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a liquid which falls drop by drop

  • 1 stilicidium

    stillĭcĭdĭum (also written stilĭcĭd-; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 33), ii, n. [stilla-cado], a liquid which falls drop by drop, a dripping moisture, stillicide:

    stillicidium eo quod stillatim cadat,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.
    I.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    stillicidi casus lapidem cavat,

    Lucr. 1, 313:

    grandinis,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 3, 2:

    urinae,

    Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 66; cf.

    vesicae,

    id. 28, 8, 32, § 122:

    arborum,

    id. 17, 12, 18, § 89:

    mellis,

    Tert. Spect. 27 fin.: raritas nubium stillicidia dispergit, App. de Mundo, p. 61.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    per stillicidia emittere animam quam semel exhalare,

    little by little, Sen. Ep. 101, 14.—
    II.
    In partic., falling rain, rain-water falling from the eaves of houses (class.):

    jura parietum, luminum, stillicidiorum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173; id. Or. 21, 79; id. Top. 5, 27; Vitr. 2, 1; Dig. 8, 6, 8; 8, 2, 20; Pall. Aug. 8, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stilicidium

  • 2 stillicidium

    stillĭcĭdĭum (also written stilĭcĭd-; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 33), ii, n. [stilla-cado], a liquid which falls drop by drop, a dripping moisture, stillicide:

    stillicidium eo quod stillatim cadat,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.
    I.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    stillicidi casus lapidem cavat,

    Lucr. 1, 313:

    grandinis,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 3, 2:

    urinae,

    Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 66; cf.

    vesicae,

    id. 28, 8, 32, § 122:

    arborum,

    id. 17, 12, 18, § 89:

    mellis,

    Tert. Spect. 27 fin.: raritas nubium stillicidia dispergit, App. de Mundo, p. 61.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    per stillicidia emittere animam quam semel exhalare,

    little by little, Sen. Ep. 101, 14.—
    II.
    In partic., falling rain, rain-water falling from the eaves of houses (class.):

    jura parietum, luminum, stillicidiorum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173; id. Or. 21, 79; id. Top. 5, 27; Vitr. 2, 1; Dig. 8, 6, 8; 8, 2, 20; Pall. Aug. 8, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stillicidium

  • 3 roro

    rōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [ros], to let fall, drop, or distil dew (syn. stillo).
    I.
    Lit.
    a.
    Neutr.: (Aurora) toto rorat in [p. 1600] orbe, Ov. M. 13, 622:

    cum rorare Tithonia conjux Coeperit,

    id. F. 3, 403:

    rorate, caeli,

    Vulg. Isa. 45, 8. — More usually impers., dew falls, it drizzles, it sprinkles:

    ante rorat quam pluit,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 58; Col. 11, 2, 45; 76; Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74; Suet. Aug. 92. —
    b.
    Act.:

    tellus rorata mane pruinā,

    moistened, besprinkled, Ov. F. 3, 357.—
    II.
    Transf., to drop, trickle, drip, distil.
    a.
    Neutr.:

    lacrimis spargunt rorantibus ora genasque,

    with trickling, flowing, Lucr. 2, 977 (cf. infra, b.): rorant pennaeque sinusque, drip or shed moisture, Ov. M. 1, 267:

    comae,

    id. ib. 5, 488:

    ora dei madidā barbā,

    id. ib. 1, 339; cf. id. ib. 3, 683; 177;

    14, 786: sanguine vepres,

    Verg. A. 8, 645; 11, 8:

    lacte capellae,

    id. Cul. 75:

    ora,

    Luc. 2, 123:

    hostili cruore arma,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 8.—
    b.
    Act., to bedew, to moisten, wet:

    circumstant, lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

    Lucr. 3, 469:

    saxa cruore,

    Sil. 10, 263. —

    And with the liquid as an object: quam caelum intrare parantem Roratis lustravit aquis Iris,

    with sprinkled waters, Ov. M. 4, 479; id. F. 4, 728:

    si roraverit quantulum cumque imbrem,

    Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74.— Absol.: pocula rorantia, which yielded the wine drop by drop (a transl. of the Gr. epipsekazein), * Cic. Sen. 14, 46: rorans juvenis, the youth pouring out, the young cup-bearer, i. e. Ganymedes, as a constellation (Aquarius), Manil. 5, 482.—
    * B.
    Trop., to drop, distil, etc.:

    si minutis illis suis et rorantibus responsionibus satisfaciet consulenti,

    Macr. S. 7, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > roro

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