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  • 1 calculus

    pebble, stone.

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  • 2 silex

        silex icis, m and (poet.) f    a hard stone, flint, flint-stone, fire-stone, granite: silicem caedere: vias sternere silice, L.: silici scintillam excudere, V.: silicem iaculatus in hostīs, O.: silicem pedibus quae conteret atrum, Iu.: privos lapides silices secum ferre, L.— As a symbol of hardness or fixedness of character: non silice nati sumus: Nec rigidas silices in pectore gerit, O.—A rock, crag: Stabat acuta silex praecisis undique saxis, V.— Lime-stone: terrenā silices fornace soluti, O.
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    pebble/stone, flint; boulder, stone

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  • 3 silex

    sĭlex, ĭcis, m. ( poet. and late Lat.; also fem., Verg. E. 1, 15; id. A. 6, 471; 6, 602; 8, 233; Ov. M. 9, 225; 9, 304; 9, 613; Amm. 14, 6, 16; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 2; gen. plur. silicum, Lucr. 6, 683; Luc. 4, 304) [root sar-, to be firm; cf.: solum, solidus].
    I.
    Any hard stone found in fields, a pebble-stone, a flint, flint-stone:

    silicem caedere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    silice vias sternere,

    Liv. 41, 27; cf. id. 41, 27, § 7:

    silici scintillam excudere,

    Verg. A. 1, 174:

    gravem medios silicem jaculatus in hostes,

    Ov. M. 7, 139 et saep.:

    per ampla spatia urbis, subversasque silices,

    pavements, Amm. 14, 6, 16; cf.:

    silicem pedibus quae conteret atrum,

    Juv. 6, 350.— Freq. joined with lapis: Ag. Illa mulier lapidem silicem subigere, ut se amet, potest. Mi. Pol id quidem haud mentire:

    nam tu es lapide silice stultior,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 77 sq.; Cato, R. R. 18, 3; Liv. 30, 43; Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.; and in inscrr.: II VIRI VIAM LAPID(e) SILIC(e) STERN(endam) CVR(averunt), Inscr. Bull. dell' Inst. 1839, p. 60; so Inscr. Orell. 6617.—With saxum:

    porcum saxo silice percussit,

    Liv. 1, 24 fin. —To denote hard-heartedness:

    non silice nati sumus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

    nec in tenero stat tibi corde silex,

    Tib. 1, 1, 64:

    nec rigidas silices in pectore gerit,

    Ov. M. 9, 614:

    et dicam silices pectus habere tuum,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 4:

    moturaque duras Verba queror silices,

    id. M. 9, 304.—
    II.
    In gen., a rock, crag ( poet.), Lucr. 6, 683:

    validi silices,

    id. 1, 571; 2, 449:

    stabat acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

    Verg. A. 8, 233:

    nudus silex,

    bare rick, Sen. Phoen. 69:

    excisae rupes durissimi silicis,

    Suet. Calig. 37:

    juventus duris silicum lassata metallis,

    Luc. 4, 304:

    Lycius Phrygiusque silex,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 148.—Of limestone, Ov. M. 7, 107; cf. Plin. 36, 23, 53, § 174.

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  • 4 lapillus

        lapillus ī, m dim.    [lapis], a little stone, pebble: lapillos Tollunt (apes), V., O.— A voting pebble, ballot (white for acquittal, black for condemnation): nivei atrique lapilli, O.— A precious stone, gem, jewel: inter niveos viridesque lapillos, i. e. pearls and emeralds, H.: Libyci, bits of Numidian marble, H.
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    little stone, pebble; precious stone, gem, jewel

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  • 5 calculus

        calculus ī, m dim.    [2 calx], a small stone, pebble: coniectis in os calculis. — Sing collect.: dumosis calculus arvis, in the fields, V.— A stone used in reckoning: calculis subductis, computed, cast up.—A counter used in playing draughts, O. —Fig.: amicitiam ad calculos vocare, hold to a strict account: si ad calculos eum res p. vocet, L. —A voting-pebble, ballot: calculus ater, i. e. for condemnation, O.: ad illos calculos revertamur, i. e. those principles of action.
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    pebble; (bladder) stone; piece for reckoning/voting/game; calculation; counter; small weight; live coal (Def)

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  • 6 calculus

    calcŭlus, i, m. dim. [2. calx; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46].
    I.
    In gen., a small stone, a pebble:

    conjectis in os calculis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

    Demosthenes calculos linguā volvens dicere domi solebat,

    Quint. 11, 3, 54; Vitr. 7, 2:

    argilla et dumosis calculus arvis,

    gravel in the thorny fields, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 180; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 37; 28, 9, 33, § 124.—
    B.
    Trop., of discourse:

    qui tenui venulā per calculos fluunt,

    Quint. 12, 10, 25.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    A stone in the bladder or kidneys, the gravel, stone, Cels. 7, 26:

    curare,

    Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 234:

    comminuere et eicere,

    id. 20, 4, 13, § 23; cf.

    eicere,

    Suet. Aug. 80:

    movere,

    Plin. 20, 22, 91, § 248:

    exturbare,

    id. 20, 10, 42, § 109:

    frangere,

    id. 22, 21, 29, § 59:

    rumpere,

    id. 23, 8, 80, § 153. —
    B.
    A draughtsman, a stone or counter used in playing draughts. called duodecim scripta, in which, as in chess, by driving a piece from one square to another, the person beaten could not finally move at all (ad incitas redactus est):

    in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 2, 38; cf. Ov. A. A. 2, 207; 3, 357; id. Tr. 2, 478; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 5; Mart. 14, 20; Isid. Orig. 18, 67:

    calculorum ludus,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 165.—
    2.
    Trop.: calculum reducere, to take back a move: tibi concedo, quod in XII. scriptis solemus, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati paenitet, Cic. ap. Non. p. 170, 28 (Hortens. Fragm. 51 B. and K.): quā re nunc saltem ad illos calculos revertamur, quos tum abjecimus, i. e. those principles of action, id. Att. 8, 12, 5.—
    C.
    A stone used in reckoning on the counting-board; hence meton., a reckoning, computing, calculating:

    calculi et rationes,

    Quint. 11, 3, 59; 7, 4, 35; 8, 3, 14;

    12, 11, 18 Spald.: calculos subducere,

    to compute, reckon, cast up, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

    ponere,

    Col. 3, 3, 7:

    ponere cum aliquo,

    Plin. Pan. 20, 5:

    de posteris cogitanti in condicionibus deligendus ponendus est calculus,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 9:

    amicitiam ad calculos vocare,

    to subject to an accurate reckoning, hold to a strict account, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    si ad calculos eum respublica vocet,

    settles accounts, reckons, Liv. 5, 4, 7:

    revocare aliquid ad calculos,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, 1:

    ratio calculorum,

    Col. 1, 3, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    cum aliquā re parem calculum ponere,

    i.e. to render equal for equal, Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 1:

    quos ego movi calculos,

    considerations which I have suggested, id. ib. 2, 19, 9.—
    D.
    In the most ancient per., a stone used in voting; a vote, sentence, decision, suffrage; a white one for assent or acquittal, a black for denial or condemnation; cf. Ov. M. 15, 41 sq.; App. M. 10, p. 242.— Hence judicialis, Imp. Just. Cod. 3, 1, 12: deteriorem reportare, i. e. an adverse decision, Impp. Diocl. et Max. Cod. 7, 62, 10:

    calculis omnibus,

    by a unanimous vote, App. M. 7, p. 191, 21.— Trop.:

    si modo tu fortasse errori nostro album calculum adjeceris,

    i. e. approve, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—
    E.
    The Thracians were accustomed to preserve the recollection of fortunate occurrences by white stones, and of unfortunate by black, Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131.—Hence,
    2.
    Trop.:

    o diem laetum, notandumque mihi candidissimo calculo!

    i. e. a most happy day! Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 3; cf. Mart. 12, 34, 9, § 53; Pers. 2, 1 sq.—
    F.
    In late Lat., a small weight: calculus constat ex granis ciceris duobus, Auct. Ponder ap. Goes. Agr. p. 322 (in Isid. Orig. 16, 25, 8, called calcus).

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  • 7 lapillus

    lăpillus, i, m. dim. [lapis], a little stone, a pebble (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    invitat somnos crepitantibus unda lapillis,

    Ov. M. 11, 604; Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 59 sq. —Lucky days were marked with white, and unlucky ones with black stones (cf. calculus, 2. e.);

    hence: felix utraque lux diesque nobis Signandi melioribus lapillis,

    i. e. with white stones, Mart. 9, 53, 5; cf.:

    hunc Macrine, diem numera meliore lapillo,

    Pers. 2, 1; cf. also Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131. —In trials at law, a white stone was cast as a vote for acquittal, a black stone for condemnation:

    mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque lapillis, His damnare reos, illis absolvere culpa,

    Ov. M. 15, 41.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Stone in the bladder, gravel:

    ejectus calculoso,

    Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 42.—
    B.
    A precious stone, gem, jewel; marble, etc.: inter niveos viridesque lapillos, i. e. pearls and emeralds, Hor. S. 1, 2, 80:

    caris aures onerare lapillis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 129:

    indici,

    Mart. 1, 110, 4:

    Libyci,

    bits of Numidian marble, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19.—
    C.
    A tombstone, Inscr. ap. Murat. 1536, 6; cf. Burm. Anth. Lat. 2, p. 269.

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  • 8 cauculus

    pebble; (bladder) stone; piece for reckoning/voting/game; calculation

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  • 9 calx

    the heel / stone, pebble / lime / goal, aim.

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