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1 roro
I.Lit.a.Neutr.: (Aurora) toto rorat in [p. 1600] orbe, Ov. M. 13, 622:b. II. a.cum rorare Tithonia conjux Coeperit,
id. F. 3, 403:rorate, caeli,
Vulg. Isa. 45, 8. — More usually impers., dew falls, it drizzles, it sprinkles:ante rorat quam pluit,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 58; Col. 11, 2, 45; 76; Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74; Suet. Aug. 92. —Neutr.:b.lacrimis spargunt rorantibus ora genasque,
with trickling, flowing, Lucr. 2, 977 (cf. infra, b.): rorant pennaeque sinusque, drip or shed moisture, Ov. M. 1, 267:comae,
id. ib. 5, 488:ora dei madidā barbā,
id. ib. 1, 339; cf. id. ib. 3, 683; 177;14, 786: sanguine vepres,
Verg. A. 8, 645; 11, 8:lacte capellae,
id. Cul. 75:ora,
Luc. 2, 123:hostili cruore arma,
Quint. Decl. 4, 8.—Act., to bedew, to moisten, wet:* B.circumstant, lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,
Lucr. 3, 469:saxa cruore,
Sil. 10, 263. —And with the liquid as an object: quam caelum intrare parantem Roratis lustravit aquis Iris,
with sprinkled waters, Ov. M. 4, 479; id. F. 4, 728:si roraverit quantulum cumque imbrem,
Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74.— Absol.: pocula rorantia, which yielded the wine drop by drop (a transl. of the Gr. epipsekazein), * Cic. Sen. 14, 46: rorans juvenis, the youth pouring out, the young cup-bearer, i. e. Ganymedes, as a constellation (Aquarius), Manil. 5, 482.— -
2 inroro
I.Lit.:II.noctibus vas tegendum erit, ne irroretur,
Col. 12, 24, 2:uvas,
id. 12, 39, 1:interdum Auster irrorat,
brings dew, id. 11, 2, 93:flores,
id. 9, 14, 10.—Transf., in gen., to moisten, besprinkle, wet:B.crinem aquis,
Ov. M. 7, 189:liquores Vestibus et capiti,
to besprinkle, id. ib. 1, 371:liquorem mensis,
Sil. 11, 302:assiduis irroras flatibus annum (of the Zephyr),
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 75:irrorat pestifer (aër) undis,
falls upon in dew, Col. 10, 331:lacrimae misero de corpore jactis irrorant foliis,
Ov. M. 9, 369. — Absol.:extremo irrorat Aquarius anno,
Verg. G. 3, 304:oleo viridi,
Col. 12, 47, 5:aceto,
Cels. 7, 19:oculos lacrimis,
Sil. 2, 123.—Of things not fluid:patinae piper,
Pers. 6, 21:oculis quietem, of sleep,
Sil. 10, 355. -
3 irroro
I.Lit.:II.noctibus vas tegendum erit, ne irroretur,
Col. 12, 24, 2:uvas,
id. 12, 39, 1:interdum Auster irrorat,
brings dew, id. 11, 2, 93:flores,
id. 9, 14, 10.—Transf., in gen., to moisten, besprinkle, wet:B.crinem aquis,
Ov. M. 7, 189:liquores Vestibus et capiti,
to besprinkle, id. ib. 1, 371:liquorem mensis,
Sil. 11, 302:assiduis irroras flatibus annum (of the Zephyr),
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 75:irrorat pestifer (aër) undis,
falls upon in dew, Col. 10, 331:lacrimae misero de corpore jactis irrorant foliis,
Ov. M. 9, 369. — Absol.:extremo irrorat Aquarius anno,
Verg. G. 3, 304:oleo viridi,
Col. 12, 47, 5:aceto,
Cels. 7, 19:oculos lacrimis,
Sil. 2, 123.—Of things not fluid:patinae piper,
Pers. 6, 21:oculis quietem, of sleep,
Sil. 10, 355.
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