310

imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

quaedam (animalia),

Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

infans,

id. ib. 3, 310:

pars manebat,

Verg. A. 8, 428:

pons,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6:

cibus,

i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

imperfecto adhuc bello,

Suet. Caes. 26:

qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

id. ib. 56; cf.

Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

Suet. Gramm. 12:

opera reliquit,

id. Tib. 47:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

causae (opp. perfectae),

id. 4, 2, 3:

sermo,

id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

vita,

Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

Cic. Univ. 4.—

Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

Gell. 2, 8, 1.

imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

quaedam (animalia),

Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

infans,

id. ib. 3, 310:

pars manebat,

Verg. A. 8, 428:

pons,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6:

cibus,

i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

imperfecto adhuc bello,

Suet. Caes. 26:

qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

id. ib. 56; cf.

Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

Suet. Gramm. 12:

opera reliquit,

id. Tib. 47:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

causae (opp. perfectae),

id. 4, 2, 3:

sermo,

id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

vita,

Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

Cic. Univ. 4.—

Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

Gell. 2, 8, 1.

in-dŏcĭlis, e, adj. [2. in-doceo].

Difficult to be taught, that cannot be taught, indocile.

Lit. (class): quia nimis indociles quidam tardique sunt, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12; so,

hebetes et indociles homines,

Quint. 1, 1, 2:

hirundines,

Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128.— Poet. with gen.:

pacis,

Sil. 12, 726. —With dat.:

quieti,

Juv. 11, 11.—With inf.:

pauperiem pati,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 18:

loqui,

Luc. 5, 539; Sil. 13, 310:

teneri,

Stat. Th. 6, 313. —Of the things to be taught:

sed incredibilis quaedam ingenii magnitudo non desideravit indocilem usus disciplinam,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2. —

Transf., untaught, unlearned, ignorant ( poet. and post-Aug.):

genus,

Verg. A. 8, 321:

agricola caeli,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 226.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, untaught, rude:

indocili numero,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 6.— Unapt, unfit for any thing:

arbores nasci alibi, quam ubi coepere,

Plin. 14 prooem. init. § 1.—

(= non doctus.) Untaught, not shown:

et sciat indociles currere lympha vias,

Prop. 1, 2, 12.

indūtus, a, um, Part., from induo.

indūtus, ūs, m. [induo], a putting on (very rare;

only indutui and indutibus in use): prius dein quae indutui, tum amictui quae sunt tangam,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.; Symm. Ep. 3, 10; Varr. L. L. 10, § 27 Müll.:

vestis, quam indutui gerebat,

Tac. A. 16, 4: habebat indutui ad corpus tunicam interulam, App. Flor. n. 9, p. 346; id. Mag. p. 310, 23.—Concr., apparel, raiment:

indutibus imperatoriae majestatis ornatus,

Amm. 30, 7, 4; 24, 2, 5.

imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

quaedam (animalia),

Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

infans,

id. ib. 3, 310:

pars manebat,

Verg. A. 8, 428:

pons,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6:

cibus,

i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

imperfecto adhuc bello,

Suet. Caes. 26:

qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

id. ib. 56; cf.

Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

Suet. Gramm. 12:

opera reliquit,

id. Tib. 47:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

causae (opp. perfectae),

id. 4, 2, 3:

sermo,

id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

vita,

Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

Cic. Univ. 4.—

Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

Gell. 2, 8, 1.

Jūdaea (post-Aug.; in inscrr. and coins IVDEA, Cohen, Descr. Hist. Monn. 1, 310 sqq.), ae, f., = Ioudaia, the country of the Jews, Judea, Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; Suet. Tit. 4; Tac. H. 2, 79; 5, 9.—

Derivv.

Jūdaeus, a, um, adj., = Ioudaios, of or belonging to Judea, Jewish:

gens,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 46:

sacra,

id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Subst.: Jūdaei, ōrum, m., the Jews, Tac. H. 5, 2 sq.; 12, 23; Just. 36, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 100; Juv. 6, 547; 3, 18.— Jūdaea, ae, f., a Jewess, Juv. 6, 543. —

Jūdăïcus, a, um, adj., Jewish:

aurum,

Cic. Fl. 28:

superstitio,

Quint. 3, 7, 21:

jus,

Juv. 14, 101:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 4:

victoria,

over the Jews, id. ib. 2, 78:

exercitus,

i. e. in Judea, id. ib. 2, 79:

panis,

unleavened, id. ib. 5, 4.— Adv.: Jūdăĭcē, in the Jewish manner, superstitiously, Cod. Just. 1, 1; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 26.— In the Hebrew language:

exclamare,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 28.

Jūdaea (post-Aug.; in inscrr. and coins IVDEA, Cohen, Descr. Hist. Monn. 1, 310 sqq.), ae, f., = Ioudaia, the country of the Jews, Judea, Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; Suet. Tit. 4; Tac. H. 2, 79; 5, 9.—

Derivv.

Jūdaeus, a, um, adj., = Ioudaios, of or belonging to Judea, Jewish:

gens,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 46:

sacra,

id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Subst.: Jūdaei, ōrum, m., the Jews, Tac. H. 5, 2 sq.; 12, 23; Just. 36, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 100; Juv. 6, 547; 3, 18.— Jūdaea, ae, f., a Jewess, Juv. 6, 543. —

Jūdăïcus, a, um, adj., Jewish:

aurum,

Cic. Fl. 28:

superstitio,

Quint. 3, 7, 21:

jus,

Juv. 14, 101:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 4:

victoria,

over the Jews, id. ib. 2, 78:

exercitus,

i. e. in Judea, id. ib. 2, 79:

panis,

unleavened, id. ib. 5, 4.— Adv.: Jūdăĭcē, in the Jewish manner, superstitiously, Cod. Just. 1, 1; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 26.— In the Hebrew language:

exclamare,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 28.

Jūdaea (post-Aug.; in inscrr. and coins IVDEA, Cohen, Descr. Hist. Monn. 1, 310 sqq.), ae, f., = Ioudaia, the country of the Jews, Judea, Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; Suet. Tit. 4; Tac. H. 2, 79; 5, 9.—

Derivv.

Jūdaeus, a, um, adj., = Ioudaios, of or belonging to Judea, Jewish:

gens,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 46:

sacra,

id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Subst.: Jūdaei, ōrum, m., the Jews, Tac. H. 5, 2 sq.; 12, 23; Just. 36, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 100; Juv. 6, 547; 3, 18.— Jūdaea, ae, f., a Jewess, Juv. 6, 543. —

Jūdăïcus, a, um, adj., Jewish:

aurum,

Cic. Fl. 28:

superstitio,

Quint. 3, 7, 21:

jus,

Juv. 14, 101:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 4:

victoria,

over the Jews, id. ib. 2, 78:

exercitus,

i. e. in Judea, id. ib. 2, 79:

panis,

unleavened, id. ib. 5, 4.— Adv.: Jūdăĭcē, in the Jewish manner, superstitiously, Cod. Just. 1, 1; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 26.— In the Hebrew language:

exclamare,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 28.

Jūdaea (post-Aug.; in inscrr. and coins IVDEA, Cohen, Descr. Hist. Monn. 1, 310 sqq.), ae, f., = Ioudaia, the country of the Jews, Judea, Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; Suet. Tit. 4; Tac. H. 2, 79; 5, 9.—

Derivv.

Jūdaeus, a, um, adj., = Ioudaios, of or belonging to Judea, Jewish:

gens,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 46:

sacra,

id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Subst.: Jūdaei, ōrum, m., the Jews, Tac. H. 5, 2 sq.; 12, 23; Just. 36, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 100; Juv. 6, 547; 3, 18.— Jūdaea, ae, f., a Jewess, Juv. 6, 543. —

Jūdăïcus, a, um, adj., Jewish:

aurum,

Cic. Fl. 28:

superstitio,

Quint. 3, 7, 21:

jus,

Juv. 14, 101:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 4:

victoria,

over the Jews, id. ib. 2, 78:

exercitus,

i. e. in Judea, id. ib. 2, 79:

panis,

unleavened, id. ib. 5, 4.— Adv.: Jūdăĭcē, in the Jewish manner, superstitiously, Cod. Just. 1, 1; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 26.— In the Hebrew language:

exclamare,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 28.

Jūdaea (post-Aug.; in inscrr. and coins IVDEA, Cohen, Descr. Hist. Monn. 1, 310 sqq.), ae, f., = Ioudaia, the country of the Jews, Judea, Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; Suet. Tit. 4; Tac. H. 2, 79; 5, 9.—

Derivv.

Jūdaeus, a, um, adj., = Ioudaios, of or belonging to Judea, Jewish:

gens,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 46:

sacra,

id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Subst.: Jūdaei, ōrum, m., the Jews, Tac. H. 5, 2 sq.; 12, 23; Just. 36, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 100; Juv. 6, 547; 3, 18.— Jūdaea, ae, f., a Jewess, Juv. 6, 543. —

Jūdăïcus, a, um, adj., Jewish:

aurum,

Cic. Fl. 28:

superstitio,

Quint. 3, 7, 21:

jus,

Juv. 14, 101:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 4:

victoria,

over the Jews, id. ib. 2, 78:

exercitus,

i. e. in Judea, id. ib. 2, 79:

panis,

unleavened, id. ib. 5, 4.— Adv.: Jūdăĭcē, in the Jewish manner, superstitiously, Cod. Just. 1, 1; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 26.— In the Hebrew language:

exclamare,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 28.

lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.

Lit.

In gen.

Of living beings:

non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,

Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:

per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,

Ov. M. 15, 721:

pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:

ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,

Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:

ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,

Ov. H. 10, 65:

dum Stygio gurgite labor,

id. M. 5, 504:

tua labens navita aqua,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:

tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,

Verg. A. 6, 202:

vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,

id. ib. 4, 223:

pennis lapsa per auras,

Ov. M. 8, 51:

labere, nympha, polo,

Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:

labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,

Ov. A. A. 7, 342:

labitur infelix (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:

labitur exsanguis,

Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:

super terram,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

equo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

temone,

Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:

in vulnera,

id. 7, 604:

in colla mariti,

Val. Fl. 2, 425:

alieno vulnere,

Luc. 2, 265:

in rivo,

Cic. Fat. 3, 5:

pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,

Luc. 7, 572.—

Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

Of things:

splendida signa videntur labier,

Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

umor in genas Furtim labitur,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:

stellas Praecipites caelo labi,

Verg. G. 1, 366:

perque genas lacrimae labuntur,

Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:

lapsi de fontibus amnes,

id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:

catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,

id. ib. 3, 699:

lapsuram domum subire,

about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.

with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,

Verg. A. 6, 310:

ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

lapsis repente saxis,

Tac. A. 4, 59:

ab arbore ramus,

Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:

labentes, oculos condere,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:

lumina,

Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—

Transf.

To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:

labitur uncta vadis abies,

Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,

id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:

a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,

Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

To slip away, escape:

lapsus custodiā,

Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:

e manibus custodientium lapsus,

Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—

Trop.

In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:

ilico res foras labitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:

brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,

Cic. Or. 57; 56:

sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:

labi somnum sensit in artus,

id. M. 11, 631:

nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,

Verg. E. 1, 64.—

In partic.

Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):

ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—

Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:

eheu fugaces labuntur anni,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:

anni tacite labentis origo,

Ov. F. 1, 65:

labentia tempora,

id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:

aetas labitur,

Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—

Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:

cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,

Cic. Or. 3, 10:

labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:

equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:

sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,

Tac. H. 3, 23:

vidi labentes acies,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

eo citius lapsa res est,

Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:

fides lapsa,

Ov. H. 2, 102:

labentur opes,

will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:

res,

Lucr. 4, 1117:

hereditas lapsa est,

Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—

To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

hoc munere,

Sil. 7, 740:

facultatibus,

to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:

mente,

to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:

lapsae mentis error,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —

To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:

labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:

ad opinionem,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:

in adulationem,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

in gaudia,

Val. Fl. 6, 662:

in vitium,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—

To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:

labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:

in aliqua re labi et cadere,

id. Brut. 49, 185:

in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

lapsus est per errorem suum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:

consilio,... casu,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:

propter inprudentiam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3:

in officio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:

in verbo,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:

ne verbo quidem labi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3:

it vera ratione,

Lucr. 2, 176.—

Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):

lapsorum fratrum petulantia,

Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.

lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).

Lit.:

ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:

haud existimans quanto labore partum,

id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:

interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

corporis,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

res est magni laboris,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,

id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

multum operae laborisque consumere,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

laborem sustinere,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

exantlare,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

suscipere,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:

subire,

id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

capere,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

labores magnos excipere,

id. Brut. 69, 243:

se in magnis laboribus exercere,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

summi laboris esse,

capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:

laborem levare alicui,

Cic. Or. 34, 120:

detrahere,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:

ex labore se reficere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:

victus suppeditabatur sine labore,

Cic. Sest. 48, 103:

non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:

nullo labore,

Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:

quantum meruit labor,

Juv. 7, 216:

reddere sua dona labori,

id. 16, 57:

numerenter labores,

be valued, id. 9, 42.—

In partic.

Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;

si id facietis, levior labos erit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:

propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,

id. ib. 5, 1, 25:

cum labore magno et misere vivere,

id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:

hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,

id. ib. 2, 3, 20:

vel in labore meo vel in honore,

Cic. Fam. 15, 18:

Iliacos audire labores,

Verg. A. 4, 78:

mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,

id. G. 1, 150:

belli labores,

id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;

12, 727: labor militiae,

Juv. 16, 52:

castrorum labores,

id. 14, 198:

Lucinae labores,

Verg. G. 4, 340:

cor de labore pectus tundit,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:

hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,

Scrib. 227:

litterarius, = opus,

Aug. Conf. 9, 2;

id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,

id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:

sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,

Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:

maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,

Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:

jucundi acti labores,

Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,

id. ib. —

Poet.

Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,

defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,

id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —

Of plants:

hunc laborem perferre,

i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—

Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—

Meton., of the products of labor.

Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):

operum,

Verg. A. 1, 455:

hic labor ille domūs,

id. ib. 6, 27:

nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,

Juv. 8, 104. —

Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:

ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,

Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:

haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,

id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—

Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.

lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.

Lit.

In gen.

Of living beings:

non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,

Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:

per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,

Ov. M. 15, 721:

pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:

ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,

Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:

ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,

Ov. H. 10, 65:

dum Stygio gurgite labor,

id. M. 5, 504:

tua labens navita aqua,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:

tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,

Verg. A. 6, 202:

vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,

id. ib. 4, 223:

pennis lapsa per auras,

Ov. M. 8, 51:

labere, nympha, polo,

Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:

labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,

Ov. A. A. 7, 342:

labitur infelix (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:

labitur exsanguis,

Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:

super terram,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

equo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

temone,

Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:

in vulnera,

id. 7, 604:

in colla mariti,

Val. Fl. 2, 425:

alieno vulnere,

Luc. 2, 265:

in rivo,

Cic. Fat. 3, 5:

pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,

Luc. 7, 572.—

Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

Of things:

splendida signa videntur labier,

Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

umor in genas Furtim labitur,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:

stellas Praecipites caelo labi,

Verg. G. 1, 366:

perque genas lacrimae labuntur,

Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:

lapsi de fontibus amnes,

id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:

catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,

id. ib. 3, 699:

lapsuram domum subire,

about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.

with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,

Verg. A. 6, 310:

ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

lapsis repente saxis,

Tac. A. 4, 59:

ab arbore ramus,

Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:

labentes, oculos condere,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:

lumina,

Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—

Transf.

To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:

labitur uncta vadis abies,

Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,

id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:

a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,

Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

To slip away, escape:

lapsus custodiā,

Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:

e manibus custodientium lapsus,

Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—

Trop.

In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:

ilico res foras labitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:

brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,

Cic. Or. 57; 56:

sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:

labi somnum sensit in artus,

id. M. 11, 631:

nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,

Verg. E. 1, 64.—

In partic.

Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):

ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—

Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:

eheu fugaces labuntur anni,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:

anni tacite labentis origo,

Ov. F. 1, 65:

labentia tempora,

id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:

aetas labitur,

Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—

Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:

cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,

Cic. Or. 3, 10:

labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:

equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:

sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,

Tac. H. 3, 23:

vidi labentes acies,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

eo citius lapsa res est,

Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:

fides lapsa,

Ov. H. 2, 102:

labentur opes,

will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:

res,

Lucr. 4, 1117:

hereditas lapsa est,

Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—

To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

hoc munere,

Sil. 7, 740:

facultatibus,

to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:

mente,

to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:

lapsae mentis error,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —

To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:

labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:

ad opinionem,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:

in adulationem,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

in gaudia,

Val. Fl. 6, 662:

in vitium,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—

To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:

labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:

in aliqua re labi et cadere,

id. Brut. 49, 185:

in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

lapsus est per errorem suum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:

consilio,... casu,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:

propter inprudentiam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3:

in officio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:

in verbo,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:

ne verbo quidem labi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3:

it vera ratione,

Lucr. 2, 176.—

Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):

lapsorum fratrum petulantia,

Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.

lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).

Lit.:

ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:

haud existimans quanto labore partum,

id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:

interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

corporis,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

res est magni laboris,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,

id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

multum operae laborisque consumere,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

laborem sustinere,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

exantlare,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

suscipere,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:

subire,

id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

capere,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

labores magnos excipere,

id. Brut. 69, 243:

se in magnis laboribus exercere,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

summi laboris esse,

capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:

laborem levare alicui,

Cic. Or. 34, 120:

detrahere,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:

ex labore se reficere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:

victus suppeditabatur sine labore,

Cic. Sest. 48, 103:

non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:

nullo labore,

Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:

quantum meruit labor,

Juv. 7, 216:

reddere sua dona labori,

id. 16, 57:

numerenter labores,

be valued, id. 9, 42.—

In partic.

Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;

si id facietis, levior labos erit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:

propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,

id. ib. 5, 1, 25:

cum labore magno et misere vivere,

id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:

hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,

id. ib. 2, 3, 20:

vel in labore meo vel in honore,

Cic. Fam. 15, 18:

Iliacos audire labores,

Verg. A. 4, 78:

mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,

id. G. 1, 150:

belli labores,

id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;

12, 727: labor militiae,

Juv. 16, 52:

castrorum labores,

id. 14, 198:

Lucinae labores,

Verg. G. 4, 340:

cor de labore pectus tundit,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:

hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,

Scrib. 227:

litterarius, = opus,

Aug. Conf. 9, 2;

id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,

id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:

sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,

Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:

maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,

Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:

jucundi acti labores,

Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,

id. ib. —

Poet.

Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,

defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,

id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —

Of plants:

hunc laborem perferre,

i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—

Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—

Meton., of the products of labor.

Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):

operum,

Verg. A. 1, 455:

hic labor ille domūs,

id. ib. 6, 27:

nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,

Juv. 8, 104. —

Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:

ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,

Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:

haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,

id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—

Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.

laetor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [lit. pass. of laeto], to rejoice, feel joy, be joyful or glad [p. 1030] at any thing (syn. gaudeo); constr. with abl., with in, de, ex, or super and abl., with neutr. acc., with acc. and inf., poet. with gen.

With abl.:

ut quisquam amator nuptiis laetetur,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 37:

et laetari bonis rebus et dolere contrariis,

Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

sua re gesta,

id. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

laetor tum praesenti, tum sperata tua dignitate,

id. Fam. 2, 9, 1:

laetabitur cor meum quasi a vino,

Vulg. Zach. 10, 7:

juvenis specie,

Juv. 10, 310.—

With in and abl.:

laetaris tu in omnium gemitu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

in hoc est laetatus, quod,

because that, id. Phil. 11, 4, 9:

ad laetandum in laetitia gentis tuae,

Vulg. Psa. 105, 5:

in Domino,

id. ib. 96, 12; 84, 7 et saep.—

With de and abl.:

de communi salute,

Cic. Marc. 11, 33:

de labore suo,

Vulg. Sirach, 5, 18.—

With ex and abl.:

Vaccenses ex perfidia laetati,

Sall. J. 69, 3. —

With super (late Lat.):

super hederā,

Vulg. Jonah, 4, 6; id. Isa. 39, 2.—

With neutr. acc.:

illud mihi laetandum video, quod,

because that, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 1; but rarely with acc. of direct object:

laetandum magis quam dolendum casum tuum,

Sall. J. 14, 22:

hos erat Aeacides voltu laetatus honores,

Verg. Cul. 322.—

With acc. and inf. (freq. in Cic.):

istuc tibi ex sententia tua obtigisse laetor,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 5; id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

quae perfecta esse gaudeo, judices, vehementerque laetor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

quem esse natum... haec civitas laetabitur,

id. Lael. 4, 14:

utrumque laetor, et sine dolore corporis te fuisse et animo valuisse,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 1; cf.:

nec vero Alciden me sum laetatus euntem accepisse,

Verg. A. 6, 392.—

With gen., in connection with memini:

nec veterum memini laetorve malorum,

Verg. A. 11, 280.—

Transf., of inanim. subjects, to delight, rejoice, be joyful:

omne vitis genus naturaliter laetatur tepore potius, quam frigore,

is fonder of warmth than of cold, Col. 3, 9 fin.:

frumenta omnia maxime laetantur patenti campo,

delight in, Pall. 1, 6, 15:

laetatur mons Sion,

Vulg. Psa. 47. 12.— Hence, laetans, antis, P. a., rejoicing, joyful, glad:

eos nunc laetantis faciam adventu meo,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 6:

nubit Oppianico continuo Sassia laetanti jam animo,

Cic. Clu. 9 fin. — Poet., of inanim. things:

loca,

delightful, cheerful, agreeable, Lucr. 2, 344.—

* Adv.: laetanter, with joy, joyfully, Lampr. Commod. 5.

laetus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root prī-, to cheer; prētis, joy, love; cf. Gr. praüs, praios; Germ. Friede, Freude; cf. also Latin gentile name, Plaetorius], joyful, cheerful, glad, gay, joyous, rejoicing, pleased, delighted, full of joy.

Lit., constr. absol., with de, the gen., the inf., or acc. and inf.

Absol.:

laeti atque erecti,

Cic. Font. 11, 33:

alacres laetique,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

vultus,

id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

dies laetissimi,

id. Lael. 3, 12.—In neutr. plur. as subst.:

litterae tuae partim laeta partim tristia continent,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1.—

With de:

laetus est de amica,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 45.—

With gen.:

laetus animi et ingenii,

Vell. 2, 93, 1; Tac. A. 2, 26:

laborum,

Verg. A. 11, 73:

irae,

Sil. 17, 308.—

With inf.:

laetus uterque Spectari superis,

Sil. 9, 453.—

With acc. and inf.:

laetus sum, fratri obtigisse quod volt,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 1:

laeta est abs te (donum) datum esse,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 2.—

Transf.

Doing a thing with joy, cheerful, ready, willing:

senatus supplementum etiam laetus decreverat,

Sall. J. 84, 3:

descendere regno,

Stat. Th. 2, 396:

fatebere laetus nec surdum esse, etc.,

Juv. 13, 248.—

Delighting or taking pleasure in a thing; with abl. or inf.

With abl.:

et laetum equino sanguine Concanum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 34:

laetus stridore catenae,

Juv. 14, 23:

plantaribus horti,

id. 13, 123.—

With inf.:

et ferro vivere laetum Vulgus,

Sil. 9, 223.—

Pleased, satisfied with any thing; delighting in; with abl.:

classis Romana haudquaquam laeta praedā rediit,

Liv. 27, 31:

contentus modicis, meoque laetus,

Mart. 4, 77, 2.—With gen.:

laeta laborum,

Verg. A. 11, 73:

laetissimus viae,

indulging to the full, Sil. 17, 308.—

Pleasing, pleasant, grateful:

omnia erant facta hoc biduo laetiora,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

laetique nuntii vulgabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 5:

vitium laetissimi fructus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

virtus haud laeta tyranno,

Val. Fl. 1, 30:

militibus id nomen,

Tac. H. 4, 68.—

Favorable, propitious, prosperous:

venti,

Val. Fl. 4, 31:

sors,

id. 4, 540:

bellum,

Sil. 10, 552; Plaut. Am. prol. 2:

saecula,

Verg. A. 1, 605:

exta,

Suet. Caes. 77:

cujus (proelii) initium ambiguum, finis laetior,

Tac. A. 12, 40.—

Fortunate, auspicious, lucky:

prodigium,

Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197:

augurium,

Tac. H. 1, 62:

laeta et congruentia exta,

id. ib. 2, 4:

omina,

Petr. 122.—

Joyous in appearance, delightful, pleasing, beautiful:

vite quid potest esse cum fructu laetius, tum aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53:

segetes,

Verg. G. 1, 1:

lupae fulvo nutricis tegmine,

id. A. 1, 275:

ferarum exuviis,

Ov. M. 1, 475:

indoles,

Quint. 2, 4, 4:

colles frondibus laeti,

Curt. 5, 4, 9.—

In partic., in econom. lang., fertile, rich, of soil:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

laeta Clitumni pascua,

Juv. 12, 13.—Of cattle, fat:

glande sues laeti redeunt,

Verg. G. 2, 520.—

Abundant, copious:

laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

Verg. G. 3, 310; 3, 494:

lucus laetissimus umbrae,

id. A. 1, 441.—Of style, etc., rich, copious, agreeable:

nitidum quoddam genus est verborum et laetum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81.—Of the author:

(Homerus) laetus ac pressus,

Quint. 10, 1, 46.—

Pleasant, agreeable:

dicendi genus tenue laetioribus numeris corrumpere,

Quint. 9, 4, 17.—In neutr. sing., adverbially:

laetumque rubet,

with joy, with pleasure, Stat. Ach. 1, 323.— Hence, adv.: laetē, joyfully, gladly, cheerfully.

Lit. (class.):

auctorem senatus exstinctum laete atque insolenter tulit,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7:

laete an severe dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.— Comp., Vell. 2, 45, 3:

neque refert cujusquam Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

more eagerly, Tac. A. 4, 33:

aliquid ausi laetius aut licentius,

Quint. 2, 4, 14.— Sup.:

laetissime gaudere,

Gell. 3, 15, 2.—

Transf., fruitfully, abundantly, luxuriantly:

seges laete virens,

Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.— Comp.:

truncus laetius frondet,

more fruitfully, more luxuriantly, Col. 5, 9, 10; cf. Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130.—

Lightly, not severely, without seriousness:

si quis putet nos laetius fecisse quam orationis severitas exigat,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 6.

laetus, i, m., in late Lat., a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master, a serf, Amm. 20, 8, 13; Eum. Pan. 21, 1.—Hence,

laeta, ōrum, n., the land so cultivated, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 10.—

laetĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a laetus: laeticae terrae, Cod. Th. 13, 11, 9.

lūcus, i, m. [luceo, the shining, i. e. open place in the wood], a wood, grove, or thicket of trees sacred to a deity.

Lit.:

Silani lucus extra murumst est avius crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8:

lucus est arborum multitudo cum religione, nemus vero composita multitudo arborum, silva diffusa et inculta,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 310; cf. id. ib. 1, 441;

11, 316: vos jam, Albani tumuli atque luci, imploro,

Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

lucus frequenti silvā septus,

Liv. 24, 3:

nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos,

Tib. 3, 3, 15:

virtutem verba putas et Lucum ligna,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31:

Ennium sicut sacros vetustate lucos adoremus,

Quint. 10, 1, 88:

nemoris sacri lucos tenere,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 956.—

Transf.

In gen., a wood ( poet.):

aut quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos,

Verg. G. 2, 122:

alto in luco,

id. A. 11, 456.—

Wood: nec quicquam positum sine luco, auro, ebore, argento, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.

Lūcus, i, m. [1. lucus], the name of several cities in Gaul and Spain, of which the most important was Lucus, a city of the Vocontii, also called Lucus Augusti, now Lucim, Tac. H. 1, 66; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 37.

lūcus, ūs, m., i. q. lux, light:

cum primo lucu,

at daybreak, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 56 (dub.;

Fleck. and Ussing, luci): noctu lucuque,

Varr. L. L. 5, 19, § 99 Müll. (ex conj.; al. noctulucus).

lūcus, i, m. [luceo, the shining, i. e. open place in the wood], a wood, grove, or thicket of trees sacred to a deity.

Lit.:

Silani lucus extra murumst est avius crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8:

lucus est arborum multitudo cum religione, nemus vero composita multitudo arborum, silva diffusa et inculta,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 310; cf. id. ib. 1, 441;

11, 316: vos jam, Albani tumuli atque luci, imploro,

Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

lucus frequenti silvā septus,

Liv. 24, 3:

nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos,

Tib. 3, 3, 15:

virtutem verba putas et Lucum ligna,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31:

Ennium sicut sacros vetustate lucos adoremus,

Quint. 10, 1, 88:

nemoris sacri lucos tenere,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 956.—

Transf.

In gen., a wood ( poet.):

aut quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos,

Verg. G. 2, 122:

alto in luco,

id. A. 11, 456.—

Wood: nec quicquam positum sine luco, auro, ebore, argento, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.

Lūcus, i, m. [1. lucus], the name of several cities in Gaul and Spain, of which the most important was Lucus, a city of the Vocontii, also called Lucus Augusti, now Lucim, Tac. H. 1, 66; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 37.

lūcus, ūs, m., i. q. lux, light:

cum primo lucu,

at daybreak, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 56 (dub.;

Fleck. and Ussing, luci): noctu lucuque,

Varr. L. L. 5, 19, § 99 Müll. (ex conj.; al. noctulucus).

Lycĭdas, ae, m., = Lukidas, one of the Centaurs, who endeavored to carry off Hippodamia from Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 310.—

The name of a beautiful boy, Hor. C. 1, 4, 19.—

The name of a shepherd, Verg. E. 7, 67; 9, 12.