bit...

for a short time, for a little while, for a bit

a bit of money, a small property

aurum (Sab. ausum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., ōrum, ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), i, n. [v. aes].

Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66 sqq.:

auri venas invenire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

venas auri sequi,

Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5:

aurum igni perspicere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16:

eruere terrā,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53:

auri fodina,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797:

ex auro vestis,

id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.—

Provv.: montes auri polliceri,

to promise mountains of gold, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18:

carius auro,

more precious than gold, Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: kreissona chrusou, Aesch. Choëph. 372; chrusou chrusotera, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).—

Meton.

Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.:

Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet,

gold plate, Lucr. 2, 27. So,

A golden goblet:

et pleno se proluit auro,

Verg. A. 1, 739:

Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur,

Ov. M. 6, 488:

tibi non committitur aurum,

Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188;

and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis,

Verg. G. 2, 192.—

A golden chain, buckle, clasp, necklace, jewelry:

Oneratas veste atque auro,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43:

Donec eum conjunx fatale poposcerit aurum,

Ov. M. 9, 411; 14, 394.—

A gold ring:

Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum,

Juv. 1, 28.—

A golden bit:

fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,

Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.—

The golden fleece:

auro Heros Aesonius potitur,

Ov. M. 7, 155.—

A golden hairband, krôbulos:

crines nodantur in aurum,

Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.—

Esp. freq., gold as coined money:

si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4:

De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1:

Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt,

Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.:

quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames?

Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.—

The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689:

anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis),

id. ib. 3, 32:

saevo cum nox accenditur auro,

Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so,

fulgor auri, of the face,

Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.—

The Golden Age:

redeant in aurum Tempora priscum,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 39:

subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior,

Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.

bŏlus, i, m., = bolos, a throw or cast (ante- and post-class.; cf. jactus).

Lit.

Of dice in gaming, a throw: si vis tribus bolis... Th. Quin tu in malam crucem cum bolis, cum bulbis, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 13:

nimis lepide jecisti bolum,

id. Rud. 2, 2, 30:

enumerare bolos,

Aus. Prof. 1, 26.—

A cast of the net in fishing; and meton., the cast, i. e. the draught of fishes, the haul:

bolum emere,

Suet. Rhet. 1.—

Trop., gain, profit, advantage; a haul, winning, piece of fortune, etc.: primumdum merces annua: is primus bolu'st, that ' s her first haul, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 10:

intus bolos dat,

id. ib. 4, 2, 12:

dabit haec tibi grandis bolos,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 106; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 46, 13:

magnum bolum deferunt aeris,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 5; 3, 2, 16.—Esp.: aliquem tangere bolo, to cozen, wheedle of gain:

quia amare cernit, tangere hominem volt bolo,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 101; cf.:

verum hoc te multabo bolo,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 70.—

A choice bit, nice morsel:

cracior bolum mihi tantum ereptum tam desubito e faucibus,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6 Wagn. ad loc.—(In some or all the passages under II. al. refer the word to Gr. hê bôlos, a clod; cf.: bolus apud Graecos si per o scribitur, signficat jactum retis; si per ô, glaebam terrae, vel frustum cujusque rei, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6; cf. Speng. ad Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 10.— But bolus is always masc. in Plaut. and Ter., and is scanned bŏlus; v. esp. Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 70; id. Poen. prol. 101).

chălybs, ybis, m., = chalups, steel (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 142 sq.):

vulnificus (because weapons were made of it),

Verg. A. 8, 446;

on account of its hardness: ferro durior et chalybe,

Prop. 1, 16, 30; cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 152; Sil. 1, 171; 2, 403.—

Meton., the things made of it.

A sword:

strictus,

Sen. Thyest. 364.—

A horse ' s bit, Luc. 6, 398.—

The point of an arrow, Luc. 7, 518; Val. Fl. 6, 342; Sil. 2, 107 al.—

An iron rail, Luc. 6, 547.

Chălybs, ybis, m., a river in Lusitania, Just. 44, 3, 9.

chălybs, ybis, m., = chalups, steel (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 142 sq.):

vulnificus (because weapons were made of it),

Verg. A. 8, 446;

on account of its hardness: ferro durior et chalybe,

Prop. 1, 16, 30; cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 152; Sil. 1, 171; 2, 403.—

Meton., the things made of it.

A sword:

strictus,

Sen. Thyest. 364.—

A horse ' s bit, Luc. 6, 398.—

The point of an arrow, Luc. 7, 518; Val. Fl. 6, 342; Sil. 2, 107 al.—

An iron rail, Luc. 6, 547.

Chălybs, ybis, m., a river in Lusitania, Just. 44, 3, 9.

gutta, ae (archaic gen. sing. guttaiï, Lucr. 6, 614), f. [etym. dub.], a drop of a fluid (cf.: stilla, stiria).

Lit.:

numerus quem in cadentibus guttis, quod intervallis distinguitur, notare possumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

guttae imbrium quasi cruentae,

id. N. D. 2, 5, 14:

gutta cavat lapidem, consumitur annulus usu,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 5:

si ego in os meum hodie vini guttam indidi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 30:

guttam haud habeo sanguinis (prae metu),

id. Most. 2, 2, 76; cf. Verg. A. 3, 28:

gutta per attonitas ibat oborta genas,

i. e. tears, Ov. P. 2, 3, 90:

succina,

i. e. amber, Mart. 6, 15, 2;

the same, Phaëthontis,

id. 4, 32, 1: Arabicae, perh. oil of myrrh, App. M. 2, p. 118; cf. Sid. Carm. 5, 43:

sanguinis in facie non haeret gutta,

i. e. no blush, Juv. 11, 54.—

Transf.

Guttae, natural spots, specks on animals, stones, etc.:

nigraque caeruleis variari corpora (anguis) guttis,

Ov. M. 4, 578; cf. id. ib. 5, 461:

(apium) paribus lita corpora guttis,

Verg. G. 4, 99:

lapis interstinctus aureis guttis,

Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 29, 4, 27, § 84.—

In archit., a small ornament under the triglyphs of a Doric column, drops, Vitr. 4, 3.—

Trop., a drop, i. e. a little bit, a little (ante-class. and very rare):

gutta dulcedinis,

Lucr. 4, 1060:

certi consilī,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 4.

Gutta, ae, m., a Roman surname, Cic. Clu. 26, 71; 36, 98.

gutta, ae (archaic gen. sing. guttaiï, Lucr. 6, 614), f. [etym. dub.], a drop of a fluid (cf.: stilla, stiria).

Lit.:

numerus quem in cadentibus guttis, quod intervallis distinguitur, notare possumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

guttae imbrium quasi cruentae,

id. N. D. 2, 5, 14:

gutta cavat lapidem, consumitur annulus usu,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 5:

si ego in os meum hodie vini guttam indidi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 30:

guttam haud habeo sanguinis (prae metu),

id. Most. 2, 2, 76; cf. Verg. A. 3, 28:

gutta per attonitas ibat oborta genas,

i. e. tears, Ov. P. 2, 3, 90:

succina,

i. e. amber, Mart. 6, 15, 2;

the same, Phaëthontis,

id. 4, 32, 1: Arabicae, perh. oil of myrrh, App. M. 2, p. 118; cf. Sid. Carm. 5, 43:

sanguinis in facie non haeret gutta,

i. e. no blush, Juv. 11, 54.—

Transf.

Guttae, natural spots, specks on animals, stones, etc.:

nigraque caeruleis variari corpora (anguis) guttis,

Ov. M. 4, 578; cf. id. ib. 5, 461:

(apium) paribus lita corpora guttis,

Verg. G. 4, 99:

lapis interstinctus aureis guttis,

Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 29, 4, 27, § 84.—

In archit., a small ornament under the triglyphs of a Doric column, drops, Vitr. 4, 3.—

Trop., a drop, i. e. a little bit, a little (ante-class. and very rare):

gutta dulcedinis,

Lucr. 4, 1060:

certi consilī,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 4.

Gutta, ae, m., a Roman surname, Cic. Clu. 26, 71; 36, 98.

hŭmus, i (archaic form of the abl. sing. humu, Varr. ap. Non. 488, 6 and 48, 26), f. (archaic masc. humum humidum pedibus fodit, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 719 P.: humidum humum, Gracch. ib.) [from the prim. form XAM, whence chămai, chămothen, chămalos, Lat. humilis; kindr. with Sanscr. Xám, earth; Gr. chthôn], the earth, the ground, the soil.

Lit. (class.; cf.: terra, solum, tellus): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, coronis languidulis et spinis coöperta piscium, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Gall. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66 (ap. Orell. IV. 2, p. 454); cf.:

omnia constrata telis, armis, cadaveribus et inter ea humus infecta sanguine,

Sall. J. 101 fin.:

subacta atque pura,

Cic. de Sen. 17, 59: cubitis pinsibant humum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll. (Trag. v. 435 Vahl.); cf.: procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit. bit the ground and died (cf. the Homer. odax helein gaian), Verg. A. 11, 418:

calcibus atram Tundit humum exspirans,

id. ib. 10, 731; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 112:

pede candido In morem Salium ter quatient humum,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 28:

Acestes aequaevum ab humo attollit amicum,

Verg. A. 5, 452:

sedit humo,

Ov. M. 4, 261:

ipse feraces Figat humo plantas,

Verg. G. 4, 115; cf.:

semina spargere humo,

Ov. M. 5, 647:

surgit humo,

id. F. 6, 735; cf.:

nec se movit humo,

id. M. 4, 264:

dejectoque in humum vultu,

id. ib. 6, 607:

propter humum volitat,

id. ib. 8, 258:

humi atque ipsius stirpis laetitia,

Col. 4, 24, 4; cf.:

quis cibus erat caro ferina atque humi pabulum uti pecoribus,

Sall. J. 18, 1:

ii, quos humus injecta contegeret (shortly afterwards, gleba),

Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

quae (genera arborum) humi arido atque arenoso gignuntur,

Sall. J. 48, 3 Kritz N. cr. — Poet., as a fig. for what is low, mean, common:

sermones repentes per humum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251; cf.:

ne, dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

id. A. P. 230:

ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,

id. ib. 110; v. also [p. 871] under adv.:

affigit humo divinae particulam aurae,

id. S. 2, 2, 79.—

Transf., in gen., like solum, land, country, region:

Punica nec Teucris pressa fuisset humus,

Ov. H. 7, 140:

Aonia,

id. F. 1, 490:

Illyrica,

id. Med. Fac. 74:

Pontica,

id. P. 3, 5, 56.—

Adverbial form humi, like chamai, on the ground or to the ground:

jacere humi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

requiescere,

Sall. J. 85, 33:

strati,

Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22; cf.:

serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,

Hor. A. P. 28:

quousque humi defixa tua mens erit?

fixed on the ground, Cic. Rep. 6, 17:

locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,

Sall. C. 55, 3:

quot humi morientia corpora fundis?

Verg. A. 11, 665:

spargere humi dentes,

Ov. M. 3, 105; cf.:

hunc stravit humi,

id. ib. 12, 255:

tremens procumbit humi bos,

Verg. A. 5, 481:

volvitur ille excussus humi,

id. ib. 11, 640; cf.:

projectum humi jugulavit,

Tac. H. 2, 64:

stratus humi palmes viduas desiderat ulmos,

Juv. 8, 78.

lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.

Lit.:

torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

Martialis lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

Martius,

Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

lupi Moerim videre priores,

Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—

Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—

Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

ovem lupo committere,

to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—

Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

as in English,

to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—

Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—

Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—

Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—

Transf.

A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—

A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—

A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—

A hook with which things were hoisted:

in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—

A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—

The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.

Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.

Lit.:

torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

Martialis lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

Martius,

Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

lupi Moerim videre priores,

Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—

Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—

Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

ovem lupo committere,

to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—

Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

as in English,

to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—

Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—

Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—

Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—

Transf.

A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—

A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—

A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—

A hook with which things were hoisted:

in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—

A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—

The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.

Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

mūrex, ĭcis, m.

The purple-fish, Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 125; Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, 11 (Heduph. v. 11, p. 167 Vahl.):

Baianus,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 32.—The Tritons used the shell as a tuba, Val. Fl. 3, 726.—The shells were also used for holding liquids, Mart. 3, 82, 27.—And for adorning grottos:

summa lacunabant alterno murice conchae,

Ov. M. 8, 563.—

Transf.

The purple dye, purple, made from the juice of the purple-fish:

Tyrioque ardebat murice laena,

Verg. A. 4, 262.—

Of bodies shaped (pointed) like the purplefish.

A pointed rock or slone:

acuto in murice remi Obnixi crepuere,

Verg. A. 5, 205:

Cato sternendum forum muricibus censuerat,

with small, pointed stones, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24.—

A sharp murex-shell used for a bridle-bit:

acuto murice frenat Delphinas bijuges,

Stat. Achill. 1; 221.—

A caltrop, with sharp points in every direction:

murices ferreos in terram defodisse Dareum, quā hostem equites emissurum esse credebat,

Curt. 4, 13, 36; Val. Max. 3, 7, 2.—

A spike of iron:

armarium muricibus praefixum,

Gell. 6, 4, 4.

offa, ae, f.

Lit., a bite, bit, morsel; esp. a little ball or pellet made of flour: antiqui offam vocabant abscisum globi formā, ut manu glomeratam pultem, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. poenitam offam, p. 242 Müll.: offam eripere alicui, Enn. ap. Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 84 (Enn. p. 181 Vahl.); Varr. R. R. 3, 5:

offam obicit,

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pultis,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73.—Prov.: inter os et offam, = Engl. between the cup and the lip, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 18 (17), 1; cf.: vetus est proverbium inter os et offam, idem significans quod Graecus ille paroimiôdês versus: Polla metaxu pelei kulikos kai cheileos akrou, Apollin. ap. Gell. l. l. § 3.—

Transf., in gen.

A piece, lump, mass:

aufer illam offam porcinam,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165 Ritschl N. cr.:

offa porcina cum caudā in cenis puris offa penita vocatur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. penem, p. 230 Müll.: gummi in offas convolutum,

Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35.—

A swelling, Juv. 16, 11.—

A shapeless mass, untimely birth, abortion, Juv. 2, 33:

quantas robusti carminis offas Ingeris?

Pers. 5, 5; Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155.