a bean

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făba, ae, f. [for fag-va, Sanscr. root bhaj-, to divide, share; bhak-tam, food; Gr. phag-ein, to eat; cf. fāgus], a bean, Vicia faba, Linn.; Gr. kuamos, more correctly, perh., our horse-bean.

Prop., Cato, R. R. 35, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 1; Col. 2, 10, 5; Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117; 19, 8, 40, § 133; 27, 5, 23, § 40: perque fabam repunt (grues) et mollia crura reponunt, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 ed. Vahl.);

not eaten by the Pythagoreans,

Cic. Div. 1, 30, 62; 2, 58, 119; Hor. S. 2, 6, 63; Gell. 4, 11, 4; and neither to be touched nor named by the Flamen Dialis, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 12; Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 13 Müll.—

Prov.

St. Repperi. Ly. Quid repperisti? St. Non quod pueri clamitant, In faba se repperisse, Plaut. Aul. 5, 11.—

Istaec in me cudetur faba, i. e. I shall have to smart for it, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89 Don.—

Tam perit quam extrema faba, in proverbio est, quod ea plerumque aut proteritur aut decerpitur a praetereuntibus, Fest. S. V. TAM, p. 363, 17 Müll.—

Transf., of things of a similar shape: of grains of wheat, Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95:

faba caprini fimi,

goat's dung, id. 19, 12, 60, § 185.—As a measure, Veg. Vet. 3, 12, 3.

făbālis ( făbūl-), e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to beans, bean-: seges, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4:

stipulae,

Ov. F. 4, 725.—

Subst.: făbālĭa, ium, n., bean-stalks, Cato, R. R. 37, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3; Col. 2, 10, 9; Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 141; 18, 12, 30, § 120.

făbālis ( făbūl-), e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to beans, bean-: seges, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4:

stipulae,

Ov. F. 4, 725.—

Subst.: făbālĭa, ium, n., bean-stalks, Cato, R. R. 37, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3; Col. 2, 10, 9; Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 141; 18, 12, 30, § 120.

lōmentum, i, n. [lavo], a mixture of bean-meal and rice kneaded together, used by the Roman ladies for preserving the smoothness of their skin.

Lit.:

lomento rugas condere,

Mart. 3, 42, 1:

ex faba lomentum factum,

Pall. Oct. 14, 9.—

Transf.

A kind of blue color, azure:

lomentum est caeruleo candidius,

Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 162. —

Bean-meal:

lomentum appellatur ea farina,

Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117.—

Trop., a wash, cosmetic, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.

mātūrus, a, um ( sup. usually maturissimus;

less freq. maturrimus,

Tac. A. 12, 65; cf. the adv.), adj. [root, Sanscr. ma-, measure, time, whence mane, matutinus; cf.: manus, modus; hence, timely, ready in time], ripe, mature (class.).

Lit., of fruits:

poma matura et cocta (opp. cruda),

Cic. Sen. 19, 71:

uva,

Verg. E. 10, 36:

fruges,

id. ib. 3, 80:

maturissimae ficus,

Col. 12, 17, 2.—With dat.:

seges matura messi,

ripe for harvesting, Liv. 2, 5.— Neutr. as subst.:

quod maturi erat (opp. viride),

Liv. 34, 26, 8. —

Transf.

Ripe, mature, of the proper age, proper, fit, seasonable, timely, etc.—With dat.:

filia matura viro,

ripe for marriage, marriageable, Verg. A. 7, 53:

maturus bello,

Juv. 8, 169:

vitulus templis maturus et arae,

old enough for sacrifice, id. 12, 7:

virgo,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 22:

ovis,

fit for bearing, Col. 7, 3, 1:

Roxane matura ex Alexandro,

Just. 13, 2, 5; cf.

venter,

ripe for delivery, ready to bring forth, Ov. M. 11, 311:

infans,

id. ib. 7, 127:

aetas,

mature, fit for action, Verg. A. 12, 438:

progenies matura militiae,

Liv. 42, 52: L. Caesar viris, of the proper age for assuming the toga virilis, Vell. 2, 99.— Piur. subst.: mātūri, adults (opp. pueri), Lact. 5, 13, 3:

omnia matura sunt, victoria, praeda, laus,

ready to be seized, Sall. J. 85, 48.—With ad:

ad arma,

Sil. 16, 657.—Of mental qualities:

ipse enim Thucydides, si posterius fuisset, multo maturior ac mitior fuisset,

Cic. Brut. 83, 288:

annis gravis atque animi maturus Aletes,

mature in judgment, Verg. A. 9, 246:

aevi,

ripe in years, id. ib. 5, 73:

centuriones,

who had served out their time, Suet. Calig. 44:

imperia,

old, antiquated, Just. 11, 5, 7:

scribendi tempus maturius,

more seasonable, more favorable, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: mihi vero ad nonas bene maturum videtur fore, just [p. 1121] at the right time, id. Fam. 9, 5, 1:

se maturam oppetere mortem,

in good old age, id. Div. 1, 18, 36:

senex,

Hor. A. P. 115.—

Powerful, vigorous:

glaebasque jacentis Pulverolenter coquat maturis solibus aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 66:

lux,

id. A. 10, 257:

ignes (anni),

Grat. Cyn. 59:

maturae mala nequitiae,

full-grown depravity, Juv. 14, 216.—

That takes place early, early, speedy, quick:

mittam hodie huic suo die natali malam rem magnam et maturam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 5: matura faba, the early bean (opp. to the late bean), Col. 2, 10:

satio (opp. to late sowing),

id. ib.: fenum, the first hay (opp. to the after-math), id. 7, 3:

hiemes,

early, Caes. B. G. 4, 20:

decessio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

honores,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 59:

judicium,

quick, Cic. Caecin. 3, 7:

robur aetatis quam maturrimum precari,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

aetas maturissima,

early life, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

si mora pro culpa est, ego sum maturior illo,

was there earlier, Ov. M. 13, 300.—Hence, adv.: mātūrē ( sup. maturissime and maturrime; v. the foll.).

Seasonably, opportunely, at the proper time (class.):

custodes mature sentiunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96:

satis mature occurrit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 7:

ubi consulueris, mature facto opus est,

Sall. C. 1 fin. —

Betimes, early, speedily, quickly, soon:

mature fieri senem,

Cic. Sen. 10, 32:

proficisci,

id. Fam. 3, 3, 1:

Romam venire,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4.— Comp.:

maturius proficiscitur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

maturius pervenire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60:

tempus quam res maturius me deserat,

Sall. J. 42, 5:

maturius ad Epulas ire,

Juv. 11, 88:

voluerunt veteres maturius hereditates adiri,

Gai. Inst. 2, 55.— Sup.: maximos tumultus maturissime disjeci, Cato ap. Charis. p. 184 P.:

res maturissime vindicanda est,

as quickly, as early as possible, Cic. Caecin. 2, 7:

quippe qui omnium maturrime ad publicas causas accesserim,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 74:

perge qua coeptas, ut quam maturrime merita invenias,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 16 Dietsch.:

quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin. —

Prematurely, untimely:

pater mature decessit,

Nep. Att. 2, 1.—With a play upon the three meanings of the word (A., B., and C.):

qui homo mature quaesivit pecuniam, Nisi eam mature parsit, mature esurit,

he who has made money at the right time, if he is not soon sparing of it, will too soon suffer hunger, Plaut. Curc. 3, 10.

mātūrus, a, um ( sup. usually maturissimus;

less freq. maturrimus,

Tac. A. 12, 65; cf. the adv.), adj. [root, Sanscr. ma-, measure, time, whence mane, matutinus; cf.: manus, modus; hence, timely, ready in time], ripe, mature (class.).

Lit., of fruits:

poma matura et cocta (opp. cruda),

Cic. Sen. 19, 71:

uva,

Verg. E. 10, 36:

fruges,

id. ib. 3, 80:

maturissimae ficus,

Col. 12, 17, 2.—With dat.:

seges matura messi,

ripe for harvesting, Liv. 2, 5.— Neutr. as subst.:

quod maturi erat (opp. viride),

Liv. 34, 26, 8. —

Transf.

Ripe, mature, of the proper age, proper, fit, seasonable, timely, etc.—With dat.:

filia matura viro,

ripe for marriage, marriageable, Verg. A. 7, 53:

maturus bello,

Juv. 8, 169:

vitulus templis maturus et arae,

old enough for sacrifice, id. 12, 7:

virgo,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 22:

ovis,

fit for bearing, Col. 7, 3, 1:

Roxane matura ex Alexandro,

Just. 13, 2, 5; cf.

venter,

ripe for delivery, ready to bring forth, Ov. M. 11, 311:

infans,

id. ib. 7, 127:

aetas,

mature, fit for action, Verg. A. 12, 438:

progenies matura militiae,

Liv. 42, 52: L. Caesar viris, of the proper age for assuming the toga virilis, Vell. 2, 99.— Piur. subst.: mātūri, adults (opp. pueri), Lact. 5, 13, 3:

omnia matura sunt, victoria, praeda, laus,

ready to be seized, Sall. J. 85, 48.—With ad:

ad arma,

Sil. 16, 657.—Of mental qualities:

ipse enim Thucydides, si posterius fuisset, multo maturior ac mitior fuisset,

Cic. Brut. 83, 288:

annis gravis atque animi maturus Aletes,

mature in judgment, Verg. A. 9, 246:

aevi,

ripe in years, id. ib. 5, 73:

centuriones,

who had served out their time, Suet. Calig. 44:

imperia,

old, antiquated, Just. 11, 5, 7:

scribendi tempus maturius,

more seasonable, more favorable, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: mihi vero ad nonas bene maturum videtur fore, just [p. 1121] at the right time, id. Fam. 9, 5, 1:

se maturam oppetere mortem,

in good old age, id. Div. 1, 18, 36:

senex,

Hor. A. P. 115.—

Powerful, vigorous:

glaebasque jacentis Pulverolenter coquat maturis solibus aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 66:

lux,

id. A. 10, 257:

ignes (anni),

Grat. Cyn. 59:

maturae mala nequitiae,

full-grown depravity, Juv. 14, 216.—

That takes place early, early, speedy, quick:

mittam hodie huic suo die natali malam rem magnam et maturam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 5: matura faba, the early bean (opp. to the late bean), Col. 2, 10:

satio (opp. to late sowing),

id. ib.: fenum, the first hay (opp. to the after-math), id. 7, 3:

hiemes,

early, Caes. B. G. 4, 20:

decessio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

honores,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 59:

judicium,

quick, Cic. Caecin. 3, 7:

robur aetatis quam maturrimum precari,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

aetas maturissima,

early life, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

si mora pro culpa est, ego sum maturior illo,

was there earlier, Ov. M. 13, 300.—Hence, adv.: mātūrē ( sup. maturissime and maturrime; v. the foll.).

Seasonably, opportunely, at the proper time (class.):

custodes mature sentiunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96:

satis mature occurrit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 7:

ubi consulueris, mature facto opus est,

Sall. C. 1 fin. —

Betimes, early, speedily, quickly, soon:

mature fieri senem,

Cic. Sen. 10, 32:

proficisci,

id. Fam. 3, 3, 1:

Romam venire,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4.— Comp.:

maturius proficiscitur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

maturius pervenire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60:

tempus quam res maturius me deserat,

Sall. J. 42, 5:

maturius ad Epulas ire,

Juv. 11, 88:

voluerunt veteres maturius hereditates adiri,

Gai. Inst. 2, 55.— Sup.: maximos tumultus maturissime disjeci, Cato ap. Charis. p. 184 P.:

res maturissime vindicanda est,

as quickly, as early as possible, Cic. Caecin. 2, 7:

quippe qui omnium maturrime ad publicas causas accesserim,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 74:

perge qua coeptas, ut quam maturrime merita invenias,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 16 Dietsch.:

quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin. —

Prematurely, untimely:

pater mature decessit,

Nep. Att. 2, 1.—With a play upon the three meanings of the word (A., B., and C.):

qui homo mature quaesivit pecuniam, Nisi eam mature parsit, mature esurit,

he who has made money at the right time, if he is not soon sparing of it, will too soon suffer hunger, Plaut. Curc. 3, 10.

phăsēlus ( phăsell- and făs-), i, m. and f., = phasêlos.

Lit., a kind of bean with an edible pod, French beans, kidney-beans, phasel (phaseolus vulgaris of Linn.):

viciamque seres vilemque phaselum,

Verg. G. 1, 227:

longa fasellus,

Col. 10, 377; v. id. 2, 10, 4; Pall. 10, 12.—

Transf., a light vessel ( in the shape of a kidney-bean) made of wicker-work or papyrus, sometimes also of burned and painted clay (cf.:

celox, lembus): epistulam de phaselo dare,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

phaselus ille quem videtis,

Cat. 4, 1:

phaselon solvere,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 29:

dare vela fictilibus phaselis,

Juv. 15, 127:

pictam phaselon,

Mart. 10, 30, 13.

phăsēlus ( phăsell- and făs-), i, m. and f., = phasêlos.

Lit., a kind of bean with an edible pod, French beans, kidney-beans, phasel (phaseolus vulgaris of Linn.):

viciamque seres vilemque phaselum,

Verg. G. 1, 227:

longa fasellus,

Col. 10, 377; v. id. 2, 10, 4; Pall. 10, 12.—

Transf., a light vessel ( in the shape of a kidney-bean) made of wicker-work or papyrus, sometimes also of burned and painted clay (cf.:

celox, lembus): epistulam de phaselo dare,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

phaselus ille quem videtis,

Cat. 4, 1:

phaselon solvere,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 29:

dare vela fictilibus phaselis,

Juv. 15, 127:

pictam phaselon,

Mart. 10, 30, 13.

Phoebus, i, m., = Phoibos (the radiant), a poetical appellation of Apollo as the god of light:

quae mihi Phoebus Apollo Praedixit,

Verg. A. 3, 251; Hor. C. S. 62; Prop. 1, 2, 27.— Poet. for the sun:

dum rediens fugat astra Phoebus,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 24:

Phoebi pallidus orbis,

Ov. R. Am. 256; id. M. 2, 110:

tristior iccirco nox est, quam tempora Phoebi,

id. R. Am. 585.—Hence,

Phoe-bēĭus, a, um, adj., Phœbean, Apollinean:

juvenis,

i. e. Æsculapius, Stat. S. 3, 4, 6:

anguis,

of Æsculapius, Ov. M. 15, 742:

ictus,

of the sun, id. ib. 5, 389: ales, the raven, so called because metamorphosed by Apollo, Stat. S. 2, 4, 17:

oscen,

Aus. Idyll. 11, 15:

Idmon,

son of Phœbus, Val. Fl. 1, 228:

Circe,

daughter of Sol, Petr. 135.—

Phoe-bēus, a, um, adj., Phœbean, Apollinean:

carmina,

Lucr. 2, 504:

lampas,

the sun, Verg. A. 4, 6:

virgo,

Daphne, Ov. P. 2, 2, 82:

laurus,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 51:

Rhodos,

where the worship of Apollo prevailed, id. M. 7, 365:

lyra,

id. H. 16, 180:

sortes,

oracle, id. M. 3, 130:

tripodes,

id. A. A. 3, 789:

Phoebeā morbos pellere arte,

id. F. 3, 827.—

Phoebas, ădis, f., a priestess of Apollo; hence the inspired one, the prophetess, Ov. Am. 2, 8, 12; id. Tr. 2, 400; Luc. 5, 128; 165.

ENG forest bean-goose, tundra bean-goose

NLD taigarietgans

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