amatorium

mĕdĭcāmentum, i, n. [medicor], a drug, remedy, physic, medicine, medicament.

Lit.:

medicamentum alicui dare ad aquam intercutem,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

haurire,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174:

sumere,

to take, Curt. 3, 6, 3:

componere,

to compound, Plin. 32, 9, 34, § 106:

somnificum,

id. 37, 10, 57, § 158:

medicamenta salubria,

Liv. 8, 18:

salutaria,

Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132.—Also of remedies applied externally:

medicamentis delibutus,

Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—

Transf., like the Gr. pharmakon, a drug, a potion.

A hurtful drug, poison: quaerit ibidem ab Hannibale, cur biberit medicamentum, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 23:

coquere medicamenta,

Liv. 8, 18:

medicamentis partum abigere,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

medicamento sagittas tingere,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101:

amatorium,

a love-potion, philter, Suet. Calig. 50; of an enchanted potion, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 80.—

A tincture for dyeing, a color, dye, mordant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 521, 20:

crassius,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 3:

rudia,

Plin. 35, 6, 26, § 44.—

A seasoning, condiment, Col. 12, 20.—

A paint, wash, cosmetic, Sen. Ben. 7, 9, 2.—

A plastering, Vop. Firm. 3.—

Trop.

A remedy, relief, antidote (rare but class.):

multorum medicamentum laborum,

Cic. Clu. 71, 201:

doloris medicamenta illa Epicurea,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22:

panchrestum medicamentum (sc. pecunia),

id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) An embellishment:

medicamenta fucati candoris, et ruboris,

Cic. Or. 23, 79.—

An enchantment:

ne quid mali medicamenti inferretur,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 142.

rĕpŭdĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [repudium], t. t.

Of persons married or betrothed, to cast off, put away, divorce, repudiate (cf. reicio):

sponsas admodum adulescens duas habuit... priorem... virginem adhuc repudiavit,

Suet. Claud. 26:

uxorem,

id. Caes. 79; so id. Tib. 35 fin.:

Liviam repudiatam relegavit,

id. Calig. 25:

ob hoc repudiatus,

id. Gram. 3; Quint. 4, 2, 98; 8, 5, 31:

si repudiatur miles, mulier mecum perit,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 8; cf.:

repudiatus repetor,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 14:

sponsum,

Suet. Caes. 21; id. Gram. 3:

(mulier marito) amatorium dedit, repudiavit,

Quint. 7, 8, 2:

repudiari etiam futurum matrimonium potest,

Dig. 50, 16, 191.—

To reject, refuse to accept an inheritance:

si heres bona repudiaverit,

Dig. 37, 14, 21 fin.:

fideicommissum,

ib. 31, 1, 35:

hereditatem,

ib. 31, 1, 77, § 31:

legatum a se,

ib. 33, 5, 10:

voluntatem defuncti,

ib. 32, 1, 80.—

Transf., in gen., to reject, refuse; to scorn, disdain, repudiate (very freq. and good prose;

syn.: reprobo, aspernor, respuo): cujus vota et preces a vestris mentibus repudiare debetis,

Cic. Clu. 70, 201:

consilium senatūs a re publicā,

to remove, withdraw from the State, id. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

repudia istos comites,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 30:

duces,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

nobilitatem supplicem,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50:

eloquentia haec forensis spreta a philosophis et repudiata,

id. Or. 3, 13; cf.:

repudiata rejectaque legatio,

id. Phil. 9, 6, 15; Quint. 3, 6, 33:

genus totum liberi populi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 54; Cic. Quint. 14, 46:

beneficium,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11; cf.:

gratiam populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

consilium,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 18:

legem,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

patrocinium voluptatis (corresp. to vituperare),

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67:

provinciam,

id. Phil. 3, 10, 26:

opimum dictionis genus funditus,

id. Or. 8, 25:

ista securitas multis locis repudianda,

id. Lael. 13, 47:

iracundia omnibus in rebus repudianda,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89:

virtus, quam sequitur caritas, minime repudianda est,

id. Lael. 17, 61.—Hence, part.: rĕpŭdĭātus, a, um; as subst.: rĕpŭ-dĭāta, ae, f., a divorced wife:

sin autem vidua, vel repudiata,

Vulg. Lev. 22, 13; id. Num. 30, 10; cf. id. Ezech. 44, 22.

rĕpŭdĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [repudium], t. t.

Of persons married or betrothed, to cast off, put away, divorce, repudiate (cf. reicio):

sponsas admodum adulescens duas habuit... priorem... virginem adhuc repudiavit,

Suet. Claud. 26:

uxorem,

id. Caes. 79; so id. Tib. 35 fin.:

Liviam repudiatam relegavit,

id. Calig. 25:

ob hoc repudiatus,

id. Gram. 3; Quint. 4, 2, 98; 8, 5, 31:

si repudiatur miles, mulier mecum perit,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 8; cf.:

repudiatus repetor,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 14:

sponsum,

Suet. Caes. 21; id. Gram. 3:

(mulier marito) amatorium dedit, repudiavit,

Quint. 7, 8, 2:

repudiari etiam futurum matrimonium potest,

Dig. 50, 16, 191.—

To reject, refuse to accept an inheritance:

si heres bona repudiaverit,

Dig. 37, 14, 21 fin.:

fideicommissum,

ib. 31, 1, 35:

hereditatem,

ib. 31, 1, 77, § 31:

legatum a se,

ib. 33, 5, 10:

voluntatem defuncti,

ib. 32, 1, 80.—

Transf., in gen., to reject, refuse; to scorn, disdain, repudiate (very freq. and good prose;

syn.: reprobo, aspernor, respuo): cujus vota et preces a vestris mentibus repudiare debetis,

Cic. Clu. 70, 201:

consilium senatūs a re publicā,

to remove, withdraw from the State, id. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

repudia istos comites,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 30:

duces,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

nobilitatem supplicem,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50:

eloquentia haec forensis spreta a philosophis et repudiata,

id. Or. 3, 13; cf.:

repudiata rejectaque legatio,

id. Phil. 9, 6, 15; Quint. 3, 6, 33:

genus totum liberi populi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 54; Cic. Quint. 14, 46:

beneficium,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11; cf.:

gratiam populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

consilium,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 18:

legem,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

patrocinium voluptatis (corresp. to vituperare),

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67:

provinciam,

id. Phil. 3, 10, 26:

opimum dictionis genus funditus,

id. Or. 8, 25:

ista securitas multis locis repudianda,

id. Lael. 13, 47:

iracundia omnibus in rebus repudianda,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89:

virtus, quam sequitur caritas, minime repudianda est,

id. Lael. 17, 61.—Hence, part.: rĕpŭdĭātus, a, um; as subst.: rĕpŭ-dĭāta, ae, f., a divorced wife:

sin autem vidua, vel repudiata,

Vulg. Lev. 22, 13; id. Num. 30, 10; cf. id. Ezech. 44, 22.

rĕpŭdĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [repudium], t. t.

Of persons married or betrothed, to cast off, put away, divorce, repudiate (cf. reicio):

sponsas admodum adulescens duas habuit... priorem... virginem adhuc repudiavit,

Suet. Claud. 26:

uxorem,

id. Caes. 79; so id. Tib. 35 fin.:

Liviam repudiatam relegavit,

id. Calig. 25:

ob hoc repudiatus,

id. Gram. 3; Quint. 4, 2, 98; 8, 5, 31:

si repudiatur miles, mulier mecum perit,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 8; cf.:

repudiatus repetor,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 14:

sponsum,

Suet. Caes. 21; id. Gram. 3:

(mulier marito) amatorium dedit, repudiavit,

Quint. 7, 8, 2:

repudiari etiam futurum matrimonium potest,

Dig. 50, 16, 191.—

To reject, refuse to accept an inheritance:

si heres bona repudiaverit,

Dig. 37, 14, 21 fin.:

fideicommissum,

ib. 31, 1, 35:

hereditatem,

ib. 31, 1, 77, § 31:

legatum a se,

ib. 33, 5, 10:

voluntatem defuncti,

ib. 32, 1, 80.—

Transf., in gen., to reject, refuse; to scorn, disdain, repudiate (very freq. and good prose;

syn.: reprobo, aspernor, respuo): cujus vota et preces a vestris mentibus repudiare debetis,

Cic. Clu. 70, 201:

consilium senatūs a re publicā,

to remove, withdraw from the State, id. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

repudia istos comites,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 30:

duces,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

nobilitatem supplicem,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50:

eloquentia haec forensis spreta a philosophis et repudiata,

id. Or. 3, 13; cf.:

repudiata rejectaque legatio,

id. Phil. 9, 6, 15; Quint. 3, 6, 33:

genus totum liberi populi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 54; Cic. Quint. 14, 46:

beneficium,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11; cf.:

gratiam populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

consilium,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 18:

legem,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

patrocinium voluptatis (corresp. to vituperare),

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67:

provinciam,

id. Phil. 3, 10, 26:

opimum dictionis genus funditus,

id. Or. 8, 25:

ista securitas multis locis repudianda,

id. Lael. 13, 47:

iracundia omnibus in rebus repudianda,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89:

virtus, quam sequitur caritas, minime repudianda est,

id. Lael. 17, 61.—Hence, part.: rĕpŭdĭātus, a, um; as subst.: rĕpŭ-dĭāta, ae, f., a divorced wife:

sin autem vidua, vel repudiata,

Vulg. Lev. 22, 13; id. Num. 30, 10; cf. id. Ezech. 44, 22.

vĕnēnum, i, n., orig., like pharmakon, any thing, esp. any liquid substance, that powerfully affects or changes the condition of the body, a potion, juice, drug (cf. virus).

In gen.: qui venenum dicit, adicere debet, utrum malum an bonum; nam et medicamenta venena sunt: quia eo nomine omne continetur, quod adhibitum naturam ejus, cui adhibitum esset, mutat. Cum id quod nos venenum appellamus, Graeci pharmakon dicunt, apud illos quoque tam medicamenta, quam quae nocent hoc nomine continentur, etc., Dig. 50, 16, 236; cf. ib. 48, 8, 3.—Obsolete, however, in this general signif.: qui venenum malum fecit fecerit, an old legal formula in Cic. Clu. 54, 148:

avaritia pecuniae studium habet: ea quasi venenis malis imbuta corpus animum que virilem effeminat,

Sall. C. 11, 3.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, like pharmakon (freq. and class.).

A potion that destroys life, poison, venom (cf. toxicum).

Lit.:

ipsius veneni quae ratio fingitur? ubi quaesitum est? quem ad modum paratum? cui, quo in loco traditum?

Cic. Cael. 24, 58; 21, 51; id. Clu. 60, 165; 61, 169; id. Phil. 11, 6, 13; id. N. D. 3, 33, 81; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

nobis veratrum est acre venenum,

Lucr. 4, 638; Verg. A. 4, 514; Hor. C. 1, 37, 28; id. Epod. 3, 5; 5, 22; id. S. 2, 3, 131:

dare,

Liv. 40, 24, 5.—

Trop., mischief, evil, destruction (rare, and not in Cic.):

discordia ordinum est venenum urbis hujus,

Liv. 3, 67, 6: regis Rupili pus atque venenum, i e. [p. 1968] virulence, Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.—Of bad poems, Cat. 44, 12; 77, 5; cf.:

humili veneno laedere aliquem,

Stat. Th. 1, 171:

venena linguarum, Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 30: lingua est suffusa veneno,

Ov. M. 2, 777.—

Lit., a magical potion, charm:

item ut Medea Peliam concoxit senem: Quem medicamento et suis venenis dicitur Fecisse rursus ex sene adulescentulum,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 81:

dira Medeae,

Hor. Epod. 5, 62:

Colcha,

id. C. 2, 13, 8:

Colchica,

id. Epod. 17, 35; Cic. Or. 37, 129; Hor. C. 1, 27, 22; id. Epod. 5, 22; 5, 87; id. S. 1, 8, 19; 2, 1, 48; Ov. M. 7, 209; 14, 55; 14, 403:

qui quodam quasi veneno perficiat, ut veros heredes moveat,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

id quod amatorium appellatur, venenum est,

Dig. 48, 8, 3.—

Trop., charm, seduction: aetas et corpus tenerum et morigeratio, Haec sunt venena formosarum mulierum, Afran. ap. Non. 2, 7:

intactos isto satius tentare veneno (i. e. amore),

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 19:

blandum,

Sil. 7, 453; 11, 309:

occultum inspires ignem fallasque veneno (i. e. amoris),

Verg. A. 1, 688.—

In a good sense.

A coloring material, a color, dye, paint ( poet.):

alba nec Assyrio fucatur lana veneno,

Verg. G. 2, 465; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 207; Ov. R. Am. 351.—

A drug used in embalming, Luc. 8, 691.

vīrus, i, n. [Sanscr. visham; Gr. ios, poison], a slimy liquid, slime.

In gen., of animals and plants, Verg. G. 3, 281; Col. 2, 14, 3; Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 89; 30, 6, 15, § 45; Stat. S. 1, 4, 104.—Of animal sperm or semen, Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157.—

In partic., in a bad sense.

A poisonous liquid, poison, venom, virus (syn. venenum).

Lit., Cic. Arat. 432; Verg. G. 1, 129; 3, 419; Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 64; Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 160:

amatorium,

id. 8, 22, 34, § 83.—

Trop.:

evomere virus acerbitatis suae,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

futile virus linguae,

Sil. 11, 560:

mentis,

id. 9, 476; Mart. 13, 2, 8.—

An offensive odor, stench, Lucr. 2, 853; Col. 1, 5, 6; Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277; 27, 12, 83, § 107; 35, 15, 52, § 185:

odoris,

an offensive pungency, id. 28, 3, 6, § 31; 28, 7, 23, § 79.—

A sharp, saline taste; of sea-water, Lucr. 2, 476; 5, 269; 6, 635.—Of wine, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124.

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