an ornament for the hair

comptus, a, um, v. 1. como, P. a.

comptus, ūs, m. [coëmo = conjungo; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Munro ad Lucr. 1, 950], a band, tie ( = coëmptio):

qui comptu conjugioque Corporis atque animae consistimus pariter apti,

Lucr. 3, 845.

comptus, ūs, m. [1. como], an ornament for the hair or head, a head-dress, Lucr. 1, 88; Afran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 40, 9 Müll.; cf. ib. p. 63, 13.

cŏma, ae, f., = komê, the hair of the head (hence barba comaeque, Ov. M. 7, 288), considered as an ornament for the head: comae dicuntur capilli cum aliquā curā compositi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 63, 13 Müll. (class., esp. in poetry and post-Aug. prose; very rare in Cic.).—With adj.:

unguentis effluens calamistrata coma,

Cic. Sest. 8, 18:

madens,

id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 13: fulva, xanthê, Prop. 2, 2, 5:

flava,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; Tib. 1, 5, 44:

myrtea,

id. 3, 4, 28:

longa,

Hor. Epod. 11, 28:

nitidae,

Prop. 3 (4), 10, 14; cf.: spissā te nitidum. Hor. C. 3, 19, 25:

odorata,

Ov. A. A. 2, 734; cf.

ambrosiae,

Verg. A. 1, 403:

cana,

Tib. 1, 6, 86:

virides Nereidum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 10:

regia (of Berenice),

Cat. 66, 93:

ventis horrida facta,

Tib. 1, 9, 14; cf.:

dare diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319. —With verb:

deciderint comae,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 3: ne comae turbarentur, quas componi post paulum vetuit. Quint. 11, 3, 148:

componere,

Ov. H. 12, 156:

comere,

id. ib. 21, 88; cf.:

inustas comere acu,

Quint. 2, 5, 12: [p. 373] pectere, Ov. H. 13, 39:

in gradus frangere,

Quint. 1, 6, 44; cf.:

formare in gradum,

Suet. Ner. 51:

longam renodare,

Hor. Epod. 11, 28; cf. id. C. 2, 11, 24:

positu variare,

Ov. M. 2, 412; cf.

ponere,

id. F. 1, 406:

componere,

id. R. Am. 679:

rutilare et summittere (after the manner of the Germans),

Suet. Calig. 47:

sertis implicare,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

Delphicā lauro cingere,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.

in a Gr. constr.: fronde comas vincti,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: scindens dolore intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62 (transl. of Hom. Il. 10, 15).—So of Venus lamenting Adonis:

effusā isse comā,

Prop. 2 (3), 13, 56;

and in a Gr. constr.: scissa comam,

Verg. A. 9, 478; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52; id. H. 12, 63; id. M. 4, 139; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 110.—

Of animals, of the golden fleece: agnus aureā clarus comā, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68 (Trag. Rel. v. 211 Rib.); cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 736.— The mane of lions, Gell. 5, 14, 9;

of the horse,

Pall. 4, 13, 2.—

The crest of a helmet, Stat. Th. 8, 389.—

Transf., of objects resembling the hair in appearance or in ornamental effect; most freq. acc. to a trope common in most languages, of leaves, grass, etc., foliage, ears, grass, and stalks of trees, etc., Cat. 4, 12; Tib. 1, 4, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 16, 28; Hor. C. 1, 21, 5; 4, 3, 11; 4, 7, 2; Tib. 2, 1, 48; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 14; Ov. Am 3, 10, 12; id. F 4, 438; Verg. G. 4, 137; Col. 10, 277, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 30; 18, 7, 10, § 53; 19, 6, 32, § 102.—

The wool or hair upon parchment, Tib. 3, 1, 10.— Poet., of the rays of light, Cat. 61, 78; 61, 99; Sen. Oedip. 311; id. Herc. Oet. 727.

* * *

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

ānŭlus (not ann-), i, m. [2. anus, like circulus from circum, not a dim.], a ring, esp. for the finger, a finger-ring; and for sealing, a seal-ring, signet-ring.

Lit.:

ille suum anulum opposuit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

de digito anulum Detraho,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; id. Ad. 3, 2, 49; id. Hec. 5, 3, 31 et saep.; Lucr. 1, 312; 6, 1008; 6, 1014:

(Gyges) anulum detraxit,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

gemmatus,

Liv. 1, 11; Suet. Ner. 46; id. Caes. 33; id. Tib. 73 et saep.:

anulo tabulas obsignare,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 67:

sigilla anulo imprimere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 85; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4; Plin. 33, 1, 5 sqq. et saep.—The right to wear a gold ring was possessed, in the time of the Republic, only by the knights (equites); hence, equestris, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 53:

anulum invenit = eques factus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76.—So also jus anulorum = dignitas equestris, Suet. Caes. 33:

donatus anulo aureo,

id. ib. 39; so id. Galb. 10; 14; id. Vit. 12 al.; cf. Mayor ad Juv. 7, 89; Smith. Dict. Antiq.—

Of other articles in the form of rings.

A ring for curtains:

velares anuli,

Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62. —

A link of a chain, Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150; cf. Mart. 2, 29.— Irons for the feet, fetters:

anulus cruribus aptus,

Mart. 14, 169.—

A curled lock of hair, a ringlet:

comarum anulus,

Mart. 2, 66.—

A round ornament upon the capitals of Doric columns:

anuli columnarum,

Vitr. 4, 3.—

Anuli virgei, rings made of willow rods, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 124.

ānŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. anus], the posteriors, fundament, Cato, R. R. 159.

orno, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of the perf. ORNAVET, Column. Rostr.; v. infra), v. a. [perh. root var-, cover; Sanscr. varna-, color], to fit out, furnish, provide with necessaries; to equip, to get ready, prepare (class.; syn. exorno, concinno).

In gen.:

age nunc, orna te,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

prandium domi,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 53: ornatur ferro Enn. ap. Gell. 16, 10 (Ann. v. 190 Vahl.):

aliquem armis,

Verg. A. 12, 344:

decemviros apparitoribus, scribis, librariis, praeconibus, architectis, praeterea mulis, tabernaculis, centuriis, supellectili,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32:

aliquem pecuniā,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 3: CLASESQVE-NAVALES-PRIMOS-ORNAVET, fitted out, Column. Rostr.:

maximas classes,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 9, 30:

naves,

id. 40, 26:

convivium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:

copias omnibus rebus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20:

provincias,

to furnish money, arms, and attendants to governors setting out for their provinces, id. Att. 3, 24, 1; id. ib. 4, 18, 2; Liv. 40, 36, 5; so,

consules,

id. ib. —Hence, to trim, provide with oil:

lampades,

Vulg. Matt. 25, 7.—

In partic., to ornament, adorn, embellish, deck, set off.

Lit.:

Italiam ornare quam domum suam, maluit: quamquam, Italiā ornatā, domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76:

scuta ad forum ornandum,

Liv. 9, 40:

cornua sertis,

Verg. A. 7, 488:

monilia collum,

Ov. M. 5, 52.—Of dressing the hair, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

capillos,

id. ib. 2, 7, 23; Prop. 1, 2, 1.—

Trop., to adorn, decorate, set off; to commend, praise, extol; to honor, show honor to, distinguish:

aliquid magnificentius augere atque ornare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

seditiones ipsas,

id. ib. 2, 28, 124:

aliquem suis sententiis,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 11: dicere, laudandum adulescentem, ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1:

civitatem omnibus rebus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

aliquem maximis beneficiis,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5:

aliquem laudibus,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

egressum alicujus frequentiā suā,

id. Pis. 13, 31:

candidatum suffragio,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8: aliquem ornare, to bestow honor upon, advance to honor, Cic. Fam. 1, 1:

hederā poëtam,

Verg. E. 7, 25.—Ironically:

ornatus esses,

would have been rewarded, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 22.—Hence, ornātus, a, um, P. a.

Fitted out, furnished, provided with necessaries, equipped, accoutred, splendidly furnished (class.;

syn.: instructus, praeditus): sapiens plurimis artibus instructus et ornatus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

scutis telisque parati ornatique,

id. Caecin. 21, 60:

equus ornatus,

Liv. 27, 19:

elephantus,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

naves paratissimae, atque omni genere armorum ornatissimae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

fundus,

Cic. Quint. 31, 98:

Graecia copiis non instructa solum, sed etiam ornata,

not provided merely, but also splendidly furnished, id. Phil. 10, 4, 9.— Transf.:

ingenio bono,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 89.—

In partic., ornamented, adorned, decked, decorated, embellished, handsome, ornate:

sepulcrum floribus ornatum,

Cic. Fl. 38, 95.— Comp.:

nihil ornatius,

Cic. Sen. 16, 57.—Esp., adorned with all good qualities, excellent, distinguished, eminent, illustrious:

lectissimus atque ornatissimus adulescens,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. ib. 1, 11, 49:

homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine, virtute, ingenio, copiis,

honored, respected, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 127:

ornati elaboratique versus,

embellished, id. Or. 11, 36:

oratio,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 50:

locus ad dicendum ornatissimus,

admirably adapted, id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: ornātē, with ornament, ornamentally, ornately, elegantly (class.):

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53:

apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2.— Comp.:

causas agere ornatius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1.— Sup.:

causam ornatissime et copiosissime defendere,

Cic. Brut. 5, 21.

călămister, tri, m. (ante- and postclass.; nom. not found; also călămi-strum, i, n., Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 21; Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.; Non. p. 546, 16; Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 100; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 4.— Plur.: calamistra, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.) [calamus], a hollow, tubular iron for curling the hair, a curling-iron, crisping-pin.

Lit.: calamistrum quod his calfactis in cinere capillus ornatur, Varr. L. L. l. l.; Serv. l. l.; cf. Isid. Orig. l. l.;

10, 57: meum, Plaut. Curc. l. l.: calamistri vestigia,

Cic. post Red. in Sen. 7, 16:

crines calamistro convertere,

Petr. 102, 15:

L. (i. e. libertae) A CALAMISTRO,

women who curl hair, Inscr. Murat. 991, 2.—

Trop., of discourse, excessive or artificial ornament, flourish of words:

tum removebitur omnis insignis ornatus quasi margaritarum, ne calamistri quidem adhibebuntur,

Cic. Or. 23, 78; so id. Brut. 75, 262:

calamistri Maecenatis et tinnitus Gallionis,

Tac. Or. 26.

călămister, tri, m. (ante- and postclass.; nom. not found; also călămi-strum, i, n., Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 21; Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.; Non. p. 546, 16; Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 100; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 4.— Plur.: calamistra, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.) [calamus], a hollow, tubular iron for curling the hair, a curling-iron, crisping-pin.

Lit.: calamistrum quod his calfactis in cinere capillus ornatur, Varr. L. L. l. l.; Serv. l. l.; cf. Isid. Orig. l. l.;

10, 57: meum, Plaut. Curc. l. l.: calamistri vestigia,

Cic. post Red. in Sen. 7, 16:

crines calamistro convertere,

Petr. 102, 15:

L. (i. e. libertae) A CALAMISTRO,

women who curl hair, Inscr. Murat. 991, 2.—

Trop., of discourse, excessive or artificial ornament, flourish of words:

tum removebitur omnis insignis ornatus quasi margaritarum, ne calamistri quidem adhibebuntur,

Cic. Or. 23, 78; so id. Brut. 75, 262:

calamistri Maecenatis et tinnitus Gallionis,

Tac. Or. 26.

lascīvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. lash-āmi, desire; las-āmi, play; Gr. la- in laô, lilaiomai; cf. Goth. lustus; also Lat. largus], wanton, petulant, sportive, playful, frolicsome, frisky, (syn.: petulans, procax).

In a good sense: nova proles, * Lucr. 1, 260:

capella,

Verg. E. 2, 64:

puella,

id. ib. 3, 64:

pueri,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 134:

Amores,

id. C. 2, 11, 7:

currumque sequuntur matris lascivo sidera fulva choro,

Tib. 2, 1, 88:

tenero lascivior haedo,

Ov. M. 13, 791:

aetas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216:

hederae,

wanton, luxuriant, id. C. 1, 36, 20:

acus,

for ornamenting the hair, a hair-pin, Mart. 11, 45, 6; cf. Tert. Verg. Vel. 12:

tristia maestum Vultum verba decent.... Ludentem lasciva,

sportive, playful, Hor. A. P. 107; cf.:

quod dicitur, aut est lascivum et hilare aut contumeliosum,

Quint. 6, 3, 27:

ad quod (caput aselli) lascivi ludebant ruris alumni,

Juv. 11, 98. —

In a bad sense, licentious, lewd, lustful, lascivious, Varr. R. R. 1, 14: Siculi, ut sunt lascivi et dicaces, Cael. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 41:

puellae,

lascivious, Ov. A. A. 1, 523:

femur,

id. Am. 3, 7, 10:

libelli,

lewd, Mart. 5, 2, 5; cf.:

tabellis ac sigillis lascivissimarum picturarum et figurarum,

Suet. Tib. 43.—

Trop., of style, licentious, luxuriant, overloaded with ornament; oratio, Gell. 12, 2, 9; cf.: illud lascivum zôê kai psuchê, Juv. 6, 194.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

lascīvē, wantonly, lasciviously (post-class.):

loqui,

licentiously, Mart. 8 init.:

versus facere,

App. Mag. p. 278, 31. — Comp.:

lascivius,

Avien. Arat. 514.—

lascīvĭter, wantonly, petulantly: ludere, Laev. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.

ăcus, ūs, f. [cf. 2. acer].

A needle or pin, as being pointed, both for common use and ornament:“quasarcinatrix veletiam ornatrix utitur,” Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.

Lit.:

mirabar vulnus, quod acu punctum videtur,

Cic. Mil. 24.—Hence, acu pingere, to embroider, Verg. A. 9, 582; Ov. M. 6, 23; cf. Plin. 8, 48, § 191; Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 22.—Esp. a hair-pin:

figat acus tortas sustineatque comas,

Mart. 14, 24:

foramen acūs,

the eye of a needle, Vulg. Matt. 19, 24.—Also, a surgeon's needle, a probe, Cels. 7, 17.—Hence,

Trop.: acu rem tangere, to touch the thing with a needle; in Engl. phrase, to hit the nail on the head, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 19; so,

to denote careful and successful effort: si acum quaereres, acum invenisses,

id. Men. 2, 1, 13.—

The tongue of a buckle, Treb. Poll. Claud. 14.—

I. q. acus, ĕris, Col. 2, 10, 40.—

An implement of husbandry, Pall. 1, 43, 2.

ăcus, ĕris, n. (also, ūs, f., v. 1. acus, III.) [kindred with acus, ūs, Goth. ahana, old Norse agn, old Germ. Agana ], = achuron, the husk of grain and of pulse; chaff, Cato, R. R. 54, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 57; 3, 9, 8.

ăcus, i, m. [1. acus], a kind of sea-fish with a pointed snout, the hornpike or gar-pike (Gr. belonê):

acus sive belone unus piscium, etc.,

Plin. 9, 51, 76, § 166:

et satius tenues ducere credis acos,

Mart. 10, 37, 6; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145, where belonae again occurs. (Some read una for unus in the passage from Plin., and acūs for acos in Mart., as if these forms belonged to 1. acus.)

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