faintly

faintly glimmering, faintly gleaming.

faintly deny, partially refuse.

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weakly, faintly.

to gleam faintly, glimmer, glow.

risque, faintly obscene.

gĕlĭdus, a, um (archaic gen. fem. sing. gelidaï

aquaï,

Lucr. 3, 693), adj. [gelu], icy cold, very cold, icy, frosty (a higher degree than frigidus; cf. also: algidus, rigidus, glacialis).

Lit.:

(Fibrenus) statim praecipitat in Lirem... eumque multo gelidiorem facit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,

cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

aqua,

Lucr. 3, 693:

aquam gelidam bibere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf.:

gelidissimae aquae,

Plin. 31, 2, 6, § 10:

fontium gelidae perennitates,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

fluvii,

Lucr. 6, 1172:

nives,

id. 6, 107:

pruina,

id. 2, 431; 515; Verg. G. 2, 263:

loca gelida propinquitate Tauri montis,

Liv. 38, 27, 9:

nemus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 30:

valles,

Verg. G. 2, 488:

rupes,

id. A. 8, 343:

Haemus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 6:

Algidus,

id. ib. 1, 21, 6: Scythes, id. ib. 4, 5, 25:

saxum,

Lucr. 3, 892:

umbrae frigoris,

id. 5, 641:

nox,

Verg. G. 1, 287; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 169:

aether,

Verg. A. 8, 28:

December,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 3:

foci,

i. e. never kindled, id. F. 3, 28:

tyrannus (i. e. Boreas),

id. M. 6, 711.—

Subst.: gĕlĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), water cold as ice (like frigida; cf.

calida or calda, warm water): foribusque repulsum Perfundit gelida,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 91: calidae gelidaeque minister; Juv. 5, 63.—

In partic., icy cold, cold, stiff with death, old age, or fright ( poet., like frigidus):

(Niobe) corporibus gelidis incumbit,

Ov. M. 6, 277:

artus,

id. ib. 4, 247;

6, 249: vultus,

id. ib. 4, 141:

gelidus tardante senecta Sanguis hebet,

Verg. A. 5, 395:

et gelidum subito frigore pectus erat,

Ov. F. 1, 98; so,

pavidus gelidusque,

id. M. 3, 688; cf. id. ib. 10, 423.—Hence also transf., of death, fright, etc.:

gelidi vestigia leti,

Lucr. 3, 530:

mors,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 11; Ov. M. 15, 153:

metus,

id. H. 11, 82; cf.

formido,

id. M. 2, 200:

horror,

id. H. 16, 67:

terror,

id. M. 3, 100:

tremor,

Verg. A. 2, 120:

pallor,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 11.— Adv.: gĕlĭde (like frigide, I.), coldly, faintly, indolently, psuchrôs:

quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat,

Hor. A. P. 171.

gĕlĭdus, a, um (archaic gen. fem. sing. gelidaï

aquaï,

Lucr. 3, 693), adj. [gelu], icy cold, very cold, icy, frosty (a higher degree than frigidus; cf. also: algidus, rigidus, glacialis).

Lit.:

(Fibrenus) statim praecipitat in Lirem... eumque multo gelidiorem facit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,

cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

aqua,

Lucr. 3, 693:

aquam gelidam bibere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf.:

gelidissimae aquae,

Plin. 31, 2, 6, § 10:

fontium gelidae perennitates,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

fluvii,

Lucr. 6, 1172:

nives,

id. 6, 107:

pruina,

id. 2, 431; 515; Verg. G. 2, 263:

loca gelida propinquitate Tauri montis,

Liv. 38, 27, 9:

nemus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 30:

valles,

Verg. G. 2, 488:

rupes,

id. A. 8, 343:

Haemus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 6:

Algidus,

id. ib. 1, 21, 6: Scythes, id. ib. 4, 5, 25:

saxum,

Lucr. 3, 892:

umbrae frigoris,

id. 5, 641:

nox,

Verg. G. 1, 287; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 169:

aether,

Verg. A. 8, 28:

December,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 3:

foci,

i. e. never kindled, id. F. 3, 28:

tyrannus (i. e. Boreas),

id. M. 6, 711.—

Subst.: gĕlĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), water cold as ice (like frigida; cf.

calida or calda, warm water): foribusque repulsum Perfundit gelida,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 91: calidae gelidaeque minister; Juv. 5, 63.—

In partic., icy cold, cold, stiff with death, old age, or fright ( poet., like frigidus):

(Niobe) corporibus gelidis incumbit,

Ov. M. 6, 277:

artus,

id. ib. 4, 247;

6, 249: vultus,

id. ib. 4, 141:

gelidus tardante senecta Sanguis hebet,

Verg. A. 5, 395:

et gelidum subito frigore pectus erat,

Ov. F. 1, 98; so,

pavidus gelidusque,

id. M. 3, 688; cf. id. ib. 10, 423.—Hence also transf., of death, fright, etc.:

gelidi vestigia leti,

Lucr. 3, 530:

mors,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 11; Ov. M. 15, 153:

metus,

id. H. 11, 82; cf.

formido,

id. M. 2, 200:

horror,

id. H. 16, 67:

terror,

id. M. 3, 100:

tremor,

Verg. A. 2, 120:

pallor,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 11.— Adv.: gĕlĭde (like frigide, I.), coldly, faintly, indolently, psuchrôs:

quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat,

Hor. A. P. 171.

imbēcillus ( inb-), a, um (also im-bēcillis, e, Sen. de Ira, 3, 28, 3; id. de Clem. 2, 6, 3; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 93 sq.), adj., weak, feeble (class.; cf.: debilis, imbellis).

Of the body.

Of living beings:

cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

multi sunt imbecilli senes... quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius! quam tenui aut nulla potius valetudine!

id. de Sen. 11, 35:

et absentes (amici) assunt et egentes abundant et imbecilli valent, etc.,

id. Lael. 7, 23:

imbecilliores (opp. firmiores),

Quint. 5, 10, 49:

Marius et valetudine et natura imbecillior,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 3:

nemo e nobis imbecillus fuit, cujus salus ac valetudo non sustentaretur Caesaris cura,

indisposed, Vell. 2, 114, 1.— Subst.:

imbecillorum esse aecum misererier,

Lucr. 5, 1023.—

Of things:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 13:

frons,

id. 12, 5, 4:

pulsus venarum (with exigui),

Cels. 3, 19:

imbecillissimus ac facillimus sanguis,

Sen. Ben. 4, 18:

accedent anni et tractari mollius aetas Imbecilla volet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 86:

nescio quomodo imbecillior est medicina quam morbus,

Cic. Att. 10, 14. 2:

terra infecunda ad omnia atque imbecilla,

Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 35:

vina (opp. valida),

id. 14, 21, 27, § 134:

imbecillissimam materiam esse omne olus,

the least nourishing, Cels. 2, 18.—In a different sense:

ovum durum valentissimae materiae est, molle vel sorbile imbecillissimae,

very easy of digestion, Cels. 2, 18:

simulacra vultus imbecilla ac mortalia sunt: forma mentis aeterna,

Tac. Agr. 46:

regnum vobis trado firmum, si boni eritis: si mali, imbecillum,

Sall. J. 10, 6.—

Of the mind:

qui eam superstitionem imbecilli animi atque anilis putent,

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

ingenia,

Quint. 2, 8, 12; cf.:

imbecilliores vel animo vel fortuna,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70; id. Rep. 1, 34:

motus fortunae,

id. Fin. 5, 24, 71:

ab imbecillis accusatoribus accusari,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:

suspiciones,

Tac. A. 2, 76.— Subst.:

ignavi et imbecilli,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32; Sen. Ep. 85.—Hence, adv.: imbēcillē, weakly, feebly, faintly (very rare; perh. only in the comp.):

iis, quae videntur, imbecillius assentiuntur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

imbecillius horrent dolorem,

id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.

imbēcillus ( inb-), a, um (also im-bēcillis, e, Sen. de Ira, 3, 28, 3; id. de Clem. 2, 6, 3; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 93 sq.), adj., weak, feeble (class.; cf.: debilis, imbellis).

Of the body.

Of living beings:

cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

multi sunt imbecilli senes... quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius! quam tenui aut nulla potius valetudine!

id. de Sen. 11, 35:

et absentes (amici) assunt et egentes abundant et imbecilli valent, etc.,

id. Lael. 7, 23:

imbecilliores (opp. firmiores),

Quint. 5, 10, 49:

Marius et valetudine et natura imbecillior,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 3:

nemo e nobis imbecillus fuit, cujus salus ac valetudo non sustentaretur Caesaris cura,

indisposed, Vell. 2, 114, 1.— Subst.:

imbecillorum esse aecum misererier,

Lucr. 5, 1023.—

Of things:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 13:

frons,

id. 12, 5, 4:

pulsus venarum (with exigui),

Cels. 3, 19:

imbecillissimus ac facillimus sanguis,

Sen. Ben. 4, 18:

accedent anni et tractari mollius aetas Imbecilla volet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 86:

nescio quomodo imbecillior est medicina quam morbus,

Cic. Att. 10, 14. 2:

terra infecunda ad omnia atque imbecilla,

Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 35:

vina (opp. valida),

id. 14, 21, 27, § 134:

imbecillissimam materiam esse omne olus,

the least nourishing, Cels. 2, 18.—In a different sense:

ovum durum valentissimae materiae est, molle vel sorbile imbecillissimae,

very easy of digestion, Cels. 2, 18:

simulacra vultus imbecilla ac mortalia sunt: forma mentis aeterna,

Tac. Agr. 46:

regnum vobis trado firmum, si boni eritis: si mali, imbecillum,

Sall. J. 10, 6.—

Of the mind:

qui eam superstitionem imbecilli animi atque anilis putent,

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

ingenia,

Quint. 2, 8, 12; cf.:

imbecilliores vel animo vel fortuna,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70; id. Rep. 1, 34:

motus fortunae,

id. Fin. 5, 24, 71:

ab imbecillis accusatoribus accusari,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:

suspiciones,

Tac. A. 2, 76.— Subst.:

ignavi et imbecilli,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32; Sen. Ep. 85.—Hence, adv.: imbēcillē, weakly, feebly, faintly (very rare; perh. only in the comp.):

iis, quae videntur, imbecillius assentiuntur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

imbecillius horrent dolorem,

id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.

in-firmus, a, um (post-class. infir-mis, e, Amm. 20, 6), adj., not strong, weak, feeble.

Lit.:

viribus infirmis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

valetudo,

id. Brut. 48, 180:

classis inops et infirma,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

valetudo infirmissima,

id. de Or. 1, 45. —Hence, infirm, indisposed, sick:

sum admodum infirmus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 14; Plin. Ep. 7, 26:

pecus,

i. e. sheep, Ov. Ib. 44:

lumen solis,

weak, feeble, Luc. 5, 545:

infirmior est panis ex polline,

less nourishing, Cels. 2, 18:

infirmissimus cibarius panis,

id. ib.:

saporis vinum,

Col. 3, 7:

infirmissimae arbores,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 217:

nervi,

weak, id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

civitas exigua et infirma,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17.—With ad:

infirmi ad resistendum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9, 3:

infirmior ad haec omnia,

Plin. 36, 20, 37, § 145.—With adversus:

fama, infirmissimum adversus viros fortes telum,

Curt. 4, 14.— In neutr. pl. subst.: infirma, ōrum, the weak parts:

lineae,

Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145.—

Trop., weak in mind or character, superstitious, pusillanimous, inconstant, light-minded:

tenuis atque infirmi haec animi videri,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

quippe minuti Semper et infirmi est animi voluptas ultio,

Juv. 13, 190:

sum paulo infirmior,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 71:

quorum concursu terrentur infirmiores,

Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

homines infirmissimi,

very uncertain, not to be depended on, Col. 3, 10, 6.—Of things, of no weight or consequence, weak, trivial, inconclusive:

omnino ad probandum utraque res infirma et nugatoria est,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 64:

quod apud omnes leve et infirmum est,

id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

cautiones,

id. Fam. 7, 18:

infirmiore vinculo (amicitiae) contrahi,

Liv. 7, 30, 2. —Hence, advv.

Form infirmē.

Weakly, faintly, not strongly, not very:

infirme animatus,

Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3. — Of speech, feebly, without vigor of expression:

jejune et infirme,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—

Weak-mindedly, superstitiously:

tonitrua et fulgura paulo infirmius expavescebat,

Suet. Aug. 9. —

Form infirmĭter, weakly, feebly, without energy:

infirmiter invalideque dicere,

Arn. 7, 250.

in-firmus, a, um (post-class. infir-mis, e, Amm. 20, 6), adj., not strong, weak, feeble.

Lit.:

viribus infirmis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

valetudo,

id. Brut. 48, 180:

classis inops et infirma,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

valetudo infirmissima,

id. de Or. 1, 45. —Hence, infirm, indisposed, sick:

sum admodum infirmus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 14; Plin. Ep. 7, 26:

pecus,

i. e. sheep, Ov. Ib. 44:

lumen solis,

weak, feeble, Luc. 5, 545:

infirmior est panis ex polline,

less nourishing, Cels. 2, 18:

infirmissimus cibarius panis,

id. ib.:

saporis vinum,

Col. 3, 7:

infirmissimae arbores,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 217:

nervi,

weak, id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

civitas exigua et infirma,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17.—With ad:

infirmi ad resistendum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9, 3:

infirmior ad haec omnia,

Plin. 36, 20, 37, § 145.—With adversus:

fama, infirmissimum adversus viros fortes telum,

Curt. 4, 14.— In neutr. pl. subst.: infirma, ōrum, the weak parts:

lineae,

Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145.—

Trop., weak in mind or character, superstitious, pusillanimous, inconstant, light-minded:

tenuis atque infirmi haec animi videri,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

quippe minuti Semper et infirmi est animi voluptas ultio,

Juv. 13, 190:

sum paulo infirmior,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 71:

quorum concursu terrentur infirmiores,

Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

homines infirmissimi,

very uncertain, not to be depended on, Col. 3, 10, 6.—Of things, of no weight or consequence, weak, trivial, inconclusive:

omnino ad probandum utraque res infirma et nugatoria est,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 64:

quod apud omnes leve et infirmum est,

id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

cautiones,

id. Fam. 7, 18:

infirmiore vinculo (amicitiae) contrahi,

Liv. 7, 30, 2. —Hence, advv.

Form infirmē.

Weakly, faintly, not strongly, not very:

infirme animatus,

Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3. — Of speech, feebly, without vigor of expression:

jejune et infirme,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—

Weak-mindedly, superstitiously:

tonitrua et fulgura paulo infirmius expavescebat,

Suet. Aug. 9. —

Form infirmĭter, weakly, feebly, without energy:

infirmiter invalideque dicere,

Arn. 7, 250.

languĭdus, a, um, adj. [langueo], faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid (class.; cf.: lassus, fessus, fatigatus, defessus).

Lit.

In gen.:

homines vino languidi,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

vino vigiliisque languidus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31:

pecus,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 39:

boves Collo trahentes languido,

Hor. Epod. 2, 64.— Transf., of things:

(oculi) languidi et torpentes,

dull, Quint. 11, 3, 76; cf.:

vultus non languidus,

id. 11, 3, 159:

flumen,

sluggish, Hor. C. 2, 14, 17; so,

aqua,

Liv. 1, 4:

ventus,

gentle, mild; Ov. P. 2, 1, 2; cf.

carbasa,

hanging loose, not swelled out, Luc. 5, 421:

color,

pale, Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 43:

ignis,

id. 34, 8, 17, § 79:

ictus venarum,

id. 11, 37, 88, § 219:

arbor piri,

Pall. Febr. 25, 4; id. Novem. 7, 14.— Comp.:

languidioribus nostris vallum scindere (hostes),

Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

folia languidiora,

Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50:

vina,

i. e. more mellow, Hor. C. 3, 21, 8.—

In partic., faint, weak, languid from sickness, languishing, ill ( poet. and in postAug. prose): lumina, Laurea Tullius poët. ap. Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 8:

languidior noster si quando est Paulus,

Mart. 9, 86:

uxor,

Juv. 1, 122.— Subst.: languĭdus, i, m., the sick man, invalid, Vulg. Johan. 5, 7; id. Matt. 14, 14 al.—

Trop., faint, feeble, powerless, inactive, listless, of persons and things:

senectus languida atque iners,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

philosophus mollis, languidus, enervatus,

id. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

si qui antea aut alieniores fuerant aut languidiores,

more sluggish, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16; cf.:

nos etiam languidiores postea facti sumus,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 21:

illi beati, quos nullae futtiles laetitiae exultantes languidis liquefaciunt voluptatibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

esse remisso ac languido animo,

id. B. C. 1, 21:

languidiore credo studio in causa fuistis,

Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

oratio languidior,

Quint. 4, 1, 67:

auctoritas patrum,

weak, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121:

Romani... fessi lassique erant: tamen instructi intentique obviam procedebant. Nam dolus Numidarum nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur,

Sall. J. 53, 6:

oculos ubi languida pressit quies,

producing languor, Verg. A. 12, 908.— Sup. seems not to occur. —Hence, adv.: languĭdē, in a languid manner, faintly, feebly, slowly, languidly (class.):

procedere,

Col. 11, 1, 17:

nutare,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53:

agere,

Petr. 98:

palmae languide dulces,

slightly, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 34. — Comp.:

languidius in opere versari,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27:

dictum languidius,

more faintheartedly, spiritlessly, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 25.— Sup. seems not to occur.

surdus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, heavy; svaras, weight; cf. O. H. Germ. swārida, weight], deaf.

Lit.:

ne mi ut surdo verbera auris,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 204; id. Cas. 3, 3, 12:

si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit,

Ter. And. 3, 1, 5.— Sup., stone-deaf, Mart. Cap. 9, § 926; Aug. Ep. 39.—Prov.: surdo narrare, canere, etc., preach to deaf ears, talk to the wind:

nae ille haud scit, quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10:

cantabant surdo,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47; cf.:

non canimus surdis,

Verg. E. 10, 8; and:

quae (praecepta) vereor, ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim,

Liv. 40, 8, 10; 3, 70, 7; Tib. 4, 14, 2:

narrare asello Fabellam surdo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200; cf.:

suadere surdis, quid sit opus facto,

Lucr. 5, 1050.—

Transf.

Deaf to any thing, i. e. not listening, unwilling to hear, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable; also, not understanding, not apprehending:

orando surdas jam aures reddideras mihi,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 89; so,

aures,

Liv. 24, 32, 6; cf. Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 48; id. 2, 20 (3, 13), 13:

non surdus judex,

Cic. Font. 11, 25 (7, 15):

ad mea munera surdus,

Ov. H. 7, 27:

per numquam surdos in tua vota deos,

id. P. 2, 8, 28:

surdae ad omnia solacia aures,

Liv. 9, 7, 3:

surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures,

Tac. H. 3, 67 init.:

surdus adversus aliquid,

Aug. Serm. 50, 13:

surdus sum,

I will not hear, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 24:

surdas clamare ad undas,

Ov. A. A. 1, 531:

litora,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6.—Hence, poet. transf.:

vota,

i. e. to which the gods are deaf, to which they will not hearken, Pers. 6, 28:

surdaeque adhibent solatia menti,

Ov. M. 9, 654:

tuas lacrimas litora surda bibent,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6:

leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse,

Liv. 2, 3:

surda tellus,

not susceptible of cultivation, Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

surdus timori,

not capable of fear, Sil. 11, 354:

tuis lacrimis,

Mart. 10, 13, 8:

in alicujus sermone,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.— Comp.:

scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit adhuc integer (i. e. castus),

Hor. C. 3, 7, 21:

surdior illa freto surgente,

Ov. M. 14, 711:

surdior aequoribus,

id. ib. 13, 804:

non saxa surdiora navitis,

Hor. Epod. 17, 54.—

With gen.:

Mars genitor, votorum haud surde meorum,

Sil. 10, 554:

pactorum,

id. 1, 692:

veritatis,

Col. 3, 10, 18.—

Of things that give out a dull, indistinct sound, dull-sounding (very rare):

theatrum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.:

locus,

Vitr. 3, 3:

loca,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 576:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

surdum quiddam et barbarum,

id. 12, 10, 28.—

Pass., that is not heard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

lyra,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 58:

buccina,

Juv. 7, 71:

plectra,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 19:

non erit officii gratia surda tui,

unsung, Ov. P. 2, 6, 31; cf.

fama,

Sil. 6, 75:

surdum et ignobile opus,

Stat. Th. 4, 359:

nomen parentum,

Sil. 8, 248:

herbae,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5:

quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit,

secret, Juv. 13, 194:

ictus,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 20.—

Of odor, appearance, meaning, etc., faint, dim, dull, indistinct, stupid:

spirant cinnama surdum,

Pers. 6, 36:

colos,

Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:

hebes unitate surdā color,

id. 37, 5, 20, § 76:

discrimen figurarum,

id. 35, 2, 2, § 4:

materia,

id. 13, 15, 30, § 98:

res surdae ac sensu carentes,

id. 20, prooem. § 1; so id. 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 13, 120, § 146.—Hence, * adv.: surdē, faintly, imperfectly, indistinctly: surde audire, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 194 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 348 Rib.).