bĭ-lanx

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lanx, lancis, f. [cf. lekos, lekanê], a plate, platter, charger, dish (class.; cf.: patina, patella, magis, scutula).

In gen.:

in lancibus,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 45:

in filicatis lancibus,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

pomum de caelata sumere lance,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 20:

cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras,

Verg. A. 8, 284:

inter lances mensasque nitentes,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 4:

rotundae lances,

id. ib. 2, 4, 41:

qui furtum quaerere velit, nudus quaerat, linteo cinctus, lancem habens, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 3, 192 sqq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10, 8:

sic implet leves scutulas, cavasque lances,

Mart. 11, 32, 18; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86:

squilla distendat pectore lancem,

Juv. 5, 80.—

In partic., the scale of a balance (cf.:

libra, statera, trutina): necesse est lancem in libra ponderibus impositis deprimi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 12, 38:

Critolaus cum in alteram lancem animi bona imponat, in alteram corporis et externa, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91; cf.:

Juppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet,

Verg. A. 12, 725:

cum in altera lance Claudius et Nero starent, in altera, etc.,

Suet. Vesp. 25.—

Trop.: vitam aequa lance pensitare, to weigh or consider impartially, Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44:

aequa lance examinare,

Ambros. Ep. 41, 22:

paripendere lance cunctos,

Arn. 6, 2:

aequa lance servari,

i. e. in like manner, Dig. 42, 1, 20.

dish, platter, plate

līcium, ĭi, n., the thrum or leash, the ends of a web to which those of the new piece are fastened.

Lit.:

licia telae Addere,

i. e. to weave, Verg. G. 1, 285:

adnectit licia telis,

Tib. 1, 6, 79:

plurimis liciis texere, quae polymita appellant, Alexandria instituit,

Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—

Transf.

A thread of the web:

per licia texta querelas Edidit et tacitis mandavit crimina telis,

Aus. Ep. 23, 14.—

A thread of any thing woven:

licia dependent longas velantia sepes,

Ov. F. 3, 267:

cinerem fici cum aluta inligatum licio e collo suspendere,

Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125.—Often used in charms and spells:

tum cantata ligat cum fusco licia rhombo,

Ov. F. 2, 575:

terna tibi haec primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo,

Verg. E. 8, 73; Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 48.—As an ornament for the head, worn by women: licia crinibus addunt, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 1104.—

A small girdle or belt around the abdomen; so in the law phrase: per lancem et licium furta concipere, i. e. to search in a house for stolen property; this was done per licium, with which the person making the search was covered, and per lancem, which he held before his face, in order not to be recognized by the women. This lanx was perforated. He was clothed [p. 1064] with a licium instead of his usual garments, that he might not be suspected of having brought in his clothes that which he might find and recognize as stolen property, Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10; v. lanx.

sătur, ŭra, ŭrum, adj. [satis], full of food, sated, that has eaten enough (class.).

Lit.:

ubi satur sum (opp. quando esurio),

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 27; so (opp. esurientes) id. Poen. prol. 6 sq.:

sopor quem satur aut lassus capias,

Lucr. 4, 957: esurientibus pullis res geri poterit;

saturis nihil geretur,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

postquam isti a mensā surgunt saturi, poti,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 62:

cum tu satura atque ebria eris, puer ut satur sit facito,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 3;

so (with ebrius and crudus),

Quint. 11, 3, 27:

et exacto contentus tempore vita Cedat, uti conviva satur,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 119:

capellae,

Verg. E. 10, 77:

colonus,

Tib. 2, 1, 23:

histrio,

Mart. 12, 79, 1.—Humorously, of a pregnant woman, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 35.—

With abl.:

qui non edistis, saturi fite fabulis,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 8:

quadrupedes suco ambrosiae,

Ov. M. 2, 120:

nepos anseris extis,

Pers. 6, 71.—

With gen.:

postquam intus sum omnium rerum satur,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 3; so,

rerum (with plenus),

Lucr. 3, 960:

altilium,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 35.— Comp.:

agnus saturior lactis,

Col. 7, 4, 3.—

Transf., of things ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of color, full, deep, strong, rich:

color,

Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170:

vellera saturo fucata colore,

Verg. G. 4, 335:

(purpura) quo melior saturiorque est,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 12:

vestes Tyrio saturae ostro,

richly dyed, Sen. Thyest. 956.—

In gen., well filled, full; rich, abundant, fertile:

praesepia,

Verg. G. 3, 214:

Tarentum,

id. ib. 2, 197; cf.

rus,

Pers. 1, 71:

auctumnus, Col. poët. 10, 43: messes,

Lucil. Aetn. 12:

locis ob umidam caeli naturam saturis et redundantibus,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 9, 1.—

Fatted, fat:

aves paludis,

Mart. 11, 52, 14.—

Trop., rich, fruitful (opp. dry, simple; very rare;

perh. only in the two foll. passages): nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute (dicet),

Cic. Or. 36, 123:

gestus,

i. e. various, Manil. 5, 474.—Hence, sătŭra, ae, f. (sc. lanx), orig., a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, a plate of fruit; hence, also, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, medley, olio, etc. (both significations, however, rest only on the statements of the grammarians); and hence, transf.,

Per saturam, in the gross or in the lump, i. e. without order or distinctness, confusedly:

lanx plena diversis frugibus in templum Cereris infertur, quae saturae nomine appellatur, Acro,

Hor. S. 1, 1: satura et cibi genus ex variis rebus conditum et lex multis aliis legibus conferta (this latter signif. has perh. arisen from an erroneous explanation of the foll. expression, per saturam). Itaque in sanctione legum ascribitur: neve per saturam abrogato aut derogato. Ti. Annius Luscus in eā, quam dixit adversus Ti. Gracchum: Imperium, quod plebes per saturam dederat, id abrogatum est. Et C. Laelius in eā, quam pro se dixit... (Sall. J. 29, 5) Dein postero die quasi per saturam sententiis exquisitis in deditionem accipitur, Fest. p. 314 Müll.: satira dicta a saturā lance, quae referta variis multisque primitiis in sacro apud priscos diis inferebatur... sive a quodam genere farciminis, quod multis rebus refertum, saturam dicit Varro vocitatum. Est autem hoc positum in II. libro Plautinarum Quaestionum: Satura est uva passa et polenta et nuclei pinei mulso conspersi: ad haec alii addunt et de malo Punico grana. Alii autem dictam putant a lege saturā, quae uno rogatu multa simul comprehendat, quod scilicet et satura carmina multa simul et poëmata comprehenduntur: cujus legis Lucilius meminit in primo: Per saturam aedilem factum qui legibus solvat et Sallustius in Jugurtha: Deinde quasi per saturam sententiis exquisitis in deditionem accipitur, Diom. p. 483 P.:

hoc opus legentibus tradebatur non secundum edicti perpetui ordinationem sed passim et quasi per saturam collectum et utile cum inutilibus mixtum, Just. praef. Dig. ad Antecess. § 1: Pescennius Festus in libris historiarum per saturam refert, Carthaginienses, etc.,

Lact. 1, 21, 13.—

sătŭra, and after the class. per. sătĭra (erroneously sătyra), ae, f., a satire, a species of poetry, originally dramatic and afterwards didactic, peculiar to the Romans (not connected with the Greek Satyri); it first received a regular poetic form from Ennius, and after him was cultivated by Lucilius, Horace, Persius, and Juvenal; Liv. 7, 2:

sunt quibus in saturā videar nimis acer,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 1; Stat. S. 1, 3, 103; Amm. 16, 6, 3.—Personified:

Satura jocabunda,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 576.

sătur, ŭra, ŭrum, adj. [satis], full of food, sated, that has eaten enough (class.).

Lit.:

ubi satur sum (opp. quando esurio),

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 27; so (opp. esurientes) id. Poen. prol. 6 sq.:

sopor quem satur aut lassus capias,

Lucr. 4, 957: esurientibus pullis res geri poterit;

saturis nihil geretur,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

postquam isti a mensā surgunt saturi, poti,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 62:

cum tu satura atque ebria eris, puer ut satur sit facito,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 3;

so (with ebrius and crudus),

Quint. 11, 3, 27:

et exacto contentus tempore vita Cedat, uti conviva satur,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 119:

capellae,

Verg. E. 10, 77:

colonus,

Tib. 2, 1, 23:

histrio,

Mart. 12, 79, 1.—Humorously, of a pregnant woman, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 35.—

With abl.:

qui non edistis, saturi fite fabulis,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 8:

quadrupedes suco ambrosiae,

Ov. M. 2, 120:

nepos anseris extis,

Pers. 6, 71.—

With gen.:

postquam intus sum omnium rerum satur,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 3; so,

rerum (with plenus),

Lucr. 3, 960:

altilium,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 35.— Comp.:

agnus saturior lactis,

Col. 7, 4, 3.—

Transf., of things ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of color, full, deep, strong, rich:

color,

Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170:

vellera saturo fucata colore,

Verg. G. 4, 335:

(purpura) quo melior saturiorque est,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 12:

vestes Tyrio saturae ostro,

richly dyed, Sen. Thyest. 956.—

In gen., well filled, full; rich, abundant, fertile:

praesepia,

Verg. G. 3, 214:

Tarentum,

id. ib. 2, 197; cf.

rus,

Pers. 1, 71:

auctumnus, Col. poët. 10, 43: messes,

Lucil. Aetn. 12:

locis ob umidam caeli naturam saturis et redundantibus,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 9, 1.—

Fatted, fat:

aves paludis,

Mart. 11, 52, 14.—

Trop., rich, fruitful (opp. dry, simple; very rare;

perh. only in the two foll. passages): nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute (dicet),

Cic. Or. 36, 123:

gestus,

i. e. various, Manil. 5, 474.—Hence, sătŭra, ae, f. (sc. lanx), orig., a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, a plate of fruit; hence, also, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, medley, olio, etc. (both significations, however, rest only on the statements of the grammarians); and hence, transf.,

Per saturam, in the gross or in the lump, i. e. without order or distinctness, confusedly:

lanx plena diversis frugibus in templum Cereris infertur, quae saturae nomine appellatur, Acro,

Hor. S. 1, 1: satura et cibi genus ex variis rebus conditum et lex multis aliis legibus conferta (this latter signif. has perh. arisen from an erroneous explanation of the foll. expression, per saturam). Itaque in sanctione legum ascribitur: neve per saturam abrogato aut derogato. Ti. Annius Luscus in eā, quam dixit adversus Ti. Gracchum: Imperium, quod plebes per saturam dederat, id abrogatum est. Et C. Laelius in eā, quam pro se dixit... (Sall. J. 29, 5) Dein postero die quasi per saturam sententiis exquisitis in deditionem accipitur, Fest. p. 314 Müll.: satira dicta a saturā lance, quae referta variis multisque primitiis in sacro apud priscos diis inferebatur... sive a quodam genere farciminis, quod multis rebus refertum, saturam dicit Varro vocitatum. Est autem hoc positum in II. libro Plautinarum Quaestionum: Satura est uva passa et polenta et nuclei pinei mulso conspersi: ad haec alii addunt et de malo Punico grana. Alii autem dictam putant a lege saturā, quae uno rogatu multa simul comprehendat, quod scilicet et satura carmina multa simul et poëmata comprehenduntur: cujus legis Lucilius meminit in primo: Per saturam aedilem factum qui legibus solvat et Sallustius in Jugurtha: Deinde quasi per saturam sententiis exquisitis in deditionem accipitur, Diom. p. 483 P.:

hoc opus legentibus tradebatur non secundum edicti perpetui ordinationem sed passim et quasi per saturam collectum et utile cum inutilibus mixtum, Just. praef. Dig. ad Antecess. § 1: Pescennius Festus in libris historiarum per saturam refert, Carthaginienses, etc.,

Lact. 1, 21, 13.—

sătŭra, and after the class. per. sătĭra (erroneously sătyra), ae, f., a satire, a species of poetry, originally dramatic and afterwards didactic, peculiar to the Romans (not connected with the Greek Satyri); it first received a regular poetic form from Ennius, and after him was cultivated by Lucilius, Horace, Persius, and Juvenal; Liv. 7, 2:

sunt quibus in saturā videar nimis acer,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 1; Stat. S. 1, 3, 103; Amm. 16, 6, 3.—Personified:

Satura jocabunda,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 576.

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intĕgŭmentum, i, n. [intego], a covering.

Lit.:

lanx cum integumentis, quae Jovi adposita fuit,

the plate-covers, lids, Liv. 40, 59, 7 Weissenb. (al. lana cum integumentis, i. e. the pillows on which rested the heads of the statues of the gods):

ea legio linteata ab integumento consaepti... appellata est,

id. 10, 38, 12:

vestis aut pellis,

Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 13, 2: integumenta carnalia, Ambros. de Isaac et An. 4, 16.—

Transf [p. 974]

That which conceals, a covering:

frontis,

Cic. post Red. in Sen. 7, 15:

flagitiorum,

id. Cael. 20, 47:

dissimulationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86:

ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra atque integumenta perspexi,

id. ib. 1, 35:

nequitia frontis involuta integumentis,

id. Pis. 6.—

That which protects, a defence, shelter: corporis alicujus, one ' s constant attendant, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 19:

aetati meae,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 32.

pătĭna ( pătĕna), ae, f. [pateo], a broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan (cf.: lanx, catinus).

Lit.:

ut patinae fervent,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51:

qui mi inter patinas exhibes argutias,

id. Most. 1, 1, 2:

jamdudum animus est in patinis,

i. e. my belly has been crying cupboard, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 46; Cic. Att. 4, 8, a, 1:

muraena In patinā porrectā,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 43; Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68:

fictiles,

id. 34, 11, 25, § 109:

orobanche estur et per se et in patinis,

i. e. cooked, id. 22, 25, 80, § 162:

patinae ob immensam magnitudinem,

Suet. Vit. 13:

deerat pisci patinae mensura,

i. e. a dish large enough, Juv. 4, 72.—

Transf.

A kind of cake, Apic. 4, 2.—

A crib, manger, Veg. 1, 56.

Patĭna, ae, m., a Roman surname:

T. Patina,

Cic. Mil. 17, 46.

pătĭna ( pătĕna), ae, f. [pateo], a broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan (cf.: lanx, catinus).

Lit.:

ut patinae fervent,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51:

qui mi inter patinas exhibes argutias,

id. Most. 1, 1, 2:

jamdudum animus est in patinis,

i. e. my belly has been crying cupboard, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 46; Cic. Att. 4, 8, a, 1:

muraena In patinā porrectā,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 43; Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68:

fictiles,

id. 34, 11, 25, § 109:

orobanche estur et per se et in patinis,

i. e. cooked, id. 22, 25, 80, § 162:

patinae ob immensam magnitudinem,

Suet. Vit. 13:

deerat pisci patinae mensura,

i. e. a dish large enough, Juv. 4, 72.—

Transf.

A kind of cake, Apic. 4, 2.—

A crib, manger, Veg. 1, 56.

Patĭna, ae, m., a Roman surname:

T. Patina,

Cic. Mil. 17, 46.