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Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

Transf., Africa. —Form Libya: mundus... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. [p. 1062] Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye:

Libye torretur,

Sil. 1, 194:

tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,

Juv. 5, 119.—

Hence,

Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Libukos, of Libya, Libyan:

fines,

Verg. A. 1, 339:

cursus,

id. ib. 6, 338:

gentes,

id. ib. 4, 320:

lapilli,

Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,

the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannæ, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned, Luc. 7, 880:

orbes,

a table-top of citrus, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, Líbyan:

Libys lectulus,

of citrus, Verg. Cir. 440:

mons,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan:

Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,

Sall. J. 18 init.:

Cancro (subditus) Libys,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan:

Libyssa arena,

Cat. 7, 3:

gens,

Sil. 8, 206:

ficus,

Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Libustinos, Libyan:

montes Libystini,

Cat. 60, 1:

Apollo,

a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

necto, xŭi, sometimes xi (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 494 sq.), xum ( inf. pass. nectier, Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59), 3, v. a. [with neo, kindr. to Sanscr. nah, ligare, nectere, and Gr. neô, nêthô], to bind, tie, fasten; to join, bind, or fasten together, connect.

Lit.

In gen.: nectere ligare significat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.:

necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores,

Verg. E. 8, 77:

catenas,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 5:

necte meo La miae coronam,

weave, make, id. ib. 1, 26, 8, so, coronas, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 96; id. Epod. 17, 22:

laqueum alicui,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 31:

pedibus talaria,

Verg. A. 4, 239:

flavàque caput nectentur olivā,

id. ib. 5, 309:

nodum informis leti trabe nectit ab alta,

id. ib. 12, 603:

bracchia,

to fold in each other, entwine, clasp, Ov. F. 6, 329; cf.:

collo bracchia meo,

id. H. 5, 48:

comam myrto,

id. Am. 1, 2, 23:

mille venit variis florum dea nexa coronis,

id. F. 4, 495:

venit odoratos Elegeïa nexa capillos,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. P. 3, 1, 124:

retia,

Prop. 3, 8, 27 (4, 7, 37):

alicui compedes,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 4;

Africus in glaciem frigore nectit aquas,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 48.—

In partic., to bind, fetter, confine, esp. for debt:

liber, qui suas operas in servitute pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur ut ab aere obaeratus,

enslaved for debt, Varr. L L. 7, § 105 Müll.:

cum sint propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata, nectierque postea desitum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59; cf.:

ita nexi soluti cautumque in posterum, ne necterentur,

Liv. 8, 28 fin.:

eo anno plebi Romanae velut aliud initium libertatis factum est, quod necti desierant: mutatum autem jus ob unius feneratoris simul libidinem, simul crudelitatem insignem,

id. 8, 28, 1; v. also 2. nexus, II.; Liv. 2, 27; 23:

nec carcerem nexis, sed caedibus civitatem replet,

Just. 21, 2; cf. id. 21, 1.—

Trop.

To affix, attach:

ut ex alio alia nectantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

ex hoc genere causarum ex aeternitate pendentium fatum a Stoicis nectitur,

id. Top. 15, 59.—

To bind by an obligation, to oblige, make liable, bind, etc.:

sacramento nexi,

Just. 20, 4:

res pignori nexa,

i. e. pledged, pawned, Dig. 49, 14, 22, § 1.—

To join or fasten together, to connect, Cic. Or. 41, 140:

rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

id. Tusc. 5, 25, 70; cf.:

omnes virtutes inter se nexae et jugatae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 8, 17:

nectere dolum,

to contrive, Liv. 27, 28:

causas inanes,

to frame, invent, bring forward, Verg. A. 9, 219:

canoris Eloquium vocale modis,

to set to harmonious measures, Juv. 7, 18:

numeris verba,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 30:

cum aliquo jurgia,

i. e. to quarrel, id. Am. 2, 2, 35:

moras,

to make, contrive, Tac. A. 12, 14:

insidias,

Val. Max. 3, 8, 5:

talia nectebant,

they thus conversed, Stat. Th. 8, 637.

ŏvo, ātum ( first pers. pres. indic. and perf. forms not in use:

ovet,

Stat. Sil. 4, 1, 8:

ovaret,

id. Th. 1, 153:

ovandi,

Suet. Claud. 1; Gell. 5, 6:

ovaturus,

Sol. 45), 1, v. defect. n. [cf. Sanscr. root u-, avate, to roar; Gr. auô, aWuô, to shout], to exult, rejoice.

In gen. (mostly poet.):

ovantes Horatium accipiunt,

Liv. 1, 25:

laetus ovat nunc laude virum,

Val. Fl. 4, 342.—Of inanim. subjects:

currus ovantes,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 53:

ovat Africus,

rages, Val. Fl. 2, 506.—

In partic., to celebrate or keep an ovation, to triumph in an ovation (v. ovatio;

freq. and class.): ovantem in Capitolium ascendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 195:

ovans urbem ingrederetur,

Liv. 5, 31:

ovans triumphavit,

made his triumphal entry on foot, Vell. 2, 96, 3; Suet. Tib. 9:

ovatum aurum,

brought in in triumph, taken as spoil, Pers. 2, 55. —Hence, P. a.: ŏvans, antis, exulting, joyful, triumphant:

socii comitentur ovantes,

Verg. G. 1, 346; cf.:

ovantes gutture corvi,

i. e. singing, uttering exultant cries, id. ib. 1, 423; id. A. 3, 189; 4, 543.— Transf., of things:

prosequar et currus utroque ab litore ovantes,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 53:

lyra,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 249:

patria,

Juv. 8, 28.—Hence, [p. 1286] ŏvanter, adv., exultingly (post-class.):

ovanter accurrit,

Tert. adv. Val. 28.

ŏvo, ātum ( first pers. pres. indic. and perf. forms not in use:

ovet,

Stat. Sil. 4, 1, 8:

ovaret,

id. Th. 1, 153:

ovandi,

Suet. Claud. 1; Gell. 5, 6:

ovaturus,

Sol. 45), 1, v. defect. n. [cf. Sanscr. root u-, avate, to roar; Gr. auô, aWuô, to shout], to exult, rejoice.

In gen. (mostly poet.):

ovantes Horatium accipiunt,

Liv. 1, 25:

laetus ovat nunc laude virum,

Val. Fl. 4, 342.—Of inanim. subjects:

currus ovantes,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 53:

ovat Africus,

rages, Val. Fl. 2, 506.—

In partic., to celebrate or keep an ovation, to triumph in an ovation (v. ovatio;

freq. and class.): ovantem in Capitolium ascendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 195:

ovans urbem ingrederetur,

Liv. 5, 31:

ovans triumphavit,

made his triumphal entry on foot, Vell. 2, 96, 3; Suet. Tib. 9:

ovatum aurum,

brought in in triumph, taken as spoil, Pers. 2, 55. —Hence, P. a.: ŏvans, antis, exulting, joyful, triumphant:

socii comitentur ovantes,

Verg. G. 1, 346; cf.:

ovantes gutture corvi,

i. e. singing, uttering exultant cries, id. ib. 1, 423; id. A. 3, 189; 4, 543.— Transf., of things:

prosequar et currus utroque ab litore ovantes,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 53:

lyra,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 249:

patria,

Juv. 8, 28.—Hence, [p. 1286] ŏvanter, adv., exultingly (post-class.):

ovanter accurrit,

Tert. adv. Val. 28.

pestĭlens, entis, adj. [pestis], pestilential, infected, unhealthy, unwholesome (class.).

Lit.:

loci (opp. salubres),

Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

pestilens et gravis aspiratio,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

Africus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 5:

aedes,

Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54.—With dat.:

annus urbi,

Liv. 3, 6:

aestas animalibus,

id. 5, 16. — Comp.:

fundus pestilentior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

annus,

Liv. 4, 21.— Sup.:

gravissimus et pestilentissimus annus,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 4. —

Trop., pestilent, noxious, destructive (class.):

homo pestilentior patriā suā,

Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1:

pestilens collegae munus esse,

Liv. 2, 71:

invidia,

Sen. Hippol. 489. — Subst.: pestĭlens, entis, m., a pestilent fellow, Vulg. 1 Macc. 15, 3.

prŏcella, ae, f [pro and root kel; Gr. kelês, runner; cf.: celer, celox], a violent wind (by which things are prostrated), a storm, hurricane, tempest (class.).

Lit.:

procella distat latitudine a vortice et a turbine disjectā nube verius quam ruptā,

Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 133:

turbinis inmanem vim provomit atque procellae,

Lucr. 6, 447:

imbres, nimbi, procellae, turbines,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 17:

creber procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

stridens Aquilone procella,

id. ib. 1, 102:

si mugiat Africis Malus procellis,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 58; 2, 9, 3:

praecipites,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 35:

navis quassata procellā,

id. ib. 5, 5, 17:

raperent mea poma procellae, id. Nux, 163: procella nivem effuderat,

Curt. 3, 13, 7:

imbrem excusserant procellae,

id. 4, 7, 14:

Thalle, turbidā rapacior procellā,

Cat. 25, 4.—With gen.:

validi venti collecta procella,

Lucr. 6, 124.—

Transf.

(Mostly in plur.) A storm, tumult, violence, commotion, vehemence:

tempestates et procellas in illis fluctibus concionum,

Cic. Mil. 2, 5 (also cited ap. Quint. 8, 6, 48, and particularly mentioned as a figure, id. 8, 6, 48, § 7):

vita tranquilla et quieta remota a procellis invidiarum,

Cic. Clu. 56, 153:

ut procellam temporis devitaret,

id. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

patriae,

id. Dom. 53, 137:

agitari tribuniciis procellis,

Liv. 2, 1; cf.:

seditionum procellae,

id. 28, 25:

procellae civiles,

civil commotions, Nep. Att. 10, 6; cf.:

ferimur procellā,

Verg. A. 7, 594; Ov. M. 13, 656.—

In milit. lang.

A charge, onset, sudden attack of cavalry:

hac velut procellā ita consternavit equos, ut, etc.,

Liv. 37, 41 fin.:

equestrem procellam excitemus oportet,

id. 30, 18:

equestris,

id. 29, 2; Tac. H. 3, 53.—

In gen., of a fierce battle:

hic secunda belli Punici procella desaevit,

Flor. 2, 6, 12; Luc. 8, 203.—

Of a storm of eloquence:

priusquam illam eloquentiae procellam effunderet (Ulixes),

Quint. 11, 3, 158:

contionum,

id. 8, 6, 7.

prŏtervus, a, um, adj. [protero; qs. trampling on every thing; hence], violent, vehement.

Lit. ( poet.):

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 26, 2:

Africus,

id. Epod. 16, 22:

Eurus,

Ov. H. 11, 14:

stella canis,

scorching, oppressive, id. Am. 2, 16, 4.—

Trop., forward, bold, pert, wanton, shameless, impudent (class.; generally milder than procax and petulans; v. protervitas): petulans protervo animo sum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 1:

homo,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; 1, 18, 61:

dictum aut factum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 47:

vidua,

id. Cael. 16, 38:

Satyri, turba proterva,

Ov. H. 5, 136:

juvenes,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 2:

rixae,

id. ib. 3, 14, 26:

frons,

id. ib. 2, 5, 15:

oculi,

Ov. H. 17, 77:

manus,

id. M. 5, 671:

Musa,

id. R. Am. 362:

lingua,

id. Ib. 520:

sal protervum,

ribald wit, Mart. 10, 9, 2.— Comp.:

meretrix protervior,

Just. 30, 2, 2.—Hence, adv., in two forms, proterve and proterviter.

prŏtervē.

In a bad sense, boldly, wantonly, shamelessly, impudently (class.):

aedes arietare,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 1:

proterve iracundus,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 53 (immoderate, superbe, Don.):

consectans aliquem proterve,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.— Comp., Ov. A. A. 1, 599.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 22.—

In a good sense, boldly, with spirit:

confidenter pro se et proterve loqui,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 207.—

prŏtervĭter, boldly, wantonly, shamelessly, impudently, Enn. ap. Non. 513, 11 (Com. v. 8 Vahl.).

signĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. [signum-facio].

In gen., to show by signs; to show, point out, express, publish, make known, indicate; to intimate, notify, signify, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: monstro, declaro, indico).

With acc.:

aliquid alicui,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5:

hoc mihi significasse et annuisse visus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:

quae significari ac declarari volemus,

id. de Or. 3, 13, 49:

gratulationem,

id. Att. 4, 1, 5:

stultitiam,

id. Agr. 2, 12, 30:

deditionem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

timorem fremitu et concursu,

id. ib. 4, 14:

vir, quem ne inimicus quidem satis in appellando significare poterat,

Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29):

aliquid per gestum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With two acc. (rare):

ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret,

Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.—

With object clause: hoc tibi non significandum solum, sed etiam [p. 1697] declarandum arbitror, nihil mihi esse potuisse tuis litteris gratius, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. Mil. 2, 4:

provocationem a regibus fuisse significant nostri augurales,

id. Rep. 2, 31, 54:

se esse admodum delectatos,

id. ib. 3, 30, 42:

omnes voce significare coeperunt, sese, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13; 4, 3; cf.:

hoc significant, sese ad statuas tuas pecuniam contulisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 148.—

With rel. or interrog.-clause:

neque unde, nec quo die datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant,

Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nutu significat, quid velit,

Ov. M. 3, 643:

(anseres et canes) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 86.—

With de:

significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā,

Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—

Absol.:

diversae state... Neve inter vos significetis,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14:

significare inter sese coeperunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122:

ut quam maxime significem,

id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.:

ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,

id. ib. 7, 3.—

In partic.

To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico):

futura posse a quibusdam significari,

Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2:

quid haec tanta celeritas festinatioque significat?

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta,

Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.:

quid mihi significant ergo mea visa?

id. ib. 9, 495:

significet placidos nuntia fibra deos,

Tib. 2, 1, 25:

quae fato manent, quamvis significata, non vitantur,

Tac. H. 1, 18.—

To betoken a change of weather (post-Aug.):

ventus Africus tempestatem significat, etc.,

Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.:

serenos dies (luna),

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348:

imbrem (occasus Librae),

id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.— Absol.:

terreni ignes proxime significant,

Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.—

To call, name:

quod Antoninum filium suum ipse significari voluit,

Capitol. Gord. 16.—

To mean, import, signify; of words:

carere hoc significat, egere eo, quod habere velis, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

multa verba aliud nunc ostendunt, aliud ante significabant, ut hostis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.;

9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo unde significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo loco,

Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a fable:

haec significat fabula dominum videre plurimum,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of speech, full of meaning, expressive, significant; graphic, distinct, clear:

locorum dilucida et significans descriptio,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

verba,

id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. §

31: demonstratio,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.— Transf., of orators:

Atticos esse lucidos et significantes,

Quint. 12, 10, 21.— Comp.:

quo nihil inveniri possit significantius,

Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.:

significantissimum vocabulum,

Gell. 1, 15, 17.— Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, clearly, distinctly, expressly, significantly, graphically:

breviter ac significanter ordinem rei protulisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 53:

rem indicare (with proprie),

id. 12, 10, 52:

dicere (with ornate),

id. 1, 7, 32.— Comp.:

apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

narrare,

Quint. 10, 1, 49:

disponere,

id. 3, 6, 65:

appellare aliquid (with consignatius),

Gell. 1, 25, 8:

dicere (with probabilius),

id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247.

signĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. [signum-facio].

In gen., to show by signs; to show, point out, express, publish, make known, indicate; to intimate, notify, signify, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: monstro, declaro, indico).

With acc.:

aliquid alicui,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5:

hoc mihi significasse et annuisse visus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:

quae significari ac declarari volemus,

id. de Or. 3, 13, 49:

gratulationem,

id. Att. 4, 1, 5:

stultitiam,

id. Agr. 2, 12, 30:

deditionem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

timorem fremitu et concursu,

id. ib. 4, 14:

vir, quem ne inimicus quidem satis in appellando significare poterat,

Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29):

aliquid per gestum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With two acc. (rare):

ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret,

Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.—

With object clause: hoc tibi non significandum solum, sed etiam [p. 1697] declarandum arbitror, nihil mihi esse potuisse tuis litteris gratius, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. Mil. 2, 4:

provocationem a regibus fuisse significant nostri augurales,

id. Rep. 2, 31, 54:

se esse admodum delectatos,

id. ib. 3, 30, 42:

omnes voce significare coeperunt, sese, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13; 4, 3; cf.:

hoc significant, sese ad statuas tuas pecuniam contulisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 148.—

With rel. or interrog.-clause:

neque unde, nec quo die datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant,

Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nutu significat, quid velit,

Ov. M. 3, 643:

(anseres et canes) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 86.—

With de:

significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā,

Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—

Absol.:

diversae state... Neve inter vos significetis,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14:

significare inter sese coeperunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122:

ut quam maxime significem,

id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.:

ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,

id. ib. 7, 3.—

In partic.

To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico):

futura posse a quibusdam significari,

Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2:

quid haec tanta celeritas festinatioque significat?

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta,

Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.:

quid mihi significant ergo mea visa?

id. ib. 9, 495:

significet placidos nuntia fibra deos,

Tib. 2, 1, 25:

quae fato manent, quamvis significata, non vitantur,

Tac. H. 1, 18.—

To betoken a change of weather (post-Aug.):

ventus Africus tempestatem significat, etc.,

Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.:

serenos dies (luna),

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348:

imbrem (occasus Librae),

id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.— Absol.:

terreni ignes proxime significant,

Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.—

To call, name:

quod Antoninum filium suum ipse significari voluit,

Capitol. Gord. 16.—

To mean, import, signify; of words:

carere hoc significat, egere eo, quod habere velis, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

multa verba aliud nunc ostendunt, aliud ante significabant, ut hostis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.;

9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo unde significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo loco,

Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a fable:

haec significat fabula dominum videre plurimum,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of speech, full of meaning, expressive, significant; graphic, distinct, clear:

locorum dilucida et significans descriptio,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

verba,

id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. §

31: demonstratio,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.— Transf., of orators:

Atticos esse lucidos et significantes,

Quint. 12, 10, 21.— Comp.:

quo nihil inveniri possit significantius,

Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.:

significantissimum vocabulum,

Gell. 1, 15, 17.— Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, clearly, distinctly, expressly, significantly, graphically:

breviter ac significanter ordinem rei protulisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 53:

rem indicare (with proprie),

id. 12, 10, 52:

dicere (with ornate),

id. 1, 7, 32.— Comp.:

apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

narrare,

Quint. 10, 1, 49:

disponere,

id. 3, 6, 65:

appellare aliquid (with consignatius),

Gell. 1, 25, 8:

dicere (with probabilius),

id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247.

ventus, i, m. [Sanscr. vā, blow; vatas, wind; Gr. root aW-, aô, aêmi, to blow; whence aêr, aura, etc.; Goth. vaia, to breathe; vinds, wind], wind (syn.: aura, flamen).

Lit.:

ventus est aëris fluens unda cum incerta motus redundantia, etc.,

Vitr. 1, 6; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 67; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16 sq.; Isid. Orig. 13, 11: istic est is Juppiter quem dico, quem Graeci vocant Aera, qui ventus est et nubes, imber postea, Atque ex imbre frigus, ventus post fit, aër denuo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.; cf.:

(aër) effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

deturbavit ventus tectum et tegulas,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 78:

mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

qui (divi) simul Stravere ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 10:

remissior,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

prosper,

Liv. 25, 27, 4:

ventum exspectare,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; id. Att. 10, 15, 2; 16, 7, 1:

secundus, adversus, v. h. vv.—In apposition: Africus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Atabalus,

Quint. 8, 2, 13:

Corus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

Septentriones,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

turbo,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; id. Trin. 4, 1, 16.—Prov.

Of labor lost:

in vento et aquā scribere,

Cat. 70, 4; so,

profundere verba ventis,

to talk to the wind, Lucr. 4, 931 (928); cf.:

verba dare in ventos,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 42:

ventis loqui,

Amm. 15, 5, 8.—

Rem tradere ventis, to oblivion, Hor. C. 1, 26, 3. —

Ventis verba dare, i. q. not to keep one's word or promise, Ov. H. 2, 25 Ruhnk. —

Vento vivere, to live upon wind or air, Cod. Just. 5, 50, 2 fin. —

Ventis remis facere aliquid, with all one's might; v. remus. —

Plur., personified as deities, the winds: te, Apollo sancte, fer opem; teque, omnipotens Neptune, invoco; Vosque adeo, Venti! Turpil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73 (Com. Rel. v. 119 Rib.); Lucr. 5, 1230 (1228); cf. Ov. H. 17 (18), 37.—

Transf.

Windiness, flatulence, Col. 6, 30, 8.—

A light stuff: textilis, Poët. ap. Petr. 55 fin. —

Trop., the wind, as a symbol of fortune (favorable or unfavorable), fame, applause, etc.: quicumque venti erunt, ars certe nostra non aberit, however the winds may blow, i. e. whatever circumstances may arise, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 5: alios ego vidi ventos;

alias prospexi animo procellas,

id. Pis. 9, 21; cf.:

cujus (Caesaris) nunc venti valde sunt secundi,

id. Att. 2, 1, 6; so,

secundi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 102:

vento aliquo in optimum quemque excitato,

by raising a storm, Cic. Sull. 14, 41:

eorum ventorum, quos proposui, moderator quidam et quasi gubernator (opus est),

i. e. of the plans, designs, id. Fam. 2, 6, 4: loqui est coeptus, quo vento proicitur Appius minor, ut indicet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; cf.:

rumorum et contionum ventos colligere,

Cic. Clu. 28, 77: omnes intellegimus in istis subscriptionibus ventum quendam popularem esse quaesitum, id. ib. 47, 130.