dark-red

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ferrūgĭnĕus ( ferrūgĭnus, Lucr. 4, 76), a, um, adj. [id.].

Of color, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red, dusky, ferruginous:

palliolum habeas ferrugineum, nam is colos thalassicust,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43:

vela lutea, russa, ferrugina,

Lucr. 4, 76:

cymba,

Verg. A. 6, 303 (= kuaneê, for which:

caerulea puppis,

id. ib. 6, 410):

hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 183:

frons anguis,

Stat. Th. 1, 600:

nemus (inferorum),

id. ib. 2, 13; cf.:

amictus Plutonis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 275.—

Of taste, like iron, ferruginous:

sapor fontis,

Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12.

tĕnē̆brae, ārum (collat. form tĕnē̆bra, ae, Lampr. Commod. 16; App. M. 5, p. 167, 25), f. [akin to Sanscr. tamisra, dark; cf. timere], darkness (stronger than obscuritas, and weaker than caligo; freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

veluti pueri omnia caecis In tenebris metuant,

Lucr. 2, 56:

tempestas atque tenebrae Coperiunt maria ac terras,

id. 6, 491:

cum obscurato sole tenebrae factae essent repente,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:

nos tenebras cogitemus tantas, quantae, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

tetrae tenebrae et caligo,

id. Agr. 2, 17, 44;

v. caligo: tenebras et solitudinem nacti,

id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (Tulliani) facies est,

Sall. C. 55, 4:

ipsis noctis tenebris,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae,

Verg. G. 1, 248:

neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus,

Ov. M. 2, 395:

tacitae,

Sen. Med. 114. —

In partic.

The darkness of night, night:

redire luce, non tenebris,

Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

classem in statione usque ad noctem tenuit: primis tenebris movit,

Liv. 31, 23, 4:

somnus qui faciat breves tenebras,

Mart. 10, 47, 11:

tenebris,

during the night, Tib. 1, 6, 59; 2, 1, 76; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 10:

tenebris obortis,

Nep. Eum. 9, 5:

per tenebras,

Luc. 2, 686:

(me) videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,

Ov. M. 7, 703:

effulget tenebris Aurora fugatis,

id. ib. 2, 144.—

The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:

tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inedia succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; Verg. A. 11, 824; Ov. M. 2, 181; 12, 136; id. Tr. 1, 3, 91; id. H. 13, 23; Luc. 3, 735; Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41.—

The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):

juro, Me tibi ad extremas mansuram tenebras,

Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 17; cf.:

(urbes) ad Erebi profundos hiatus abactae, aeternis tenebris occultantur,

Amm. 17, 7, 13; cf. also in a play upon this signif. and that of B. 1.: certum'st mihi ante tenebras (i. e. noctem) tenebras (i. e. mortem) persequi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 88.—

Blindness ( poet. and very rare):

occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,

Lucr. 3, 415:

tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,

Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —

Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.

A dark bathing-place:

Grylli,

Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—

A prison, dungeon:

clausi in tenebris, cum maerore et luctu morte graviorem vitam exigunt,

Sall. J. 14, 15: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3. —

Lurking-places, haunts:

emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,

Cat. 55, 2.—

Dark or poor lodgings:

quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum,

Juv. 3, 225. —

The infernal regions:

tenebrae malae Orci,

Cat. 3, 13:

infernae,

Verg. A. 7, 325; Hor. C. 4, 7, 25:

Stygiae,

Verg. G. 3, 551:

quid Styga, quid tenebras timetis?

Ov. M. 15, 154.—

Trop., darkness, gloom, obscurity of the mind, of fame, of fortune, fate, etc. (class.):

isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

obducere tenebras rebus clarissimis,

id. ib. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,

Quint. 10, 1, 72: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? what darkness are you raising about me? i. e. what trick are you playing me? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

tenebras dispulit calumniae,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 42:

quae jacerent omnia in tenebris, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,

obscurity, concealment, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

vestram familiam abjectam et obscuram e tenebris in lucem evocavit,

id. Deiot. 11, 30; cf.: o tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes (Piso)! obscurity, i. e. low birth, baseness, id. Pis. 26, 62; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: vitae, gloomy fate or fortunes, Lucr. 2, 15:

qui tibi aestus, qui error, qui tenebrae erunt,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

in illis rei publicae tenebris caecisque nubibus et procellis,

id. Dom. 10, 24:

ex superioris anni caligine et tenebris lucem in re publicā dispicere,

id. Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

si quid tenebrarum offudit exilium,

id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris omniaque miscebant,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91.

tĕnē̆brae, ārum (collat. form tĕnē̆bra, ae, Lampr. Commod. 16; App. M. 5, p. 167, 25), f. [akin to Sanscr. tamisra, dark; cf. timere], darkness (stronger than obscuritas, and weaker than caligo; freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

veluti pueri omnia caecis In tenebris metuant,

Lucr. 2, 56:

tempestas atque tenebrae Coperiunt maria ac terras,

id. 6, 491:

cum obscurato sole tenebrae factae essent repente,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:

nos tenebras cogitemus tantas, quantae, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

tetrae tenebrae et caligo,

id. Agr. 2, 17, 44;

v. caligo: tenebras et solitudinem nacti,

id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (Tulliani) facies est,

Sall. C. 55, 4:

ipsis noctis tenebris,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae,

Verg. G. 1, 248:

neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus,

Ov. M. 2, 395:

tacitae,

Sen. Med. 114. —

In partic.

The darkness of night, night:

redire luce, non tenebris,

Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

classem in statione usque ad noctem tenuit: primis tenebris movit,

Liv. 31, 23, 4:

somnus qui faciat breves tenebras,

Mart. 10, 47, 11:

tenebris,

during the night, Tib. 1, 6, 59; 2, 1, 76; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 10:

tenebris obortis,

Nep. Eum. 9, 5:

per tenebras,

Luc. 2, 686:

(me) videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,

Ov. M. 7, 703:

effulget tenebris Aurora fugatis,

id. ib. 2, 144.—

The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:

tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inedia succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; Verg. A. 11, 824; Ov. M. 2, 181; 12, 136; id. Tr. 1, 3, 91; id. H. 13, 23; Luc. 3, 735; Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41.—

The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):

juro, Me tibi ad extremas mansuram tenebras,

Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 17; cf.:

(urbes) ad Erebi profundos hiatus abactae, aeternis tenebris occultantur,

Amm. 17, 7, 13; cf. also in a play upon this signif. and that of B. 1.: certum'st mihi ante tenebras (i. e. noctem) tenebras (i. e. mortem) persequi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 88.—

Blindness ( poet. and very rare):

occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,

Lucr. 3, 415:

tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,

Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —

Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.

A dark bathing-place:

Grylli,

Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—

A prison, dungeon:

clausi in tenebris, cum maerore et luctu morte graviorem vitam exigunt,

Sall. J. 14, 15: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3. —

Lurking-places, haunts:

emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,

Cat. 55, 2.—

Dark or poor lodgings:

quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum,

Juv. 3, 225. —

The infernal regions:

tenebrae malae Orci,

Cat. 3, 13:

infernae,

Verg. A. 7, 325; Hor. C. 4, 7, 25:

Stygiae,

Verg. G. 3, 551:

quid Styga, quid tenebras timetis?

Ov. M. 15, 154.—

Trop., darkness, gloom, obscurity of the mind, of fame, of fortune, fate, etc. (class.):

isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

obducere tenebras rebus clarissimis,

id. ib. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,

Quint. 10, 1, 72: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? what darkness are you raising about me? i. e. what trick are you playing me? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

tenebras dispulit calumniae,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 42:

quae jacerent omnia in tenebris, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,

obscurity, concealment, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

vestram familiam abjectam et obscuram e tenebris in lucem evocavit,

id. Deiot. 11, 30; cf.: o tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes (Piso)! obscurity, i. e. low birth, baseness, id. Pis. 26, 62; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: vitae, gloomy fate or fortunes, Lucr. 2, 15:

qui tibi aestus, qui error, qui tenebrae erunt,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

in illis rei publicae tenebris caecisque nubibus et procellis,

id. Dom. 10, 24:

ex superioris anni caligine et tenebris lucem in re publicā dispicere,

id. Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

si quid tenebrarum offudit exilium,

id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris omniaque miscebant,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91.

purpŭrĕus, a, um ( gen. sing. purpureaï, Lucr. 2, 52), adj. [id.].

Lit., purple-colored, purple; including very different shades of color, as red, reddish, violet, brownish, blackish, etc. (mostly poet.):

vestitus,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:

pallium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31:

flos rosae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 15:

amictus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 27; Verg. A. 3, 405; Suet. Ner. 25:

pannus,

Hor. A. P. 15:

aurora,

rose-red, red, rosy, Ov. M. 3, 184:

rubor (oris),

id. Tr. 4, 3, 70; cf.

os,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 12:

ignis in ore Purpureus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 161:

anima,

i. e. blood, Verg. A. 9, 349:

purpureus lunae sanguine vultus erat,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 12:

purpureus venit in ora pudor,

id. ib. 2, 5, 34:

genae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 22:

papavera,

Prop. 1, 20, 38:

sapa,

Ov. F. 4, 780:

lactuca,

Col. 11, 2, 26:

merum,

Ov. A. A. 2, 316:

capillus,

Verg. G. 1, 405:

mustum,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 17:

ficus,

Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 69:

mare illud, quod nunc Favonio nascente purpureum videtur,

i. e. blackish, dark, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

fluctus,

Prop. 2, 20 (3, 21), 5 (cf. the Homeric porphureon kuma):

pruna,

Col. 12, 10, 4:

vites,

id. 3, 2, 1.—

Transf.

Clothed in purple ( poet. for purpuratus):

tyranni,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 12:

rex,

Ov. M. 7, 102:

filius,

id. P. 2, 8, 50; Mart. 6, 11, 8 al.:

purpureus pennis,

i.e. with purple feathers upon his helmet, Verg. A. 10, 722:

torus,

covered with purple, Mart. 12, 17, 8.—

Brilliant, shining, bright, beautiful ( poet.):

olores,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 10:

lumen,

Verg. A. 1, 590:

lux,

Ov. F. 6, 252:

vultus Bacchi,

Stat. Th. 7, 148:

Amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 38; cf.

alae,

id. R. Am. 701:

orbes (i. e. oculi),

beautiful eyes, Val. Fl. 3, 178:

ver, Col. poët. 10, 256: bracchia purpurea candidiora nive,

shining, Albin. 2, 62.

cālīgo ( call-), ĭnis, f. [root cal-, cover; cf.: oc-culo, clam, cella], a thick atmosphere, a mist, vapor, fog (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

suffundere caelum caligine,

Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92:

(ignis) piceă crassus caligine,

Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7:

densa caligo occaecaverat diem,

id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:

fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem,

Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111:

caligo aestuosa,

Col. 11, 2, 53 (for which, id. 11, 2, 57:

nebulosus aestus): pruinae et caligo,

id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.:

inter caligines,

Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,

Transf.

(Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, obscurity, gloom (produced by mist, fog, etc.; freq. with tenebrae;

class. in prose and poetry): mi ob oculos caligo obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset,

i. e. had caused dizziness, Liv. 26, 45, 3:

erat in tantā calligine major usus aurium quam oculorum,

id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem eadem calligc obtinuit;

sole orto est discussa,

id. 29, 27, 7:

nox terram caligine texit,

Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649:

caeca noctis,

id. 4, 457:

caecae umbra,

id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203:

quam simul agnorunt inter caliginis umbras,

Ov. M. 4, 455:

ara obscurā caligine tecta,

Cic. Arat. 194.—With tenebrae, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In later writers also with a gen.:

caligo tenebrarum,

Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.;

and inversely: tenebris illunae caliginis impeditus,

App. M. 9, p. 214.—

Trop.

In gen., mental blindness, dulness of perception:

quod videbam equidem, sed quasi per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti salus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: adhuc tamen [p. 270] per caliginem video, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine consitus, * Cat. 64, 207:

Augustus... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem,

to throw into the shade, Vell. 2, 37, 1. —

Of dark, difficult circumstances, calamity, affliction, gloom:

vide nunc caliginem temporum illorum,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

superioris anni,

id. post Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum regnum tenere non potuerunt, nunc caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt?

id. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

illa omnis pecunia latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

ecce illa tempestas, caligo bonorum, tenebrae rei publicae,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tantum caliginis, tantum perturbationis offusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16:

quaedam scelerum offusa caligo,

Quint. 9, 3, 47.—

In medic. lang., as a disease of the eyes, dim-sightedness, weakness of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.

cālīgo, āre, v. n. [1. caligo].

To emit vapor or steam, to steam, reek:

amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent,

Col. 1, 5, 4:

aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā,

Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.:

omnem quae nunc Mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum Caligat, nubem eripiam,

Verg. A. 2, 606.—

Transf.

To be involved in darkness, to be dark, gloomy:

caligare oculos,

darkness covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —

Poet.:

altae caligantesque fenestrae,

dizzy, Juv. 6, 31.—

Trop., of the understanding, to be blind, to be surrounded by darkness, to grope about:

orbatae caligant vela carinae,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 238:

caligare ad pervidendum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1:

virtus inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc.,

id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.:

rex caligare alto in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati,

Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.:

caligare in sole,

to grope in broad daylight, Quint. 1, 2, 19.—

In medic. lang., of the eyes, to suffer from weakness, be weak, Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.— Transf., of the person, to be dim-sighted:

caligans Thyestes,

Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.

purpŭrissum, i, n. ( masc. collat. form purpŭrissus, Hier. Ep. 54, 7), = porphurizon, a kind of dark purple color, used for dyeing red and as a cosmetic, Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 104; Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 218, 30 and 31; Hier. Ep. 127, 3.—

Transf.:

quid in oratione meā purpurisso litum,

highly colored, Front. Or. 2, p. 248.

purpŭrissum, i, n. ( masc. collat. form purpŭrissus, Hier. Ep. 54, 7), = porphurizon, a kind of dark purple color, used for dyeing red and as a cosmetic, Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 104; Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 218, 30 and 31; Hier. Ep. 127, 3.—

Transf.:

quid in oratione meā purpurisso litum,

highly colored, Front. Or. 2, p. 248.