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  • 1 aquilus

    dark colored, swarthy.

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  • 2 caerula

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 3 caeruleum

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 4 Caeruleus

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Caeruleus

  • 5 caeruleus

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 6 caerulus

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 7 obscurum

    obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

    umbra,

    Verg. A. 6, 453:

    donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

    the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

    lucus,

    Verg. A. 9, 87:

    antrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 100:

    convalles,

    Verg. A. 6, 139:

    tabernae,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

    nox,

    Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

    per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    caelum,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

    nimbus,

    Verg. A. 12, 416:

    nubes,

    id. G. 4, 60:

    ferrugo,

    i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

    dentes,

    Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

    mamma,

    i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

    aquae,

    i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

    in obscuro, advesperascente die,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

    sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 478:

    lumen,

    i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

    obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

    Luc. 5, 631.—
    B.
    Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

    ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

    Verg. A. 6, 268:

    obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

    id. ib. 2, 135.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

    Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

    Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

    quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

    id. ib.:

    obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    reperta Graiorum,

    Lucr. 1, 136:

    obscurum et ignotum jus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

    nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

    uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

    videre res obscurissimas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

    causae in obscuro positae,

    Cels. 1 praef. —
    2.
    In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

    (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
    B.
    Not known, unknown, not recognized:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 3, 475:

    P Ilas,

    i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

    non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

    of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    obscuris orti majoribus,

    from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    clarus an obscurus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

    si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

    id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

    non obscurus professor et auctor,

    id. 2, 15, 36:

    natus haud obscuro loco,

    Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

    in obscuro vitam habere,

    Sall. C. 51, 12:

    vitam per obscurum transmittere,

    in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

    kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
    C.
    Of character, close, secret, reserved:

    obscurus et astutus homo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

    sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

    plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

    Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    obscurum odium,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

    natura obscurior,

    Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

    dicta,

    Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

    quae causa dicta obscurius est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

    obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

    id. 11, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

    obscure natus,

    Macr. S. 7, 3:

    obscurissime natus,

    Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
    3.
    Covertly, closely, secretly:

    malum obscure serpens,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    tacite obscureque perire,

    id. Quint. 15, 50:

    non obscure ferre aliquid,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

    ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

    more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

    avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

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  • 8 obscurus

    obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

    umbra,

    Verg. A. 6, 453:

    donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

    the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

    lucus,

    Verg. A. 9, 87:

    antrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 100:

    convalles,

    Verg. A. 6, 139:

    tabernae,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

    nox,

    Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

    per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    caelum,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

    nimbus,

    Verg. A. 12, 416:

    nubes,

    id. G. 4, 60:

    ferrugo,

    i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

    dentes,

    Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

    mamma,

    i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

    aquae,

    i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

    in obscuro, advesperascente die,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

    sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 478:

    lumen,

    i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

    obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

    Luc. 5, 631.—
    B.
    Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

    ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

    Verg. A. 6, 268:

    obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

    id. ib. 2, 135.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

    Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

    Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

    quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

    id. ib.:

    obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    reperta Graiorum,

    Lucr. 1, 136:

    obscurum et ignotum jus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

    nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

    uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

    videre res obscurissimas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

    causae in obscuro positae,

    Cels. 1 praef. —
    2.
    In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

    (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
    B.
    Not known, unknown, not recognized:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 3, 475:

    P Ilas,

    i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

    non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

    of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    obscuris orti majoribus,

    from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    clarus an obscurus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

    si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

    id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

    non obscurus professor et auctor,

    id. 2, 15, 36:

    natus haud obscuro loco,

    Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

    in obscuro vitam habere,

    Sall. C. 51, 12:

    vitam per obscurum transmittere,

    in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

    kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
    C.
    Of character, close, secret, reserved:

    obscurus et astutus homo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

    sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

    plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

    Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    obscurum odium,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

    natura obscurior,

    Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

    dicta,

    Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

    quae causa dicta obscurius est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

    obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

    id. 11, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

    obscure natus,

    Macr. S. 7, 3:

    obscurissime natus,

    Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
    3.
    Covertly, closely, secretly:

    malum obscure serpens,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    tacite obscureque perire,

    id. Quint. 15, 50:

    non obscure ferre aliquid,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

    ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

    more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

    avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

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  • 9 obscūrus

        obscūrus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 SCV-], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure: umbra, C. poët.: lucus, V.: antrum, O.: tabernae, H.: lux, L.: lumen, darkness visible, S.: caelum, H.: ferrugo, black, V.: dentes, black, Iu.: aquae, i. e. turbid, O.—As subst n., the dark, darkness, obscurity: sub obscurum noctis, V.—Poet.: Ibant obscuri, in the dark, V.—Fig., dark, obscure, dim, indistinct, unintelligible: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio, H.: ius: spes, uncertain: Rem nulli obscuram Consulis, V.: videre res obscurissimas: (causae) multo obscuriores, i. e. intricate.—Plur. n. as subst: Obscuris vera involvens, V.—Not known, unknown, not recognized: est populo obscurior, not so well known: Pallas, i. e. disguised, O.: non obscurum est, quid cogitaret, hard to discern: neque est obscurum, quin, etc., it is plain that.—Obscure, ignoble, mean, low: istorum diligentia, plodding, T.: in barbaris nomen obscurius, Cs.: fama est obscurior annis, by time, V.: obscuro loco natus, of an ignoble family: obscuris orti maioribus, from insignificant ancestors.—As subst n.: in obscuro vitam habere, S.—Close, secret, reserved: homo: modestus Occupat obscuri speciem, H.: vates, i. e. the Sphinx, O.: adversus alios, Ta.: Domitiani natura obscurior, Ta.
    * * *
    obscura -um, obscurior -or -us, obscurissimus -a -um ADJ
    dark, secret; vague, obscure

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  • 10 pullum

    1.
    pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].
    I.
    A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

    asininus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

    equinus,

    Col. 6, 29, 1:

    onagrorum,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

    glirium,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

    ranae,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

    columbini,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

    gallinacei,

    Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

    pavonini,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

    anserum,

    id. ib. 3, 10:

    ciconiae,

    Juv. 14, 74:

    ex ovis pulli orti,

    chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    asinam, et pullum filium,

    Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

    pulli implumes,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

    cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of persons.
    1.
    As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

    meus pullus passer, mea columba,

    Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

    strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—
    2.
    Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—
    B.
    Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.
    2.
    pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.
    3.
    pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].
    I.
    Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

    lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

    nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

    Col. 1, praef. §

    24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

    id. 7, 2, 4:

    ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

    Verg. G. 3, 389:

    hostia,

    Tib. 1, 2, 62:

    capilli,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

    myrtus,

    dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

    ficus,

    id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

    also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

    Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

    pullo amictus,

    Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

    pulla decent niveas (puellas),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—
    II.
    Transf.
    a.
    In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

    pulla paupertas,

    Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

    80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

    Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

    i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—
    b.
    Of language:

    pullus sermo,

    the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—
    c.
    (From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

    si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

    Mart. 6, 58, 7:

    nere stamina pulla,

    Ov. Ib. 246.

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  • 11 pullus

    1.
    pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].
    I.
    A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

    asininus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

    equinus,

    Col. 6, 29, 1:

    onagrorum,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

    glirium,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

    ranae,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

    columbini,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

    gallinacei,

    Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

    pavonini,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

    anserum,

    id. ib. 3, 10:

    ciconiae,

    Juv. 14, 74:

    ex ovis pulli orti,

    chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    asinam, et pullum filium,

    Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

    pulli implumes,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

    cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of persons.
    1.
    As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

    meus pullus passer, mea columba,

    Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

    strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—
    2.
    Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—
    B.
    Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.
    2.
    pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.
    3.
    pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].
    I.
    Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

    lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

    nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

    Col. 1, praef. §

    24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

    id. 7, 2, 4:

    ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

    Verg. G. 3, 389:

    hostia,

    Tib. 1, 2, 62:

    capilli,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

    myrtus,

    dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

    ficus,

    id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

    also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

    Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

    pullo amictus,

    Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

    pulla decent niveas (puellas),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—
    II.
    Transf.
    a.
    In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

    pulla paupertas,

    Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

    80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

    Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

    i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—
    b.
    Of language:

    pullus sermo,

    the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—
    c.
    (From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

    si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

    Mart. 6, 58, 7:

    nere stamina pulla,

    Ov. Ib. 246.

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  • 12 āter

        āter tra, trum, adj.    [AID-], black, coal-black, gloomy, dark (cf. niger, glossy-black): panis, T.: carbo, T.: alba et atra discernere: noctes, Ta.: tempestas, V.: mare, gloomy, H.: lictores, clothed in black, H.: corvus atro gutture, Ct. — Fig., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate: timor, V.: mors, H.: fila trium sororum, H.: alae (mortis), H.: serpens, V. — Esp.: dies atri, unlucky days (marked in the calendar with coal): si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto, L.— Malevolent, malicious, virulent: versus, H.: dens, poisonous, H.
    * * *
    atra -um, atrior -or -us, aterrimus -a -um ADJ
    black, dark; dark-colored (hair/skin); gloomy/murky; unlucky; sordid/squalid; deadly, terrible, grisly (esp. connected with underworld); poisonous; spiteful

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  • 13 caeruleus

        caeruleus adj.    [for * caeluleus, from caelum], like the sky, azure, blue, dark blue, dark green: color, Cs.: oculi, Ta.: glacies, V.: aquae, O.: di, of the sea, O.: frater (lovis), Neptune, O.: currus, of Neptune, V.: Thybris, V.: angues, V.: guttae, O.: scutulata, a blue checked garment, Iu.: Germania pubes, blue-eyed, H.: panis, mouldy, Iu.: cucumis, Pr.—Dark, gloomy, sable, dim, pitchy (poet.): vittae, V.: imber, V.
    * * *
    I
    caerulea, caeruleum ADJ
    blue, cerulean, dark; greenish-blue, azure; of river/sea deities; of sky/sea
    II
    epithet for river/sea deities

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  • 14 pullus

        pullus adj.    [2 PAL-], dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish: ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis, V.: capilli, O.: myrtus, dusky, H.: praetor cum tunicā pullā, i. e. dressed like a common workman: toga, mourning cloak: pullo amictu, L.—As subst n., dark-gray stuff: obstrusa carbasa pullo, i. e. with a dark border, O.: nere stamina pulla, i. e. woful threads (of fate), O.
    * * *
    I
    pulla, pullum ADJ
    blackish, dark colored, of undyed wool as worn in morning
    II
    chicken, young hen

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  • 15 purpureus

        purpureus adj., πορφύρεοσ, purple-colored, purple, dark-red: toga: mare, i. e. dark.—Poet., of many hues, red, dark, brown, violet, purple: flos rosae, H.: pannus, H.: aurora, rose-red, O.: rubor (oris), a rosy blush, O.: anima, i. e. blood, V.: lunae voltus, O.: sapa, O.: merum, O.: capillus, V.— Clothed in purple, wearing purple: tyranni, H.: rex, O.: Purpureus pennis, i. e. with purple feathers upon his helmet, V.—Brilliant, shining, bright, beautiful: olores, H.: lumen, V.: Amor, O.
    * * *
    purpurea, purpureum ADJ
    purple, dark red

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  • 16 Ater

    1.
    āter, tra, trum, adj. [cf. aithô, to burn; Sanscr. idh; aithôn aithêr, Aitnê, [p. 188] Aetna, aether, aestus, aestas] (pr. burnt black, black as a coal; cf.:

    Tam excoctam reddam atque atram quam carbost,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63: hence), black; and specif., coalblack, lustreless-black, sable, dark (opp. albus, lustreless-white, and diff. from niger, glossy black, v. albus init.; class. and freq., but never in Vulg., which uses niger).
    I.
    Lit.:

    album an atrum vinum potas?

    Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 17:

    atrior multo Quam Aegyptii,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 11:

    alba et atra discernere non poterat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: nigra scuta, tincta corpora;

    atras ad proelia noctes legunt,

    Tac. G. 43:

    Mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque capillis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 41; so id. ib. 15, 44; cf.

    albus: fauces,

    Lucr. 6, 1147:

    dens,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 3:

    nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 180; Hor. C. 2, 16, 2:

    lumen, with smoke,

    Verg. A. 7, 457:

    agmen, with dust,

    id. ib. 12, 450 Serv.:

    axis, with blood,

    Sil. 2, 186:

    Eridanus ater stragibus,

    id. 6, 107:

    bilis,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 64, and Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11 (cf. the Gr. melancholia):

    cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 31:

    tempestas,

    Lucr. 6, 258 sq.; Verg. A. 5, 693:

    hiemps,

    id. ib. 7, 214:

    canis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25:

    corvus atro gutture,

    Cat. 108, 5:

    venena,

    Verg. G. 2, 130:

    Tartara,

    Lucr. 3, 966; so,

    Cocytus,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

    mare,

    dark, stormy, id. S. 2, 2, 16:

    fluctus,

    Verg. A. 5, 2: mons, v. 2. ater.— The proverb albus an ater, v. albus.— Poet., = atratus, clothed in black:

    lictores,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 6; cf. albus, I. B. 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate, etc.:

    funus,

    Lucr. 2, 580:

    formido,

    id. 4 [173], and id. 6, 254; so,

    Timor,

    Verg. A. 9, 719:

    cupressus,

    id. ib. 3, 64:

    dies,

    id. ib. 6, 429; Prop. 3, 2, 4:

    mors,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 13:

    fila trium sororum,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 16:

    Esquiliae (as a burying-place),

    dismal, id. S. 2, 6, 32:

    seu mors atris circumvolat alis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 58:

    cura,

    id. C. 3, 1, 40; 3, 14, 13; 4, 11, 35:

    lites,

    id. A. P. 423:

    comes,

    id. S. 2, 7, 115:

    serpens,

    Verg. G. 1, 129; Ov. M. 3, 63 al.:

    genius.. vultu mutabilis, albus et ater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 189.—In Roman civil life, dies atri are the days on which the state experienced some calamity, unlucky days. (This designation is said to have arisen from the Roman custom of marking every unfortunate day in the calendar with coal); Varr. L. L. 6, § 29; Liv. 6, 1; Gell. 5, 17; Fest. s. v. nonarum, p. 179 Müll.; id. s. v. religiosus, p. 278 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 1, 418; Macr. S. 1, 15 fin. and 16; Afran. ap. Non. p. 73, 33:

    si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto,

    Liv. 22, 10.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Rare and poet., of mind or feeling, malevolent, malicious, virulent (cf. niger, II. D., and the Gr. melas, II. 4 Lidd. and Scott):

    versus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30:

    si quis atro dente me petiverit,

    id. Epod. 6, 15.—
    2.
    Also poet. of something difficult to be understood, dark, obscure (so melas, Anth. Pal. 11, 347):

    latebrae Lycophronis atri,

    Stat. p. 5, 3, 157.— Comp. v. supra, I.— Sup. and adv. not used.
    2.

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  • 17 ater

    1.
    āter, tra, trum, adj. [cf. aithô, to burn; Sanscr. idh; aithôn aithêr, Aitnê, [p. 188] Aetna, aether, aestus, aestas] (pr. burnt black, black as a coal; cf.:

    Tam excoctam reddam atque atram quam carbost,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63: hence), black; and specif., coalblack, lustreless-black, sable, dark (opp. albus, lustreless-white, and diff. from niger, glossy black, v. albus init.; class. and freq., but never in Vulg., which uses niger).
    I.
    Lit.:

    album an atrum vinum potas?

    Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 17:

    atrior multo Quam Aegyptii,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 11:

    alba et atra discernere non poterat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: nigra scuta, tincta corpora;

    atras ad proelia noctes legunt,

    Tac. G. 43:

    Mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque capillis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 41; so id. ib. 15, 44; cf.

    albus: fauces,

    Lucr. 6, 1147:

    dens,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 3:

    nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 180; Hor. C. 2, 16, 2:

    lumen, with smoke,

    Verg. A. 7, 457:

    agmen, with dust,

    id. ib. 12, 450 Serv.:

    axis, with blood,

    Sil. 2, 186:

    Eridanus ater stragibus,

    id. 6, 107:

    bilis,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 64, and Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11 (cf. the Gr. melancholia):

    cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 31:

    tempestas,

    Lucr. 6, 258 sq.; Verg. A. 5, 693:

    hiemps,

    id. ib. 7, 214:

    canis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25:

    corvus atro gutture,

    Cat. 108, 5:

    venena,

    Verg. G. 2, 130:

    Tartara,

    Lucr. 3, 966; so,

    Cocytus,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

    mare,

    dark, stormy, id. S. 2, 2, 16:

    fluctus,

    Verg. A. 5, 2: mons, v. 2. ater.— The proverb albus an ater, v. albus.— Poet., = atratus, clothed in black:

    lictores,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 6; cf. albus, I. B. 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate, etc.:

    funus,

    Lucr. 2, 580:

    formido,

    id. 4 [173], and id. 6, 254; so,

    Timor,

    Verg. A. 9, 719:

    cupressus,

    id. ib. 3, 64:

    dies,

    id. ib. 6, 429; Prop. 3, 2, 4:

    mors,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 13:

    fila trium sororum,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 16:

    Esquiliae (as a burying-place),

    dismal, id. S. 2, 6, 32:

    seu mors atris circumvolat alis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 58:

    cura,

    id. C. 3, 1, 40; 3, 14, 13; 4, 11, 35:

    lites,

    id. A. P. 423:

    comes,

    id. S. 2, 7, 115:

    serpens,

    Verg. G. 1, 129; Ov. M. 3, 63 al.:

    genius.. vultu mutabilis, albus et ater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 189.—In Roman civil life, dies atri are the days on which the state experienced some calamity, unlucky days. (This designation is said to have arisen from the Roman custom of marking every unfortunate day in the calendar with coal); Varr. L. L. 6, § 29; Liv. 6, 1; Gell. 5, 17; Fest. s. v. nonarum, p. 179 Müll.; id. s. v. religiosus, p. 278 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 1, 418; Macr. S. 1, 15 fin. and 16; Afran. ap. Non. p. 73, 33:

    si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto,

    Liv. 22, 10.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Rare and poet., of mind or feeling, malevolent, malicious, virulent (cf. niger, II. D., and the Gr. melas, II. 4 Lidd. and Scott):

    versus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30:

    si quis atro dente me petiverit,

    id. Epod. 6, 15.—
    2.
    Also poet. of something difficult to be understood, dark, obscure (so melas, Anth. Pal. 11, 347):

    latebrae Lycophronis atri,

    Stat. p. 5, 3, 157.— Comp. v. supra, I.— Sup. and adv. not used.
    2.

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  • 18 tenebra

    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.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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. —
    C.
    Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.
    1.
    A dark bathing-place:

    Grylli,

    Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—
    2.
    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. —
    3.
    Lurking-places, haunts:

    emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

    Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

    demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,

    Cat. 55, 2.—
    4.
    Dark or poor lodgings:

    quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum,

    Juv. 3, 225. —
    5.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tenebra

  • 19 tenebrae

    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.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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. —
    C.
    Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.
    1.
    A dark bathing-place:

    Grylli,

    Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—
    2.
    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. —
    3.
    Lurking-places, haunts:

    emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

    Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

    demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,

    Cat. 55, 2.—
    4.
    Dark or poor lodgings:

    quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum,

    Juv. 3, 225. —
    5.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 20 caecus

        caecus adj. with (once in H.) comp.    [SCA-], not seeing, blind: qui caecus annos multos fuit: corpus, the blind part, back, S. — Prov.: ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit, H.: apparet id quidem etiam caeco, a blind man can see that, L.— Fig., of persons, mentally or morally blind, blinded: non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos efficit caecos, etc.: mater caeca crudelitate: cupidine, S.: amentiā: quem mala stultitia Caecum agit, H.: mens, Ta.: ad has belli artes, L.: Hypsaeā caecior, H.—Of wolves: quos ventris Exegit caecos rabies, blind to danger, V.—Meton., of passions: avaritia: praedae cupido, O.: amor sui, H.: festinatio, L.: timor, Ph. — Praegn., blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless: caecae suspitionis tormentum: caeca regens filo vestigia, V.: consilium, rash: casus.—Not seen, not discernible, invisible, concealed, hidden, obscure, dark: vallum, Cs.: fores, private, V.: tabes, O.: volnus, in the back, V.: domūs scelus, V.: viae, blind ways, Tb.: res caecae et ab aspectūs iudicio remotae: fata, H.: eventus, V.: tumultus, secret conspiracies, V.: stimuli in pectore, O.: murmur, muffled, V. — Obstructing the sight, dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure: nox, Ct.: caligo, V.: in nubibus ignes, i. e. deepening the gloom, V.: domus, without windows: pulvis, V.: acervus, chaotic, O.: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent! i. e. dissimulation, O.: exspectatio, i. e. of an uncertain result: crimen, that cannot be proved, L.
    * * *
    I
    caeca -um, caecior -or -us, caecissimus -a -um ADJ
    blind; unseeing; dark, gloomy, hidden, secret; aimless, confused, random; rash
    II

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