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  • 1 Ater

    1.
    āter, tra, trum, adj. [cf. aithô, to burn; Sanscr. idh; aithôn aithêr, Aitnê, [p. 188] Aetna, aether, aestus, aestas] (pr. burnt black, black as a coal; cf.:

    Tam excoctam reddam atque atram quam carbost,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63: hence), black; and specif., coalblack, lustreless-black, sable, dark (opp. albus, lustreless-white, and diff. from niger, glossy black, v. albus init.; class. and freq., but never in Vulg., which uses niger).
    I.
    Lit.:

    album an atrum vinum potas?

    Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 17:

    atrior multo Quam Aegyptii,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 11:

    alba et atra discernere non poterat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: nigra scuta, tincta corpora;

    atras ad proelia noctes legunt,

    Tac. G. 43:

    Mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque capillis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 41; so id. ib. 15, 44; cf.

    albus: fauces,

    Lucr. 6, 1147:

    dens,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 3:

    nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 180; Hor. C. 2, 16, 2:

    lumen, with smoke,

    Verg. A. 7, 457:

    agmen, with dust,

    id. ib. 12, 450 Serv.:

    axis, with blood,

    Sil. 2, 186:

    Eridanus ater stragibus,

    id. 6, 107:

    bilis,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 64, and Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11 (cf. the Gr. melancholia):

    cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 31:

    tempestas,

    Lucr. 6, 258 sq.; Verg. A. 5, 693:

    hiemps,

    id. ib. 7, 214:

    canis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25:

    corvus atro gutture,

    Cat. 108, 5:

    venena,

    Verg. G. 2, 130:

    Tartara,

    Lucr. 3, 966; so,

    Cocytus,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

    mare,

    dark, stormy, id. S. 2, 2, 16:

    fluctus,

    Verg. A. 5, 2: mons, v. 2. ater.— The proverb albus an ater, v. albus.— Poet., = atratus, clothed in black:

    lictores,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 6; cf. albus, I. B. 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate, etc.:

    funus,

    Lucr. 2, 580:

    formido,

    id. 4 [173], and id. 6, 254; so,

    Timor,

    Verg. A. 9, 719:

    cupressus,

    id. ib. 3, 64:

    dies,

    id. ib. 6, 429; Prop. 3, 2, 4:

    mors,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 13:

    fila trium sororum,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 16:

    Esquiliae (as a burying-place),

    dismal, id. S. 2, 6, 32:

    seu mors atris circumvolat alis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 58:

    cura,

    id. C. 3, 1, 40; 3, 14, 13; 4, 11, 35:

    lites,

    id. A. P. 423:

    comes,

    id. S. 2, 7, 115:

    serpens,

    Verg. G. 1, 129; Ov. M. 3, 63 al.:

    genius.. vultu mutabilis, albus et ater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 189.—In Roman civil life, dies atri are the days on which the state experienced some calamity, unlucky days. (This designation is said to have arisen from the Roman custom of marking every unfortunate day in the calendar with coal); Varr. L. L. 6, § 29; Liv. 6, 1; Gell. 5, 17; Fest. s. v. nonarum, p. 179 Müll.; id. s. v. religiosus, p. 278 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 1, 418; Macr. S. 1, 15 fin. and 16; Afran. ap. Non. p. 73, 33:

    si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto,

    Liv. 22, 10.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Rare and poet., of mind or feeling, malevolent, malicious, virulent (cf. niger, II. D., and the Gr. melas, II. 4 Lidd. and Scott):

    versus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30:

    si quis atro dente me petiverit,

    id. Epod. 6, 15.—
    2.
    Also poet. of something difficult to be understood, dark, obscure (so melas, Anth. Pal. 11, 347):

    latebrae Lycophronis atri,

    Stat. p. 5, 3, 157.— Comp. v. supra, I.— Sup. and adv. not used.
    2.

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  • 2 ater

    1.
    āter, tra, trum, adj. [cf. aithô, to burn; Sanscr. idh; aithôn aithêr, Aitnê, [p. 188] Aetna, aether, aestus, aestas] (pr. burnt black, black as a coal; cf.:

    Tam excoctam reddam atque atram quam carbost,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63: hence), black; and specif., coalblack, lustreless-black, sable, dark (opp. albus, lustreless-white, and diff. from niger, glossy black, v. albus init.; class. and freq., but never in Vulg., which uses niger).
    I.
    Lit.:

    album an atrum vinum potas?

    Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 17:

    atrior multo Quam Aegyptii,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 11:

    alba et atra discernere non poterat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: nigra scuta, tincta corpora;

    atras ad proelia noctes legunt,

    Tac. G. 43:

    Mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque capillis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 41; so id. ib. 15, 44; cf.

    albus: fauces,

    Lucr. 6, 1147:

    dens,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 3:

    nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 180; Hor. C. 2, 16, 2:

    lumen, with smoke,

    Verg. A. 7, 457:

    agmen, with dust,

    id. ib. 12, 450 Serv.:

    axis, with blood,

    Sil. 2, 186:

    Eridanus ater stragibus,

    id. 6, 107:

    bilis,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 64, and Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11 (cf. the Gr. melancholia):

    cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 31:

    tempestas,

    Lucr. 6, 258 sq.; Verg. A. 5, 693:

    hiemps,

    id. ib. 7, 214:

    canis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25:

    corvus atro gutture,

    Cat. 108, 5:

    venena,

    Verg. G. 2, 130:

    Tartara,

    Lucr. 3, 966; so,

    Cocytus,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

    mare,

    dark, stormy, id. S. 2, 2, 16:

    fluctus,

    Verg. A. 5, 2: mons, v. 2. ater.— The proverb albus an ater, v. albus.— Poet., = atratus, clothed in black:

    lictores,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 6; cf. albus, I. B. 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate, etc.:

    funus,

    Lucr. 2, 580:

    formido,

    id. 4 [173], and id. 6, 254; so,

    Timor,

    Verg. A. 9, 719:

    cupressus,

    id. ib. 3, 64:

    dies,

    id. ib. 6, 429; Prop. 3, 2, 4:

    mors,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 13:

    fila trium sororum,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 16:

    Esquiliae (as a burying-place),

    dismal, id. S. 2, 6, 32:

    seu mors atris circumvolat alis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 58:

    cura,

    id. C. 3, 1, 40; 3, 14, 13; 4, 11, 35:

    lites,

    id. A. P. 423:

    comes,

    id. S. 2, 7, 115:

    serpens,

    Verg. G. 1, 129; Ov. M. 3, 63 al.:

    genius.. vultu mutabilis, albus et ater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 189.—In Roman civil life, dies atri are the days on which the state experienced some calamity, unlucky days. (This designation is said to have arisen from the Roman custom of marking every unfortunate day in the calendar with coal); Varr. L. L. 6, § 29; Liv. 6, 1; Gell. 5, 17; Fest. s. v. nonarum, p. 179 Müll.; id. s. v. religiosus, p. 278 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 1, 418; Macr. S. 1, 15 fin. and 16; Afran. ap. Non. p. 73, 33:

    si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto,

    Liv. 22, 10.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Rare and poet., of mind or feeling, malevolent, malicious, virulent (cf. niger, II. D., and the Gr. melas, II. 4 Lidd. and Scott):

    versus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30:

    si quis atro dente me petiverit,

    id. Epod. 6, 15.—
    2.
    Also poet. of something difficult to be understood, dark, obscure (so melas, Anth. Pal. 11, 347):

    latebrae Lycophronis atri,

    Stat. p. 5, 3, 157.— Comp. v. supra, I.— Sup. and adv. not used.
    2.

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  • 3 āter

        āter tra, trum, adj.    [AID-], black, coal-black, gloomy, dark (cf. niger, glossy-black): panis, T.: carbo, T.: alba et atra discernere: noctes, Ta.: tempestas, V.: mare, gloomy, H.: lictores, clothed in black, H.: corvus atro gutture, Ct. — Fig., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate: timor, V.: mors, H.: fila trium sororum, H.: alae (mortis), H.: serpens, V. — Esp.: dies atri, unlucky days (marked in the calendar with coal): si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto, L.— Malevolent, malicious, virulent: versus, H.: dens, poisonous, H.
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    atra -um, atrior -or -us, aterrimus -a -um ADJ
    black, dark; dark-colored (hair/skin); gloomy/murky; unlucky; sordid/squalid; deadly, terrible, grisly (esp. connected with underworld); poisonous; spiteful

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  • 4 fūnereus

        fūnereus adj.    [funus], of a funeral, funereal: faces, funeral-torches, V.: frons, wreath of cypress, V.— Fatal: torris, O.: bubo, dismal, O.
    * * *
    funerea, funereum ADJ
    funereal; deadly; fatal

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  • 5 fūnestus

        fūnestus adj. with comp.    [funus], causing death, deadly, fatal, destructive, pernicious, calamitous, mournful, dismal: eius securis: templis funestos ignīs inferre: tabes veneni, O.: taxus, O.: scelus, Ph.: funestior dies pugnae: o diem funestum senatui.— Filled with misfortune, fatal, mournful, sad: capilli, O.: manūs, i. e. of a mourner, O.: familia Fabi morte, in mourning, L.: annales, i. e. lists of the dead, L.: littera, mourning, O.: omen, Pr.: funestum est a forti viro iugulari, funestius ab eo, etc.
    * * *
    funesta, funestum ADJ
    deadly, fatal; sad; calamitous; destructive

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  • 6 intempestus

        intempestus adj.    [2 in+tempus], unseasonable, unpropitious, dark: nox, the dead of night.— Person.: intempesta silet Nox, dismal Night (mother of the Furies), V.—Unwholesome, unhealthy: Graviscae, V.
    * * *
    intempesta, intempestum ADJ
    unseasonable stormy, unhealthy; nox intempesta the dead of night

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  • 7 trīstis

        trīstis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 TER-], sad, sorrowful, mournful, dejected, melancholy, gloomy, downcast, disconsolate: quaerere ex te, quid tristis esses: tristis, demissus: tristīs adfatus amicos, H.: Sequanos tristīs, capite demisso, terram intueri, Cs.: tristis erat et me maestum videbat, Cu.— Gloomy, peevish, morose, sullen, illhumored: Navita (Charon), V.: dii, H.— Stern, harsh, severe: iudex: cum tristibus severe vivere. —Of things, bringing sorrow, melancholy, saddening, unhappy, sad, dismal, gloomy: ut tuum laetissimum diem cum tristissimo meo conferam: tristia ad recordationem exempla, L.: tristissuma exta: tristissimi exsili solacium, L.: Kalendae, H.: clades, H.: morbus, V.: ius sepulcri, O.: pars subiere feretro, Triste ministerium, V.: tristique palus inamabilis undā, V.—As subst n., a sad thing, pest, bane, sorrow: Triste lupus stabulis, V.: interdum miscentur tristia laetis, O.: nune ego mitibus Mutare quaero tristia, H.—Of taste, harsh, disagreeable, bitter: suci, V.: absinthia, O.—Of smell, offensive, foul: anhelitus oris, O.— Expressing sorrow, gloomy, sad, melancholy, stern, harsh: voltus tristior: Tristis severitas inest in voltu, T.: vita tristior: sermo (opp. iocosus), H.: tua tristia iussa, V.: sententia, O.: responsum, L.
    * * *
    tristis, triste ADJ
    sad, sorrowful; gloomy

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  • 8 Chologaster avitus

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  • 9 funereus

    fūnĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [funus], of or belonging to a funeral, funeral - ( poet. for the class. funebris, q. v.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    faces,

    funeral-torches, Verg. A. 11, 143:

    fronde coronat pyram,

    id. ib. 4, 506.—
    II.
    Transf., deadly, destructive, fatal:

    torris,

    Ov. M. 8, 511:

    dextra (Discordiae),

    Val. Fl. 7, 468:

    bubo,

    i. e. ill-boding, dismal, Ov. M. 10, 453:

    os bubonis,

    id. ib. 226.

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  • 10 funestus

    fūnestus, a, um, adj. [funus].
    I.
    Act., causing death, destruction, or calamity; causing grief; deadly, fatal, destructive, calamitous, mournful, dismal (class.; syn.: nefarius, perniciosus;

    fatalis, fatifer): ad ejus (C. Verris) funestam securem servati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 123; cf.:

    deorum templis atque delubris funestos ac nefarios ignes inferre,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

    arma,

    Ov. F. 1, 521:

    venenum,

    id. M. 3, 49:

    morsus,

    id. ib. 11, 373:

    munus,

    id. ib. 2, 88:

    taxus,

    id. ib. 4, 432; cf.

    taeda,

    Verg. A. 7, 322:

    scelus,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 50.— Comp.:

    funestior dies Alliensis pugnae, quam urbis captae,

    Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2.— Sup.:

    Caligula sceleratissimus ac funestissimus,

    Eutr. 7, 12.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aquilam argenteam, quam tibi perniciosam et funestam futuram confido,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:

    o diem illum funestum senatui bonisque omnibus!

    id. Sest. 12, 27; cf.:

    nox nobis,

    id. Fl. 41, 103: victoria orbi terrarum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3.—
    II.
    Neutr., filled with misfortune or grief, fatal, mournful, sad (class.;

    syn.: infaustus, infelix, etc.): agros funestos reddere,

    Lucr. 6, 1139:

    capilli,

    Ov. F. 6, 493:

    utque manus funestas arceat aris,

    i. e. polluted with blood, id. M. 11, 584:

    familia,

    in mourning, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; Liv. 2, 8, 8; 2, 47, 10:

    adeo ut annales velut funesti nihil praeter nomina consulum suggerant,

    as if they were lists of the dead, id. 4, 20, 9; cf. epistolae, announcing misfortune or sad tidings, Vell. 2, 117, 1:

    funestior advolat alter Nuntius,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 474; cf.:

    nocturna volucris funesta querela,

    Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 5;

    hence also: omen,

    id. 2, 28, 38 (3, 25, 4 M.):

    littera,

    denoting death, mourning, Ov. M. 10, 216: manus, mourning (of a dowager), id. ib. 11, 585:

    funestum est a forti atque honesto viro jugulari, funestius ab eo, cujus vox, etc.,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 95.

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  • 11 intempestus

    intempestus, a, um, adj. [2. in-tempus], unseasonable.
    I.
    Lit.:

    intempesta nox,

    the dead of night, Cic. Phil. 1, 3; id. Pis. 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Verg. A. 3, 587; id. G. 1, 247 al.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 7; 7, § 72:

    nox intempesta, quae non habet idoneum tempus rebus gerendis,

    Macr. S. 1, 3, p. 209 Bip.—Hence, personified:

    intempesta silet Nox,

    dismal Night, the mother of the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 846.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Unwholesome, unhealthy:

    Graviscae,

    Verg. A. 10, 184.—
    B.
    Stormy, tempestuous:

    Tonans,

    Stat. Th. 2, 153.

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  • 12 obcento

    occento ( obc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obcanto], to sing at or before, i. e.,
    I.
    To serenade a person:

    senem,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 66.— Absol.:

    quid, si adeam ad fores atque occentem?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 57:

    hymenaeum,

    id. Cas. 4, 3, 9 (dub.; al. offundam).—
    II.
    In a bad sense, to sing a satirical song or pasquinade against any one (class.): occentassint antiqui dicebant, quod nunc convicium fecerint dicimus: quod id clare, et cum quodam canore fit, ut procul exaudiri possit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: si quis occentavisset, sive carmen condidisset, quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12 (Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 9); cf. Rein's Criminalrecht, p. 357 sq.—With acc. of the place: ostium, to sing a lampoon or pasquinade before one's door, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 20; id. Merc. 2, 3, 73.—
    B.
    Transf., of birds of ill omen:

    bubo occentans funebria,

    singing dismal songs, Amm. 30, 5, 16.

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  • 13 occento

    occento ( obc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obcanto], to sing at or before, i. e.,
    I.
    To serenade a person:

    senem,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 66.— Absol.:

    quid, si adeam ad fores atque occentem?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 57:

    hymenaeum,

    id. Cas. 4, 3, 9 (dub.; al. offundam).—
    II.
    In a bad sense, to sing a satirical song or pasquinade against any one (class.): occentassint antiqui dicebant, quod nunc convicium fecerint dicimus: quod id clare, et cum quodam canore fit, ut procul exaudiri possit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: si quis occentavisset, sive carmen condidisset, quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12 (Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 9); cf. Rein's Criminalrecht, p. 357 sq.—With acc. of the place: ostium, to sing a lampoon or pasquinade before one's door, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 20; id. Merc. 2, 3, 73.—
    B.
    Transf., of birds of ill omen:

    bubo occentans funebria,

    singing dismal songs, Amm. 30, 5, 16.

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  • 14 tristis

    tristis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. trastas, frightened; and Lat. terreo], sad, sorrowful, mournful, dejected, melancholy, disconsolate, trist (syn.: maestus, severus, austerus, luctuosus).
    I.
    In gen.:

    maesti tristesque,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 18:

    cum maestus errares, quaerere ex te, quid tristis esses,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    tristis et conturbatus,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

    tristis, demissus,

    id. Mur. 21, 45:

    sic tristes affatus amicos,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 24:

    Sequanos tristes, capite demisso, terram intueri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    numquam ego te tristiorem Vidi esse,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 55:

    oderunt hilarem tristes, tristemque jocosi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 89:

    (faciet) hominem ex tristi lepidum et lenem,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 7:

    quid tu tristis es?

    id. ib. 2, 2, 6; id. Men. 5, 2, 27; 5, 2, 59:

    quid es tam tristis?

    Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20:

    malle se adulescentem tristem quam hilarem,

    Sen. Ep. 36, 3:

    tristis Erat et me maestum videbat,

    Curt. 6, 11, 27; Sen. Tranq. 15, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of things associated with misfortune or suggestive of sadness, melancholy, saddening, unhappy:

    ut tuum laetissimum diem cum tristissimo meo conferam,

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33; cf.:

    vel defensus tristibus temporibus vel ornatus secundis,

    id. Fam. 15, 7:

    esse vultu tristi,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 124:

    tristissima exta,

    Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36:

    tristissimi exsilii solatium,

    Liv. 5, 51, 1:

    tristissimam exegimus noctem,

    most miserable, Petr. 115:

    sors,

    unhappy, miserable, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:

    eventus,

    Liv. 8, 24, 18:

    Kalendae,

    sad, dismal, Hor. S. 1, 3, 87:

    Hyades,

    id. C. 1, 3, 14:

    Orion,

    id. Epod. 10, 10:

    bella,

    id. A. P. 73:

    clades,

    id. C. 3, 3, 62:

    morbus,

    Verg. G. 4, 252:

    fatum,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 29:

    jus sepulcri,

    Ov. M. 13, 472:

    officium (exsequiarum),

    id. ib. 12, 4:

    funera,

    Verg. G. 4, 256; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74:

    pars subiere feretro, Triste ministerium,

    Verg. A. 6, 223:

    Tartara,

    id. ib. 4, 243:

    Acheron,

    Sil. 13, 571:

    tristique palus inamabilis undā,

    Verg. A. 6, 438; Hor. C. 2, 14, 8:

    arbores,

    gloomy, sombre, Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 95:

    adspectus (arboris),

    id. 13, 22, 40, § 120:

    tristes et squalidi trunci,

    Sen. Ep. 12, 1.—
    2.
    Of taste:

    quod triste et amarum est,

    harsh, disagreeable, bitter, Lucr. 4, 634:

    suci,

    Verg. G. 2, 126:

    lupinum,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    absinthia,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 23; 3, 8, 15:

    epulae,

    Sil. 3, 281: sapor. Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 12:

    pocula,

    Tib. 1, 5, 50.—
    3.
    Of smell, offensive, foul:

    anhelitus oris,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 521.—
    4.
    As subst.: triste, is, n., a sad thing, etc. ( poet.):

    triste lupus stabulis, maturis frugibus imbres, Arboribus venti,

    a sad thing, a pest, bane, Verg. E. 3, 80:

    interdum miscentur tristia laetis,

    Ov. F. 6, 463; cf.:

    nunc ego mitibus Mutare quaero tristia,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 26. Thus Ovid called his elegies that were written in exile Tristia.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Of behavior, etc., towards others.
    1.
    Glum, gloomy, peevish, morose, ill-humored (syn.:

    tetricus, severus, austerus): stultitia est, ei te esse tristem,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: eia, mea Juno, non decet te esse tam [p. 1902] tristem tuo Jovi, id. ib. 2, 3, 14: mihi erit tristior, Afran. ap. Non. 410, 2:

    tristis amica ingrato viro,

    Prop. 1, 6, 10:

    puella,

    id. 1, 10, 21:

    navita tristis (Charon),

    gloomy, sullen, Verg. A. 6, 315; so,

    dii,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 103:

    Erinys,

    Verg. A. 2, 337:

    sorores,

    i. e. the Fates, Tib. 3, 3, 35; Sen. Tranq. 7, 6:

    ursa,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 409.—
    2.
    Stern, harsh, severe:

    judex tristis et integer,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 30; cf.:

    cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde vivere,

    id. Cael. 6, 13.—
    B.
    Transf., of things, gloomy, sad, melancholy, stern, harsh, etc.:

    truculentis oculis, tristi fronte,

    Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:

    voltus,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 124:

    fronte gravi et tristi supercilio,

    Plin. Pan. 41, 3: idem naturā tristiori paululo, Afran. ap. Non. 410, 2:

    vultus severior et tristior,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf.:

    tristis severitas inest in vultu,

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 16:

    vita tristior,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

    triste et severum genus dicendi,

    id. Brut. 30, 113; cf.:

    sermo tristis (opp. jocosus),

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 11: senectus, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 108, 29; cf.:

    tristis et plenus dignitatis sonus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 7:

    perfert in judiciis tristem et impexam antiquitatem,

    Tac. Or. 20.—Of languages, etc.:

    tua tristia dicta,

    Verg. A. 10, 612:

    sententia,

    Ov. M. 15, 43; Liv. 8, 21, 2:

    responsum,

    id. 9, 16, 3:

    senatūs consultum,

    id. 5, 6, 2.— Adv.: tristĕ, sadly, sorrowfully; harshly, severely:

    salutantes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 19:

    triste et acutum resonare,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 41:

    rigens frons,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 64.— Comp.:

    flere tristius,

    Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 2:

    adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur,

    with more difficulty, Cic. Sen. 19, 67:

    respondere tristius,

    more harshly, id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tristis

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