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  • 1 per-vellō

        per-vellō vellī, —, ere,    to pull, twitch: aurem, Ph.—To excite, sharpen: stomachum, H.—Fig., to twitch, pinch, hurt: fortuna pervellere te forsitan potuerit.—To revile, disparage: ius civile.

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  • 2 saliō

        saliō uī, saltus, īre    [2 SAL-], to leap, spring, bound, jump, hop: calamo salientes ducere pisces, O.: de muro, L.: in aquas, O.: ultra Limites clientium, H.: per praecipitia, L.: multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando, V.: Farre pio et saliente micā, H.—Fig.: aliena negotia Per caput saliunt, H.
    * * *
    I
    salire, salivi, salitus V TRANS
    salt, salt down, preserve with salt; sprinkle before sacrifice
    II
    salire, salivi, saltus V
    leap, jump; move suddenly/spasmodically (part of body under stress), twitch; spurt, discharge, be ejected under force (water/fluid); mount/cover (by stud)
    III
    salire, salui, saltus V
    leap, jump; move suddenly/spasmodically (part of body under stress), twitch; spurt, discharge, be ejected under force (water/fluid); mount/cover (by stud)

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  • 3 vellico

    vellĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [vello], to pluck, twitch, pinch, nip (syn. carpo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cornix vulturios vellicat,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 148:

    puer, quid fieret, interrogatus, a paedagogo se vellicari respondit,

    Quint. 6, 1, 41:

    saetas,

    Nemes. Ecl. 3, 32:

    vellicata blande auricula suscitavit,

    Paul. Nol. Ep. 36, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., of bees:

    nullius opus,

    to suck, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To wake up, arouse by twitching:

    excitandus e somno et vellicandus est animus admonendusque,

    Sen. Ep. 20, 11; 63, 1.—
    B.
    To pluck or twitch in speaking, i. e. to twit, taunt, carp, rail at (cf. rodo):

    contemplent, conspiciant omnes, nutent, nectent, sibilent, vellicent, vocent, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 73:

    more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant, maledico dente carpunt,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    quod vellicet absentem Demetrius,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 79; cf.:

    nullum est tam plenum beneficium, quod non vellicare malignitas possit,

    belittle, Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 2:

    (puella) te vellicet,

    Prop. 2, 5, 8; Gell. 4, 15, 1.

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  • 4 micō

        micō uī, —, āre,    to move quickly to and fro, vibrate, quiver, shake, tremble, beat, palpitate: venae et arteriae micare non desinunt: linguis micat ore trisulcis, V.: corque timore micat, palpitates, O.: micant digiti, twitch, V.—In the finger game (Ital. mora), suddenly to stretch out fingers, the number to be instantly guessed by the other player: quasi sorte, aut micando.—Prov.: dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, i. e. perfectly honest.— To flash, gleam, glitter, beam, shine, be bright: fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, flashed in every direction, L.: tum micent gladii, L.: micat inter omnes Iulium sidus, H.: oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, V.: nubila flammā, O.
    * * *
    micare, micui, - V
    vibrate, quiver, twinkle; tremble, throb; beat (pulse); dart, flash, glitter

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  • 5 vellicō

        vellicō —, —, āre    [2 VEL-], to pluck, twitch, twit, taunt, carp, rail at: in circulis vellicant, maligno dente carpunt: absentem, H.
    * * *
    vellicare, vellicavi, vellicatus V
    pinch, nip; criticize carpingly

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  • 6 vellō

        vellō —, —, ere    [2 VEL-], to pluck, pull, tear away, pull out: poma, Tb.: caudae pilos equinae, H.: tot spicula, V.: ut signa, take up, L.: postīs a cardine, V.: capillos a stirpe, Pr.: castris signa, V.: Unguibus herbas, O.: hastam de caespite, V. —To pull down, tear down, destroy: vallum, L.: munimenta, L.—To pull, twitch, pluck: aurem, V.: vellere coepi Et prensare bracchia, H.
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    I
    vellere, velli, vulsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish
    II
    vellere, volsi, volsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish
    III
    vellere, vulsi, vulsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish

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  • 7 velico

    to pluck, twitch / criticize, taunt.

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  • 8 latus

    1.
    lātus, a, um, adj. [old Lat. stlātus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 313; Sanscr. root star-, strnāmi = sterno; Gr. stor- in stornumi, stratos; Lat. sterno, stratus, torus; cf. strāges, struo; not connected with platus, nor with 3. lātus = tlêtos], broad, wide.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fossa,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    mare,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

    via,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 53, §

    119: agri,

    id. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

    clavus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 138 (v. clavus):

    umeri,

    Verg. A. 9, 725; cf.:

    artus barbarorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 21:

    lati et lacertosi viri,

    broad-shouldered, Col. 1, 9, 4; Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    rana bove latior,

    Phaedr. 1, 24, 5:

    palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    latissimum flumen,

    id. ib. 2, 27:

    latissimae solitudines,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    comesse panem tris pedes latum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 8:

    fossae quindecim pedes latae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

    areas latas pedum denum facito,

    Col. 2, 10, 26:

    populi,

    Verg. A. 1, 225:

    moenia lata videt,

    id. ib. 6, 549:

    latis otia fundis,

    id. G. 2, 468: ne latos fines parare studeant. Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

    ager,

    Liv. 23, 46:

    orbis,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 57:

    terrae,

    Ov. M. 2, 307:

    lata Polyphemi acies,

    wide eye, Juv. 9, 64.— Neutr. absol.:

    crescere in latum,

    to increase in width, widen, Ov. M. 1, 336.— Absol.:

    per latum,

    Vulg. Ezech. 46, 22:

    in lato pedum centum,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7.—
    B.
    Transf., poet., for proud, swelling (cf. Eng. vulg. spreading):

    latus ut in circo spatiere,

    that you may stalk along largely, proudly, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183:

    lati incesserunt et cothurnati (histriones),

    Sen. Ep. 76, 31. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., broad, wide, wide-spread, extended (mostly post-Aug.):

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

    verba,

    pronounced broadly, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

    gloria,

    widespread, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7:

    lato Murrus caligat in hoste,

    Sil. 1, 499:

    interpretatio,

    broad, not strict, lenient, Dig. 22, 1, 1:

    culpa,

    great, ib. 50, 16, 213; 11, 6, 1 fin.:

    fuga,

    a kind of banishment, whereby all places are forbidden to the exile but one, ib. 48, 22, 5.—
    B.
    In partic., of style, diffuse, detailed, copious, prolix:

    oratio Academicorum liberior et latior (opp. Stoicorum oratio astrictior et contractior),

    Cic. Brut. 31, 120:

    latum atque fusum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 50:

    latiore varioque tractatu,

    id. 7, 3, 16:

    latiore quadam comprehensione,

    id. 2, 5, 14:

    genus orandi latum et sonans,

    Tac. H. 1, 90:

    Aeschines his latior et audentior,

    Quint. 12, 10, 23.— Hence, adv.: lātē, broadly, widely, extensively; with longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere.
    1.
    Lit.:

    late longeque diffusus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

    omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 35:

    minus late vagari,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    regnare,

    Just. 13, 7:

    populus late rex,

    Verg. A. 1, 21; cf.:

    diu Lateque victrix,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 23:

    cladem inferre,

    Tac. H. 3, 23.— Comp.:

    latius demum operaest pretium ivisse,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

    itaque latius quam caedebatur ruebat (murus),

    Liv. 21, 11:

    possidere (agros),

    Ov. M. 5, 131:

    metui,

    Tac. A. 12, 43. — Sup.:

    ager latissime continuatus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

    quam latissime possint, ignes faciant,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.—
    2.
    Trop.: ars late patet, widely. Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235:

    Phrygiae late refer primordia gentis,

    Ov. H. 17, 57.— Comp.:

    latius loquuntur rhetores, dialectici compressius,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: quod [p. 1042] pateat latius, of rather extensive application, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19:

    latius perscribere,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

    uti opibus,

    more lavishly, Hor. S. 2, 2, 113.— Sup.:

    fidei bonae nomen latissime manat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    latissime patere,

    id. ib. 3, 17, 69.
    2.
    lătus, ĕris, n. [cf. Gr. platus; Lat. lăter, Latium, plautus or plotus], the side, flank of men or animals.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ego vostra faciam latera lorea,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 2: quid conminatu's mihi? Con. Istud male factum arbitror, quia non latus fodi, id. Aul. 3, 2, 4:

    occidisse ex equo dicitur, et latus offendisse vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    cujus latus ille mucro petebat,

    id. Lig. 3, 9:

    laterique accommodat ensem,

    Verg. A. 2, 393; Quint. 2, 13, 12; 11, 3, 69; 118:

    laterum inclinatione forti ac virili,

    id. 1, 11, 18: vellere latus digitis, to twitch one by the side (in order to attract attention), Ov. A. A. 1, 606; cf.:

    si tetigit latus acrior,

    Juv. 7, 109:

    tum latus ei dicenti condoluisse... dieque septimo est lateris dolore consumptus,

    pleurisy, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6; so,

    lateris dolor,

    Cato, R. R. 125; Cels. 2, 7; 8; Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

    lateris vigili cum febre dolor,

    Juv. 13, 229; cf.:

    laterum dolor aut tussis,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 32: artifices lateris, i. e. those who make skilful side movements or evolutions, ballet-dancers, Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

    latus tegere alicui,

    to walk by the side of one, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18:

    claudere alicui,

    Juv. 3, 131; and:

    mares inter se uxoresque contendunt, uter det latus illis (sc. pantomimis),

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3.—Of animals:

    equorum,

    Lucr. 5, 1324:

    cujus (equi aënei) in lateribus fores essent,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—
    2.
    Of orators, the lungs:

    lateribus aut clamore contendere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    quae vox, quae latera, quae vires, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 67:

    ut lateris conatus sit ille, non capitis,

    Quint. 1, 11, 8; cf.:

    lateris pectorisve firmitas an capitis etiam plus adjuvet,

    id. 11, 3, 16; so id. 11, 3, 40:

    dum vox ac latus praeparetur,

    id. 10, 7, 2; 11, 3, 13:

    voce, latere, firmitate (constat orator),

    id. 12, 11, 2:

    neque enim ex te umquam es nobilitatus, sed ex lateribus et lacertis tuis,

    Cic. de Sen. 9, 27:

    cum legem Voconiam voce magna et bonis lateribus suasissem,

    id. ib. 5, 14:

    illa adhuc audaciora et majorum, ut Cicero existimat, laterum,

    Quint. 9, 1, 29.—
    3.
    Poet., in mal. part., Lucil. ap. Non. 260, 30; Ov. H. 2, 58; 19, 138; Prop. 2, 2, 12:

    lateri parcere,

    Juv. 6, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen.
    1.
    The side, flank, lateral surface of a thing (opp. frons and tergum;

    v. h. vv.): collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat et in frontem leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planiciem redibat,

    on each side, Caes. B. G. 2, 8; cf. Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202:

    terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    latus unum castrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    insula, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    id. ib. 5, 13:

    et (Fibrenus) divisus aequaliter in duas partis latera haec (insulae) adluit,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6.—Of a maritime country, the coast, seaboard:

    Illyricum,

    Juv. 8, 117:

    castelli,

    Sall. J. 93:

    tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus,

    the ship's side, Verg. A. 1, 105:

    ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctus,

    Ov. M. 11, 529:

    nudum remigio,

    Hor. C. 1, 14, 4; id. Epod. 10, 3:

    dextrum (domus),

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

    mundi,

    id. C. 1, 22, 19:

    crystallus sexangulis nascitur lateribus,

    surfaces, Plin. 37, 2, 9, § 26.—Of an army, the flank, Tac. Agr. 35:

    reliquos equites ad latera disponit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 7:

    ex itinere nostros latere aperto aggressi,

    id. ib. 1, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 23 fin.:

    ad latus apertum hostium constitui,

    id. ib. 4, 25:

    ne simul in frontem, simul in latera, pugnaretur,

    Tac. Agr. 35.—So in fighting: latus dare, to expose one's side or flank to the adversary, Val. Fl. 4, 304 (v. II. A. infra).—
    b.
    Esp. freq.: a (ab) latere, on or at the side or flank; a or ab lateribus, on or at the sides or flanks (opp. a fronte, in front, before, and a tergo, at the back, behind):

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.; id. B. G. 2, 25:

    ab omni latere securus,

    Amm. 16, 9, 3:

    ab latere aggredi,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    disjectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant,

    Sall. J. 50 fin.:

    ne quis inermibus militibus ab latere impetus fieri posset,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Sulla profligatis iis, quos advorsum ierat, rediens ab latere Mauris incurrit,

    Sall. J. 101, 8: si ex hac causa unda prorumperet, a lateribus undae circumfunderentur, Sen. Q. N. 6, 6, 4:

    a lateribus, a fronte, quasi tria maria prospectat,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 5.—
    c.
    Less freq. with ex:

    latere ex utroque,

    Lucr. 2, 1049:

    ex lateribus aggredi aliquem,

    Sall. C. 60:

    tribus ex lateribus (locus) tegebatur,

    Hirt. B. Alex. 28, 4:

    ex alio latere cubiculum est politissimum,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10:

    omni ex latere armorum molibus urgeri,

    Amm. 19, 7, 7.—
    d.
    With de:

    de latere ire,

    Lucr. 6, 117.—Without prep.:

    alio latere,

    Tac. A. 3, 74.—
    2.
    Poet. (pars pro toto), the body:

    penna latus vestit, tenet,

    Ov. M. 2, 376:

    nunc latus in fulvis niveum deponit harenis,

    id. ib. 2, 865; cf. id. ib. 3, 23;

    14, 710: forte,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 26:

    fessum longā militiā,

    id. C. 2, 7, 18:

    credidit tauro latus,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 26:

    liminis aut aquae Caelestis patiens latus,

    id. ib. 3, 10, 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.: in latera atque in terga incurrere, to attack the sides, i. e. the unguarded points, Quint. 9, 1, 20:

    aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

    encompass on every side, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34:

    ut a sems latere numquam discederem,

    never left his side, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf.: aliquem lateri alicujus adjungere, to attach to his side, i. e. to give him for a companion, Quint. 1, 2, 5; so,

    alicui latus dare, of a client,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3 (cf. B. 1. infra):

    lateri adhaerere gravem dominum,

    hung about them, threatened them, Liv. 39, 25:

    Illyriorum rex, lateri ejus haerens, assiduis precibus promissa exigebat,

    Just. 29, 4, 8; cf.:

    Agathocles regis lateri junctus, civitatem regebat,

    id. 30, 2, 5:

    circumfusa turba lateri meo,

    Liv. 6, 15.—Esp.:

    sacpe dabis nudum latus,

    expose, Tib. 1, 4, 52:

    la. tus imperii nudum,

    Flor. 3, 5, 4:

    nec adulatoribus latus praebeas,

    expose yourself, lay yourself open to, Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.: latere tecto abscedere, i. e safe, unharmed, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5:

    hic fugit omnes Insidias nullique malo latus obdit apertum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 59:

    ex uno latere constat contractus,

    on one side, Dig. 19, 1, 13 fin.; so ib. 3, 5, 5:

    nulla ex utroque latere nascitur actio,

    ib. 3, 5, 6, § 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To express intimacy, attachment:

    latus alicui cingere,

    to cling to, Liv. 32, 39, 8; esp. in the phrase: ab latere, at the side of, i. e. in intimate association with (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.):

    ab latere tyranni: addit eos ab latere tyranni,

    Liv. 24, 5, 13; Curt. 3, 5, 15; cf.:

    ille tuum, Castrice, dulce latus,

    your constant associate, Mart. 6, 68, 4.—
    2.
    Relationship, kindred, esp. collateral relationship (post-Aug.):

    quibus (liberis) videor a meo tuoque latere pronum ad honores iter relicturus,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

    sunt et ex lateribus cognati ut fratres sororesque,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 8:

    ex latere uxorem ducere,

    ib. 23, 2, 68:

    latus omne divinae domus,

    Stat. S. 5 praef.: omnes personae cognatorum aut supra numerantur, aut infra, aut ex transverso, sive a latere... a latere, fratres et sorores, liberique eorum; item parentium fratres et sorores liberique eorum, (Ulp.) de Grad. Cogn. 2 ap. Huschke, Jurisp. Antejust. p. 530.
    3.
    lātus, a, um, Part., v. fero.

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  • 9 mico

    mĭco, ŭi ( pf. subj. micaverit, Sol. 53), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. mish-, to wink], to move quickly to and fro, to have a vibrating or tremulous motion, to quiver, shake, tremble, e. g. of the pulse; to beat, palpitate; to spring forth, of fountains; of the tremulous rays of the stars, to twinkle, sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash (class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    venae et arteriae micare non desinunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24:

    linguis micat ore trisulcis,

    Verg. G. 3, 439:

    gladii,

    Liv. 6, 12, 9:

    corque timore micat,

    beats, palpitates, Ov. F. 3, 36:

    nec audissem corde micante tubam,

    for the beating, Prop. 1, 10, 12:

    metu micuere sinus,

    Ov. H. 1, 45:

    et modo cervicem, modo crura micantia captat,

    id. M. 9, 37:

    noctuarum genus, quibus pluma aurium modo micat,

    Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117: semianimesque micant (culi (of a head cut off), twitch, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396 (Ann. v. 463 Vahl.):

    digiti (of a hand cut off),

    Verg. A. 10, 396:

    auribus (of a horse),

    id. G. 3, 84:

    micuere fontes,

    spring forth, Luc. 4, 300:

    citatus vulnere angusto micat (cruor),

    Sen. Oedip. 345:

    fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut peti viderentur corpora,

    flashed in every direction, Liv. 40, 58, 5:

    inter horrendos fragores micare ignes,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    tum micent gladii,

    id. 6, 12, 9:

    eo ferocior inlatus hostis urgere scutis, micare gladiis,

    id. 4, 37, 10.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To raise suddenly some of the fingers and let another instantly guess their number, which was practised both as a game of chance (called in Italy mora) and as a mode of deciding doubtful matters:

    micare est sortiri digitis,

    Non. 347, 27: micandum erit cum Graeco, utrum... an, Varr. ap. Non. 347, 30:

    quid enim sors est? item propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    quasi sorte, aut micando,

    id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

    patrem et filium pro vita rogantes sortiri vel micare jussisse,

    Suet. Aug. 13.—Prov.:

    dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, said of a thoroughly honest man, since it would be easy to cheat in the dark,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

    cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare,

    Petr. 44.—Also in contracts: RATIO DOCVIT, CONSVETVDINE MICANDI SVMMOTA, SVB EXAGIO POTIVS PECORA VENDERE, QVAM DIGITIS CONCLVDENTIBVS TRADERE, Edict. in Inscr. Orell. 3166.—
    B.
    Poet. of the brilliancy of the stars, of the eyes, etc., to flash, gleam, beam, shine, be bright:

    micat inter omnes Julium sidus,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 46:

    micat ignibus aether,

    Verg. A. 1, 90. oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, id. ib. 12, 102:

    ex oculis micat acrius ardor,

    Lucr. 3, 289:

    micant ardorem orbes luminis,

    Verg. Cul. 220:

    genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

    Ov. M. 2, 40:

    celeri micuerunt nubila flamma,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 45.—Hence, mĭcans, antis, P. a., twinkling, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, flashing, glowing:

    stella micans radiis Arcturus, Cic. Div. Poët. 2, 42, 110: micantes stellae,

    Ov. M. 7, 100; Vulg. Job, 38, 31:

    oculos circumtulit igne micantes,

    Ov. M. 15, 674:

    vultus,

    Liv. 6, 13.— Comp.:

    radius sole micantior,

    Prud. Cath. 5, 44.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mico

  • 10 pervello

    per-vello, velli, 3, v. a., to pull or pluck hard; to pull, iwitch any thing.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nates,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 66:

    aurem,

    Phaedr. 5, 5, 32; also, prov., aurem, to pull one's ear, i. e. to remind one of a thing, Sen. Ben. 5, 7, 5; Val. Max. 1, 5, 8; Sen. Ep. 94, 55; id. Ben. 4, 36, 1; 5, 7, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., to excite, sharpen:

    stomachum,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 9.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To twitch, pinch:

    fortuna pervellere te forsitan potuerit et pungere, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

    si te forte dolor aliquis pervellerit,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 46.—
    2.
    To revile, disparage:

    jus civile,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—
    B.
    To arouse, enliven:

    ad referendam gratiam fides languet: hanc pervellamus,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 23, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pervello

  • 11 postomis

    postŏmis, ĭdis, f. [perh. from prostomos], a barnacle, twitch, an instrument fixed upon the nostrils of unruly horses; hence, transf., a drinking-cup, from its being always at a tippler's nose (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 27 (al. prostomides): postomis, epistomis, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

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  • 12 prostomis

    prostŏmis, ĭdis, f., = prostomis, an instrument to hold a horse by the nose, a barnacle, twitch, beak; trop., a drinkingvessel, Lucil. ap. Non. 1, n. 84 (others read postomis, q. v.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > prostomis

  • 13 vello

    vello, vulsi, vulsum ( perf. velli, Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Prisc. 10, 6, 36, p. 897 P.; Diom. 1, p. 369 ib.; ante-class. form of sup. volsum; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 576), 3, v. a. [prob. akin to hel-kô].
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of animals, to pluck or pull, i. e. to deprive of the hair, feathers, etc.:

    oves,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 9; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 190:

    anseres,

    id. 10, 22, 27, § 53.—
    B.
    Of things.
    1.
    In gen., to pluck, pull, or tear out, away, or up; in simple constr.:

    plumas anserum,

    Col. 8, 13, 3:

    caudae pilos equinae,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45:

    barbam,

    id. S. 1, 3, 133:

    tot spicula,

    Verg. A. 10, 889:

    comam,

    Mart. 5, 37, 19:

    cuneum vellito, statimque surculos in ea foramina immittito,

    Col. 5, 11, 5; cf. id. Arb. 26, 4: signa, to take up, i. e. march, Verg. A. 11, 19; cf.:

    ut vellerent signa et Romam proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 3, 50, 11:

    mors viscera vulsit,

    Luc. 6, 546.—With ab and abl.:

    postes a cardine vellit,

    Verg. A. 2, 480:

    albos a stirpe capillos,

    Prop. 3 (4), 25, 13:

    asparagum ab radice,

    Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149.—With abl. alone:

    aut castris audebit vellere signa,

    Verg. G. 4, 108:

    genae florem primaevo corpore vulsit,

    Luc. 6, 562:

    adfixam oculo sagittam,

    id. 6, 218:

    vulsis pectore telis,

    id. 6, 232; cf.:

    unguibus et raras vellentem dentibus herbas,

    Ov. M. 8,800.—With de and abl.:

    hastam... de cespite vellit,

    Verg. A. 11, 566:

    herbas de caespite,

    Luc. 4, 414.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    To pluck, pull, or tear down or away:

    cum pars vellerent vallum, atque in fossas proruerent,

    Liv. 9, 14, 9; 10, 2, 5:

    munimenta,

    id. 2, 25, 3.—
    b.
    To pluck, pull, pick, or gather fruit, etc.:

    modo nata malā vellere poma manu,

    Tib. 3, 5, 20.—
    c.
    To pull, twitch, etc.:

    aurem,

    Verg. E. 6, 4; cf. id. Cop. 38; Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Amm. 22, 3, 12:

    vellere coepi Et prensare manu lentissima bracchia,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:

    latus digitis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 606.—
    d.
    To be plucked or pulled, i. e. to have the hair pulled out by the roots:

    circa corporis curam morosior, ut non solum tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur, sed velleretur etiam,

    Suet. Caes. 45.—
    II.
    Trop., to tear, torment:

    sed mea secreto velluntur pectora morsu,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 3.—Hence, P. a.: vulsus ( volsus), a, um.
    A.
    Lit., shorn, plucked, smooth, beardless, hairless:

    istum gallum Glabriorem reddes mihi quam volsus ludiust,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 6:

    vulsi levatique et inustas comas acu comentes,

    Quint. 2, 5, 12:

    corpus vulsum,

    id. 5, 9, 14:

    eadem (corpora) si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

    id. 8, prooem. 19:

    nepos,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 23.—
    2.
    Trop., effeminate:

    mens,

    Mart. 2, 36, 6.—
    B.
    Suffering convulsions, spasmodic, Plin. 21, 19, 74, § 126; 23, 1, 16, § 25.

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