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(he's as fickle as the wind)

  • 1 семь пятниц на неделе

    1) General subject: fickle as the wind (he's as fickle as the wind), be confused
    3) Set phrase: (у кого) (smb.) is in twenty minds, rain at seven, fine at eleven (дословно: в 7 часов дождь, а в 11 ясно), (у кого) chop and change
    4) American English: change( one's) mind faster than the weather, change (one's) mind more often than (one's) underwear, change (one's) mind more often than a baby changes diapers, if it's not one thing, it's another

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > семь пятниц на неделе

  • 2 moverse a todos los vientos

    • be as fickle as the wind
    • be fickle
    • change with the wind

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > moverse a todos los vientos

  • 3 ser inconstante como el viento

    • be as fickle as the wind

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ser inconstante como el viento

  • 4 plin-plan

    fickle
    * * *
    now this way now that, swaying with the wind, following whatever opinion is dominant

    Indonesia-Inggris kamus > plin-plan

  • 5 veleta

    f.
    1 weather vane.
    2 fickle person, inconstant person, person who constantly changes sides, turncoat.
    f. & m.
    capricious person.
    * * *
    1 (para el viento) weathercock, weather vane
    1 familiar figurado (persona) fickle person, changeable person
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) [de edificio] weather vane, weathercock
    2) (Pesca) float
    2.
    SMF (=persona) fickle person, weathercock
    * * *
    a) ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    b) veleta masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person
    * * *
    = weathervane, weathercock, windvane.
    Ex. Balustrades, spiral staircases and weathervanes are just a few of the products they make.
    Ex. Since olden times there has been a weathercock on the back roof of the cathedral which it is said to serve as protection from the devil.
    Ex. A windvane is really just a flat piece of metal or wood on a swivel that catches the wind and points toward and away from the wind.
    * * *
    a) ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    b) veleta masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person
    * * *
    = weathervane, weathercock, windvane.

    Ex: Balustrades, spiral staircases and weathervanes are just a few of the products they make.

    Ex: Since olden times there has been a weathercock on the back roof of the cathedral which it is said to serve as protection from the devil.
    Ex: A windvane is really just a flat piece of metal or wood on a swivel that catches the wind and points toward and away from the wind.

    * * *
    1 (para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    2
    es un veleta he changes his mind every two minutes o ( colloq hum) more often than he changes his underwear
    * * *

    veleta sustantivo femenino
    1 ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    2
    ◊ veleta sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person

    veleta
    I sustantivo femenino weathervane, weathercock
    II mf fam changeable person
    ' veleta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    weather vane
    - weathercock
    - weather
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    weather vane
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [persona]
    es un veleta he's very fickle
    * * *
    I f weathervane
    II m/f fig
    weathercock
    * * *
    veleta nf
    : weather vane
    * * *
    veleta n weathervane

    Spanish-English dictionary > veleta

  • 6 ventōsus

        ventōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [ventus], full of wind, windy: folles, V.: mare, H.: Alpes, O.: cucurbita, i. e. cupping-glass, Iu.: terra ventosior, Ta.: ventosissima regio, L.—Like wind, light, swift, nimble: alae, V.: equi, O.—Fig., light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: homo ventosissimus: Tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid), O.: plebs, H.: ingenium, L.: extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est.—Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited: ventoso gloria curru, H.: lingua, V.: ingenium, L.
    * * *
    ventosa, ventosum ADJ
    windy; swift (as the wind); fickle, changeable; vain, puffed up

    Latin-English dictionary > ventōsus

  • 7 ventosus

    ventōsus, a, um, adj. [ventus], full of wind, windy.
    I.
    Lit.:

    folles,

    Verg. A. 8, 449:

    loca,

    Lucr. 6, 468:

    speluncae,

    id. 6, 537:

    mare,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 46:

    aequora,

    Verg. A. 6, 335; Ov. H. 16 (17), 5:

    Alpes,

    id. Am. 2, 16, 19:

    dies,

    Quint. 11, 3, 27; Col. 11, 2, 78:

    murmur,

    Verg. E. 9, 58:

    auctumnus, hiems,

    Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 352:

    alae,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 5; Verg. A. 12, 848:

    concha,

    i. e. the tuba, Luc. 9, 349:

    cucurbita,

    i. e. cupping - glass, Juv. 14, 58; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 11:

    ictus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 269.— Comp.:

    Germania,

    Tac. G. 5.— Sup.:

    regio,

    Liv. 36, 43, 1:

    uter,

    App. Mag. p. 309, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., like the wind, i. e. light, quick, speedy, swift, nimble ( poet.):

    equi,

    Ov. F. 4, 392; cf.:

    mens cervorum,

    Lucr. 3, 299.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: Lepidus homo ventosissimus, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 1:

    Romae Tibur amem ventosus, Tibure Romam,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 12:

    tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid),

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 49:

    plebs,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 37:

    ingenium,

    Liv. 42, 30, 4:

    extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17.—
    B.
    Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited, empty:

    superbiebat ventosa et insolens natio, quod, etc.,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 2:

    ventosus et mendax vanitate,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 4:

    gloria,

    Verg. A. 11, 708; cf.:

    ventoso gloria curru,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177:

    lingua,

    Verg. A. 11, 390:

    decus (opp. verus honor),

    Stat. Th. 10, 711:

    ventosa et enormis loquacitas,

    inflated, bombastic, Petr. 2.—
    * Adv.: ventōsē, as if full of wind, inflatedly:

    tumentes pulvilli,

    App. M. 10, p. 248, 22.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ventosus

  • 8 चपल


    capala
    mf (ā)n. ( kamp;

    gaṇa ṡauṇḍâ̱di, ṡreṇy-ādi andﾠ vispashṭâ̱di) moving to andﾠ fro, shaking, trembling, unsteady, wavering MBh. etc.;
    wanton, fickle, inconstant ib. ;
    inconsiderate, thoughtless, ill-mannered Mn. IV, 177 MBh. XIV, 1251 ;
    quick, swift, expeditious Hariv. 4104 ;
    momentary, instantaneous Subh. ;
    m. a kind of mouse Suṡr. V, 6, 3 Ashṭâṇg. VI, 38, 1 ;
    a fish L. ;
    the wind Gal.;
    quicksilver L. ;
    black mustard L. ;
    a kind of perfume ( coraka) L. ;
    a kind of stone L. ;
    N. of a demon causing diseases Hariv. 9562 ;
    of a prince MBh. I, 231 ;
    n. a kind of metal (mentioned with quicksilver);
    (am) ind. quickly Daṡ. VII, 420 f. ;
    (ā) f. lightning Gīt. VII, 23 ;
    long pepper L. ;
    the tongue L. ;
    (gaṇa priyâ̱di) a disloyal wife, whore L. ;
    spirituous liquor (esp. that made from hemp) L. ;
    the goddess Lakshmi orﾠ fortune (cf. MBh. XIII, 3861) L. ;
    N. of two metres (cf. mahā-);
    (in music) the 5th note personified
    - चपलगण
    - चपलता

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > चपल

  • 9 चञ्चल _cañcala

    चञ्चल a. [चञ्च-अलच, चञ्चं गतिं लाति ल-क वा Tv.]
    1 Moving, shaking, trembling, tremulous; श्रुत्वैव भीत- हरिणीशिशुचञ्चलाक्षीम् Ch. P.27; चञ्चलकुण्डल Gīt.7; Amaru. 79.
    -2 (Fig.) Inconstant, fickle, unsteady; भोगा मेघवितानमध्यविलसत्सौदामिनीचञ्चलाः Bh.3.54; Ki.2.19; मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् Bg.6.26.
    -लः 1 The wind.
    -2 A lover
    -3 A libertine.
    -ला 1 Lightning.
    -2 Lakṣmī, the goddess of wealth.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > चञ्चल _cañcala

  • 10 चल _cala

    चल a. [चल्-अच्]
    1 (a) Moving trembling, shaking, tremulous, rolling (as eyes &c.); चलापाङ्गां दृष्टिं स्पृशसि Ś.1.24; चलकाकपक्षकैरमात्यपुत्रैः R.3.28 waving; Bh.1.16. (b) Movable (opp. स्थिर), moving; चले लक्ष्ये Ś.2.5; परिचयं चललक्ष्यनिपातने R.9.49.
    -2 Unsteady, fickle, in- constant, loose, unfixed; दयितास्वनवस्थितं नृणां न खलु प्रेम चलं सुहृज्जने Ku.4.28; प्रायश्चलं गौरवमाश्रितेषु 3.1.
    -3 Frail, transitory, perishable; चला लक्ष्मीश्चलाः प्राणाश्चलं जीवितयौवनम् Bh.3.128.
    -4 Confused.
    -लः 1 Trembling, shaking, agi- tation.
    -2 Wind.
    -3 Quicksilver.
    -4 The supreme being.
    -ला 1 Lakṣmī, the goddess of wealth.
    -2 Lightning.
    -3 A kind of perfume.
    -Comp. -अचल a.
    1 movable and immovable.
    -2 fickle, unsteady, very transitory (= अतिचल); चलाचले च संसारे धर्म एको हि निश्चलः Bh.3.128; लक्ष्मीमिव चलाचलाम् Ki.11.3 (चलाचला = चञ्चला Malli.); कस्य न भवति चलाचलं धनम् Mk.2.14; N.1.6; चलाचलैरनुपदमाहताः खुरैः Śi. (
    -लः) a crow.
    -आतङ्कः rheumatism.
    -आत्मन् a. inconstant, fickle-minded.
    -इन्द्रिय a.
    1 sensitive.
    -2 sensual.
    -इषुः one whose arrow flies unsteadily or misses the mark, a bad archer.
    -कर्णः the true distance of a planet from the earth.
    -चञ्चुः the Chakora bird.
    -चित्त a. fickle-minded.
    -दलः, -पत्रः the Aśvattha tree; बिल्वै- श्चलदलैरपि Parṇāl.4.62; लीलाचलाचलं भाले हैमं चलदलच्छदम् (Mar. पिंपळपान) Śiva. B.6.83. ˚च्छदः An ornament worn on the forehead, having the shape of the leaf of the Aśvattha tree.
    -सन्धिः movable articulation of the bones.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > चल _cala

  • 11 aura

        aura ae （āī, V.), f, αὔρα, the air (in motion), a breeze, breath of air, wind, blast: me... omnes terrent aurae, V.: ventosi murmuris aurae, V.: rapida, O.: flammas exsuscitat aura, the breath, O. —Fig., a breath of air, wind: rumoris: famae, V.: spei, L.: voluntatis defensionisque, influence: fallax, i. e. the fickle wind of favor, H.: popularis, popular favor, C., L., H.: aura favoris popularis, L.: gaudens popularibus auris, V.: aurā, non consilio ferri, the favor of the mob, L.: divinae particula aurae, i. e. the soul, H.—The air, atmosphere, vital air (poet.): auras Vitales carpis, V.: vesci aurā Aetheriā, to live, V.: captare naribus auras, to snuff the air, V.: libertatis auram captare, a hope, L.—Height, heaven, the upper air: adsurgere in auras, V.: telum contorsit in auras, upwards, V.: stat ferrea turris ad auras (poet. for ad alta), rises, V. — The upper world: Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras, V.: pondus ad auras Expulit, i. e. was delivered of, O.—Daylight, publicity: omnia ferre sub auras, to make known, V.: fugere auras, to hide, V.—An odor, exhalation: illi Dulcis compositis spiravit crinibus aura, V.: unde auri aura refulsit, splendor, V.
    * * *
    breeze, breath (of air), wind; gleam; odor, stench; vapor; air (pl.), heaven

    Latin-English dictionary > aura

  • 12 variabile

    1. adj changeable
    2. f mathematics variable
    * * *
    variabile agg. variable, changeable, unsettled; ( volubile) fickle; ( instabile) unsteady, unstable: clima variabile, variable (o changeable) climate; tempo variabile, variable (o unsettled) weather; vento variabile, changeable (o variable) wind; il barometro è variabile, the barometer is unsteady; il suo umore è molto variabile, he is very moody (o he is very changeable); (gramm.) parti variabili del discorso, variable parts of speech // (econ.) mercato variabile, unsteady market // (comm.): prezzi variabili, varying (o unsteady) prices; costi, spese variabili, variable costs, expenses // (mat.) quantità variabile, variable quantity
    ◆ s.f.
    1 (mat., stat.) variable: variabile casuale, random variable; variabile di comodo, dummy variable; variabile di obiettivo, target variable; variabile dipendente, indipendente, dependent, independent variable
    2 (astr.) variable (star): variabile cataclismica, cataclysmic variable (o eruptive star o eruptive variable).
    * * *
    [va'rjabile]
    1. agg
    (gen) variable, (tempo) changeable, unsettled, variable, (umore) changeable
    2. sf
    Mat, Econ variable
    * * *
    [va'rjabile] 1.
    1) (che varia, che può variare) [durata, tariffa, numero] variable, changeable

    obbligazioni a tasso variabile — econ. bonds at variable rates

    2) (instabile) [ tempo] changeable, unsettled, uncertain; [ umore] unpredictable, inconstant
    3) ling. variable
    2.
    sostantivo femminile mat. statist. variable

    variabile dipendente, indipendente — dependent, independent variable

    * * *
    variabile
    /va'rjabile/
     1 (che varia, che può variare) [durata, tariffa, numero] variable, changeable; obbligazioni a tasso variabile econ. bonds at variable rates; in proporzioni -i in varying proportions
     2 (instabile) [ tempo] changeable, unsettled, uncertain; [ umore] unpredictable, inconstant; vento variabile da debole a moderato wind varying from weak to moderate
     3 ling. variable
    II sostantivo f.
     mat. statist. variable; variabile dipendente, indipendente dependent, independent variable.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > variabile

  • 13 levis

    1.
    lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

    Lucr. 2, 227:

    aether,

    id. 5, 459:

    aura,

    id. 3, 196:

    levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    stipulae,

    Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

    levis armaturae Numidae,

    the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

    sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

    miles,

    a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

    of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

    Tac. G. 6:

    flebis in solo levis angiportu,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

    terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

    Tib. 2, 4, 50;

    esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

    the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

    virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

    lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

    leves malvae,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

    gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

    id. Epod. 2, 57).—
    2.
    Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

    agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

    a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

    leves venti,

    Ov. M. 15, 346:

    flatus,

    Sil. 15, 162:

    currus,

    light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

    levi deducens pollice filum,

    light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

    pollex,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    saltus,

    id. ib. 7, 767;

    3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1:

    Messapus levis cursu,

    Verg. A. 12, 489:

    leves Parthi,

    id. G. 4, 314:

    equus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 389:

    Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

    quaere modos leviore plectro,

    nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

    et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

    Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

    omnes ire leves,

    Sil. 16, 488:

    exsultare levis,

    id. 10, 605:

    levior discurrere,

    id. 4, 549:

    nullo levis terrore moveri,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

    hora,

    fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

    terra,

    light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

    et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

    so (opp graviora),

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

    tactus,

    a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

    strepitus,

    id. ib. 7, 840:

    stridor,

    id. ib. 4, 413.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

    nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

    grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

    leve et infirmum,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

    ad motum animi... leviora,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

    id. Planc. 26, 63:

    auditio,

    a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

    cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

    something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    dolor,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

    proelium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    periculum,

    id. B. C. 3, 26:

    in aliquem merita,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

    leviore de causa,

    id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

    praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

    Juv. 13, 182:

    effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

    Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

    in levi habitum,

    was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

    levia sed nimium queror,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

    quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

    no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

    quidquid levius putaris,

    easier, id. 10, 344.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    opum levior,

    Sil. 2, 102.—
    B.
    In disposition or character.
    1.
    Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

    homo levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    ne me leviorem erga te putes,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

    tu levior cortice,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

    quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

    id. ib. 17, 63:

    leves ac nummarii judices,

    id. Clu. 28, 75:

    sit precor illa levis,

    Tib. 1, 6, 56:

    levi brachio aliquid agere,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

    quid levius aut turpius,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

    auctor,

    Liv. 5, 15:

    leves amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

    spes,

    vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

    leviores mores,

    Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—
    2.
    Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

    quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

    levior reprehensio,

    id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

    tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

    the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

    nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

    exsilium,

    mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    armati,

    light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

    levius casura pila sperabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

    leviter densae nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 248:

    inflexum bacillum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saucius,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    non leviter lucra liguriens,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

    agnoscere aliquid,

    id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

    eruditus,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

    quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

    so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    dolere,

    Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

    ut levissime dicam,

    to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —
    b.
    Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

    id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

    sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

    id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

    levius torquetis Arachne,

    more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.
    2.
    lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

    in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

    id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

    Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

    id. Univ. 6:

    pocula,

    smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

    pharetrae,

    id. ib. 5, 558:

    brassica,

    Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

    levissima corpora,

    Lucr. 4, 659:

    coma pectine levis,

    Ov. M. 12, 409:

    nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

    levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

    Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

    levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

    smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

    ora,

    Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

    crura,

    Juv. 8, 115:

    sponsus,

    id. 3, 111:

    caput,

    id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

    pectus,

    Verg. A. 11, 40:

    frons,

    id. E. 6, 51:

    umeri,

    id. A. 7, 815:

    colla,

    Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

    vir,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

    externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

    smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

    per leve,

    Pers. 1, 64:

    per levia,

    Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

    oratio (opp. aspera),

    Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

    levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

    id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

    levis et aspera (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    levis et quadrata compositio,

    id. 2, 5, 9:

    levia ac nitida,

    id. 5, 12, 18:

    (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

    id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > levis

  • 14 संचारिन् _sañcārin

    संचारिन् a. (
    -णी f.)
    1 Moving, moveable; संचारिणी नगरदेवतेव Māl.1; Ku.3.54; संचारिणी दीपशिखेव रात्रौ R.6. 67.
    -2 Roaming, wandering.
    -3 Changing, unsteady, fickle.
    -4 Difficult to be passed, inaccessible.
    -5 Evanescent, as a Bhāva; see below.
    -6 Influencing.
    -7 Hereditary, successively communicated (as a dis- ease).
    -8 Contagious.
    -9 Impelling. -m.
    1 Wind, air.
    -2 Incense.
    -3 A transient or evanescent feeling which serves to strengthen the prevailing sentiment; see व्यभिचारिन्.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > संचारिन् _sañcārin

  • 15 संचारिन्


    saṉ-cārin
    mfn. going together orﾠ about, going hither andﾠ thither, roaming, wandering, moving in (loc. orﾠ comp.) Kāv. Rājat. Kathās. Inscr. ;

    going orﾠ passing from one to another, transmitted, infectious, contagious, hereditary (as a disease) Yājñ. Rājat. ;
    ascending andﾠ descending (applied to a note orﾠ tone) Saṃgīt. ;
    penetrating into (comp.) Mcar. ;
    coming together, meeting, in contact with, adjacent orﾠ contiguous to (instr.) Kād. ;
    taken orﾠ carried together with one (as an umbrella etc.) Rājat. ;
    carrying with one (comp.) Kām. ;
    being in (comp.) Suṡr. Mṛicch. ;
    engaged in, occupied with (comp.) Pañcar. ;
    passing away, transitory, adventitious, unsteady, inconstant, fickle (= vy-abhicārin q.v.) Ṡiṡ. Sāh. ;
    influencing, impelling, setting in motion MaitrUp. ;
    difficult, inaccessible W. ;
    m. incense orﾠ the smoke rising from burnt incense L. ;
    air, wind L. ;
    ( iṇī) f. a kind of Mimosa (= haṉsa-padi) L. ;
    - tva n. transitoriness, inconstancy (of feeling) Sāh.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > संचारिन्

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