments, records, literature:

abest historia litteris nostris,

is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

Graecae de philosophia litterae,

philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

Graecis litteris studere,

id. Brut. 20, 78:

damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

id. ib. 33, 125:

nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

Etruscae,

id. 9, 36, 3:

paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—

History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1.—

Literary labor, composition:

omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—

An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—

Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

erant in eo plurimae litterae,

id. Brut. 76, 265:

homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

litterarum scientia,

id. Brut. 42, 153:

litterarum coguitio,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

altiores litterae,

magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

quando scis, sine alios discere,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.

Lit.:

cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

quid hae locuntur litterae?

id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

ipsae tibi narrabunt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

priscarum litterarum notae,

id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

maximis litteris incisum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

lenis appellatio litterarum,

id. Brut. 74, 159:

suavis appellatio litterarum,

Quint. 11, 3, 35:

quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

nescire litteras,

not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

scribere aureis litteris,

Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

scientia litterarum,

the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

facere litteram or litteras,

to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—

Transf.

A word, a line:

ad me litteram numquam misit,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

locum ad litteram subjeci,

Quint. 9, 1, 15.—

A handwriting:

Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

arguit ipsorum quos littera,

Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—

Usually plur.

Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

litteras mittere,

id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

reddere alicui,

id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

accipere,

id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

remittere,

id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

queri apud aliquem per litteras,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

civitatum animos litteris temptare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—

A writing, document, paper:

litterae publicae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

littera poscetur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—

An account-book:

ratio omnis et litterae,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—

An edict, ordinance:

praetoris litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

litteras revocavit,

letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —

Written monuments, records, literature:

abest historia litteris nostris,

is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

Graecae de philosophia litterae,

philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

Graecis litteris studere,

id. Brut. 20, 78:

damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

id. ib. 33, 125:

nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

Etruscae,

id. 9, 36, 3:

paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—

History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1.—

Literary labor, composition:

omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—

An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—

Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

erant in eo plurimae litterae,

id. Brut. 76, 265:

homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

litterarum scientia,

id. Brut. 42, 153:

litterarum coguitio,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

altiores litterae,

magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

quando scis, sine alios discere,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

pallor, ōris, m. [palleo], pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor.

Lit.:

pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequitur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

albus ora pallor inficit,

Hor. Epod. 7, 15:

luteus,

id. ib. 10, 16; id. S. 2, 8, 35; 2, 18, 25:

partemque coloris Luridus exsangues pallor convertit in herbas,

Ov. M. 4, 267; cf.:

gelidus pallor,

id. Tr. 1, 4, 11:

confuderat oris exsanguis notas pallor,

Curt. 8, 3, 13:

pallor ora occupat,

Verg. A. 4, 499:

femineus pallor in corpore,

Plin. Pan. 48, 4:

Aurorae,

Stat. Th. 2, 334.—

Esp. of lovers: tinctus violā pallor amantium,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 14; cf. Ov. M. 8, 790; Prop. 1, 5, 21.—Of the Lower World:

pallor hiemsque tenent late loca senta,

Ov. M. 4, 436; Luc. 5, 628.— Plur.:

quae palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 336:

tot hominum pallores,

the paleness of death, Tac. Agr. 45, 3.—

Transf.

Mustiness, mouldiness: pallor, tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 26:

venti umidi pallore volumina (bibliothecarum) corrumpunt,

Vitr. 6, 7:

ne (dolia) pallorem capiant,

Col. 12, 50, 16; 12, 41, 4.—

A disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness:

palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 311:

pallorem ducere,

Ov. M. 8, 759:

obscurus solis,

in an eclipse, Luc. 7, 200; Plin. 2, 30, 30, § 98.—

Trop., alarm, terror:

palla pallorem incutit,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 46:

hic tibi pallori, Cynthia, versus erit,

Prop. 2, 5, 30:

quantus pro conjuge pallor,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 70:

notare aliquem pallore,

Luc. 8, 55.—Hence,

Pallor, personified as the god of fear, Liv. 1, 27, 7; Lact. 1, 20, 11.

pallor, ōris, m. [palleo], pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor.

Lit.:

pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequitur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

albus ora pallor inficit,

Hor. Epod. 7, 15:

luteus,

id. ib. 10, 16; id. S. 2, 8, 35; 2, 18, 25:

partemque coloris Luridus exsangues pallor convertit in herbas,

Ov. M. 4, 267; cf.:

gelidus pallor,

id. Tr. 1, 4, 11:

confuderat oris exsanguis notas pallor,

Curt. 8, 3, 13:

pallor ora occupat,

Verg. A. 4, 499:

femineus pallor in corpore,

Plin. Pan. 48, 4:

Aurorae,

Stat. Th. 2, 334.—

Esp. of lovers: tinctus violā pallor amantium,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 14; cf. Ov. M. 8, 790; Prop. 1, 5, 21.—Of the Lower World:

pallor hiemsque tenent late loca senta,

Ov. M. 4, 436; Luc. 5, 628.— Plur.:

quae palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 336:

tot hominum pallores,

the paleness of death, Tac. Agr. 45, 3.—

Transf.

Mustiness, mouldiness: pallor, tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 26:

venti umidi pallore volumina (bibliothecarum) corrumpunt,

Vitr. 6, 7:

ne (dolia) pallorem capiant,

Col. 12, 50, 16; 12, 41, 4.—

A disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness:

palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 311:

pallorem ducere,

Ov. M. 8, 759:

obscurus solis,

in an eclipse, Luc. 7, 200; Plin. 2, 30, 30, § 98.—

Trop., alarm, terror:

palla pallorem incutit,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 46:

hic tibi pallori, Cynthia, versus erit,

Prop. 2, 5, 30:

quantus pro conjuge pallor,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 70:

notare aliquem pallore,

Luc. 8, 55.—Hence,

Pallor, personified as the god of fear, Liv. 1, 27, 7; Lact. 1, 20, 11.