a+ball

cŏ-ĕo, īvi or ii (e. g. coierunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

coiere,

Lucr. 6, 452; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. M. 4, 83 al.:

cŏĭisse,

Verg. A. 12, 709:

coisse,

Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8; Ov. F. 6, 94; Quint. 5, 9, 5; 5, 11, 35;

pedants preferred conire to coire,

Quint. 1, 6, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 69, and Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 137), ĭtum, īre, v. a. and n.

To go or come together, to meet, assemble, collect together (so mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose); constr. absol., with ad aliquem, ad or in locum, more rar. in loco:

matronae ad Veturiam Volumniamque frequentes coëunt,

Liv. 2, 40, 1:

in porticum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

ad solitum locum,

Ov. M. 4, 83:

ad aliquem,

Curt. 7, 2, 21: Pharsaliam, * Cat. 64, 37:

quo (sc. in sedilia theatri) populus coibat,

Hor. A. P. 207:

in regiam,

Curt. 6, 8, 17:

in quem (locum) coibatur,

Tac. A. 4, 69:

apud aram ejus dei in cujus templo coiretur,

Suet. Aug. 35:

cum rege in insulā,

Vell. 2, 101, 1:

in foro,

Just. 5, 7, 6:

milia crabronum coeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 753; id. H. 7, 123 Loers.:

coivere amicis animis,

Curt. 8, 12, 9; 10, 3, 6:

agmina coibant,

id. 10, 9, 15; Tac. A. 16, 5; id. H. 1, 27; 2, 52.—

Poet.:

vix memini nobis verba coisse decem,

i. e. have passed between us, Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8.—

Specif., to go or come together in a hostile manner, to encounter:

inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 709; cf. id. G. 4, 73; Ov. M. 3, 236; Luc. 2, 225; Manil. 4, 83; Val. Fl. 5, 635; Stat. Th. 16, 408.—

Pregn., to form a whole by coming together, to be united into a whole, to unite, combine (the usu. class. signif.); constr. absol., with cum, or dat.

Lit.

Of living beings:

neque se conglobandi coëundique in unum datur spatium,

Liv. 6, 3, 6; so Verg. A. 9, 801; 10, 410:

ut vaga illa multitudo coiret in populos,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

qui una coierunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

reliqui (milites) coëunt inter se,

assemble, id. B. C. 1, 75; so Liv. 7, 37, 15:

in formam justi exercitūs,

Vell. 2, 61, 2:

ut coëat par Jungaturque pari,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25.—

Of the coition of the sexes (both of men and animals), to copulate, Lucr. 4, 1055; cf. Ov. M. 11, 744:

cum alienā uxore,

Quint. 7, 3, 10:

coisse eam cum viro,

id. 5, 9, 5:

dominum cum ancillā,

id. 5, 11, 35:

cum hospitibus stupro,

Curt. 5, 1, 37 al.:

privigno,

Ov. H. 4, 129:

simul binis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 17, 5:

sic et aves coëunt,

Ov. M. 9, 733; 10, 324; id. A. A. 2, 615; Col. 6, 27, 3 sq.; Ov. F. 3, 193 al.; cf., of marriage, [p. 359]

b.. infra.—

Transf., of things: membra. Ov. M. 4, 377; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 96: ignes coire globum quasi in unum, roll together, as into a ball, etc., Lucr. 5, 665; cf. id. 2, 563:

sanguenque creari Sanguinis inter se multis coëuntibu' guttis,

out of many little drops running together, id. 1, 838; cf.:

ut coëat lac,

to curdle, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4; Col. 12, 20, 4:

bitumen spissatur et in densitatem coit,

thickens, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178; cf.:

gelidus coit formidine sanguis,

Verg. A. 3, 30:

semina,

Lucr. 3, 395; cf. id. 1, 770; 5, 190; 5, 425:

tum digiti coëunt,

Ov. M. 2, 670; Quint. 11, 3, 21:

ut cornua tota coirent Efficerentque orbem,

Ov. M. 7, 179; cf. Verg. A. 11, 860:

palpebrae dormientis non coëunt,

do not close, Cels. 2, 8:

labris coëuntibus,

Quint. 8, 3, 45 et saep.:

perfectum quiddam fieri, cum omnia coierunt, necesse est,

id. 11, 3, 9; 9, 1, 9; 2, 19, 2; cf. id. 1, 5, 67:

quae littera cum quāque optime coëat,

id. 9, 4, 91:

ut placidis coëant immitia,

Hor. A. P. 12.—Of wounds, to close:

arteria incisa neque coit neque sanescit,

Cels. 2, 10; cf.:

potest os coire et vulnus sanescere,

id. 8, 10; so Plin. 11, 39, 93, § 227; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 41; 5, 2, 9; and poet.:

an male sarta Gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur?

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32; Petr. 113, 8.—

Trop., to unite for some object, in feeling, will, conclusions, etc., to join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally one ' s self:

Caesar cum eo coire per Arrium cogitat,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 11:

cum hoc tu coire ausus es, ut... addiceres, etc.,

id. Red. in Sen. 7, 16; id. Dom. 18, 47:

principes, quitum unā coierunt, quantum visum est agri adtribuunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22: heri aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeo (Piraeum ap. Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10), Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1 (consensimus ac pepigimus, Don.):

duodecim adulescentuli coierunt ex his, qui exsilio erant multati, etc.,

conspired together, Nep. Pelop. 2, 3; cf.:

sed neque cum quoquam de eā re collocuturum neque coiturum: sic, ille consensionis globus hujus unius dissensione disjectus est,

id. Att. 8, 4:

patricii coiere et interregem creavere,

Liv. 4, 7, 7:

mos est regibus, quotiens in societatem coëant, implicare dextras, etc.,

Tac. A. 12, 47; hence poet.:

coëant in foedera dextrae,

Verg. A. 11, 292; Tac. H. 3, 12:

ad nullius non facinoris societatem coibant,

Suet. Aug. 32; and, like this, with changed construction.—

Esp. of the marriage contract ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); cf.:

taedae quoque jure coissent,

Ov. M. 4, 60:

conubio,

Curt. 8, 1, 9:

nuptiis,

id. 9, 1, 26; Quint. 5, 11, 32:

matrimonio,

Dig. 24, 1, 27:

in matrimonium,

ib. 45, 1, 134; cf.:

hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum,

i. e. in the marriage of Æneas with Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 317.—

Act.: coire societatem ( cum aliquo or absol.), to enter into an alliance, to make a compact, form a league (with some one;

several times in Cic.): utinam, Pompei, cum Caesare societatem aut numquam coisses aut numquam diremisses!

Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24; Nep. Con. 2, 2:

societatem sceleris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

de municipis fortunis,

id. ib. 31, 87; Dig. 17, 2, 65, § 10:

qui societatem in tempus coiit,

ib. 17, 2, 65, § 6.—

Pass.:

ad eam rem societas coitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

ad coëundam societatem,

id. Fam. 5, 19, 2; so Gell. 1, 9 fin.:

si unius rei societas coita sit,

Dig. 17, 2, 65 init.; cf. ib. 17, 2, 65, §§ 2, 9, 10, 15.

con-glŏbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v a., to gather into a ball, to make spherical, to conglobate (in good prose).

Prop., constr. usu. absol., or with in and acc.; rarely with in and abl.:

mare medium locum expetens conglobatur undique aequabiliter,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

hic (prester) rate funditur, illud (fulmen) conglobatur impetu,

Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134; App. de Mundo, p. 62, 2.— More freq. in part. perf.:

terra ipsa in sese nutibus suis conglobata,

Cic. N. D. 2. 39, 98; so,

astra nisu suo,

id. ib. 2, 46, 117:

figura,

id. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

sanguis,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

homo in semet,

id. 10, 64, 84, § 183.—And in tmesis: corpuscula complexa inter se conque globata, * Lucr. 2, 154.—Hence,

In gen., to press together in a mass, to crowd together:

apes, ut uvae, aliae ex aliis pendent conglobatae,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29:

conglobato corpore in pilae modum,

Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 153:

homo in semet conglobatus,

id. 10, 64, 84, § 183.—

Freq., in the historians, of the collecting or crowding together of soldiers: uti quosque fors conglobaverat,

Sall. J. 97, 4; so,

eos Agathyrnam,

Liv. 26, 40, 17:

se in unum,

id. 8, 11, 5; cf. id. 9, 23, 16:

in ultimam castrorum partem,

id. 10, 5, 9:

in forum,

id. 5, 41, 6:

templum in quo se miles conglobaverat,

Tac. A. 14, 32:

pulsi ac fugā conglobati,

Liv. 44, 31, 9; 25, 15, 15.— Absol.:

fors conglobabat (sc. milites),

Liv. 22, 5, 7. —Also of the elephant:

conglobatae beluae,

Liv. 27, 14, 8.—

Trop.:

definitiones conglobatae,

heaped together, accumulated, Cic. Part. Or. 16, 55.

ēlectrum, i, n., = êlektron.

Amber (pure Lat. succinum), Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 31; Ov. M. 15, 316.— Plur., Verg. E. 8, 54. —

Meton., an amber ball, carried by Roman ladies in their hands to keep them cool.— Plur., Ov. M. 2, 365; cf. Böttig. Sabina, II. p. 210.—

A mixed metal (natural or artificial) resembling amber in color, Plin. 33, 4, 23, § 81 al.; Isid. Orig. 16, 24, 2; Verg. A. 8, 402; 624; Sil. 1, 229.—

Meton., an article made of amber, Mart. 8, 51; Juv. 14, 307.

fax, făcis (also in the nom. sing. ‡ faces, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 9 Müll.; gen. plur.: facum, acc. to Charis. p. 113 P., but without example), f. [root bhā, to shine; cf. favilla], a torch, firebrand, flambeau, link, orig. of pine or other resinous wood.

Lit. (syn.: taeda, funale, cerĕus, candela, lucerna, laterna): alii faces atque aridam materiem de muro in aggerem eminus jaciebant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4; Liv. 22, 16, 7:

ambulare cum facibus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 52:

malleolos et faces ad inflammandam urbem comparare,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:

ego faces jam accensas ad hujus urbis incendium exstinxi,

id. Pis. 2, 5:

servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

id. Att. 14, 10, 1; cf.:

faces incendere,

id. Phil. 2, 36, 91:

si te in Capitolium faces ferre vellet,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

ardentem facem praeferre,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

castris inicere,

Tac. H. 4, 60;

subdere urbi,

Curt. 5, 7, 4:

faces ferro inspicare,

Verg. G. 1, 292; cf.:

facis incidere,

Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 233:

dilapsam in cineres facem,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 28.—At weddings, the torch carried before the bride on the way to her home, usually made of white-thorn (Spina alba) or pine, the nuptial torch: spina, nuptiarum facibus auspicatissima, Masur. ap. Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 75; Fest. s. v. patrimi, p. 245; s. v. rapi, p. 289 Müll.; Varr. ap. Non. 112, 27; id. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 8, 29; Plaut. Cas. 1, 30; Cat. 61, 98 sq.; Verg. E. 8, 29; Ov. M. 10, 6; Stat. Th. 2, 259 al.;

hence, nuptiales,

Cic. Clu. 6, 15; Liv. 30, 13, 12:

maritae,

Ov. H. 11, 101:

legitimae,

Luc. 2, 356.—Cf. Anthon's Dict. of Antiq. p. 434, and v. infra. Torches were also carried in funeral processions, Verg. A. 11, 142; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 17; Ov. F. 2, 561; id. H. 21, 172; Sen. Tranq. 11; id. Vit. Beat. fin.; id. Ep. 222;

and in the Eleusinian mysteries,

Juv. 15, 140.—An attribute of Cupid, Tib. 2, 1, 82; Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 16; Ov. M. 1, 461; 10, 312 al.;

of the Furies,

Verg. A. 7, 337; Ov. M. 4, 482; 508; 6, 430; Quint. 9, 3, 47 al.—

Transf.

On account of the use of torches at weddings ( poet.), a wedding, marriage:

face nuptiali digna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 33; cf.:

te face sollemni junget sibi,

Ov. M. 7, 49.—And referring at the same time to the funeral torch:

viximus insignes inter utramque facem,

i. e. between marriage and death, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 46.—

The light of the heavenly bodies ( poet.):

dum roseā face sol inferret lumina caelo,

Lucr. 5, 976; cf.:

Phoebi fax, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: canentes Rite crescentem face Noctilucam,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 38:

aeterna fax,

i. e. the sun, Sen. Thyest. 835.—

A fiery meteor, fire-ball, shooting-star, comet:

noctivagaeque faces caeli flammaeque volantes,

Lucr. 5, 1191; cf.:

nocturnasque faces caeli, sublime volantes,

id. 2, 206:

emicant et faces non nisi cum decidunt visae, etc.,

Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

tum facibus visis caelestibus, tum stellis iis, quas Graeci cometas, nostri cincinnatas vocant,

Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14; id. Cat. 3, 8, 18; Liv. 41, 21, 13; 29, 14, 3; Verg. A. 2, 694; Ov. M. 15, 787; Luc. 1, 528; Petr. 122; Sen. Oet. 232.—

Of lightning:

facem flammantem dirigere,

Val. Fl. 1, 569; id. 4, 671. —

Of the eyes:

oculi, geminae, sidera nostra, faces,

Prop. 2, 3, 14:

has ego credo faces, haec virginis ora Dianae,

Val. Fl. 5, 380; cf.:

tranquillaeque faces oculis et plurima vultu materinest,

Stat. Ach. 1, 164.—

Prima fax (noctis), early torchlight, immediately after dark (post-class.); cf.:

luminibus accensis, Auct. B. Afr. 89: tempus diei occiduum, mox suprema tempestas, hoc est diei novissimum tempus: deinde vespera: ab hoc tempore prima fax dicitur, deinde concubia, etc.,

Macr. S, 1, 3 fin.; Gell. 3, 2, 11; 18, 1 fin.; App. M. 2, p. 119, 20.

Trop.

That which illuminates, makes conspicuous ( poet.):

incipit parentum nobilitas facem praeferre pudendis,

Juv. 8, 139; cf. Sall. J. 80.—

That which inflames or incites, incitement, stimulus, cause of ruin, destruction (freq. and class.):

cum corporis facibus inflammari soleamus ad omnes fere cupiditates eoque magis incendi, quod, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

me torret face mutua Calais,

flame of love, Hor. C. 3, 9, 13; cf.:

iraï fax,

Lucr. 3, 303:

dicendi faces,

flames, fires of eloquence, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 205; cf.:

alicui quasi quasdam verborum faces admovere,

id. ib. 3, 1, 4:

alicui acriores ad studia dicendi faces subdere,

Quint. 1, 2, 25 Spald.:

hortator studii causaque faxque mei,

guide, leader, Ov. Pont. 1, 7, 28; and: incitator et fax omnium, Prud. steph. 10, 67:

subicere faces invidiae alicujus,

Cic. Mil. 35, 98; cf.:

flagrantibus jam militum animis velut faces addere,

Tac. H. 1, 24:

acerrimam bello facem praetulit,

id. ib. 2, 86:

(rogationes promulgavit) duas faces novantibus res ad plebem in optimates accendendam,

Liv. 32, 38, 9:

inde faces ardent, a dote,

Juv. 6, 139: adolescentulo ad libidinem facem praeferre, i. e. to be a leader or guide, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

Antonius omnium Clodi incendiorum fax,

instigator, id. Phil. 2, 19, 48; cf.:

fax accusationis et origo,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 3:

fax hujus belli (Hannibal),

Liv. 21, 10, 11; Vell. 2, 25, 3:

dolorum cum admoventur faces,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

(dolor) ardentes faces intentat,

id. ib. 5, 27, 76:

quae (Agrippinae) Gaium et Domitium Neronem principes genuere totidem facis generis humani,

destroyers, Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45.— Absol.:

cum his furiis et facibus, cum his exitiosis prodigiis (i e. Gabinio et Pisone),

Cic. Har. Resp. 2, 4.

follis, is, m. [cf. flo].

Lit.

A pair of bellows:

formae, quas vos effici sine follibus et sine incudibus non putatis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54; cf.:

folle fabrili flando accenderunt,

Liv. 38, 7, 12; Verg. G. 4, 171; id. A. 8, 449: Hor. S. 1, 4, 19; Pers. 5, 11.—

A playing-ball inflated with wind, a windball:

ego te follem pugillatorium faciam, et pendentem incursabo pugnis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 16:

folle decet pueros ludere, folle senes,

Mart. 14, 47, 2; 4, 19, 5; cf. folliculus, I. B.—

A leathern money-bag:

et tenso folle reverti Inde domum possis,

Juv. 14, 281; so Dig. 35, 1, 82; Veg. Mil. 2, 20; Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23.—

Transf., a small piece of money:

centum folles aeris,

Lampr. Heliog. 22:

quinquaginta folles petere,

Aug. Civ. D. 22, 8; id. adv. Crescent. 3, 29.—

A cushion or pillow inflated with air, a wind-cushion, Lampr. Heliog. 25, 2.—

Transf., the stomach:

devorata in follem ventris recondere,

Macr. S. 7, 4.— Poet., puffed cheeks:

tunc immensa cavi spirant (causidici) mendacia folles,

Juv. 7, 111.

glŏbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make into a ball, to make round or spherical (postAug. and perh. only pass. and mid.).

Lit.:

dependentes ubique guttae parvis globantur orbibus,

Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163; 18, 13, 34, § 130:

formam mundi in speciem orbis absoluti globatam esse,

id. 2, 2, 2, § 5.—

Transf., to form into a body or crowd, to crowd together:

si ante exortum solis nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344; 11, 17, 17, § 53; cf.:

coturnices globatae vehementius properant,

Sol. 11 med.

glŏbŭlus, i, m. dim. [id.], a little ball, a globule (post-Aug. and very rare).

Lit.: (chrysocollae) globulis sudore resolutis, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.—

Esp.

a lump of food, dumpling, Cato, R. R. 79; Varr. L. L. 5, § 107 Müll.—

Med. t. t., a pill, Scrib. 13 al.—

Trop., of speech, a rounding:

melliti verborum,

Petr. 1.

glŏmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [glomus], to wind or form into a ball, gather into a round heap, to conglobate, glomerate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

lanam in orbes,

Ov. M. 6, 19:

sic terram deus, ne non aequalis ab omni Parte foret, magni speciem glomeravit in orbis,

id. ib. 1, 35;

9, 222: Eae (offae) maxime glomerantur ex ficis et farre mixto,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 4:

ubi venae inter se implicatae glomerantur,

Cels. 7, 22; so,

glomerata viscera,

Ov. M. 8, 401:

atra favilla volat glomerataque corpus in unum Densatur,

id. ib. 13, 604:

frusta mero glomerata vomentem,

id. ib. 14, 212; cf. Verg. A. 3, 577:

cum grandinem venti glomeratam in terras agunt,

Liv. 1, 31, 2:

glomeratae turbine nives,

Sil. 3, 523:

glomeratus pulvis,

Luc. 6, 296: (Lapithae) equitem docuere sub armis Insultare solo et gressus glomerare superbos, i. e. to make a horse bring his feet together, make him prance ( trot or amble), Verg. G. 3, 117; cf. Macr. S. 6, 9, 8 sqq., and v. glomeratio.—

Transf., to gather into a round heap or knot, to collect, press, crowd, assemble together:

agmina cervi Pulverulenta fuga glomerant,

Verg. A. 4, 155:

glomerare manum bello,

id. ib. 2, 315:

dum se glomerant retroque residunt,

id. ib. 9, 539:

legiones in testudinem glomerabantur,

Tac. H. 3, 31:

collecti Troes glomerantur eodem,

Verg. A. 9, 689; cf. id. ib. 440:

apes mixtae glomerantur in orbem,

id. G. 4, 79; Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64:

ad terram gurgite ab alto Quam multae glomerantur aves,

Verg. A. 6, 311; cf. Plin. 9, 22, 38, § 75:

foedam tempestatem,

Verg. G. 1, 323; cf.:

fumiferam noctem,

id. A. 8, 254:

semina vocis glomerata,

Lucr. 3, 497; cf. ib. 541.—

Trop.: omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus, qs. revolving, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 19: haec vetusta, saeclis glomerata horridis, Luctifica clades nostro infixa est corpori, accumulated, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 25:

glomerare simul fas et nefas,

Prud. Cath. 3, 134.— Hence, * adv.: glŏmĕrāte:

quis oratorum densata glomeratius aut dixit aut cogitavit?

more succinctly, Aus. Grat. Act. 29.

glŏmus ( glōm-, Lucr. 1, 360; v. Lachm.), ĕris, n. [for glob-mus, kindr. with globus], a ball or clue of yarn, thread, etc. (very rare).

In gen.:

lanae,

Lucr. 1, 360 (v. Lachm. ad h. l.); Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 14:

lini,

Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:

staminis albi,

Scrib. Comp. 142.—

In partic.: glomus in sacris crustulum cymbi figura ex oleo coctum appellatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll. (in Cato and Varro globus).

lūsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [lusor], of or belonging to a player.

Lit.:

pila,

a playing-ball, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205:

alveus cum tesseris,

id. 37, 2, 6, § 13.—Hence,

Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:

statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,

Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—

Used for pleasure; hence, as subst.: lūsōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a [p. 1087] vessel for pleasure, yacht, Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; and, transf., any kind of light vessel, cutter:

lusoriis navibus discurrere flumen ultro citroque,

with cruisers, Amm. 17, 2, 3.— Plur.:

lusoriae,

swift-sailing cruisers, cutters, Vop. Bonos. 15: de lusoriis Danubii, Cod. Th. 7, tit. 17.—

Trop.

That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:

quaestio,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

arma,

Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,

id. ib. 80, 2.—

Transf., that is done or given in play; hence, empty, ineffectual, invalid, = irritus:

nomen,

Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

lusorias minas alicui facere,

Dig. 35, 3, 4:

imperium,

ib. 43, 8, 1.—Hence, adv.: lūsōrĭē, playfully, in sport, not in earnest, apparently:

lusorie (causam) agens,

Dig. 30, 1, 50, § 1.

lūsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [lusor], of or belonging to a player.

Lit.:

pila,

a playing-ball, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205:

alveus cum tesseris,

id. 37, 2, 6, § 13.—Hence,

Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:

statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,

Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—

Used for pleasure; hence, as subst.: lūsōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a [p. 1087] vessel for pleasure, yacht, Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; and, transf., any kind of light vessel, cutter:

lusoriis navibus discurrere flumen ultro citroque,

with cruisers, Amm. 17, 2, 3.— Plur.:

lusoriae,

swift-sailing cruisers, cutters, Vop. Bonos. 15: de lusoriis Danubii, Cod. Th. 7, tit. 17.—

Trop.

That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:

quaestio,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

arma,

Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,

id. ib. 80, 2.—

Transf., that is done or given in play; hence, empty, ineffectual, invalid, = irritus:

nomen,

Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

lusorias minas alicui facere,

Dig. 35, 3, 4:

imperium,

ib. 43, 8, 1.—Hence, adv.: lūsōrĭē, playfully, in sport, not in earnest, apparently:

lusorie (causam) agens,

Dig. 30, 1, 50, § 1.

lūsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [lusor], of or belonging to a player.

Lit.:

pila,

a playing-ball, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205:

alveus cum tesseris,

id. 37, 2, 6, § 13.—Hence,

Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:

statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,

Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—

Used for pleasure; hence, as subst.: lūsōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a [p. 1087] vessel for pleasure, yacht, Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; and, transf., any kind of light vessel, cutter:

lusoriis navibus discurrere flumen ultro citroque,

with cruisers, Amm. 17, 2, 3.— Plur.:

lusoriae,

swift-sailing cruisers, cutters, Vop. Bonos. 15: de lusoriis Danubii, Cod. Th. 7, tit. 17.—

Trop.

That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:

quaestio,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

arma,

Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,

id. ib. 80, 2.—

Transf., that is done or given in play; hence, empty, ineffectual, invalid, = irritus:

nomen,

Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

lusorias minas alicui facere,

Dig. 35, 3, 4:

imperium,

ib. 43, 8, 1.—Hence, adv.: lūsōrĭē, playfully, in sport, not in earnest, apparently:

lusorie (causam) agens,

Dig. 30, 1, 50, § 1.

offa, ae, f.

Lit., a bite, bit, morsel; esp. a little ball or pellet made of flour: antiqui offam vocabant abscisum globi formā, ut manu glomeratam pultem, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. poenitam offam, p. 242 Müll.: offam eripere alicui, Enn. ap. Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 84 (Enn. p. 181 Vahl.); Varr. R. R. 3, 5:

offam obicit,

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pultis,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73.—Prov.: inter os et offam, = Engl. between the cup and the lip, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 18 (17), 1; cf.: vetus est proverbium inter os et offam, idem significans quod Graecus ille paroimiôdês versus: Polla metaxu pelei kulikos kai cheileos akrou, Apollin. ap. Gell. l. l. § 3.—

Transf., in gen.

A piece, lump, mass:

aufer illam offam porcinam,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165 Ritschl N. cr.:

offa porcina cum caudā in cenis puris offa penita vocatur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. penem, p. 230 Müll.: gummi in offas convolutum,

Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35.—

A swelling, Juv. 16, 11.—

A shapeless mass, untimely birth, abortion, Juv. 2, 33:

quantas robusti carminis offas Ingeris?

Pers. 5, 5; Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155.

pāgānĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the country, rural, rustic.

Lit.:

paganicae feriae,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 26 Müll.; cf.

Paganalia: IOVI PAGANICO SACR.,

Inscr. Orell. 1250.— Absol.:

bona habere in paganico (sc. solo or agro),

Cod. Just. 6, 21, 1; cf. paganus: pila paganica, a ball stuffed with down, used at first in the country, but afterwards also in the city, Mart. 7, 32, 7:

pluma,

id. 14, 45, 1; cf. Becker, Gall. 3, p. 94. —

In eccl. Lat., heathenish, pagan, Salv. Gub. 1.