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  • 1 lapis

        lapis idis, m     a stone: undique lapides in murum iaci coepti sunt, Cs.: eminus lapidibus pugnare, S.: lapides omnīs flere ac lamentari coëgisses: Ossa lapis fiunt, O.: bibulus, pumicestone, V.: Parius, Parian marble, V.: lapides varios radere, mosaic, H.: lapide diem candidiore notare, to mark as a lucky day, Ct.—As a term of reproach: i, quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis? T. —A monument to mark distance, mile-stone (at intervals of 1000 paces): sextus ab urbe lapis, O.: intra vicensimum lapidem, L.—The auctioneer's stone at a slave sale, platform: praeter duos de lapide emptos tribunos.—A landmark, boundary-stone: sacer, L.—A grave-stone, tomb-stone: his scriptus notis, Tb.: ultimus, Pr.—A precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl: gemmas et lapides, H.: clari lapides, H.—A statue: Iovem lapidem iurare, the statue of Jupiter: albus, a marble table, H.
    * * *
    I
    stone; milestone; jewel
    II
    stone; milestone; jewel

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  • 2 lapis

    lăpis, ĭdis (abl. lapi, Enn. ap. Prisc. 708 P.; gen. plur. lapiderum, C. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), m. (f.: tanto sublatae sunt augmine tunc lapides, Enn. ap. Non. 211, 9) [etym. dub.; perh. from same root with rupes; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 545; not connected with laas, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 542], a stone (cf.: saxum, silex, cautes, cos, calculus).
    I.
    In gen.:

    stillicidi casus lapidem cavat,

    Lucr. 1, 313:

    undique lapides in murum jaci coepti sunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6; cf. Cic. Mil. 15, 41:

    pars eminus glande aut lapidibus pugnare,

    Sall. J. 57, 4:

    lapide percussus,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33:

    lapidem habere, ut illi cerebrum excutiam,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 69; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 197:

    consul ingentem vim modicorum, qui funda mitti possent, lapidum paraverat,

    Liv. 38, 20, 1; Gell. 4, 14, 3 sqq.:

    e lapide duro parietes construere,

    Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 171:

    lapis duritia marmoris,

    id. 36, 22, 46, § 163:

    bibulus,

    sandstone, pumice-stone, Verg. G. 2, 348:

    molaris,

    a millstone, Quint. 2, 19, 3; cf.:

    num me illue ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit?

    i. e. into the mill, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16: Parius, Parian stone, i. e. Parian marble, Verg. A. 1, 593:

    lapide candidiore diem notare,

    i. e. to mark with a white stone the luckiest day, Cat. 68, 148; cf. lapillus.—
    B.
    Trop. for dulness, stupidity, want of feeling:

    ego me credidi homini docto rem mandare: is lapidi mando maximo,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 47:

    i, quid stas, lapis? quin accipis?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 3; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 43:

    tu, inquam, mulier, quae me omnino lapidem, non hominem putas,

    id. Hec. 2, 1, 17;

    and with silex (q. v.): tu es lapide silice stultior,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 78; cf.:

    lapides mehercule omnes flere ac lamentari coëgisses,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

    lapis est ferrumque suam quicumque puellam verberat,

    Tib. 1, 10, 59:

    aut mare prospiciens in saxo frigida sedi, quamque lapis sedes, tam lapis ipsa fui,

    Ov. H. 19, 30.—Prov.:

    lapidem ferre altera manu, altera panem ostentare,

    i. e. to flatter openly and injure secretly, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 18:

    verberare lapidem,

    i. e. to hurt one's self more than one's enemy, id. Curc. 1, 3, 41:

    lapides loqui,

    to speak hard words, id. Aul. 2, 1, 29:

    ad eundem lapidem bis offendere,

    to commit the same error twice, Aus. Ep. 11; so,

    bis ad eundem (sc. lapidem),

    Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 2.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A mile-stone, set up on the roads at every thousand paces, which made a Roman mile;

    hence, with an ordinal numeral added to denote distance in miles: ad quartum et vicesimum lapidem a Roma,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

    effoditur ad vigesimum ab Urbe lapidem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 56, § 159:

    sacra videt fieri sextus ab Urbe lapis,

    Ov. F. 6, 682:

    intra vicesimum lapidem,

    Liv. 5, 4 fin.:

    duodecimum apud lapidem,

    Tac. A. 3, 45:

    a tertio lapide,

    Flor. 2, 6 fin.: ad lapidem undecimum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 250 Müll.—Sometimes ellipt. without lapis:

    ad duodecimum a Cremona,

    Tac. H. 2, 24:

    ad quartum,

    id. ib. 2, 39:

    ad octavum,

    id. ib. 3, 15.—
    B.
    The stone or stone elevation on which the prætor stood at slavesales:

    in eo ipso astas lapide, ubi praeco praedicat,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17; Col. 3, 3, 8:

    praeter duos de lapide emptos tribunos,

    Cic. Pis. 15, 35.—
    C.
    Terminalis, a landmark, boundary-stone, Amm. 18, 2, 15;

    called lapis alone,

    Lact. 1, 20 fin.; so,

    lapis sacer,

    Liv. 41, 13; cf.:

    non fixus in agris, qui regeret certis finibus arva, lapis,

    Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. id. 1, 1, 12.—
    D.
    A gravestone, tombstone, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 37; Tib. 1, 3, 54;

    called also ultimus,

    Prop. 1, 17, 20.—
    E.
    A precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl (mostly poet.), Cat. 69, 3:

    gemmas et lapides,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 48:

    clari lapides,

    id. ib. 4, 13, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 432; Sil. 12, 231; Mart. 11, 50, 4; Tac. A. 3, 53; Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.—
    F.
    A statue: Jovem lapidem jurare, the statue of Jupiter at the Capitol, Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; Gell. 1, 21, 4; v. Juppiter.—
    * 2.
    Meton.:

    albus,

    a table of white marble, a marble table, Hor. S. 1, 6, 116.

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  • 3 saxum

        saxum ī, n    [2 SAC-], a large stone, rough stone, broken rock, bowlder, rock: e saxo sculptus: magni ponderis saxa, Cs.: saxis suspensa rupes, V.: inter saxa rupīsque, L.: Capitolium saxo quadrato substructum, with foundations of hewn stone, L.—Prov.: satis diu iam hoc saxum vorso, i. e. struggle in vain (as Sisyphus with his stone), T.—As nom prop., the Tarpeian Rock: quis audeat laedere propositā cruce aut saxo?: Deicere de saxo civīs? H.— The Sacred Rock (on the Aventine hill, where Remus consulted the auspices): pulvinar sub Saxo dedicare: Appellant Saxum, pars bona montis ea est, O.—In the name, Saxa Rubra; see ruber.— Plur, stony ground, rocky places: in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis, V.— A stone wall: saxo lucum circumdedit, O.
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  • 4 silex

        silex icis, m and (poet.) f    a hard stone, flint, flint-stone, fire-stone, granite: silicem caedere: vias sternere silice, L.: silici scintillam excudere, V.: silicem iaculatus in hostīs, O.: silicem pedibus quae conteret atrum, Iu.: privos lapides silices secum ferre, L.— As a symbol of hardness or fixedness of character: non silice nati sumus: Nec rigidas silices in pectore gerit, O.—A rock, crag: Stabat acuta silex praecisis undique saxis, V.— Lime-stone: terrenā silices fornace soluti, O.
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    pebble/stone, flint; boulder, stone

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  • 5 calculus

    calcŭlus, i, m. dim. [2. calx; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46].
    I.
    In gen., a small stone, a pebble:

    conjectis in os calculis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

    Demosthenes calculos linguā volvens dicere domi solebat,

    Quint. 11, 3, 54; Vitr. 7, 2:

    argilla et dumosis calculus arvis,

    gravel in the thorny fields, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 180; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 37; 28, 9, 33, § 124.—
    B.
    Trop., of discourse:

    qui tenui venulā per calculos fluunt,

    Quint. 12, 10, 25.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    A stone in the bladder or kidneys, the gravel, stone, Cels. 7, 26:

    curare,

    Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 234:

    comminuere et eicere,

    id. 20, 4, 13, § 23; cf.

    eicere,

    Suet. Aug. 80:

    movere,

    Plin. 20, 22, 91, § 248:

    exturbare,

    id. 20, 10, 42, § 109:

    frangere,

    id. 22, 21, 29, § 59:

    rumpere,

    id. 23, 8, 80, § 153. —
    B.
    A draughtsman, a stone or counter used in playing draughts. called duodecim scripta, in which, as in chess, by driving a piece from one square to another, the person beaten could not finally move at all (ad incitas redactus est):

    in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 2, 38; cf. Ov. A. A. 2, 207; 3, 357; id. Tr. 2, 478; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 5; Mart. 14, 20; Isid. Orig. 18, 67:

    calculorum ludus,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 165.—
    2.
    Trop.: calculum reducere, to take back a move: tibi concedo, quod in XII. scriptis solemus, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati paenitet, Cic. ap. Non. p. 170, 28 (Hortens. Fragm. 51 B. and K.): quā re nunc saltem ad illos calculos revertamur, quos tum abjecimus, i. e. those principles of action, id. Att. 8, 12, 5.—
    C.
    A stone used in reckoning on the counting-board; hence meton., a reckoning, computing, calculating:

    calculi et rationes,

    Quint. 11, 3, 59; 7, 4, 35; 8, 3, 14;

    12, 11, 18 Spald.: calculos subducere,

    to compute, reckon, cast up, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

    ponere,

    Col. 3, 3, 7:

    ponere cum aliquo,

    Plin. Pan. 20, 5:

    de posteris cogitanti in condicionibus deligendus ponendus est calculus,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 9:

    amicitiam ad calculos vocare,

    to subject to an accurate reckoning, hold to a strict account, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    si ad calculos eum respublica vocet,

    settles accounts, reckons, Liv. 5, 4, 7:

    revocare aliquid ad calculos,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, 1:

    ratio calculorum,

    Col. 1, 3, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    cum aliquā re parem calculum ponere,

    i.e. to render equal for equal, Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 1:

    quos ego movi calculos,

    considerations which I have suggested, id. ib. 2, 19, 9.—
    D.
    In the most ancient per., a stone used in voting; a vote, sentence, decision, suffrage; a white one for assent or acquittal, a black for denial or condemnation; cf. Ov. M. 15, 41 sq.; App. M. 10, p. 242.— Hence judicialis, Imp. Just. Cod. 3, 1, 12: deteriorem reportare, i. e. an adverse decision, Impp. Diocl. et Max. Cod. 7, 62, 10:

    calculis omnibus,

    by a unanimous vote, App. M. 7, p. 191, 21.— Trop.:

    si modo tu fortasse errori nostro album calculum adjeceris,

    i. e. approve, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—
    E.
    The Thracians were accustomed to preserve the recollection of fortunate occurrences by white stones, and of unfortunate by black, Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131.—Hence,
    2.
    Trop.:

    o diem laetum, notandumque mihi candidissimo calculo!

    i. e. a most happy day! Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 3; cf. Mart. 12, 34, 9, § 53; Pers. 2, 1 sq.—
    F.
    In late Lat., a small weight: calculus constat ex granis ciceris duobus, Auct. Ponder ap. Goes. Agr. p. 322 (in Isid. Orig. 16, 25, 8, called calcus).

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  • 6 lapillus

    lăpillus, i, m. dim. [lapis], a little stone, a pebble (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    invitat somnos crepitantibus unda lapillis,

    Ov. M. 11, 604; Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 59 sq. —Lucky days were marked with white, and unlucky ones with black stones (cf. calculus, 2. e.);

    hence: felix utraque lux diesque nobis Signandi melioribus lapillis,

    i. e. with white stones, Mart. 9, 53, 5; cf.:

    hunc Macrine, diem numera meliore lapillo,

    Pers. 2, 1; cf. also Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131. —In trials at law, a white stone was cast as a vote for acquittal, a black stone for condemnation:

    mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque lapillis, His damnare reos, illis absolvere culpa,

    Ov. M. 15, 41.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Stone in the bladder, gravel:

    ejectus calculoso,

    Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 42.—
    B.
    A precious stone, gem, jewel; marble, etc.: inter niveos viridesque lapillos, i. e. pearls and emeralds, Hor. S. 1, 2, 80:

    caris aures onerare lapillis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 129:

    indici,

    Mart. 1, 110, 4:

    Libyci,

    bits of Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19.—
    C.
    A tombstone, Inscr. ap. Murat. 1536, 6; cf. Burm. Anth. Lat. 2, p. 269.

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  • 7 cōs

        cōs cōtis, f    [1 CA-], a flint-stone, whetstone, grindstone: novaculā cotem discissurus, L.: cruenta, H.: subigunt in cote secures, V. — Fig.: iracundiam fortitudinis quasi cotem esse: fungar vice cotis, H.
    * * *
    flint-stone; whetstone, hone, grinding stone; rocks (pl.); any hard stone (L+S)

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  • 8 lapillus

        lapillus ī, m dim.    [lapis], a little stone, pebble: lapillos Tollunt (apes), V., O.— A voting pebble, ballot (white for acquittal, black for condemnation): nivei atrique lapilli, O.— A precious stone, gem, jewel: inter niveos viridesque lapillos, i. e. pearls and emeralds, H.: Libyci, bits of Numidian marble, H.
    * * *
    little stone, pebble; precious stone, gem, jewel

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  • 9 lapidarius

    lăpĭdārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to stones, stone- (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    latomiae,

    stone-quarries, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65:

    navis,

    that carries stones, Petr. 117:

    lapidariae litterae,

    cut in stone, id. 58:

    ‡OPIFICES,

    stone-cutters, Inscr. Orell. 4208.— Subst.: lăpĭdārĭus, ii, m., a stonecutter, Dig. 13, 6, 5, § 7; Inscr. Orell. 4220; Vulg. Sirach, 45, 13.—
    * II.
    Full of stones, stony, for lapidosus:

    campi,

    Sol. 2, 6.

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  • 10 calculus

        calculus ī, m dim.    [2 calx], a small stone, pebble: coniectis in os calculis. — Sing collect.: dumosis calculus arvis, in the fields, V.— A stone used in reckoning: calculis subductis, computed, cast up.—A counter used in playing draughts, O. —Fig.: amicitiam ad calculos vocare, hold to a strict account: si ad calculos eum res p. vocet, L. —A voting-pebble, ballot: calculus ater, i. e. for condemnation, O.: ad illos calculos revertamur, i. e. those principles of action.
    * * *
    pebble; (bladder) stone; piece for reckoning/voting/game; calculation; counter; small weight; live coal (Def)

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  • 11 cylindrus

        cylindrus drī, m, κύλινδροσ, a cylinder,— A cylindrical stone for levelling, roller, V.—A precious stone in the form of a cylinder, Iu.
    * * *
    cylinder; stone roller (for leveling the ground); gem cut in cylindrical form

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  • 12 gemma

        gemma ae, f    [GEM-], a bud, eye, gem: turgent in palmite gemmae, V.— A precious stone, jewel, gem: gemmas coëmere: pocula gemmis distincta: ornatus multis gemmis: maior, Iu.— A wrought gem: ut gemmā bibat, a goblet carved of a precious stone, V.: signat sua crimina gemmā, seal-ring, O.: Arguit ipsorum quos littera gemmaque, Iu.— An eye (of a peacock's tail), O.
    * * *
    bud; jeweli gem, precious stone, amber; cup (material); seal, signet; game piece

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  • 13 lapideus

        lapideus adj.    [lapis], of stone, consisting of stones, stone-: fornices, S.: imber, a shower of stones: murus, L.
    * * *
    lapidea, lapideum ADJ
    of stone; stony

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  • 14 callimus

    stone said to be found inside a type of eagle-stone; kind of eagle-stone (L+S)

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  • 15 alabastrites

    ălăbastrītes, ae, m., = alabastritês.
    I.
    A stone, composed of carbonate of lime (not of gypsum, like the modern alabaster), alabaster-stone; also called onyx and onychites, from which unguent and perfume boxes were made, Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 60.—
    II.

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  • 16 gemma

    gemma, ae, f. [cf. Gr. gemô, to be full; Lat. gumia;

    lit. a fulness, swelling. The ancients supposed the original meaning to be a precious stone,

    Quint. 8, 6, 6; cf. Cic. Or. 24, 81; id. de Or. 3, 38, 155], a bud, eye, or gem on a plant.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ineunte vere exsistit tamquam ad articulos sarmentorum ea, quae gemma dicitur,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 53:

    (pampinus) trudit gemmas et frondes explicat omnes,

    Verg. G. 2, 335;

    jam laeto turgent in palmite gemmae,

    id. E. 7, 48; Col. 4, 29, 4.—
    II.
    Transf. (from the resemblance to buds in shape and color), a precious stone, esp. one already cut, a jewel, gem, the predom. signif. of the word (opp. lapillus, one that is opaque, v. Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 17; cf.

    also: margarita, unio): nego in Sicilia tota... ullam gemmam aut margaritam, quicquam ex auro aut ebore factum... quin conquisierit, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

    pocula ex auro gemmis distincta clarissimis,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 27, §

    62: vas vinarium ex una gemma pergrandi,

    id. ib.:

    Cyri ornatus Persicus multo auro multisque gemmis,

    id. de Sen. 17, 59:

    gemmas sunt qui non habeant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

    cum virides gemmas collo circumdedit (mulier),

    Juv. 6, 458:

    non gemmis venale,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 7:

    vitrea,

    i. e. a false gem, Plin. 35, 6, 30, § 48;

    also called facticia,

    id. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

    nec premit articulos lucida gemma meos,

    Ov. H. 15, 74:

    nec sufferre queat majoris pondera gemmae,

    Juv. 1, 29: usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere, Capitol. ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; Vulg. Exod. 25, 7 et saep. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Things made of precious stones.
    (α).
    A drinking-vessel, goblet or cup, made of a precious stone:

    nec bibit e gemma divite nostra sitis,

    Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 4; cf.:

    ut gemmā bibat,

    Verg. G. 2, 506:

    gemmā ministrare,

    Sen. Prov. 3 fin.; cf.

    also: in gemma posuere merum,

    Ov. M. 8, 572.—
    (β).
    A seal ring, signet:

    protinus impressā signat sua crimina gemmā,

    Ov. M. 9, 566; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3; 37, 5, 20, § 78: arguit ipsorum quos littera gemmaque, Juv. 13, 138; 1, 68.—Hence, comically: Pl. Opsecro parentis ne meos mihi prohibeas? Cu. Quid? ego sub gemmane apstrussos habeo tuam matrem et patrem? i. e. under lock and key, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 8.—
    b.
    A pearl ( poet.): legitur rubris gemma sub aequoribus. Prop. 1, 14, 12:

    cedet Erythraeis eruta gemma vadis,

    Mart. 8, 28, 14. —
    c.
    The eyes of the peacock's tail:

    gemmis caudam stellantibus implet,

    Ov. M. 1, 723; cf.:

    gemmea cauda,

    Phaedr. 3, 18, 8). —
    B.
    Trop., like gem in English, ornament, beauty (post-Aug. and very rare):

    multas in digitis, plures in carmine gemmas Invenies,

    Mart. 5, 11, 3:

    Hesperius gemma amicorum,

    Sid. Ep. 4, 22.

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  • 17 marmor

    marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = marmaros], marble.
    I.
    Lit.:

    in omni marmore,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:

    Parium marmor,

    Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30:

    tu secanda marmora Locas,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 17:

    templum de marmore ponam,

    Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.:

    vivos ducent de marmore vultus,

    id. A. 6, 848:

    parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,

    Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

    A MARMORIBVS,

    one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7:

    marmora,

    kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—
    B.
    A marble, i. e.,
    1.
    A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:

    Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere,

    Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487:

    duo marmora,

    id. ib. 7, 790; cf.:

    lacrimas marmora manant,

    id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.—
    2.
    A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.—
    3.
    In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.—
    C.
    A mile-stone of marble:

    rus marmore tertio notatum,

    i. e. three miles from town, Mart. 7, 31, 10.—
    D.
    A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—
    E.
    A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:

    plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,

    Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1:

    tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,

    id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—
    F.
    Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404:

    flumen inducit marmora rebus,

    incrusts, id. ib. 15, 314.—
    G.
    Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:

    lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

    Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254:

    Libycum,

    id. A. 7, 718:

    spumant vada marmore verso,

    id. ib. 10, 208:

    marmora pelagi,

    Cat. 63, 88:

    infidum,

    Sil. 14, 464:

    medium,

    the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.

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  • 18 marmur

    marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = marmaros], marble.
    I.
    Lit.:

    in omni marmore,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:

    Parium marmor,

    Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30:

    tu secanda marmora Locas,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 17:

    templum de marmore ponam,

    Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.:

    vivos ducent de marmore vultus,

    id. A. 6, 848:

    parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,

    Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

    A MARMORIBVS,

    one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7:

    marmora,

    kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—
    B.
    A marble, i. e.,
    1.
    A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:

    Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere,

    Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487:

    duo marmora,

    id. ib. 7, 790; cf.:

    lacrimas marmora manant,

    id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.—
    2.
    A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.—
    3.
    In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.—
    C.
    A mile-stone of marble:

    rus marmore tertio notatum,

    i. e. three miles from town, Mart. 7, 31, 10.—
    D.
    A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—
    E.
    A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:

    plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,

    Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1:

    tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,

    id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—
    F.
    Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404:

    flumen inducit marmora rebus,

    incrusts, id. ib. 15, 314.—
    G.
    Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:

    lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

    Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254:

    Libycum,

    id. A. 7, 718:

    spumant vada marmore verso,

    id. ib. 10, 208:

    marmora pelagi,

    Cat. 63, 88:

    infidum,

    Sil. 14, 464:

    medium,

    the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.

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  • 19 metallum

    mĕtallum, i, n., = metallon, a mine or quarry, of gold, silver, iron, or stone; voc. metalle, as if from metallus, Spart. Pesc. Nig. 126.
    I.
    Lit., the place where metals are dug, a mine:

    metalla vetera intermissa recoluit, et nova multis locis instituit,

    Liv. 39, 24:

    sandaracae,

    Vitr. 7, 7, 5:

    aurifera,

    gold-mines, Luc. 3, 209:

    silicum,

    stone-quarry, id. 4, 304:

    miniarium,

    Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:

    praeter annuum, quod ex metallis regiis capia, vectigal,

    Liv. 42, 12: herba tantae suavitatis, ut metallum esse coeperit, a mine, i. e. that a tax was raised from it as from a mine, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 44: damnare in metallum, to condemn to labor in the mines or quarries:

    damnatus in metallum,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    condemnare aliquem ad metalla,

    Suet. Calig. 27:

    mediocrium delictorum poenae sunt metallum, ludus, deportatio,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 3, 5:

    dare aliquem in metallum,

    Dig. 48, 19, 8:

    metallo plecti,

    ib. 47, 11, 7:

    puniri,

    ib. 48, 13, 6.—
    II. 1.
    A metal, as gold, silver, or iron:

    ubicumque una inventa vena argenti est, non procul invenitur alia. Hoc quidem et in omni fere materia: unde metalla Graeci videntur dixisse,

    Plin. 33. 6, 31, §

    96: auri,

    Verg. A. 8, 445:

    potior metallis libertas,

    i. e. gold and silver, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39:

    aeris,

    Verg. G. 2, 165:

    pejoraque saecula ferri temporibus, quorum... nomen a nullo posuit natura metallo,

    Juv. 13, 30.—
    2.
    Other things dug from the earth.
    (α).
    Marble, Stat. S. 4, 3, 98.—
    (β).
    Precious stone:

    radiantium metalla gemmarum,

    Pacat. Pan. 4.—
    (γ).
    Chalk:

    admiscetur creta... Campani negant alicam confici sine eo metallo posse,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 114.—
    (δ).
    Sulphur:

    utque est ingenium vivacis metalli (sulphuris),

    App. M. 9. p. 228, 23.—
    (ε).
    Salt:

    metallum fragile,

    Prud. Hamart. 744.—
    III.
    Trop., metal, stuff, material:

    saecula meliore metallo,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 184:

    mores meliore metallo,

    id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 137.

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  • 20 pumex

    pūmex, ĭcis, m. ( fem., Cat. 1, 2).
    I.
    Lit., a pumice-stone, Plin. 36, 21, 42, § 154;

    used for smoothing books,

    Cat. 1, 2; 22, 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11; Mart. 8, 72, 2; hence poet., of verses carefully smoothed, i. e. polished, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8;

    used by the effeminate for smoothing the skin,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 506; Mart. 14, 205; Juv. 8, 16.—Prov.: aquam a pumice postulare, to try to draw blood from a stone, i. e. to demand money from one who has none, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 42; cf.

    as an image of dryness: pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,

    id. Aul. 2, 4, 8.—
    II.
    Poet., transf., soft stone, porous rock of any kind, Ov. M. 3, 159; 8, 561; id. F. 2, 315; Verg. G. 4, 44; id. A. 5, 214.—
    B.
    In gen., a rock:

    quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 5.

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