anatomy

ăcētābŭlum, i, n. [acetum], orig., a vessel for vinegar, Isid. 20 Orig. 4, 12; but in gen.,

Any cup-shaped vessel, Quint. 8, 6, 35; Vulg. Ex. 25, 29:

acetabula argen tea,

id. Num. 7, 84; as a liquid or dry measure, the fourth part of a hemina, Cato R. R. 102; Plin. 18, 7, 14; 21, 34, 109; and with jugglers, the cup or goblet with which they performed their feats, Sen. Ep. 45, 7.—

In anatomy, the socket of the hip-bone, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 179.—

In zoölogy, the suckers or cavities in the arms of polypi, Plin. 9, 29, 46; 30, 48.—

In botany, the cup of flowers, id. 18, 26, 65, § 245.

frēnum or fraenum, i, n., and more freq. (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 567; and v. infra), plur. heterocl. frēni, ōrum, m., and mostly poet. frēna, ōrum, n. [root dhar-; Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; Gr. thra-, in thrênus, thronos; Lat. frētus], a bridle, curb, bit (syn.: lupi, lupata).

Lit.

Plur.:

aurei freni,

Curt. 4, 13 med.; so nom. freni, id. 7, 10 fin.; cf. under II.; acc. frena, Verg. A. 4, 135; 5, 818; Ov. M. 15, 519; id. Am. 3, 4, 16:

non domito frenos ore momordit equus,

Tib. 1, 3, 42; so,

frenos: equus, equa, quae frenos recipere solet,

Cic. Top. 8, 36; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12; Verg. G. 3, 184; Liv. 1, 48, 6; Sen. Tranq. 15 fin. al.:

moderarier hunc (equum) frenis,

Lucr. 5, 1298; so,

frenis,

id. 5, 1317; Verg. A. 11, 719; 889; 12, 372; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; Ov. M. 5, 643; Liv. 1, 14 fin.:

equum cogere frenos pati,

Phaedr. 4, 3, 9:

frenos et strata equorum Pelethronium (invenisse),

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202 et saep.—

Sing.:

frenumque (equus) recepit, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

non frenum depulit ore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 38.—

Prov.: frenum mordere, to take the bit in one's teeth, i. e. to offer opposition, to resist: si frenum momorderis peream, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 23, 2; cf.:

sed ut mones, frenum momordi,

Cic. ib. 11, 24, 1.—

Transf.

Like our terms bridle and curb, i. q. means of guiding or governing, restraint, check, limit.

Plur.:

rerum freni,

the reins of dominion, Sil. 1, 240:

freni sunt injecti vobis, Quirites, nullo modo perpetiendi: alligati et constricti estis amaro vinculo servitutis,

Val. Max. 2, 9, 5; cf.:

freni domitarum gentium,

Curt. 7, 10 fin.:

ne Lycurgi quidem disciplina tenuit illos in hominibus Graecis frenos,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33:

ut Isocratem in acerrimo ingenio Theopompi et lenissimo Ephori dixisse traditum est, alteri se calcaria adhibere, alteri frenos,

id. Brut. 56, 204:

Mutinam illi exsultanti tamquam frenos furoris injecit,

id. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

date frenos impotenti naturae et indomito animali,

give the reins to, allow full scope to, Liv. 34, 2, 13; so,

frenos furentibus ira Laxat,

Luc. 7, 125:

impone felicitati tuae frenos,

put on, Curt. 7, 8 fin.:

imperii frena tenere sui,

Ov. Tr. 2, 42:

frena imperii moderari,

id. P. 2, 9, 33:

capere,

id. ib. 4, 13, 27:

frena licentiae inicere,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 10:

pone irae frena modumque, Pone et avaritiae,

Juv. 8, 88:

subiit leges et frena momordit Ille solutus amor,

i. e. submitted to, Stat. S. 1, 2, 28:

quod dicebat Isocrates, se calcaribus in Ephoro, contra autem in Theopompo frenis uti solere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36; Quint. 2, 8, 11; cf. above the passage Cic. Brut. 56, 204:

alter, uti dixit Isocrates in Ephoro et Theopompo, frenis eget, alter calcaribus,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

non solum frenis sed etiam jugo accepto,

Liv. 37, 36, 5:

animum rege: qui nisi paret, Imperat: hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catenā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

jam vaga prosiliet frenis natura remotis,

id. S. 2, 7, 74.—

Sing.:

ni frenum accipere et victi parere fatentur,

Verg. A. 12, 568:

voluptates tenere sub freno,

Sen. Ep. 23 med. —

Poet., horse, steed, charger:

eques aptus frenis,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 19:

portarumque moras frenis assultat et hastis,

Stat. Th. 11, 243.—

In gen.

That which holds things together, a band (post-Aug. and rare):

absiliunt pontes tectique trementis Saxea frena labant, etc.,

the stone bands, ties, Stat. Th. 10, 880.—

In anatomy:

frenum,

the ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans, Cels. 7, 25, 2.

frēnum or fraenum, i, n., and more freq. (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 567; and v. infra), plur. heterocl. frēni, ōrum, m., and mostly poet. frēna, ōrum, n. [root dhar-; Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; Gr. thra-, in thrênus, thronos; Lat. frētus], a bridle, curb, bit (syn.: lupi, lupata).

Lit.

Plur.:

aurei freni,

Curt. 4, 13 med.; so nom. freni, id. 7, 10 fin.; cf. under II.; acc. frena, Verg. A. 4, 135; 5, 818; Ov. M. 15, 519; id. Am. 3, 4, 16:

non domito frenos ore momordit equus,

Tib. 1, 3, 42; so,

frenos: equus, equa, quae frenos recipere solet,

Cic. Top. 8, 36; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12; Verg. G. 3, 184; Liv. 1, 48, 6; Sen. Tranq. 15 fin. al.:

moderarier hunc (equum) frenis,

Lucr. 5, 1298; so,

frenis,

id. 5, 1317; Verg. A. 11, 719; 889; 12, 372; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; Ov. M. 5, 643; Liv. 1, 14 fin.:

equum cogere frenos pati,

Phaedr. 4, 3, 9:

frenos et strata equorum Pelethronium (invenisse),

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202 et saep.—

Sing.:

frenumque (equus) recepit, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

non frenum depulit ore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 38.—

Prov.: frenum mordere, to take the bit in one's teeth, i. e. to offer opposition, to resist: si frenum momorderis peream, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 23, 2; cf.:

sed ut mones, frenum momordi,

Cic. ib. 11, 24, 1.—

Transf.

Like our terms bridle and curb, i. q. means of guiding or governing, restraint, check, limit.

Plur.:

rerum freni,

the reins of dominion, Sil. 1, 240:

freni sunt injecti vobis, Quirites, nullo modo perpetiendi: alligati et constricti estis amaro vinculo servitutis,

Val. Max. 2, 9, 5; cf.:

freni domitarum gentium,

Curt. 7, 10 fin.:

ne Lycurgi quidem disciplina tenuit illos in hominibus Graecis frenos,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33:

ut Isocratem in acerrimo ingenio Theopompi et lenissimo Ephori dixisse traditum est, alteri se calcaria adhibere, alteri frenos,

id. Brut. 56, 204:

Mutinam illi exsultanti tamquam frenos furoris injecit,

id. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

date frenos impotenti naturae et indomito animali,

give the reins to, allow full scope to, Liv. 34, 2, 13; so,

frenos furentibus ira Laxat,

Luc. 7, 125:

impone felicitati tuae frenos,

put on, Curt. 7, 8 fin.:

imperii frena tenere sui,

Ov. Tr. 2, 42:

frena imperii moderari,

id. P. 2, 9, 33:

capere,

id. ib. 4, 13, 27:

frena licentiae inicere,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 10:

pone irae frena modumque, Pone et avaritiae,

Juv. 8, 88:

subiit leges et frena momordit Ille solutus amor,

i. e. submitted to, Stat. S. 1, 2, 28:

quod dicebat Isocrates, se calcaribus in Ephoro, contra autem in Theopompo frenis uti solere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36; Quint. 2, 8, 11; cf. above the passage Cic. Brut. 56, 204:

alter, uti dixit Isocrates in Ephoro et Theopompo, frenis eget, alter calcaribus,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

non solum frenis sed etiam jugo accepto,

Liv. 37, 36, 5:

animum rege: qui nisi paret, Imperat: hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catenā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

jam vaga prosiliet frenis natura remotis,

id. S. 2, 7, 74.—

Sing.:

ni frenum accipere et victi parere fatentur,

Verg. A. 12, 568:

voluptates tenere sub freno,

Sen. Ep. 23 med. —

Poet., horse, steed, charger:

eques aptus frenis,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 19:

portarumque moras frenis assultat et hastis,

Stat. Th. 11, 243.—

In gen.

That which holds things together, a band (post-Aug. and rare):

absiliunt pontes tectique trementis Saxea frena labant, etc.,

the stone bands, ties, Stat. Th. 10, 880.—

In anatomy:

frenum,

the ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans, Cels. 7, 25, 2.

rădĭus, ii, m. [cf.: radix, ramus], a staff, rod.

In gen.:

acuti radii immissi,

stakes, Liv. 33, 5, 11:

ferreus,

Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117.—

In partic.

A spoke of a wheel, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206; Verg. G. 2, 444; id. A. 6, 616; Ov. M. 2, 108; 2, 317; Val. Fl. 6, 414:

inter radios rotarum,

Curt. 4, 9, 5; Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206.—

In mathematics,

A staff, rod, for measuring, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64; Verg. E. 3, 41; id. A. 6, 850; Macr. S. 7, 2; Tert. Idol. 9. —

A semidiameter, radius of a circle, Cic. Univ. 6. —

In weaving, a shuttle, Ov. M. 6, 56; 132; Lucr. 5, 1352; Verg. A. 9, 476.—

In zoology,

The spur of many kinds of birds, Plin. 11, 47, 107, § 257;

esp. of the cock,

id. 30, 11, 29, § 97. —

The sting above the tail of the fish pastinaca, Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155; 32, 2, 12, § 25. —

In botany, a kind of long olive, Verg. G. 2, 86; Col. 5, 8, 4; id. Arb. 17, 3; Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13. A sub-species of the same, called radius major, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 24.—

In anatomy, the radius, the exterior bone of the forearm, Gr. kerkis, Cels. 8, 1. —

Radius virilis = membrum virile, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 14, 115.—

A beam or ray of any shining object;

of the sun,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 2; Lucr. 1, 48; 2, 117; Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; Verg. A. 4, 119; 7, 25; Tert. Res. Carn. 47;

of lightning,

Verg. A. 8, 429; Val. Fl. 6, 55;

of the eyes,

Gell. 5, 16, 2;

of the halo around the heads of divine or deified personages: aurati,

Verg. A. 12, 163; cf. radio, II.

sūra, ae, f., the calf of the leg.

In gen., Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 253; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 120, Cic. Arat. 256 (501); 399 (646); Turp. ap Non. 236, 16; Ov. A. A. 3, 623; Juv. 16, 14:

teretes, Hor C. 2, 4, 21: tumentes,

id. Epod. 8, 10; Lact. Opif. Dei, 13, 6; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 342:

Puniceo suras evincta cothurno,

Verg. E. 7, 32; id. A. 1, 337; Anthol. Lat. 6, 89, 18 Burm.; Grat. Cyn. 338.—

In partic., in anatomy, the smaller bone of the leg, Cels. 8, 1, 110; 8, 11, 3.

Sura, ae, m., a river of Germany, now the Saur, Aus. Mos. 355.

Sura, ae, m., a Roman surname, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 55.

sūra, ae, f., the calf of the leg.

In gen., Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 253; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 120, Cic. Arat. 256 (501); 399 (646); Turp. ap Non. 236, 16; Ov. A. A. 3, 623; Juv. 16, 14:

teretes, Hor C. 2, 4, 21: tumentes,

id. Epod. 8, 10; Lact. Opif. Dei, 13, 6; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 342:

Puniceo suras evincta cothurno,

Verg. E. 7, 32; id. A. 1, 337; Anthol. Lat. 6, 89, 18 Burm.; Grat. Cyn. 338.—

In partic., in anatomy, the smaller bone of the leg, Cels. 8, 1, 110; 8, 11, 3.

Sura, ae, m., a river of Germany, now the Saur, Aus. Mos. 355.

Sura, ae, m., a Roman surname, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 55.

thōrax, ācis, m. (but f. Treb. Poll. Claud. 3, 3), = thôrax, the breast, chest, thorax.

Lit., in anatomy, Cels. 5, 25, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—

Transf.

A defence, armor, or covering for the breast, a breastplate, corselet, cuirass; a doublet, stomacher (syn. lorica), Liv. 4, 20, 7; Suet. Aug. 82; Verg. A. 10, 337; Mart. 7, 1, 1.— Dat. thoracibus, Val. Fl. 3, 87.— Gen. thoracum, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 260.—

A bust, Treb. Claud. Goth. 3.