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  • 1 ferus

    fĕrus, a, um, adj. [cf. Gr. thêr, Aeol. phêr; Lat. ferox, etc.; v. ferio], wild, untamed.
    I.
    Lit., of animals and plants.
    A.
    Adj. (syn. immanis, opp. cicur):

    quae vero et quam varia genera bestiarum vel cicurum vel ferarum!

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99; cf.:

    si hoc apparet in bestiis, volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris,

    id. Lael. 21, 81:

    apes (opp. cicures),

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19:

    immanes et ferae beluae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

    fera et immanis belua,

    id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; Nep. Dat. 3, 2; Curt. 5, 4, 19; Suet. Aug. 67:

    leones,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 12:

    equus,

    id. S. 1, 5, 57:

    caprae,

    Verg. A. 4, 152:

    palumbus,

    Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 60 et saep.:

    arbores,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 127:

    oliva,

    Stat. Th. 6, 7:

    fructus,

    Verg. G. 2, 36:

    odor (with solitudinem redolens),

    disagreeable, Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    fĕrus, i, m., a wild animal, wild beast ( poet.); a lion, Phaedr. 1, 21, 8; a boar, id. 4, 4, 3; a horse, Verg. A. 2, 51; 5, 818; a stag, id. ib. 7, 489; a serpent, Sil. 6, 268.—
    2.
    fĕra, ae (sc. bestia), f., a wild animal, wild beast (class.):

    immani et vastae insidens beluae, quocumque vult, inflectit illam feram,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 40; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

    neque ulla re longius absumus a natura ferarum,

    id. Off. 1, 16, 50:

    ipsae ferae nullo insequente saepe incidunt (in plagas),

    id. ib. 3, 17, 68:

    multa in ea (silva Hercynia) genera ferarum nasci constat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25 fin.:

    neque homini neque ferae parcunt,

    id. ib. 6, 28, 2:

    formidolosae dum latent silvis ferae,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 55:

    more ferarum,

    id. S. 1, 3, 109:

    Romulea fera,

    the she-wolf that suckled Romulus, Juv. 11, 104; a sea-monster, Ov. M. 4, 713; 719; a serpent, Hyg. Astr. 2, 42; the ant, Mart. 6, 15, 2; the constellations of the Great and Little Bear:

    magna minorque ferae,

    id. Tr. 4, 3, 1; Vulg. Gen. 37, 20.— Prov.: ferae inter se placidae sunt, morsuque similium abstinent, Sen. de lra, 2, 8, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., of places (syn. incultus):

    in locis feris arbores plura ferunt, in his, quae sunt culta, meliora,

    wild, uncultivated, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7; cf.: ferus, ager incultus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 86 Müll.:

    montes,

    Verg. E. 5, 28:

    silvae,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 92.—
    III.
    Trop., wild, rude, uncultivated; savage, barbarous, fierce, cruel (syn.: immanis, agrestis, inhumanus;

    opp. mansuetus, humanus): ipsis in hominibus nulla gens est neque tam mansueta neque tam fera, quae non, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.:

    nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23:

    ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51:

    ferus atque agrestis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 27, 74:

    inhumani ac feri testes,

    id. Rep. 1, 37 fin.; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 43:

    ferus et ferreus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3:

    quam ferus et vere ferreus ille fuit!

    Tib. 1, 10, 2;

    v. ferreus: nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39:

    Britanni hospitibus feri,

    id. C. 3, 4, 33:

    Numantia,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 1:

    Iberia,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 27:

    animi hominum, studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feri,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 342, 33 (Rep. 2, 23 ed. Mos.):

    ingenium immansuetum ferumque,

    Ov. M. 15, 85; cf.:

    (ostendere ejus) mores feros immanemque naturam,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

    homines a fera agrestique vita ad hunc humanum cultum civilemque deducere,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 33:

    victus,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    moenera militiaï,

    Lucr. 1, 29:

    munera belli,

    id. 1, 32:

    hiems,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 42; cf.:

    diluvies,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 40:

    sacra (of death by sacrifice),

    Ov. M. 13, 454:

    dolores lenire requie,

    id. ib. 13, 317.—With supine: ferum visu dictuque (= deinon idein kai legein), Sil. 1, 175.—No comp. or sup.

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  • 2 fera

        fera ae, f    [ferus], a wild beast, wild animal: leo atque aliae ferae, S.: multa genera ferarun, Cs.: formidulosae, H.: fera saevit, the sea-monster, O.: laqueis captare feras, wild birds, V.
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    wild beast/animal

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  • 3 claustra

    claustra ( clostra, Cato, R. R. 13, 3; 135, 2), ōrum, n. (in sing.: claustrum, i, rare, Caes. Germ. Arat. 197; Curt. 4, 5, 21; 7, 6, 13; Petr. 89, 2, 7; Gell. 14, 6, 3; Luc. 10, 509; App. M. 4, 10, p. 146 fin.; Amm. 23, 4, 6; 26, 8, 8: clostrum, Sen. Ben. 7, 21, 2) [clausum, claudo], that by which any thing is shut up or closed, a lock, bar, bolt.
    I.
    Prop.: claves, claustra, Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 12:

    claustra revellere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21, 10: januae pandere, * Cat. 61, 76:

    laxare,

    Verg. A. 2, 259:

    relaxare,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17:

    rumpere,

    Verg. A. 9, 758:

    diu claustris retentae ferae,

    Liv. 42, 59, 2:

    ferae claustris fractae,

    Plin. Pan. 81, 3:

    claustra pati,

    to submit to confinement, Col. 8, 17, 8:

    discutere,

    Petr. 11, 2:

    reserare,

    Sil. 7, 334:

    portarum ingentia claustra,

    Verg. A. 7, 185; Val. Fl. 3, 53:

    ferrea,

    Mart. 10, 28, 8:

    sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21. —
    B.
    Trop., a bar, band, barrier, bounds:

    arta portarum naturae effringere,

    i. e. to disclose its secrets, Lucr. 1, 72; cf.:

    tua claustra fregerunt tui versus,

    i. e. have become known, public, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 3:

    pudoris et reverentiae refringere,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 4:

    vitaï claustra resolvere,

    to loose the bands of life, Lucr. 1, 416; 3, 397; 6, 1152:

    temporum,

    Vell. 1, 17, 4:

    (animus) amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra (the figure drawn from the bounds of a racecourse),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9.—
    II.
    In a more extended sense, a door or gate that shuts up any place, a dam, dike; meton., a place that is shut up:

    urbis relinquant,

    Ov. M. 4, 86; cf.

    Thebarum,

    Stat. Th. 10, 474.—Of sunken ships, closing a port, Liv. 37, 14, 7; cf.:

    ubi demersis navibus frenassent claustra maris,

    id. 37, 15, 1:

    maris,

    i.e. a harbor, haven, Sil. 12, 442:

    undae,

    a dam, id. 5, 44; cf.:

    Lucrino addita,

    Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. id. A. 1, 56:

    Daedalea,

    i. e. the Labyrinth, Sen. Hippol. 1166 al. —
    B.
    In milit. lang., a barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank, etc., for warding off an enemy:

    claustra loci,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84:

    Corinthus in faucibus Graeciae, sic ut terra claustra locorum teneret,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

    Sutrium, quae urbs socia Romanis velut claustra Etruriae erat,

    Liv. 9, 32. 1:

    Aegypti,

    id. 45, 11, 5; Tac. H. 2, 82; Suet. Vesp. 7:

    tutissima praebet,

    Liv. 42. 67, 6; cf. id. 6, 9, 4; 44, 7, 9; Tac. A. 2, 61 al.:

    montium,

    id. H. 3, 2:

    Caspiarum,

    id. ib. 1, 6:

    maris,

    id. ib. 3, 43; cf. Sil. 12, 442; Tac. A. 2, 59: suis claustris ( walls, intrenchments) impeditos turbant, id. ib. 12, 31; cf. id. ib. 4, 49:

    regni claustra Philae,

    Luc. 10, 312:

    Africae,

    Flor. 4, 2, 70.—
    C.
    Trop.:

    cum ego claustra ista nobilitatis refregissem, ut aditus ad consulatum pateret,

    Cic. Mur. 8, 17:

    annonae Aegyptus,

    Tac. H. 3, 8.

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  • 4 clostra

    claustra ( clostra, Cato, R. R. 13, 3; 135, 2), ōrum, n. (in sing.: claustrum, i, rare, Caes. Germ. Arat. 197; Curt. 4, 5, 21; 7, 6, 13; Petr. 89, 2, 7; Gell. 14, 6, 3; Luc. 10, 509; App. M. 4, 10, p. 146 fin.; Amm. 23, 4, 6; 26, 8, 8: clostrum, Sen. Ben. 7, 21, 2) [clausum, claudo], that by which any thing is shut up or closed, a lock, bar, bolt.
    I.
    Prop.: claves, claustra, Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 12:

    claustra revellere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21, 10: januae pandere, * Cat. 61, 76:

    laxare,

    Verg. A. 2, 259:

    relaxare,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17:

    rumpere,

    Verg. A. 9, 758:

    diu claustris retentae ferae,

    Liv. 42, 59, 2:

    ferae claustris fractae,

    Plin. Pan. 81, 3:

    claustra pati,

    to submit to confinement, Col. 8, 17, 8:

    discutere,

    Petr. 11, 2:

    reserare,

    Sil. 7, 334:

    portarum ingentia claustra,

    Verg. A. 7, 185; Val. Fl. 3, 53:

    ferrea,

    Mart. 10, 28, 8:

    sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21. —
    B.
    Trop., a bar, band, barrier, bounds:

    arta portarum naturae effringere,

    i. e. to disclose its secrets, Lucr. 1, 72; cf.:

    tua claustra fregerunt tui versus,

    i. e. have become known, public, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 3:

    pudoris et reverentiae refringere,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 4:

    vitaï claustra resolvere,

    to loose the bands of life, Lucr. 1, 416; 3, 397; 6, 1152:

    temporum,

    Vell. 1, 17, 4:

    (animus) amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra (the figure drawn from the bounds of a racecourse),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9.—
    II.
    In a more extended sense, a door or gate that shuts up any place, a dam, dike; meton., a place that is shut up:

    urbis relinquant,

    Ov. M. 4, 86; cf.

    Thebarum,

    Stat. Th. 10, 474.—Of sunken ships, closing a port, Liv. 37, 14, 7; cf.:

    ubi demersis navibus frenassent claustra maris,

    id. 37, 15, 1:

    maris,

    i.e. a harbor, haven, Sil. 12, 442:

    undae,

    a dam, id. 5, 44; cf.:

    Lucrino addita,

    Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. id. A. 1, 56:

    Daedalea,

    i. e. the Labyrinth, Sen. Hippol. 1166 al. —
    B.
    In milit. lang., a barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank, etc., for warding off an enemy:

    claustra loci,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84:

    Corinthus in faucibus Graeciae, sic ut terra claustra locorum teneret,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

    Sutrium, quae urbs socia Romanis velut claustra Etruriae erat,

    Liv. 9, 32. 1:

    Aegypti,

    id. 45, 11, 5; Tac. H. 2, 82; Suet. Vesp. 7:

    tutissima praebet,

    Liv. 42. 67, 6; cf. id. 6, 9, 4; 44, 7, 9; Tac. A. 2, 61 al.:

    montium,

    id. H. 3, 2:

    Caspiarum,

    id. ib. 1, 6:

    maris,

    id. ib. 3, 43; cf. Sil. 12, 442; Tac. A. 2, 59: suis claustris ( walls, intrenchments) impeditos turbant, id. ib. 12, 31; cf. id. ib. 4, 49:

    regni claustra Philae,

    Luc. 10, 312:

    Africae,

    Flor. 4, 2, 70.—
    C.
    Trop.:

    cum ego claustra ista nobilitatis refregissem, ut aditus ad consulatum pateret,

    Cic. Mur. 8, 17:

    annonae Aegyptus,

    Tac. H. 3, 8.

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  • 5 Āfricānus

        Āfricānus adj.    [Africa], of Africa, African: bellum: possessiones, N. — Plur f. as subst., arum (sc. ferae), panthers, L.
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    I
    Africana, Africanum ADJ
    African; from/of Africa; plants/animals from Africa
    II
    panthers (pl.); (African cats); (other wild beasts)

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  • 6 captīvus (-vos)

        captīvus (-vos) adj.    [CAP-], taken prisoner, captive: cives: servi: multitudo servorum, L.: pubes, H.: matres. O.— Of captives: sedes: sanguis, V.: lacerti, O. — Caught, taken: pisces, O.: ferae, O. — Captured, plundered, taken as spoil, taken by force: naves, Cs.: pecunia, L.: vestis, V.: portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus, H.: caelum, O.: captiva mens, i. e. by love, O.—As subst m., a captive, prisoner: sine eis captivis: ut ex captivis comperit, Cs.: vendere captivum, H.: captivo victor potitus, O.

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  • 7 catulus

        catulus ī, m dim.    [catus, a cat], a young animal, whelp: catulos ferae Celent, H.; of a lion, H., V., O.; of a cat, Ph.; of a wolf, V.; of a bear, O.; of a serpent, V. — A young dog, puppy: in cane quam in catulo: canibus catulos similīs Noram, V.
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    young dog, puppy, whelp; dog (any age); young of any animal, pup/cub; fetter

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  • 8 circum-mūniō

        circum-mūniō īvī, ītus, īre,    to wall around, fortify, secure: eos vallo fossāque, Cs.: paene ut ferae circummuniti, hemmed in, Cs.

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  • 9 horrēscō

        horrēscō horruī, —, ere, inch.    [horreo], to rise on end, stand erect, bristle up, grow rough: horruerunt comae, O.: segetes horrescunt flabris, V.: saetis, O.— To begin to shake, shudder, tremble, be terrified, fear, dread: horresco semper, ubi, etc., T.: ferae horrescunt: visu subito, V.: procellas, H.: morsūs futuros, V.
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    horrescere, horrui, - V
    dread, become terrified; bristle up; begin to shake/tremble/shudder/shiver

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  • 10 ingenium

        ingenium ī, n    [1 in+GEN-], innate quality, nature, temperament, constitution: locorum hominumque ingenia, L.: arvorum, V.: ferae bestiae, praecipitia ingenia sortitae, Cu.—Natural disposition, temper, character, bent, inclination: est ingenio bono, T.: in liberos lene, T.: inverecundum animi: vera loqui etsi meum ingenium non moneret, L.: redire ad ingenium, natural bent, T.: Volscis levatis metu suum rediit ingenium, L.: virile, S.: mitis ingeni iuvenem, L.: temperare suum, temper, L.: eiusdem ingeni est, tradere, etc.—Natural capacity, talents, parts, abilities, genius: quid abest homini? an ingenium?: ingenio abundare: excellens ac singulare: praestantissimum: durum, H.: in promptu habere, S.: celeres ingeni motūs: vigor, O.: docilitas, N.: qui ingenio parum possum: ingeni acuendi causā: ea vestris ingeniis committo: ingenia ad intellegendum aptiora.—A nature, character: ut magistratus mansueto permitteretur ingenio, L.—A genius, man of genius, clever person: excellens: id in magnis ingeniis plerumque contingit: idem ad res diversissimas habilius, L.: Praemia ingeniis posuere, i. e. poets, V.
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    I
    nature, innate quality; natural disposition/capacity; character; talent
    II
    trick, clever device

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  • 11 in-ultus

        in-ultus adj.,    without satisfaction, unavenged, unrevenged, not vindicated: perire, S.: Marius ne inultus esset: ne inultos imperatores suos iacere sinerent, L.: numquam moriemur inulti, V.: ne compellarer inultus, H.: dolores, O.: preces, unavailing, H.: mortem suam ne inultam pateretur: iniuriae.—Giving no satisfaction, unpunished: cur Asellium esse inultum tam diu sinis?: hostīs inultos abire sinere, S.: scelus, S.—Unharmed, unhurt, safe, with impunity: inulto Dicere quod sentit permitto, H.: At ne illud haud inultum, si vivo, ferent, T.: et catulos ferae Celent inultae, H. —Fig., unsated, unappeased, insatiable: odium, H.

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  • 12 latibulum

        latibulum ī, n    [LAT-], a hiding-place, lurking-hole, covert, den: ferae latibulis se tegant: latibula occultorum locorum.—Fig., a hidingplace, refuge: doloris mei.
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    hiding-place, den

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  • 13 mītēscō (mītīscō）

       mītēscō (mītīscō） —, —, inch.    [mitis], to be softened: sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flammā queant, O.— To grow mild, become gentle, be tamed: hiemps, L.: frigora, H.: ferae quaedam numquam mitescunt, are tamed, L.—Fig., to grow mild, become gentle, be civilized: Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, H.: malis hominum, be moved by, V.

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  • 14 prō-gīgnō

        prō-gīgnō genuī, —, ere,    to beget, bear, bring forth: res, quae ex iis (seminibus) progignuntur: Illam terra parens Progenuit, V.: te saevae progenuere ferae, O.

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  • 15 rapidus

        rapidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [RAP-], tearing away, seizing, fierce: ferae, O.: agmen, a fierce pack, O.: aestus, V.: flamma, O.: ignis, V.— Impetuous, hurrying, rushing, fleet, swift, quick, rapid: torrens, V.: amnis, H.: flumen, Cs.: Fluminum lapsūs, H.: rapidior unda, Cu.: ignis Iovis, V.: sol, H.: volucris rapidissima milvus, O.: manus, V.: agmen, V.—Fig., hurried, impetuous, vehement, hasty: oratio: rapidus consiliis, precipitate, L.
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    rapida -um, rapidior -or -us, rapidissimus -a -um ADJ
    rapid, swift

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  • 16 ruō

        ruō uī, ātus (P. fut. ruitūrus), ere    [1 RV-], to fall with violence, rush down, fall down, tumble down, go to ruin: caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique, V.: ruere illa non possunt: tecta, tumble down, L.: Templa deum, H.: murus latius quam caederetur, L.: alta a culmine Troia, V.: ruit arduus aether, rain falls in torrents, V.: caelum in se, L.: ruit imbriferum ver, i. e. is ending, V.—Prov.: quid si nunc caelum ruat? i. e. what if the impossible happens? T.— To hasten, hurry, run, rush: id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant itaque turbent: (Pompeium) ruere nuntiant: Huc omnis turba ruebat, V.: ultro ruere ac se morti offerre, Ta.: in aquam, L.: in volnera ac tela, L.: ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae, Cu.: de montibus amnes, V.: per apertos flumina campos, O.: Nox ruit, i. e. hastens on, V.: antrum, Unde ruunt totidem voces, break forth, V.— To cause to fall, cast down, dash down, hurl to the ground, prostrate: Ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: cumulos ruit harenae, levels, V.— To cast up, turn up, throw up, rake up: (mare) a sedibus (venti), V.: cinerem focis, V.: unde Divitias aerisque ruam acervos, H.—Fig., to fall, fail, sink, be ruined: ruere illam rem p.: sive ruet sive eriget rem p.— To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run: ad interitum: pati reum ruere, L.: crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem, L.: In sua fata, O.: omnia fatis In peius, V.: Quo quo scelesti ruitis? H.: ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur, L.
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    ruere, rui, rutus V
    destroy, ruin, overthrow; rush on, run; fall; charge (in + ACC); be ruined

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  • 17 siccus

        siccus adj.,     dry: harena, V.: fauces fluminum, V.: siccāque in rupe resedit, V.: agri, H.: regio, Cu.: oculi, tearless, H.: decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis, O.: carinae, standing dry, H.: Magna minorque ferae (i. e. Ursa Maior et Minor), utraque sicca, i. e. that do not dip into the sea, O.—As subst n., dry land, a dry place: Donec rostra tenent siccum, V.: in sicco, on the shore, L. —Of the weather, dry, without rain: Sole dies referente siccos, H.: siccis aër fervoribus ustus, O.: hiemps, without snow, O.—Dry, thirsty: siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem, H.: ore sicco, free from saliva, Ct.: Faucibus siccis, fasting, V.— Abstemious, temperate, sober: consilia siccorum: dicimus Sicci mane, H.—Fig., firm, solid: (Attici) sani et sicci dumtaxat habeantur: nihil erat in eius oratione nisi siccum atque sanum.—Dry, cold: puella, loveless, O.
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    sicca, siccum ADJ

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  • 18 Africa

    Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].
    I.
    In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

    Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

    regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

    Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—
    II.
    In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,
    1.
    Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

    bellum Africanum,

    the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

    rumores,

    of the African war, id. ib.:

    causa,

    id. Fam. 6, 13:

    possessiones,

    in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

    gallina,

    a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.
    A.
    Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —
    B.
    Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—
    2.
    Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

    bella,

    Sil. 17, 11:

    Vicus,

    a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

    creberque procellis Africus,

    Verg. A. 1, 86:

    praeceps,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

    luctans,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

    pestilens,

    id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

    protervus,

    id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

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  • 19 Africanae

    Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].
    I.
    In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

    Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

    regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

    Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—
    II.
    In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,
    1.
    Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

    bellum Africanum,

    the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

    rumores,

    of the African war, id. ib.:

    causa,

    id. Fam. 6, 13:

    possessiones,

    in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

    gallina,

    a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.
    A.
    Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —
    B.
    Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—
    2.
    Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

    bella,

    Sil. 17, 11:

    Vicus,

    a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

    creberque procellis Africus,

    Verg. A. 1, 86:

    praeceps,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

    luctans,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

    pestilens,

    id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

    protervus,

    id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

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  • 20 Africanus

    Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].
    I.
    In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

    Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

    regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

    Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—
    II.
    In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,
    1.
    Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

    bellum Africanum,

    the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

    rumores,

    of the African war, id. ib.:

    causa,

    id. Fam. 6, 13:

    possessiones,

    in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

    gallina,

    a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.
    A.
    Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —
    B.
    Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—
    2.
    Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

    bella,

    Sil. 17, 11:

    Vicus,

    a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

    creberque procellis Africus,

    Verg. A. 1, 86:

    praeceps,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

    luctans,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

    pestilens,

    id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

    protervus,

    id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

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