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  • 1 rūpēs

        rūpēs is, f    [RAP-], a rock, cliff: ex magnis rupibus nactus planitiem, Cs.: inter saxa rupesque, L.: ex rupe Tarpeiā, L.: aëria, V.: cavae, caverns, V.: rupes, quae prodit in aequor, cliff, V.
    * * *
    cliff; rock

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  • 2 scopulus

        scopulus ī, m, σκόπελοσ, a projecting point of rock, rock, cliff, crag, shelf, ledge: pars (remigum) ad scopulos adlisa, Cs.: detrudunt navīs scopulo, V.: Imminet aequoribus scopulus, O.: Qui vidit Infamīs scopulos Acroceraunia, promontory, H.: scopuli ruina, i. e. fallen roof (of the cave of Cacus), V.: Mavortis, the Areopagus, O.: His inmobilior scopulis, harder to move, O.: scopulis surdior, H.—Fig., a rock, cliff, ledge, stumbling-block, danger, difficulty: cum neque Musarum scopulos quisquam superarat: qui te ad scopulum e tranquillo auferat, T.: (Piso et Gabinius) geminae voragines scopulique rei p.
    * * *
    rock, boulder

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  • 3 cautēs

        cautēs is, or    (in plur.)
    * * *
    rough pointed/detached rock, loose stone; rocks (pl.), cliff, crag; reef

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  • 4 cōtēs

        cōtēs f    [1 CA-], a pointed rock, crag: obnoxia ventis, Tb.: saxa et cautes timere, Cs.: durae, V.: scrupulosae cotes: durae, V.: inviae, Cu.
    * * *
    rough pointed/detached rock, loose stone; rocks (pl.), cliff, crag; reef

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  • 5 cōtēs

        cōtēs ium, f, see cautēs.
    * * *
    rough pointed/detached rock, loose stone; rocks (pl.), cliff, crag; reef

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  • 6 dorsum

        dorsum ī, n, or (old) dorsus, ī, m     the back (of a beast of burden): Impositi dorso, on horseback, V.: gravius dorso onus, H.: tauri, O.—A back, ridge: dorsum esse eius iugi aequum... silvestrem, Cs.: in dorso (montis) urbs, L.: praerupti nemoris, slope, H.: speluncae, i. e. rock, V.: Saxa... Dorsum inmane, cliff, V.: duplici aptantur dentalia dorso, projecting irons, V.
    * * *
    I
    down, downwards, beneath, below; (motion/direction/order); in lower situation
    II
    back, range, ridge; slope of a hill

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  • 7 mōlēs

        mōlēs is, f    [1 MAC-], a shapeless mass, huge bulk, weight, pile, load: rudis indigestaque, O.: ingenti mole Chimaera, V.: taurus ipsā mole piger, Iu.: tantas moles tollere, seas, V.: in mole sedens, cliff, O.: magna unius exercitus, L.: Nemeaea, i. e. the lion, O.— A massive structure, pile, dam, pier, mole, foundation: moles atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris iaciebat, Cs.: moles oppositae fluctibus: exstructa moles opere magnifico, monument: insanae substructionum moles, enormous piles: molem aggeris ultra venire, Iu.— A battering-ram, munitions of war: oppugnat molibus urbem, V.: belli, Ta.—Fig., greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity: pugnae, L.: curarum, Ta.: mali: Vis consili expers mole ruit suā, H.: densā ad muros mole feruntur, a vast throng, V.: ingens rerum, fabric, O.— Difficulty, labor, trouble: transveham naves haud magnā mole, without great difficulty, L.: Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so much labor did it cost, V.: quantā mole parentur Insidiae, O.
    * * *
    mass (huge); bulk; monster; massive structure; difficulty, trouble, danger

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  • 8 pūmex

        pūmex icis, m (once f, Ct.), a pumice-stone: liber pumice mundus, polished, H.: geminae poliantur pumice frontes (libelli), O., Ct.: pumice crura terere (to smooth the skin), O.—A rock with cavities, porous rock, hollowed cliff, lava bed: latebroso in pumice nidi, O.: cavi, V.: Quae oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare, H.
    * * *
    pumice stone, similar volcanic rock; (esp. used to polish books/depilatory)

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  • 9 cautis

    rough pointed/detached rock, loose stone; rocks (pl.), cliff, crag; reef

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  • 10 dorsum

    dorsum, i, n. ( masc. dorsus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 44; quoted ap. Non. 203, 6) [cf. Gr. deirê, derê, neck], the back (in class. prose, only of beasts of burden; poet. and later also of men; cf.: tergum, tergus).
    I.
    Prop., Plaut. l. l.; id. Ep. 1, 1, 85; id. Trin. 3, 2, 93; Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; Verg. G. 3, 116; Hor. S. 1, 9, 21.—Prov.:

    dorsus prurit,

    i. e. I begin to take, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 44.—
    II.
    Transf., of things analogous in form or position: jugi, i. e. the ridge, summit of a hill, * Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Liv. 44, 4:

    montis,

    id. 1, 3; 41, 18; Tac. A. 4, 47:

    Apennini,

    Suet. Caes. 44:

    praerupti nemoris,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 91; cf.

    nemoris,

    Verg. G. 3, 436:

    speluncae,

    i. e. the rock, id. A. 8, 234; cf. of a cliff, id. ib. 1, 110; 10, 303 Serv.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17; 9, 7, 4:

    viae,

    the raised part of it, Stat. S. 4, 3, 44:

    duplex dentalium,

    the projecting irons, Verg. G. 1, 172.

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  • 11 dorsus

    dorsum, i, n. ( masc. dorsus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 44; quoted ap. Non. 203, 6) [cf. Gr. deirê, derê, neck], the back (in class. prose, only of beasts of burden; poet. and later also of men; cf.: tergum, tergus).
    I.
    Prop., Plaut. l. l.; id. Ep. 1, 1, 85; id. Trin. 3, 2, 93; Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; Verg. G. 3, 116; Hor. S. 1, 9, 21.—Prov.:

    dorsus prurit,

    i. e. I begin to take, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 44.—
    II.
    Transf., of things analogous in form or position: jugi, i. e. the ridge, summit of a hill, * Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Liv. 44, 4:

    montis,

    id. 1, 3; 41, 18; Tac. A. 4, 47:

    Apennini,

    Suet. Caes. 44:

    praerupti nemoris,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 91; cf.

    nemoris,

    Verg. G. 3, 436:

    speluncae,

    i. e. the rock, id. A. 8, 234; cf. of a cliff, id. ib. 1, 110; 10, 303 Serv.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17; 9, 7, 4:

    viae,

    the raised part of it, Stat. S. 4, 3, 44:

    duplex dentalium,

    the projecting irons, Verg. G. 1, 172.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dorsus

  • 12 moles

    mōles, is, f. [prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. mochthos, mogein, mogis; cf.: mochlos, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe], a shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet.):

    Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles,

    Ov. M. 1, 7:

    vastā se mole moventem Pastorem Polyphemum,

    Verg. A. 3, 656:

    taurus et ipsa mole piger,

    Juv. 12, 12:

    stetit aequore moles Pinea,

    i. e. a fleet of large ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 19.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock:

    in mole sedens,

    Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.—
    2.
    A mass or pile of waves:

    venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,

    Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.—
    3.
    A huge, massive structure, esp. of stone; a dam, pier, mole; a foundation, etc. (freq. and class.):

    molem atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris jaciebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    moles, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

    aditus insulae muniti mirificis molibus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    exstructa moles opere magnifico, incisaeque litterae, virtutis testes sempiternae,

    a monument, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

    moles propinqua nubibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 10:

    insanae substructionum moles,

    huge buildings, piles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85; Hor. C. 3, 1, 34:

    sepulcri moles,

    i. e. a tomb, Luc. 8, 865:

    molem aggeris ultra venire,

    Juv. 16, 26.—
    4.
    A huge engine or machine, used at sieges:

    velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,

    Verg. A. 5, 439.—
    5.
    Warlike apparatus, munitions of war:

    belli,

    Tac. H. 1, 61:

    non alias majore mole concursum,

    with a greater mass, id. A. 2, 46.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity, heap:

    moles pugnae,

    Liv. 26, 6:

    molem invidiae austinere,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; cf.:

    moles mali,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 17: vis consili expers mole ruit suā, Hor. [p. 1158] C. 3, 4, 65:

    rerum,

    Suet. Aug. 84:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 15, 52:

    Herculea,

    Sil. 12, 143:

    densā ad muros mole feruntur,

    a vast crowd, immense body, Verg. A. 12, 575:

    curarum,

    multitude, crowd, Tac. A. 12, 66:

    tantae corporum moles in fugam consternati sunt,

    Liv. 38, 46, 4.—
    B.
    Difficulty, labor, trouble:

    transveham naves haud magnā mole,

    without great difficulty, Liv. 25, 11:

    tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem,

    so much labor did it cost, Verg. A. 1, 33:

    Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum, quam, etc.,

    Tac. A. 13, 35.

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  • 13 rupes

    rūpes, is (collat. form rūpa, ae, App. M. 6, p. 72 Hildebr. min.; cf. Gloss. Isid. p. 693),f. [rumpo], a rock:

    ex magnis rupibus nactus planitiem,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70:

    cum (oppidum) ex omnibus in circuitu partibus altissimas rupes despectusque haberet,

    id. B. G. 2, 29; cf. Liv. 32, 4;

    and with this cf.: inter saxa rupesque,

    id. 21, 40:

    ex rupe Tarpeiā,

    id. 7, 10:

    Parnasia,

    Verg. E. 6, 29:

    aëria,

    id. G. 4, 508:

    ardua,

    Ov. F. 5, 293; id. P. 1, 8, 51:

    cavae,

    caverns, grottos, Verg. G. 3, 253; so,

    ima (Sibyllae),

    id. A. 3, 443.—Of a cliff, Verg. A. 10, 693; Luc. 5, 514; Val. Fl. 3, 108; 4, 637; cf.:

    personantibus et respondentibus inter se rupibus,

    Just. 24, 6, 8.

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  • 14 saxum

    saxum (in inscrr. also SAKSVM; from collat. form saxus;

    a vocative SAXE,

    Inscr. Orell. 2982), i, n. [root sak-; Sanscr. ska; cf. secare], any large, rough stone; a detached fragment of rock; a rock (in gen.; whereas rupes is a steep rock, crag, cliff).
    I.
    In gen., Lucr. 4, 266 sq.; cf. id. 1, 882:

    non est e saxo sculptus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: pars ludicre saxa Jactant, inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 13 (Ann. v. 76 Vahl.):

    (Sisyphum) adverso nixantem trudere monte Saxum, etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 1001:

    miser impendens magnum timet aëre saxum Tantalus,

    id. 3, 980: saxo cere comminuit brum, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 412 (Ann. v. 586 Vahl.); cf.:

    si glebis aut saxis aut fustibus aliquem de fundo praecipitem egeris,

    Cic. Caecin.21,60:

    magni ponderis saxa, in muro collocare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 29; cf. id. ib. 7, 22 fin.; 7, 23; 7, 46: (Thyestes) summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 Vahl.); cf.:

    aspicite religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis (Prometheum), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23: speluncas saxis pendentibu' structas,

    Lucr. 6, 195; cf.

    , of the cave of Cacus: jam primum saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,

    Verg. A. 8, 190:

    tot congesta manu praeruptis oppida saxis,

    id. G. 2, 156:

    inter saxa rupesque,

    Liv. 21, 40: saxa spargens tabo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.):

    vesco sale saxa peresa,

    Lucr. 1, 326:

    nec turbida ponti Aequora fligebant naves ad saxa,

    id. 5, 1001:

    si ad saxum quo capessit,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89 et saep.:

    lapis non saxum est,

    Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 169.—In apposition:

    in saxis silicibus uberiores aquae sunt,

    in limestone rocks, Vitr. 8, 1.—
    2.
    Prov.
    a.
    Saxum volvere, i. e. to strive or endeavor in vain (alluding to the stone of Sisyphus):

    satis diu hoc jam saxum volvo,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—
    b.
    Inter sacrum saxumque stare; v. sacrum, A. 2. b.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    For Saxum Tarpejum (cf. Fest. p. 343 Müll. and v. Tarpejus, II.), the Tarpeian Rock:

    horribilis de saxo jactus,

    Lucr. 3, 1016; Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; Cic. Att. 14, 16, 2; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Tac. A. 2, 32; 4, 29; Dig. 48, 19, 25; v. Tarpeius.—
    B.
    Saxum sacrum, the sacred rock on the Aventine, at which Remus consulted the auspices, Cic. Dom. 53, 136;

    called saxum alone,

    Ov. F. 5, 150.—
    C.
    A superior kind of Cimolian chalk (creta Cimolia), Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 196.—
    D.
    Saxa Rubra; v. ruber, II. B.—
    III.
    Transf.
    1.
    Plur.: saxa, stony ground, rocky places:

    mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis,

    Verg. G. 2, 522:

    Ligurum,

    Mart. 3, 82, 22.—
    2.
    A stone wall:

    Romulus saxo lucum circumdedit alto,

    Ov. F. 3, 431.—
    3.
    The strong foundation of a building:

    Capitolium quadrato saxo substructum,

    Liv. 6, 4, 12.

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  • 15 scopulus

    scŏpŭlus, i, m., = skopelos, a projecting point of rock; a rock, cliff, crag, esp. a rock, shelf, ledge in the sea.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.; not in Cic., but v. infra, II.; cf.:

    rupes, cautes), in the sea: ut pars (remigum) ad scopulos allisa interficeretur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 13; Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; Verg. G. 3, 261; id. A. 1, 145; 5, 270; Ov. M. 4, 524; 9, 592:

    frequentes,

    Juv. 13, 246:

    vomentes aequor,

    Luc. 6, 24:

    immanes,

    Ov. M. 14, 182; cf.

    of a promontory,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 20; Ov. F. 4, 419:

    scopuli errantes, of the Symplegades,

    Val. Fl. 3, 621; 4, 681.—On land:

    scopuli rupesque cavae,

    Verg. G. 3, 253; id. A. 4, 445; 12, 531; Sil. 10, 263; Stat. Th. 7, 665; Val. Fl. 6, 632;

    of the cavern of Cacus,

    Verg. A. 8, 192:

    scopulus Mavortis, of the Areopagus,

    Ov. M. 6, 70:

    his inmobilior scopulis, of a man hard to move,

    id. ib. 13, 801:

    scopulis surdior,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; cf.:

    ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,

    Ov. M. 7, 33:

    natus es e scopulis,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., a rock, = a difficulty, danger, harm, evil, etc. (freq. in Cic.; also commended by him as a figure): cum neque Musarum scopulos quisquam superarat, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 223 Vahl.):

    qui te ad scopulum e tranquillo inferat,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:

    Syrtim patrimonii scopulum libentius dixerim,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 163:

    nec tuas umquam rationes ad eos scopulos, appulisses, ad quos Sex. Titii afflictam navem et in quibus C. Deciani naufragium fortunarum videres,

    id. Rab. Perd. 9, 25; id. de Or. 2, 37, 154; id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79:

    in scopulos vitae incidere,

    id. Consol. Fragm. 2, p. 489 Orell.:

    (Piso et Gabinius) geminae voragines scopulique rei publicae,

    id. Pis. 18, 41; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1:

    (Pompeius) Ille tremor Ponti et piratarum scopulus, Petr. poët. 123, 240: commeatum publicum in scopulos annonae impingere,

    Quint. Decl. 12, 22:

    cujus tribunal scopulus reorum dicebatur,

    Val. Max. 3, 7, 9:

    e scopulo cadere,

    to be ruined, Amm. 30, 5, 10.

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  • 16 Hirundinea ferruginea

    ENG Cliff flycatcher

    Animal Names Latin to English > Hirundinea ferruginea

  • 17 Hirundo pyrrhonota

    ENG cliff swallow
    NLD Amerikaanse klipzwaluw

    Animal Names Latin to English > Hirundo pyrrhonota

  • 18 Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris albiscapulata

    ENG Abyssinian cliff-chat

    Animal Names Latin to English > Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris albiscapulata

  • 19 Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris bambarae

    ENG Bambara Cliff-Chat

    Animal Names Latin to English > Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris bambarae

  • 20 Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

    ENG Mocking Cliff-Chat

    Animal Names Latin to English > Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

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