a creature

    bēstiola ae, f dim.    [bestia], a small animal, little living creature.

    homō inis, m and f    a human being, man, person: Monstrum hominis, T.: grandior, T.: doctrinā eruditus: hominum homo stultissime, T.: genus hominum: more hominum evenit, ut, etc., as usual, T.: homo'st Perpaucorum hominum, associates, T.: cum inter homines esset, was alive: qui numquam inter homines fuerit, saw the world: nec vox hominem sonat, i. e. mortal, V.: ut eam nemo hominem appellare possit: Quae (Io) bos ex homine est, O.: dic ipsa, ‘homo sum,’ Iu.— Collect., man, the human race, mankind: quā haud scio ad quidquam melius sit homini datum.— Pleonast., in addresses: nisi caves tu homo, etc., fellow, T.: tu homo adigis me ad insaniam, T.— In apposition: filius homo adulescens, T.: servom hominem, T.: oculi hominis histrionis.—Prov.: Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, T.: Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto, T.—A man, reasonable creature, lord of creation: si homo esset, eum potius legeret: nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit: homines visi sumus: si esses homo, if you had a man's sense, T.: nihil hominis esse, nothing of a man.—A man, servant: homo P. Quincti, Quintus's man.—Plur., foot-soldiers, infantry (opp. cavalry): homines equitesque, Cs.— Plur, bodies, corpses: cumulos hominum urebant, L.—The man, fellow, creature, he, this one (colloq. for a pron dem.): ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut, etc., T.: itast homo, T.: venas hominis incidere: persuasit homini, N.

    volucer ucris, ucre （ gen plur. -crum, rarely -crium, C.), adj.    [3 VOL-], flying, winged: bestiae: angues: dracones, O.: natus, i. e. Cupid, O.—As subst f. (sc. avis), a bird, flying creature: volucrīs videmus effingere nidos: Iunonis, i. e. the peacock, O.: inportunae, H.: pictae, V.: volucris parvula (of a fly), Ph.—Once masc.: teneros volucrīs peremit (sc. alites), C. poët.—In rapid motion, flying, winged, fleet, swift, rapid, soaring: nuntius: aurae, V.: nebulae, O.: harundo, V.: iam volucrem sequor Te, fleeing swiftly, H.—Fig., fleet, swift, rapid: nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum: spes: somnus, V.: fatum, H.—Passing quickly, fleeting, transient, transitory: fortuna: dies, H.: fama, O. I II

    alter tera, terum, gen. terīus or terius, dat. alterī (f rarely alterae), pronom adj.    [2 AL-], one, another, the one, the other (of two): necesse est sit alterum de duobus: altera ex duabus legionibus, Cs.: alter consulum, L.: in alterā parte fluminis legatum reliquit, on the other side, Cs.: ut consules alter ambove cognoscerent, one or both: absente consulum altero ambobusve, L. — Alter... alter, the one... the other, the former... the latter: curemus aequam uterque partem; ut alterum, ego item alterum, T.: quorum alter exercitum perdidit, alter vendidit: nec ad vivos pertineat, nec ad mortuos; alteri nulli sunt, alteros non attinget: quorum alteri adiuvabant, alteri, etc., Cs.: qui noxii ambo, alter in alterum causam conferant, L.—Unus... alter, one... the other: Ph. Una iniuria est tecum... altera est tecum, T.: uni epistulae respondi, venio ad alteram. — Opp. to other distributive words: alter gladiator habetur, hic autem, etc.: lateris alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad, etc., Cs.: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet, N.: uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum: neutrum eorum contra alterum iuvare, Cs.—Esp., as a numeral, the second, next (cf. secundus): primo die... alter dies... tertius dies: proximo, altero, tertio, reliquis consecutis diebus: sive iterum Sulla sive alter Marius: alteris Te mensis adhibet deum, i. e. at the dessert, H. — So, alterā die, the next day: altero die quam, on the next day after, L. — With praepp.: qui tum regnabat alter post Alexandream conditam, next after: Fortunate puer, tu nunc eris alter ab illo, the next after him, V.—In compound numbers: litteras altero vicensimo die reddidit, on the twenty-second day.—Of a number collectively: hos libros alteros quinque mittemus, a second series of five: Aurea mala decem misi; cras altera (sc. decem) mittam, V. — In the phrase, unus et alter, unus atque alter, unus alterque, the one and the other.—Usu. of an indef. number, one and another, a couple, one or two: Unus et item alter, T.: unum et alterum diem desiderari: versus paulo concinnior unus et alter, H.—Rarely of a definite number, two: unus et alter dies intercesserat.—Alterum tantum, as much more, as much again, twice as much: altero tanto longior, N.: numero tantum alterum adiecit, L. — Of quality or character, a second, another, i. e. very like: Verres, alter Orcus: alter ego: amicus est tamquam alter idem, a second self.—The one of two, either of two (for alteruter): non uterque sed alter: sine alteris vestrum vivere, L. — Meton., another (for alius): victis non ad alterius praescriptum imperare, Cs.: si nullius alterius nos pudet, nobody else, L.—Hence, a neighbor, fellow-creature: ex incommodis Alterius sua ut conparent commoda, T.: nihil alterius causā facere.—The other, the opposite: alterius factionis principes, the leaders of the opposite party, N.—Different, changed: quotiens et specula videris alterum, H. I II III

    animal ālis, abl. animālī, n    [anima], a living being, animal: omne: providum: perfidiosum: sanctius his animal, O.: Cum prorepserunt primis animalia terris, H.

    animālis e, adj.    [anima], of air, aerial: natura. — Of life, vital: cibus. — Animate, living: intellegentia: exemplum. I II

    animāns antis, adj.    [P. of 1 animo], animate, living: deos.— Subst, a living being, animal: animantium genera. — Of man: haud petit Quemquam animantem, H. I II

    bellua    see belua.

    bēlua (not bellua), ae, f    a beast, wild beast, monster: fera: saeva, H.: Lernae, the Hydra, V.: in usu beluarum: quantum natura hominis pecudes reliquaque belua, lower animals. — Esp., the elephant, T.: beluarum manūs, Cu.: Gaetula, Iu. —Fig., a beast, brute: age nunc, belua, T.: in hac inmani beluā, in the case of: taetra.

    bēstia ae, f    a beast, animal: fera bestia, N.: tametsi bestiae sunt (canes): bestiae volucres, birds: mutae, L.: ad bestias mittere alqm, to fight with (in the public spectacles): mala, the odor of the armpits (cf. capra), Ct.

    Centaurus ī, m    a Centaur, a fabled monster, half man, half horse, V., H., O.—Esp., Chiron, H.—A ship's figure-head, V.—A southern constellation.

    Centaurus ī, f    the ship Centaur, V.

    elephantus ī (very rare in nom sing.), and (mostly nom sing.) elephās or elephāns (antis), m, ἐλέφασ, an elephant: procedebat elephantus in pontem, L.: elephans albus, H.: vires elephanti.— Plur: Indici, T.—Ivory, V.

    equitātus ūs, dat. uī or ū, m    [equito], cavalry: magnus numerus equitatūs, Cs.: nullus: magnos equitatūs exspectare, large bodies of cavalry, Cs.— The equestrian order, knights: ille: in equitatu recensendo, L.

    hippocentaurus ī, m, ἱπποκένταυροσ, a fabulous creature, half horse and half man, hippocentaur.

    pūlmō ōnis, m, πλεύμων, a lung: tauri: e molli sanguis pulmone remissus, O.: columbae, Iu. — Plur, the lungs: loqui, quod fieri nec sine pulmorum vi potest: pulmonibus errat Ignis imis, O.

    pȳgargus ī, m, πύγαργοσ, a kind of antelope, Iu.

    quadrupēs (quadripes) pedis, adj.    [quattuor +pes], with four feet, on all fours: quadrupedem constringito, hand and foot, T.: Mox quadrupes (infans) rituque tulit sua membra ferarum, O.— As subst m. and f a quadruped, four-footed creature: saucius, V.: minister non bipedum solum sed etiam quadripedum: flectit in orbem Quadrupedis cursūs, of his steeds, O.

   (sordēs, is) sing. only acc. and abl., and sordēs, ium (as plur. tantum), f    dirt, filth, uncleanness, squalor: in sordibus aurium inhaerescere: Auriculae contectā sorde dolentes, H.—Soiled clothing as a mourning garb, mourning: iacere in lacrimis et sordibus: insignis sordibus turba, L.—Fig., lowness, meanness of rank, low condition, humiliation, vileness, baseness: fortunae et vitae: emergere ex miserrimis naturae tuae sordibus: in infamiā relinqui ac sordibus.—Of persons, the dregs of the people, rabble: urbis: o lutum, sordes! vile creature!—Meanness, stinginess, niggardliness, sordidness: amare sordes et inhumanitatem: sordes obicere mihi, H.: cogit minimas ediscere sordes, the meanest tricks, Iu.: nullam (huius) in re familiari sordem posse proferri.