by the throat

, iugulus

the throat.

fauces, ium ( sing. nom. faux only in Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127, =arteria aspera; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 78 Müll.; Charis. p. 72 P. —The abl. sing. fauce sometimes in poets: Ov. H. 9, 98; id. M. 14, 738; Hor. Epod. 14, 4; Phaedr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 8, 4; Mart. 7, 37, 6 al.), f. [cf. Sanscr. bhūka, hole, opening], the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet, the pharynx, throat, gullet (syn.: gula, guttur, jugulum).

Lit.: summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus;

quibus fauces non sunt, ne stomachus quidem est,

Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

exigua in arteria sub ipsis faucibus lingula est, quae, cum spiramus, attollitur,

Cels. 4, 1: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 250 ed. Vahl.):

sitis fauces tenet,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 34:

sitis fauces urit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 214:

lippiunt fauces fame,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 39; 1, 2, 36:

fauces tussientes,

Cels. 5, 25, 11:

nuces videntur fauces exasperare,

Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 20:

infirmatis faucibus, praeconis voce concionatus est,

Suet. Aug. 84 fin.:

propino tibi salutem plenis faucibus,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 16:

merum ingurgitare faucibus plenis,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 39:

exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

from the bottom of your throat, id. As. 1, 1, 28:

alicui fauces prehendere,

id. Most. 1, 3, 62; cf.:

qui sacerdoti scelestus fauces interpresserit,

id. Rud. 3, 2, 41:

laqueo innectere fauces,

to strangle, Ov. M. 10, 378; cf.

also: ad necem secandasque novacula fauces,

Suet. Calig. 23:

fauces manu sua oppressit,

id. ib. 12:

retinens singulos et contortis faucibus convertens,

id. Caes. 62.— Trop.:

faucibus teneor,

I am caught by the throat, I feel the knife at my throat, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 4; cf.:

cum faucibus premeretur,

Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

Timarchides premit fauces defensionis tuae,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: eripite nos ex faucibus eorum, quorum crudelitas, etc., from the jaws, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

urbem totius belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse,

id. Arch. 9, 21:

e mediis Orci faucibus ad hunc evasi modum,

App. M. 7, p. 191:

cum inexplebiles populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

lupus fauce improba incitatus,

i. e. voracity, Phaedr. 1, 2, 3.—

Transf., of places:

A narrow way, narrow inlet or outlet, an entrance, defile, pass (cf. angustiae): Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae, in the mouth or entrance, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

in Ciliciae angustissimis faucibus,

Curt. 7, 4; cf.:

qua fauces erant angustissimae portus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25, 5:

portus,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1;

3, 39, 2: Masinissam persecutus in valle arta, faucibus utrimque obsessis, inclusit,

Liv. 29, 32, 4:

Aemilius sedens in faucibus macelli,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 145; so,

macelli,

id. Quint. 6, 25:

per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,

the crater, Lucr. 6, 630:

cava flumina siccis faucibus, etc.,

Verg. G. 4, 428:

altae montis,

Lucr. 6, 697:

Nilus multis faucibus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,

through many mouths, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

Bospori,

the Dardanelles, id. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Sil. 12, 127:

cum fornacem facies, fauces praecipites deorsum facito,

Cato, R. R. 38, 3: pictis e faucibus currus emittere, from the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 89 ed. Vahl.).—

The jaws of the earth, gulf, abyss:

patefactis terrae faucibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95.

jŭgŭlum, i, n., and jŭgŭlus, i, m. [jug, jungo], the collar-bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, Cels. 8, 1, § 70:

uni homini juguli, humeri: ceteris armi,

Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243.—

Transf., hence, the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone:

quod jugula concava non haberet,

Cic. Fat. 5, 10.—

The throat:

jugulum perfodere,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

resolvere,

Ov. M. 1, 227:

recludere stricto ense,

id. ib. 7, 285:

tenui jugulos aperire susurro,

Juv. 4, 110:

demittere gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28: dare or praebere, to present the throat, sc. to be cut, as was done by conquered gladiators, Cic. Mil. 11:

offerre alicui,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

porrigere,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 89.—

Trop.

A slaughter, murder:

Electrae jugulo se polluere,

Juv. 8, 218.—

Petere, to aim at the throat, i. e. to attack the main point of one's argument, Quint. 8, 6, 51:

jugulum causae premere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 14.

jŭgŭlum, i, n., and jŭgŭlus, i, m. [jug, jungo], the collar-bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, Cels. 8, 1, § 70:

uni homini juguli, humeri: ceteris armi,

Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243.—

Transf., hence, the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone:

quod jugula concava non haberet,

Cic. Fat. 5, 10.—

The throat:

jugulum perfodere,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

resolvere,

Ov. M. 1, 227:

recludere stricto ense,

id. ib. 7, 285:

tenui jugulos aperire susurro,

Juv. 4, 110:

demittere gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28: dare or praebere, to present the throat, sc. to be cut, as was done by conquered gladiators, Cic. Mil. 11:

offerre alicui,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

porrigere,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 89.—

Trop.

A slaughter, murder:

Electrae jugulo se polluere,

Juv. 8, 218.—

Petere, to aim at the throat, i. e. to attack the main point of one's argument, Quint. 8, 6, 51:

jugulum causae premere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 14.

ob-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a.

To turn towards; to turn: obtorque prorim, Att. ap. Non. 200, 33 (Trag. Rel. v. 575 Rib.):

dextrasque obtorquet in undas Proram,

Stat. Th. 5, 414.—

To turn round, twist, writhe, wrench (esp. the neck; rare, and class. only in the part. perf.)):

collum,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 66:

obtorto collo ad praetorem trahor,

i. e. dragged violently by the throat, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45; id. Rud. 3, 6, 16:

ut illum collo obtorto ad subsellia reduceret,

Cic. Clu. 21, 59 (for which:

torquere collum,

Liv. 4, 53, 8):

obtorta gulā in vincula abripi jussit,

by the throat, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: obtorto valgiter labello, twisted, contorted, Petr. Fragm. ap. Fulg. p. 566, 2:

obtorti circulus auri,

twisted, wreathed, Verg. A. 5, 559:

cardines,

App. M. 3, p. 151, 22.

singulto, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.].

Neutr., to hiccup; to sob:

singultantium modo,

Quint. 10, 7, 10.—

Transf., poet., of persons dying, to rattle in the throat, Verg. A. 9, 333; Sil. 2, 362; 1, 388; Val. Fl. 2, 211.—Of speech interrupted with sobs:

verba singultantia,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 26; Calp. Ecl. 6, 22.—Of water flowing from an orifice, to gurgle, Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med. —

Act.: animam, to breathe out with sobs, to gasp away with short sobs or rattling in the throat, Ov. M. 5, 134:

in limine vitae animas,

Stat. Th. 5, 261:

et singultatis oscula mixta sonis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 16.

ango, xi, ctum, and anxum, 3, v. a. ( perf. and sup. rest only on the assertion in Prisc. p. 895 P.; Diom. p. 366 P.; part. anctus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.; acc. to Prisc. l. c., the sup. is sometimes anxum; cf. Struve, 214) [the root of this word is widely diffused: ankos, a bend, hollow; whence, valley, ravine; from the notion of closeness, come anchô = to press tight, to strangle, throttle; ango; Germ. hangen, hängen; Engl. hang; angustus, anxius, anxietas; old Germ. Angust; Germ. Angst = Engl. anguish; from the notion of being bent, come ancus anculus, a crouching slave, ancora = Gr. ankura; angulus = Germ. Angel, Engl. angle; old Germ. Angul, a hook; Gael. ingle = nook for the fire, fireplace; ancale = ankalê, Engl. ankle; ancon, and the pr. names Ancon and Ancona; uncus, curved, crooked; ungula, claw; unguis, claw, nail; cf. Sanscr. ahus, close; ahas, anguish; ankāmi, to bend; ankas, the lap (sinus), a hook; for the other Greek words belonging to this group, v. L. and S. s. vv. ankos and anchô].

Lit., to bind, draw, or press together; of the throat, to throttle, strangle (so anchô; in this signif. antiquated; hence, in class. perh. only in the poets; in prose, instead of it, suffocare; cf. Diom. p. 361 P.):

angit inhaerens Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur,

Verg. A. 8, 260; so id. G. 3, 497:

cum colla minantia monstri Angeret,

Stat. Th. 4, 828; 6, 270; Sil. 13, 584.—Hence, of plants, to choke, Col. 4, 2, 2; 6, 27, 7 al.—

Metaph.

To cause (physical) pain; hence, angi, to feel or suffer pain, Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164. —

Most freq. of the mind, to distress, torment, torture, vex, trouble; and angi, to feel distressed, to suffer torment, etc.:

illum incommodis dictis angam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11: cura angit hominem, * Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 8; * Lucr. 4, 1134:

cruciatu timoris angi?

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

multa sunt, quae me sollicitant anguntque,

id. Att. 1, 18:

angebar singularum horarum exspectatio ne,

id. ib. 9, 1 et saep.; Liv. 2, 7; 21, 1 al.:

ne munere te parvo beet aut incommodus angat (cruciet, cum non vult dare quod poscis, Cruqu.),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 75:

ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,

id. A. P. 110:

poëta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit,

puts in torturing suspense, id. Ep. 2, 1, 211 al.:

Pompeius... curis animum mordacibus angit,

Luc. 2, 680 sq.:

Ea res animum illius anxit,

Gell. 1, 3:

(aemula eam) vehementer angebat,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 6.—With de (in respect to):

de Statio manumisso et non nullis aliis rebus angor,

Cic. Att. 2, 18 fin.:

de quo angor et crucior,

id. ib. 7, 22.—Sometimes with gen. (on this const. cf. Roby, II. §

1321): absurde facis, qui angas te animi,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:

(Sthenius) angebatur animi necessario, quod etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 34, 84. But Cic. also uses the abl.:

angor animo,

Brut. 2, 7: audio te animo angi, Fam. 16, 142; and acc. to some edd. Tusc. 1, 40, 96 Seyff. (v. further on this gen. s. v. animus).

lūna, ae ( gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. [contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo], the moon.

Lit.:

dimidiata,

Cato, R. R. 37:

extrema et prima,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37:

solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

cum luna laboret,

is eclipsed, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

lunae defectus,

Liv. 26, 5:

lunae defectio,

Quint. 1, 10, 47:

siderum regina bicornis,

Hor. C. S. 35:

aurea,

Ov. M. 10, 448:

nivea,

id. ib. 14, 367:

minor,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 31:

dimidia,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323:

plena,

id. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

nova,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

intermenstrua,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

lunae senium,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

lunae coitus,

id. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

crescens,

Col. 2, 15:

decrescens,

id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10:

laborans,

an eclipse of the moon, Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.—

Transf.

A month:

centesima revolvente se luna,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.—

A night:

roscida,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

immeritae omnia lunae,

Prop. 4, 4, 23.—

The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes:

felix... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,

Juv. 7, 191:

patricia,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula. —

The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.—

Personified: Lūna, the Moon-goddess:

Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.;

Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,

Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.

Lūna, ae, f., a city of Etruria, now Luni, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Liv. 39, 21, 5; 43, 11; Mart. 13, 30, 1; Sil. 8, 482.— Hence,

Lūnensis or Lūniensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Luna:

caseus Luniensis, remarkable for its size,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241; Mart. 13, 30 in lemm.:

marmor,

the modern marble of Carrara, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

silex,

id. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

ara,

an altar of marble of Luna, Suet. Ner. 50. — Plur. subst.: Lūnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Luna, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

lūna, ae ( gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. [contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo], the moon.

Lit.:

dimidiata,

Cato, R. R. 37:

extrema et prima,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37:

solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

cum luna laboret,

is eclipsed, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

lunae defectus,

Liv. 26, 5:

lunae defectio,

Quint. 1, 10, 47:

siderum regina bicornis,

Hor. C. S. 35:

aurea,

Ov. M. 10, 448:

nivea,

id. ib. 14, 367:

minor,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 31:

dimidia,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323:

plena,

id. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

nova,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

intermenstrua,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

lunae senium,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

lunae coitus,

id. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

crescens,

Col. 2, 15:

decrescens,

id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10:

laborans,

an eclipse of the moon, Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.—

Transf.

A month:

centesima revolvente se luna,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.—

A night:

roscida,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

immeritae omnia lunae,

Prop. 4, 4, 23.—

The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes:

felix... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,

Juv. 7, 191:

patricia,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula. —

The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.—

Personified: Lūna, the Moon-goddess:

Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.;

Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,

Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.

Lūna, ae, f., a city of Etruria, now Luni, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Liv. 39, 21, 5; 43, 11; Mart. 13, 30, 1; Sil. 8, 482.— Hence,

Lūnensis or Lūniensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Luna:

caseus Luniensis, remarkable for its size,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241; Mart. 13, 30 in lemm.:

marmor,

the modern marble of Carrara, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

silex,

id. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

ara,

an altar of marble of Luna, Suet. Ner. 50. — Plur. subst.: Lūnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Luna, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

lūna, ae ( gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. [contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo], the moon.

Lit.:

dimidiata,

Cato, R. R. 37:

extrema et prima,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37:

solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

cum luna laboret,

is eclipsed, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

lunae defectus,

Liv. 26, 5:

lunae defectio,

Quint. 1, 10, 47:

siderum regina bicornis,

Hor. C. S. 35:

aurea,

Ov. M. 10, 448:

nivea,

id. ib. 14, 367:

minor,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 31:

dimidia,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323:

plena,

id. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

nova,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

intermenstrua,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

lunae senium,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

lunae coitus,

id. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

crescens,

Col. 2, 15:

decrescens,

id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10:

laborans,

an eclipse of the moon, Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.—

Transf.

A month:

centesima revolvente se luna,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.—

A night:

roscida,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

immeritae omnia lunae,

Prop. 4, 4, 23.—

The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes:

felix... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,

Juv. 7, 191:

patricia,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula. —

The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.—

Personified: Lūna, the Moon-goddess:

Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.;

Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,

Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.

Lūna, ae, f., a city of Etruria, now Luni, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Liv. 39, 21, 5; 43, 11; Mart. 13, 30, 1; Sil. 8, 482.— Hence,

Lūnensis or Lūniensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Luna:

caseus Luniensis, remarkable for its size,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241; Mart. 13, 30 in lemm.:

marmor,

the modern marble of Carrara, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

silex,

id. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

ara,

an altar of marble of Luna, Suet. Ner. 50. — Plur. subst.: Lūnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Luna, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

lūna, ae ( gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. [contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo], the moon.

Lit.:

dimidiata,

Cato, R. R. 37:

extrema et prima,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37:

solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

cum luna laboret,

is eclipsed, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

lunae defectus,

Liv. 26, 5:

lunae defectio,

Quint. 1, 10, 47:

siderum regina bicornis,

Hor. C. S. 35:

aurea,

Ov. M. 10, 448:

nivea,

id. ib. 14, 367:

minor,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 31:

dimidia,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323:

plena,

id. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

nova,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

intermenstrua,

id. 18, 32, 75, § 322:

lunae senium,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

lunae coitus,

id. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

crescens,

Col. 2, 15:

decrescens,

id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10:

laborans,

an eclipse of the moon, Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.—

Transf.

A month:

centesima revolvente se luna,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.—

A night:

roscida,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

immeritae omnia lunae,

Prop. 4, 4, 23.—

The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes:

felix... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,

Juv. 7, 191:

patricia,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula. —

The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.—

Personified: Lūna, the Moon-goddess:

Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.;

Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,

Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.

Lūna, ae, f., a city of Etruria, now Luni, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Liv. 39, 21, 5; 43, 11; Mart. 13, 30, 1; Sil. 8, 482.— Hence,

Lūnensis or Lūniensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Luna:

caseus Luniensis, remarkable for its size,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241; Mart. 13, 30 in lemm.:

marmor,

the modern marble of Carrara, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

silex,

id. 36, 18, 29, § 135:

ara,

an altar of marble of Luna, Suet. Ner. 50. — Plur. subst.: Lūnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Luna, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

lōrum, i ( lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. [for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eulêra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo], a thong.

Lit.:

vincire vis? en ostendo manus: tu habes lora,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 18: vis subigit verum fateri;

ita lora laedunt brachia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 9; Liv. 9, 10:

celsa lorum cervice ferentem,

a leash, Grat. Cyn. 213; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

sella loris intenta,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

arcano sacra ferens nutantia loro,

Juv. 2, 125.—

In gen., leather:

signum de paupere loro,

Juv. 5, 165.—

Transf., plur.: lōra, the reins of a bridle:

loris ducere equos,

Liv. 35, 34:

lora dare,

to give the reins to the horses, slacken the reins, Verg. G. 3, 107:

lora tende,

draw the reins tight, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

fortius uti loris,

id. M. 2, 127:

lora remisit,

id. ib. 2, 200:

Automedon lora tenebat,

Juv. 1, 61.—

A whip, lash, scourge:

quin loris caedite, si lubet,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 42; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12:

loris uri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

loris caedere aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8; Quint. 5, 10, 88:

loris rumpere aliquem,

Dig. 47, 10, 15; Juv. 6, 414.—

The girdle of Venus:

dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro,

Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

The leathern bulla, worn by children of the poorer class, Juv. 5, 165; v. bulla.—

= membrum virile, Petr. 13; Mart. 7, 58, 3; 10, 55, 5.—

A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—

Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.

lōrum, i ( lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. [for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eulêra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo], a thong.

Lit.:

vincire vis? en ostendo manus: tu habes lora,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 18: vis subigit verum fateri;

ita lora laedunt brachia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 9; Liv. 9, 10:

celsa lorum cervice ferentem,

a leash, Grat. Cyn. 213; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

sella loris intenta,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

arcano sacra ferens nutantia loro,

Juv. 2, 125.—

In gen., leather:

signum de paupere loro,

Juv. 5, 165.—

Transf., plur.: lōra, the reins of a bridle:

loris ducere equos,

Liv. 35, 34:

lora dare,

to give the reins to the horses, slacken the reins, Verg. G. 3, 107:

lora tende,

draw the reins tight, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

fortius uti loris,

id. M. 2, 127:

lora remisit,

id. ib. 2, 200:

Automedon lora tenebat,

Juv. 1, 61.—

A whip, lash, scourge:

quin loris caedite, si lubet,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 42; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12:

loris uri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

loris caedere aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8; Quint. 5, 10, 88:

loris rumpere aliquem,

Dig. 47, 10, 15; Juv. 6, 414.—

The girdle of Venus:

dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro,

Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

The leathern bulla, worn by children of the poorer class, Juv. 5, 165; v. bulla.—

= membrum virile, Petr. 13; Mart. 7, 58, 3; 10, 55, 5.—

A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—

Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.

glandŭlae, ārum, f. dim. [id.; lit., a little acorn; hence, transf.].

The glands of the throat, called also tonsillae:

in ipsis cervicibus glandulae positae sunt, quae interdum cum dolore intumescunt,

Cels. 4, 1. —

Swollen glands in the neck, enlarged tonsils, Cels. 2, 1 fin.; 8, 4.—

I. q. glandium, the neck-piece, delicate bits, esp. of pork, Mart. 3, 82, 21; 7, 20, 4; Apic. 4, 1, § 117.

pălĕar, āris, n. [id.], the skin that hangs down from the neck of an ox, the dew-lap: Sen. Hippol. 1041.—

Plur.:

a collo palearibus demissis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

palearia pendula,

Ov. M. 2, 854; 7, 117:

a mento palearia pendent,

Verg. G. 3, 53; Col. 6, 1, 3; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 179; Stat. Th. 3, 332.—

Transf., the throat:

revocat palearibus herbas,

Calp. Ecl. 3, 17.

singultus, ūs, m. [singuli, and hence, an uttering of single sounds].

Lit., a sobbing, speech interrupted by sobs (class.); sing.:

multas lacrimas et fletum cum singultu videre potuisti,

Cic. Planc. 31, 76; Lucr. 6, 1160; Ov. M. 11, 420; id. Tr. 1, 3, 42; Tac. H. 3, 10 al.— Plur., Cat. 64, 131; Ov. M. 6, 509; Hor. C. 3, 27, 74.—As a disease, hiccups, Sen. Ep. 47, 3; Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 189; 21, 18, 72, § 120; 23, 1, 27, § 54 al.—

Transf., a rattling in the throat of dying persons, Verg. A. 9, 415; id. G. 3, 507; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11, 4.—Of the clucking of a hen, Col. 8, 5, 3; 8, 11, 15; Pall. 1, 28, 6.—Of the croaking of a raven, Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362.—Of the gurgling of water, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 6.

tonsilla ( tosilla), ae, f.

A sharppointed pole which was stuck in the ground to fasten vessels to the shore, Pac. and Att. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll. (Pac. Trag. Fragm. v. 218; Att. Trag. Fragm. v. 517 Rib.). —

In plur.: tonsillae, ārum, f., the tonsils in the throat, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Cels. 6, 10; 7, 12, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.