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1 gelasinus
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2 gelasinus
gĕlăsīnus, i, m., = gelasinos, a dimple in the cheek, produced by smiling, Mart. 7, 25, 6. -
3 lacuna
lăcūna (collateral form lŭcūna; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 205; lăcūnā-tūra, App. Flor. 15, p. 351, 2 Hildebrand; v. infra), ae, f. [lacus], a ditch, pit, hole; esp. a place where water collects, a pool, pond.I.Lit. (mostly poet.): lacuna, id est aquae collectio, a lacu derivatur, quam alii lamam, alii lustrum dicunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.:B.vastae,
Lucr. 6, 552:vastae Orci,
id. 1, 116; 6, 538:cavae,
Verg. G. 1, 117; 3, 365.— Poet.:salsae,
i. e. the sea, Lucr. 5, 794; 3, 1044; also,Neptuniae,
Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15:caecas lustravit luce lacunas,
Cic. Arat. 431.—In gen., a hollow, cavity, opening, chasm, cleft:II.cum supercilia cana, et sub ea lacunae, dicunt, eum equum habere annos sedecim,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3; 1, 29, 3; cf.:atque lacunarum fuerant vestigia cuique,
Lucr. 5, 1261; Vitr. 7, 1, 4:labrum superius sub ipsa medietate narium lacuna quadam levi, quasi valle, signavit deus,
Lact. Op. D. 10:genae teretes ac medio mento lacuna,
a dimple, App. Flor. p. 351 (Hildebr., lacunatura).—Trop., a gap, void, defect, want, loss (rare but class.):est, qui expleas duplicem istam lacunam,
to fill up the double void, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 28:ut illam lacunam rei familiaris expleant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:lacuna in auro,
id. Att. 12, 6, 1:illa labes et quasi lacuna famae,
Gell. 1, 3, 23.
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