faults

lippus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. lip, to smear; Gr. lipa, lipos, fat; aleipha, salve; whence adeps], blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed.

Lit.:

num tibi lippus videor,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21:

(matrem) cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis,

id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi illic oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4:

non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

lippus Illinere,

id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.:

omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus,

i. e. to everybody, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—

Transf.

Dim-sighted, nearly blind, half-blind, purblind:

fuligine lippus,

Juv. 10, 130:

patres,

Pers. 1, 79.—

Dropping, running:

lippa sub attrita fronte lacuna putet, of an empty eye-socket,

Mart. 8, 59, 2:

ficus,

an over-ripe fig, dropping with juice, id. 7, 20, 12.—

Trop., blind to one's own faults:

vappa et lippus,

Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25.

pellis, is ( abl. sing. pelle;

but pelli,

Lucr. 6, 1270; App. Mag. 22), f. [Gr. pella, pelas, skin; cf. erusipelas, epipolê, surface; also, platus, and Lat. palam], a skin, hide (of a beast), whether on the body or taken off; a felt, pelt, etc.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: inaurata arietis, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 285 Vahl.):

rana rugosam inflavit pellem,

Phaedr. 1, 23, 4; Col. 6, 13, 2:

nationes caprarum pellibus vestitae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11; cf.:

quam tu numquam vides nisi cum pelle caprinā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82:

pelles pro velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

fulvique insternor pelle leonis,

Verg. A. 2, 722:

pelles perficere,

Plin. 24, 11, 56, § 94:

pelles candidas conficere,

id. 13, 6, 13, § 55:

pecudes aureas habuisse pelles tradiderunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6.— Poet., of the human skin:

frigida pellis Duraque,

Lucr. 6, 1194:

ossa atque pellis tota est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 28; id. Capt. 1, 2, 32:

pellis nostra,

Vulg. Thren. 5, 10; id. Job, 10, 11; 19, 20: pellem habere Hercules fingitur, ut homines cultus antiqui admoneantur. Lugentes quoque diebus luctus in pellibus sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; cf.:

deformem pro cute pellem aspice,

Juv. 10, 192.—Prov.: detrahere pellem, i. e. to pull off the mask which conceals a person's faults, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64:

introrsum turpis, speciosus pelle decorā,

with a showy outside, id. Ep. 1, 16, 45: cf. Pers. 4, 14: in propriā pelle quiescere, to be content with one's own state or condition, Hor. S. 1, 6, 22 (v. pellicula):

caninam pellem rodere, said of lampooning a slanderer,

Mart. 5, 60, 10:

pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro animā suā,

Vulg. Job, 2, 4:

si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam,

id. Jer. 13, 23.—

Transf.

Leather:

ruptā calceus alter Pelle patet,

Juv. 3, 150.—

A garment, article of clothing made of skin, Col. 1, 8; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19:

pes in pelle natet,

in the shoe, id. A. A. 1, 516; Pers. 5, 140.—

A tent for soldiers (because it was covered with skins); usually in the phrase sub pellibus, in the camp:

ut non multum imperatori sub ipsis pellibus otii relinquatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

sub pellibus milites contineri non possent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29 fin.:

(Caesar) sub pellibus hiemare constituit,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.; cf. Liv. 37, 39:

durare sub pellibus,

id. 5, 2; Tac. A. 13, 35; 14, 38:

pellium nomine,

for covering shields, Cic. Pis. 36, 87.—

Parchment:

pellibus exiguis artatur Livius ingens,

on little parchments, Mart. 14, 190, 1.—

A drum:

pelles caedere,

Min. Fel. 24, 4.

tūber, ĕris, n. [from root tum, tumeo], a hump, bump, swelling, tumor, protuberance on animal bodies, whether natural or caused by disease.

Lit.:

cameli,

Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 67:

boum,

id. 8, 45, 70, § 179:

tubera... anserino adipe curantur,

tumors, id. 30, 12, 33, § 107; so id. 22, 24, 50, § 107; 26, 14, 87, § 139 al.; cf.: colaphis tuber est totum caput, is one boil, i. e. is full of boils, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 37.—Prov.:

ubi uber, ibi tuber,

there are no roses without thorns, App. Flor. p. 359, 29: qui ne tuberibus propriis offendat amicum Postulat, ignoscet verrucis illius, boils... warts, for great and slight faults, Hor. S. 1, 3, 73. —

Transf., of plants.

A knob, hard excrescence on wood:

tuber utrumque arboris ejus,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68; 16, 43. 84, § 231; 25, 8, 54, § 95.—

A kind of mushroom, a truffle, moril, a favorite article of food among the Romans, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33:

tenerrima verno esse,

id. 19, 3, 13, § 37 sq.; Juv. 5, 116; 5, 119; 14, 7; Mart. 13, 50, 2.—

Tuber terrae.

Mole-hill, as a term of abuse, Petr. 58.—

Another name for the cyclaminon, Plin. 25, 9, 67, § 115.

tŭber, ĕris, m. and f.

Fem., a kind of apple-tree, Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103; Col. 11, 2, 11; Pall. Jan. 15, 20; id. Sept. 14, 1.—

Masc., the fruit of this tree, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47; Mart. 13, 42, 1; 13, 43, 2; Suet. Dom. 16.

vĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [vitium], full of faults or defects, faulty, defective, bad, corrupt, etc.

Lit. (very rare):

pecus (with morbosum),

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 21:

locus (corporis pecudum),

i. e. diseased, Col. 7, 5, 6:

nux,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.—

Trop.

In gen.:

exemplum,

Auct. Her. 2, 29, 46:

suffragium,

Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

vitiosissimus orator,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

antiquarii,

Suet. Aug. 86:

consul,

chosen contrary to the auspices, Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 84; cf.: quaeque augur injusta nefasta vitiosa dira deixerit, inrita infectaque sunto, XII. Tab ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21.— Subst.: vĭtĭōsa, ōrum, n., misfortune, ruin:

sinistra dum non exquirimus, in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29.—

In partic., morally faulty, wicked, depraved, vicious, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2: si quem conventum velit, Vel vitiosum, vel sine vitio;

vel probum vel improbum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 8:

si qui audierunt philosophos, vitiosi essent discessuri,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77:

vitiosa et flagitiosa vita,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

vitiosas partes rei publicae exsecare,

id. Att. 2, 1, 7.— Comp.:

progenies vitiosior,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 48.— Sup.:

inter summam vitiorum dissimulationem vitiosissimus,

Vell. 2, 97, 1.— Hence, adv.: vĭtĭōsē, faultily, defectivelay, badly, corruptly.

Prop.:

vitiose se habet membrum tumidum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19.—

Trop.:

ferre res bonas (sc. leges),

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 10: concludere (opp. recte), [p. 2000] id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.— Sup.:

usurpare,

Col. 4, 24, 15.

vĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [vitium], full of faults or defects, faulty, defective, bad, corrupt, etc.

Lit. (very rare):

pecus (with morbosum),

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 21:

locus (corporis pecudum),

i. e. diseased, Col. 7, 5, 6:

nux,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.—

Trop.

In gen.:

exemplum,

Auct. Her. 2, 29, 46:

suffragium,

Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

vitiosissimus orator,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

antiquarii,

Suet. Aug. 86:

consul,

chosen contrary to the auspices, Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 84; cf.: quaeque augur injusta nefasta vitiosa dira deixerit, inrita infectaque sunto, XII. Tab ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21.— Subst.: vĭtĭōsa, ōrum, n., misfortune, ruin:

sinistra dum non exquirimus, in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29.—

In partic., morally faulty, wicked, depraved, vicious, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2: si quem conventum velit, Vel vitiosum, vel sine vitio;

vel probum vel improbum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 8:

si qui audierunt philosophos, vitiosi essent discessuri,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77:

vitiosa et flagitiosa vita,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

vitiosas partes rei publicae exsecare,

id. Att. 2, 1, 7.— Comp.:

progenies vitiosior,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 48.— Sup.:

inter summam vitiorum dissimulationem vitiosissimus,

Vell. 2, 97, 1.— Hence, adv.: vĭtĭōsē, faultily, defectivelay, badly, corruptly.

Prop.:

vitiose se habet membrum tumidum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19.—

Trop.:

ferre res bonas (sc. leges),

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 10: concludere (opp. recte), [p. 2000] id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.— Sup.:

usurpare,

Col. 4, 24, 15.