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1 duritia
duritia, ae (duritĭēs, ēi), f. [st2]1 [-] dureté, rudesse (des corps). [st2]2 [-] âpreté, saveur âpre. [st2]3 [-] vie dure, vie pénible, vie laborieuse. [st2]4 [-] dureté de coeur, insensibilité; sévérité, austérité, rigueur. [st2]5 [-] induration, resserrement, obstruction, (t. de méd.). [st2]6 [-] rigueur (en parl. des choses).* * *duritia, ae (duritĭēs, ēi), f. [st2]1 [-] dureté, rudesse (des corps). [st2]2 [-] âpreté, saveur âpre. [st2]3 [-] vie dure, vie pénible, vie laborieuse. [st2]4 [-] dureté de coeur, insensibilité; sévérité, austérité, rigueur. [st2]5 [-] induration, resserrement, obstruction, (t. de méd.). [st2]6 [-] rigueur (en parl. des choses).* * *Duritia, duritiae. Plin. Dureté.\Duritia. Terent. L'aspreté et rudesse d'aucun. -
2 impedītiō (inp-)
impedītiō (inp-) ōnis, f [impedio], a hinderance, obstruction: curarum. -
3 mora
mora ae, f [1 SMAR-], a delay, procrastination: comitiorum, S.: inter eas moras, S.: rerum: moram praeceptis inferre, defer: moram ad insequendum intulit, Cs.: facere dilectui, L.: facere creditoribus, put off payment: trahere, delay, V.: moliri, cause delay, V.: moram interponere, interpose delay: mora reliquorum, delay in pursuing, Cs.: morā dies extrahens, talking against time, Cs.: Nec mora ullast, quin iam uxorem ducam, I will without delay, T.: Quosque referre mora est, would take too long, O.: Parva mora est sumpsisse, he promptly took, O.: per hunc nullast mora, on his part, T.: in me mora non erit ulla, V.: Nulla mora est, I am ready, O.: sine ullā morā negotium suscipere, at once: moram certaminis hosti exemit, i. e. hastened it on, L.: Molliri morā, with delay, i. e. gradually, O.—In speech, a stop, pause: morae respirationesque.— An obstruction, hinderance, cause of delay: ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem, hinder, T.: ne in morā illi sis, T.: magnā fluminis morā interpositā, Cs.: restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es, L.: quae tantae tenuere morae? V.: Rumpe moras, V.—In the phrase, mora temporis, an interval, lapse of time: Longa fuit medii mora temporis, O.: moram temporis quaerere dum, etc., L.* * *delay, hindrance, obstacle; pause -
4 ob-mōlior
ob-mōlior ītus, īrī, dep., to push before, throw up before (as a defence or obstruction): nec in promptu erat quod obmolirentur, L.: arborum truncos et saxa, Cu.—To block up, obstruct, L. -
5 (obstāns, ntis)
(obstāns, ntis) n [P. of obsto], an obstruction. —Only plur: pellere obstantia, i. e. open the body, H.: obstantia silvarum amoliri, Ta. -
6 ob-strūctiō
ob-strūctiō ōnis, f [obstruo], an obstruction, barrier: diuturna. -
7 obmolior
obmoliri, obmolitus sum V DEPput in the way as an obstruction; block up -
8 obstaculum
obstacle, obstruction; that which stands in the way -
9 obstantia
obstruction; resistance; hindrance -
10 emphragma
emphragma, ătis, n., = emphragma, a stoppage, obstruction, Veg. Vet. 2, 12 and 19 (1, 40; 47 Bip.). -
11 impeditio
impĕdītĭo ( inp-), ōnis, f. [impedio], a hinderance, obstruction (rare but class.):sine impeditione praeterire,
Vitr. 1, 5:animus in somniis liber est sensibus et omni impeditione curarum, etc.,
Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115; Arn. 2, 52. -
12 inpeditio
impĕdītĭo ( inp-), ōnis, f. [impedio], a hinderance, obstruction (rare but class.):sine impeditione praeterire,
Vitr. 1, 5:animus in somniis liber est sensibus et omni impeditione curarum, etc.,
Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115; Arn. 2, 52. -
13 inritamentum
irrītāmentum ( inr-), i, n. [id.], an incitement, incentive, provocative (not before the Aug. period, and most freq. in plur.;syn.: incitamentum, invitamentum, illecebra): irritamentis iras militum acuere,
Liv. 40, 27:certaminum equestrium,
id. 30, 11:gulae,
Sall. J. 89, 7:invidiae,
Tac. A. 3, 9:pacis,
id. Agr. 20; cf.:belli, non pacis,
Just. 31, 7, 9:opes, inritamenta malorum,
Ov. M. 1, 140:Veneris languentis,
Juv. 11, 16.—Of things, a provocation, obstruction acting as a dam:(fluvius) insulis inpactus, totidem incitatus inritamentis,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54. -
14 irritamentum
irrītāmentum ( inr-), i, n. [id.], an incitement, incentive, provocative (not before the Aug. period, and most freq. in plur.;syn.: incitamentum, invitamentum, illecebra): irritamentis iras militum acuere,
Liv. 40, 27:certaminum equestrium,
id. 30, 11:gulae,
Sall. J. 89, 7:invidiae,
Tac. A. 3, 9:pacis,
id. Agr. 20; cf.:belli, non pacis,
Just. 31, 7, 9:opes, inritamenta malorum,
Ov. M. 1, 140:Veneris languentis,
Juv. 11, 16.—Of things, a provocation, obstruction acting as a dam:(fluvius) insulis inpactus, totidem incitatus inritamentis,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54. -
15 obmolior
ob-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. (perh. not ante-Aug.).I.Lit., to push or throw up one thing before another (as a defence or obstruction):II.nec in promptu erat quod obmolirentur,
Liv. 33, 5, 8:arborum truncos et saxa,
Curt. 6, 6, 24.—Transf., to block up, obstruct:ad munienda et obmolienda, quae ruinis strata erant,
Liv. 37, 32, 7; cf. id. 33, 5. -
16 obstantia
1.obstantĭa, ĭum, n., v. obsto fin. c.2.obstantĭa, ae, f. [obsto], a standing before or against, a resistance, hinderance, obstruction (only in Vitr.):terrae,
Vitr. 9, 5, 4:aëris,
id. 6, 1:umbrarum,
id. 8, 1. -
17 obstructio
ob-structĭo, ōnis, f. [obstruo], a building before or against, a closing up by building, a blocking up.I.Lit. (post-class.):II.corporum,
Arn. 2, 63.—Trop., an obstruction, a barrier:haec obstructio non diuturna est,
Cic. Sest. 9, 22. -
18 purum
pūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root pū, purificare, lustrare; cf.: pŭtus, pŭto; whence also poinê; Lat. poena], clean, pure, i. e. free from any foreign, esp. from any contaminating admixture (syn.: illimis, liquidus).I.Lit.1.Clean, free from dirt or filth, pure, unstained, undefiled:2.purae aedes,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6:et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam,
Tib. 2, 1, 14; Hor. Epod. 17, 49; id. S. 1, 4, 68:vestis,
Verg. A. 12, 169:ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:amnis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:aqua,
id. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 20:fons,
Prop. 3 (4), 1, 3:lympha,
Sil. 7, 170:amphorae,
Hor. Epod. 2, 15:fictilia,
Tib. 1, 1, 30:torus,
id. 1, 3, 26:purissima mella,
Verg. G. 4, 163:aëre purior ignis,
Ov. M. 15, 243:hasta,
unstained with blood, Stat. Th. 11, 450.—In gen., free or clear from any admixture or obstruction: terra, cleared (from stones, bushes, etc.), Cic. Sen. 17, 59:B.sol,
clear, bright, Hor. C. 3, 29, 45:orbis,
Ov. M. 4, 348:caelum,
Tib. 4, 1, 10:luna,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 19:vesper,
id. ib. 3, 19, 26:dies,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2:aurum,
refined, without dross, Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 33, 6, 32, § 99:argentum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52:gemma,
Ov. M. 2, 856.— Absol.: pū-rum, i, n., a clear, bright, unclouded sky, Verg. G. 2, 364; Hor. C. 1, 34, 7.—Transf.1.In gen., plain, natural, naked, unadorned, unwrought, unmixed, unadulterated, unsophisticated: argentum, plain, i. e. unornamented, without figures chased upon it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Juv. 9, 141; cf.:2.coronarum aliae sunt purae, aliae caelatae,
Vitr. 7, 3; and:utrum lanx pura an caelata sit,
Dig. 6, 1, 6:vasa,
not pitched, Col. 12, 4, 4:locus,
not built upon, vacant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Liv. 24, 14; Dig. 13, 7, 43:humus,
Cic. Sen. 15, 59:solum,
Liv. 1, 44 fin.:ager,
Ov. F. 3, 582:campus,
Verg. A. 12, 771:purus ab arboribus campus,
Ov. M. 3, 709:hasta,
without an iron head, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 68:toga,
without purple stripes, Phaedr. 3, 10, 10:esse utramque sibi per se puramque necesse'st,
unmixed, Lucr. 1, 506.—Cleansing, purifying:II.idem ter socios pura circumtulit undā,
Verg. A. 6, 229:sulfur,
Tib. 1, 5, 11.—Trop.A.Pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless, etc.:B.animus omni admixtione corporis liberatus, purus et integer,
Cic. Sen. 22, 80:castus animus purusque,
id. Div. 1, 53, 121:estne quisquam qui tibi purior esse videatur?
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:puriora et dilucidiora,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: vita et pectore puro, Hor.S. 1,6, 64; id. Ep. 1, 2, 67: pectus purum et firmum, stainless, faultless, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.):familia,
that has solemnized the funeral rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:gladium purum ab omni caede servare,
Sen. Ep. 24, 7:purae a civili sanguine manus,
id. Suas. 6, 2:purus sum a peccato,
Vulg. Prov. 20, 9:pectus purum ab omni sceleris contagione,
Lact. 5, 12, 2.—Of freedom from sensual passion:animam puram conservare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:noctes, opp. spurcae,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; id. Poen. 1, 2, 137; Tib. 1, 3, 26; Mart. 6, 66, 5; 9, 64:corpus,
Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9.—With gen.:integer vitae scelerisque purus,
Hor. C. 1, 22, 1.—Of purity of style:oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 29; cf.: purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, 53:sermone puro atque dilucido,
Quint. 11, 1, 53:sermo quam purissimus,
id. 4, 2, 118:multo est tersior ac magis purus (Horatius),
id. 10, 1, 94:pura et illustris brevitas,
Cic. Brut. 75, 262:pura et incorrupta consuetudo dicendi,
id. ib. 75, 261:pressus sermo purusque,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8.—In partic., in jurid. lang., unconditional, without exception, absolute; entire, complete:C.judicium purum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:pura et directa libertas,
Dig. 40, 4, 59:causa,
ib. 46, 3, 5.—Clear, complete, over and above:D.quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui provenire,
clear gain, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 200.—Relig. t. t., free from religious claims or consecration:E.purus autem locus dicitur, qui neque sacer neque sanctus est neque religiosus, sed ab omnibus huiusmodi nominibus vacare videtur,
Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 4; cf.ib. § 2: quae tandem est domus ab istā suspicione religionis tam vacua atque pura,
Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 11.—Not desecrated, undefiled.1. 2. 3.Free from mourning:A.dies,
Ov. F. 2, 558.— Adv., in two forms, pūrē and (ante-class. and poet.) pūrĭ-ter ( sup. ‡ purime, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), purely, clearly, without spot or mixture.Lit.(α).Form pure:(β).pure eluere vasa,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3; cf.: pure lautum=aquā purā lavatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.:lavare,
Liv. 5, 22.—Form puriter:b.puriter transfundere aquam in alterum dolium,
Cato, R. R. 112:puriter lavit dentes,
Cat. 39, 14.—Comp., brightly, clearly:c.splendens Pario marmore purius,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:purius osculari,
Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 2.—Sup.:B. (α).quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,
Cato, R. R. 66.—Form pure:(β).si forte pure velle habere dixerit,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 61:quiete et pure et eleganter acta aetas,
Cic. Sen. 5, 13:pure et caste deos venerari,
id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Liv. 27, 37; cf.:radix caste pureque collecta,
Plin. 22, 10, 12, § 27.—Of style:pure et emendate loqui,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 2, 4:pure apparere,
clearly, obviously, Hor. S. 1, 2, 100:quid pure tranquillet,
perfectly, fully, id. Ep. 1, 18, 102.—Form puriter:b.si vitam puriter egi,
Cat. 76, 19.—Sup.:2.Scipio omnium aetatis suae purissime locutus,
Gell. 2, 20, 5:purissime atque illustrissime aliquid describere,
very distinctly, very clearly, id. 9, 13, 4.—In partic., jurid., unconditionally, simply, absolutely:aliquid legare,
Dig. 8, 2, 35:contrahi,
ib. 18, 2, 4; 39, 2, 22 fin.; 26, 2, 11; Gai. Inst. 1, 186. -
19 purus
pūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root pū, purificare, lustrare; cf.: pŭtus, pŭto; whence also poinê; Lat. poena], clean, pure, i. e. free from any foreign, esp. from any contaminating admixture (syn.: illimis, liquidus).I.Lit.1.Clean, free from dirt or filth, pure, unstained, undefiled:2.purae aedes,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6:et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam,
Tib. 2, 1, 14; Hor. Epod. 17, 49; id. S. 1, 4, 68:vestis,
Verg. A. 12, 169:ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:amnis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:aqua,
id. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 20:fons,
Prop. 3 (4), 1, 3:lympha,
Sil. 7, 170:amphorae,
Hor. Epod. 2, 15:fictilia,
Tib. 1, 1, 30:torus,
id. 1, 3, 26:purissima mella,
Verg. G. 4, 163:aëre purior ignis,
Ov. M. 15, 243:hasta,
unstained with blood, Stat. Th. 11, 450.—In gen., free or clear from any admixture or obstruction: terra, cleared (from stones, bushes, etc.), Cic. Sen. 17, 59:B.sol,
clear, bright, Hor. C. 3, 29, 45:orbis,
Ov. M. 4, 348:caelum,
Tib. 4, 1, 10:luna,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 19:vesper,
id. ib. 3, 19, 26:dies,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2:aurum,
refined, without dross, Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 33, 6, 32, § 99:argentum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52:gemma,
Ov. M. 2, 856.— Absol.: pū-rum, i, n., a clear, bright, unclouded sky, Verg. G. 2, 364; Hor. C. 1, 34, 7.—Transf.1.In gen., plain, natural, naked, unadorned, unwrought, unmixed, unadulterated, unsophisticated: argentum, plain, i. e. unornamented, without figures chased upon it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Juv. 9, 141; cf.:2.coronarum aliae sunt purae, aliae caelatae,
Vitr. 7, 3; and:utrum lanx pura an caelata sit,
Dig. 6, 1, 6:vasa,
not pitched, Col. 12, 4, 4:locus,
not built upon, vacant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Liv. 24, 14; Dig. 13, 7, 43:humus,
Cic. Sen. 15, 59:solum,
Liv. 1, 44 fin.:ager,
Ov. F. 3, 582:campus,
Verg. A. 12, 771:purus ab arboribus campus,
Ov. M. 3, 709:hasta,
without an iron head, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 68:toga,
without purple stripes, Phaedr. 3, 10, 10:esse utramque sibi per se puramque necesse'st,
unmixed, Lucr. 1, 506.—Cleansing, purifying:II.idem ter socios pura circumtulit undā,
Verg. A. 6, 229:sulfur,
Tib. 1, 5, 11.—Trop.A.Pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless, etc.:B.animus omni admixtione corporis liberatus, purus et integer,
Cic. Sen. 22, 80:castus animus purusque,
id. Div. 1, 53, 121:estne quisquam qui tibi purior esse videatur?
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:puriora et dilucidiora,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: vita et pectore puro, Hor.S. 1,6, 64; id. Ep. 1, 2, 67: pectus purum et firmum, stainless, faultless, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.):familia,
that has solemnized the funeral rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:gladium purum ab omni caede servare,
Sen. Ep. 24, 7:purae a civili sanguine manus,
id. Suas. 6, 2:purus sum a peccato,
Vulg. Prov. 20, 9:pectus purum ab omni sceleris contagione,
Lact. 5, 12, 2.—Of freedom from sensual passion:animam puram conservare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:noctes, opp. spurcae,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; id. Poen. 1, 2, 137; Tib. 1, 3, 26; Mart. 6, 66, 5; 9, 64:corpus,
Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9.—With gen.:integer vitae scelerisque purus,
Hor. C. 1, 22, 1.—Of purity of style:oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 29; cf.: purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, 53:sermone puro atque dilucido,
Quint. 11, 1, 53:sermo quam purissimus,
id. 4, 2, 118:multo est tersior ac magis purus (Horatius),
id. 10, 1, 94:pura et illustris brevitas,
Cic. Brut. 75, 262:pura et incorrupta consuetudo dicendi,
id. ib. 75, 261:pressus sermo purusque,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8.—In partic., in jurid. lang., unconditional, without exception, absolute; entire, complete:C.judicium purum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:pura et directa libertas,
Dig. 40, 4, 59:causa,
ib. 46, 3, 5.—Clear, complete, over and above:D.quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui provenire,
clear gain, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 200.—Relig. t. t., free from religious claims or consecration:E.purus autem locus dicitur, qui neque sacer neque sanctus est neque religiosus, sed ab omnibus huiusmodi nominibus vacare videtur,
Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 4; cf.ib. § 2: quae tandem est domus ab istā suspicione religionis tam vacua atque pura,
Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 11.—Not desecrated, undefiled.1. 2. 3.Free from mourning:A.dies,
Ov. F. 2, 558.— Adv., in two forms, pūrē and (ante-class. and poet.) pūrĭ-ter ( sup. ‡ purime, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), purely, clearly, without spot or mixture.Lit.(α).Form pure:(β).pure eluere vasa,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3; cf.: pure lautum=aquā purā lavatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.:lavare,
Liv. 5, 22.—Form puriter:b.puriter transfundere aquam in alterum dolium,
Cato, R. R. 112:puriter lavit dentes,
Cat. 39, 14.—Comp., brightly, clearly:c.splendens Pario marmore purius,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:purius osculari,
Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 2.—Sup.:B. (α).quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,
Cato, R. R. 66.—Form pure:(β).si forte pure velle habere dixerit,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 61:quiete et pure et eleganter acta aetas,
Cic. Sen. 5, 13:pure et caste deos venerari,
id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Liv. 27, 37; cf.:radix caste pureque collecta,
Plin. 22, 10, 12, § 27.—Of style:pure et emendate loqui,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 2, 4:pure apparere,
clearly, obviously, Hor. S. 1, 2, 100:quid pure tranquillet,
perfectly, fully, id. Ep. 1, 18, 102.—Form puriter:b.si vitam puriter egi,
Cat. 76, 19.—Sup.:2.Scipio omnium aetatis suae purissime locutus,
Gell. 2, 20, 5:purissime atque illustrissime aliquid describere,
very distinctly, very clearly, id. 9, 13, 4.—In partic., jurid., unconditionally, simply, absolutely:aliquid legare,
Dig. 8, 2, 35:contrahi,
ib. 18, 2, 4; 39, 2, 22 fin.; 26, 2, 11; Gai. Inst. 1, 186.
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