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  • 1 igniculus

    ignĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [ignis], a small fire, a little flame, a spark.
    I.
    Lit.: quaedam exigua animalia igniculi videntur in tenebris, Quint. 12, 10, 76; Plin. 35, 15, 52, § 184; Juv. 3, 102.—
    B.
    Transf., of color, a glittering, sparkling:

    onyx Indica igniculos habet,

    Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90; 37, 7, 25, § 93.—
    II.
    Trop., fire, sparks, vehemence, etc. (freq. in Cic.):

    quo tolerabilius feramus igniculum desiderii tui,

    i. e. vehemence, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2: (natura) parvulos nobis dedit igniculos, quos celeriter malis moribus opinionibusque depravatis sic restinguimus, ut nusquam naturae lumen appareat, sparks (= scintillas), Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. Leg. 1, 12, 33:

    quasi virtutum igniculi et semina,

    id. Fin. 5, 7, 18:

    nonnullos interdum jacit igniculos viriles,

    id. Att. 15, 26, 2:

    ingenii igniculos ostendere,

    Quint. 6 praef. § 7.

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  • 2 candēla

        candēla ae, f    [CAND-], a wax-light, tallowcandle, taper: brevis, Iu.: candelam apponere valvis, to set fire to the doors, Iu.— A cord covered with wax (which preserved it from decay): fasces candelis involuti, L.
    * * *
    tallow candle/taper; waxen cord; fire (L+S); small taper/candle (Ecc)

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  • 3 trulla

        trulla ae, f dim.    [trua, a gutter], a small ladle, dipper, scoop: ex unā gemmā pergrandi excavata: potare Campanā trullā, H.— A fire-pan, L.— A basin, Iu.
    * * *
    ladle, pan or basin; (instrumant) eyepiece (Cal)

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  • 4 foculare

    fŏcŭlāre, is, n. [foculus], a small hearth, fire-place: coctura in focularibus praeparata, Aldhelm. Laud. Virg. 38.

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  • 5 malleolus

    mallĕŏlus, i, m. dim. [malleus], a small hammer or mallet.
    I.
    Lit., Cels. 8, 3, 29; Vulg. Jud. 4, 21:

    verba mea sunt quasi malleus conterens petram,

    id. Jer. 23, 29.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A hammershaped slip, a mallet-shoot for planting:

    malleolus novellus est palmes, innatus prioris anni flagello, cognominatusque a similitudine rei, quod in ea parte, quae deciditur, ex vetere sarmento prominens utrinque, malleoli speciem praebet,

    Col. 3, 6, 3; cf. Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156:

    malleolos pangere,

    to set in, plant, Col. 3, 3, 12; so,

    deponere,

    id. ib.:

    conserere,

    id. 3, 14, 2:

    demergere,

    id. 3, 18, 2:

    serere sulco, vel scrobe,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169.—
    B.
    In milit. lang., a kind of fire-dart, Amm. 23, 4, 14; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 135 Müll.:

    malleoli, manipuli spartei pice contecti, qui incensi aut in muros aut in testudines jaciuntur,

    Non. 556, 11 sq.: partim malleolos, partim fasces sarmentorum incensos supra vallum, etc., Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 13:

    malleolos et faces ad inflammandam urbem comparare,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf. id. Mil. 24, 64: faces taedamque et malleolos stupae illitos pice parari jubet, Liv 42, 64, 3; cf. id. 38, 6, 2. —
    C.
    The tongue of a shoe-buckle:

    malleoli ossei vel aerei,

    Isid. 19, 34, 10.

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  • 6 semen

    sēmen, ĭnis, n. [root sa-, sē-; cf.: sero, sevi; Saturnus, sator, etc.].
    I.
    Seed.
    1.
    Of plants, Cato, R. R. 17; 27; 31 fin.; 34; Varr. R. R. 1, 40 sq.:

    semen manu spargere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

    terra semen excepit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51; id. N. D. 2, 32, 81; Ov. M. 1, 108; 7, 623 et saep.—
    2.
    Of men, animals, etc., Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 9; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4; 2, 3, 4; 3, 7, 10 al.; Lucr. 4, 1031; 4, 1034 sq.; Cels. 4, 19; Ov. M. 1, 748; 15, 760 et saep.—
    3.
    Poet., of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.):

    ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus,

    Lucr. 6, 201 sq.; 6, 444; 6, 507;

    6, 841: quaerit pars semina flammae in venis silicis,

    Verg. A. 6, 6; Ov. M. 11, 144 et saep.:

    in animis quasi virtutum igniculi et semina,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; so id. Div. 1, 3, 6:

    alicujus quaestionis,

    Liv. 40, 19.—
    B.
    kat exochên, spelt-seed, spelt, Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 82; 18, 24, 55, § 198; Col. 2, 12, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 3, 6.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A shoot used for propagating; a graft, scion, set, slip, cutting, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5; Verg. G. 2, 354; Col. 3, 3, 4; 3, 4, 1; 5, 10, 1 et saep.—
    2.
    A stock, race (very rare):

    genus ac semen,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95; so (with genus) id. Phil. 4, 5, 13:

    ipsa regio semine orta,

    Liv. 1, 47:

    videndum, ut boni seminis pecus habeas,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4.—
    3.
    Posterity, progeny, offspring, child ( poet.):

    non tulit in cineres labi sua Phoebus eosdem Semina, sed natum flammis Eripuit,

    Ov. M. 2, 629; so,

    semina,

    id. ib. 10, 470; 15, 216; id. F. 2, 383; id. Tr. 2, 415; Sen. Herc. Fur. 987; Vulg. Gen. 15, 5 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop., as in all languages, seed, i. e. origin, occasion, ground, cause; of persons, an author, prompter, insligator, etc. (class.).
    (α).
    Sing. (the predom. signif. in Cic.):

    stirps ac semen malorum omnium,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    bellorum civilium semen et causa,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 29, cf. ut in seminibus est causa arborum et stirpium:

    sic hujus belli semen ut fuisti (for which, just before: causam belli in personā tuā constitisse),

    id. Phil. 2, 22, 55:

    sceleris,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 21.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    in animis, quasi virtutum igniculi atque semina,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18:

    quod et Zeno in suis commentariis quasi semina quaedam sparsisset,

    id. Div. 1, 3, 6:

    si virtutes sunt, ad quas nobis initia quaedam ac semina sunt concessa naturā,

    Quint. 2, 20, 6:

    loquaces, seditiosos, semina discordiarum (tribunos plebis),

    Liv. 3, 19, 5:

    vix tamen illa semina erant futurae luxuriae,

    the small beginnings, id. 39, 6, 9; cf. id. 40, 19, 9:

    discordiae,

    Tac. H. 1, 53; 4, 18 fin.:

    belli,

    id. A. 4, 27; 16, 7:

    rebellionis,

    id. ib. 11, 19:

    motus,

    id. ib. 3, 41. futuri exitii, id. ib. 4, 60:

    ejus facultatis,

    Quint. 2, 20, 6:

    quamquam semina ejus (translationis) quaedam apud Aristotelen reperiuntur,

    id. 3, 6, 60:

    quaedam probationum,

    id. 4, 2, 54:

    veteris eloquentiae,

    Tac. Or. 33; Sen. Ep. 90, 29.

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  • 7 trulla

    trulla, ae, f. dim. [trua].
    I.
    Lit., a small ladle, dipper, or scoop (esp. for dipping wine from the crater into the drinking-cups), Varr. L. L. 5, § 118; Cato, R. R. 13, 2 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62 sq.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144; Mart. 9, 97, 1; Plin. 37, 2, 7. § 20; Dig. 34, 2, 36 al.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A scoop-shaped fire-pan, Liv. 37, 11, 13.—
    B.
    A mason's trowel, Pall. 1, 15; 1, 13, 2.—
    C.
    = trulleum, a basin, wash-basin, Juv. 3, 108.

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