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  • 1 āversus

        āversus adj. with sup.    [P. of averto], turned away, turned back, on the back side, behind, backwards: et adversus et aversus impudicus es: aversum hostem videre, the backs of the enemy, Cs.: ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur, shut off in the rear, Cs.: quem aversum transfixit, in the back, N.: aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit, L.: porta, in the rear, L.: porta aversissima, farthest back, L. — Plur n. as subst, the hinder part, back: per aversa urbis fuga, L.: insulae, L.—Fig., withdrawn: milites a proelio, Cs.— Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, averse, hostile: a Musis: aversissimo a me animo esse: a proposito, L.: aversis auribus questa, to deaf. ears, L.: Deae mens, V.: amici, H.—With dat: nobis, Ta.: mercaturis, H.: lucro, not greedy of, H.
    * * *
    aversa -um, aversior -or -us, aversissimus -a -um ADJ
    turned/facing away, w/back turned; behind, in rear; distant; averse; hostile

    Latin-English dictionary > āversus

  • 2 cedrus

    cē̆drus, i, f., = kedros, the cedar, juniper-tree:

    Juniperus oxycedrus, Linn., which has a very fragrant wood, and furnishes an oil that protects from decay,

    Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 52; 16, 40, 76, § 203; Col. 9, 4, 3; Vitr. 2, 9, 13.—Of cedar-wood, Verg. G. 3, 414; id. A. 7, 13; 7, 178; Curt. 5, 7, 5; 8, 10, 8; Suet. Calig. 37.—Hence,
    II.
    Meton., cedar-oil (with which the backs of books were usually anointed to preserve them from moths and decay):

    liber flavus cedro,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 13:

    perunctus cedro,

    Mart. 3, 2, 7; cf. Becker, Gall. 2, p. 219.— Hence, poet.:

    carmina linenda cedro,

    i. e. worthy of immortality, Hor. A. P. 332:

    cedro digna locutus,

    Pers. 1, 42.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cedrus

  • 3 mulus

    mūlus, i, m. [perh. mu-; Gr. mukaô; cf. muklos, an ass], a mule:

    muli pretio qui superant equos,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 21:

    rhedarii,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 17:

    clitellarius,

    Cic. Top. 8, 35: mulus vehiculo lunae habetur, quod tam ea sterilis sit quam mulus; vel quod, ut mulus non suo genere sed equis creatur, sic ea solis, non suo fulgore luceat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 Müll.: mulis celebrantur ludi in Circo Maximo Consualibus, quia id genus quadrupedum primum putatur coeptum currui vehiculoque adjungi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 ib.—As a term of abuse, you mule, you ass:

    mule, nihil sentis,

    Cat. 83, 3: muli Mariani, Marius's mules, a nickname given to the soldiers of C. Marius, because they were compelled to carry their baggage on their backs like mules, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. muli, p. 149 Müll.; and s. v. aerumnulas, p. 24 ib.— Prov: mutuum muli scabunt, like the Engl. you claw me, and I'll claw you, of those who flatter one another, Aus. Idyll. 12; hence: ridiculum est, cum te Cascam tua dicit amica, Fili Potoni, sesquisenex puerum. Dice illam pusam: sic fiet mutua muli, Poët. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.:

    mulum de asino pingere, a proverbial expression made use of when the original and the copy differ but little from each other, or when absurdities are represented by absurdities, or lies concealed with lies,

    Tert. adv. Val. 19 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mulus

  • 4 pulmunculus

    pulmuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [id.], a lunglike, fleshy excrescence on the bodies of animals, e. g. on the camel's hoofs, Sol. 49;

    on the feet or backs of other animals,

    Veg. Vet. 2, 56; 61.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pulmunculus

  • 5 turris

    turris, is (acc. turrim and turrem; abl. turri and turre; v. Neue, Formenl. I. 196 sqq.), f., = turris.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a tower:

    eā ballistā si pervortam turrim,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 59: apud vetustam turrem, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 761 P.:

    Dionysius contionari ex turri altā solebat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    in omni turre,

    Val. Fl. 1, 14:

    celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.

    altae,

    id. Epod. 17, 70:

    Dardanae,

    id. C. 4, 6, 7:

    aënea,

    Ov. Am. 2, 19, 27.—
    B.
    In partic., a military tower, for defence of a camp or the walls of a city:

    turrim in praecipiti stantem Adgressi ferro,

    Verg. A. 2, 460; Caes. B. G. 5, 40; 6, 29; id. B. C. 3, 9; Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 4;

    for attack in a siege,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 21; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Liv. 32, 17, 17;

    on the backs of elephants,

    id. 37, 40, 4;

    on a ship,

    id. 37, 24, 6 et saep.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    For any high building, a castle, palace, citadel:

    pauperum tabernas Regumque turres,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 14; so,

    regia,

    Ov. M. 8, 14:

    Maecenatiana,

    Suet. Ner 38:

    maris vastum prospectet turribus aequor,

    Tib. 1, 7, 19.—
    B.
    A dove-cot built in the form of a tower, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 6; Ov. P. 1, 6, 51.—
    C.
    A kind of battlearray when the troops were arranged in a square, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > turris

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