femineus

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fēmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, feminine (rare but class. and mostly poet.) = muliebris.

Prop.:

feminae vir feminea interemor manu,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20 (in version of Soph. Trachin.):

femineae vocis exilitas,

Quint. 1, 11, 1:

quatuor ille quidem juvenes totidemque crearat Femineae sortis,

i. e. of the female sex, Ov. M. 6, 680:

sors,

id. ib. 13, 651; cf.

sexus,

Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 129:

artus,

Ov. M. 10, 729:

catervae,

Val. Fl. 4, 603:

labor,

Tib. 2, 1, 63; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 23:

dolor,

id. M. 9, 151:

clamor,

id. ib. 12, 226; cf.

vox,

id. ib. 3, 536;

4, 29: plangores,

Verg. A. 2, 488:

Marte cadendum,

i. e. by the hand of a woman, Ov. M. 12, 610:

amor,

i. e. love for a woman, id. Am. 3, 2, 40:

cupido,

id. M. 9, 734:

venus,

id. ib. 10, 80:

poena,

i. e. executed on a woman, Verg. A. 2, 584: Calendae, i. e. the first of March (on which the Matronalia were celebrated), Juv. 9, 53:

ceroma,

for women's use, id. 6, 246.—

Transf., with an accessory notion of contempt, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: vox, Quint, 1, 11, 1; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 286:

pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 693:

amor praedae,

Verg. A. 11, 782:

lunae femineum et molle sidus,

Plin. 2, 101, 104, § 223.

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cŭpīdo ( cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors; v. the foll.) [cupidus], access. form of cupiditas, desire, wish, longing, eagerness, in a good and (more usu.) in a bad sense (very freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; twice in Quint., but in Cic. only as personified).

In gen.

In a good sense: cupido cepit miseram nunc me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: himeros m hupêlthe, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.:

Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2; and with inf.:

cupido incessit Aethiopiam invisere,

Curt. 4, 8, 3:

aquae,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.:

laticum frugumque,

Lucr. 4, 1093:

gloriae,

Sall. C. 7, 3:

aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

Suet. Ner. 55:

lucis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: placendi,

id. 10, 7, 17 al. —

Trop., of things:

res medii cuppedine victae,

overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—

In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.

With gen.:

honorum caeca (with avarities),

Lucr. 3, 59; cf.

honoris,

Sall. C. 3, 5:

mala vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 1077:

immitis uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae),

Hor. C. 2, 5, 9:

praedae caeca,

Ov. M. 3, 620:

intempestiva concubitūs,

id. ib. 10, 689; cf.

Veneris,

id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.:

difficilia faciundi,

Sall. J. 93, 3:

ejus (oppidi) potiundi,

id. ib. 89, 6:

quarum (rerum) inmodica cupido inter mortales est,

Liv. 6, 35, 6:

populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere,

id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.:

malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans,

Tac. A. 13, 2.—

Absol.:

homines cupidine caeci,

Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090:

cuppedinis acres curae,

id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.:

femineus,

Ov. M. 9, 734; cf.

muliebris,

Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52:

eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam quidam aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant,

id. ib. 14, 35.—

In partic.

The desire that springs from love, desire, love:

differor Cupidine ejus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

visae virginis,

Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.:

me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,

Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.;

in the form CVPEDO,

Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:

mater saeva Cupidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf.

of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,

Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cupid ( poet.):

tela,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65:

sagittae,

id. R. Am. 157.— Transf., lovely, charming ( = formosus), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—

In animals, the sexual impulse:

equina,

Col. 6, 27, 3:

equi cupidine sollicitati,

id. 6, 27, 8.—

(Cf. cupidus, II. A. 2., and cupiditas, II. B. 1.) Avarice, covetousness:

Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum,

Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—

Personified:

Cupido sordidus,

sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

cŭpīdo ( cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors; v. the foll.) [cupidus], access. form of cupiditas, desire, wish, longing, eagerness, in a good and (more usu.) in a bad sense (very freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; twice in Quint., but in Cic. only as personified).

In gen.

In a good sense: cupido cepit miseram nunc me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: himeros m hupêlthe, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.:

Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2; and with inf.:

cupido incessit Aethiopiam invisere,

Curt. 4, 8, 3:

aquae,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.:

laticum frugumque,

Lucr. 4, 1093:

gloriae,

Sall. C. 7, 3:

aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

Suet. Ner. 55:

lucis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: placendi,

id. 10, 7, 17 al. —

Trop., of things:

res medii cuppedine victae,

overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—

In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.

With gen.:

honorum caeca (with avarities),

Lucr. 3, 59; cf.

honoris,

Sall. C. 3, 5:

mala vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 1077:

immitis uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae),

Hor. C. 2, 5, 9:

praedae caeca,

Ov. M. 3, 620:

intempestiva concubitūs,

id. ib. 10, 689; cf.

Veneris,

id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.:

difficilia faciundi,

Sall. J. 93, 3:

ejus (oppidi) potiundi,

id. ib. 89, 6:

quarum (rerum) inmodica cupido inter mortales est,

Liv. 6, 35, 6:

populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere,

id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.:

malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans,

Tac. A. 13, 2.—

Absol.:

homines cupidine caeci,

Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090:

cuppedinis acres curae,

id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.:

femineus,

Ov. M. 9, 734; cf.

muliebris,

Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52:

eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam quidam aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant,

id. ib. 14, 35.—

In partic.

The desire that springs from love, desire, love:

differor Cupidine ejus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

visae virginis,

Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.:

me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,

Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.;

in the form CVPEDO,

Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:

mater saeva Cupidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf.

of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,

Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cupid ( poet.):

tela,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65:

sagittae,

id. R. Am. 157.— Transf., lovely, charming ( = formosus), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—

In animals, the sexual impulse:

equina,

Col. 6, 27, 3:

equi cupidine sollicitati,

id. 6, 27, 8.—

(Cf. cupidus, II. A. 2., and cupiditas, II. B. 1.) Avarice, covetousness:

Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum,

Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—

Personified:

Cupido sordidus,

sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

pallor, ōris, m. [palleo], pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor.

Lit.:

pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequitur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

albus ora pallor inficit,

Hor. Epod. 7, 15:

luteus,

id. ib. 10, 16; id. S. 2, 8, 35; 2, 18, 25:

partemque coloris Luridus exsangues pallor convertit in herbas,

Ov. M. 4, 267; cf.:

gelidus pallor,

id. Tr. 1, 4, 11:

confuderat oris exsanguis notas pallor,

Curt. 8, 3, 13:

pallor ora occupat,

Verg. A. 4, 499:

femineus pallor in corpore,

Plin. Pan. 48, 4:

Aurorae,

Stat. Th. 2, 334.—

Esp. of lovers: tinctus violā pallor amantium,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 14; cf. Ov. M. 8, 790; Prop. 1, 5, 21.—Of the Lower World:

pallor hiemsque tenent late loca senta,

Ov. M. 4, 436; Luc. 5, 628.— Plur.:

quae palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 336:

tot hominum pallores,

the paleness of death, Tac. Agr. 45, 3.—

Transf.

Mustiness, mouldiness: pallor, tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 26:

venti umidi pallore volumina (bibliothecarum) corrumpunt,

Vitr. 6, 7:

ne (dolia) pallorem capiant,

Col. 12, 50, 16; 12, 41, 4.—

A disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness:

palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 311:

pallorem ducere,

Ov. M. 8, 759:

obscurus solis,

in an eclipse, Luc. 7, 200; Plin. 2, 30, 30, § 98.—

Trop., alarm, terror:

palla pallorem incutit,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 46:

hic tibi pallori, Cynthia, versus erit,

Prop. 2, 5, 30:

quantus pro conjuge pallor,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 70:

notare aliquem pallore,

Luc. 8, 55.—Hence,

Pallor, personified as the god of fear, Liv. 1, 27, 7; Lact. 1, 20, 11.

pallor, ōris, m. [palleo], pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor.

Lit.:

pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequitur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

albus ora pallor inficit,

Hor. Epod. 7, 15:

luteus,

id. ib. 10, 16; id. S. 2, 8, 35; 2, 18, 25:

partemque coloris Luridus exsangues pallor convertit in herbas,

Ov. M. 4, 267; cf.:

gelidus pallor,

id. Tr. 1, 4, 11:

confuderat oris exsanguis notas pallor,

Curt. 8, 3, 13:

pallor ora occupat,

Verg. A. 4, 499:

femineus pallor in corpore,

Plin. Pan. 48, 4:

Aurorae,

Stat. Th. 2, 334.—

Esp. of lovers: tinctus violā pallor amantium,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 14; cf. Ov. M. 8, 790; Prop. 1, 5, 21.—Of the Lower World:

pallor hiemsque tenent late loca senta,

Ov. M. 4, 436; Luc. 5, 628.— Plur.:

quae palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 336:

tot hominum pallores,

the paleness of death, Tac. Agr. 45, 3.—

Transf.

Mustiness, mouldiness: pallor, tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 26:

venti umidi pallore volumina (bibliothecarum) corrumpunt,

Vitr. 6, 7:

ne (dolia) pallorem capiant,

Col. 12, 50, 16; 12, 41, 4.—

A disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness:

palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 311:

pallorem ducere,

Ov. M. 8, 759:

obscurus solis,

in an eclipse, Luc. 7, 200; Plin. 2, 30, 30, § 98.—

Trop., alarm, terror:

palla pallorem incutit,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 46:

hic tibi pallori, Cynthia, versus erit,

Prop. 2, 5, 30:

quantus pro conjuge pallor,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 70:

notare aliquem pallore,

Luc. 8, 55.—Hence,

Pallor, personified as the god of fear, Liv. 1, 27, 7; Lact. 1, 20, 11.

torreo, torrui, tostum ( part. gen. plur. torrentum, Stat. Th. 2, 6; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 46; abl. torrenti, Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 2), 2, v. a. [Sanscr. tarsh, to thirst; Gr. tersomai, to become dry; Germ. Durst.; Engl. thirst], to dry a thing by heat, to parch, roast, bake, scorch, burn, etc. (syn. frigo):

fruges receptas Et torrere parant flammis et frangere saxo,

Verg. A. 1, 179; Ov. M. 14; 273:

aristas sole novo,

Verg. A. 7, 720:

pisces sole,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 30:

apes mortuas sole verno,

id. 11, 20, 22, § 69:

uvam in tegulis,

id. 14, 9, 11, § 84 et saep.; Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 2:

etiamsi in Phalaridis tauro inclusus succensis ignibus torrebatur,

Cic. Pis. 18, 42: e quibus (terrae cingulis) medium illum et maximum solis ardore torreri, id. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

cum undique flamma torrerentur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

montes quos torret Atabulus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 78; cf.:

torrentia agros sidera,

id. C. 3, 1, 31: tosti alti stant parietes, i. e. consumed, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 Vahl.):

carmina flammā,

Tib. 1, 9, 50:

tostos en aspice crines,

Ov. M. 2, 283:

in veribus exta,

to roast, Verg. G. 2, 396:

aliquid in igne,

Ov. F. 2, 578:

artus subjecto igni,

id. M. 1, 229:

carnem,

id. ib. 12, 155 et saep.—Of fever heat, to dry up:

at mihi (vae miserae) torrentur febribus artus,

Ov. H. 21, 169:

febris viscera ipsa torrens,

Sen. Ep. 14, 6; Juv. 9, 17.—Of thirst:

et Canis arenti torreat arva siti,

Tib. 1, 4, 42.—Of the heat of love:

si torrere jecur quaeris idoneum (Venus),

Hor. C. 4, 1, 12; cf.:

correptus saevo Veneris torrebar aëno,

Prop. 3 (4). 24, 13:

torret amor Cyri Lycorida,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 6:

me torret face mutuā Calais,

id. ib. 3, 9, 13:

me amor Glycerae,

id. ib. 3, 19, 28:

femineus pectora torret amor,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 40.—

Transf., of cold, to nip, pinch (cf. uro and aduro): frigore torret, Varr. ap. Non. 452, 11. — Hence, torrens, entis, P. a., in a neutr. sense, burning, hot, inflamed.

Lit. (rare):

terra torrens aestu,

Col. 4, 19, 3:

miles torrens meridiano sole,

Liv. 44, 38, 9:

Sirius,

Verg. G. 4, 425:

flammae,

id. A. 6, 550.— Comp.: Sirius torrentior, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 20.— Sup.:

torrentissimus axis,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 52.—

Transf., of streams, rushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fluvii,

Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 3:

flumina,

Verg. E. 7, 52:

Nilus toto gurgite,

Val. Fl. 4, 409; cf.:

fluvius Novanus solstitiis torrens,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 229; 3, 4, 5, § 33:

aqua,

Verg. A. 10, 603:

unda,

id. G. 2, 451:

torrentes rapidique cursus amnium,

Just. 44, 1, 7; 4, 1, 9:

impetus (aquae),

Sen. Ep. 23, 8:

sanguis,

Luc. 2, 220; cf.

fatum,

id. 7, 505.— Comp.:

Padus torrentior,

Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117.— Sup.:

Asopos torrentissimus,

Stat. Th. 7, 316.—Hence,

Subst.: torrens, entis, m., a torrent:

cum fertur quasi torrens oratio,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3; Liv. 33, 18, 12; 35, 28, 8:

rapidus montano flumine torrens Sternit agros,

Verg. A. 2, 305:

fragosus,

id. ib. 7, 567; Ov. R. Am. 651:

tumidus,

id. Am. 1, 7, 43; Sen. Theb. 71; Juv. 6, 319; Luc. 7, 637.—Prov.:

numquam direxit bracchia contra torrentem,

Juv. 4, 90. —

Transf.:

armorum et virorum,

Sil. 12, 189:

umbrarum,

id. 13, 760; cf.

fortunae,

Flor. 2, 7, 1.—

Trop., of speech:

torrens dicentis oratio,

Quint. 3, 8, 60; so,

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

copia dicendi,

Juv. 10, 9; Val. Fl. 4, 261.— Comp.:

sermo Promptus et Isaeo torrentior,

Juv. 3, 74.—Of an orator:

quem (Demosthenem) mirabantur Athenae Torrentem,

Juv. 10, 128.—

Subst.:

se inani verborum torrenti dare,

a stream of words, Quint. 10, 7, 23; cf.:

quo torrente, quo impetu,

Tac. Or. 24.—

* Adv.: torrenter (acc. to B.), violently, impetuously:

torrentius amne Hiberno,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 198.