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A loadstone

  • 1 māgnēs

        māgnēs ētis, adj., Μάγνησ, of Magnesia (in Thessaly): lapis, a magnet, loadstone.
    * * *
    I
    (gen.), magnetis ADJ
    of a magnet/lodestone
    II
    magnet, lodestone

    Latin-English dictionary > māgnēs

  • 2 femina

    fēmĭna, ae, f. [from fe-, fev-, = Gr. phu-ô, to produce; whence: fetus, fecundus, faenus, felix; cf. Sanscr. bhuas, bhavas, to become; Lat. fi-o, fu-turus], a female.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of human beings, a female, woman (cf.: uxor, mulier, matrona;

    conjux, marita): ut a prima congressione maris et feminae... ordiar,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 24:

    et mares deos et feminas esse dicitis,

    id. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

    ambiguus fuerit modo vir, modo femina Sithon,

    Ov. M. 4, 280; cf. Lucr. 4, 819:

    in claris viris et feminis,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

    pulchritudine eximiā femina,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 52:

    feminae notitiam habere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.:

    naturam feminarum omnem castitatem pati,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29; cf. id. Rep. 3, 10 fin.:

    bona,

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; cf.:

    praestantissima omnium feminarum,

    id. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

    sanctissima atque optima,

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    probatissima,

    id. Caecin. 4, 10:

    primaria,

    id. Fam. 5, 11, 2:

    decreta super jugandis feminis,

    Hor. C. S. 19:

    varium et mutabile semper femina,

    Verg. A. 4, 570:

    tunc femina simplex,

    the female character undisguised, Juv. 6, 327.— Adj.:

    inter quas Danai femina turba senis,

    Prop. 2, 31 (3, 29), 4.—Applied as a term of reproach to effeminate men, Ov. M. 12, 470; Sil. 2, 361; Suet. Caes. 22; Just. 1, 3; Curt. 3, 10 fin. al.—
    B.
    Of beasts, a female, she:

    (bestiarum) aliae mares, aliae feminae sunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: lupus femina feta repente, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355, and ap. Non. 378, 18 (Ann. v. 70 and 73 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    habendas triduum ferias et porco femina piaculum pati (shortly before, porca),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

    sus,

    Col. 7, 9, 3:

    anas,

    Plin. 29, 5, 33, § 104:

    anguis,

    Cic. Div. 1, 18, 36; 2, 29, 62:

    piscis,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 482; Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157; Ov. M. 2, 701.—
    II.
    Transf., in the lang. of nat. hist., of plants and minerals:

    mas in palmite floret, femina citra florem germinat tantum spicae modo,

    Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; ib. § 34;

    so of other plants,

    id. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 16, 34, 62, § 145:

    21, 10, 32, § 58 et saep.: in omni genere (carbunculorum) masculi appellantur acriores, et feminae languidius refulgentes,

    Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92;

    of the loadstone,

    id. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—In mechanics, cardo femina, different from cardo masculus (v. cardo, 2), Vitr. 9, 9 med. —
    III.
    In gram., the feminine gender, Quint. 1, 6, 12; 1, 4, 24.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > femina

  • 3 magnes

    1.
    magnes, ētis, m., = magnês, with or without lapis, a magnet, loadstone:

    (lapis), quem magneta vocant patrio de nomine Grai Magnetum quia sit patriis in finibus ortus,

    Lucr. 6, 908; cf. Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 126:

    lapis,

    Lucr. 6, 1046; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 86.—Without lapis, Sil. 3, 265.—Hence, adj.: magnētĭcus, a, um, magnetic:

    gemma,

    Claud. de Magnet. 26.
    2.
    Magnes, ētis, v. Magnesia, II. D.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > magnes

  • 4 magneticus

    1.
    magnes, ētis, m., = magnês, with or without lapis, a magnet, loadstone:

    (lapis), quem magneta vocant patrio de nomine Grai Magnetum quia sit patriis in finibus ortus,

    Lucr. 6, 908; cf. Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 126:

    lapis,

    Lucr. 6, 1046; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 86.—Without lapis, Sil. 3, 265.—Hence, adj.: magnētĭcus, a, um, magnetic:

    gemma,

    Claud. de Magnet. 26.
    2.
    Magnes, ētis, v. Magnesia, II. D.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > magneticus

  • 5 siderites

    sĭdērītes, ae, m., = sidêritês.
    I.
    A loadstone, magnet, Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127 (Jan. sideritis).—
    II.
    A kind of diamond, Plin. 37, 4, 16, § 58.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > siderites

  • 6 sideritis

    sĭdērītis, is, f., = sidêritis.
    I.
    Ironwort, vervain, Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 42; 26, 14, 88, § 148.—
    II.
    A precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 182. A variety of it, found in Æthiopia, is called sĭdērŏpoecĭlos, = sidêropoikilos, id. 37, 10, 67, § 182.—
    III.
    The loadstone, magnet, Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127 Jan.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sideritis

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