delicate

sought after, exquisite,excellent, fine, delicate.

, tenera, tenerum

tender, delicate, soft, young.

albus, a, um, adj. [cf. Umbr. alfu and Sab. alpus = white; alphos = white rash; O. H. Germ. Elbiz = a swan; to this have been referred also Alba Longa, Albunea, Alpes from their snowy summits (Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), Albion from its chalky cliffs, Alpheios, and Albis = Elbe], white (properly dead white, not shining; e. g. hair, complexion, garments, etc., opp. ater, black that is without lustre; while candidus denotes a glistening, dazzling white, opp. niger, shining black.—Hence, trop., albus and ater, a symbol of good or ill fortune; on the other hand, candidus and niger of moral worth or unworthiness; cf. Doed. Syn. III. 193 sq.—So Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82: aliud est candidum, i. e. quādam nitenti luce perfusum esse; aliud album, quod pallori constat esse vicinum; cf. Verg. E. 7, 38: Candidior cycnis, hederā formosior albā, with id. ib. 3, 39: diffusos hederā vestit pallente corymbos; but this distinction is freq. disregarded by the poets).

Lit.

In gen.:

barba,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15:

corpus,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 115:

color albus praecipue decorus deo est, maxime in textili,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: albus calculus, the small white stone used in voting, as a sign of acceding to the opinion of any one, or of the acquittal of one who is under accusation (opp. ater calculus;

v. calculus).— Hence, trop.: alicui rei album calculum adicere,

to allow, approve of, authorize, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—In Enn. an epithet of the sun and moon: sol, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 92 Vahl.): jubar Hyperionis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 ib.).—The following are examples of the opposition of albus and niger (instead of ater) as exceptions to the gen. rule; so always in Lucr. (who also uses albus and candidus or candens promiscuously), 2, 810; 822 sqq.; 731 sq.; 790; 767-771. Once in Cic.: quae alba sint, quae nigra dicere, Div. 2, 3; so Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Ov. M. 2, 541; cf. with id. ib. 2, 534 and 535; also id. ib. 12, 403; 15, 46; id. H. 15, 37 al.:

albi et nigri velleris,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 35:

non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,

ib. Matt. 5, 36.—

Esp.

Pale, from sickness, terror, care, and the like:

aquosus albo Corpore languor, of dropsical persons,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:

pallor,

id. Epod. 7, 15:

vivat et urbanis albus in officiis,

pale from the cares of his public office, Mart. 1, 56 fin. et saep. —

Of clothing, white: alba decent Cererem;

vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

Ov. F. 4, 619:

vidit duos Angelos in albis,

Vulg. Joan. 20, 12; ib. Apoc. 3, 4.—Hence, poet. transf. to the person, clothed in white, Hor. S. 1, 2, 36: pedibus qui venerat albis, who had come with white feet, i. e. marked with chalk, as for sale, Juv. 1, 111 (cf. gypsatus and also Plin. 35, 17, 58, §§ 199-201; Mayor ad 1. 1.).—

Prov. phrases.

Dentibus albis deridere, to deride one by laughing so as to show the teeth, for to deride much, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48 (cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 26).—

Albus an ater sit, nescio or non curo, I know not, care not whether he is white or black, i. e. he is entirely indifferent to me:

vide, quam te amārit is, qui albus aterve fueris ignorans, fratris filium praeteriit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16:

unde illa scivit, ater an albus nascerer,

Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Cat. 93, 2; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 38.—

Albo rete aliquid oppugnare, to attack or seize upon something with a white net, i. e. in a delicate, skilful manner:

qui hic albo rete aliena oppugnant bona,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22 (so the passage seems to be more simply explained than acc. to the opinion of Gron.: qui albo (by the register of the prætor) tamquam rete, which omission of the tamquam is a Horatian, but not a Plautinian idiom). —

Albā lineā aliquid signare, to make a white line upon a white ground, i. e. to make no distinction: et amabat omnes, nam ut discrimen non facit... signat linea alba, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 28 (where the common editions have neque before signare, which gives the expression a directly opposite sense): albā, ut dicitur, lineā sine curā discriminis convertebant, Gell. praef. 11.—

Alba avis, a white sparrow, for something rare, uncommon, strange:

quasi avem albam videntur bene sentientem civem videre,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28 (quasi novum quiddam; proverbium ex eo natum, quia rarae aves albae, Manut. ad h. 1.).—

Filius albae gallinae, fortune's favorite child, Juv. 13, 141, prob. an allusion to the miracle that happened to Livia in regard to a white hen, v. Plin. 15, 30, 40; Suet. Galb. 1 (Ruperti ad h. 1, refers this expression to the unfruitfulness of a white hen, and conpares Col. R. R. 8, 2, 7).—

Equis albis praecurrere aliquem, to excel, surpass one, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8 (the figure being drawn from the white horses attached to a triumphal chariot; cf. Suet. Ner. 25; id. Dom. 2).—

Trop.

Favorable, fortunate, propitious:

simul alba nautis Stella refulsit,

i. e. the twin-star Castor, favorable to sailors, Hor. C. 1, 12, 27:

dies,

Sil. 15, 53:

sint omnia protinus alba,

Pers. 1, 110.—

Poet. and act., of the wind, making clear or bright, dispersing the clouds; hence, dry:

Notus,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 15 (as a transl. of the Gr. leukonotos):

iapyx,

id. ib. 3, 27, 19 (cf.:

clarus aquilo,

Verg. G. 1, 460).—Whence,

album, i, n., whiteness.

White color, white:

maculis insignis et albo,

Verg. G. 3, 56;

sparsis pellibus albo,

id. E. 2, 41:

columnas polire albo,

to make white, whiten, Liv. 40, 51.—Hence,

Esp.,

The white of the eye:

oculorum,

Cels. 2, 6; so id. 7, 7, n. 6 and 12.—

The white of an egg:

ovi,

Cels. 6, 6, n. 7.—

In Col. 6, 17, 7, a white spot on the eye, i. e. a disease of it, = albugo.—

In the lang. of polit. life, a white tablet, on which any thing is inscribed (like leukôma in Gr.).

The tablets on which the Pontifex Maximus registered the principal events of the year, the Annales maximi (v. annales): in album referre, to enter or record in, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52; Liv. 1, 32, 2.—

The tablets of the prœtor, on which his edicts were written, and which were posted up in some public place, Paul. Sent. l. 1, t. 14.—Hence, sedere ad album, to be employed with the edicts of the prœtor, Sen. Ep. 48:

se ad album transferre,

Quint. 12, 3, 11 Spald.—

Esp., a list of names, a register, e. g. Album senatorium, the tablet on which the names of the senators were enrolled, the roll, register, which, by the order of Augustus, was to be posted up annually in the senate-house, Diom. 55, 3, and Fragm. 137:

aliquem albo senatorio eradere,

Tac. A. 4, 42 fin. —Also, the list of the judges chosen by the quœstors:

aliquem albo judicum eradere,

Suet. Claud. 16; so id. Dom. 8.—And transf. to other catalogues of names:

citharoedorum,

Suet. Ner. 21.

bracchĭŏlum ( brāch-), i, n. dim. [bracchium].

A small, delicate arm: puellulae, * Cat. 61, 181.—

Transf.

A muscle in a horse ' s leg, Veg. 1, 25, 4 and 5; cf. id. 6, 1, 1; 6, 2, 2; 5, 27, 7; 5, 70, 2.—

The arm of a chair or seat, Vulg. 2 Par. 9, 18.

bracchĭŏlum ( brāch-), i, n. dim. [bracchium].

A small, delicate arm: puellulae, * Cat. 61, 181.—

Transf.

A muscle in a horse ' s leg, Veg. 1, 25, 4 and 5; cf. id. 6, 1, 1; 6, 2, 2; 5, 27, 7; 5, 70, 2.—

The arm of a chair or seat, Vulg. 2 Par. 9, 18.

castīmōnĭa, ae, f. ( castĭmōnĭ-nium, i, n., App. M. 11. p. 266, 9; cf. castimonium hagneia, Gloss. Philox.) [castus, like acrimonia, aegrimonia, etc.].

Ingen., purity of morals, morality, Cic. Cael. 5, 11. —

Esp., purity, such as is requisite for religious services (abstaining from sexual intercourse, from delicate food, etc.), purity, chastity, abstinence (rare but class.):

quae sacra per summam castimoniam virorum ac mulierum fiant, eadem per istius stuprum ac flagitium esse violata,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102 Zumpt: caste jubet lex adire ad deos; animo videlicet, in quo sunt omnia;

nec tollit castimoniam corporis,

id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

decem dierum,

Liv. 39, 9, 4:

superstitio castimoniarum,

Plin. 31, 8, 44. §

96: inanima,

abstinence from animal food, App. M. 11, p. 272, 29.

castīmōnĭa, ae, f. ( castĭmōnĭ-nium, i, n., App. M. 11. p. 266, 9; cf. castimonium hagneia, Gloss. Philox.) [castus, like acrimonia, aegrimonia, etc.].

Ingen., purity of morals, morality, Cic. Cael. 5, 11. —

Esp., purity, such as is requisite for religious services (abstaining from sexual intercourse, from delicate food, etc.), purity, chastity, abstinence (rare but class.):

quae sacra per summam castimoniam virorum ac mulierum fiant, eadem per istius stuprum ac flagitium esse violata,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102 Zumpt: caste jubet lex adire ad deos; animo videlicet, in quo sunt omnia;

nec tollit castimoniam corporis,

id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

decem dierum,

Liv. 39, 9, 4:

superstitio castimoniarum,

Plin. 31, 8, 44. §

96: inanima,

abstinence from animal food, App. M. 11, p. 272, 29.

crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

semina (opp. liquida),

Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:

crassius semen,

id. 4, 1244:

corpus,

id. 6, 857:

unguentum,

Hor. A. P. 375:

paludes,

Verg. G. 2, 110:

cruor,

id. A. 5, 469:

aquae,

greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:

terga (agri),

Verg. G. 2, 236:

homo,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:

turdi,

Mart. 2, 40:

toga,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.

filum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:

restis,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

digiti crassi tres, as a measure,

Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—

Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:

aër crassus et concretus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:

crassissimus aër,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),

id. Fat. 4, 7:

Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:

caliginis aër Crassior,

id. 4, 350 al.:

vitrum crassiore visu,

less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—

Trop. (rare;

not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,

i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:

Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,

i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:

crassiore ut vocant Musa,

Quint. 1, 10, 28:

turba,

uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:

neglegentia,

stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.

Lit.:

picare vasa,

Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.

oblinere,

Scrib. Comp. 46.—

Grossly, rudely:

crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:

crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 121, 11.

Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,

L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—

M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:

exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),

Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:

Crassiana clades,

Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7.

crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

semina (opp. liquida),

Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:

crassius semen,

id. 4, 1244:

corpus,

id. 6, 857:

unguentum,

Hor. A. P. 375:

paludes,

Verg. G. 2, 110:

cruor,

id. A. 5, 469:

aquae,

greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:

terga (agri),

Verg. G. 2, 236:

homo,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:

turdi,

Mart. 2, 40:

toga,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.

filum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:

restis,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

digiti crassi tres, as a measure,

Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—

Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:

aër crassus et concretus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:

crassissimus aër,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),

id. Fat. 4, 7:

Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:

caliginis aër Crassior,

id. 4, 350 al.:

vitrum crassiore visu,

less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—

Trop. (rare;

not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,

i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:

Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,

i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:

crassiore ut vocant Musa,

Quint. 1, 10, 28:

turba,

uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:

neglegentia,

stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.

Lit.:

picare vasa,

Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.

oblinere,

Scrib. Comp. 46.—

Grossly, rudely:

crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:

crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 121, 11.

Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,

L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—

M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:

exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),

Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:

Crassiana clades,

Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7.

ē-mollĭo, ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to make soft, to soften (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

humor arcus fundasque et jaculorum amenta emollierat,

Liv. 37, 41; Cels. 8, 4:

ova macerata,

Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 167; 18, 7, 17, § 77; 20, 2, 6, § 11 al.—

Transf.:

colores,

to soften, make more delicate, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 198.—

Trop.

In a good sense, to make mild or gentle, to mollify:

mores,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 48:

severa praecepta,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 48.—

In a bad sense, to enervate, render effeminate:

exercitum (Capua),

Liv. 27, 3; cf. id. 38, 49; Tac. H. 3, 2; id. Agr. 11:

emollit gentes clementia caeli,

Luc. 8, 565:

auctoritatem principis,

to weaken, Aur. Vict. Epit. 1.

ē-mungo, nxi, nctum, 3 ( perf. sync. emunxti, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 60, followed by emunxisti), v. a., to wipe or blow the nose.

Lit.:

se,

Auct. Her. 4, 54; Auct. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Also mid.: ut neque spuerent neque emungerentur, Varr. ap. Non. 481, 18:

emungeris,

Juv. 6, 147.—

Transf.

In gen.:

tu ut oculos emungare ex capite per nasum tuos,

i. e. that your eyes may be knocked out, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 39: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, clean-nosed, i. e. of nice discernment, keen, acute, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so,

emunctae naris (Lucilius),

Hor. S. 1, 4, 8; cf.:

limati quidam (Attici) et emuncti,

i. e. fine, delicate, Quint. 12, 10, 17.—

In partic., in the comic writers like the Gr. apomussein (v. Lidd. and Scott sub h. v.), to cheat one out of his money:

auro emunctus,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

emunxi argento senes,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 1; Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 19;

and simply, aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 50; id. Ep. 3, 4, 58; id. Most. 5, 1, 60 sq.; Poëta ap. Cic. Lael. 26, 99; Hor. A. P. 238.

fastīdĭum, ĭi, n. [cf. 2. fastus], a loathing, aversion for any thing, esp. for any sort of enjoyment (very freq. and class.; cf. taedium, nausea, etc.).

Lit., nausea, squeamishness, loathing, distaste for food:

cibi satietas et fastidium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25:

mel fastidium creat,

Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 109:

fastidium abigere,

id. 23, 9, 81, § 161:

auferre,

id. 19, 8, 38, § 127:

discutere,

id. 23, 1, 27, § 54:

detrahere,

id. 22, 25, 74, § 155.—In plur.:

magna movet stomacho fastidia, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 78; 2, 2, 14; 2, 6, 86; Juv. 14, 184; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.—

Esp. of a spoiled, pampered taste, niceness, daintiness, delicacy, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18: tantum in illis esse fastidium;

ut nollent attingere nisi eodem die captum piscem,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 18; cf. Vulg. Ezech. 16, 31.—

Transf. to sight:

oculorum in hominum insolentium indignitate fastidium,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2.—

Trop., dislike, aversion, disgust, fastidiousness.

In gen.:

ab aliqua re celerrime fastidio quodam et satietate abalienari,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98; cf.: si (eloquentia) et ex copia satietatem et ex amplitudine fastidium tulerit, Quint. 5, 14, 30:

nescis quantum interdum afferat hominibus fastidii, quantum satietatis,

Cic. Mur. 9, 21:

satiari fastidio similitudinis,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 193:

nulla voluptas est, quae non assiduitate fastidium pariat,

Plin. 12, 17, 40, § 81:

vitato assiduitatis fastidio,

Suet. Tib. 10:

rudem esse omnino in nostris poëtis, aut inertissimae segnitiae est, aut fastidii delicatissimi,

Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

quae habent ad res certas vitiosam offensionem atque fastidium,

id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

audiendi,

id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

insolens domesticarum rerum,

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

omnis stultitia laborat fastidio sui,

Sen. Ep. 9 fin.:

nec id fit fastidio meo,

Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20:

ne sit fastidio Graecos sequi,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8:

ipsum lignum in fastidio est,

is despised, id. 12, 19, 42, § 91; cf.:

aliquid fastidio damnare,

id. 11, 2, 1, § 4: non omnia (i. e. arbores) in omnibus locis nasci docuimus, nec translata vivere: hoc alias fastidio evenit, fastidious or delicate nature, id. 16, 32, 58, § 134.—In plur.:

non tam ea, quae recta essent, probari, quam quae prava sunt, fastidiis adhaerescere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 258; cf.:

spectatoris fastidia ferre superbi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 215:

opem ferre poëtis antiquis contra fastidia nostra,

id. S. 1, 10, 7:

matri longa decem tulerunt fastidia menses,

Verg. E. 4, 61.—

In partic. (with the notion of fastus predominating), scornful contempt, haughtiness, pride (syn.:

elatio, vanitas, arrogantia, superbia, fastus): ex eorum (divitiorum) fastidio et superbia (regna) nata esse commemorant,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32 Mos. N. cr.; cf.:

superbiam magno opere, fastidium arrogantiamque fugiamus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 90; id. Agr. 1, 7, 20; cf.:

superbia et fastidio amplissimos honores repudiare,

Plin. Pan. 55, 4:

si essent arrogantes, non possem ferre fastidium,

id. Phil. 10, 9, 18:

efferri fastidio et contumaciā,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54.—In plur.:

superba pati fastidia?

Verg. E. 2, 15:

oderunt fastidia divi,

Tib. 1, 8, 69:

qui tulerit Meroes fastidia longa superbae,

Calp. E. 11, 50:

veteris fastidia quercus,

Juv. 14, 184.

frăgĭlis, e, adj. [id.], easily broken, brittle, fragile (class.; esp. freq. in the transf. signif.; cf.: caducus, fluxus).

Lit.:

cadi,

Ov. M. 12, 243:

coryli (with tiliae molles),

id. ib. 10, 93:

rami,

Verg. E. 8, 40:

myrtus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 16:

ratis,

id. ib. 1, 3, 10; cf.

phaselus,

id. ib. 3, 2, 28:

aes malleis,

Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; cf.:

saccharon dentibus,

id. 12, 8, 17, § 32:

crystalli centrum,

id. 37, 2, 10, § 28:

caput ictibus parvis,

Gell. 6, 1, 11:

tenuior fragiliorque penna scarabaeorum,

Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 97:

ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora,

Ov. A. A. 1, 347.— Poet.:

aquae,

i. e. ice, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 26:

fragiles sonitus chartarum,

i. e. crackling, Lucr. 6, 112:

lauri,

Verg. E. 8, 82:

pollicibus fragiles increpuere manus,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 12; cf. fragor.—

Transf., in gen., weak, perishable, frail (physically or mentally):

fragile corpus animus sempiternus movet,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24 fin.;

in fragili corpore odiosa omnis offensio est,

id. Sen. 18, 65; cf.:

(corpora) fragili natura praedita,

Lucr. 1, 581; and absol.:

fragili quaerens illidere dentem, Offendet solido,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 77: fragilissimus alvus, Att. ap. Non. 193, 26.—Of an effeminate man: Julius et fragilis Pediatia (sarcastically in the fem. gen. instead of Pediatius), qs. the delicate Miss Pediatius, Hor. S. 1, 8, 39:

quis enim confidit, sibi semper id stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit?

Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque sunt,

id. Lael. 27, 102; id. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.:

divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,

Sall. C. 1, 4:

fortuna populi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28 fin.:

nec aliud est aeque fragile in homine (quam memoria),

Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90:

nulli vita fragilior (quam homini),

id. 7 praef. § 5; cf.:

(hominum) aevum omne et breve et fragile est,

Plin. Pan. 78, 2:

haud aevi fragilis sonipes,

Sil. 3, 386: anni fragiles et inertior aetas, the frail years (of age), Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 3.— Adv. does not occur.