causing

incendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], causing a conflagration, setting on fire, fire-.

Adj.:

avis,

fire-bird, Plin. 10, 13, 17, § 36:

oleum,

Veg. Mil. 4, 8; 18:

tela,

Amm. 20, 11. —

Subst.: incendĭārĭus, ii, m., an incendiary, Tac. A. 15, 67; Suet. Vit. 17:

incendiarii, qui consulto incendium inferunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 6.

in-fēlix, īcis, adj., unfruitful, not fertile:

vulgus infelicem arborem eam appellat, quoniam nihil ferat, nec seratur unquam,

Plin. 24, 9, 41, § 68; cf. id. 16, 26, 45, § 108; hence, of the gallows, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

tellus frugibus,

Verg. G. 2, 239; cf. ib. 2, 314:

lolium,

id. E. 5, 37.—

Transf.

Unfortunate, unhappy, miserable (class.):

crux infelici et aerumnoso comparabatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162:

homo miserrimus atque infelicissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

patria,

Verg. A. 9, 786:

fama,

id. ib. 12, 608.—With gen.:

animi Phoenissa,

Verg. A. 4, 529:

fidei,

Sil. 12, 432:

ausi,

id. 9, 627.— Comp.:

infelicior domi quam militiae,

Liv. 5, 12, 1. — Sup.:

femina,

Quint. 8, 5, 21. —

Act., causing misfortune or calamity, unlucky, calamitous:

infelix rei publicae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

terra fingenti Prometheo,

Prop. 3, 5, 7:

thalamus,

Verg. A. 6, 521:

balteus,

id. ib. 12, 941:

vates,

prophetess of ill, id. ib. 3, 246:

erga plebem studium,

Liv. 3, 56, 9:

opera,

Quint. 10, 1, 7:

sollicitudo,

id. 12, 10, 77:

paupertas,

Juv. 3, 152 al. — Hence, adv.: infēlīcĭter, unhappily, unfortunately:

fit mihi obviam infeliciter,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 36:

tentata res,

Liv. 1, 45, 3:

totiens temptata arma,

id. 2, 35, 8.— Comp.:

infelicius,

Sen. Contr. 5, 33; Quint. 8, 6, 33. — Sup.: infelicissime, Aug. Civ. Dei, 12, 13.

inflābĭlis, e, adj. [inflo], that may be inflated (late Lat.):

viscus,

Lact. Opif. D. 11, 4.—

Puffing up, causing wind:

cibi,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 40, 233.

illātĭo ( inl-), ōnis, f. [infero], a carrying or bringing in (post-class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

mortui,

i. e. burying, interment, Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 3 al.: FERRI, Inscr. ap. Marin. Fratr. Arv. 43.—

In partic., an impost, duty:

auctae,

Cassiod. Var. 2, 16.—

Trop.

In gen.:

stupri,

i. e. a causing, committing, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 1. —

In partic., a logical inference, conclusion:

vel illativum rogamentum. quod ex acceptionibus colligitur et infertur,

App. Dogm. Plat. 3, pp. 34, 15.

irrĕquĭētus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inrequietus], unquiet, restless ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Enipeus,

Ov. M. 1, 579:

illa,

id. ib. 5, 443:

Charybdis,

id. ib. 13, 730:

agitatio,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 10, 6:

circuitus mundi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11; cf.:

ambitus (mundi),

id. 2, 3, 3, § 6.—

Transf., disquieting, causing unrest:

sors mea,

Ov. M. 2, 386:

bella,

id. Tr. 2, 236.

irrĕquĭētus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inrequietus], unquiet, restless ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Enipeus,

Ov. M. 1, 579:

illa,

id. ib. 5, 443:

Charybdis,

id. ib. 13, 730:

agitatio,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 10, 6:

circuitus mundi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11; cf.:

ambitus (mundi),

id. 2, 3, 3, § 6.—

Transf., disquieting, causing unrest:

sors mea,

Ov. M. 2, 386:

bella,

id. Tr. 2, 236.

lābĭlis, e, adj. [1. labor], (post-class. for caducus, infirmus, debilis).

Slipping, gliding, prone to slip or slide.

Lit.:

humus rivis operta sanguineis, gressus labiles evertebat,

Amm. 31, 13, 6; Arnob. 2, 59.—

Trop., fleeting, gliding, prone, transient, perishable:

in vitia labiles animae, Arnob. 2, 45: dulcedo,

id. 7, 4 init. —

Causing to slip, slippery:

limus,

Amm. 27, 10, 11:

humus,

id. 15, 10, 5.—Hence. lābĭlĭter, adv., waveringly, Aug. Gen. ad Litt. B. 3.

lābĭlis, e, adj. [1. labor], (post-class. for caducus, infirmus, debilis).

Slipping, gliding, prone to slip or slide.

Lit.:

humus rivis operta sanguineis, gressus labiles evertebat,

Amm. 31, 13, 6; Arnob. 2, 59.—

Trop., fleeting, gliding, prone, transient, perishable:

in vitia labiles animae, Arnob. 2, 45: dulcedo,

id. 7, 4 init. —

Causing to slip, slippery:

limus,

Amm. 27, 10, 11:

humus,

id. 15, 10, 5.—Hence. lābĭlĭter, adv., waveringly, Aug. Gen. ad Litt. B. 3.

lāmentābĭlis, e, adj. [lamentor], mournful, lamentable (class.).

Full of sorrow, expressing sorrow:

afflictus et jacens, et lamentabili voce deplorans,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 32:

carmen,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 1.—

Causing sorrow, deplorable:

funera sumptuosa et lamentabilia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 64:

regnum,

Verg. A. 2, 4:

tributum,

Ov. M. 8, 263.

luctŭōsus, a, um, adj. [luctus], full of sorrow.

Causing sorrow, sorrowful, lamentable, doleful, mournful:

o diem illum rei publicae luctuosum,

Cic. Sest. 12, 27:

fuit hoc luctuosum suis, acerbum patriae,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 8:

misera tempora et luctuosa,

id. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

luctuosum est tradi alteri luctuosius inimico,

id. Quint. 31, 95:

luctuosissimum exitium patriae,

id. Sull. 33, 11:

luctuosae preces,

id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

illud luctuosum, quod Julius Avitus decessit, dum ex praetura redit,

Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3.—

Feeling sorrow, sorrowful, sad:

Dii multa dederunt Hesperiae luctuosae mala,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 7.—Hence, adv.: luctŭōsē, dolefully, mournfully:

luctuose canere,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

illud autem quam luctuose ridiculum est,

Aug. de Op. Monach. 32, § 42.— Comp.:

imperatores vestri luctuosius nobis prope, quam vobis perierunt,

Liv. 28, 39, 6.

maestus ( moest-), a, um, adj. [maereo, q. v.], full of sadness, sad, sorrowful, afflicted, dejected, melancholy (class.).

Lit.:

quid vos maestos tam tristesque esse conspicor?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 18:

id misera maestast, sibi eorum evenisse inopiam,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 67; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

cum immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset, maestior Ulixes, etc.,

id. Or. 22, 74:

maestus ac sordidatus senex,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; id. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

maestus ac sollicitus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 3:

maestissimus Hector,

Verg. A. 2, 270.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

maesto et conturbato vultu,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27:

maesta ac lugentia castra,

Just. 18, 7:

maestam attonitamque videre urbem,

Juv. 11, 199:

maesta manus,

Ov. F. 4, 454:

horrida pro maestis lanietur pluma capillis,

id. Am. 2, 6, 5:

comae,

id. F. 4, 854:

collum,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 15:

timor,

Verg. A. 1, 202.— Poet., with inf.:

animam maestam teneri,

Stat. Th. 10. 775.—

Transf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Like tristis, gloomy, severe by nature:

ille neci maestum mittit Oniten,

Verg. A. 12, 514 (naturaliter tristem, severum, quem Graeci skuthrôpon dicunt agelaston, Serv.):

tacitā maestissimus irā,

Val. Fl. 5, 568:

oratores maesti et inculti,

gloomy, Tac. Or. 24.—

In gen., connected with mourning; containing, causing, or showing sadness; sad, unhappy, unlucky:

vestis,

a mourning garment, Prop. 3, 4 (4, 5), 13:

tubae,

id. 4 (5), 11, 9:

funera,

Ov. F. 6, 660; cf.:

ossa parentis Condidimus terrā maestasque sacravimus aras,

Verg. A. 5, 48:

a laevā maesta volavit avis,

the bird of ill omen, Ov. Ib. 128: venter, exhausted with hunger, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 33 (enectus fame, Non.).—Hence, adv., in two forms.

maestē, with sadness, saaly, sorrowfully:

maeste, hilariter,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24.—

maestĭter, in a way to indicate sorrow:

maestiter vestitae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 6.

mīrĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [mirus-facio], causing wonder or admiration, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, singular, strange (class.).

Of persons:

voramus litteras cum homine mirifico... Dionysio,

Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1:

homo in doctrinis mirificus,

Gell. 6, 15, 2.—

Of things:

turris mirificis operibus exstructa,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

pugnae,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1:

convicium,

id. ib. 1, 14, 5:

voluptas,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 3:

studium,

id. ib. 14, 3, 3:

mirificas gratias agere,

id. Att. 14, 13, 5:

sed te mirificam in latebram conjecisti,

id. Div. 2, 20, 47.— Sup., in two forms:

mirificissimum facinus,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 32: mirificentissima potentia, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 42 init. —Hence, adv.: mīrĭfĭcē, wonderfully, marvellously, extraordinarily, exceedingly (class.):

delectari,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

dolere,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

diligere,

id. N. D. 1, 21, 58:

laudare,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 3:

prodesse,

Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 97.

maestus ( moest-), a, um, adj. [maereo, q. v.], full of sadness, sad, sorrowful, afflicted, dejected, melancholy (class.).

Lit.:

quid vos maestos tam tristesque esse conspicor?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 18:

id misera maestast, sibi eorum evenisse inopiam,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 67; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

cum immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset, maestior Ulixes, etc.,

id. Or. 22, 74:

maestus ac sordidatus senex,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; id. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

maestus ac sollicitus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 3:

maestissimus Hector,

Verg. A. 2, 270.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

maesto et conturbato vultu,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27:

maesta ac lugentia castra,

Just. 18, 7:

maestam attonitamque videre urbem,

Juv. 11, 199:

maesta manus,

Ov. F. 4, 454:

horrida pro maestis lanietur pluma capillis,

id. Am. 2, 6, 5:

comae,

id. F. 4, 854:

collum,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 15:

timor,

Verg. A. 1, 202.— Poet., with inf.:

animam maestam teneri,

Stat. Th. 10. 775.—

Transf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Like tristis, gloomy, severe by nature:

ille neci maestum mittit Oniten,

Verg. A. 12, 514 (naturaliter tristem, severum, quem Graeci skuthrôpon dicunt agelaston, Serv.):

tacitā maestissimus irā,

Val. Fl. 5, 568:

oratores maesti et inculti,

gloomy, Tac. Or. 24.—

In gen., connected with mourning; containing, causing, or showing sadness; sad, unhappy, unlucky:

vestis,

a mourning garment, Prop. 3, 4 (4, 5), 13:

tubae,

id. 4 (5), 11, 9:

funera,

Ov. F. 6, 660; cf.:

ossa parentis Condidimus terrā maestasque sacravimus aras,

Verg. A. 5, 48:

a laevā maesta volavit avis,

the bird of ill omen, Ov. Ib. 128: venter, exhausted with hunger, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 33 (enectus fame, Non.).—Hence, adv., in two forms.

maestē, with sadness, saaly, sorrowfully:

maeste, hilariter,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24.—

maestĭter, in a way to indicate sorrow:

maestiter vestitae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 6.

mŏrĭbundus, a, um, adj. [morior].

Dying (class.):

minus valet, moribundus est,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 15:

jacentem moribundumque vidistis,

Cic. Sest. 39, 85:

moribundus procubuit,

Liv. 26, 15:

anima,

Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 3.— Transf.:

vox,

Stat. Th. 8, 643:

membra,

mortal, Verg. A. 6, 732; App. de Deo Soc. 4, p. 43 fin.:

corpus,

id. Mag. 50, p. 306.—

Act., causing death, i. e. deadly, unwholesome ( poet.):

moribunda a sede Pisauri,

Cat. 81, 3.

nĭger, gra, grum ( gen. fem. nigraï, Lucr. 4, 537; comp. nigrior, Ov. H. 18, 7), adj., black, sable, dark, dusky (cf.: ater, pullus).

Lit.:

quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses,

Verg. E. 2, 16:

hederae nigrae,

id. G. 2, 258:

silvae (= umbrosae),

Hor. C. 1, 21, 7:

frons,

id. ib. 4, 4, 58:

collis,

id. ib. 4, 12, 11:

lucus,

Ov. F. 3, 295 (for which atrum nemus, Verg. A. 1, 165):

caelum pice nigrius,

Ov. H. 18, 7:

nigerrimus Auster,

i. e. causing darkness, Verg. G. 3, 278; so,

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 7:

Eurus,

id. Epod. 10, 5:

nigros efferre maritos,

i. e. killed by poison, Juv. 1, 71; cf.:

pocula nigra,

poisoned, Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10).—Prov.: facere candida de nigris;

nigra in candida vertere,

to turn black into white, Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315.— Subst.: nĭgrum, i, n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.—

Trop.

Of or pertaining to death:

nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),

of the funeral pile, Hor. C. 4, 12, 26:

hora,

Tib. 3, 5, 5:

dies,

the day of death, Prop. 2 (3), 19, 19:

Juppiter niger,

i. e. Pluto, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1705.—

Sad, mournful:

domus,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 18; Val. Fl. 3, 404.—

Unlucky, ill-omened: huncine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? Hor. S. 1, 9, 72; Prop. 2, 21, 38 (3, 25, 4): lapis, the spot in the Comitium where Romulus or one of his adherents was slain, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.—

Of character, black, bad, wicked:

Phormio, nec minus niger, nec minus confidens, quam ille Terentianus est Phormio,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 27:

hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 85.

Nĭger, gri, m., a Roman surname:

Aquilius Niger,

Suet. Aug. 11.

Nĭger, gris, m., a river in Africa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 673; v. Nigris.

nĭger, gra, grum ( gen. fem. nigraï, Lucr. 4, 537; comp. nigrior, Ov. H. 18, 7), adj., black, sable, dark, dusky (cf.: ater, pullus).

Lit.:

quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses,

Verg. E. 2, 16:

hederae nigrae,

id. G. 2, 258:

silvae (= umbrosae),

Hor. C. 1, 21, 7:

frons,

id. ib. 4, 4, 58:

collis,

id. ib. 4, 12, 11:

lucus,

Ov. F. 3, 295 (for which atrum nemus, Verg. A. 1, 165):

caelum pice nigrius,

Ov. H. 18, 7:

nigerrimus Auster,

i. e. causing darkness, Verg. G. 3, 278; so,

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 7:

Eurus,

id. Epod. 10, 5:

nigros efferre maritos,

i. e. killed by poison, Juv. 1, 71; cf.:

pocula nigra,

poisoned, Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10).—Prov.: facere candida de nigris;

nigra in candida vertere,

to turn black into white, Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315.— Subst.: nĭgrum, i, n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.—

Trop.

Of or pertaining to death:

nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),

of the funeral pile, Hor. C. 4, 12, 26:

hora,

Tib. 3, 5, 5:

dies,

the day of death, Prop. 2 (3), 19, 19:

Juppiter niger,

i. e. Pluto, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1705.—

Sad, mournful:

domus,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 18; Val. Fl. 3, 404.—

Unlucky, ill-omened: huncine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? Hor. S. 1, 9, 72; Prop. 2, 21, 38 (3, 25, 4): lapis, the spot in the Comitium where Romulus or one of his adherents was slain, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.—

Of character, black, bad, wicked:

Phormio, nec minus niger, nec minus confidens, quam ille Terentianus est Phormio,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 27:

hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 85.

Nĭger, gri, m., a Roman surname:

Aquilius Niger,

Suet. Aug. 11.

Nĭger, gris, m., a river in Africa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 673; v. Nigris.