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  • 41 zarandar

    v.
    1 to winnow corn with a sieve.
    2 to stir and move nimbly.
    3 to separate the precious from the common.
    4 to sift and toss about pins in a vessel (cribar).
    5 to be in motion, to move to and fro (ir y venir).
    6 to strut about (pavonearse). (Latin American)

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  • 42 dimoveo

    dī-mŏvĕo, ōvi, ōtum (DISMOTUM, v. infra), 2, v. a. (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with demoveo, q. v.; not freq. before the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Quint.; perh. not in Cic., where demovere appears everywhere to be the better reading).
    I.
    To move asunder, to part, put asunder, separate, divide:

    terram aratro,

    Verg. G. 2, 513; cf.:

    glebas aratro,

    Ov. M. 5, 341:

    aera (c. c. dispellere umbras),

    Verg. A. 5, 839; cf.

    auras,

    id. ib. 9, 645:

    cinerem foco,

    Ov. M. 8, 642:

    undas,

    Lucr. 6, 891; Ov. M. 4, 708; cf.

    aquas,

    id. H. 18, 80; 19, 48:

    rubum,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 7.— Poet.:

    ubi sol radiis terram dimovit abortus (preceded by: ubi roriferis terram nox obruit umbris),

    cleaves the earth, lays it open, Lucr. 6, 869.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of a multitude of persons or things, to separate from each other, to scatter, disperse, drive away, dismiss:

    humentem umbram polo,

    Verg. A. 3, 589; 4, 7; cf.:

    gelidam umbram caelo,

    id. ib. 11, 210:

    obstantes propinquos,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 51:

    turbam,

    Tac. H. 3, 31; 80; Suet. Galb. 19; cf.:

    dimotis omnibus,

    Tac. H. 2, 49; cf.: VTEI EA BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT... DISMOTA SIENT, i. e. be dissolved, abolished, S. C. de Bacchan. fin.
    2.
    To separate from something, to remove.
    a.
    Lit.:

    quos (equites) spes societatis a plebe dimoverat,

    Sall. J. 42, 1; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

    dimovit perfregitque custodias Poena,

    Plin. Pan. 49:

    parietes (al. demotis),

    Tac. A. 6, 24:

    plagulas (lecticae),

    Suet. Tit. 10 al. —
    b.
    Trop.: gaudentem patrios findere sarculo Numquam dimoveas, ut, etc., thou canst never entice away, in order to, etc., Hor. C. 1, 1, 13 (al. demo-).—
    II.
    To move to and fro, to put in motion (cf. dimitto, no. I.—so perh. only in Celsus):

    superiores partes,

    Cels. 3, 27, 3:

    manus,

    id. 2, 14 fin.:

    se inambulatione levi,

    id. 4, 24 al.

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  • 43 mico

    mĭco, ŭi ( pf. subj. micaverit, Sol. 53), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. mish-, to wink], to move quickly to and fro, to have a vibrating or tremulous motion, to quiver, shake, tremble, e. g. of the pulse; to beat, palpitate; to spring forth, of fountains; of the tremulous rays of the stars, to twinkle, sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash (class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    venae et arteriae micare non desinunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24:

    linguis micat ore trisulcis,

    Verg. G. 3, 439:

    gladii,

    Liv. 6, 12, 9:

    corque timore micat,

    beats, palpitates, Ov. F. 3, 36:

    nec audissem corde micante tubam,

    for the beating, Prop. 1, 10, 12:

    metu micuere sinus,

    Ov. H. 1, 45:

    et modo cervicem, modo crura micantia captat,

    id. M. 9, 37:

    noctuarum genus, quibus pluma aurium modo micat,

    Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117: semianimesque micant (culi (of a head cut off), twitch, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396 (Ann. v. 463 Vahl.):

    digiti (of a hand cut off),

    Verg. A. 10, 396:

    auribus (of a horse),

    id. G. 3, 84:

    micuere fontes,

    spring forth, Luc. 4, 300:

    citatus vulnere angusto micat (cruor),

    Sen. Oedip. 345:

    fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut peti viderentur corpora,

    flashed in every direction, Liv. 40, 58, 5:

    inter horrendos fragores micare ignes,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    tum micent gladii,

    id. 6, 12, 9:

    eo ferocior inlatus hostis urgere scutis, micare gladiis,

    id. 4, 37, 10.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To raise suddenly some of the fingers and let another instantly guess their number, which was practised both as a game of chance (called in Italy mora) and as a mode of deciding doubtful matters:

    micare est sortiri digitis,

    Non. 347, 27: micandum erit cum Graeco, utrum... an, Varr. ap. Non. 347, 30:

    quid enim sors est? item propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    quasi sorte, aut micando,

    id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

    patrem et filium pro vita rogantes sortiri vel micare jussisse,

    Suet. Aug. 13.—Prov.:

    dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, said of a thoroughly honest man, since it would be easy to cheat in the dark,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

    cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare,

    Petr. 44.—Also in contracts: RATIO DOCVIT, CONSVETVDINE MICANDI SVMMOTA, SVB EXAGIO POTIVS PECORA VENDERE, QVAM DIGITIS CONCLVDENTIBVS TRADERE, Edict. in Inscr. Orell. 3166.—
    B.
    Poet. of the brilliancy of the stars, of the eyes, etc., to flash, gleam, beam, shine, be bright:

    micat inter omnes Julium sidus,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 46:

    micat ignibus aether,

    Verg. A. 1, 90. oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, id. ib. 12, 102:

    ex oculis micat acrius ardor,

    Lucr. 3, 289:

    micant ardorem orbes luminis,

    Verg. Cul. 220:

    genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

    Ov. M. 2, 40:

    celeri micuerunt nubila flamma,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 45.—Hence, mĭcans, antis, P. a., twinkling, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, flashing, glowing:

    stella micans radiis Arcturus, Cic. Div. Poët. 2, 42, 110: micantes stellae,

    Ov. M. 7, 100; Vulg. Job, 38, 31:

    oculos circumtulit igne micantes,

    Ov. M. 15, 674:

    vultus,

    Liv. 6, 13.— Comp.:

    radius sole micantior,

    Prud. Cath. 5, 44.

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  • 44 sursum

    sursum (collat. form sursus, Lucr. 2, 188: susum, Cato, R. R. 157, 15; Aug. Tract. 8, Ep. 1, Joan. 2; Tract. 10, 5; Lact. Mort. Pers. 19, 4:

    SVRVORSVM,

    Inscr. Grut. 204), adv. [contr. from sub-vorsum], from below, i. e. up, upwards, on high (opp. deorsum; class. and very freq.).
    I.
    Denoting motion:

    cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:

    ascendere in tectum,

    id. Am. 3, 4, 25:

    illuc,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 17:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

    id. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    subducere susum animam,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 15; cf.

    infra, II.: flammae expressae sursum (opp. deorsum ferri),

    Lucr. 2, 204:

    adspicit nil sursum,

    Mart. 1, 97, 11: sursum ac deorsum diducere, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 (6), 4, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 105.—
    b.
    Pleon. joined with versus (versum, vorsum), Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123:

    vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 1; 32, 1:

    sursus enim vorsus gignuntur et augmina sumunt: Et sursum nitidae fruges arbustaque crescunt,

    Lucr. 2, 189:

    cum gradatim sursum versus reditur,

    Cic. Or. 39, 135; so,

    sursum versus,

    id. Part. Or. 7, 24; Lact. 3, 24, 1; Gell. 2, 1, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 32 fin.
    c.
    Sursum deorsum, up and down, to and fro:

    sursum deorsum ultro citroque commeantibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84:

    ne sursum deorsum cursites,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47.—Prov.:

    omnia ista sursum deorsum fortuna versavit,

    topsy-turvy, Sen. Ep. 44, 4; cf.:

    quod sursum est, deorsum faciunt,

    i. e. they turn every thing upside down, Petr. 65 fin.
    II.
    Denoting situation or locality, high up, above (very rare): qui colunt deorsum, magis aestate laborant;

    qui sursum, magis hieme... nec non sursum quam deorsum tardius seruntur ac metuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3:

    praeterito hac rectā plateā sursum,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35:

    nares, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.

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  • 45 sursus

    sursum (collat. form sursus, Lucr. 2, 188: susum, Cato, R. R. 157, 15; Aug. Tract. 8, Ep. 1, Joan. 2; Tract. 10, 5; Lact. Mort. Pers. 19, 4:

    SVRVORSVM,

    Inscr. Grut. 204), adv. [contr. from sub-vorsum], from below, i. e. up, upwards, on high (opp. deorsum; class. and very freq.).
    I.
    Denoting motion:

    cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:

    ascendere in tectum,

    id. Am. 3, 4, 25:

    illuc,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 17:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

    id. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    subducere susum animam,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 15; cf.

    infra, II.: flammae expressae sursum (opp. deorsum ferri),

    Lucr. 2, 204:

    adspicit nil sursum,

    Mart. 1, 97, 11: sursum ac deorsum diducere, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 (6), 4, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 105.—
    b.
    Pleon. joined with versus (versum, vorsum), Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123:

    vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 1; 32, 1:

    sursus enim vorsus gignuntur et augmina sumunt: Et sursum nitidae fruges arbustaque crescunt,

    Lucr. 2, 189:

    cum gradatim sursum versus reditur,

    Cic. Or. 39, 135; so,

    sursum versus,

    id. Part. Or. 7, 24; Lact. 3, 24, 1; Gell. 2, 1, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 32 fin.
    c.
    Sursum deorsum, up and down, to and fro:

    sursum deorsum ultro citroque commeantibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84:

    ne sursum deorsum cursites,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47.—Prov.:

    omnia ista sursum deorsum fortuna versavit,

    topsy-turvy, Sen. Ep. 44, 4; cf.:

    quod sursum est, deorsum faciunt,

    i. e. they turn every thing upside down, Petr. 65 fin.
    II.
    Denoting situation or locality, high up, above (very rare): qui colunt deorsum, magis aestate laborant;

    qui sursum, magis hieme... nec non sursum quam deorsum tardius seruntur ac metuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3:

    praeterito hac rectā plateā sursum,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35:

    nares, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.

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  • 46 ἄνω

    ἄνω (A), imper.
    A

    ἀνέτω S.Ichn.70

    , inf.

    ἄνειν Pl.Cra. 415a

    , part. ἄνων, [tense] impf. ἦνον, etc. (v. infr.): [tense] aor.

    ἤνεσα IG7.3226

    (Orchom. [dialect] Boeot.), Hymn.Is.35, prob. in AP7.701.1 (Diod.) ( ἤνεσ' codd.):— = ἀνύω, ἀνύτω, accomplish, finish,

    ἦνον ὁδόν Od.3.496

    ;

    οὔτ' ἄν τι θύων οὔτ' ἐπισπένδων ἄνοις A.Fr. 161

    (Dobree, cf. AB406);

    ἀλλ' οὐδὲν ἦνεν E.Andr. 1132

    ;

    ἦ τὸ δέον.. ἤνομεν; S.Ichn.98

    ; ταῦτα πρὸς ἀνδρός ἐστ' ἄνοντος εἰς σωτηρίαν (cf.

    ἀνύω 1.6

    ) Ar.V. 369;

    ἀρυσσάμενοι ποτὸν ἤνομεν AP 11.64

    (Agath.).
    II [voice] Pass., come to an end, be finished, mostly of a period of time, μάλα γὰρ νὺξ ἄνεται night is quickly drawing to a close, Il.10.251; ἔτος ἀνόμενον the waning year, Hdt.7.20;

    ἦμαρ ἀνόμενον A.R.2.494

    ;

    ἀνομένου τοῦ μηνός SIG577.30

    (Milet., iii/ii B.C.); also

    ὅππως.. ἔργον ἄνοιτο Il.18.473

    ;

    ἤνετο τὸ ἔργον Hdt.1.189

    , 8.71;

    ἀνομένων βημάτων A.Ch. 799

    ;

    ὁπόταν θήρης.. ἔργον ἄνηται Opp.H.5.442

    : impers., λιταῖς ἄνεται, = λιταὶ ἀνύονται, Pi.O.8.8. [[pron. full] Hom., exc. Il.18.473: afterwds. common, cf. A. l.c., Opp.H. l.c. Orig. ἄνϝω, cf. ἀνύω.]
    ------------------------------------
    ἄνω (B), [dialect] Aeol. [full] ὄνω, Adv., ([etym.] ἀνά):
    I with Verbs implying Motion, upwards,

    ἄ. ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον Od.11.596

    ; ἄ. ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἀναπλεῖν up stream, Hdt.2.155;

    ἄ. ποταμῶν χωροῦσι παγαί E.Med. 410

    (lyr.), hence "ἄ. ποταμῶν", proverbial, D.19.287, etc.;

    κόνις δ' ἄ. φορεῖτο S. El. 714

    ;

    κονιορτὸς ἄ. ἐχώρει Th.4.34

    ; ἡ ἄ. ὁδός the upward road, Pl. R. 621c; ἄ. ἰόντι going up the country (i.e. inland, v. infr. 11.1f), Hdt.2.8; ἄ. κάτω, v. infr. 11.2; πέμπειν ἄ., i.e. from the nether world, A.Pers. 645 (lyr.), cf. Ch. 147;

    σύριγγες ἄ. φυσῶσιμέλαν μένος S. Aj. 1412

    (lyr.).
    II with Verbsimplying Rest, aloft, on high, ib. 240, etc.;

    τὸ ἄ. Pl.Phdr. 248a

    , etc.
    b on earth, opp. the world below,

    νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄ. S.OT 416

    ;

    ἡνίκ' ἦσθ' ἄ. Id.El. 1167

    ;

    ἄ. βλέπειν Id.Ph. 1348

    ;

    ἄ. ἐπὶ [τῆς] γῆς Pl.Phd. 109c

    ; οἱ ἄ. the living, opp. οἱ κάτω the dead, S.Ant. 1068, cf. Ph. 1348, etc.; τὰ ἄ. πράγματα the world above, Luc.Cont.1.
    c in heaven, opp. earth, οἱ ἄ. θεοί the gods above, S.Ant. 1072;

    κῆρυξ τῶν ἄ. τε καὶ κάτω A.Ch. 124

    : esp. in NT,

    ἐκ τῶν ἄ. εἰμί Ev.Jo.8.23

    ;

    ἡ ἄ. Ἱερουσαλήμ Ep.Gal.4.26

    ;

    ἡ ἄ. κλῆσις Ep.Phil.3.14

    .
    d generally, of relative position, ὁ δῆμος ἄ. καθῆτο in the upper quarter of the city, i.e. the Pnyx, D.18.169; ἡ ἄ. βουλή, i.e. the Areopagus, Plu.Sol.19; βαλλόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν ἄ. by those above on the roofs, Th.4.48;

    τὰ ἄ. X.An.4.3.25

    ; τὰ ἄ. τῆς οἰκίας, opp. θεμέλια, Id.Eq.1.2;

    οἱ ἄ. τόποι OGI111.17

    .
    e geographically, on the upper side, i.e. on the north,

    ἄ. πρὸς βορέην Hdt.1.72

    ; οὔτε τὰ ἄ. χωρία οὔτε τὰ κάτω [οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην] Id.1.142;

    ὁ ἄ. τόπος Pl.R. 435e

    .
    f inward from the coast,

    ἡ ἄ. Ἀσίη Hdt.1.95

    ; τὰ ἄ. τῆς Ἀσίης ib. 177; ἡ ἄ. ὁδός the upper or inland road, Id.7.128, X.An.3.1.8; ἡ ἄ. πόλις, opp. the Piraeus, Th.2.48; in full, οἱ ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἄ. ib.83;

    ἡ ἄ. Μακεδονία Plu.Pyrrh.11

    ; ὁ ἄ. βασιλεύς the king of the upper country, i.e. of Persia, X.An.7.1.28.
    g in the race-course,

    τὰ ἄ.

    turning-post,

    Pl.R. 613b

    ; cf. κάτω.
    h in the body, τὰ ἄ. the upper parts, opp. τὸ κάτω, Arist.GA 741b28, al.;

    ἡ ἄ. κοιλία Id.Mete. 360b23

    .
    i of Time, formerly, of old, εἰς τὸ ἄ. reckoning upwards or backwards, of generations, Pl.Tht. 175b; οἱ ἄ. men of olden time, Id.Criti. 110b;

    οἱ ἄ. τοῦ γένους Id.Lg. 878a

    ; αἱ ἄ. μητρός the mother's lineal ancestors, Id.R. 461c, cf. infr. c;

    ἐν τοῖς ἄ. χρόνοις D.18.310

    .
    k above, in referring to a passage, Pl.Grg. 508e;

    ἐν τοῖς ἄ. λόγοις R. 603d

    , cf. Arist.Rh. 1412b33, etc.
    1 of tones in the voice,

    οἱ ἄ. τόνοι Plu.Cic.3

    .
    m metaph., ἄ. βαίνειν walk proudly, Philostr.VA1.13;

    ἄ. φρονεῖν Hld.7.23

    .
    n higher, more general, of κατηγορίαι, Arist.AP0.82a23.
    2 ἄ. καὶ κάτω up and down, to and fro,

    εἷρπ' ἄ. τε καὶ κάτω E.HF 953

    ;

    ἄ. καὶ κ. φεύγειν Ar.Ach.21

    ;

    ἄ. τε καὶ κ. κυκᾶν Id.Eq. 866

    ;

    περιπατεῖν ἄ. κ. Id.Lys. 709

    .
    b upside-down, topsy-turvy,

    τὰ μὲν ἄ. κ. θήσω, τὰ δὲ κ. ἄ. Hdt.3.3

    ;

    πάντ' ἄ. τε καὶ κ. στρέφων τίθησιν A.Eu. 650

    ;

    τρέπουσα τύρβ' ἄ. κ. Id.Fr. 311

    , cf. Ar.Av.3;

    ἄ. κ. συγχεῖν E.Ba. 349

    ;

    ἄ. καὶ κ. ποιεῖν τὰ πράγματα D.9.36

    ;

    τοὺς νόμους στρέφειν 21.19

    ;

    πόλλ' ἄ., τὰ δ' αὖ κ. κυλίνδοντ' ἐλπίδες Pi.O.12.6

    ;

    πολλάκις ἐμαυτὸν ἄ. κ. μετέβαλλον

    backwards and forwards,

    Pl.Phd. 96a

    , cf. Prt. 356d.
    3 ἄ. ἔχειν τὸ πνεῦμα pant or gasp, Men.23, cf. Sosicr.1.
    B as Prep. with gen., above,

    ἡ ἄ. Ἅλυος Ἀσίη Hdt.1.130

    , cf. 103, Call.Jov.24; αἱ ἄ. μητρός (v. supr. 11.1 i); ἄ. τοῦ γόνατος above the knee, Thphr.Char.4.4;

    ἀπὸ ἄ. τῆς χθονὸς ταύτης LXX 3 Ki.14.15

    .
    2 with partitive gen., αἰθέρος ἄ. ἑλεῖν dub. in S.Ph. 1092, cf. E.Or. 1542;

    γῆς ἥκοντ' ἄ. Id.HF 616

    ;

    μικρὸν προαγαγὼν ἄ. τῶν πραγμάτων Aeschin.2.34

    .
    C [comp] Comp. ἀνωτέρω, abs., higher,

    ἀ. θακῶν.. Ζεύς A.Pr. 314

    ; ἀ. οὐδὲν τῶν πρηγμάτων προκοπτομένων not getting on any farther, Hdt. 1.190;

    ἀδελφῷ ἢ πατρὶ ἢ ἔτι ἀ. Pl.Lg. 880b

    ;

    οὐ προήϊσαν ἀ. τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρης Hdt.8.130

    .
    2 c. gen., ἀ. Σάμου ib. 132;

    ἀ. γίγνεσθαί τινων X.An.4.2.25

    ; ἀ. τῶν μαστῶν above them, ib.1.4.17; later

    ἀνώτερον Plb.1.7.2

    , etc.; cf. ἀνώτερος.
    II [comp] Sup. ἀνωτάτω, ἐς τοὺς ἀ. (sc. στάντας) Hdt.7.23;

    ἡ ἀ. κώμη X.An.7.4.11

    ;

    ἀνῳκίσανθ' ὅπως ἀ. Ar. Pax 207

    ; ἡ ἀ. ἄσκησις the highest, Arr.Epict.3.24.84, cf. Ph.1.33, al.;

    τὰ ἀ. τῶν γενῶν Arist.Metaph. 998b18

    , cf. Zeno Stoic.1.51, S.E.P. 1.138;

    τὰ ἀ. τρία Ph.1.321

    ; ἡ ἀ. διαίρεσις Ps.-Alex.Aphr. in SE20.27.

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  • 47 ἆίσσω

    ἆίσσω ( except ὑπαίξει, Il. 21.126), aor. ἤῖξα (ἆίξω, ἆῖξαι, ἆίξᾶς), ἆίξασκον, mid. aor. ἆίξασθαι, pass. ἠίχθην, άῖχθήτην: speed, dart, spring; of persons, animals, birds flying, and of inanimate things (arrows, a beam of light, ‘fluttering’ mane of horses); of the shades of the dead ‘flitting’ to and fro; freq. the part. w. another verb of motion, βῆ ἆίξᾶσα, άίξαντε πετέσθην, Il. 15.150, and conversely, ἤῖξε πέτεσθαι, ‘darted away’ in flight, Il. 21.247; often of hostile movements, ἀντίος ἆίξᾶς, φασγάνῳ, ‘with his sword,’ etc.; met., of the mind, νόος ἆνέρος, Il. 15.80 (cf. πτέρον ἠὲ νόημα, Od. 7.36).

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  • 48 τρέπω

    τρέπω, fut. τρέψω, aor. ἔτρεψα, τρέψα, aor. 2 ἔτραπον, τράπον, mid. aor. 1 part. τρεψάμενος, aor. 2 () τραπόμην, pass. perf. τέτραμμαι, imp. τετράφθω, part. τετραμμένος, plup. 3 pl. τετράφαθ, aor. inf. τραφθῆναι: turn, so as to alter the direction more or less.—I. act., turn, direct; τὶ ἔς τι, πρός, παρά, κατά, ἀνά τι, etc., pass., Il. 14.403; of guiding or leading one to a place, Od. 4.294, Od. 9.315; turning missiles aside, horses to flight, Il. 5.187, Il. 8.157, and without ἵππους, Il. 16.657; esp., of turning, ‘routing’ an enemy, Il. 15.261; metaph., νόον, θῦμόν, Il. 5.676.—With πάλιν, turn about or around, ὄσσε, ‘avert’ the eyes, Il. 13.3 ; ἵππους, Il. 8.432; met., φρένας τινός, Il. 6.61.—II. mid., intrans., turn oneself, with direction specified by preposition or adv., as above; metaph., τραπέσθαι ἐπὶ ἔργα, Γ , Od. 1.422; of motion to and fro (versari), τραφθῆναι ἀν' Ἑλλάδα, ‘wander up and down’ through Hellas, Od. 15.80; met., change, τρέπεται χρώς, Il. 13.279; τράπετο νοός, φρήν, κραδίη τέτραπτο, Il. 17.546, Κ , Od. 4.260.

    A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > τρέπω

  • 49 wirbeln

    I v/i
    1. (ist gewirbelt) Schnee, Staub etc.: whirl, swirl; Tänzer, Wasser etc.: whirl
    3. (hat) fig.: mir wirbelt der Kopf my head’s spinning
    II v/t (hat): durch die Luft gewirbelt werden be whirled through the air
    * * *
    to reel; to eddy; to twirl; to whirl; to swirl
    * * *
    wịr|beln ['vɪrbln]
    1. vi
    1) aux sein (Mensch, Wasser etc) to whirl; (Laub) to swirl; (Rauch) to whirl, to swirl
    2)
    3) (Trommeln etc) to roll
    2. vt
    jdn, Wasser to whirl; Staub, Laub etc auch to swirl
    * * *
    1) (to move round and round: The water eddied round the pier; The crowds eddied to and fro in the square.) eddy
    2) roll
    3) reel
    4) (to (cause to) move quickly, with a whirling or circling motion: The leaves were swirled along the ground by the wind.) swirl
    5) (to move rapidly (round, away etc): She whirled round when I called her name; The wind whirled my hat away before I could grab it.) whirl
    * * *
    wir·beln
    [ˈvɪrbl̩n]
    I. vi
    1. Hilfsverb: sein (sich drehend wehen) to swirl
    2. Hilfsverb: sein (sich drehend bewegen) to whirl
    3. Hilfsverb: haben (fam: sehr geschäftig sein) to rush around getting things done
    II. vt Hilfsverb: haben (herumwirbeln und wehen)
    etw irgendwohin \wirbeln to whirl sth somewhere
    * * *
    1.
    intransitives Verb; mit Richtungsangabe mit sein whirl; <water, snowflakes> swirl
    2.
    transitives Verb swirl <leaves, dust>; whirl < dancer>
    * * *
    A. v/i
    1. (ist gewirbelt) Schnee, Staub etc: whirl, swirl; Tänzer, Wasser etc: whirl
    3. (hat) fig:
    mir wirbelt der Kopf my head’s spinning
    B. v/t (hat):
    durch die Luft gewirbelt werden be whirled through the air
    * * *
    1.
    intransitives Verb; mit Richtungsangabe mit sein whirl; <water, snowflakes> swirl
    2.
    transitives Verb swirl <leaves, dust>; whirl < dancer>
    * * *
    v.
    to swirl v.
    to twirl v.
    to whirl v.

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  • 50 вперед

    on, forward, onward, ahead, forth

    взад і вперед — to and fro, back and forth

    рух вперед — onward motion, ідіть прямо вперед go straight on ( right ahead)

    Українсько-англійський словник > вперед

  • 51 འགྱུ་བ་

    ['gyu ba]
    working, fleeting movement of thoughts, movements, move quickly to and fro, lightning, quivering air in a mirage, motion and versatility of the mind, thought occurrence

    Tibetan-English dictionary > འགྱུ་བ་

  • 52 cursitō

        cursitō —, —, āre, freq.    [curso], to run about, run hither and thither: sursum deorsum, T.: huc et illuc, H.—Of atoms, to vibrate: casu et temere.
    * * *
    cursitare, cursitavi, cursitatus V INTRANS
    run about/to-and-fro/habitually; race/run races; resort frequently; be in motion

    Latin-English dictionary > cursitō

  • 53 movimiento de vaivén

    • back and forth motion
    • to-and-fro movement

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > movimiento de vaivén

  • 54 fluctuatio

    fluctŭātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a vibrating to and fro, a fluctuation (not ante-Aug., and very rare).
    I.
    Lit., a wavering motion, agitation: tunc artus trepidi, inquietae manus, totius corporis fluctuatio, Sen. de Ira, 2, 35, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., wavering, hesitation, vacillation of the mind:

    in ea fluctuatione animorum opprimi incautos posse,

    Liv. 9, 25, 6; Vulg. Sirach, 40, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fluctuatio

  • 55 libro

    lībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [libra].
    I.
    To balance, make even, level, to determine a level: aquam, to level water, i. e. to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level, Vitr. 8, 6, 3: collocationem libratam indicare, id 8, 6, 1.— Pass. impers.:

    libratur autem dioptris,

    Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., to make even or level:

    pavimenta,

    Cato, R. R. 18, 7.—
    II.
    To hold in equilibrium, to poise, balance:

    terra librata ponderibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    columnarum turbines ita librati perpenderunt, ut puero circumagente tornarentur,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:

    librati pondera caeli orbe tene medio,

    Luc. 1, 58.—
    B.
    To cause to hang or swing, to keep suspended, keep in its place:

    vela cadunt primo et dubia librantur ab aura,

    are waved to and fro, Ov. F. 3, 585:

    et fluctus supra, vento librante, pependit,

    Sil. 17, 274:

    aëris vi suspensam librari medio spatio tellurem,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—
    C.
    To cause to swing, to swing, sway, brandish, set in motion, hurl, dash, cast, launch, fling, throw:

    summā telum librabat ab aure,

    Verg. A. 9, 417:

    ferro praefixum robur,

    id. ib. 10, 479:

    caestus,

    id. ib. 5, 478:

    tum librat ab aure intorquens jaculum,

    Sil. 5, 576:

    dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit,

    Ov. M. 2, 311; 5, 624; 7, 787; Luc. 3, 433:

    librata cum sederit glans,

    Liv. 38, 29: librare se, to balance or poise one's self, to fly:

    cursum in aëre,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 11: saepe lapillos Tollunt;

    his sese per inania nubila librant,

    Verg. G. 4, 196:

    haliaeetos librans ex alto sese,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

    corpus in herba,

    to stretch one's self out on the grass, Ov. F. 1, 429: incidentis manus libratur artifici temperamento, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115:

    librare iter,

    to take one's way, Sen. Oed. 899.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    To make of even weight, to balance, make equal ( poet.):

    orbem horis,

    Col. 10, 42:

    crimina in antithetis,

    Pers. 1, 85.—
    B.
    To weigh, ponder, consider ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    librabat metus,

    Stat. Th. 9, 165: quae omnia meritorum momenta perpendit, librat, examinat, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 7: praescriptiones, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 26.— Hence, lībrātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Level, horizontal:

    aquam non esse libratam, sed sphaeroides habere schema,

    Vitr. 8, 6.—
    B.
    Poised, balanced, swung, hurled, launched; forcible, powerful:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29:

    librato magis et certo ictu,

    violent, powerful, Tac. H. 2, 22:

    malleus dextra libratus ab aure,

    Ov. M. 2, 624:

    per nubes aquila librata volatu,

    Sil. 15, 429. — Comp.:

    libratior ictus,

    Liv. 30, 10; cf. id. 42, 65.—Hence, * adv.: lībrātē, deliberately:

    aliquid eligere,

    Serv. Verg. A. 2, 713.

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  • 56 ὁδός

    ὁδός (-οῦ, -ῷ, -όν; -οί, -ῶν, -οῖς, -ούς.)
    1 way
    a lit.

    ἔτειλαν Διὸς ὁδὸν παρὰ Κρόνου τύρσιν O. 2.70

    δάμασε καὶ κείνους Ἡρακλέης ἐφ' ὁδῷ O. 10.30

    ἄλλ' ἄλλοτε πατέων ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς P. 2.85

    εὐθύτομόν τε κατέθηκεν Ἀπολλωνίαις ἀλεξιμβρότοις πεδιάδα πομπαῖς ἔμμεν ἱππόκροτον σκυρωτὰν ὁδόν in Cyrene P. 5.93

    ναυσὶ δ' οὔτε πεζὸς ἰών κεν εὕροις ἐς Ὑπερβορέων ἀγῶνα θαυμαστὰν ὁδόν P. 10.30

    Θέμιν Μοῖραι ποτὶ κλίμακα σεμνὰν ἆγον Οὐλύμπου λιπαρὰν καθ' ὁδόν fr. 30. 4. δολιχὰ δ' ὁδὸς ἀθανάτω[ν Δ.. 1. τὶν γὰρ εὔφρων ἕψεται πρώτα θυγάτηρ ὁδού δάφνας εὐπετάλου σχεδὸν βαίνοισα πεδίλοις ( on the path of the daphnephoric procession, cf. Schwyz., 2. 112: others connect ὁδοῦ with δάφνας) Παρθ. 2. 68.
    b met., path of song, glory, simm.

    ἐπίκουρον εὑρὼν ὁδὸν λόγων O. 1.110

    κεῖναι γὰρ ἐξ ἀλλᾶν ὁδὸν ἁγεμονεῦσαι ταύταν ἐπίστανται O. 6.25

    τιμῶντες δ' ἀρετὰς ἐς φανερὰν ὁδὸν ἔρχονται O. 6.73

    ἐπὶ μὰν βαίνει τι καὶ λάθας ἀτέκμαρτα νέφος, καὶ παρέλκει πραγμάτων ὀρθὰν ὁδὸν ἔξω φρενῶν O. 7.46

    ὕβριος ἐχθρὰν ὁδὸν εὐθυπορεῖ O. 7.90

    πολλαὶ δ' ὁδοὶ σὺν θεοῖς εὐπραγίας O. 8.13

    ἐντὶ γὰρ ἄλλαι ὁδῶν ὁδοὶ περαίτεραι O. 9.105

    εἰ δὲ νόῳ τις ἔχει θνατῶν ἀλαθείας ὁδόν P. 3.103

    ὠκεῖα δ' ἐπειγομένων ἤδη θεῶν πρᾶξις ὁδοί τε βραχεῖαι P. 9.68

    χρὴ δ' ἐν εὐθείαις ὁδοῖς στείχοντα μάρνασθαι φυᾷ N. 1.25

    πατρίαν εἴπερ καθ' ὁδόν νιν εὐθυπομπὸς αἰὼν ταῖς μεγάλαις δέδωκε κόσμον Ἀθάναις N. 2.7

    καὶ ταῦτα μὲν παλαιότεροι ὁδὸν ἀμαξιτὸν εὗρον N. 6.54

    θρασύ μοι τόδ' εἰπεῖν, φαενναῖς ἀρεταῖς ὁδὸν κυρίαν λόγων οἴκοθεν N. 7.51

    ἐς ἑπταπύλους Θήβας ἄγαγον στρατὸν ἀνδρῶν αἰσιᾶν οὐ κατ' ὀρνίχων

    ὁδόν N. 9.19

    ]

    α κατὰ πᾶσαν ὁδὸν[ Pae. 4.6

    ὅστις ἄνευθ' Ἑλικωνιάδων βαθεῖαν ἐρευνᾷ σοφίας ὁδόν Πα. 7B. 20.

    ἔθηκας ἀμάχανον ἰσχύν τ' ἀνδράσι καὶ σοφίας ὁδόν Pae. 9.4

    ἀλλὰ δίκας δοὺς π[ις]τὰς ἐφίλη[ς.]ν. (Puech: διδούς G-H.) Παρθ. 2.. γυναικείῳ θράσει ψυχρὰν φορεῖται πᾶσαν ὁδὸν θεραπεύων ( ὁδὸν is internal acc. with φορεῖται and dir. acc. of θεραπεύων) fr. 123. 9. ν]υκτὶ βίας ὁδὸν[ of the entry of Herakles into the palace of Diomedes) fr. 169. 19. ἔσθ' ὅτε πιστόταται σιγᾶς ὁδοί (Bergk: - οτάταις ὁδοῖς codd.: - οτάτα ὁδός Sylburg) fr. 180. 2.
    c
    II journey νυκτὶ κοινάσαντες ὁδόν” (cf. fr. 169. 19) P. 4.115

    ἀπ' Ἄργεος ἤλυθον δευτέραν ὁδὸν Ἐπίγονοι P. 8.42

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  • 57 φορέω

    φορ-έω, [dialect] Ep. subj. [ per.] 3sg.
    A

    φορέῃσι Od.5.328

    , 9.10; [dialect] Ep. inf. φορῆναι (as if from Φόρημι) Il.2.107, 7.149, Od.17.224;

    φορήμεναι Il.15.310

    : [tense] impf. ἐφόρεον(-εο- syniz.) Od.22.456, [ per.] 3sg.

    ἐφόρει Il.4.137

    ; [dialect] Ion.

    φορέεσκον 2.770

    , 13.372: [tense] fut.

    φορήσω Scol.9

    (cf. Ar.Lys. 632), X.Vect.4.32; later

    φορέσω LXX Pr.16.23

    : [tense] aor.

    ἐφόρησα IG42(1).121.95

    (Epid., iv B. C.), Call.Dian. 213, [dialect] Ep.

    φόρησα Il.19.11

    , ([etym.] δια-, ἐκ-) Is.6.43,42; later

    ἐφόρεσα LXX Si.11.5

    , f.l. in Is.4.7, Aristid.Or.48(24).80, Sammelb.7247.33 (iii/iv A. D.):—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

    φορήσομαι Hsch.

    ; in pass. sense, Plu.2.398d: [tense] aor. ἐφορησάμην ([etym.] ἐξ-) Is.6.39:—[voice] Pass., [dialect] Aeol. [tense] pres.

    φορήμεθα Alc.18.4

    : [tense] aor. ἐφορήθην ([etym.] ἐν-) Plu.2.703b: [tense] pf.

    πεφόρημαι Pl.Ti. 52a

    ; [tense] plpf.

    πεφόρητο Orph.A. 816

    :—Frequentat. of φέρω, implying repeated or habitual action,

    ἵπποι οἳ φορέεσκον ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα Il.2.770

    , cf. 10.323;

    τά τε νῆες φορέουσι Od.2.390

    ; of a slave,

    ὕδωρ ἐφόρει 10.358

    , cf. Il.6.457;

    μέθυ οἰνοχόος φ. Od.9.10

    ;

    θαλλὸν ἐρίφοισι φ. 17.224

    ; of the wind, bear to and fro, bear along,

    ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέει Il.5.499

    , cf. 21.337, Od.5.328;

    σώματα.. κύμαθ' ἁλὸς.. φορέουσι 12.68

    ;

    τόφρα δέ μ' αἰεὶ κῦμα φ. 6.171

    ; so ἀγγελίας ἐφόρεε conveyed messages habitually, served as a messenger. Hdt.3.34 (nisi leg. ἐσεφόρεε) ; φ. θρεπτήρια, of Oedipus carrying about food in a wallet, like a beggar, S.OC 1262;

    λόγχαν ἔτη ἐφόρησε ἓξ ἐν τᾷ γνάθῳ IG42(1).121.95

    (Epid.. iv B. C.): abs., ἐγ γαστρὶ ἐφόρει τρία ἔτη was pregnant, ib. 14:—[voice] Pass., v. infr.11.
    2 most commonly of clothes, armour, and the like , bear constantly, wear, [

    σκῆπτρον] ἐν παλάμῃς φ. δικασπόλοι Il. 1.238

    ;

    μίτρης ἣν ἐφόρει 4.137

    ;

    θώρηξ χάλκεος, ὃν φορέεσκε 13.372

    , cf. Od.15.127, Hdt.1.71, etc.;

    φ. ἐσθήματα S.El. 269

    ;

    στολάς Id.OC 1357

    ;

    ζεῦγος ἐμβάδων Ar.Eq. 872

    ;

    ἱμάτιον Id.Pl. 991

    , Pl.Tht. 197b;

    δακτύλιον Ar.Pl. 883

    .
    3 of features, qualities, etc., of mind or body, possess, hold, bear, ἀγλαΐας φ. to be pompous or splendid, Od.17.245;

    φ. ὄνομα S.Fr. 658

    ;

    ἦθος Id.Ant. 705

    ;

    δόξαν Arch.Pap. 1.220

    (ii B. C.);

    ἕνα γομφίον μόνον φ. Ar.Pl. 1059

    ;

    γλῶτταν Pl.Com. 51

    ; ἀπόνοιαν φορεῖς you are mad, PGrenf.1.53.15 (iv A. D.); with gen. or adj. added,

    σκέλεα φ. γεράνου Hdt.2.76

    ;

    ἰσχυρὰς φ. τὰς κεφαλάς Id.3.12

    , cf. 101;

    ποδώκη τὸν τρόπον φ. Trag.Adesp.519

    ;

    γένειον διηλιφὲς φ. S.Fr. 564

    ;

    ὑπόπτερον δέμας φ. E.Hel. 619

    ;

    λῆμα θούριον φ. Ar.Eq. 757

    ;

    ῥύγχος φ. ὕειον Anaxil.11

    ;

    καλάμινα σκέλη φ. Pl.

    Com.184;

    ὥσπερ σέλινον οὖλα τὰ σκέλη φ. Com.Adesp.208

    ;

    τὸ στόμ' ὡς κομψὸν φ. Alex.98.21

    (troch.).
    4 bear, suffer, Phld.Lib.pp.59,62O. (dub. l. in both), Plu.2.692d, Opp.C.1.298.
    5 of Time, extend, last, ἃ φορεῖ ἐπὶ ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε dub. sens. in PFlor.384.54 (v A. D.).
    II [voice] Pass., to be borne along,

    ἐν ῥοθίοις A.Th. 362

    (lyr.);

    φορούμενος πρὸς οὖδας S.El. 752

    ; κόνις δ' ἄνω φορεῖθ' ib. 715;

    ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω φ. E.Supp. 689

    ;

    πολλοῖς διαύλοις κυμάτων φ. Id.Hec.29

    , cf. Plu.2.398d; πεφορημένον ἀεί always in motion, Pl.Ti. 52a: hence, to be storm-tossed,

    νᾶϊ φορήμεθα σὺν μελαίνᾳ Alc.18.4

    , cf. Ar. Pax 144;

    ποσσὶ φ. Theoc.1.83

    , cf. Bion 1.23: metaph.,

    δόξαις φορεῖται τοπαζόμενα Pl.Epin. 976a

    .
    2 to be carried away, Th.2.76; simply, to be shifted, Dam.Pr. 293.
    III [voice] Med., fetch for oneself, fetch regularly, E.El. 309; λευκανίηνδε φορεύμενος putting food into one's mouth, A.R.2.192.

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  • 58 तरङ्गः _taraṅgḥ

    तरङ्गः [तॄ-अङ्गच्]
    1 A wave; U.3.47; Bh.1.81; R.13.63; Ś3.6.
    -2 A section or part of a work (as of the कथासरित्सागर).
    -3 A leap, jump, gallop, jumping motion (as of a horse).
    -4 Cloth or clothes.
    -5 Waving, moving to and fro.
    -Comp. -मालिन् m. the sea; P. R.7.9-1.
    -वती a river; कथमपि विनिपत्य संचरन्तः क्षतजतरङ्गवतीषु चिह्नमत्स्याः Vikr.6.72.

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  • 59 возвратно-поступательное движение

    reciprocation, alternate motion, seesaw, to-and-fro

    Русско-английский словарь по электронике > возвратно-поступательное движение

  • 60 gangr

    (gen. gangs), m.
    1) walking (vera á gangi); motion, activity of any kind (þá var hvert járn á gangi);
    2) pace, pacing (temja hesta við gang ok hlaup);
    3) course (gangr himintungla);
    4) prevailing, being in vogue;
    hafa mikinn gang, to be much in vogue;
    heldr er vaxandi gangr at þeim, they (viz. the dreams) were rather on the increase;
    svá mikill gangr var orðinn at eldinum, the fire had got to such a height.
    * * *
    m. [A. S. gong; Scot. gang = a walk, journey; Dan. gang; Swed. gång; cp. Germ. gehen]:—a going, walking, Sks. 370; vera á gangi, to be walking to and fro, Grett. 153: metaph., röng eru mál á gangi, bad reports are going about, Bs. i. (in a verse); vápn á gangi, weapons clashing (vide II. 2. below), Grág. ii. 8; þá var hvert járn á gangi, Fb. i. 212:—gefit mér gang, give me way, passage, let me go, Fms. xi. 275, 347:—pace, a horseman’s term, engan (hest) hafa þeir slíkan séð bæði sakir gangs ok vaxtar, Róm. 422: Icel. say, það er enginn g. í honum, he has no pacing or ambling in him; or gang-lauss, adj. not pacing:—grazing, úti-g., útigangs-hestr, opp. to a stall-fed horse:—course, of the sun, stars, moon, gangr himin-tungla, Edda (pref.), hence sólar-g., the course of the sun above the horizon = day; stuttr, lítill, langr sólar-g., a short, long day:—course, of money.
    II. metaph.,
    1. a going onward, prevailing, being in vogue; hafa mikinn gang, to be much in vogue, Al. 87; heldr er vaxandi g. at þeim, they were rather on the increase, Gísl. 66; þótti þeim hann hafa ofmikinn gang ( favour) af konungi, Fms. ii. 54; með-g., good luck; mót-g., adversity; upp-g., thrift; á-gangr, inroad; yfir-g., tyranny.
    2. rapid or furious going; þá var svá mikill gangr at um aptr-göngur Þórólfs, at …, the huntings of Th. (a ghost) went so far, that …, Eb. 314; ok nú görisk svá mikill g. at, Gísl. 151; svá görðisk mikill g. at þessu, Eb. 174; svá mikill g. var orðinn at eldinum, the fire had got to such a height, Bs. i. 445; elds-g., fire; vápna-g., a clash of weapons; vatna-g., a rush, flood of water; öldu-g., sjáfar-g., high waves; brim-g., furious surf; skriðu-g., desolation from earth-slips; berserks-g., berserker fury:—trampling, horns g. ok hófs, Grág. ii. 122.
    3. law term, a process; laga-g., Skálda 201, rare in old writers, but freq. in mod., Dan. rettergang.
    4. medic. a discharge, esp. from the stomach; vall-gangr, excrement; þarfa-g., urine; þeir vóru sumir er drukku gang sinn, Al. 168; niðr-g., diarrhoea; upp-g., expectoration:—a privy, ganga til gangs, Grág. ii. 119; þeir skyldu hafa búðar-tópt Skútu fyrir gang, Rd. 305; nú er hundr bundinn í gangi, Grág. l. c.
    III. collective, a gang, as in Engl.; drauga-g., a gang of ghosts; músa-g., a gang of mice; gaura-g., a gang of roughs; trolla-g., a gang of trolls ( giants); þjófa-g., a gang of thieves.—Vide göng, n. pl. a lobby.

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