alnus

ănhēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. anand halo].

Pr., to move about for breath; hence, to draw the breath with great difficulty, to pant, puff, gasp, etc.:

anhelat inconstanter,

Lucr. 3, 490:

cum languida anhelant,

id. 4, 864: * Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 25: anhelans ex imis pulmonibus prae curā spiritus ducebatur, Auct. ad Her. 4, 33:

anhelans Colla fovet,

Verg. A. 10, 837; 5, 254 al.:

nullus anhelabat sub adunco vomere taurus,

Ov. F. 2, 295:

sudare atque anhelare,

Col. 2, 3, 2.— In gen., to breathe (cf. anhelitus, II.), Prud. Apoth. 919.—

Metaph., of fire:

fornacibus ignis anhelat,

roars, Verg. A. 8, 421.—Of the earth:

subter anhelat humus,

heaves, Stat. S. 1, 1, 56.—Of the foaming of the sea, Sil. 9, 286.— Trop., of poverty panting for something:

anhelans inopia,

Just. 9, 1, 6.—

Verb. act., to breathe out, to emit by breathing, breathe forth, exhale:

nolo verba exiliter exanimata exire, nolo inflata et quasi anhelata gravius,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 38: de pectore frigus anhelans Capricornus, vet. poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 44:

anhelati ignes,

Ov. F. 4, 492; so id. H. 12, 15:

rabiem anhelare,

Luc. 6, 92:

anhelatis exsurgens ictibus alnus,

the strokes of the oars made with panting, Sil. 14, 379.— Trop., to pursue, pant for, strive after something with eagerness:

Catilinam furentem audaciā, scelus anhelantem,

breathing out wickedness, Cic. Cat. 2, 1: anhelans ex imo pectore crudelitatem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 55.

II. p. 564, regard the prefix of this word as the Gr. ana; hence, pr. to draw up the breath; cf. antestor.

flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).

Lit.:

per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

imputata floret usque vinea,

Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

vinea, segetes,

Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

narcisso floreat alnus,

Verg. E. 8, 52:

florentes ferulae,

id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

si bene floreat annus,

Ov. F. 5, 327.—

Transf.

(Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

si vinum florere incipiet,

Col. 12, 30, 1:

vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

Ov. F. 5, 270.—

To get the first downy beard:

libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

Mart. 3, 6, 4.—

To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

Hybla multis thymis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

Val. Fl. 1, 547.—

To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

Verg. G. 2, 6;

of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—

To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

lumina floruisse,

Tert. Apol. 11:

caelum luminibus floruisset,

id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—

Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.

Of persons and animate things.

With abl.:

in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

omni genere virtutis,

id. Brut. 7, 28:

cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

laudibus,

id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

nobilitate discipulorum,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

id. Or. 5, 20.—

With in and abl.:

in re militari Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 5:

ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

in foro,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

in senectute,

id. Lael. 1, 4.—

Absol.:

ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

floret Epicurus,

id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

qui inter illos florebas,

id. Quint. 26, 80:

cum multis simul floruit,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

floruit circa Philippum,

id. 12, 10. 6:

circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

id. Sest. 63, 131:

aliquid floret laudibus,

Lucr. 5, 1279.—

Absol.:

quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

quae familia admodum floruit,

Suet. Ner. 6:

quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

gloria generis floret,

id. Fl. 11, 25:

verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

Hor. A. P. 62:

aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.

Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

Lucr. 4, 450; so,

smaragdi arcano igne,

Stat. Th. 2, 276:

postes arcano lumine,

id. ib. 1, 210:

catervae aere,

Verg. A. 7, 804:

exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

Gell. 5, 5, 2.—

Abounding in flowers:

vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—

Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.

Of animate things.

With abl.:

complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

ambo florentes aetatibus,

Verg. E. 7, 4.—

Absol.:

qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

id. Planc. 35, 86:

oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

id. Or. 6, 20:

florens et illustris adolescens,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

florentes viribus anni,

Sil. 1, 226; so,

anni vigore,

Petr. 132:

animus vino,

joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—

Absol.:

(majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

id. Quint. 30, 93:

quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

florentes Etruscorum opes,

Liv. 1, 2, 3:

florentissima Samnitium castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

equus florenti aetate,

Lucr. 5, 1074:

aevo florente puellae,

id. 3, 1008; cf.:

adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

Hor. A. P. 115:

florentissima ejus erat aetas,

Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

oratio florentissima,

Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

also: florentis facundiae homo,

id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).

Lit.:

per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

imputata floret usque vinea,

Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

vinea, segetes,

Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

narcisso floreat alnus,

Verg. E. 8, 52:

florentes ferulae,

id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

si bene floreat annus,

Ov. F. 5, 327.—

Transf.

(Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

si vinum florere incipiet,

Col. 12, 30, 1:

vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

Ov. F. 5, 270.—

To get the first downy beard:

libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

Mart. 3, 6, 4.—

To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

Hybla multis thymis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

Val. Fl. 1, 547.—

To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

Verg. G. 2, 6;

of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—

To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

lumina floruisse,

Tert. Apol. 11:

caelum luminibus floruisset,

id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—

Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.

Of persons and animate things.

With abl.:

in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

omni genere virtutis,

id. Brut. 7, 28:

cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

laudibus,

id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

nobilitate discipulorum,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

id. Or. 5, 20.—

With in and abl.:

in re militari Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 5:

ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

in foro,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

in senectute,

id. Lael. 1, 4.—

Absol.:

ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

floret Epicurus,

id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

qui inter illos florebas,

id. Quint. 26, 80:

cum multis simul floruit,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

floruit circa Philippum,

id. 12, 10. 6:

circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

id. Sest. 63, 131:

aliquid floret laudibus,

Lucr. 5, 1279.—

Absol.:

quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

quae familia admodum floruit,

Suet. Ner. 6:

quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

gloria generis floret,

id. Fl. 11, 25:

verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

Hor. A. P. 62:

aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.

Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

Lucr. 4, 450; so,

smaragdi arcano igne,

Stat. Th. 2, 276:

postes arcano lumine,

id. ib. 1, 210:

catervae aere,

Verg. A. 7, 804:

exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

Gell. 5, 5, 2.—

Abounding in flowers:

vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—

Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.

Of animate things.

With abl.:

complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

ambo florentes aetatibus,

Verg. E. 7, 4.—

Absol.:

qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

id. Planc. 35, 86:

oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

id. Or. 6, 20:

florens et illustris adolescens,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

florentes viribus anni,

Sil. 1, 226; so,

anni vigore,

Petr. 132:

animus vino,

joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—

Absol.:

(majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

id. Quint. 30, 93:

quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

florentes Etruscorum opes,

Liv. 1, 2, 3:

florentissima Samnitium castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

equus florenti aetate,

Lucr. 5, 1074:

aevo florente puellae,

id. 3, 1008; cf.:

adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

Hor. A. P. 115:

florentissima ejus erat aetas,

Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

oratio florentissima,

Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

also: florentis facundiae homo,

id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

hărundo (better than ărundo, Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, though the latter is freq. in MSS. and edd.; v. infra), ĭnis, f. [etym. dub.; perh. from root ar-, to set in motion; Sanscr. aras, swift; aranjas, a wood, as that which grows; cf.: ulmus, ulva, alnus, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 530 sq.].

Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf.

also: culmus, calamus, stipula),

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156 sqq.:

intus medullam sabuci (habent)... inanitatem harundines,

id. 13, 22, 42, § 122:

longa parvae sub arundine cannae,

Ov. M. 8, 337:

fluvialis,

Verg. G. 2, 414;

used for covering or thatching huts and houses,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Vitr. 2, 1, 3;

esp. in encampments: casae ex harundinibus textae,

Liv. 35, 27, 3 Weissenb.:

teneris harundinum radicibus contusis equos alere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3.—Prov.:

arundo vento agitata,

Vulg. Matt. 11, 7; Luc. 7, 24:

arundinem quassatam non confringet,

ib. Matt. 12, 20. —

Meton. of any thing made of reed or cane.

A fishing-rod:

hisce hami atque haec harundines sunt nobis quaestu,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 5:

haec laqueo volucres, hacc captat arundine pisces,

Tib. 2, 6, 23 Müll.:

hos aliquis tremula, dum captat arundine pisces, vidit,

Ov. M. 8, 217 Merk.; 13, 293; 14, 651.—

Limed twigs for catching birds:

parati aucupes cum harundinibus fuerunt,

Petr. 40, 6:

volucres, quas textis harundinibus peritus artifex tetigit,

id. 109, 7:

cantu fallitur ales, callida dum tacita crescit harundo manu,

Mart. 14, 218, 2 Schneidewin:

aut (si) crescente levis traheretur arundine praeda,

id. 9, 54, 3 id.:

ut qui viscatos populatur arundine lucos,

Sil. 7, 674:

harundine sumptā Faunus plumoso sum deus aucupio,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 33.—

A wreath or crown made of reeds;

as the head of Priapus: ast inportunas volucres in vertice harundo terret fixa,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 6 B. and K.;

v. Orell. ad loc.—Esp. worn by river deities: (Tiberini) crines umbrosa tegebat harundo,

Verg. A. 8, 34 Rib.;

of the river Calydonius: inornatos redimitus arundine crines,

Ov. M. 9, 3:

subita cur pulcher arundine crines velat Hylas,

Val. Fl. 1, 218:

(Glaucus) caputque redimitus arundine,

Vell. Pat. 2, 83;

and of the Tiber: et arundinis altae concolor in viridi fluitabat silva capillo,

Sid. Paneg. Anthem. 333:

velatus harundine glauca Mincius,

Verg. A. 10, 205 Rib.—

The shaft of an arrow:

quod fugat obtusum est, et habet sub arundine plumbum,

Ov. M. 1, 471:

pennaque citatior ibat quae redit in pugnas fugientis arundine Parthi,

Sil. 10, 12; Cels. 7, 5, 2.—Hence (pars pro toto), an arrow:

inque cor hamata percussit arundine Ditem,

Ov. M. 5, 384; 8, 382; 10, 526;

11, 325: haeret lateri letalis harundo,

Verg. A. 4, 73 Rib. (Forbig. and Conington, arundo); id. ib. 7, 499.—

A pen:

neve notet lusus tristis harundo tuos,

Mart. 1, 3, 10:

inque manus chartae, nodosaque venit harundo,

Pers. 3, 11. The best came from Cnidus:

Cnidia,

Aus. Ep. 7, 49; and:

Acidalia,

Mart. 9, 14, 3.—

A reed pipe, shepherd's pipe, Pan-pipes, = surinx (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding):

junctisque canendo vincere arundinibus servantia lumina temptat,

Ov. M. 1, 684; cf. id. ib. 1, 707 sq.;

11, 154: agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam,

Verg. E. 6, 8; cf.:

compacta solitum modulatur harundine carmen,

id. Cul. 100:

nec crepuit fissa me propter harundine custos,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 25.—

A flute (made of the kalamos aulêtikos, Theophr. 4, 12):

Satyri reminiscitur alter, quem Tritoniaca Latoüs arundine victum affecit poena,

Ov. M. 6, 384.—

A comb made of reed, which brought the threads of the web into their place:

stamen secernit arundo,

Ov. M. 6, 55.—

A reed for brushing down cobwebs:

ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.—

A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained:

jugorum genera fere quatuor,... harundo, ut in Arpino,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

A rod (for beating, punishing):

ac me iterum in cellam perduxit, et harundinem ab ostio rapuit iterumque mulcavit,

Petr. 134.—

Splints for holding together injured parts of the body, Suet. Aug. 80.—

A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.—

A hobbyhorse, cane-horse, as a child's plaything:

equitare in harundine longa,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 248; cf.:

non erubuit (Socrates) cum, interposita arundine cruribus suis, cum parvulis filiolis ludens, ab Alcibiade risus est,

Val. Max. 8, 8 ext. 1.

in-năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to swim or float in or upon ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.

Homines flumini innatant, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93:

aquis pluma innatans,

id. 18, 35, 86, § 360:

lactuca innatat acri Post vinum stomacho ( = supernatat, non subsidet),

Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf.:

dulce (vinum) stomacho innatat, austerum facilius concoquitur,

Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38.—

With acc.:

undam innatat alnus,

swims the stream, Verg. G. 2, 451.—

To swim or float into:

cum pisciculi parvi in concham hiantem innataverunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123. —

To flow over, overflow:

Nilus fecundus innatat terrae,

Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 54; so,

innatat campis (Tiberis),

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 2:

innatat unda freto dulcis,

the fresh water flows into the sea, Ov. P. 4, 10, 63.—

To swim or float among, to be intermingled with:

inter hos latent arteriae... his innatant venae,

Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219.—

Trop.

Innatans illa verborum facilitas, floating on the surface, superficial, Quint. 10, 7, 28; 7, 1, 44.—

Of the hair, to float or flow:

tenui vagus innatat undā Crinis,

Val. Fl. 3, 525.

sūb-ĭcĭo (less correctly subjĭcĭo; post-Aug. sometimes sŭb-), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [sub-jacio].

Lit., to throw, lay, place, or bring under or near (cf. subdo); in all senses construed with acc. and dat., or with acc. and sub and acc.; not with sub and abl. (v. Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48; cf. II. B. 2. infra).

In gen.: si parum habet lactis mater, ut subiciat (agnum) sub alterius mammam. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20:

manum ventri et sub femina (boum),

Col. 6, 2, 6: nonnulli inter carros rotasque mataras ac tragulas subiciebant, discharged their javelins and darts below, i. e. between the wagons and the wheels, Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

biremes, subjectis scutulis, subduxit,

id. B. C. 3, 40:

ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque circum subicere coeperunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; cf.:

ignes tectis ac moenibus,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

ignem,

id. Rab. Post. 6, 13; Auct. B. Afr. 87, 1; 91, 3; Ov. M. 1, 229 al.:

faces,

Cic. Mil. 35, 98; Vell. 2, 48, 3; Val. Max. 5, 5, 4:

bracchia pallae,

Ov. M. 3, 167:

eburnea collo Bracchia,

id. Am. 3, 7, 7:

scuto sinistram, Canitiem galeae,

id. Tr. 4, 1, 74:

laxiorem sinum sinistro bracchio,

Quint. 11, 3, 146:

umeros lecto,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 12:

pallium togae,

id. 2, 2, 2:

ova gallinis,

Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231; 10, 59, 79, § 161:

cum tota se luna sub orbem solis subjecisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16:

ossa subjecta corpori,

id. N. D. 2, 55, 139 et saep:

sub aspectum omnium rem subicit,

Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

res sub oculos,

Quint. 8, 6, 19:

aliquid oculis,

Cic. Or. 40, 139; Liv. 3, 69; Quint. 2, 18, 2:

oves sub umbriferas rupes,

to place near, close to, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 11:

castris legiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 56:

aciem suam castris Scipionis,

id. ib. 3, 37:

se iniquis locis,

id. ib. 3, 85:

terram ferro,

to throw up with the share, to plough up, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Moser N. cr.: corpora saltu Subiciunt in equos, throw up, i. e. mount, Verg. A. 12, 288:

pavidum regem in equum,

to set, Liv. 31, 37:

me e postremo in tertium locum esse subjectum,

have been brought, Cic. Toga Cand. Fragm. p. 522 Orell.: copias integras vulneratis defessisque subiciebat, i. e. put in the place of, substituted, Auct. B. Alex. 26, 2.—Hence ( poet.): se subicere, to mount, grow:

quantum vere novo viridis se subicit alnus,

shoots up, Verg. E. 10, 74:

laurus Parva sub ingenti matris se subicit umbrā,

id. G. 2, 19 Forbig. ad loc.—

In partic.

To hand to, supply:

cum ei libellum malus poëta de populo subjecisset,

Cic. Arch. 10, 25:

ipse manu subicit gladios ac tela ministrat,

Luc. 7, 574.—

To substitute false for true; to forge, counterfeit (syn.:

suppono, substituo): testamenta,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7:

testamentum mariti,

Quint. 9, 2, 73:

locupleti falsum testamentum,

Val. Max. 9, 4, 1:

partum,

Dig. 25, 4, 1 fin.:

falsum aliquid,

Quint. 12, 3, 3:

aes pro auro in pignore dando,

Dig. 13, 7, 36:

fratrem suum,

Just. 1, 9.—

To suborn:

subicitur L. Metellus ab inimicis Caesaris, qui hanc rem distrahat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33:

testes frequenter subici ab adversario solent,

Quint. 5, 7, 12:

suspitione subjecti petitoris non carebit,

id. 4, 2, 96.

Trop.

In gen.

To submit, subject:

ea quae sub sensus subjecta sunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

res, quae subjectae sunt sensibus,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 36; id. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

cogitationi aliquid subicere,

submit, id. Clu. 2, 6; Quint. 5, 12, 13;

ait (Epicurus), eos neque intellegere neque videre, sub hanc vocem honestatis quae sit subicienda sententia,

i. e. what meaning is to be attributed to it, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48 B. and K.; Madvig. ad loc.; cf.:

huic verbo (voluptas) omnes qui Latine sciunt duas res subiciunt, laetitiam in animo, commotionem suavem jucunditatis in corpore,

id. ib. 2, 4, 13:

dico eum non intellegere interdum, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, id est, quae res huic voci subiciatur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 6; cf.: quaeritur, quae res ei (nomini) subicienda sit, Quint. 7, 3, 4.—

To substitute:

mutata, in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet,

Cic. Or. 27, 92; so Quint. 3, 6, 28:

aliud pro eo, quod neges,

id. 6, 3, 74 et saep.—

In partic.

Pregn., to place under, to make subject, to subject:

subiciunt se homines imperio alterius et potestati,

i. e. submit, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

exteras gentes servitio,

Liv. 26, 49:

Albius et Atrius quibus vos subjecistis,

id. 28, 28, 9:

ut alter alterius imperio subiceretur,

id. 28, 21, 9:

gentem suam dicioni nostrae,

Tac. A. 13, 55; Curt. 8, 1, 37; cf.:

Gallia securibus subjecta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

omnia praeter eam (virtutem) subjecta, sunt sub fortunae dominationem,

Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24:

nos sub eorum potestatem,

id. 2, 31, 50:

matribus familias sub hostilem libidinem subjectis,

id. 4, 8, 12:

sub aspectus omnium rem subjecit,

id. 4, 47, 60; cf.:

deos penatis subjectos esse libidini tribuniciae,

Cic. Dom. 40, 106:

populum senatui,

Val. Max. 8, 9, 1:

si virtus subjecta sub varios incertosque casus famula fortunae est,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2:

id quod sub eam vim subjectum est,

id. Top. 15, 58:

cujus victus vestitusque necessarius sub praeconem subjectus est,

id. Quint. 15, 49 B. and K.:

bona civium voci praeconis,

id. Off. 2, 23. 83;

for which, simply reliquias spectaculorum,

to expose for sale, Suet. Calig. 38; so,

delatores,

id. Tit. 8:

hiemi navigationem,

to subject, expose, Caes. B. G. 4, 36:

domum periculo,

Quint. 7, 1, 53:

scelus fraudemque nocentis odio civium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

fortunas innocentium fictis auditionibus,

id. Planc. 23, 56:

aliquid calumniae,

Liv. 38, 48.—

To subject or subordinate a particular to a general, to range or treat it under, append it to, etc.; in the pass., to be ranged under or comprised in any thing:

quattuor partes, quae subiciuntur sub vocabulum recti,

Auct. Her. 3, 4, 7 B. and K.:

unum quodque genus exemplorum sub singulos artis locos subicere,

id. 4, 2, 3; cf. with dat.:

formarum certus est numerus, quae cuique generi subiciantur,

Cic. Top. 8, 33:

qui vocabulum sive appellationem nomini subjecerunt tamquam speciem ejus,

Quint. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

sub metum subjecta sunt pigritia, pudor, terror, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 16; 4, 8, 19; Quint. 3, 5, 1:

fas, justum, etc.... subici possunt honestati,

id. 3, 8, 26:

dicere apte plerique ornatui subiciunt,

id. 1, 5, 1 et saep.—

To place under in succession or order, in speaking or writing, i. e. to place after, let follow, affix, annex, append, subjoin (cf.:

addo, adicio): post orationis figuras tertium quendam subjecit locum,

Quint. 9, 1, 36:

longis (litteris) breves subicere,

id. 9, 4, 34:

B litterae absonam et ipsam S subiciendo,

id. 12, 10, 32:

narrationem prooemio,

id. 4, 2, 24; cf. id. 5, 13, 59:

cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit,

adds, subjoins, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104:

quod subicit, Pompeianos esse a Sullā impulsos, etc.,

id. Sull. 21, 60:

a quibusdam senatoribus subjectum est,

Liv. 29, 15, 1:

subicit Scrofa: De formā culturae hoc dico, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2:

non exspectare responsum et statim subicere, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 15:

edicto subjecisti, quid in utrumque vestrum esset impensum,

Plin. Pan. 20, 5 et saep.:

vix pauca furenti Subicio,

i. e. answer, reply, Verg. A. 3, 314.—

To comprehend under, collect or embrace in:

per quam res disperse et diffuse dictae unum sub aspectum subiciuntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98.—

To bring forward, propose, adduce; to bring to mind, prompt, suggest, etc.:

si meministi id, quod olim dictum est, subice,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 40 Ruhnk.; cf.:

cupio mihi ab illo subici, si quid forte praetereo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25:

subiciens, quid dicerem,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

quae dolor querentibus subicit,

Liv. 3, 48; 45, 18:

nec tibi subiciet carmina serus amor,

Prop. 1, 7, 20:

spes est Peliā subjecta creatis,

Ov. M. 7, 304.—Hence, sub-jectus, a, um, P. a.

Of places, lying under or near, bordering upon, neighboring, adjacent:

alter (cingulus terrae) subjectus aquiloni,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20:

Heraclea, quae est subjecta Candaviae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

Ossa,

Ov. M. 1, 155:

rivus castris Scipionis subjectus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37:

subjectus viae campus,

Liv. 2, 38: Armenia subjecta suo regno (opp. Cappadocia longius remota), Auct. B. Alex. 35, 2; 28, 3: genae deinde ab inferiore parte tutantur subjectae, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143.—

(Acc. to II. B. 1.) Subjected, subject:

si quidem Ea (natura deorum) subjecta est ei necessitati,

Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77:

servitio,

Liv. 26, 49, 8:

subjectior in diem et horam Invidiae,

exposed, Hor. S. 2, 6, 47:

ancipiti fortunae,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2:

species, quae sunt generi subjectae,

subordinate, Quint. 5, 10, 57:

tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

submissive, Ov. A. A. 2, 411; cf.:

parcere subjectis et debellare superbos,

Verg. A. 6, 853.— Subst.: sub-jectus, i, m., an inferior, subject:

(vilicus), qui, quid aut qualiter faciendum sit, ab subjecto discit,

Col. 1, 2, 4; 11, 1, 25:

Mithridates ab omnibus subjectis singula exquirens, etc.,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7.—

In the later philos. and gram. lang.: subjec-tum, i, n. (sc. verbum), that which is spoken of, the foundation or subject of a proposition:

omne quicquid dicimus aut subjectum est aut de subjecto aut in subjecto est. Subjectum est prima substantia, quod ipsum nulli accidit alii inseparabiliter, etc.,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 361; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34, 4 et saep.—

* Adv.: subjectē (cf. B. supra), humbly, submissively:

haec quam potest demississime et subjectissime exponit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

truncus, a, um, adj [root tark-, truc-, to break, tear; cf. torqueo], maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured, deprived of some of its parts (mostly poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; syn.: mutilus, mancus).

Lit.:

trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum),

i. e. the trunk of a pinetree, Verg. A. 3, 659:

trunca illa et retorrida manus Mucii,

Sen. Ep. 66, 51:

nemora,

i. e. trees stripped of their branches, Stat. Th. 4, 455:

truncas mhonesto vulnere nares,

Verg. A. 6, 497:

vultus naribus auribusque,

Mart. 2, 83, 3:

frons,

deprived of its horn, Ov. M. 9, 1; 9, 86; Sil. 3, 42:

frontem lumina truncam,

deprived of its eyes, id. 9, 400:

bracchia non habuit, truncoque repandus in undas Corpore desiluit,

deprived of its limbs, Ov. M. 3, 680; cf. Just. 2, 9, 19:

puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum,

Liv. 41, 9, 5:

varie ex integris truncos gigni, ex truncis integros,

Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50:

tela,

i.e. broken in pieces, Verg. A. 11, 9; cf.:

trunci enses et fractae hastae,

Stat. Th. 2, 711:

truncum lignum, i. e. hasta fracta,

Val. Fl. 6, 251: membra carmae, Ov M. 11, 560; cf.

alnus,

without oars, Val. Fl. 2, 300:

truncae atque mutilae litterae,

Gell. 17, 9, 12:

exta,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9.—

Poet., with gen.:

animalia trunca pedum,

without feet, Verg. G. 4, 310: truncus capitis, Sil 10, 311.—

Transf.

Of things, not developed, imperfect, or wanting in their parts:

quaedam imperfecta (animalia) suisque Trunca vident numeris,

Ov. M. 1, 428:

ranae pedibus,

id. ib. 15, 376:

ipse (nanus) jactabat truncas manus,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42—

Of members cut off:

bracchia,

Val. Fl. 4, 181:

manus,

Sen. Contr 1, 4.—

Trop., maimed, mutilated:

(Capua) urbs trunca, sine senatu, sine plebe, sine magistratibus,

Liv. 31, 29, 11:

pecus,

without a leader, Stat. Th. 5, 333:

manus vero, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis, vix dici potest, quot motus habeant,

Quint. 11, 3, 85:

trunca et debilis medicina (sine rerum naturae cognitione), Cels. praef.: sermo (volucrum),

Stat. Th. 12, 478:

trunca quaedam ex Menandro,

fragments, Gell. 2, 23, 21.—Hence, subst.:

truncus, i, m., the stem, stock, bole, or trunk of a tree (without regard to its branches).

Lit.:

cibus... Per truncos ac per ramos diffunditur omnes,

Lucr. 1, 353:

quid? in arboribus, in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; cf. id. Sen. 15, 52; id. N. D. 2, 47, 120; id. Lael. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 7, 73, Verg. G. 2, 78; 3, 233; Hor S. 1, 8, 1; id. C. 2, 17, 27; 3, 4, 55; Ov. M. 2, 358; 8, 346; id. H. 9, 93; Col. Arb. 17, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—

Transf.

Of the human body, the trunk, the body, apart from the limbs:

status erectus et celsus, nullā mollitiā cervicum: trunco magis toto se ipse moderans,

Cic. Or. 18, 59:

nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

recto pugnat se attollere trunco,

Ov. M. 2, 822; cf. id. ib. 7, 640:

et caput abscisum calido viventeque trunco,

Lucr. 3, 654: jacet litore truncus. Verg. A. 2, 557.—

Of a column.

The shaft, Vitr. 4, 1 med. —

The cubical trunk of a pedestal, the die or dado, Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201.—

A piece cut off, as a branch of a tree for an our:

frondentes,

Val. Fl. 8, 287;

a piece of flesh for smoking (cf. trunculus),

Verg. M. 57.—

Like caudex, stipes, and the Engl. stock, for blockhead, dunce, dolt:

quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84:

tamquam truncus atque stipes,

id. Pis. 9, 19. —

Trop., a trunk, stem:

quae (stirpes aegritudinis) ipso trunco everso omnes eligendae (elidendae, Kühn.) sunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.

κλήθρ-α, [dialect] Ion. [suff] κλήθρ-ρη, ἡ,

A alder, Alnus glutinosa, Od.5.64, 239, Thphr. HP1.4.3, 3.3.1.

Ol'sa (Upper Dniepr) top. [f ā];

alës (Smol., Dniepr basin) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

al'sa (Upper Dniepr) `alder thicket, swampy place' [f ā];

alës (dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

ol'os (dial.), oles (dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

olesie `swampy place in forest' [n jo] \{1\}

al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;

alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;

álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1

àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];

àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}

IE meaning: alder

Certainty: -

Lat. alnus `alder'

;

Span. aliso `alder'

;

Mac. ἄλιζα `white poplar';

OHG elira, erila `alder' [f];

OE alor `alder'

;

OIc. ǫlr `alder'

, jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{3\}

\{1\} Cf. also olesisty `swampy' and oleśnik alongside jeleśnik `white hellebore'. \{2\} The form with e- is actually reflected as àlksna (Bersohn, E. Latvia) (M-E: s.v.)

Ol'sa (Upper Dniepr) top. [f ā];

alës (Smol., Dniepr basin) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

al'sa (Upper Dniepr) `alder thicket, swampy place' [f ā];

alës (dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

ol'os (dial.), oles (dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

olesie `swampy place in forest' [n jo] \{1\}

al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;

alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;

álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1

àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];

àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}

IE meaning: alder

Certainty: -

Lat. alnus `alder'

;

Span. aliso `alder'

;

Mac. ἄλιζα `white poplar';

OHG elira, erila `alder' [f];

OE alor `alder'

;

OIc. ǫlr `alder'

, jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{3\}

\{1\} Cf. also olesisty `swampy' and oleśnik alongside jeleśnik `white hellebore'. \{2\} The form with e- is actually reflected as àlksna (Bersohn, E. Latvia) (M-E: s.v.)

Ol'sa (Upper Dniepr) top. [f ā];

alës (Smol., Dniepr basin) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

al'sa (Upper Dniepr) `alder thicket, swampy place' [f ā];

alës (dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

ol'os (dial.), oles (dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

olesie `swampy place in forest' [n jo] \{1\}

al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;

alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;

álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1

àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];

àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}

IE meaning: alder

Certainty: -

Lat. alnus `alder'

;

Span. aliso `alder'

;

Mac. ἄλιζα `white poplar';

OHG elira, erila `alder' [f];

OE alor `alder'

;

OIc. ǫlr `alder'

, jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{3\}

\{1\} Cf. also olesisty `swampy' and oleśnik alongside jeleśnik `white hellebore'. \{2\} The form with e- is actually reflected as àlksna (Bersohn, E. Latvia) (M-E: s.v.)

olše `alder' [f jā];

jelše (dial.) `alder' [f jā]

ję́ɫša `alder' [f jā];

ǫ́ɫša `alder' [f jā]

al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;

alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;

álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1

àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];

àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}

IE meaning: alder

Certainty: -

Comments: See *olь̀xa.

Lat. alnus `alder'

;

Span. aliso `alder'

;

Mac. ἄλιζα `white poplar';

OHG elira, erila `alder' [f];

OE alor `alder'

;

OIc. ǫlr `alder'

, jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{2\}

olše `alder' [f jā];

jelše (dial.) `alder' [f jā]

ję́ɫša `alder' [f jā];

ǫ́ɫša `alder' [f jā]

al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;

alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;

álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1

àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];

àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}

IE meaning: alder

Certainty: -

Comments: See *olь̀xa.

Lat. alnus `alder'

;

Span. aliso `alder'

;

Mac. ἄλιζα `white poplar';

OHG elira, erila `alder' [f];

OE alor `alder'

;

OIc. ǫlr `alder'

, jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{2\}

ol'xá `alder' [f ā];

ëlxa (dial.), elxá (dial.) `alder, spruce' [f ā] \{1\}

jelcha (dial.) `alder' [f ā]

jelha (dial.) `alder' [f ā]

al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;

alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;

álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1

àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];

àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}

IE meaning: alder

Certainty: -

Comments: As Schrijver observes (1991: 40), this etymon presents two problems. The first problem is the anlaut. The Slavic forms with je- cannot be explained away by assuming analogy after the word for `spruce': je- also occurs in West Slavic, where `spruce' is jedl-, not jel- (pace Kortlandt apud Schrijver: o.c. 41). The a-: e- variation in Germanic suggests that the variation in Baltic and Slavic does not result from "Rozwadowski's change" alone (cf. Andersen 1996: 130). The second problem is the alternation between i and zero in the second syllable. It is true that the *i and *u (cf. the Latvian toponym Aluksne?) of the Germanic forms may continue the regular ablaut of an s-stem (Schrijver: l.c.), but the fact that we find *i of in Slavic and East Lithuanian as well indicates that it should be taken at face value. The above-mentioned peculiarities of the etymon strongly suggest that we are dealing with a word of non-Indo-European origin. The fact that there are North Slavic forms with s alongside the expected x must be connected with the Baltic presence in the area (cf. Anikin 2005: 85-86).

Lat. alnus `alder'

;

Span. aliso `alder'

;

Mac. ἄλιζα `white poplar';

OHG elira, erila `alder' [f];

OE alor `alder'

;

OIc. ǫlr `alder'

, jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{3\}

\{1\} In Russian dialects there are apparently also forms with a vocalized medial jer, e.g. elóxa (Kostr.), alëx (Voron.), olëx (Rjaz.) `alder' (cf. Popowska-Taborska 1984: 39). \{2\} The form with e- is actually reflected as àlksna (Bersohn, E. Latvia) (M-E: s.v.). \{3\} From * aluz- and * elustrō (< * elastrō?), respectively.