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  • 1 pluma

    plūma, ae, f., a small, soft feather; in plur., fine, soft feathers, down.
    I.
    Lit. (clas.;

    syn. penna): (animantium) pluma alias, alias squamā videmus obductas,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

    plumae versicolores,

    id. Fin. 3, 5, 18:

    mollis,

    Verg. A. 10, 192:

    in plumis delituisse Jovem,

    i. e. in the form of a swan, Ov. H. 8, 68.—They were used esp. for stuffing pillows and the beds of litters:

    dormit in plumā,

    Mart. 12, 17, 8:

    pensilibus plumis vehi,

    i. e. in litters, Juv. 1, 159:

    in plumā paternā dormire,

    id. 6, 88. —Also in clothing:

    non avium plumae in usum vestium conseruntur?

    Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—As an image of lightness, triviality, insignificance, like feather with us:

    homo levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23:

    levior plumā est gratia,

    id. Poen. 3, 6, 17:

    ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2:

    pluma haud interest, patronus, an cliens probior siet,

    there is not a pin to choose, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 60.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of the first beard, down ( poet.):

    insperata tuae cum veniet pluma superbiae,

    Hor. C. 4, 10, 2.—
    B.
    The scales on a coat of mail, Stat. Th. 11, 542; cf.:

    equus, quem pellis aënis In plumam squamis auro conserta tegebat,

    i. e. scales of brass overlaid on a skin, Verg. A. 11, 771 Serv. and Heyn. ad loc.:

    equis operimenta erant, quae lintea ferreis laminis in modum plumae adnexuerant,

    Sall. H. 4, 59 Dietsch.

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  • 2 momentum

    mōmentum, i, n. [for movimentum, from moveo], a movement, motion (as an indwelling force; cf.: motio, motus; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    astra forma ipsa figuraque sua momenta sustentant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117:

    pisces levi caudae in utrumque momento velocitatem suam flectunt,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 24:

    utque leves tactus momentaque parva sequantur,

    Ov. M. 4, 180.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution:

    cetera populi Romani vectigalia, perlevi saepe momento fortunae, inclinatione temporis pendere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

    nullum momentum annonae facere,

    to effect no alteration in the price of corn, Liv. 4, 12:

    animi,

    id. 39, 5:

    provincias magnis momentis concusserat,

    Vell. 2, 78, 1:

    sine momento rerum, partisque ruinā cadere,

    Luc. 7, 118.—
    B.
    A particle sufficient to turn the scales:

    momentum staterae,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 15; id. Sap. 11, 23; hence, a particle, a part, a point:

    myrrhae momentum,

    Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 87:

    quibus (regnis) pro ignobili momento erat accessura Macedonia,

    a make-weight, Just. 7, 3, 1:

    sol cotidie ex alio caeli momento, quam pridie, oritur,

    a point, part, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 333:

    corpus orationis in parva momenta diducendo consumere,

    Quint. 3, 11, 23; to lose the main subject in minute divisions:

    ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est,

    id. 5, 10, 71:

    officiorum,

    parts, Cic. Mur. 2, 3. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Of time, a short time, brief space, moment (syn. punctum):

    parvis momentis multa natura affingit,

    instants, moments, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118:

    momentis certis dimensis,

    at certain fixed times, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 3:

    non cunctandum ratus Hannibal, totis viribus adgressus urbem momento cepit,

    Liv. 21, 14, 3:

    momento temporis,

    in a moment, id. 21, 33; 35, 11, 13:

    momento horae,

    in quick lapse of time, Hor. S. 1, 1, 7; cf.:

    momento unius horae,

    Curt. 9, 6, 21:

    horae momento,

    Liv. 5, 7, 3; 9, 16:

    Maecenati triennio supremo nullo horae momento contigit somnus,

    could not sleep a single hour, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

    brevi horarum momento,

    in a few hours, Just. 2, 14, 9:

    ut momentum horae pereat,

    that a short hour be lost, Phaedr. 3 prol. 5:

    momento fit cinis diu silva,

    in a moment, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 3:

    in momento, in ictu oculi,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 52:

    in momento indignationis,

    id. Isa. 54, 8:

    pruna stomacho non utilissima, sed brevi momento,

    are hurtful, but only for a short time, Plin. 23, 7, 66, § 132:

    quantum quoquo momento temporis adiciatur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 70:

    hoc fit dicis gratia uno momento,

    id. ib. 1, 141.—
    (β).
    Transf., of space, distance, a little way:

    parvo momento antecedere,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 6:

    visūs nostri tarditas non subsequitur momenta currentis (sc. stellae), sed videt simul et unde exsilierit et quo pervenerit,

    does not trace the successive points of its course, but sees the whole at once, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 4.—
    2.
    Trop., a cause, a circumstance; weight, influence, importance, moment:

    minimis momentis maximae inclinationes temporum fiunt,

    from the slightest causes spring the greatest changes, Cic. Phil. 5, 10, 26:

    momenta omnia observare,

    all the circumstances, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

    unamquamque rem momento suo ponderare,

    according to its importance, id. Font. 6, 21; cf.:

    ut omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus examinet,

    id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

    ita parvae res magnum in utramque partem momentum habuerunt,

    influence, Caes. B. C. 3, 70:

    quorum adventus hoc tamen momenti fecit, ut Scipio abscederet inde, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    nullum momentum in dando adimendoque regno habere,

    no decisive influence, id. 1, 47, 6:

    momenti aliquid apud Magnetas ad repetendam societatem Romanam facere,

    id. 35, 39, 3:

    cave quidquam habeat momenti gratia,

    weight, influence, Cic. Mur. 30, 62:

    magno ad persuadendum momento esse,

    id. Inv. 2, 26, 77:

    potentia,

    motives, Ov. M. 11, 285:

    Leonis (sideris),

    influence, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

    praebe nostrae momenta saluti,

    promote, Ov. P. 4, 13, 49:

    erant octo cohortes... tum discordiā temporum a legione digressae, prout inclinassent, grande momentum sociae aut adversae,

    Tac. H. 1, 59:

    levi momento aestimare aliquid,

    to consider of little moment, to prize lightly, Caes. B. G. 7, 39:

    nullius momenti aliquid putare,

    of no moment, unimportant, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    quod (oppidum) per se parvum magni momenti locum obtinuit,

    Tac. H. 3, 8:

    id est maximi momenti et ponderis,

    of the greatest moment, Cic. Vatin. 4, 19:

    exponunt, se tentāsse etiam haud magni momenti finitimarum gentium auxilia,

    Liv. 10, 16, 5:

    sed in bello nihil tam leve est, quod non magnae interdum rei momentum faciat,

    id. 25, 18, 3; 28, 17, 10; 27, 45, 5:

    inpensam in rem maximi ad omnia momenti facere,

    id. 43, 23, 8:

    nullā in re nisi in virtute propensionem ne minimi quidem momenti esse ad, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 47:

    omnino nihil habere momenti,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 38.

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  • 3 mōmentum

        mōmentum ī, n    [1 MV-], a movement, motion: astra figurā suā momenta sustentant: momenta parva sequi, O.: animus momenta sumit utroque, i. e. fluctuates, O.— An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution: perleve fortunae: annonae, alteration in the price of corn, L. — A make-weight, over-weight, that which turns the scales: eo (bello) quantumcumque virium momentum addiderint, rem omnem inclinaturos, L.— An expenditure of strength, decisive effort, exertion: haud maiore momento fusi Galli sunt, quam, etc., L.— A short time, brief space, moment, instant: parvis momentis multa natura adfingit: momento temporis, in a moment, L.: horae momento, on the instant, H.: momento unius horae, L.: momentum ut horae pereat, that a short hour be lost, Ph.— A little way: parvo momento antecedere, Cs.—Fig., a cause, circumstance, weight, influence, importance, moment: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casūs intercederent, by trifling circumstances, Cs.: momenta omnia observare, all the circumstances: unam quamque rem momento suo ponderare, according to its importance: magnum in utramque partem momentum habere, influence, Cs.: nullum momentum in dando regno facere, decisive influence, L.: magnum attulit nostris ad salutem momentum, contributed largely, Cs.: cave quicquam habeat momenti gratia, influence: perpendens momenta officiorum, motives: parva momenta in spem metumque inpellere animos, trifling occasions, L.: momenta potentia, motives, O.: praebe nostrae momenta saluti, promote, O.: levi momento aestimare, prize lightly, Cs.: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, N.: levioris momenti consultatio, unimportant, L.: res maximi ad omnia momenti, L.: iuvenis, maximum momentum rerum civitatis, a power in the state, L.
    * * *
    moment, importance, influence; motion, movement; impulse, effort

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  • 4 subsido

    sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: agite nunc, subsidite omnes, quasi solent triarii, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.:

    subsidunt Hispani adversus emissa tela ab hoste, inde ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt,

    Liv. 28, 2:

    partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit,

    id. 1, 14; cf.:

    poplite subsidens,

    Verg. A. 12, 492:

    alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes,

    Liv. 44, 5:

    subsedit in illā Ante fores ara,

    Ov. M. 9, 297.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink, settle, subside:

    sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: neque enim poterant subsidere saxa,

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    valles,

    Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

    limus mundi ut faex,

    Lucr. 5, 497; cf.:

    faeces in fundis vasorum,

    Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

    in urinā quod subsidit, si album est, etc.,

    Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: aqua subsidit, settles, becomes clear, Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, fall, subside (opp. surgit humus), Ov. M. 1, 344:

    undae,

    subside, abate, Verg. A. 5, 820;

    hence, transf., venti,

    Prop. 1, 8, 13 (15); Ov. Tr. 2, 151.— Poet.:

    extremus galeāque imā subsidit Acestes,

    remains at the bottom, Verg. A. 5, 498:

    ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis ceditque,

    gives way, yields, Ov. M. 10, 284:

    multae per mare pessum Subsedere suis pariter cum civibus urbes,

    are sunk, Lucr. 6, 590:

    terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes,

    Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, sink, like the heavier weight on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay:

    si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36:

    subsedi in ipsā viā,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

    in Siciliā,

    id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36:

    quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae,

    Suet. Vit. 1 fin.:

    in oppido Reatino,

    id. Vesp. 1:

    commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,

    Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    in Nilo navicula subsedit,

    ran aground, Liv. Epit. 112.—
    b.
    To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush:

    cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?

    Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

    si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit,

    id. ib. 19, 49:

    partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit,

    Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.—
    c.
    Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male ( poet. and very rare):

    maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae),

    Lucr. 4, 1198:

    juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 31.—
    B.
    Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare):

    in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi,

    Quint. 3, 8, 60:

    nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox),

    id. 11, 3, 24:

    vitia subsidunt,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 69:

    formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt,

    id. ib. 13, 12.—
    2.
    To settle down:

    hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat,

    i. e. is held back, Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
    II.
    Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter,

    Verg. A. 11, 268:

    leonem,

    Sil. 13, 221:

    copiosos homines,

    Amm. 28, 4, 22:

    insontem,

    id. 16, 8, 3:

    serpens foramen,

    to watch, id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).

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  • 5 dialepidos

    dĭălĕpĭdos = dia lepidos, an unguent made with the scales that fly from metal in hammering, Marc. Emp. 9; Inscr. Orell. 4233 al.

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  • 6 lībra

        lībra ae, f    [CLI-], a balance, pair of scales: altera librae lanx: librā et aere, by scale and baiance, i. e. in due form, L.: quod quis librā mercatur et aere, H.: sine librā atque tabulis, i. e. without legal formalities.—Libra, the Balance (a consteilation), V., H., O.— A plummet, level: ad libram fecerat turrīs, by the level, i. e. of equal height, Cs. —As a weight, a pound, Roman pound: corona aurea libra pondo, L.: una Farris, H.
    * * *
    scales, balance; level; Roman pound, 12 unciae/ounces; (3/4 pound avoirdupois)

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  • 7 aes

    aes, aeris (often used in plur. nom. and acc.; abl. aeribus, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll., and Lucr. 2, 636; gen. AERVM, Inscr. Orell. 3551), n. [cf. Germ. Eisen = iron, Erz = copper; Goth. aiz = copper, gold; Angl.Sax. ar, ær = ore, copper, brass; Eng. iron, ore; Lat. aurum; with the com. notion of brightness; cf. aurora, etc.].
    I.
    Any crude metal dug out of the earth, except gold and silver; esp.,
    a.
    Aes Cyprium, whence cuprum, copper: scoria aeris, copper dross or scoria, Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107:

    aeris flos,

    flowers of copper, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107:

    squama aeris,

    scales of copper, Cels. 2, 12 init.:

    aes fundere,

    Plin. 33, 5, 30, § 94:

    conflare et temperare,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 197:

    India neque aes neque plumbum habet,

    id. 34, 17, 48, § 163:

    aurum et argentum et aes,

    Vulg. Ex. 25, 3.—
    b.
    An alloy, for the most part of copper and tin, bronze (brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, was hardly known to the ancients. For their bronze coins the Greeks adhered to copper and tin till B.C. 400, after which they added lead. Silver is rare in Greek bronze coins. The Romans admitted lead into their bronze coins, but gradually reduced the quantity, and, under Calig., Nero, Vesp., and Domit., issued pure copper coins, and then reverted to the mixture of lead. In the bronze mirrors now existing, which are nearly all Etruscan, silver predominated to give a highly reflecting surface. The antique bronze had about 87 parts of copper to 13 of tin. An analysis of several objects has given the following centesimal parts: statua ex aere, Cic. Phil. 9, 6:

    simulacrum ex aere factum,

    Plin. 34, 4, 9, § 15:

    valvas ex aere factitavere,

    id. 34, 3, 7, § 13.—Hence:

    ducere aliquem ex aere,

    to cast one's image in bronze, id. 7, 37, 38, § 125; and in the same sense poet.:

    ducere aera,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240:

    aes Corinthium,

    Plin. 34, 2, 3, §§ 5-8; v. Corinthius.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    (Esp. in the poets.) For everything made or prepared from copper, bronze, etc. ( statues, tables of laws, money), and (as the ancients had the art of hardening and tempering copper and bronze) weapons, armor, utensils of husbandry: aes sonit, franguntur hastae, the trumpet sounds, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 32 (Trag. v. 213 Vahl.):

    Et prior aeris erat quam ferri cognitus usus: Aere solum terrae tractabant, aereque belli Miscebant fluctus et vulnera vasta serebant, etc.,

    Lucr. 5, 1287:

    quae ille in aes incidit, in quo populi jussa perpetuasque leges esse voluit,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 17; cf. id. Fam. 12, 1; Tac. A. 11, 14; 12, 53; id. H. 4, 40: aere ( with the trumpet, horn) ciere viros, Verg. A. 6, 165:

    non tuba directi, non aeris cornua flexi,

    Ov. M. 1, 98 (hence also rectum aes, the tuba, in contr. with the crooked buccina, Juv. 2, 118); a brazen prow, Verg. A. 1, 35; the brazen age, Hor. Epod. 16, 64.—In plur.: aera, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.; Verg. A. 2, 734; Hor. C. 4, 8, 2 al.—
    B.
    Money: the first Roman money consisted of small rude masses of copper, called aes rude, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; afterwards as coined:

    aes signatum,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43;

    so aes alone: si aes habent, dant mercem,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 49:

    ancilla aere suo empta,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 26: aes circumforaneum. borrowed from the brokers in the forum, Cic. Att. 2, 1: Hic meret aera liber Sosiis, earns them money, Hor. A. P. [p. 61] 345:

    gravis aere dextra,

    Verg. E. 1, 36:

    effusum est aes tuum,

    Vulg. Ez. 16, 36:

    neque in zona aes (tollerent),

    ib. Maarc. 6, 8:

    etiam aureos nummos aes dicimus,

    Dig. 50, 16, 159.—Hence,
    1.
    Aes alienum, lit. the money of another; hence, in reference to him who has it, the sum owed, a debt, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 2:

    habere aes alienum,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 6:

    aes alienum amicorum suscipere,

    to take upon one's self, id. Off. 2, 16:

    contrahere,

    to run up, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    facere,

    id. Att. 13, 46:

    conflare,

    Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3:

    in aes alienum incidere,

    to fall into debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 9:

    in aere alieno esse,

    to be in debt, id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 6; so,

    aere alieno oppressum esse,

    id. Font. 1; so Vulg. 1 Reg. 22, 2:

    laborare ex aere alieno,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 22:

    liberare se aere alieno,

    to get quit of, Cic. Att. 6, 2; so,

    aes alienum dissolvere,

    id. Sull. 56:

    aere alieno exire,

    to get out of, id. Phil. 11, 6.—
    2.
    In aere meo est, trop., he is, as it were, among my effects, he is my friend (only in the language of common conversation):

    in animo habui te in aere meo esse propter Lamiae nostri conjunctionem,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 62; 15, 14.—
    * 3.
    Alicujus aeris esse, to be of some value, Gell. 18, 5.—
    * 4.
    In aere suo censeri, to be esteemed according to its own worth, Sen. Ep. 87.—
    C.
    Sometimes = as, the unit of the standard of money (cf. as); hence, aes grave, the old heary money (as weighed, not counted out):

    denis milibus aeris gravis reos condemnavit,

    Liv. 5, 12:

    indicibus dena milia aeris gravis, quae tum divitiae habebantur, data,

    id. 4, 60; so, aes alone and in the gen. sing., instead of assium:

    aeris miliens, triciens,

    a hundred millions, three millions, Cic. Rep. 3, 10:

    qui milibus aeris quinquaginta census fuisset,

    Liv. 24, 11.—Also for coins that are smaller than an as (quadrans, triens, etc.):

    nec pueri credunt, nisi qui nondum aere, i. e. quadrante, lavantur (those who bathed paid each a quadrans),

    Juv. 2, 152 (cf.:

    dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 137).—
    D.
    Wages, pay.
    1.
    A soldier's pay = stipendium:

    negabant danda esse aera militibus,

    Liv. 5, 4. And soon after: annua aera habes: annuam operam ede.— Hence in plur., = stipendia, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 33.—
    2.
    Reward, payment, in gen., Juv. 6, 125: nullum in bonis numero, quod ad aes exit, that has in view or aims at pay, reward, Sen. Ep. 88.—
    E.
    In plur.: aera, counters; hence also the items of a computed sum (for which, later, a sing. form aera, ae (q. v.), came into use): si aera singula probāsti, summam, quae ex his confecta sit, non probare? Cic. ap. Non. 3, 18.

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  • 8 flos

    flōs, ōris, m. [root fla-; Gr. ek-phlainô, to stream forth; cf. phlasmos; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo], a blossom, flower.
    I.
    Lit.:

    suaves flores,

    Lucr. 1, 8:

    juvat novos decerpere flores,

    id. 1, 928:

    novi,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 32:

    recentes,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 44:

    verni,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 9:

    florum omnium varietas,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 54:

    suavitas odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus,

    id. ib. 17, 59:

    laetissimi flores,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    ninguntque rosarum Floribus,

    Lucr. 2, 628:

    flores rosae, rosarum,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4:

    piabunt floribus et vino Genium,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.:

    fons Bandusiae, dulci digne mero non sine floribus,

    id. C. 3, 13, 2:

    nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 10:

    recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

    the stage strewed with flowers, id. Ep. 2, 1, 79:

    carduus florem purpureum mittit inter medios aculeos,

    puts forth, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

    legere,

    Ov. M. 4, 315.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The honey of flowers sucked out by the bees:

    rure levis verno flores apis ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos,

    Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.—
    2.
    In gen., like the Gr. anthos, for whatever forms either the best part or the highest part of a thing (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).—
    a.
    The flower of any thing, i. e. the prime or best part, also the best kind of any thing: postquam est honoratus frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of wine, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so,

    vini (Bacchi),

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; id. Cas. 3, 5, 16; Lucr. 3, 221.— The best kind of oil, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of wax, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of salt, id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; Cato, R. R. 88, 2; of meal, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of cream, Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest dish: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—
    b.
    The highest part, the top, crown, head of a thing.—Of the froth of wine, Cato, R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136.—The blisters, scales that are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the upper dust of marble or gypsum, Col. 12, 20, 8.— Poet. of the first downy hairs of the beard: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.; Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562:

    ante genas dulces quam flos juvenilis inumbret,

    Claud. in Prob. Cons. Pan. 69.—Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a tip or flash of flame, Lucr. 1, 900.—
    3. II.
    Trop., the flower, crown, ornament of any thing (class.; a favorite flg. of Cic.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ea tempestate flos poëtarum fuit (Plautus),

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

    sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque siti flos veteris ubertatis exaruit,

    Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

    (Ennius) flos delibatus populi... qua (eloquentia) virum excellentem praeclare tum illi homines florem populi esse dixerunt,

    id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.):

    flos nobilitatis ac juventutis,

    id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61:

    versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

    id. Or. 10, 34; cf.:

    quod floris, quod roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant,

    Liv. 37, 12, 7:

    ex morbo velut renovatus flos juventae,

    id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8:

    provincia Galliae... ille flos Italiae, illud firmamentum imperii populi Romani, illud ornamentum dignitatis,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

    flos dignitatis,

    id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.:

    ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, divino consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse arbitror,

    splendor, glory, id. de Or. 3, 3, 12:

    in ipso Graeciae flore,

    in the very flower, the most flourishing condition, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82:

    flos aetatis,

    the flower of one's age, the prime of life, Lucr. 3, 770; 5, 847; cf.:

    non venirem contra gratiam, non virtutis spe, sed aetatis flore collectam,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.— Without aetas: Pa. Anni? Ch. Anni? Sedecim. Pa. Flos ipse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

    viridissimo flore puella,

    Cat. 17, 14:

    in flore primo tantae indolis juvenis exstinctus est,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5:

    in flore virium se credens esse,

    Liv. 42, 15, 2:

    primus flos animi,

    youthful vigor, Stat. Ach. 1, 625;

    but also: flos animi,

    ripe age, Sen. Ep. 26:

    videmus Vergilium ea de causa hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores modo rerum decerpsisse,

    i. e. the choicest, best, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.—
    2.
    Transf.: flos aetatis, maidenly or youthful innocence (of girls or boys), virginity:

    (virgo) cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem,

    Cat. 62, 46:

    Hasdrubal flore aetatis, uti ferunt, primo Hamilcari conciliatus,

    Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4:

    florem aetatis (Caesaris) in Bithynia contaminatum,

    Suet. Caes. 49.—
    B.
    In partic., of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament:

    ut porro conspersa sit (oratio) quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96:

    flos aut lumen eloquentiae,

    id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.:

    nullus flos tamen neque lumen ullum (in M. Crassi oratione),

    id. ib. 66, 233:

    florem et colorem defuisse,

    id. ib. 87, 298:

    alia copia locuples, alia floribus laeta,

    Quint. 8, 3, 87:

    male audire... nimiis floribus et ingenii affluentia,

    id. 12, 10, 13.

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  • 9 pendo

    pendo, pĕpendi, pensum, 3 (pendissent, for pependissent, Liv. 45, 26 fin.:

    penderit for pependerit,

    Paul. Nol. Carm. 14, 122), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. root sphad-, sphendonê, a sling; Lat. funda].— Lit., to cause to hang down, to suspend; esp. of scales in weighing.
    I.
    Act., to weigh, weigh out.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare: syn. penso, expendo): unumquodque verbum staterā aurariā pendere, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 21: da pensam lanam, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 21; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 39, read repensum: aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant, Fest. s. v. pendere, p. 208 Müll.:

    pensas examinat herbas,

    Ov. M. 14, 270.—
    2.
    Transf., to pay, pay out (because, in the earliest times, payments were made by weighing out the metals; v. in the preced. the passage from Fest.;

    class.): militis stipendia ideo, quod eam stipem pendebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

    Achaei ingentem pecuniam pendunt L. Pisoni quotannis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5; id. Att. 12, 25, 1:

    vectigal populo Romano,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

    vectigal,

    Liv. 25, 8:

    tributum pro navibus,

    Tac. A. 13, 51:

    pretium,

    id. ib. 2, 87:

    coria boum in usus militares,

    id. ib. 4, 72:

    mercedem alicui,

    Juv. 3, 15.— Absol.:

    pro pabulo pendunt,

    pay, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.— Impers. pass.:

    iterumque imperii nostri publicanis penditur,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.—As punishments consisted of fines in money or cattle: pendere poenas, supplicia, etc., signified to pay, suffer, undergo a penalty:

    pendere poenas solvere significat,

    Fest. p. 268 Müll.:

    Syrus mihi tergo poenas pendet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 6:

    maximas poenas pendo temeritatis meae,

    Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:

    satis pro temeritate unius hominis suppliciorum pensum esse,

    Liv. 34, 61:

    capitis poenas,

    Ov. F. 3, 845:

    poenas violatae religionis sanguine et caedibus,

    Just. 8, 2, 4:

    magna supplicia perfidiae,

    id. 11, 4, 2:

    crimen, culpam,

    Val. Fl. 4, 477.—Rarely in this signif. absol., to suffer any thing ( poet.):

    tuis nam pendit in arvis Delius,

    Val. Fl. 1, 445.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To weigh mentally, to ponder, consider, deliberate upon, decide (class.;

    syn.: pensito, trutinor): vos eam (rem) suo, non nominis pondere penditote,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

    in philosophiā res spectatur, non verba penduntur,

    id. Or. 16, 51:

    causam ex veritate,

    id. Quint. 1, 5:

    rem levi conjecturā,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—
    b.
    To value, esteem, regard a thing; with gen. of the value (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

    neque cum me magni pendere visum'st,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 12:

    aliquem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 25:

    quem tu vidisse beatus Non magni pendis,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 93:

    nec jam religio divum neque numina magni Pendebantur,

    Lucr. 6, 1277:

    unice unum plurimi pendit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

    te volturium vocant: Hostisne an civis comedis, parvi pendere,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 64 sq.:

    nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam,

    lightly esteem, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 29; so,

    parvi,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 46; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 37; id. Hec. 3, 5, 63:

    minoris pendo tergum illorum, quam meum,

    care less for, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 29:

    aliquem minoris,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 58:

    aliquem nihili,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 88:

    nihili,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Trin. 3, 1, 6; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 6; cf.:

    non flocci pendere,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

    sese experturum, quanti sese penderem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 44:

    tu illum numquam ostendisti quanti penderes,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 103.—
    2.
    (Acc. to A. 2.) To pay, render ( poet.):

    dignas pendere grates,

    Stat. Th. 11, 223.—
    II.
    Neutr., to weigh ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    tantundem pendere par est,

    Lucr. 1, 361:

    talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat,

    Liv. 38, 38, 13; Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44; id. 30, 48 fin., § 93; id. 18, 7, 12, § 66; id. 31, 6, 31, § 58 (in Sen. Ep. 66, 30, read pendent).—Hence, pensus, a, um, P. a., lit. weighed; hence, trop., esteemed, valued, prized, dear (as P. a. not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    utra condicio pensior, Virginemne an viduam habere?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 61: ut nihil quicquam esset carius pensiusque nobis quam nosmetipsi, Taurus ap. Gell. 12, 5, 7.—Esp., as subst.: pensum, i, n., something weighed.
    A.
    Weight, consideration, scruple, importance, only in gen. sing.: nihil pensi habere aliquid, to lay no weight or stress upon a thing, to attach no value to, be indifferent to, care nothing about:

    sua parvi pendere, aliena cupere,... nihil pensi neque moderati habere,

    Sall. C. 12, 2:

    nihil pensi neque sancti habere,

    id. J. 41, 9:

    neque id quibus modis assequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat,

    id. C. 5, 6:

    prorsus neque dicere, neque facere quicquam pensi habebat,

    id. ib. 23, 2:

    nihil pensi habuit, quin, etc.,

    Suet. Dom. 12; id. Ner. 34:

    ut neque fas neque fidem pensi haberet,

    Tac. A. 13, 15: aliquid ratum pensumque habere, Att. Capitol. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 2. —So, non pensi ducere (very rare), Val. Max. 2, 9, 3.—Also, non adest or est alicui pensi: nec mihi adest tantillum pensi jam, quos capiam calceos, I don't care in the least, am perfectly indifferent, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 52:

    sed illis nec quid dicerent, nec quid facerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse,

    they never cared at all, Liv. 34, 49:

    quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non ea consilia de republicā habuissent,

    if they had ever had regard for any considerations, Sall. C. 52, 34. —
    B.
    Prop., the wool weighed out to a slave to spin in a day; hence, a day's work in spinning, and, in gen., spinning, a spinner's task.
    1.
    Lit. (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

    pensum facere,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63; id. Men. 5, 2, 45:

    nocturna carpentes pensa puellae,

    Verg. G. 1, 391:

    carmine quo captae dum fusis mollia pensa Devolvunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 348:

    famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso,

    id. A. 8, 412; Prop. 3, 15, (4, 14), 15:

    castrensia,

    i. e. for military garments, id. 4 (5), 3, 33:

    pensa manu ducunt,

    Juv. 12, 65:

    lanificam revocas ad sua pensa manum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 13, 24; id. H. 3, 75; Just. 1, 3, 2.— Poet., a thread spun by the Fates:

    durae peragunt pensa sorores,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 181:

    jamque in fine dies et inexorabile pensum Deficit,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 172: mortale resolvere, to unbind his mortal thread, i. e. to make him immortal, Calp. Ecl. 4, 137.—
    2.
    Trop., a charge, duty, office (so in Cic.; cf.:

    ministerium, munus, officium): pensum meum lepide accurabo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33; cf.:

    meum confeci,

    id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

    absolvere,

    to perform one's duty, Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

    me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119; id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109:

    nominis familiaeque,

    Liv. 4, 52:

    operis sui peragere,

    Col. 3, 10, 7.—Hence, adv.: pensē, carefully, considerately (post-class.): pensius, Flav. ap. Symm. Ep. 2, 34.

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  • 10 claudico

    claudĭco ( clōdĭco, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249, like Claudius and Clodius, codex and caudex, etc., v. au), āre, v. n. [claudeo; like albico, candico from albeo, candeo], to limp, halt, be lame (class.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    Carvilio graviter claudicanti ex vulnere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249; Ov. F. 3, 758; Col. 6, 12, 3; Suet. Aug. 80; Just. 6, 2, 6.—
    B.
    In Lucretius, meton., of other irregular or unbalanced motions, to waver, wabble, halt; of the lame wings of birds, Lucr. 6, 834;

    of the wavering of balances or scales,

    id. 4, 515; and of the earth's axis, id: 6, 1107.—
    II.
    Trop., to halt, waver, to be wanting, incomplete or defective:

    claudicat ingenium,

    Lucr. 3, 453:

    tota res vacillat et claudicat, Cic. N. D, 1, 38, 107: vereri ne tota amicitia quasi claudicare videatur,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 69; so id. Brut. 63, 227; Liv. 22, 39, 3 (al. leg. claudo); Col. 4, 2, 1; Just. 6, 2, 5 and 6:

    ut constare possimus nobismet ipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 119; cf.:

    in comoediā, claudicamus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 99.—So of discourse:

    ne sermo in aequalitate horum omnium sicut pedum claudicet,

    Quint. 11, 3, 43:

    si quid in nostrā oratione claudicat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198.—And once of the measure of a verse: claudicat hic versus;

    haec, inquit, syllaba nutat,

    Claud. Epigr. 79, 3.

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  • 11 furfur

    furfur, ŭris (abl. furfuri, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27), and furfŭres, um, m., bran [reduplicated form, originally for-for; root ghar-; Sanscr. gharshāmi, rub; Gr. chriô; cf.: far, farina, frio, frico, etc.; v. Corss. Beiträg. p. 206].
    I.
    Lit.:

    qui alunt furfure sues,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27:

    per cribrum effuso furfure,

    Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 145:

    triticum furfure crasso vestitur,

    id. 18, 30, 73, § 304.—In plur.:

    hordeacei,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; Col. 12, 44, 3:

    triticei,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

    excreti modice a farina,

    Col. 8, 4, 1: [p. 796] furfuribus conspersus panis, Phaedr. 4, 18, 4.—
    II.
    Transf., scurf or scales on the skin, the head, etc.:

    foedo cutis furfure,

    Plin. 26, 1, 2, § 2.—In plur.:

    capitis,

    Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 101:

    in facie,

    id. 22, 21, 30, § 64. —In a pun upon the two meanings:

    ex ipsis dominis meis pugnis exculcabo furfures,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 30.

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  • 12 furfures

    furfur, ŭris (abl. furfuri, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27), and furfŭres, um, m., bran [reduplicated form, originally for-for; root ghar-; Sanscr. gharshāmi, rub; Gr. chriô; cf.: far, farina, frio, frico, etc.; v. Corss. Beiträg. p. 206].
    I.
    Lit.:

    qui alunt furfure sues,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27:

    per cribrum effuso furfure,

    Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 145:

    triticum furfure crasso vestitur,

    id. 18, 30, 73, § 304.—In plur.:

    hordeacei,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; Col. 12, 44, 3:

    triticei,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

    excreti modice a farina,

    Col. 8, 4, 1: [p. 796] furfuribus conspersus panis, Phaedr. 4, 18, 4.—
    II.
    Transf., scurf or scales on the skin, the head, etc.:

    foedo cutis furfure,

    Plin. 26, 1, 2, § 2.—In plur.:

    capitis,

    Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 101:

    in facie,

    id. 22, 21, 30, § 64. —In a pun upon the two meanings:

    ex ipsis dominis meis pugnis exculcabo furfures,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 30.

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  • 13 libra

    lībra, ae, f. [cf. litra; root cli-, clino], the Roman pound, of twelve ounces:

    as erat libra pondus,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 Müll.:

    coronam auream libram pondo ex publica pecunia in Capitolio Iovi donum posuit,

    Liv. 4, 20:

    mulli binas libras ponderis raro exsuperant,

    Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

    expende Hannibalem, quot libras in duce summo invenies?

    Juv. 10, 147:

    neque argenti in convivio plus pondo quam libras centum inlaturos,

    Gell. 2, 24, 2:

    dipondii pondo duas erant libras,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 122.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A measure for liquids:

    frumenti denos modios et totidem olei libras,

    Suet. Caes. 38.—
    B.
    1.. A balance, pair of scales:

    cum in alteram librae lancem animi bona imponebat, in alteram corporis, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91.—
    2.
    A water-poise, plummet-level, level, line:

    sin autem locus... pari libra cum aequore maris est,

    Col. 8, 17, 4: libratur [p. 1061] autem dioptris aut libris aquariis aut chorobate, Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—Hence, ad libram: alteram navem pluribus aggressus navibus in quibus ad libram fecerat turres, of equal height or of equal weight, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 1.—
    3.
    Counterpoise, balance:

    contra flatus quoque pervicax libra Bononiensibus calamis,

    Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161: aes et libra, v. aes.—
    4.
    The constellation Libra, The Balance, Verg. G. 1, 208; Ov. F. 4, 386; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221:

    felix aequato genitus sub pondere Librae,

    Manil. 4, 545.—
    5.
    Trop., a balance ( poet.), Pers. 4, 10:

    animi cunctantis libra,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 75.

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  • 14 nitidus

    nĭtĭdus, a, um, adj. [niteo], shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear (class.; syn.: splendidus, lautus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    facite, sultis, nitidae ut aedes meae sint,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8:

    in picturis alios horrida, inculta... contra alios nitida, laeta delectant,

    Cic. Or. 11, 36:

    nitidus juventā (anguis),

    Verg. G. 3, 437:

    caesaries,

    id. ib. 4, 337:

    caput solis,

    id. ib. 1, 467:

    ebur,

    Ov. M. 2, 3:

    aries nitidissimus auro,

    id. F. 3, 867:

    aether,

    Val. Fl. 3, 467:

    pisces,

    with gleaming scales, Ov. M. 1, 74:

    cujus turbavit nitidos exstinctus passer ocellos,

    Juv. 6, 8.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of animals, sleek, plump, fat:

    jumenta,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 6.—
    2.
    Of persons, well-conditioned, well-favored, healthy-looking:

    me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15.—So, nitidis sensibus haurire aliquid, with fresh, unblunted, unsated senses, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 193.—
    3.
    Good-looking, handsome, beautiful, neat, elegant, spruce, trim:

    nimis nitida femina,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 4:

    quos pexo capillo nitidos videtis,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

    ex nitido fit rusticus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 83:

    villae,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 46:

    nitidioris vitae instrumenta,

    Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—
    4.
    Of fields and plants, blooming, fertile, luxuriant:

    nitidae fruges arbustaque laeta,

    Lucr. 2, 594:

    campi nitidissimi viridissimique,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    nitidissima arboris pars,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 104. — Poet.:

    nitidissimus annus,

    rich, fertile, Ov. F. 5, 265.—
    5.
    Of the wrestling ring, in allusion to the oil with which the wrestlers' bodies were anointed: palaestrae, Mart. 4, 8, 5.—
    II.
    Trop., cultivated, polished, refined:

    nitidum quoddam genus verborum et laetum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81:

    verba nitidiora,

    id. Part. 5, 17:

    Isocrates nitidus et comptus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 79:

    Messala,

    id. 1, 7, 35:

    oratio,

    id. 8, 3, 18; 49;

    orator,

    id. 12, 10, 78:

    nitida et curata vox,

    id. 11, 3, 26:

    hilares nitidique vocantur,

    Juv. 11, 178:

    vita nitidior,

    Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—Hence, adv.: nĭtĭdē, splendidly, brightly, beautifully, magnificently:

    ut nitide nitet,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3:

    cenare nitide,

    id. Cas. 3, 6, 19; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 11.

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  • 15 statera

    stătēra, ae, f. [perhaps kindred with stathmê, a rule], a steelyard; also, a balance (syn.: libra, trutina).
    I.
    Lit., Vitr. 10, 8; Petr. 35; Suet. Vesp. 25; Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38; Stat. S. 4, 9, 46: auraria, a goldsmith's scales, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 20;

    called also aurificis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—
    B.
    Transf., of any thing of a similar shape.
    * 1.
    The pole-bar of a chariot, Stat. S. 4, 3, 35.—
    * 2.
    A kind of platter, so called from its resemblance to the scale of a steelyard or balance, Nep. ap. Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146.—
    * II.
    Trop., the value of a thing, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > statera

  • 16 ponderarium

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ponderarium

  • 17 squama

    squāma, ae, f., a scale (of a fish, serpent, etc.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    alias (animantes) squamis obductas,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121.—Of a serpent:

    tractu squamae crepitantis harenam Sulcat,

    Ov. M. 15, 725:

    hydri,

    Verg. G. 3, 545; id. A. 5, 88; 11, 754; Ov. M. 3, 63; 4, 577.—Of a fish:

    alia integuntur squamis ut pisces,

    Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 114; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 295.—Of bees:

    rutilis clarus squamis,

    Verg. G. 4, 93.—
    B.
    Transf.
    * 1.
    Poet., a fish, Juv. 4, 25.—
    2.
    Of scaleshaped things ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    (α).
    Scale-armor, Verg. A. 9, 707; 11, 488.—
    (β).
    A cataract in the eye, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21. —
    (γ).
    Hulls or husks:

    milli,

    Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107.—
    (δ).
    Scales of metal struck off by the hammer:

    ferri,

    Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 154; Cels. 5, 1:

    aeris,

    Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107; Cels. 2, 12:

    plumbi,

    Plin. 30, 12, 33, § 107.—
    * II.
    Trop., roughness, rudeness:

    sermonis,

    Sid. Ep. 3, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > squama

  • 18 nitidus

        nitidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [cf. niteo], shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear: nitidus iuventā (of the serpent that has shed its skin), V.: aries nitidissimus auro, O.: pisces, with gleaming scales, O.: ocelli, Iu.—Of animals, sleek, plump, in good condition, well-favored, blooming: iumenta, N.: quos pexo capillo nitidos videtis: ex nitido fit rusticus, H.: vacca, O.: campi nitidissimi: nitidissimus annus, rich, O.—Fig., cultivated, polished, refined: verba nitidiora: hilares nitidique vocantur, Iu.
    * * *
    nitida, nitidum ADJ
    shining, bright

    Latin-English dictionary > nitidus

  • 19 plūma

        plūma ae, f    [PLV-], a soft feather, feather, plume: plumae versicolores: ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur: mollis, V.: leves plumae, H.: in plumis delituisse Iovem, i. e. as a swan, O.: colla Mollibus in plumis reponit, down, O.: tuae cum veniet pluma superbiae, i. e. the first beard, H.: pellis aënis In plumam squamis auro conserta, i. e. scales of brass overlaid like plumage, V.— Sing collect.: Pluma avium, plumage, O.
    * * *
    feather; plume

    Latin-English dictionary > plūma

  • 20 squāma

        squāma ae, f    [SCAD-], a scale: (animantes) squamā obductas: tractu squamae crepitantis harenam Sulcat, O.: hydri, V.: Hoc pretio squamae! Fish-scales, i. e. a fish, Iu.—Of armor, a scale, layer: duplici squamā lorica, of two layers, V.
    * * *
    scale; metal-plate used in the making of scale-armor

    Latin-English dictionary > squāma

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