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Harpyiae

  • 1 Harpyiae

    Harpyiae (trisyl.;

    scanned as a quadrisyl. Hārpyĭās,

    Rutil. Itin. 1, 608), ārum, f., = Harpuiai (qs. the spoilers).
    I.
    Mythical rapacious monsters, half bird and half woman, the Harpies, Verg. A. 3, 212 sq.; 6, 289; Hor. S. 2, 2, 40; Val. Fl. 4, 428; Hyg. Fab. 14.—In sing.:

    Harpyia Celaeno,

    Verg. A. 3, 365.—
    B.
    Transf., in sing., a rapacious person, a harpy, Sid. Ep. 5, 7.—
    II.
    Also in sing., the name of one of Actœon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 215.

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  • 2 at

       at or    (rarely) ast, conj, but (introducing a contrast to what precedes).    I. In a transition, but, but on the other hand, but meanwhile: comminus pugnatum est; at Germani impetūs gladiorum exceperunt, Cs.: alius alii varie... At Cato, etc., S.: paret Amor dictis... At Venus, etc., V.: appellatus est Atticus... At ille... respondit, N.: At regina, etc., V.—Sometimes at simply emphasizes a word: Bellona, si hodie nobis victoriam duis, ast ego templum tibi voveo, I for my part, L. — Esp., interrupting the thought: metuebat. At hunc liberta divisit, etc., H.: dapibus epulamur opimis. At subitae adsunt Harpyiae, V.: at quem ad modum corrupisti?: at quam caeca avaritia est!: huc armati tendunt; at tu, pater deūm, hinc arce hostes, L.—After a negative clause, at sometimes introduces a qualification (a contradiction would require sed or verum): non placet Antonio; at placuit Servilio, and yet: quoniam... at tu tuo supplicio doce, etc., yet at least, L.: si te nulla movet... imago, At ramum agnoscas, V.—Esp., after si, etc., introducing a qualification, but yet, nevertheless, yet: quod si se abstulerunt, at exemplum reliquerunt: si oblivisci non possumus, at tacere: quod si nihil relinquitur... at ego ad deos confugiam, L.—Introducing a minor premise, but (it is also true that), now: at nemo sapiens est nisi fortis, ergo, etc.—Repeated with emphasis: si non virtute... at sermone, at humanitate eius delectamini: at est bonus, at tibi amicus, at, etc., H.—Beginning a discourse: At o deorum quicquid... Quid iste fert tumultus? H.—    II. Introducing a direct opposition, but, but on the contrary: iste civis Romanos (coluit)? at nullis infestior fuit: brevis vita... at memoria sempiterna: ut videre piratum non liceret? At contra... hoc iucundissimum spectaculum, etc.: illi delubra decorabant... at hi contra, S.: apud nos... At apud illos e contrario, N.: at etiam sunt qui dicant, but there are even some, etc.: an sine me ille vicit? At ne potuit quidem, but it was not even possible: esto, nihil laudis adeptus est... at vero, etc., but assuredly.—Introducing an objection: quid tandem te impedit? Mosne maiorum? At persaepe, etc., i. e. surely not, for, etc.: at non est tanta... credo, sed, etc., but, it will be urged: at valuit odium, fecit iratus... Quid, si, etc., but, it may be said, etc.—Strengthened by enim or enim vero, but indeed, but surely: at enim non fuit ab Oppianico constitutus, but no, for (it is objected), etc.: At enim vero nemo de plebe consul fuit, but most assuredly, it is objected, L.—In an ironical objection: at vero Pompei voluntatem a me alienabat oratio mea: At, puto, non ultro... Me petiit? O.
    * * *
    but, but on the other hand; on the contrary; while, whereas; but yet; at least

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  • 3 īra

        īra ae, f    anger, wrath, rage, ire, passion, indignation: irā inflammatus: Ira furor brevis est, H.: irae suae parēre, N.: irā conmotus, S.: iram in eos evomere, T.: in hostilīs domos Iram vertite, H.: quorum non sufficit irae Occidisse aliquem, Iu.: irae indulgere, L.: iram ponere, H.: dum defervescat ira: ira inter eas intercessit, T.: in Romanos, propter obsides nuper interfectos, L.: ira deorum, O.: victoriae, fury: diremptae pacis, L.: ereptae virginis, V.: dicti sibi criminis, O.: Amantium, quarrels, T.: pro levibus noxiis iras gerunt, T.: veteres in populum R., L.: horribilīs exercere iras, V.: inde irae et lacrimae, Iu.: irae imperatorum, against, L.—An indignant desire: subit ira cadentem Ulcisci patriam, V.—A cause of anger, provocation: Quibus iris inpulsus? T.: dic aliquam, quae te mutaverit, iram, O.—An object of anger: iustae quibus est Mezentius irae, V.—An expression of anger: Pestis et ira deum (Harpyiae), V.—Person.: Iraeque Insidiaeque, dei (Mavortis) comitatus, V.
    * * *
    anger; resentment; rage; wrath

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  • 4 uncus

        uncus adj.    [1 AC-], hooked, bent in, crooked, curved, barbed: hamus, O.: tellus cum dente recluditur unco, i. e. the ploughshare, V.: pedes (harpyiae), V.: cauda, O.
    * * *
    I
    unca, uncum ADJ
    hooked, curved, bent in, crooked, round; barbed
    II
    hook, barb, clamp; hook in neck used to drag condemned/executed criminals

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  • 5 circumvolo

    circum-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    Prop., to fly around:

    turba (Harpyiae) praedam circumvolat,

    Verg. A. 3, 233:

    seu (me) mors atris circumvolat alis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 58; so Verg. A. 2, 360:

    caput,

    id. ib. 6, 866; Ov. M. 2, 719; 14, 507:

    sedem,

    Quint. 2, 6, 7: aliquem, * Suet. Aug. 97.— Pass.:

    nave circumvolatā ab halcyone,

    Plin. 10, 32, 47, § 90.—
    II.
    In gen., to run or hasten around:

    ordines exercitus,

    Vell. 2, 27, 2:

    jaculo campum,

    Sil. 17, 416.

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  • 6 diripio

    dī-rĭpĭo, ŭi, eptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to tear asunder, tear in pieces (class.).
    I.
    In gen. (rarely):

    Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 1:

    Hippolytum (equi),

    Ov. A. A. 1, 338; id. F. 5, 310:

    nec opinantes (leae),

    Lucr. 5, 1319:

    membra manibus nefandis,

    Ov. M. 3, 731 et saep.:

    venti diripiunt fretum,

    Stat. Th. 5, 367. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Milit. t. t., to lay waste, ravage, spoil, plunder an enemy's territory or possessions (so most freq.):

    bona alicujus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 3, 1; 7, 42, 3; 7, 43, 2:

    magnum numerum frumenti commeatusque,

    id. ib. 7, 38, 9:

    impedimenta,

    id. ib. 2, 17, 3:

    naves more praedonum,

    id. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

    praedas bellicas,

    Sall. J. 41, 7 et saep.:

    oppidum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2; 3, 80 fin.:

    urbes,

    Liv. 37, 32 fin.:

    tecta,

    id. 5, 41:

    templa hostiliter,

    id. 37, 21; cf.:

    castra hostiliter,

    id. 2, 14; and:

    oppida hostiliter,

    Suet. Caes. 54:

    civitates,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 31 fin.:

    provincias,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    patriam,

    id. Att. 8, 2, 3 et saep.—
    b.
    With personal objects:

    Eburones,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 8; 6, 35, 4:

    Lusitanos,

    Nep. Cato, 3, 4:

    ab hostibus diripi,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 4; cf. id. B. C. 2, 12, 4 al.—
    2.
    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to destroy, to rob:

    (Harpyiae) diripiunt dapes,

    Verg. A. 3, 227:

    supellectilem,

    Suet. Ner. 11.—
    B.
    To struggle, strive, contend for a thing (post-Aug.):

    talos jecit in medium, quos pueri diripere coeperant,

    Quint. 6, 1, 47: editum librum, to buy up rapidly, Suet. Vita Pers. fin. —Of persons:

    diripitur ille toto foro patronus,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 7; so,

    Timagenem, id. de Ira, 3, 23: Homerum (urbes),

    Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 131:

    matrem avidis complexibus ambo,

    id. Th. 5, 722:

    te potentiores per convivia,

    Mart. 7, 76.—
    C.
    To tear away, snatch away:

    direpto ex capite regni insigni et lacerata veste,

    Curt. 7, 5, 24:

    ferrum a latere,

    Tac. A. 1, 35; Hor. C. 3, 5, 21 Stallb. (al. derepta). —
    III.
    Trop., of the mind and feelings, to distract, distress:

    differor, distrahor, diripior,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5.

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  • 7 foedo

    foedo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make foul, filthy, hideous; to defile, pollute, disfigure, mar, deform (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).
    I.
    Physically:

    Harpyiae contactu omnia foedant immundo,

    Verg. A. 3, 227:

    foedare in pulvere crines,

    id. ib. 12, 99:

    canitiem vultusque seniles pulvere,

    Ov. M. 8, 530:

    ignes sanguine per aras,

    Verg. A. 2, 502; Ov. M. 3, 723:

    tellurem calido sanguine,

    id. ib. 6, 238:

    brachia tabo,

    id. ib. 14, 190:

    pectora pugnis, unguibus ora,

    Verg. A. 11, 86:

    ora,

    Tac. Agr. 36:

    aliquem verberibus,

    id. H. 3, 77: ferro foedati jacent, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 241 (Trag. v. 442 ed. Vahl.); cf.: foedant et proterunt hostium copias, i. e. mar or mutilate with wounds, wound, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 91:

    qui me (i. e. Prometheum) perenni vivum foedat miseria, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: obscenas pelagi ferro foedare volucres,

    Verg. A. 3, 241:

    foedati agri, terror injectus urbi est,

    laid waste, Liv. 3, 26, 1.—Of inanim. subjects:

    nulla tectoria eorum rimae foedavere,

    Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176: nubes foedavere lumen, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv Verg. A. 2, 286; cf.:

    aër assiduo noctem foedaverat imbre,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 538.—
    II.
    Trop., to disgrace, dishonor, mar, sully: [p. 765] (Graeci) nos quoque dictitant barbaros et spurcius nos quam alios opicos appellatione foedant, Cato ap. Plin. 29, 1, 7, § 14:

    foedati crimine turpi,

    Lucr. 3, 49:

    gloriam majorum,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 30; cf.:

    Romam ipsam foedavit adventus tuus,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 53:

    ne vestis serica viros foedaret,

    Tac. A. 2, 33:

    procerum conubiis mixtis,

    id. G. 46:

    castra pollui foedarique a Classico ne sinatis,

    id. H. 4, 58:

    egregia erga populum Romanum merita mox rebelles foedarunt,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    foedata per avaritiam victoria,

    id. A. 4, 19; 11, 6; 15, 32:

    multiplici clade foedatus annus,

    Liv. 3, 32, 4.

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  • 8 immundae

    immundus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmundus], unclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foul (syn.: spurcus, obscenus, impurus).
    I.
    Lit. (class.): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

    homo,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24; id. Cist. 1, 1, 115; Lucr. 4, 1160; Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

    canis,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

    Harpyiae contactu immundo omnia foedant,

    Verg. A. 3, 228:

    sues,

    id. G. 1, 400:

    popinae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:

    ager,

    run wild, overgrown, Pall. 2, 10:

    pauperies domūs,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199.— Absol.: im-mundae, ārum, f., unclean women, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.— Comp.:

    superne deciduo immundiore lapsu aliquo polluta,

    Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

    nilo mundius hoc, niloque immundior ille,

    Cat. 97, 3; Sen. Q. N. 9, 4, 2.— Sup.:

    liquet illos immundissimos fuisse,

    Sen. Ep. 86, 11; Plin. Ep. 10, 98, 1.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    aut immunda crepent ignominiosaque dicta,

    Hor. A. P. 247.— Adv.: immundē, impurely, uncleanly: foedare templa, Jul. Obseq. Prod. 115.

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  • 9 immundus

    immundus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmundus], unclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foul (syn.: spurcus, obscenus, impurus).
    I.
    Lit. (class.): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

    homo,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24; id. Cist. 1, 1, 115; Lucr. 4, 1160; Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

    canis,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

    Harpyiae contactu immundo omnia foedant,

    Verg. A. 3, 228:

    sues,

    id. G. 1, 400:

    popinae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:

    ager,

    run wild, overgrown, Pall. 2, 10:

    pauperies domūs,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199.— Absol.: im-mundae, ārum, f., unclean women, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.— Comp.:

    superne deciduo immundiore lapsu aliquo polluta,

    Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

    nilo mundius hoc, niloque immundior ille,

    Cat. 97, 3; Sen. Q. N. 9, 4, 2.— Sup.:

    liquet illos immundissimos fuisse,

    Sen. Ep. 86, 11; Plin. Ep. 10, 98, 1.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    aut immunda crepent ignominiosaque dicta,

    Hor. A. P. 247.— Adv.: immundē, impurely, uncleanly: foedare templa, Jul. Obseq. Prod. 115.

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  • 10 inmundus

    immundus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmundus], unclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foul (syn.: spurcus, obscenus, impurus).
    I.
    Lit. (class.): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

    homo,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24; id. Cist. 1, 1, 115; Lucr. 4, 1160; Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

    canis,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

    Harpyiae contactu immundo omnia foedant,

    Verg. A. 3, 228:

    sues,

    id. G. 1, 400:

    popinae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:

    ager,

    run wild, overgrown, Pall. 2, 10:

    pauperies domūs,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199.— Absol.: im-mundae, ārum, f., unclean women, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.— Comp.:

    superne deciduo immundiore lapsu aliquo polluta,

    Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

    nilo mundius hoc, niloque immundior ille,

    Cat. 97, 3; Sen. Q. N. 9, 4, 2.— Sup.:

    liquet illos immundissimos fuisse,

    Sen. Ep. 86, 11; Plin. Ep. 10, 98, 1.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    aut immunda crepent ignominiosaque dicta,

    Hor. A. P. 247.— Adv.: immundē, impurely, uncleanly: foedare templa, Jul. Obseq. Prod. 115.

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  • 11 rapax

    răpax, ācis, adj. [rapio], grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn. furax): vos rapaces, vos praedones,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 26; id. Pers. 3, 3, 6:

    olim furunculus, nunc vero etiam rapax,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 66; so with fur, id. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:

    inopiā rapax,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    procuratorum rapacissimum quemque,

    id. Vesp. 16; cf. Tac. H. 1, 20:

    Cinara,

    i. e. eager for presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; so Tib. 1, 5, 59; 2, 4, 25:

    cervi, luporum praeda rapacium,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; id. Epod. 16, 20; cf.

    Harpyiae,

    id. S. 2, 2, 40.— As subst.: răpax, ācis, comm., a beast of prey, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247.—
    2.
    Of things, rapacious, ravenous (mostly poet.):

    falces rapaces,

    Lucr. 3, 650:

    ventus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 388:

    ignis,

    id. M. 8, 837:

    mors,

    Tib. 1, 3, 65; cf.

    Orcus,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 30:

    fortuna,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 14:

    dentes,

    fangs, tusks, Veg. 6, 1, 1.—With gen.:

    chryselectrum rapacissimum ignium,

    very ignitible, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—As a poet. epithet of floods:

    amnes,

    Lucr. 5, 341:

    fluvii,

    id. 1, 17:

    unda, Cic. poët. N. D. 3, 10, 24: undae,

    Ov. M. 8, 550:

    Danubius,

    id. ad Liv. 397.— Hence, transf., an appellation of the twenty-first legion and the soldiers composing it (qs. that sweeps every thing before it), Tac. H. 2, 43; 100; 3, 14; 18; 22.—
    II.
    Trop. (rare), with gen., grasping, seizing eagerly or quickly, greedy, avaricious:

    nihil est rapacius quam natura,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

    rapacia virtutis ingenia,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 36:

    nostri omnium utilitatum et virtutum rapacissimi,

    Plin. 25, 2, 2, § 4.

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  • 12 Typhon

    1.
    typhon, ōnis, m., = tuphôn.
    I.
    A violent whirlwind, a typhoon, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131;

    App de Mundo, p. 64, 5.—The same accompanied by lightning,

    Val. Fl. 3, 130. Hence, typhōnĭcus, a, um, adj.:

    ventus,

    a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.—
    II. 2.
    Typhōn (scanned Typhōn, Mart Cap. 2, 43), ōnis, another name for the giart Typhōeus, Luc. 4, 595; 6, 92; Ov. F 2, 461; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 22; Hyg. Fab. 152. Hence,
    1.
    Typhōnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhon, Typhonian: specus, the Typhon's cave in Cilicia, Mel. 1, 13, 4.—
    2.
    Typhōnis, ĭdis, f., daughter of Typhon:

    Harpyiae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 428.

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  • 13 typhon

    1.
    typhon, ōnis, m., = tuphôn.
    I.
    A violent whirlwind, a typhoon, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131;

    App de Mundo, p. 64, 5.—The same accompanied by lightning,

    Val. Fl. 3, 130. Hence, typhōnĭcus, a, um, adj.:

    ventus,

    a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.—
    II. 2.
    Typhōn (scanned Typhōn, Mart Cap. 2, 43), ōnis, another name for the giart Typhōeus, Luc. 4, 595; 6, 92; Ov. F 2, 461; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 22; Hyg. Fab. 152. Hence,
    1.
    Typhōnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhon, Typhonian: specus, the Typhon's cave in Cilicia, Mel. 1, 13, 4.—
    2.
    Typhōnis, ĭdis, f., daughter of Typhon:

    Harpyiae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 428.

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  • 14 Typhoneus

    1.
    typhon, ōnis, m., = tuphôn.
    I.
    A violent whirlwind, a typhoon, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131;

    App de Mundo, p. 64, 5.—The same accompanied by lightning,

    Val. Fl. 3, 130. Hence, typhōnĭcus, a, um, adj.:

    ventus,

    a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.—
    II. 2.
    Typhōn (scanned Typhōn, Mart Cap. 2, 43), ōnis, another name for the giart Typhōeus, Luc. 4, 595; 6, 92; Ov. F 2, 461; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 22; Hyg. Fab. 152. Hence,
    1.
    Typhōnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhon, Typhonian: specus, the Typhon's cave in Cilicia, Mel. 1, 13, 4.—
    2.
    Typhōnis, ĭdis, f., daughter of Typhon:

    Harpyiae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 428.

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  • 15 typhonicus

    1.
    typhon, ōnis, m., = tuphôn.
    I.
    A violent whirlwind, a typhoon, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131;

    App de Mundo, p. 64, 5.—The same accompanied by lightning,

    Val. Fl. 3, 130. Hence, typhōnĭcus, a, um, adj.:

    ventus,

    a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.—
    II. 2.
    Typhōn (scanned Typhōn, Mart Cap. 2, 43), ōnis, another name for the giart Typhōeus, Luc. 4, 595; 6, 92; Ov. F 2, 461; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 22; Hyg. Fab. 152. Hence,
    1.
    Typhōnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhon, Typhonian: specus, the Typhon's cave in Cilicia, Mel. 1, 13, 4.—
    2.
    Typhōnis, ĭdis, f., daughter of Typhon:

    Harpyiae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 428.

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  • 16 Typhonis

    1.
    typhon, ōnis, m., = tuphôn.
    I.
    A violent whirlwind, a typhoon, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131;

    App de Mundo, p. 64, 5.—The same accompanied by lightning,

    Val. Fl. 3, 130. Hence, typhōnĭcus, a, um, adj.:

    ventus,

    a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.—
    II. 2.
    Typhōn (scanned Typhōn, Mart Cap. 2, 43), ōnis, another name for the giart Typhōeus, Luc. 4, 595; 6, 92; Ov. F 2, 461; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 22; Hyg. Fab. 152. Hence,
    1.
    Typhōnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhon, Typhonian: specus, the Typhon's cave in Cilicia, Mel. 1, 13, 4.—
    2.
    Typhōnis, ĭdis, f., daughter of Typhon:

    Harpyiae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 428.

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  • 17 uncus

    1.
    uncus, i, m. [Sanscr. root ak, ankami, bend; Gr. ankôn, onkos; cf.: ancus, ungulus], a hook, barb.
    I.
    In gen., Liv. 30, 10, 16; Col. 3, 18, 2:

    ferrei,

    Cato, R. R. 10; 13.—As an attribute of Necessitas, Hor. C. 1, 35, 20.— Poet., an anchor, Val. Fl. 2, 428.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A hook that was fastened to the neck of condemned criminals, and by which they were dragged to the Tiber, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. rab. Perd. 5, 16; Ov. Ib. 168; Juv. 10, 66; cf.:

    et bene cum fixum mento discusseris uncum, Nil erit hoc: rostro te premet ansa suo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 141. —
    B.
    A surgical instrument, Cels. 7, 29.
    2.
    uncus, a, um, adj. [1. uncus], hooked, bent in, crooked, curved, barbed ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: curvus, recurvus): uncus hamus,

    Ov. M. 15, 476;

    also called unca aera,

    id. P. 2, 7, 10:

    cornua (tauri),

    Prop. 2, 5, 19:

    aratrum,

    Verg. G. 1, 19; Ov. M. 5, 341; 7, 210; cf.:

    vomer aratri,

    Lucr. 1, 313;

    also called dens,

    Verg. G. 2, 423:

    pedes (harpyiae),

    id. A. 3, 233:

    ungues,

    Lucr. 5, 1322:

    manus,

    Verg. G. 2, 365:

    digiti,

    Col. 7, 11, 2:

    cauda,

    Ov. M. 15, 371:

    labrum,

    Lucr. 4, 588; 5, 1407.—
    II.
    Transf.:

    unco non alligat ancora morsu,

    Verg. A. 1, 169:

    avis Minervae,

    i. e. with crooked beak and talons, Stat. Th. 3, 507; cf.

    alites,

    id. ib. 12, 212.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > uncus

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