A bathing-tub

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lăbellum, i, n. dim. [1. labrum], a little lip, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 67; id. As. 4, 1, 52: dentes illidunt saepe labellis, * Lucr. 4, 1080:

Platoni cum in cunis parvulo dormienti apes in labellis consedissent,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

nec te paeniteat calamo trivisse labellum,

Verg. E. 2, 34; cf.: et roseo terit ore deus mollique labello, Pub. Syr. ap. Wernsd. Poet. L. Min. 2, 388:

digito compesce labellum,

Juv. 1, 160:

extendere,

to pout, thrust out, id. 15, 325:

compara labella cum labellis,

i. e. kiss, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78.—As a term of endearment:

meus ocellus, meum labellum, mea salus, meum savium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 153; so id. ib. 1, 2, 175.

lăbellum, i, n. dim. [2. labrum], a small water-vessel, a tub, bathing-tub, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 88:

labellum fictile novum impleto paleis,

Col. 12, 44, 1; 12, 28, 3.—

Esp., a small pan or basin set on a tomb for use in libations, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.

lip, edge, rim / bathing tub.

alvĕus, i, m. (alveum, n., ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. naustibulum, p. 169 Müll.) [alvus], a hollow, a cavity.

In gen.:

vitiosae ilicis alveo,

Verg. G. 2, 453.—

Esp.

A hollow, deep vessel, a basket, trough, tray; also, a deep cavity, excavation, Cato, R. R. 11, 5:

in alveo,

id. ib. 11, 81:

fluitans alveus,

Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22:

alveus scrobis,

Col. 4, 4, 2 al. —

The hold or hull of a ship:

alveos navium,

Sall. J. 18, 5:

alvei navium quassati,

Liv. 23, 34.—Hence (pars pro toto), a small ship, a boat, skiff:

cavatus ex materiā alveus,

Vell. 2, 107:

accipit alveo Aeneam,

Verg. A. 6, 412.—

A hollowed gaming-board, Varr. ap. Non. 108, 33:

alveus cum tesseris lusorius,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 13; Suet. Claud. 33:

alveo et calculis vacare,

Val. Max. 8, 8, n. 2.—

= alvus and alvearium, a beehive (in Pliny, alvus (Jan), q. v. II. C.):

gens universa totius alvei consumitur,

Col. 9, 4, 3; so id. 9, 4, 1; 9, 9, 4; App. M. 4, p. 150, 37.—

A bathing-tub: in balneum venit... ut in alveum descenderet, etc., Auct. ad Her. 4, 10; Cic. Cael. 28.—

The channel or bed of a river:

fluminis alveo,

Verg. A. 7, 33; id. G. 1, 203:

fluminis Ritu feruntur, nunc medio alveo Cum pace delabentis etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 34:

nec quisquam citus aeque Tusco denatat alveo,

id. ib. 3, 7, 28 Müll. (not elsewhere):

pleno alveo fluere,

Quint. 2, 1, 4:

alveo navigabile perfodere angustias,

i. e. a canal, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 10:

per crepidinem alvei,

Vulg. Exod. 2, 5:

reversae sunt aquae in alveum suum,

ib. Jos. 4, 18 al.

Ōcĕănus, i, m. (rarely Ōcĕănum, i, n.), = Ôkeanos, the great sea that encompasses the land, the ocean:

omnis terra parva quaedam insula est, circumfusa illo mari, quod Atlanticum, quod magnum, quem Oceanum appellatis in terris,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: Oceanum rubra obruit aethra, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. p. 418 Vahl.):

Oceani ostium,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207:

Oceani freta,

i. e. the Strait of Gades, Strait of Gibraltar, id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; cf. id. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

quae sunt maritimae civitates Oceanumque attingunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34:

circumvagus,

circumfluent, Hor. Epod. 16, 41; cf.

circumfusus,

Rutil. 1, 56:

dissociabilis,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 22:

beluosus,

id. ib. 4, 14, 48:

ruber,

id. ib. 1, 35, 32.—The form Oceanum, n., is found only in apposition with mare:

quam (insulam) mare Oceanum circumluit,

Tac. H. 4, 12.—In acc.:

proximus mare Oceanum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; cf.:

se in nostrum et Oceanum mare extendit,

Mel. 2, 6, 2.—In dat.:

mari Oceano,

Amm. 23, 6, 12.—In abl.:

mari Oceano aut amnibus longinquis saeptum imperium,

Tac. A. 1, 9.—(Supposed examples of the adjectival use of Oceanus, as Oceano fluctu and litore, in Juv. 11, 94 and 113 Jan; Oceanas aquas, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 4;

Oceanis aquis,

id. ib. 7, 12, 56, are dub.; several edd. read in Juv., Oceani; and in Ven., in the first passage, Oceanus, and in the second, Oceani.)—

Personified, as a deity, the son of Cœlus and Terra, the husband of Tethys, and the father of the rivers and nymphs, Cic. Univ. 11; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Cat. 88, 6.—The ancient philosophers regard water as the primary element of all things;

hence: Oceanumque patrem rerum,

Verg. G. 4, 382.—

Transf.

A large bathing-tub (postclass.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25, 5.—

A Roman surname, Mart. 3, 95, 10; 5, 27, 4; 6, 9, 2; Inscr. Murat. 1453.—

Hence, ‡

Ōcĕănensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the ocean, situated by the sea-side, Eckhel. D. N. 8, p. 110.—

Ōcĕănītis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Ocean:

Clioque et Beroe soror, Oceanitides ambae,

Verg. G. 4, 341; Hyg. Fab. praef.

Ōcĕănus, i, m. (rarely Ōcĕănum, i, n.), = Ôkeanos, the great sea that encompasses the land, the ocean:

omnis terra parva quaedam insula est, circumfusa illo mari, quod Atlanticum, quod magnum, quem Oceanum appellatis in terris,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: Oceanum rubra obruit aethra, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. p. 418 Vahl.):

Oceani ostium,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207:

Oceani freta,

i. e. the Strait of Gades, Strait of Gibraltar, id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; cf. id. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

quae sunt maritimae civitates Oceanumque attingunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34:

circumvagus,

circumfluent, Hor. Epod. 16, 41; cf.

circumfusus,

Rutil. 1, 56:

dissociabilis,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 22:

beluosus,

id. ib. 4, 14, 48:

ruber,

id. ib. 1, 35, 32.—The form Oceanum, n., is found only in apposition with mare:

quam (insulam) mare Oceanum circumluit,

Tac. H. 4, 12.—In acc.:

proximus mare Oceanum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; cf.:

se in nostrum et Oceanum mare extendit,

Mel. 2, 6, 2.—In dat.:

mari Oceano,

Amm. 23, 6, 12.—In abl.:

mari Oceano aut amnibus longinquis saeptum imperium,

Tac. A. 1, 9.—(Supposed examples of the adjectival use of Oceanus, as Oceano fluctu and litore, in Juv. 11, 94 and 113 Jan; Oceanas aquas, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 4;

Oceanis aquis,

id. ib. 7, 12, 56, are dub.; several edd. read in Juv., Oceani; and in Ven., in the first passage, Oceanus, and in the second, Oceani.)—

Personified, as a deity, the son of Cœlus and Terra, the husband of Tethys, and the father of the rivers and nymphs, Cic. Univ. 11; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Cat. 88, 6.—The ancient philosophers regard water as the primary element of all things;

hence: Oceanumque patrem rerum,

Verg. G. 4, 382.—

Transf.

A large bathing-tub (postclass.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25, 5.—

A Roman surname, Mart. 3, 95, 10; 5, 27, 4; 6, 9, 2; Inscr. Murat. 1453.—

Hence, ‡

Ōcĕănensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the ocean, situated by the sea-side, Eckhel. D. N. 8, p. 110.—

Ōcĕănītis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Ocean:

Clioque et Beroe soror, Oceanitides ambae,

Verg. G. 4, 341; Hyg. Fab. praef.

sigma, ătis, n., = sigma (the Greek letter sigma; hence, from its more ancient form, C).

A semicircular couch for reclining at meals, Mart. 10, 48, 6; 14, 87, 2; Lampr. Heliog. 25.—

A bathing-tub of the same shape, Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med.; id. Carm. 17, 6.

lā̆brum, i, n. [root lab, as in labium; v. lambo], a lip.

Lit.:

cape cultrum ac seca digitum vel nasum vel labrum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 39:

apes, quas dixisti in labris Platonis consedisse pueri,

Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66:

vide ut discidit labrum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

labrum superius,

the upper lip, Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

(poculis) labra admovere,

Verg. E. 3, 43:

labra movere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 60; Juv. 13, 114:

sive puer furens impressit memorem dente labris notam,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 12:

haec ego mecum Compressis agito labris,

id. S. 1, 4, 137:

labra distorquere,

Quint. 1, 11, 9:

labra male porrigere, scindere, adstringere, diducere, replicare, in latus trahere,

id. 11, 3, 81: labra labris conserere, to kiss, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 2:

labra labellis ferrummare,

to kiss, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 25; so,

labra ad labella adjungere,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 14:

labra valgiter commovere,

Petr. 26:

viscantur labra mariti,

Juv. 6, 466.—

Prov.:

linere alicui labra,

to deceive one, Mart. 3, 42, 2:

non in pectore, sed in labris habere bonitatem,

Lact. 3, 16, 4:

primis or primoribus labris gustare, or attingere aliquid,

to get a slight taste of, to get only a superficial knowledge of a thing, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

quae ipsi rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent,

id. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

multos vidi qui primoribus labris gustassent genus hoc vitae,

id. Cael. 12, 28:

non a summis labris venire,

not to be lightly spoken, Sen. Ep. 10, 3: similem habent labra lactucam, a saying of M. Crassus when he saw an ass eating thistles, and which may be rendered, like lips, like lettuce; meaning, like has met its like, Hier. Ep. 7, 5.—

Transf.

An edge, margin, brim (of a vessel, a ditch, etc.):

ut ejus fossae solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distarent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

extra duplex vallum fossae circumdedit, interiore labro murum objecit,

Liv. 37, 37, 11:

labra doliorum,

Cato, R. R. 107, 1:

fontis,

Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28:

lilium resupinis per ambitum labris,

id. 21, 5, 11, § 23; 17, 22, 35, § 168.—

Poet., a trench, Aus. de Clar. Urb. 5, 9.—

Labrum Venerium, a plant growing by rivers, Plin. 25, 13, 108, § 171;

called also labrum Veneris,

Ser. Samm. 1038.

lābrum, i, n. [for lavabrum, q. v.], a basin, a tub for bathing; a vat for treading out grapes:

labrum si in balineo non est,

Cic. Fam. 14, 20:

marmoreo labro aqua exundat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20:

splendentia,

Verg. A. 12, 417:

aëna,

id. ib. 8, 22:

marmorea duo labra ante fornicem posuit,

Liv. 37, 3, 7:

unda labris nitentibus instat,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 49:

eluacrum,

Cato, R. R. 11:

lupinarium,

id. ib.:

olearium,

id. ib. 13; Col. 12, 50, 10 sq.; cf.: spumat plenis vindemia labris, in the full vats or vessels, Verg. G. 2, 6;

of a tub or basin for bathing,

Vitr. 5, 10, 4;

of a fountain,

Dig. 19, 1, 15.—

Poet. transf., a bath:

nec Dryades, nec nos videamus labra Dianae,

Ov. F. 4, 761; cf. id. Ib. 481; id. H. 21, 178.

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sŏlĭum, ii, n. [from the root sol, kindr. with sed, sedeo], a seat.

Most usu. of gods, kings, or other distinguished personages.

Lit., a seat, chair of state, throne (cf.:

thronus, tribunal): regali in solio sedens,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69:

domus regia et in domo regale solium,

Liv. 1, 47, 4; cf.:

solio rex infit ab alto,

Verg. A. 11, 301:

solio tum Juppiter aureo Surgit,

id. ib. 10, 116; so,

Jovis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 34; Suet. Calig. 57:

divinum,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

deorum solia,

id. Har. Resp. 27, 57:

regale (Jovis),

Ov. F. 6, 353:

sedens in solio consulantibus respondere (of solicitors),

Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 10; id. de Or. 2, 33, 143:

sedet Sollemni solio,

Ov. M. 14, 262:

acernum,

Verg. A. 8, 178:

eburnum, i. e. sella curulis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 199; id. VI. Cons Hon. 588.—

Meton. like our throne, for rule, sway, dominion (mostly poet.):

pristina majestas soliorum et sceptra superba,

Lucr. 5, 1137; cf.:

solio sceptroque potitur,

Ov. H. 14, 113; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 309; 6, 742; Hor. C. 2, 2, 17:

solio avorum aliquem depellere,

Luc. 4, 690; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 213:

Demetrium in paterno solio locaturi,

Liv. 39, 53, 4:

Pacorum avito Arsacidarum solio depulsuri,

Tac. H. 1, 40:

paternum solium per vim, per arma capere,

Lact. 1, 10, 10.—

A tub, esp. for bathing, Lucr. 6, 800; Cato, R. R. 10, 4; Cels. 1, 3; 1, 4; 7, 26, 5; Liv. 44, 6; Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152; Suet. Aug. 82 fin.; Pall. 1, 40, 3; 1, 41, 1.—For other purposes, Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 28.—

A stone coffin for persons of distinction, a sarcophagus:

solium Porphyretici marmoris,

Suet. Ner. 50; cf. Curt. 10, 10, 9; Flor. 4, 11 fin.; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 343 al.