a small spider

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ărānĕus, i, m. [arachnos].

A spider, Lucr. 3, 383; Cat. 23, 2:

aranei (apibus) hostiles,

Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

araneorum natura,

id. 11, 24, 28, § 79:

aranei textura,

Sen. Ep. 121, 22 al. —

A sea-fish: Draco trachinus, Linn.; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145.

ărānĕus, a, um, adj. [1. araneus].

A.. Pertaining to the spider, spider's-:

genus,

Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 156:

texta,

id. 29, 4, 27, § 86.—Hence,

Subst.: ărā-nĕum, i, n., a spider's web, = arachnion:

tollere haec aranea quantum est laboris?

Phaedr. 2, 8, 23.—

A disease of the vine and of the olive-tree, Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 7.—

Araneus mus, a kind of small mouse, acc. to some the shrew-mouse, Col. 6, 17, 1; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 227.

lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.

Lit.:

torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

Martialis lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

Martius,

Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

lupi Moerim videre priores,

Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—

Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—

Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

ovem lupo committere,

to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—

Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

as in English,

to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—

Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—

Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—

Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—

Transf.

A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—

A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—

A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—

A hook with which things were hoisted:

in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—

A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—

The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.

Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.

Lit.:

torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

Martialis lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

Martius,

Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

lupi Moerim videre priores,

Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—

Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—

Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

ovem lupo committere,

to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—

Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

as in English,

to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—

Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—

Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—

Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—

Transf.

A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—

A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—

A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—

A hook with which things were hoisted:

in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—

A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—

The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.

Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

măcŭla, ae, f. [for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt], a spot, mark, stain (class.).

Lit.

In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155:

(bos) maculis insignis et albo,

i. e. with white spots, Verg. G. 3, 56:

maculis albis equus,

id. A. 9, 49:

maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),

id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.:

parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,

Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.—

Transf., a mesh in a net, a hole in network or in a web:

rete grandibus maculis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 15, 1:

reticulum minutis maculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

retia maculis distincta,

Ov. H. 5, 19. —Of the meshes of a spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—

In partic., a spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole, etc.:

maculari corpus maculis luridis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63:

est corporis macula, naevus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79:

maculas auferre de vestibus,

Ov. F. 3, 821:

extrahere,

Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 120:

in veste facere,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

e veste abluere,

id. 28, 7, 23, § 109:

mederi maculis corporis,

id. 36, 19, 33, § 140; cf.:

lentigines ac maculas e facie tollere,

id. 20, 2, 4, § 9.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13:

inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70:

jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,

id. Balb. 6, 15:

vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,

id. Planc. 12, 30:

furtorum et flagitiorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

adulescentiae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11:

familiae,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,

Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28:

ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,

Liv. 3, 58:

plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

enduring disgrace, Juv. 14, 2.

Măcŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. of Q. Pompeius, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1.

măcŭla, ae, f. [for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt], a spot, mark, stain (class.).

Lit.

In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155:

(bos) maculis insignis et albo,

i. e. with white spots, Verg. G. 3, 56:

maculis albis equus,

id. A. 9, 49:

maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),

id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.:

parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,

Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.—

Transf., a mesh in a net, a hole in network or in a web:

rete grandibus maculis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 15, 1:

reticulum minutis maculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

retia maculis distincta,

Ov. H. 5, 19. —Of the meshes of a spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—

In partic., a spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole, etc.:

maculari corpus maculis luridis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63:

est corporis macula, naevus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79:

maculas auferre de vestibus,

Ov. F. 3, 821:

extrahere,

Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 120:

in veste facere,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

e veste abluere,

id. 28, 7, 23, § 109:

mederi maculis corporis,

id. 36, 19, 33, § 140; cf.:

lentigines ac maculas e facie tollere,

id. 20, 2, 4, § 9.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13:

inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70:

jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,

id. Balb. 6, 15:

vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,

id. Planc. 12, 30:

furtorum et flagitiorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

adulescentiae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11:

familiae,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,

Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28:

ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,

Liv. 3, 58:

plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

enduring disgrace, Juv. 14, 2.

Măcŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. of Q. Pompeius, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1.