bathe

al-lŭo ( adl-), ŭi, 3, v. n., to flow near to, to wash against, to bathe, of the sea, the waves, etc. (perh. not used before the Cic. per.).

Lit.:

non adluuntur a mari moenia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96:

ita jactantur fluctibus, ut numquam adluantur,

id. Sex. Rosc. 72:

fluvius latera haec adluit,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

flumen quo adluitur oppidum,

Plin. 6, 4; Verg. A. 8, 149:

amnis ora vicina adluens,

Sen. Hippol. 1232:

adluit gentes Maeotis,

id. Oedip. 475.—

Fig.:

(Massilia) cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus adluitur,

Cic. Fl. 26, 63.

al-lŭo ( adl-), ŭi, 3, v. n., to flow near to, to wash against, to bathe, of the sea, the waves, etc. (perh. not used before the Cic. per.).

Lit.:

non adluuntur a mari moenia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96:

ita jactantur fluctibus, ut numquam adluantur,

id. Sex. Rosc. 72:

fluvius latera haec adluit,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

flumen quo adluitur oppidum,

Plin. 6, 4; Verg. A. 8, 149:

amnis ora vicina adluens,

Sen. Hippol. 1232:

adluit gentes Maeotis,

id. Oedip. 475.—

Fig.:

(Massilia) cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus adluitur,

Cic. Fl. 26, 63.

ē-lăvo, lāvi, lautum, lōtum, 1, v. a., to wash out or away, to wash clean (very rare; not in the Cic. per.).

Lit.:

elota cerussa,

Cels. 6, 6, no. 3:

elota oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 21.—

Transf.:

elautae ambae sumus opera Neptunia,

washed in the sea, wrecked, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 37; so, in mari elavare, to wash or bathe in the sea, i. e. to be shipwrecked, ruined, id. ib. 2, 7, 21; 5, 2, 20.— Hence, trop.: nos mare acerrumum: nam in mari repperi, hic elavi bonis, have lost, been stripped of property, id. As. 1, 2, 9 (but Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7, the true reading is elutum, Ritschl, Brix).

fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a. [root FUD; Gr. CHU, cheW-, in cheô, cheusô;

Lat. futis, futtilis, ec-futio, re-futo, etc.,

Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204 sq. ], to pour, pour out, shed.

Lit., of fluids.

In gen.:

(natura terram) sucum venis cogebat fundere apertis Consimilem lactis, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 812:

sanguinem e patera,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

novum liquorem (i. e. vinum) de patera,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 3:

vina paterā in aras,

Ov. M. 9, 160; cf.:

vinum inter cornua,

id. ib. 7, 594:

vinum super aequora,

id. ib. 11, 247:

duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho Fundit humi,

Verg. A. 5, 78:

laticem urnis,

Ov. M. 3, 172:

lacrimas,

Verg. A. 3, 348: cf. Ov. M. [p. 793] 5, 540:

fundit Anigros aquas,

pours out, id. ib. 15, 282:

parumne fusum est Latini sanguinis?

shed, spilt, Hor. Epod. 7, 4:

sanguine ob rem publicam fuso,

Sall. H. Fr. 2, 96, 2 Dietsch:

sanguinem de regno (i. e. propter regnum),

Curt. 10, 5.—Mid.:

memorandum, in septem lacus eum (Strymonem) fundi,

discharges itself, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38:

ingentibus procellis fusus imber,

pouring, Liv. 6, 8, 7; 6, 32, 6; cf.:

sanguis in corporibus fusus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 310.—

In partic.

Of metals, to make by melting, to melt, cast, found:

exolevit fundendi aeris pretiosi ratio,

Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 5; cf. id. 34, 7, 18, § 46:

caldarium (aes) funditur tantum, malleis fragile,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

aere fuso,

id. 34, 11, 24, § 107:

vitrum,

id. 34, 14, 42, § 148:

glandes, Auct. B. Afr. 20, 3: Theodorus ipse se ex aere fudit,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83:

ne statuam quidem inchoari, cum ejus membra fundentur,

Quint. 2, 1, 12:

fusis omnibus membris (statuae),

id. 7 praef. §

2: olim quaerere amabam, Quid sculptum infabre, quid fusum durius esset,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 22.—

In medic. lang.: aliquem, to cause one to have fluid stools, to relax the bowels (opp. comprimere): si compresserit aliquem morbus aut fuderit, Cels. praef. med.; cf. under P. a.—

Transf.

To wet, moisten, bathe with a liquid ( poet. and very rare):

(ossa) niveo fundere lacte,

Tib. 3, 2, 20:

multo tempora funde mero,

id. 1, 7, 50.—

Of things non-fluid.

In gen., to pour forth in abundance, to scatter, cast, hurl; to spread, extend, diffuse:

desectam cum stramento segetem corbibus fudere in Tiberim,

Liv. 2, 5, 3:

picem reliquasque res, quibus ignis excitari potest, fundebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4:

tela,

Val. Fl. 3, 243:

sagittam,

Sil. 7, 647:

(solis) radios per opaca domorum,

Lucr. 2, 115:

quas (maculas) incuria fudit,

has scattered, Hor. A. P. 352:

fundunt se carcere laeti Thraces equi,

pour themselves forth, rush out, Val. Fl. 1, 611:

se cuncta manus ratibus,

id. 2, 662:

littera fundens se in charta,

Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81:

luna se fundebat per fenestras,

Verg. A. 3, 152.—Mid.:

ne (vitis) in omnes partes nimia fundatur,

spread out, Cic. de Sen. 15, 52:

homines fusi per agros ac dispersi,

Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—

In partic.

With the accessory notion of production, to bring forth, bear or produce (in abundance):

crescunt arbusta et fetus in tempore fundunt,

Lucr. 1, 351; cf.:

terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, quae cum maxima largitate fundit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

flores aut fruges aut bacas,

id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

frugem,

id. de Sen. 15, 51:

plus materiae (vites),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 192:

cum centesimo Leontini campi fundunt,

id. 18, 10, 21, § 95:

facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129:

(terra) animal prope certo tempore fudit Omne,

Lucr. 5, 823; cf. ib. 917:

fudit equum magno tellus percussa tridenti,

Verg. G. 1, 13:

Africa asinorum silvestrium multitudinem fundit,

Plin. 8, 30, 46, § 108: quae te beluam ex utero, non hominem fudit, Cic. Pis. init.; Verg. A. 8, 139, v. Forbig. ad h. l.—

With the secondary notion of depth or downward direction, to throw or cast to the ground, to prostrate:

(victi hostes) et de jugis, quae ceperant, funduntur,

Liv. 9, 43, 20:

nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor Corpora (cervorum) fundat humi,

Verg. A. 1, 193; cf. Ov. M. 13, 85; Sil. 4, 533:

aliquem arcu,

Val. Fl. 1, 446.—In middle force:

fundi in alga,

to lie down, Val. Fl. 1, 252.—Esp. freq. milit. t. t., overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy:

hostes nefarios prostravit, fudit, occidit,

Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27; cf.:

exercitus caesus fususque,

id. ib. 14, 1, 1:

aliquos caedere, fundere atque fugare,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

Gaetulos,

id. ib. 88, 3:

classes fusae fugataeque,

id. ib. 79, 4; cf.:

si vi fudisset cecidissetque hostes,

Liv. 35, 1, 8:

hostes de jugis,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Gallos de delubris vestris,

id. 6, 16, 2:

eas omnes copias a se uno proelio fusas ac superatas esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 8; cf.:

Massilienses crebris eruptionibus fusi,

id. B. C. 2, 22, 1:

Latini ad Veserim fusi et fugati,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 2, 6 fin.:

quatuor exercitus Carthaginiensium fudi, fugavi, Hispania expuli,

id. 28, 28, 9; cf. Drak. on 38, 53, 2;

less freq. in a reversed order: alios arma sumentes fugant funduntque,

Sall. J. 21, 2; Vell. 2, 46 fin.: omnibus hostium copiis fusis armisque exutis, Caes. B. G. 3, 6, 3:

magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20:

Sabinos equitatu fudit,

id. Rep. 2, 20:

Armeniorum copias,

id. Arch. 9, 21:

maximas copias parva manu,

Sall. C. 7, 7.

Trop.

Ingen., to pour out or forth, to spread out, extend, display:

imago de corpore fusa,

Lucr. 4, 53:

animam moribundo corpore fudit,

id. 3, 1033; cf. id. 3, 700:

concidit ac multo vitam cum sanguine fudit,

Verg. A. 2, 532:

circuli (appellantur), quod mixta farina et caseo et aqua circuitum aequabiliter fundebant,

poured out, spread out, Varr. L. L. 5, § 106:

quem secutus Cicero hanc famam latius fudit,

Quint. 11, 2, 14; cf. id. 10, 5, 11:

cum vero causa ea inciderit, in qua vis eloquentiae possit expromi: tum se latius fundet orator,

will display himself, Cic. Or. 36, 125:

superstitio, fusa per gentes,

id. Div. 2, 72 init.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 84:

neque se tanta in eo (Cicerone) fudisset ubertas,

id. 12, 2, 23:

fundet opes, Latiumque beabit divite lingua,

riches of expression, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121. —Mid.:

quamquam negant, nec virtutes nec vitia crescere: tamen utrumque eorum fundi quodammodo et quasi dilatari putant,

to be diffused, Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 48; cf.:

modo virtus latius funditur,

Sen. Ep. 74, 27; and:

semper ex eo, quod maximas partes continet latissimeque funditur, tota res appellatur,

id. 5, 30, 92:

saepe in amplificanda re funditur numerose et volubiliter oratio,

id. Or. 62, 210.—

In partic., of speech, to pour forth, utter:

per quam (arteriam) vox principium a mente ducens percipitur et funditur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

e quibus elici vocem et fundi videmus,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56:

inanes sonos,

id. ib. 5, 26, 73 (for which:

inani voce sonare,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48):

sonum,

id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

verba poëtarum more (opp. ratione et arte distinguere),

id. Fin. 4, 4, 10:

versus hexametros aliosque variis modis atque numeris ex tempore,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 194; cf.:

grave plenumque carmen,

id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

tam bonos septenarios ad tibiam,

id. ib. 1, 44, 107:

physicorum oracula,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 66:

has ore loquelas,

Verg. A. 5, 842:

preces pectore ab imo,

id. ib. 6, 55; so,

preces,

id. ib. 5, 234; Hor. Epod. 17, 53:

mera mendacia,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 33:

jam tu verba fundis hic, sapientia?

you waste, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7:

opprobria rustica,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 146:

iras inanes,

Val. Fl. 3, 697:

vehemens et liquidus puroque simillimus amni Fundet opes,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 258, 4; Tac. A. 14, 30; Aug. in Psa. 25, 10 al.—Hence, fūsus, a, um, P. a., spread out, extended, broad, large, copious, diffuse.

Lit.:

(aër) tum fusus et extenuatus sublime fertur, tum autem concretus in nubes cogitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: fusior alvus, i. e. more relaxed (opp. astrictior), Cels. 1, 3 med.:

toga (opp. restricta),

wide, full, Suet. Aug. 73:

Gallorum fusa et candida corpora,

full, plump, Liv. 38, 21, 9:

campi in omnem partem,

extended, Verg. A. 6, 440; cf.:

non fusior ulli Terra fuit domino,

a broader, larger kingdom, Luc. 4, 670.—

Trop., copious, diffuse; flowing, free:

genus sermonis non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; cf.:

constricta an latius fusa narratio,

Quint. 2, 13, 5:

materia abundantior atque ultra quam oporteat fusa,

id. 2, 4, 7:

ut illud, quod ad omnem honestatem pertinet, decorum, quam late fusum sit, appareat,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 5:

(vox) in egressionibus fusa et securae claritatis (opp. contracta),

unrestrained, free, id. 11, 3, 64:

periodus,

id. 9, 4, 128:

fusiores liberioresque numeri,

id. 130:

lingua Graeca prolixior fusiorque quam nostra,

Gell. 2, 26, 7:

in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes,

Quint. 9, 4, 138:

plenior Aeschines et magis fusus,

id. 10, 1, 77:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus (opp. densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides),

id. 10, 1, 73.— Sup. seems not to occur.— Adv.: fūse.

(Acc. to A.) Spread out, extended:

(manus) fusius paulo in diversum resolvitur,

Quint. 11, 3, 97.—

(Acc. to B.) Copiously, at length, diffusely:

quae fuse olim disputabantur ac libere, ea nunc articulatim distincteque dicuntur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 36:

multa dicere fuse lateque,

id. Tusc. 4, 26, 57:

fuse lateque dicendi facultas,

id. Or. 32, 113:

fuse et copiose augere et ornate aliquid (opp. brevia et acuta),

id. Fin. 3, 7, 26.— Comp.:

haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius (opp. brevius angustiusque concluduntur),

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

fusius et ornatius rem exponere,

Quint. 4, 2, 128.— Sup. seems not to occur.

fundo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [fundus], to lay the bottom, keel, foundation of a thing, to found (syn.: condo, exstruo, etc.).

Lit. (perh. only poet.):

haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est,

i. e. is laid, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44 (v. Ritschl ad h. l.);

dum mea puppis erat validā fundata carinā,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 5; id. H. 16, 111:

Erycino in vertice sedes fundatur Veneri Idaliae,

is founded, Verg. A. 5, 759: sedes saxo vetusto. id. ib. 8, 478:

arces,

id. ib. 4, 260.—

Transf., in gen., to fasten, secure, make firm:

dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

Verg. A. 6, 4:

(genus humanum) Et majoribus et solidis magis ossibus intus Fundatum,

Lucr. 5, 928; 4, 828.—

Trop., to found, establish, fix, confirm (class., esp. in part. perf.; cf.:

firmo, stabilio): illud vero maxime nostrum fundavit imperium et populi Romani nomen auxit, quod, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 13, 31; cf.:

quantis laboribus fundatum imperium,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 19:

qui (rei publicae status) bonorum omnium conjunctione et auctoritate consulatus mei fixus et fundatus videbatur,

id. Att. 1, 16, 6:

accurate non modo fundata verum etiam exstructa disciplina,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; cf.:

fundati a doctore,

thoroughly instructed, Lact. 6, 21, 4:

res publica praeclare fundata,

Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10; cf.:

qui legibus urbem Fundavit,

Verg. A. 6, 810:

in eorum agro sedes fundare Bastarnis,

Liv. 40, 57, 5:

libertatem, salutem, securitatem,

Plin. Pan. 8, 1:

jus civile,

Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 39:

vacuos Penates prole,

Stat. S. 4, 7, 30; cf.:

thalamos Tritonide nympha,

i. e. to marry, Sil. 2, 65:

partis et fundatis amicitiis,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 25:

fundatae atque optime constitutae opes,

Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 1; cf.:

nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

well laid out, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

nihil veritate fundatum,

Cic. Fl. 11, 26; cf. Lucr. 5, 161.— Hence, fundātus, a, um, P. a., firm, fixed, grounded, durable (very rare).

Lit.:

quo fundatior erit ex arenato directura, etc.,

Vitr. 7, 3 med.:

si permanetis in fide fundati,

Vulg. Col. 1, 23.—

Trop.: deflevi subitas fundatissimae familiae ruinas, Auct. Or. pro Domo, 36, 96.

lambo, bi, bitum ( perf. lambuerunt, Vulg. Jud. 7, 7 al.), 3, v. a. [root lap-; Gr. laptô, laphussô; Lat. labrum, labium; Germ. Löffel, spoon; Eng. lip], to lick, lap; to touch (class.; cf.: lingo, sugo, ligurio).

Lit.:

hi canes, quos tribunal meum vides lambere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28:

lagonae collum,

Phaedr. 1, 25, 10:

lambent cibos (pisces),

Col. 8, 17, 11:

manum,

Mart. 4, 30, 4:

sanguinem,

Plin. Pan. 48, 3:

crustula,

Juv. 9, 5: jucundasque puer qui lamberat ore placentas, Lucil. ap. Prisc. 10, 3, 14:

lambent sanguinem,

to lick up, to lap, Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 9; cf. id. Judic. 7, 5 al.:

te gurgite mersum unda feret, piscesque inpastivulnera lambent,

Verg. A. 10, 560.—

Transf., of a river, to flow by, to wash, bathe:

vel quae loca fabulosus Lambit Hydaspes,

washes, Hor. C. 1, 22, 7.—Of fire, to lick, to reach, play upon:

flamma summum properabat lambere tectum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 73:

innoxia mollis Lambere flamma comas (Iuli),

Verg. A. 2, 684:

Aetna attollit globos flammarum et sidera lambit,

id. ib. 3, 574.—Of the ivy:

quorum imagines lambunt hederae sequaces,

to encircle, Pers. prol. 5:

Tedia non lambit Cluviam,

caress, fondle, Juv. 2, 49:

tribunal unius legati,

to fawn upon, court, Amm. 15, 3, 3.—In mal. part., Aus. Ep. 120, 1 et saep.

mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. madsh-, majan, to dip; Zend, masga, marrow; Germ. Mark; Engl. marrow], to dip, dip in, immerse; absol. also to plunge into water, to sink.

Lit. (class.):

eos (pullos) mergi in aquam jussit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

aves, quae se in mari mergunt,

id. ib. 2, 49, 124:

putealibus undis,

Ov. Ib. 391:

Stygia undā,

id. M. 10, 697:

prodigia indomitis merge sub aequoribus,

Tib. 2, 5, 80:

ab hoc (the sword-fish) perfossas naves mergi,

Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15:

mersa navis omnes destituit,

Curt. 4, 8, 8:

mersa carina,

Luc. 3, 632:

cum coepisset mergi,

Vulg. Matt. 14, 30:

in immensam altitudinem mergi, ac sine ulla respirandi vice perpeti maria,

Sen. Dial. 4, 12, 4:

naves,

Eutr. 2, 20:

partem classis,

Vell. 2, 42, 2:

pars maxima classis mergitur,

Luc. 3, 753 sq.:

nec me deus aequore mersit,

Verg. A. 6, 348:

sub aequora,

Ov. M. 13, 948; Luc. 3, 753:

ter matutino Tiberi mergetur,

bathe, Juv. 6, 523.— Poet., of overwhelming waters, to engulf, swallow up, overwhelm, etc.:

sic te mersuras adjuvet ignis aquas,

Ov. Ib. 340:

mersa rate,

Juv. 14, 302.—

Transf.

To sink down, sink in, to plunge, thrust, or drive in, to fix in, etc. ( poet. and post-Aug. prose):

palmitem per jugum mergere, et alligare,

to thrust, push, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

aliquem ad Styga,

Sen. Thyest. 1007:

manum in ora (ursae),

to thrust into, Mart. 3, 19, 4:

mersisque in corpore rostris Dilacerant (canes) falsi dominum sub imagine cervi,

Ov. M. 3, 249: fluvius in Euphratem mergitur, runs or empties into, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 128: visceribus ferrum. to thrust into, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 447.—Of heavenly bodies, etc.:

Bootes, Qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano,

sinks into, Cat. 66, 68.—

In partic., to hide, conceal:

mersitque suos in cortice vultus,

Ov. M. 10, 498:

vultum,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1348:

diem or lucem, of the setting of the sun,

id. Thyest. 771:

terra caelum mergens, i. e. occidentalis, because there the sky seems to sink into the sea,

Luc. 4, 54. —Of those on board a vessel: mergere Pelion et templum, i. e. to sail away from until they sink below the horizon:

condere,

Val. Fl. 2, 6.—

Trop., to plunge into, sink, overwhelm, cover, bury, immerse, drown:

aliquem malis,

Verg. A. 6, 512:

funere acerbo,

to bring to a painful death, id. ib. 11, 28:

mergi in voluptates,

to plunge into, yield one's self up to sensual delights, Curt. 10, 3, 9:

se in voluptates,

Liv. 23, 18:

mergit longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

Juv. 10, 57.—Esp. in part. pass.:

Alexander mersus secundis rebus,

overwhelmed with prosperity, Liv. 9, 18:

vino somnoque mersi jacent,

dead drunk and buried in sleep, id. 41, 3; Luc. 1, 159; cf.:

lumina somno,

Val. Fl. 8, 66:

cum mergeretur somno,

Vulg. Act. 20, 9.—Esp. of those whose fortune is swallowed up in debts or debauchery: mersus foro, bankrupt, Plaut [p. 1137] Ep. 1, 2, 13:

aere paterno Ac rebus mersis in ventrem,

Juv. 11, 39:

censum domini,

Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67:

mergentibus sortem usuris,

sinking, destroying his capital, Liv. 6, 14:

ut mergantur pupilli,

be robbed of their fortune, ruined, Dig. 27, 4, 3:

mersis fer opem rebus,

bring aid to utter distress, Ov. M. 1, 380.—Of drinking to excess:

potatio quae mergit,

Sen. Ep. 12.

nĭtĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make bright or shining, to polish, smooth ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.:

ferramenta detersa nitidentur,

Col. 12, 3, 9:

post serraturam, plagam ferramentis acutis nitidemus,

Pall. 3, 17, 1:

diligentissime nitidatum,

Marc. Emp. 8, 5.—

In partic., to wash, bathe: eunt ad fontem, nitidant corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v 166 Vahl.);

so mid.: mundule nitidantur,

Att. ib. 17 (Trag. Rel. v. 603 Rib.).

piscīna, ae, f. [piscis], a pond in which fish are kept, a fish-pond.

Lit.:

piscinarum genera sunt duo, dulcium et salsarum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 2; 3, 3, 2; 5; 10; Col. 1, 6, 21; 8, 17:

in piscinam rete qui parat,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 12; Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38; id. Att. 2, 1, 7.—Esp.,

Piscina publica, the public fish-pond at the Porta Capena:

praetores tribunalia ad Piscinam publicam posuerunt,

Liv. 23, 32, 4; cf. Fest. infra, II. A. —

Transf. (post-Aug.).

A pond for bathing or swimming, whether of warm or cold water; a basin, pool, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23:

cohaeret calida piscina, ex quā natantes mare aspiciunt,

id. ib. 2, 17, 11; Sen. Ep. 86, 5; Suet. Ner. 27; Lampr. Elag. 19;

piscinam peto, non licet natare,

Mart. 3, 44, 13; Vulg. Cant. 7, 4; id. Johan. 5, 2:

piscinae publicae hodieque nomen manet, ipsa non exstat, ad quam et natatum et exercitationis alioqui causā veniebat populus,

Fest. p. 213 Müll.—Of a pond where cattle might bathe and drink:

piscinae pecoribus instruantur,

Col. 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 21.—

A flood-gate, sluice, lock, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53.—

A cistern, tank, reservoir:

piscinae ligneae,

Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123:

Probatica piscina,

Vulg. Johan. 5, 2.

prae-lambo, ĕre, v. a., to lick or taste beforehand or first ( poet.).

Lit.:

(mus) praelambens omne, quod affert,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 109.—

Transf., to wash or touch lightly, to bathe gently, of a river that flows by a place:

arenas,

Prud. Hamart. 357; Avien. Perieg. 494.

sub-lŭo, no perf., lūtum, ĕre, v. a., to wash or bathe underneath (very rare; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

aliquid aquā calidā,

Cels. 4, 15; Col. 6, 32, 1:

inguina,

Mart. 6, 81, 2:

subluto podice,

id. 2, 42, 1.—

Transf., of rivers, to flow along the base of, to wash the foot of:

hunc montem flumen subluebat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 97:

radices collis (flumina),

id. B. G. 7, 69.— Pass.:

Asia, quā Hellesponto, quā rubro mari subluitur,

Curt. 9, 6, 20.