dirt

dung, dirt, filth, manure.

bătillum (in MSS. also vatillum), i, n. ( batillus, i, m., Marc. Emp. 27).

A shovel, a fire-shovel, coal-shovel, dirt or dungshovel, etc.:

batilli ferrei,

Plin. 33, 8, 44, § 127; 34, 11, 26, § 112; Treb. Pol. Claud. 14; Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 5.—

A fire-pan, chafing-dish, fumigating-pan, incense-pan: prunae batillum, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 36 (Jahn, K. and H. vatillum).

bătillum (in MSS. also vatillum), i, n. ( batillus, i, m., Marc. Emp. 27).

A shovel, a fire-shovel, coal-shovel, dirt or dungshovel, etc.:

batilli ferrei,

Plin. 33, 8, 44, § 127; 34, 11, 26, § 112; Treb. Pol. Claud. 14; Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 5.—

A fire-pan, chafing-dish, fumigating-pan, incense-pan: prunae batillum, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 36 (Jahn, K. and H. vatillum).

dē-lŭto, āre, v. a.

To daub or plaster with clay:

habitationem,

Cato R. R. 128.—

To cleanse from clay or dirt: Dict. Cretens. 3, 24 Deder.

fĭmus, i (also fĭmum, i, n., Plin. 28, 17, 70, § 234 sq.; 29, 5, 32, § 101; 30, 9, 23, § 76; Lact. Opif. D. 11, 20: fimo, abl. fem., Apul. Met. 7, p. 200 fin.), m. [Sanscr. dhūmas, smoke; dhū-lis, dust; cf. Gr. thu-, thunô, thuma, thuos; Lat. sub-fīo, sub-fimen; Germ. Dunst; Engl. dust], that which fertilizes or manures, dung, ordure, excrement (only in the sing., Diom. p. 314 P.; for syn. cf.: stercus, merda, quisquiliae).

Lit., Verg. G. 1, 80; Col. 2, 14, 4; 3, 11, 4; Plin. 28, 17, 71, § 235; 30, 9, 23, § 76:

caballinus,

id. 29, 5, 32, § 102; Liv. 38, 18, 4:

fimo si quis aliquem perfuderit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13. —

Poet. transf. for lutum, dirt, mire, Verg. A. 5, 333 and 358.

fĭmus, i (also fĭmum, i, n., Plin. 28, 17, 70, § 234 sq.; 29, 5, 32, § 101; 30, 9, 23, § 76; Lact. Opif. D. 11, 20: fimo, abl. fem., Apul. Met. 7, p. 200 fin.), m. [Sanscr. dhūmas, smoke; dhū-lis, dust; cf. Gr. thu-, thunô, thuma, thuos; Lat. sub-fīo, sub-fimen; Germ. Dunst; Engl. dust], that which fertilizes or manures, dung, ordure, excrement (only in the sing., Diom. p. 314 P.; for syn. cf.: stercus, merda, quisquiliae).

Lit., Verg. G. 1, 80; Col. 2, 14, 4; 3, 11, 4; Plin. 28, 17, 71, § 235; 30, 9, 23, § 76:

caballinus,

id. 29, 5, 32, § 102; Liv. 38, 18, 4:

fimo si quis aliquem perfuderit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13. —

Poet. transf. for lutum, dirt, mire, Verg. A. 5, 333 and 358.

illŭvĭes ( inl-), ēi, f. [in-luo].

Dirt, filth, uncleanness of the body (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: alluvies, diluvies, colluvies, proluvies; squalor, sordes, paedor): hic cruciatur fame, frigore, illuvie, imbalnitie, imperfundie, incuria, Lucil. ap. Non. 126, 2; 125, 31; Varr. ib. 34; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 54:

pectus illuvie scabrum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: illuvie ac squalore obsitus,

Tac. A. 4, 28:

illuvie deformis,

id. H. 4, 46:

morbo illuvieque peresa vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 561:

oris,

Dig. 21, 1, 12.—As a term of reproach:

di te perdant... oboluisti allium, Germana illuvies, hircus, hara suis,

you perfect beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39. —

An overflowing, inundation (postclass.):

aquarum,

Just. 2, 1, 6; 2, 6, 10:

placida,

i. e. the water that has overflowed, Tac. A. 12, 51:

imber campos lubricos fecerat, gravesque currus illuvie haerebant,

in the mud, Curt. 8, 14, 4.

illŭvĭes ( inl-), ēi, f. [in-luo].

Dirt, filth, uncleanness of the body (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: alluvies, diluvies, colluvies, proluvies; squalor, sordes, paedor): hic cruciatur fame, frigore, illuvie, imbalnitie, imperfundie, incuria, Lucil. ap. Non. 126, 2; 125, 31; Varr. ib. 34; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 54:

pectus illuvie scabrum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: illuvie ac squalore obsitus,

Tac. A. 4, 28:

illuvie deformis,

id. H. 4, 46:

morbo illuvieque peresa vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 561:

oris,

Dig. 21, 1, 12.—As a term of reproach:

di te perdant... oboluisti allium, Germana illuvies, hircus, hara suis,

you perfect beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39. —

An overflowing, inundation (postclass.):

aquarum,

Just. 2, 1, 6; 2, 6, 10:

placida,

i. e. the water that has overflowed, Tac. A. 12, 51:

imber campos lubricos fecerat, gravesque currus illuvie haerebant,

in the mud, Curt. 8, 14, 4.

līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

Lit.:

limis oculis aspicere,

to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

limis subrisit ocellis,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

limibus oculis eos contuens,

Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

Quint. 11, 3, 76:

oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

limi Di,

the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—

Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

leones numquam limo vident,

Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.

Lit.:

atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

Liv. 2, 5:

profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

id. 31, 27:

amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

Verg. G. 1, 116:

amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

id. ib. 2, 188:

limo Turbata aqua,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

Transf.

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire:

limumque inducere monstrat,

Ov. F. 3, 759.—

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

velati limo,

Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

Lit.:

limis oculis aspicere,

to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

limis subrisit ocellis,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

limibus oculis eos contuens,

Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

Quint. 11, 3, 76:

oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

limi Di,

the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—

Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

leones numquam limo vident,

Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.

Lit.:

atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

Liv. 2, 5:

profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

id. 31, 27:

amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

Verg. G. 1, 116:

amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

id. ib. 2, 188:

limo Turbata aqua,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

Transf.

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire:

limumque inducere monstrat,

Ov. F. 3, 759.—

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

velati limo,

Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

lūtum, i, n., a plant used in dyeing yellow, yellow-weed. dyer's-weed, weld:

jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

Verg. E. 4, 44; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Vitr. 7, 14.—

Transf., a yellow color, yellow, Verg. Cir. 316:

nimius luto corpora tingit amor,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 52 Heyne ad loc.

lŭtum, i, n. ( lŭtus, i, m., Quadrig. ap. Non. 212, 17) [luo], mud, mire.

Lit.:

volutari in luto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53:

cratesque luto integuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15; Quadrig. ap. Non. 212, 17:

imbre lutoque Aspersus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 11:

luto perfusa porticus,

Juv. 14, 66: pinguia crura luto, id. 3, 247:

luto opplere aliquem,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

in longa via et pulvis et lutum et pluvia,

Sen. Ep. 96, 3:

si quis aliquem luto obliniverit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13:

te pervolvam in luto,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 38.—In plur.: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16.—Prov.: in luto esse or haerere, to stick in the mud, i. e. to be at a dead stop, unable to proceed:

nunc homo in medio luto est: Nomen nescit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 27:

neque mihi haud imperito eveniet, tali ut in luto haeream,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 66:

in eodem haesitas luto,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; cf. Lact. 2, 8, 24; 7, 2, 3: pro luto esse, to be as cheap as dirt:

pro luto erat annona,

Petr. 44:

omnia pro luto habere,

id. 67, 10; cf. id. 51, 6.—As a term of reproach, mud, filth: ludis me. Pa. Tum mihi sunt manus inquinatae. Sc. Quidum? Pa. Quia ludo luto, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 54; id. Most. 5, 2, 45:

Lutum lenonium, commictum caeno stercilinum publicum!

id. Pers. 3, 5, 2; 9; Cat. 42, 13:

O tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes,

offscouring of the earth, Cic. Pis. 26, 62.—

Transf.

Loam, clay, potter's clay:

pocula de facili luto componere,

Tib. 1, 1, 40:

ficta Saguntino cymbia malo luto,

Mart. 8, 6, 2: quibus arte benigna Et meliore luto finxit praecordia Titan, of better clay, i. e. of better materials, Juv. 14, 34; cf. Pers. 3, 23:

homines compositi luto,

Juv. 6, 13.—

The dust with which wrestlers besprinkled themselves, Sen. Ep. 88, 18.

măcŭla, ae, f. [for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt], a spot, mark, stain (class.).

Lit.

In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155:

(bos) maculis insignis et albo,

i. e. with white spots, Verg. G. 3, 56:

maculis albis equus,

id. A. 9, 49:

maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),

id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.:

parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,

Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.—

Transf., a mesh in a net, a hole in network or in a web:

rete grandibus maculis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 15, 1:

reticulum minutis maculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

retia maculis distincta,

Ov. H. 5, 19. —Of the meshes of a spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—

In partic., a spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole, etc.:

maculari corpus maculis luridis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63:

est corporis macula, naevus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79:

maculas auferre de vestibus,

Ov. F. 3, 821:

extrahere,

Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 120:

in veste facere,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

e veste abluere,

id. 28, 7, 23, § 109:

mederi maculis corporis,

id. 36, 19, 33, § 140; cf.:

lentigines ac maculas e facie tollere,

id. 20, 2, 4, § 9.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13:

inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70:

jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,

id. Balb. 6, 15:

vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,

id. Planc. 12, 30:

furtorum et flagitiorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

adulescentiae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11:

familiae,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,

Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28:

ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,

Liv. 3, 58:

plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

enduring disgrace, Juv. 14, 2.

Măcŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. of Q. Pompeius, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1.

măcŭla, ae, f. [for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt], a spot, mark, stain (class.).

Lit.

In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155:

(bos) maculis insignis et albo,

i. e. with white spots, Verg. G. 3, 56:

maculis albis equus,

id. A. 9, 49:

maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),

id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.:

parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,

Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.—

Transf., a mesh in a net, a hole in network or in a web:

rete grandibus maculis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 15, 1:

reticulum minutis maculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

retia maculis distincta,

Ov. H. 5, 19. —Of the meshes of a spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—

In partic., a spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole, etc.:

maculari corpus maculis luridis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63:

est corporis macula, naevus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79:

maculas auferre de vestibus,

Ov. F. 3, 821:

extrahere,

Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 120:

in veste facere,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

e veste abluere,

id. 28, 7, 23, § 109:

mederi maculis corporis,

id. 36, 19, 33, § 140; cf.:

lentigines ac maculas e facie tollere,

id. 20, 2, 4, § 9.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13:

inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70:

jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,

id. Balb. 6, 15:

vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,

id. Planc. 12, 30:

furtorum et flagitiorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

adulescentiae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11:

familiae,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,

Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28:

ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,

Liv. 3, 58:

plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

enduring disgrace, Juv. 14, 2.

Măcŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. of Q. Pompeius, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1.

mălus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mala, dirt; Gr. melas, black; cf. macula; Germ. mal in Mutter-mal, etc.].— Comp.: pējor, pejus.— Sup.: pessimus, a, um, bad, in the widest sense of the word (opp. bonus), evil, wicked, injurious, destructive, mischievous, hurtful; of personal appearance, ill-looking, ugly, deformed; of weight, bad, light; of fate, evil, unlucky, etc.:

malus et nequam homo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 1:

pessima puella,

Cat. 36, 9; 55, 10:

delituit mala,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 9:

philosophi minime mali illi quidem, sed non satis acuti,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 23:

malam opinionem habere de aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

consuetudo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 36:

conscientia,

Quint. 12, 1, 3:

mens,

id. ib.:

mores,

Sall. C. 18:

fures,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 77:

Furiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 135:

virus,

Verg. G. 1, 129:

cicuta,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 56:

libido,

Liv. 1, 57:

falx,

Verg. E. 3, 11:

gramina,

id. A. 2, 471: carmen, i. e. an incantation, Leg. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17:

abi in malam rem,

go and be hanged! Ter. And. 2, 1, 17:

pugna,

unsuccessful, adverse, Cic. Div. 2, 25, 54; Sall. J. 56:

avis,

i. e. ill-boding, Hor. C. 1, 15, 5; cf. id. ib. 3, 6, 46:

ales,

id. Epod. 10, 1: aetas, burdensome, i. e. senectus, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 4:

haud mala est mulier,

not badlooking, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42:

facies,

Quint. 6, 3, 32; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43:

crus,

i. e. deformed, Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

pondus,

i. e. light, deficient, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156.—Of the sick:

in malis aeger est,

in great danger, Cels. 3, 15 fin.:

tempus a quo omnis aeger pejor fiat,

id. 3, 5 med.:

eo tempore fere pessimi sunt qui aegrotant,

id. ib. —In neutr. sing., as adv.:

ne gallina malum responset dura palato,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 18.— Comp.: pejor, worse:

via,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 96.—Hence,

mă-lum, i, n., any thing bad, an evil, mischief, misfortune, calamity, etc.

In gen.:

orarem, ut ei, quod posses mali facere, faceres,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 25:

quam sit bellum, cavere malum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

nihil enim mali accidisse Scipioni puto,

id. Lael. 3, 10:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

externum, i. e. bellum,

Nep. Hamilc. 21:

ne in cotidianam id malum vertat, i. e. febris,

Cels. 3, 15:

hoc malo domitos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam, etc.,

Liv. 2, 34, 11.—

In partic.

Punishment; hurt, harm, severity, injury:

malo domandam tribuniciam potestatem,

Liv. 2, 54, 10:

malo exercitum coërcere,

Sall. J. 100, 5:

sine malo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81; so Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 45; Liv. 4, 49, 11:

vi, malo, plagis adductus est, ut frumenti daret,

ill-usage, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:

amanti amoenitas malo est: nobis lucro est,

is hurtful, injurious, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 5:

clementiam illi malo fuisse,

was injurious, unfortunate, Cic. Att. 14, 22, 1: malo hercle magno suo convivat sine modo, to his own [p. 1105] hurt, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 23 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

olet homo quidam malo suo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 165:

male merenti bona es: at malo cum tuo,

to your own hurt, id. As. 1, 3, 3.—

Wrong-doing:

causae, quae numquam malo defuturae sunt, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 3: sperans famam exstingui veterum sic posse malorum,

Verg. A. 6, 527; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178.—

As a term of abuse, plague, mischief, torment:

quid tu, malum, me sequere?

Plaut. Cas. 1, 3:

qui, malum, alii?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 10:

quae, malum, est ista tanta audacia?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54; so id. Off. 2, 15, 53; Curt. 8, 14, 41.—

As an exclamation, alas! misery! Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 16; id. Men. 2, 3, 37 Brix ad loc.—

măle, adv., badly, ill, wrongly, wickedly, unfortunately, erroneously, improperly, etc.: dubitas, quin lubenter tuo ero meus, quod possiet facere, faciat male? will do all the harm to him, etc., Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66: si iste Italiam relinquet, faciet omnino male, et, ut ego existimo, alogistôs, will act altogether unwisely, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10:

di isti Segulio male faciant,

do harm to him, punish him, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 1:

o factum male de Alexione!

id. Att. 15, 1, 1:

male velle alicui,

to wish ill, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 13:

Karthagini male jamdiu cogitanti bellum multo ante denuntio, cogitare de aliquo,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

male loqui,

id. Rosc. Am. 48:

male loqui alicui, for maledicere,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 25:

male accipere verbis aliquem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

equitatu agmen adversariorum, male habere,

to harass, annoy, Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

hoc male habet virum,

annoys, vexes him, Ter. And. 2, 6, 5:

male se habere,

to feel ill, dejected, low-spirited, id. Eun. 4, 2, 6:

male est animo,

it vexes me, id. Ad. 4, 5, 21:

male est animo,

I feel unwell, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 33:

male fit animo,

I am beginning to feel bad, am getting unwell, id. Rud. 2, 6, 26: L. Antonio male sit, si quidem, etc., evil betide him! (a formula of imprecation), Cic. Att. 15, 15, 1:

quae res tibi vertat male,

much harm may it do you! Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:

male tibi esse malo quam molliter,

I would rather you should be unfortunate than effeminate, Sen. Ep. 82, 1:

proelium male pugnatum,

unsuccessfully, Sall. J. 54, 7:

ea quae male empta sunt,

at a bad bargain, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1:

male vendere,

at a sacrifice, id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

male reprehendunt praemeditationem rerum futurarum,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

male tegere mutationem fortunae,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

male sustinere arma,

unskilfully, Liv. 1, 25, 12: non dubito, quin me male oderit, i. e. very much, intensely, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

male metuo, ne, etc.,

exceedingly, much, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2:

rauci,

miserably, Hor. S. 1, 4, 66.—

When attached to an adjective, it freq. gives it the opposite meaning: male sanus = insanus,

insane, deranged, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 5:

male sana,

with mind disturbed, Verg. A. 4, 8:

gratus,

i. e. ungrateful, Ov. H. 7, 27:

male fidas provincias,

unfaithful, Tac. H. 1, 17:

statio male fida carinis,

unsafe, Verg. A. 2, 23.— Comp.:

oderam multo pejus hunc quam illum ipsum Clodium,

Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

pejusque leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50; and:

cane pejus vitabit chlamydem,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 30.

mālus, i, f., Gr. mêlea, an appletree:

malus bifera,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7:

et steriles platani malos gessere valentes,

Verg. G. 2, 70:

malus granata,

the pomegranate, Isid. 17, 7, 6:

felices arbores putantur esse quercus...malus, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 20, 2.

mālus, i, m. [by some referred to root mac-; Gr. makros; Lat. magnus; but perh. the same word with 2. malus], an upright mast, pole, or beam.

In gen.:

malos exaequantes altitudinem jugi surrexit,

Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—

Esp.

A mast of a ship:

ut si qui gubernatorem in navigando agere nihil dicant, cum alii malos scandant, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 6, 17:

malum erigi, vela fieri imperavit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

attolli malos,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

malo suspendit ab alto,

id. ib. 5, 489:

saucius,

injured, Hor. C. 1, 14, 5.—

A standard or pole, to which the awnings spread over the theatre were attached, Lucr. 6, 110; Liv. 39, 7, 8.—

The beam in the middle of a wine-press, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

The corner beams of a tower:

turrium mali,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4.

ŏlētum, i, n. [olea], a place planted with olive-trees; an olive-yard (ante-class. for the class. olivetum), Cato, R. R. 3, 5.

ŏlētum, i, n. [oleo], filth, dirt, excrement (very rare): oletum, stercus humanum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 203 Müll.:

veto quisquam faxit oletum,

Pers. 1, 112.

purgāmen, ĭnis, n. [id.].

What was annually swept or washed from the temple of Vesta, i. e. the dirt or filth swept out, the sweepings, offscourings, Ov. F. 6, 713 and 227; v. stercus.—

A means of purgation, purification, or expiation:

caedis,

Ov. M. 11, 409:

mali,

id. F. 2, 35; 2, 23:

mentis,

id. M. 15, 327: aquae, i. e. baptism, Prud. steph. 6, 30.—

Purity, clearness, Prud. Cath. 7, 80.

purgāmentum, i, n. [id.].

What is swept or washed off, sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt:

cloacam maximam, receptaculum omnium purgamentorum urbis,

Liv. 1, 56:

hortorum,

Tac. A. 11, 32:

cenae in pavimento,

Plin. 36, 25, 60, § 184:

ceparum,

id. 20, 5, 20, § 41:

oris,

Sen. Const. 2 fin.:

sanguinis,

Plin. 11, 37, 74, § 192.—As a term of reproach, refuse, dregs, filth, offscouring, outcast, Petr. 74; Curt. 6, 11, 2; 10, 2, 7:

purgamenta pro frugibus creat humus palustris,

weeds, Sen. Ep. 73, 16.—

Transf., washings, that which is washed up:

purgamenta freti aestuantis,

i.e. pearls, Col. 8, 9, 19:

tanquam purgamenta hujus mundi,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 4, 13.—

A means of purgation, purification, or expiation, an expiatory sacrifice, Petr. 134, 1.