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1 solo
1.sōlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [solus], to make lonely or desolate; to lay waste, desolate (only a few times in the post-Aug. poets):2.urbes populis,
Stat. Th. 4, 36:domos,
id. ib. 5, 149; Sen. Oedip. 4.Sŏlo, v. 1. Solon. -
2 dē-fōrmis
dē-fōrmis e, adj. with comp. [de + forma], misshapen, deformed: deformem esse natum. — Formless, without shape: animae, O.— Unsightly, ugly, hideous, loathsome: qui senes ac deformes erant: iumenta, Cs.: agmen, L.: harundo, V.: campus Leontinus, desolate: aegrimonia, H.: de formior species civitatis.— Unbecoming, humiliating: oratio sibi, L.: obsequium, Ta.— Plur n. as subst, disgraceful conduct: deformia meditari, Ta. -
3 ē-gerō
ē-gerō gessī, gestus, ere, to carry out, bring out, take away, remove, discharge: cumulata bona, L.: praedam ex hostium tectis, L.: fluctūs (e navi), O.: tantum nivis, L.: aquam vomitu, Cu.: egeritur dolor, is assuaged, O.—To empty, make desolate: avidis Dorica castra rogis, Pr. -
4 ex-ināniō
ex-ināniō īvī, ītus, īre, to empty, make empty, desolate: navem: domos: civitates, Cs.: gentibus exinanitis. -
5 horreō
horreō uī, —, ēre [HORS-], to stand on end, stand erect, bristle, be rough: ut horreret in arvis Carduus, V.: horrentibus hastis, V.: rigidis saetis, O.: squamis, O.: cautibus horrens Caucasus, V.— To shake, tremble, shiver: corpus horret, O.: horrens servus, Iu.— To tremble, shudder, quake, shudder at, tremble at, be afraid of, dread: totus horreo, T.: adrectis auribus, O.: horrere soleo, am deeply moved: victoriam: Ariovisti crudelitatem, Cs.: pauperiem, H.: aciem ac tela, L.: illam, quam, etc., to loathe, Iu.: in hunc locum progredi: horret animus referre, L.: quem ad modum accepturi sitis: eo plus horreo, ne, etc., L.— To be frightful, be terrible, be desolate: terra (opp. florere): umbra, V.: tempestas, O.* * *horrere, horrui, - Vdread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance -
6 pāscō
pāscō pāvī, pāstus, ere [PA-], to cause to eat, feed, supply with food: bestias: plures calones atque caballi Pascendi, H.— To feed, nourish, maintain, support: holusculis nos, feed with vegetables: quos dives Anagnia pascit, V.: servos, Iu.: volsis pascunt radicibus herbae (me), V.— To pasture, drive to pasture, attend: sues: greges armentaque, O.: non, me pascente, capellae, cytisum carpetis, V.— Pass, to be fed, feed, graze, pasture: si pulli non pascentur, L.: pascitur in magnā Silā iuvenca, V.: carice pastus acutā, V.: iterum pasto pascitur ante cibo, chews the cud, O. — To feed, supply, cherish, cultivate, let grow: barbam, H.: paverunt Pergama flammas, fed, O.: polus dum sidera pascet, feeds (with vapors), V.: nummos alienos, pile up debts, H.— To pasture, give as pasture: asperrima (collium), V.— To graze, browse: pascentes capellae, V.: saltibus in vacuis, V.: mala gramina, V.: apes arbuta, V.— To consume, lay waste, ravage, desolate: vestros campos, L.—Fig., to feast, delight, satisfy, feed, gratify: oculos, T.: quos Clodi furor incendiis pavit: supplicio oculos: animum picturā, V.: spes inanīs, cherish, V.: his ego rebus pascor, his delector, feast myself: maleficio et scelere pascuntur, live by: Pascere nostro dolore, O.* * *pascere, pavi, pastus Vfeed, feed on; graze -
7 vāstō
vāstō āvī, ātus, āre [vastus], to make empty, deprive of occupants, desert, vacate, void, empty, lay waste, desolate, ravage, devastate, destroy: cum equitatus vastandi causā se in agros eiecerat, Cs.: Italiam: vastati agri sunt, L.: pati terram stirpium asperitate vastari, to lie waste: partem provinciae incursionibus, Cs.: Omnia late, V.: Poenorum tumultu Fana, H.: cultoribus agros, V.: cultores, Ta.—Fig.: ita conscientia mentem excitam vastabat, perplexed, S.* * *vastare, vastavi, vastatus Vlay waste, ravage, devastate -
8 desolator
that makes lonely/desolate; waster (L+S); that/who abandons (Souter) -
9 desolatorius
desolatoria, desolatorium ADJthat makes lonely/desolate -
10 desolatus
desolata, desolatum ADJdesolate; empty -
11 desolo
to leave desolate, abandoned, to forsake. -
12 desolator
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13 desolatorius
dēsōlātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], that makes lonely or desolate (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 120, 4; Hier. Ep. 18, no. 14. -
14 exinanio
ex-ĭnānĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., to empty, make empty (rare but class.):Siciliam provinciam C. Verres per triennium depopulatus esse, Siculorum civitates vastasse, domos exinanisse, fana spoliasse dicitur,
to make desolate, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:agros (with vastare),
id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:navem,
id. ib. 2, 5, 25, § 64; ib. 40, § 104: castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. 107, 22; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5:regibus atque omnibus gentibus exinanitis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 72; cf. also: ama rem tuam: hunc (amatorem) exinani, clean out, i. e. strip, fleece, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 2:patrimonium suum donationibus,
i. e. to consume, waste, Dig. 31, 1, 89 fin.:apes relinquunt exinanitas alvos,
emptied, empty, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 28:onusta vehicula,
to unload, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82:alvum, bilem, pituitam,
to void, discharge, id. 26, 8, 36, § 57:lienem,
to consume, id. 25, 5, 20, § 45: [p. 688] hydropicos, to tap, id. 24, 8, 35, § 52:multiplici partu exinanitur ubertas,
is exhausted, weakened, id. 18, 22, 51, § 189:faex non est exinanita,
drained out, Vulg. Psa. 74, 9.— Trop.:exinanita est fides,
made powerless, Vulg. Rom. 4, 14:semet ipsum exinanivit,
i. e. laid aside his glory, id. Philip. 2, 7.— Absol.:exinanite,
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15 pasco
pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3, v. a. and n. [root pa-; Sanscr. gō-pas, herdsman; Gr. pateomai; cf. pabulum, pastor, Pales, panis; perh. also, Penates, penum], to cause to eat, to feed, pasture.I.Lit.A.Of animals, to pasture, drive to pasture, to feed, attend to the feeding of, etc. (cf. pabulor):2.cum sues puer pasceret,
Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31:greges armentaque pavit,
Ov. M. 6, 395:non, me pascente, capellae, cytisum carpetis,
Verg. E. 1, 78:turpes sub gurgite phocas,
id. G. 4, 395:ut pasceret porcos,
Vulg. Luc. 15, 15. —= depasco, of land, to pasture, give as a pasture:B.et vomere duros Exercent collis atque horum asperrima pascunt,
Verg. A. 11. 319.—In gen., to feed, supply with food:2.quot greges et quantos sit pasturus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24:bestias pascere,
Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere. Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere. Quid tertium? Male pascere,
id. ib. 2, 25, 89:quid refert, quantum pascat aut feneret?
Sen. Ep. 2, 5:plures calones atque caballi Pascendi,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 103.—To feed, nourish, maintain, support (syn.:3.alo, nutrio): olusculis nos soles pascere,
used to feed us with vegetables, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:quos, dives Anagnia, pascis, quos, Amasene pater,
Verg. A. 7, 684:servi, ad quos pascendos transmarinarum regionum est optanda fertilitas,
Sen. Ep. 17, 3; so,servos,
Juv. 3, 141:viginti ventres pasco et canem,
Petr. 57:nullā provinciarum pascente Italiam,
Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 15: Juv. 7, 93.—Of one who gives frequent entertainments, to feast, entertain:cum plurimos suis sumptibus pasceret,
Spart. Hadr. 17; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41: se sutoris arte pascere, earn a living, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.—Rarely of things:et volsis pascunt radicibus herbae (sc. me),
Verg. A. 3, 650.—To cherish, cultivate, let grow, feed, etc.— Poet.: barbam, i.e. to cherish, to let grow, pôgônotrophein, Hor. S. 2, 3, 35:4.sacrum (Baccho) crinem,
Verg. A. 7, 391:genas Phoebo, crinem Iaccho,
Stat. Th. 8, 493:Danaas paverunt Pergama flammas,
fed, Ov. M. 14, 467:ubi Taurica dira Caede pharetratae pascitur ara deae,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 63:polus dum sidera pascet,
Verg. A. 1, 608; Luc. 10, 258:umbra pascens sata,
Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90:brevitate crassitudinem pascens,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13:agros,
to till, cultivate, Mart. 10, 58, 9:nummos alienos,
to keep adding to, heap debt on debt, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 35.—Of animals, to graze, browse ( poet.):b.pascentes capellae,
Verg. E. 3, 96:columbae,
id. A. 6, 199:saltibus in vacuis pascunt,
id. G 3, 143:sed tunc pascebant herbosa Palatia vaccae,
Tib. 2, 5, 25:ire vis, mula, pastum foras,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22.—Esp.In pass. reflex., with dep. force:(β).cetera pascuntur viridis armenta per herbas,
Verg. G. 3, 162:pascitur in magnā Silā formosa juvenca,
id. ib. 3, 219:frondibus et victu pascuntur simplicis herbae,
id. ib. 3, 528:carice pastus acutā,
id. ib. 3, 231; 341:si pulli non pascentur,
Liv. 6, 41, 8:iterum pasto pascitur ante cibo,
chews the cud, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 17 sq. —Like depascere, with acc.:II.silvas,
Verg. G. 3, 314:mala gramina,
id. A. 2, 471:apes arbuta,
id. G. 4, 181:beluae pastae radices fruticum,
Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 7.—Trop.1.To feast, to gratify:b.quos P. Clodii furor rapinis et incendiis et omnibus exitiis pavit,
Cic. Mil. 2, 3:alicujus cruciatu atque supplicio pascere oculos animumque exsaturare,
to feast, id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:in ejus corpore lacerando... oculos paverit suos,
id. Phil. 11, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 25:animum picturā pascit inani,
Verg. A. 1, 464:spes inanes,
to cherish, id. ib. 10, 627.—Of style:omnia quasi eodem cibo pasta,
Petr. S. 2.—Pass. reflex.:2.his ego rebus pascor, his delector,
feast myself, Cic. Pis. 20, 45:pasci discordiis civium et seditione,
id. Sest. 46, 99:ego hic pascor bibliothecā Fausti,
id. Att. 4, 10, 1:qui maleficio et scelere pascuntur,
live by, id. Off. 2, 11, 40:otia corpus alunt: animus quoque pascitur illis,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 21:pasci dolore alicujus,
id. M. 6, 280.—To lay waste, ravage, desolate:vestros campos,
Liv. 25, 12:et pascent terram Assur in gladio,
Vulg. Mic. 5, 6; cf.:pasce populum tuum in virgā tuā,
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16 populor
pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1. v. dep., and pŏpŭlo, āre, v. a. [1. populus; prop. to spread or pour out in a multitude over a region; hence, transf. to the result], to lay waste, ravage, devastate, desolate; to spoil, plunder, pillage (class.; syn.: vasto, vexo, diripio).I.Lit.(α).Form populor: Romanus exercitus insulam integram urit, populatur, vastat, Naev. ap. Non. 90, 29:(β).noctu populabatur agros,
Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:Remorum agros,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:arva ferro populatur et igni,
Luc. 2, 445; so,omnia igni ferroque populatus,
Flor. 2, 17, 16:consules Aequos populantur,
Liv. 3, 23 fin. —Form populo (in Cicero only in part. perf. pass.): patriam populavit meam, Pac. ap. Non. 39, 32: agrum populare coeperunt, Quadrig. ib. 471, 20:II.litora vestra Vi populat,
Verg. A. 12, 263:Penates,
id. ib. 1, 527. —In pass.:urbem Romanam deūm irā morbo populari,
Liv. 3, 6; 3, 3 fin.:populata vexataque provincia,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 122; cf.:Siculi nunc populati atque vexati,
id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:arva Marte populata nostro,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 23:populatis messibus,
Plin. 8, 55, 81.—Transf., in gen., to destroy, ruin, spoil (mostly poet. and in the active form), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.:populatque ingentem farris acervum Curculio,
Verg. G. 1, 185:capillos,
Ov. M. 2, 319:feris populandas tradere gentes,
id. ib. 1, 249:populata tempora raptis Auribus,
mutilated, deprived of, Verg. A. 6, 496:populatum exspuit hamum,
robbed of the bait, Ov. Hal. 36.—In a deponent form:quisque suum populatus iter,
Verg. A. 12, 525:iter,
Sil. 3, 445:formam populabitur aetas,
Ov. Med. Fac. 45:(ventus in Aetnā) Putria multivagis populatur flatibus antra,
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17 vasto
vasto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.; hence, Ital. guastar, and Fr. gāter], to make empty or vacant, to leave untenanted or uninhabited, to desert.I.Lit. (rare but class.):II.lex erat lata de vastato ac relicto foro,
Cic. Sest. 24, 53:vastati agri sunt,
Liv. 3, 32, 2:venator vastata lustra fugit,
i.e. destitute of game, Val. Fl. 1, 480: pati terram stirpium asperitate vastari, to lie waste or untilled, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99.—Transf., to empty or deprive of inhabitants, to lay waste, desolate, ravage, devastate; to ruin, destroy (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: populor, vexo).(α).Absol.:(β).cum equitatus liberius praedandi vastandique causā se in agros ejecerat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 19.—With acc.:B.ipse ad vastandos depopulandosque fines Ambiorigis proficiscitur,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 24:agros,
Caes. B. G. 1, 11; Cat. 66, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119 (with exinanire):Italiam (with diripere),
id. Cat. 4, 6, 13:terram,
id. N. D. 2, 39, 99:partem provinciae incursionibus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 1:omnia caedibus, incendiis, ruinis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 25:omnia ferro ignique vastata,
Liv. 7, 30, 15; 10, 12, 7:omnia (with invadere, polluere),
Sall. J. 41, 9:omnia igni ferroque,
Vell. 2, 110, 6:Tydides multā vastabat caede cruentus,
Verg. A. 1, 471:omnia late vastant,
id. G. 4, 16:fana Poenorum tumultu,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 47:(zonae) vastantur frigore semper,
Tib. 4, 1, 153:cuncta (panthera),
Phaedr. 3, 2, 14:direpti vastatique classe,
Tac. H. 2, 16:quos (Mardos) vastavit,
id. A. 14, 23 fin.—Pass.:ipsi cultores arvaque maturis jam frugibus ut hostile solum vastabantur,
Tac. H. 2, 87 fin. —With abl. of that which is destroyed or removed:et latos vastant cultoribus agros,
Verg. A. 8, 8:agrosque viris annosaque vastant oppida,
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18 vastus
I.Lit. (so rare but class.;B.syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,
id. Sest. 24, 53:agrum vastum ac desertum habere,
Liv. 28, 11, 10:vasta ac deserta urbs,
id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,
uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:urbs a defensoribus vasta,
without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:II.vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,
Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:vastus homo atque foedus,
id. ib. 1, 25, 117:vasti quidam et insubidi,
Gell. 19, 9, 9:fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,
Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,
Liv. 24, 48, 7:littera vastior,
too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—Transf.A.Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):B.dies per silentium vastus,
Tac. A. 3, 4.—Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.C. 1.vastatus): fit vasta Troja,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,
Verg. A. 9, 323:nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,
Liv. 10, 12, 8.—Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):2.immani et vastae insidens beluae,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:vasta et immanis belua,
id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:vastissimae beluae,
id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;ad figuram quae vastior?
id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,
id. ib. 3, 9, 7:fossa vastissima,
Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:solitudines,
id. ib. 2, 6, 19:campi,
Verg. A. 3, 13:Charybdis,
Lucr. 1, 722:antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,
Ov. M. 12, 236:antrum,
Verg. A. 1, 52:hiatus speluncae,
id. ib. 6, 237:suspectus turris,
id. ib. 9, 530:manus,
Ov. F. 2, 322:arma,
Verg. A. 10, 768:corpus,
Col. 7, 12, 3.—Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:3.iter,
i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:certamen,
Verg. A. 12, 553:impetus,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,
Gell. 5, 17, 5:tempestas,
Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:vapores vastissimi,
id. 2, 20, 1:clamor,
Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:murmur,
Verg. A. 1, 245:latratus,
Col. 7, 12, 3:tonitru,
Val. Fl. 1, 617:pondus,
Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—Trop.:1.vastus animus,
i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:quam vasta potentia nostra est,
Ov. M. 2, 520:varia vastaque scientia,
Col. 1, pr. 28:nefas,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:2.loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:ne vastius diducantur verba,
id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:vaste cedentia litora,
Mel. 1, 1, 4:vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,
Ov. M. 11, 530:vastius podagra correpti,
Scrib. Comp. 107. -
19 vidua
vĭdŭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. vidhava, without a husband; cf. ve- in vecors, etc.; êïtheos, single], deprived or bereft of a husband or wife, bereft of a lover, spouseless, mateless, widowed.I.Lit.:B.quae (Penelopa) tam diu vidua viro suo caruit,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 2:vidui viri,
id. Merc. 4, 6, 13; Ov. A. A. 1, 102; id. H. 8, 86:quidve tibi prodest viduas dormire puellas?
Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 17.—Subst.: vĭdŭa, ae, f., a widow:II.nupta, vidua, virgo,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 37:cognitor viduarum,
Cic. Caecin. 5, 14:orbarum et viduarum tributa,
id. Rep. 2, 20:viduas avaras venari,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 78.—Of unmarried women:se rectius viduam et illum caelibem futurum fuisse contendere quam cum impari jungi,
Liv. 1, 46, 7; Sen. Herc. Fur. 245; id. Med. 215; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 242, § 3.—Transf.A.Of animals:B.columba,
Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104. —Of things:C.torus,
Prop. 2, 9, 16:cubile,
Ov. Am. 2, 10, 17:noctes,
id. H. 19, 69:domus,
id. F. 1, 36:manus (Penelopes),
id. H. 1, 10:caelibatus,
Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 4.—So of a vine which is not trained to any tree, which stands alone: ut vidua in nudo vitis quae nascitur arvo,
Cat. 62, 49;and conversely, of trees which are without vines: et vitem viduas ducit ad arbores,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 30:ulmos,
Juv. 8, 78:platanus,
Mart. 3, 58, 3:ramus,
Col. 5, 6, 31.—In gen., deprived or bereft of, destitute of, without any thing (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with a or ab, the simple abl., or gen.:cogor adire lacus viduos a lumine Phoebi,
Verg. Cul. 371:me ipse viduus (i. e. viribus meis), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 25: viduus pharetrā Apollo,
Hor. C. 1, 10, 11:alni (i. e. naves) moderantibus,
Stat. Th. 10, 13:clavus (gubernatore),
id. ib. 10, 183:solum arboribus,
Col. 2, 2, 25; 3, 11, 5:pabulationes pecudibus,
id. 9, 4, 1:viduus mente,
App. M. 2, p. 120, 38:nec viduum pectus amoris habet,
Ov. Am. 3, 10, 18:viduus teli,
Sil. 2, 247.— Absol.:arae,
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20 viduus
vĭdŭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. vidhava, without a husband; cf. ve- in vecors, etc.; êïtheos, single], deprived or bereft of a husband or wife, bereft of a lover, spouseless, mateless, widowed.I.Lit.:B.quae (Penelopa) tam diu vidua viro suo caruit,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 2:vidui viri,
id. Merc. 4, 6, 13; Ov. A. A. 1, 102; id. H. 8, 86:quidve tibi prodest viduas dormire puellas?
Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 17.—Subst.: vĭdŭa, ae, f., a widow:II.nupta, vidua, virgo,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 37:cognitor viduarum,
Cic. Caecin. 5, 14:orbarum et viduarum tributa,
id. Rep. 2, 20:viduas avaras venari,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 78.—Of unmarried women:se rectius viduam et illum caelibem futurum fuisse contendere quam cum impari jungi,
Liv. 1, 46, 7; Sen. Herc. Fur. 245; id. Med. 215; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 242, § 3.—Transf.A.Of animals:B.columba,
Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104. —Of things:C.torus,
Prop. 2, 9, 16:cubile,
Ov. Am. 2, 10, 17:noctes,
id. H. 19, 69:domus,
id. F. 1, 36:manus (Penelopes),
id. H. 1, 10:caelibatus,
Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 4.—So of a vine which is not trained to any tree, which stands alone: ut vidua in nudo vitis quae nascitur arvo,
Cat. 62, 49;and conversely, of trees which are without vines: et vitem viduas ducit ad arbores,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 30:ulmos,
Juv. 8, 78:platanus,
Mart. 3, 58, 3:ramus,
Col. 5, 6, 31.—In gen., deprived or bereft of, destitute of, without any thing (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with a or ab, the simple abl., or gen.:cogor adire lacus viduos a lumine Phoebi,
Verg. Cul. 371:me ipse viduus (i. e. viribus meis), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 25: viduus pharetrā Apollo,
Hor. C. 1, 10, 11:alni (i. e. naves) moderantibus,
Stat. Th. 10, 13:clavus (gubernatore),
id. ib. 10, 183:solum arboribus,
Col. 2, 2, 25; 3, 11, 5:pabulationes pecudibus,
id. 9, 4, 1:viduus mente,
App. M. 2, p. 120, 38:nec viduum pectus amoris habet,
Ov. Am. 3, 10, 18:viduus teli,
Sil. 2, 247.— Absol.:arae,
desolate, without fire, App. M. 4, p. 155, 41.
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