a+shower

cătăclysmŏs, i, m., = kataklusmos.

A deluge, flood, inundation:

Ogygi,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; Hyg. Fab. 153; Tert. Apol. 40; Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 10; Lact. 2, 20.—

In medicine, a pouring of water upon a diseased member, a shower-bath, douche, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1; 1, 4; 2, 3.

con-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to bear, carry, or bring together, to collect; to prepare, to make, build, heap up, etc. (class. and freq.).

Lit.

With acc.:

undique, quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent,

Nep. Them. 6, 5:

congestis undique saccis,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 70:

cetera aedificanti utilia,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

1: caedi arbores et saxa congeri jubet,

Curt. 8, 2, 24:

alimenta undique,

id. 7, 11, 1:

frondem,

id. 8, 10, 17:

virgulta arida,

Suet. Caes. 84:

robora,

Ov. M. 12, 515:

arma,

id. ib. 14, 777:

tura,

id. ib. 7, 160; cf.:

turea dona,

Verg. A. 6, 224:

epulas alicui,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 70 sq.:

cibaria sibi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 32:

viaticum,

Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

divitias sibi fulvo auro,

Tib. 1, 1, 1:

opes,

Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136:

congestoque avidum pinguescere corpore corpus,

Ov. M. 15, 89:

nemus,

i. e. wood, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216; cf.

silvas,

id. ib. 506:

siccā congestā pulvere barbā,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 31:

terram,

Col. Arb. 3, 6; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 57:

oscula congerimus properata,

to join, add one to another, Ov. H. 17 (18), 113.—

With acc., and a designation of place to, at, or in which, etc., any thing is brought or heaped up:

hasce herbas in suum alvum,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 34; cf. Ov. M. 6, 651:

in cellulam patris penum omnem congerebam,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 18:

laticem in vas,

Lucr. 3, 1009; cf. id. 3, 936:

Midae dormienti formicae in os tritici grana congesserunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78; cf.:

in os pueri,

id. ib. 2, 31, 66:

excrementa in unum locum,

Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 25; Suet. Vesp. 5; Sen. Oedip. 870:

scuta illi (sc. virgini) pro aureis donis congesta,

Liv. 1, 11, 8; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:

sestertium millies in culinam,

to expend, Sen. ad Helv. 10:

huc amnes vastos congerit tellus,

Val. Fl. 4, 717:

Pindo congestus Athos,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1153:

uni (digito anulos),

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25:

humum corbulae,

Suet. Ner. 19.—

In partic.

Of weapons, missiles, etc., to throw in great numbers, accumulate, shower, etc.:

lanceas,

Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:

saxa in caput alicujus,

Sen. Oedip. 871:

in ipsum Porum tela,

Curt. 8, 14, 38:

congestis telis,

Tac. A. 2, 11.—Hence, poet.:

ictus alicui,

Val. Fl. 4, 307:

plagas mortuo,

Phaedr. 4, 1, 11.—

To make, build, construct, etc., by bringing or heaping together:

Echinades insulae ab Acheloo amne congestae,

Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201:

aram sepulcri arboribus,

Verg. A. 6, 178:

oppida manu,

id. G. 1, 256:

pauperis et tuguri congestum caespite culmen,

id. E. 1, 69.—So of birds, insects, etc.:

lucifugis congesta cubilia blattis,

Verg. G. 4, 243:

nidum,

Ser. Samm. 10, 30; and absol. notavi Ipse locum aëriae quo congessere palumbes (sc. nidum), Verg. E. 3, 69; Gell. 2, 29, 5 (cf. the full expression:

in nervom ille hodie nidamenta congeret,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 51): apes in alvearium congesserant, Cic. Oecon. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.:

rape, congere, aufer,

Mart. 8, 44, 9.—

Trop.

In discourse, to bring, take, or comprise together, to compile (freq. in Quint.):

operarios omnes,

Cic. Brut. 86, 297:

dicta,

Quint. 6, 3, 5; cf. id. 4, 5, 7:

argumenta (opp. dissolvere),

id. 5, 13, 15:

vana (maledicta),

id. 7, 2, 34:

undique nomina plurimorum poëtarum,

id. 10, 1, 56:

orationem dierum ac noctium studio,

id. 12, 6, 5; cf.:

orationem ex diversis,

id. 2, 11, 7:

figuras,

id. 9, 3, 5: zôê kai psuchê lascivum congeris usque, i. e. you repeat, Mart. 10, 68, 5.—With in:

ut te eripias ex eā, quam ego congessi in hunc sermonem, turbā patronorum,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332; so Quint. 4, 3, 3; 9, 1, 25; 9, 3, 39; 10, 5, 23.—

To put something upon one in a hostile or friendly manner, to accumulate, heap upon, to impart, ascribe to, to impute, attribute to; constr. class. with ad or in; post-Aug. also with dat. pers.: ad quem di [p. 419] atque homines omnia ornamenta congessissent, Cic. Deiot. 4, 12:

ne plus aequo quid in amicitiam congeratur,

id. Lael. 16, 58:

ingentia beneficia in aliquem,

Liv. 42, 11, 2; 30, 1, 4:

congerere juveni consulatus, triumphos,

Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.; cf.:

ambitiosae majestati quicquid potuimus titulorum congessimus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Aug. 98:

mortuo laudes congessit,

id. Tit. 11:

mala alicui,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 2: meli mou, psuchê mou congeris usque, Mart. 10, 68, 5:

spes omnis in unum Te mea congesta est,

Ov. M. 8, 113:

in unum omnia,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117; cf.: iis nihil, quo expleri possit eorum meritum, tributurum populum Romanum, si omnia simul congesserit, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 7.—Esp., of crimes, etc.:

maledicta in aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15; cf.:

congestis probris,

Suet. Tib. 54:

quae (crimina) postea sunt in eum congesta,

Cic. Mil. 24, 64:

causas alicujus rei in aliquem,

Liv. 3, 38, 7.— Hence, * congestus, a, um, P. a., lit. brought together; hence, in pregn. signif., pressed together, thick:

gobio congestior alvo,

Aus. Mos. 132.—

* Adv.: congestē, briefly, summarily:

haec breviter et congeste,

Capitol. Marc. Aur. 19 fin.

con-gĕro, ōnis, m. [1. congero], a thief, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 6; cf. Fulg. p. 566, 13: congerones qui aliena ad se congregant; so also 2. gero.

Dănăē, ēs, f., Danaê, daughter of Acrisius, and mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a shower of gold, when she was shut up in a tower by her father, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 1 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 372; Hyg. Fab. 63; Lact. 1, 11, 18; Prop. 2, 20, 12 (3, 13, 12 M.); 2, 32, 59 (3, 30, 59 M.); Ov. Met. 4, 610; id. Tr. 2, 401; Verg. A. 7, 410 al.—Hence,

Dănăēĭus, a, um, adj., Danaêïos, pertaining to Danae, descended from Danae:

heros,

i. e. Perseus, Ov. M. 5, 1;

called also volucer Danaeius,

Stat. Th. 10, 892; Persis (so named after Perses, the son of Perseus, and ancestor of the Persians), Ov. A. A. 1, 225.

Dănăē, ēs, f., Danaê, daughter of Acrisius, and mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a shower of gold, when she was shut up in a tower by her father, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 1 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 372; Hyg. Fab. 63; Lact. 1, 11, 18; Prop. 2, 20, 12 (3, 13, 12 M.); 2, 32, 59 (3, 30, 59 M.); Ov. Met. 4, 610; id. Tr. 2, 401; Verg. A. 7, 410 al.—Hence,

Dănăēĭus, a, um, adj., Danaêïos, pertaining to Danae, descended from Danae:

heros,

i. e. Perseus, Ov. M. 5, 1;

called also volucer Danaeius,

Stat. Th. 10, 892; Persis (so named after Perses, the son of Perseus, and ancestor of the Persians), Ov. A. A. 1, 225.

grando, ĭnis, f. ( masc., Varr. ap. Non. 208, 11) [Sanscr. hrād-uni, storm; Gr. chalaza for chalad-ia], hail, a hail-storm.

Lit., Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 58; id. Merc. 5, 2, 19; Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 86; Liv. 28, 37, 7; Verg. G. 1, 449; Hor. C. 1, 2, 2; 3, 1, 29 et saep.: nimbus cum saxea grandine subito est exortus ingens, hailstones, Auct. B. Afr. 47, 1.—In plur.:

terrere animos, nimbis, nivibus, grandinibus, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14:

grandines ruunt,

Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103.—

Transf., poet., a shower, i. e. a great quantity, a multitude:

et densa resonant saxorum grandine turres,

Sil. 2, 38:

aspera saxorum,

id. 9, 578.—

Trop., of copious speech:

qui grandines Ulixei (superat),

Aus. Ep. 16, 13.

hĭems or hiemps, ĕmis, f. [Gr. chiôn, cheima; Sanscr. himas, snow], the winter, winter time, rainy season (cf.: bruma, solstitium).

Lit.: aestatem autumnus sequitur, post acer hiemps fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 1: crudelis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.);

opp. to aestas,

Dig. 43, 20, 1, §§

31 and 32: dies primus est veris in Aquario, aestatis in Tauro, autumni in Leone, hiemis in Scorpione,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. id. ap. Col. 11, 2, 84; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; 18, 25, 60, § 224 sq.: prodit hiems, sequitur crepitans hanc dentibus algor. Lucr. 5, 747:

hanc vim frigorum hiememque, quam nos vix hujus urbis tectis sustinemus, excipere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

summa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

gravissimā hieme,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8 fin.:

jamque hiems appropinquabat,

id. ib. 3, 9, 8:

initā hieme,

id. B. G. 3, 7, 1:

jam prope hieme confectā,

id. ib. 7, 32, 2: ante exactam hiemem, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

id. B. C. 3, 25, 1:

modestia hiemis,

Tac. A. 12, 43:

bellum difficillimum gessit hieme anni,

in winter time, Suet. Caes. 35:

stridebat deformis hiems,

Juv. 4, 58: Arabes campos et montes hieme et aestate peragrantes, winter and summer, i. e. in all seasons, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94.—In plur.:

confligunt hiemes aestatibus acres,

Lucr. 6, 373:

est ubi plus tepeant hiemes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15:

informīs hiemes reducit Juppiter, idem Summovet,

id. C. 2, 10, 15; 3, 1, 32:

in his locis maturae sunt hiemes,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

seu plures hiemes, seu tribuit Juppiter ultimam,

years, Hor. C. 1, 11, 4:

post certas hiemes,

id. ib. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

sic multas hiemes atque octogensima vidit solstitia,

Juv. 4, 92.—Personified: Hiems, Ov. M. 2, 30; 15, 212; 4, 436; Verg. A. 3, 120.—

Transf. (mostly poet.).

Rainy, stormy weather, a storm, tempest:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 5, 11; cf.:

non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo,

id. G. 3, 470:

Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. A. 9, 671; id. G. 1, 321; Hor. Epod. 2, 52; Ov. M. 11, 490; 521; 13, 709 al.—In plur., Val. Fl. 2, 22; Stat. S. 5, 1, 36.—In prose:

maritimos cursus praecludebat hiemis magnitudo,

Cic. Planc. 40 fin.:

qui (gubernator) navem ex hieme marique scopuloso servat,

Nep. Att. 10 fin. —

In gen., cold, chill; tempest, violence ( poet.):

sic letalis hiems paulatim in pectora venit,

a deadly chill, Ov. M. 2, 827; cf. Mart. 2, 46, 7:

Vesuvinus apex et flammea diri Montis hiems,

the fiery tempest, Stat. S. 3, 5, 72;

so of Vesuvius: vix dum ignea montem Torsit hiems,

Val. Fl. 4, 508:

instamus jactu telorum et ferrea nimbis Certat hiems,

the iron storm, shower of weapons, Stat. Th. 5, 386.—

Trop.

Cold, storm ( poet.):

ab illa Pessima (die) mutati coepit amoris hiems,

cold, Ov. H. 5, 34:

hiems rerum,

the storm of war, disturbance of war, Claud. B. Get. 151.—

Trouble, distress:

suae senectuti acriorem hiemem parat, quom illam inportunam tempestatem conciet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 7.

hĭems or hiemps, ĕmis, f. [Gr. chiôn, cheima; Sanscr. himas, snow], the winter, winter time, rainy season (cf.: bruma, solstitium).

Lit.: aestatem autumnus sequitur, post acer hiemps fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 1: crudelis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.);

opp. to aestas,

Dig. 43, 20, 1, §§

31 and 32: dies primus est veris in Aquario, aestatis in Tauro, autumni in Leone, hiemis in Scorpione,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. id. ap. Col. 11, 2, 84; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; 18, 25, 60, § 224 sq.: prodit hiems, sequitur crepitans hanc dentibus algor. Lucr. 5, 747:

hanc vim frigorum hiememque, quam nos vix hujus urbis tectis sustinemus, excipere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

summa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

gravissimā hieme,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8 fin.:

jamque hiems appropinquabat,

id. ib. 3, 9, 8:

initā hieme,

id. B. G. 3, 7, 1:

jam prope hieme confectā,

id. ib. 7, 32, 2: ante exactam hiemem, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

id. B. C. 3, 25, 1:

modestia hiemis,

Tac. A. 12, 43:

bellum difficillimum gessit hieme anni,

in winter time, Suet. Caes. 35:

stridebat deformis hiems,

Juv. 4, 58: Arabes campos et montes hieme et aestate peragrantes, winter and summer, i. e. in all seasons, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94.—In plur.:

confligunt hiemes aestatibus acres,

Lucr. 6, 373:

est ubi plus tepeant hiemes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15:

informīs hiemes reducit Juppiter, idem Summovet,

id. C. 2, 10, 15; 3, 1, 32:

in his locis maturae sunt hiemes,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

seu plures hiemes, seu tribuit Juppiter ultimam,

years, Hor. C. 1, 11, 4:

post certas hiemes,

id. ib. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

sic multas hiemes atque octogensima vidit solstitia,

Juv. 4, 92.—Personified: Hiems, Ov. M. 2, 30; 15, 212; 4, 436; Verg. A. 3, 120.—

Transf. (mostly poet.).

Rainy, stormy weather, a storm, tempest:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 5, 11; cf.:

non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo,

id. G. 3, 470:

Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. A. 9, 671; id. G. 1, 321; Hor. Epod. 2, 52; Ov. M. 11, 490; 521; 13, 709 al.—In plur., Val. Fl. 2, 22; Stat. S. 5, 1, 36.—In prose:

maritimos cursus praecludebat hiemis magnitudo,

Cic. Planc. 40 fin.:

qui (gubernator) navem ex hieme marique scopuloso servat,

Nep. Att. 10 fin. —

In gen., cold, chill; tempest, violence ( poet.):

sic letalis hiems paulatim in pectora venit,

a deadly chill, Ov. M. 2, 827; cf. Mart. 2, 46, 7:

Vesuvinus apex et flammea diri Montis hiems,

the fiery tempest, Stat. S. 3, 5, 72;

so of Vesuvius: vix dum ignea montem Torsit hiems,

Val. Fl. 4, 508:

instamus jactu telorum et ferrea nimbis Certat hiems,

the iron storm, shower of weapons, Stat. Th. 5, 386.—

Trop.

Cold, storm ( poet.):

ab illa Pessima (die) mutati coepit amoris hiems,

cold, Ov. H. 5, 34:

hiems rerum,

the storm of war, disturbance of war, Claud. B. Get. 151.—

Trouble, distress:

suae senectuti acriorem hiemem parat, quom illam inportunam tempestatem conciet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 7.

hĭems or hiemps, ĕmis, f. [Gr. chiôn, cheima; Sanscr. himas, snow], the winter, winter time, rainy season (cf.: bruma, solstitium).

Lit.: aestatem autumnus sequitur, post acer hiemps fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 1: crudelis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.);

opp. to aestas,

Dig. 43, 20, 1, §§

31 and 32: dies primus est veris in Aquario, aestatis in Tauro, autumni in Leone, hiemis in Scorpione,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. id. ap. Col. 11, 2, 84; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; 18, 25, 60, § 224 sq.: prodit hiems, sequitur crepitans hanc dentibus algor. Lucr. 5, 747:

hanc vim frigorum hiememque, quam nos vix hujus urbis tectis sustinemus, excipere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

summa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

gravissimā hieme,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8 fin.:

jamque hiems appropinquabat,

id. ib. 3, 9, 8:

initā hieme,

id. B. G. 3, 7, 1:

jam prope hieme confectā,

id. ib. 7, 32, 2: ante exactam hiemem, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

id. B. C. 3, 25, 1:

modestia hiemis,

Tac. A. 12, 43:

bellum difficillimum gessit hieme anni,

in winter time, Suet. Caes. 35:

stridebat deformis hiems,

Juv. 4, 58: Arabes campos et montes hieme et aestate peragrantes, winter and summer, i. e. in all seasons, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94.—In plur.:

confligunt hiemes aestatibus acres,

Lucr. 6, 373:

est ubi plus tepeant hiemes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15:

informīs hiemes reducit Juppiter, idem Summovet,

id. C. 2, 10, 15; 3, 1, 32:

in his locis maturae sunt hiemes,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

seu plures hiemes, seu tribuit Juppiter ultimam,

years, Hor. C. 1, 11, 4:

post certas hiemes,

id. ib. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

sic multas hiemes atque octogensima vidit solstitia,

Juv. 4, 92.—Personified: Hiems, Ov. M. 2, 30; 15, 212; 4, 436; Verg. A. 3, 120.—

Transf. (mostly poet.).

Rainy, stormy weather, a storm, tempest:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 5, 11; cf.:

non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo,

id. G. 3, 470:

Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. A. 9, 671; id. G. 1, 321; Hor. Epod. 2, 52; Ov. M. 11, 490; 521; 13, 709 al.—In plur., Val. Fl. 2, 22; Stat. S. 5, 1, 36.—In prose:

maritimos cursus praecludebat hiemis magnitudo,

Cic. Planc. 40 fin.:

qui (gubernator) navem ex hieme marique scopuloso servat,

Nep. Att. 10 fin. —

In gen., cold, chill; tempest, violence ( poet.):

sic letalis hiems paulatim in pectora venit,

a deadly chill, Ov. M. 2, 827; cf. Mart. 2, 46, 7:

Vesuvinus apex et flammea diri Montis hiems,

the fiery tempest, Stat. S. 3, 5, 72;

so of Vesuvius: vix dum ignea montem Torsit hiems,

Val. Fl. 4, 508:

instamus jactu telorum et ferrea nimbis Certat hiems,

the iron storm, shower of weapons, Stat. Th. 5, 386.—

Trop.

Cold, storm ( poet.):

ab illa Pessima (die) mutati coepit amoris hiems,

cold, Ov. H. 5, 34:

hiems rerum,

the storm of war, disturbance of war, Claud. B. Get. 151.—

Trouble, distress:

suae senectuti acriorem hiemem parat, quom illam inportunam tempestatem conciet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 7.

lăpĭdātĭo, ōnis, f. [lapido], a throwing of stones, a stoning (class.).

Lit.:

fit magna lapidatio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

magna,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 197; id. Dom. 6, 14; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 73.—In plur.:

lapidationes persaepe vidimus,

Cic. Sest. 36, 77.—

A shower of stones (post-class.):

non diu lapidatione terruere Romanos,

Flor. 3, 9, 6.— Transf., a hail-storm: grandinis lapidatio, Imp. Constant. Cod. 9, 18, 4.

lăpĭdĕus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of stone, consisting of stones, stone-.

Lit. (class.):

flumen marginibus lapideis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

imber,

a shower of stones, id. Div. 2, 28, 60; so,

pluit lapideo imbri,

Liv. 30, 38, 8:

murus,

id. 1, 38 fin.:

in lapideo mortario terere,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169:

duritia,

id. 27, 11, 74, § 98:

suggestus,

Col. 9, 7, 1.—

Trop. (ante-class.): lapideo sunt corde multi, quos non miseret neminis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 162 Müll. (Trag. v. 174 Vahl.): lapideus sum, I am petrified:

commovere me miser non audeo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 44.—

For lapidosus, full of stones, stony (post-Aug.):

lapidei campi,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57:

litus,

Mel. 2, 5, 4.

ningit or ninguit, ēbat, nxit, 3, v. n. [Gr. niphei; cf. nix, and v. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 250], it snows.

Lit.:

ningit,

Col. 11, 2, 31; Verg. G. 3, 367: cum ninxerit caelestium molem mihi, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 101 Rib.).—

In the pass. form:

totum istud spatium, quā pluitur et ninguitur,

App. Flor. 1, p. 340, 39.—

Transf., to shower down, scatter:

ningunt rosarum Floribus,

Lucr. 2, 627.

nŏvendĭālis, e, adj. [novem-dies], nine-day, of nine days.

That lasts nine days, a nine-days' festival, which was solemnized on the occasion of a prodigy announcing misfortune (esp. a shower of stones):

novendiale sacrum,

Liv. 1, 31; 21, 62; 23, 31; 25, 7; 26, 23;

27, 37 et saep.: sacrificium,

id. 38, 36, 4:

novendiales feriae,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1; cf.: novendiales feriae a numero dierum sunt dictae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 176 Müll.—

That takes place on the ninth day; of offerings and feasts for the dead, which were celebrated on the ninth day after the funeral: novendiale dicitur sacrificium quod mortuo fit nonā die quā sepultus est, Porphyr. ad Hor. Epod. 17, 49; cf.: novendialia, ennata epi nekrou agomena, Gloss. Philox.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 5, 64.—These solemnities were also called, subst., nŏvendĭal, is, n.:

nescio utrum inveniatur, alicui sanctorum in Scripturis celebratum esse luctum novem dies, quod apud Latinos novendial appellant,

Aug. Quaest. in Heptat. 1 Quaest. 172:

novendialis cena,

the funeral banquet held on the ninth day, Tac. A. 6, 5:

Novendiales pulveres ( = recentes),

Hor. Epod. 17, 48; v. Orell. ad h. 1.—Prov.: exstincto populo etiam novendialis tarde venit, said of one who brings assistance when too late, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 12, 23.

pensĭlis, e, adj. [pendeo], hanging, hanging down, pendent, pensile ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. pendulus).

Lit.:

restim volo mihi emere, qui me faciam pensilem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 86:

vehetur pensilibus plumis,

i. e. in a bed, Juv. 1, 159:

lychnuchi,

Plin. 34, 3, 8, § 14:

uva,

which are hung up to be preserved during the winter, Hor. S. 2, 2, 121; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 15;

in a double sense, alluding to the hanging of one's self,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99:

libertas pensilis,

Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70.—

Subst.: pensĭlĭa, ĭum, n.

Fruit hung up to be preserved:

pensilia, ut uvae, mala, et sorba,

Varr. R. R. 1, 68; 1, 59, 3.—

(Sc. membra) = penis:

pulcre pensilibus peculiati,

Auct. Priap. 53.—

In archit., supported on arches, hanging, pensile:

fabrica,

Col. 1, 6, 16:

horreum,

id. 12, 50, 3:

ambulatio,

Plin. 36, 13, 18, § 83:

urbs,

id. 36, 15, 24, § 104:

horti,

hanging gardens, id. 36, 14, 20, § 94; Curt. 5, 1, 32: balneae, shower-baths or vapor-baths, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; Macr. S. 2, 11, 3: tribus, on movable seats (in the theatre), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119.

pensĭlis, e, adj. [pendeo], hanging, hanging down, pendent, pensile ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. pendulus).

Lit.:

restim volo mihi emere, qui me faciam pensilem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 86:

vehetur pensilibus plumis,

i. e. in a bed, Juv. 1, 159:

lychnuchi,

Plin. 34, 3, 8, § 14:

uva,

which are hung up to be preserved during the winter, Hor. S. 2, 2, 121; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 15;

in a double sense, alluding to the hanging of one's self,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99:

libertas pensilis,

Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70.—

Subst.: pensĭlĭa, ĭum, n.

Fruit hung up to be preserved:

pensilia, ut uvae, mala, et sorba,

Varr. R. R. 1, 68; 1, 59, 3.—

(Sc. membra) = penis:

pulcre pensilibus peculiati,

Auct. Priap. 53.—

In archit., supported on arches, hanging, pensile:

fabrica,

Col. 1, 6, 16:

horreum,

id. 12, 50, 3:

ambulatio,

Plin. 36, 13, 18, § 83:

urbs,

id. 36, 15, 24, § 104:

horti,

hanging gardens, id. 36, 14, 20, § 94; Curt. 5, 1, 32: balneae, shower-baths or vapor-baths, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; Macr. S. 2, 11, 3: tribus, on movable seats (in the theatre), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119.

plŭvĭa, ae, f. (sc. aqua) [pluvius].

Rain (class.; cf.

imber): pluvias metuo,

Cic. Att. 15, 16:

tenues,

Verg. G. 1, 92:

in gens,

id. ib. 325:

a pluviā tueri,

Juv. 3, 202:

de pluviis loqui,

id. 4, 87:

pluviarum signa,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 9, 1:

qui aufert stillas pluviae,

Vulg. Job, 36, 27.—

Transf., a fall or shower of any thing (post-class.; cf. pluo);

of blossoms,

Claud. Nupt. Honor. 298:

pluvia ignea,

Aug. Quaest. in Num. 4, 27; id. Serm. 105, 7.—

Rain-water (post-Aug.):

admixtā pluviā,

Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 103.