flōs

languĕo, ēre, 2, v. n. [root lag-; Gr. lagaros, lagnos, lewd; Lat. laxare, lactes; cf. Sanscr. lang-a, prostitute; Gr. lagôs, hare, lagones, the flanks, womb], to be faint, weary, languid (cf.: languesco, marceo, torpeo).

Lit.

In gen.:

cum de via languerem,

was fatigued with my journey, Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

per assiduos motus languere,

to be wearied, Ov. H. 18, 161.— Poet.:

flos languet,

droops, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 46; Val. Fl. 7, 24 al.:

languet aequor,

the sea is calm, Mart. 10, 30, 12:

lunae languet jubar,

is enfeebled, obscured, Stat. Th. 12, 305.—

In partic., to be weak, faint, languid from disease ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

languent mea membra,

Tib. 3, 5, 28:

tristi languebunt corpora morbo,

Verg. G. 4, 252:

sub natalem suum plerumque languebat,

Suet. Aug. 81: si te languere audierimus, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21 fin.:

ego langui et aegrotavi per dies,

Vulg. Dan. 8, 27; Luc. 7, 10; cf. languesco.—

Trop., to be languid, dull, heavy, inactive, listless:

languet juventus, nec perinde atque debebat in laudis et gloriae cupiditate versatur,

Cic. Pis. 33, 82:

nec eam solitudinem languere patior,

to pass in idleness, to be wasted, id. Off. 3, 1, 3:

otio,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf.:

in otio hebescere et languere,

id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

si paululum modo vos languere viderint,

to be without energy, Sall. C. 52, 18:

languet amor,

Ov. A. A. 2, 436:

mihi gratia languet,

Sil. 17, 361.—Hence, languens, entis, P. a., faint, weak, feeble, inert, powerless, inactive, languid:

incitare languentes,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; cf.: commovere languentem id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

nostris languentibus atque animo remissis,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14: languenti stomacho esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:

irritamentum Veneris languentis,

Juv. 11, 167:

vox languens,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133:

cor,

Cat. 64, 97:

hyacinthus,

drooping, Verg. A. 11, 69; so,

ramus,

Suet. Aug. 92.

languesco, gŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [langueo], to become faint, weak, languid (class.; syn.: torpesco, marcesco).

Lit.

In gen.:

corpore languescit,

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 65:

orator metuo ne languescat senectute,

id. de Sen. 9, 28:

corpora,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 39; Plin. Pan. 18:

vites languescunt,

Plin. 18, 15, 37, § 138:

cum flos, succisus aratro, languescit moriens,

droops, withers, Verg. A. 9, 436: Bacchus in amphora Languescit, becomes mild or mellow, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34:

luna languescit,

becomes obscured, Tac. A. 1, 28:

color in luteum languescens,

inclining to, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133.—

In partic., to be enfeebled by disease, to be ill, to languish ( poet. and post-Aug.):

nec mea languescent corpora,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 39:

ter omnino per quatuordecim annos languit,

Suet. Ner. 51.—

Trop., to grow languid, listless, or inactive, to decline, decrease:

consensus populi, si nos languescimus debilitetur necesse est,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 4:

Martia legio hoc nuntio languescet et mollietur,

id. ib. 12, 3, 8:

quare non est, cur eorum spes infringatur aut languescat industria,

should relax, id. Or. 2, 6:

militaria studia,

are on the decline, Plin. Pan. 18:

affectus omnes,

Quint. 11, 3, 2:

mens languescit,

id. 1, 2, 18: omnium rerum cupido languescit, cum facilis occasio est, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 1:

paulatim atrocibus irae languescunt animis,

Sil. 13, 325:

illa rabies languit,

Luc. 7, 246.

nĭtĕo, ēre ( gen. plur nitentūm, Verg. Cir. 523), v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. nix], to shine, look bright, glitter, glisten (cf., luceo, fulgeo splendeo).

Lit.:

placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

Lucr. 1, 9:

luna potest solis radiis percussa nitere,

id. 5, 705:

qui nitent unguentis, fulgent purpurā,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

diversi niteant cum mille colores,

Ov. M. 6, 65:

vere nitent terrae,

id. F. 4, 126:

aera nitent usu,

id. Am. 1, 8, 51; so,

ebur,

Tib. 1, 4, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19; Mart. 9, 58, 6; 8, 6, 10 et saep.—

Transf.

Of animals, to be sleek, in good condition:

at hau pol nitent (oves),

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:

unde sic quaeso nites?

Phaedr. 3, 7, 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 27; cf.:

hic nitet ungula mulae,

Juv. 7, 181.—

Of persons, to shine, to look bright or beautiful:

miseri quibus Intentata nites! ( = pulchra et amabilis videris),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 12:

ore nitet,

Mart. 10, 89, 3:

nitet ante alias regina comesque Pelides,

Stat. Achill. 2, 148:

murice tincta Veste nites,

Mart. 5, 23, 6.—

Of fields, plants, etc., to look flourishing, thriving, to thrive, etc.:

camposque nitentes Desuper ostentat,

Verg. A. 6, 677:

ubi tellus nitet,

Petr. 99; cf. Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26.—

Of a house:

tibi hoc praecipio ut niteant aedes,

be in complete order, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 281.—

Of wealth, etc., to flourish, abound:

vectigal in pace niteat,

Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

res ubi magna nitet domino sene,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 12. —

Trop., to shine, be brilliant, look or be beautiful: ver vide;

ut tota floret, ut olet, ut nitide nitet,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3:

illorum, vides, quam niteat oratio,

Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; so,

ubi plura nitent in carmine,

Hor. A. P. 351:

omnia nobilibus oppidis ni tent,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—Hence, nĭtens, entis, P. a., shining, glittering, glistening, brilliant, bright.

Lit.:

capilli malobathro,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 7:

mensae,

id. S. 2, 2, 4:

oculi,

Verg. A. 1, 228:

astra,

Ov. F. 5, 543:

Lucifer,

Tib. 1, 3, 93:

nitentes solis equi,

Val. Fl. 5, 413:

arma nitentia ante rem, deformia inter sanguinem, etc.,

Liv. 9, 40, 5.—

Transf.

Of animals, sleek, fat:

nitens taurus,

Verg. A. 3, 20.—

Of persons, shining, bright, beautiful:

uxor ore floridulo nitens,

Cat. 61, 189:

desiderio meo nitenti,

my darling bright, id. 2, 5.— Comp.: nitentior [p. 1210] femina, Ov. M. 12, 405 (Merkel, decentior).—

Of plants, blooming:

nitentia culta,

Verg. G. 1, 153:

arbor laeta et nitens,

Gell. 12, 1, 16.— Comp.:

Tyrio nitentior ostro flos oritur,

Ov. M. 10, 211.—

Trop.

Illustrious:

recenti gloriā nitens,

Liv. 3, 12:

non patre nitens linguāve,

Sil. 6, 19. —

Of speech, brilliant, elegant:

oratio,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238.—

Of the mind, bright, clear:

macte, oro, nitenti Ingenio,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 63.

nĭtrum, i, n., = nitron, also called sal nitrum, native mineral alkali, native soda, natron; found chiefly in Media, Egypt, Thrace, and Macedonia, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106:

flos nitri,

Vitr. 7, 11, 1;

and used for washing with: laveris te nitro,

Vulg. Jer. 2, 22; Isid. Orig. 16, 2.—Hence,

Transf.: censuram lomentum aut nitrum esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.

ob-noxĭus, a, um, adj.

Lit.

Subject, liable to punishment, obnoxious to punishment, punishable: obnoxius poenae obligatus ob delictum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll.:

ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61; Dig. 48, 15, 1:

ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum,

ib. 11, 3, 14.—

Liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it (cf.: deditus, addictus); constr.

With dat.:

animus neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius,

not addicted to vice or to sensual pleasures, Sall. C. 52, 21:

communi culpae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 395:

facto,

Tib. 3, 4, 15.—

With gen.:

obnoxios criminum, digno supplicio subjectos, sepulturae tradi non vetamus,

for, on account of, Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.—

Transf., in gen.

Subject, submissive, obedient, complying:

dum illos obnoxios fidosque sibi faceret,

Sall. C. 14, 6:

obnoxium atque subjectum esse alicui,

Liv. 7, 30, 2; 6, 28, 7; 23, 12, 9; 37, 53, 4; 42, 46, 3; Flor. 4, 4, 2. —

Obliged, under obligation, beholden, indebted, responsible, answerable:

uxori obnoxius sum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 22:

totam Graeciam beneficio libertatis obnoxiam Romanis esse,

Liv. 35, 31:

fratris radiis obnoxia Luna,

Verg. G. 1, 396:

facies nullis obnoxia gemmis,

not indebted to any jewels, Prop. 1, 2, 21:

tantum in eo obnoxius est, si quid ipse dolo fecerit,

Gai. Inst. 3, 207.—

Exposed to a person, humbled before one:

ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.—

Submissive, abject, servile, slavish, mean-spirited, timid, cowardly, etc.:

non quibus ego essem obnoxius,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 150:

summissaeque manus, faciesque obnoxia mansit,

Ov. M. 5, 235:

si aut superbus, aut obnoxius videar,

Liv. 23, 12:

pax,

servile, dishonorable, id. 9, 10.—

Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc.

With dat.:

infidis consiliis obnoxius,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

insidiis,

id. A. 14, 40:

infelici fecunditate fortunae,

exposed, id. ib. 2, 75:

aemulationi, odio, privatis affectionibus,

id. ib. 3, 58:

morbo,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221:

contumeliis,

Suet. Tib. 63:

bello,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 73:

plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii,

Sall. C. 48, 5:

urbs artis itineribus (sc. incendiis),

Tac. A. 15, 38.—

With ad: terra solida ad tales casus obnoxia, exposed to such accidents (viz. earthquakes), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197.—

With in and acc.:

in omnia obnoxius,

exposed to every thing, Flor. 3, 20, 1. —

In gen., exposed or liable to injury, danger, or misfortune, weak, infirm, frail:

in hoc obnoxio domicilio animus liber habitat,

Sen. Ep. 65, 21:

supplex et obnoxius,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

corpora,

sickly, weakly, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 60:

flos,

which soon falls off, soon suffers injury, frail, delicate, id. 14, 2, 4, § 27.—

Obnoxium est, it is hazardous, dangerous, Tac. Or. 10.— Comp.:

obnoxior (al. noxior),

Sen. Clem. 1, 13.—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭē (only in Plaut. and Liv.).

Guiltily, culpably:

nihil obnoxie perire,

quite innocently, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 41.—

Submissively, slavishly, timidly:

sententias dicere,

Liv. 3, 39, 1.

ŏdōrus, a, um, adj. [id.], emitting a scent or odor, odorous (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for odoratus).

Lit.

Sweet-smelling, fragrant:

flos,

Ov. M. 9, 87:

arbor, i. e. myrrha,

id. A. A. 1, 287:

res,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. dub.— Comp.:

odorius,

Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 177.— Sup.:

nardum Syriacum odorissimum,

Isid. 17, 9, 3.—

Ill-smelling, stinking (post-class.):

lumen odorum Sulfure,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 324.

Transf., that tracks by the smell, keenscented:

odora canum vis (= copia odororum canum),

pack of sharp-scented hounds, Verg. A. 4, 132.

pigmentum, i, n. [pingo], a material for coloring, a color, paint, pigment.

Lit.

For painting, a paint:

aspersa temere pigmenta in tabulā, oris lineamenta efficere possunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

vela in cortinam pigmenti ferventis mersa,

Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150.—Jocosely:

quem Apelles Zeuxisque duo pingent pigmentis ulmeis,

i. e. beat black and blue, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 20. —

For cosmetics, a paint, pigment:

non istanc aetatem oportet pigmentum ullum attingere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 106; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 233:

multiplicasti pigmenta tua,

Vulg. Isa. 57, 9.—

Transf., the juice of plants (post-class.), Firm. Math. 8, 17; v. Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 46.—

Trop., of style, coloring, ornament: meus autem liber totum Isocratis murothêkion atque omnes ejus discipulorum arculas et nonnihil etiam Aristotelia pigmenta consumpsit, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1:

pigmentorum flos et color,

id. Brut. 87, 298:

sententiae, tam verae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 188.

praecursor, ōris, m. [id.], one who runs before.

A forerunner, precursor, of a servant, Plin. Pan. 76 fin.; one who precedes on the same path, Lact. 6, 7, 3.—

Esp.,

the forerunner of Christ, John the Baptist, Aug. Tract. in Johan. 4, 6; 4, 8.—

Trop.:

flos praecursor indolis bonae,

Nazar. Pan. Const. 3 med. —

In milit. lang., an advanced guard, vanguard, Liv. 26, 17 fin. —

Transf., a scout, spy (cf.:

emissarius, speculator),

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 108. [p. 1416]

prae-flōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [flos], to deprive of its blossoms beforehand; only trop.

To lessen, diminish, tarnish (very rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.):

gloriam ejus victoriae praefloratam apud Thermopylas esse,

Liv. 37, 58 fin.; cf.:

decus praecerptum praefloratumque,

Plin. Pan. 58:

gaudii fructum,

Gell. 14, 1, 36.—

To deflower:

vidua venit jam ab alio praeflorata,

App. Mag. p. 332, 29.

pūbesco, bŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [id.], to reach the age of puberty, become pubescent.

Lit. (class.;

syn. adulesco): molli pubescere veste,

to put on the down of puberty, Lucr. 5, 672:

flore novo,

Sil. 3, 79:

Herculem, cum primum pubesceret, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

flos juvenum pubescentium ad militiam,

Liv. 8, 8:

puer vix pubescente juventā,

Sil. 16, 678:

et nunc aequali tecum pubesceret aevo,

Verg. A. 3, 491:

pubescere bello,

Sil. 4, 429:

dehinc pubescens (Tiberius),

Suet. Tib. 6:

pubescunt dulces malae,

Val. Fl. 7, 340:

pubescente mala,

Sil. 5, 414:

et nati modo pubescentia ora,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 11:

pubescentibus annis,

Petr. 119.—

Transf.

To be covered or clothed, to clothe itself with any thing ( poet.): vites laetificae pampinis pubescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 193 Vahl.); so Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 24:

virgulta fetu,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 79:

prataque pubescunt variorum flore colorum,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 7.—

To grow up, ripen (class.):

omnia, quae terra gignit, maturata pubescunt,

Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 50; Col. 4, 28, 1.—

Trop., to grow, improve, ripen, flourish, be renewed; of wine, Macr. S. 7, 7.—Of the phœnix renewing its youth, Claud. Phoen. 51.—Of the full beams of the rising sun, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 49.—

Of war: subcrescentis rabiem belli, antequam pubescat validus, opprimere,

Amm. 21, 13, 14.—Of the spring:

pubescente vere,

Amm. 27, 5, 2; 30, 5, 1.—Of belief:

pubescente jam fide gestorum,

Amm. 31, 4, 4.

purpŭrĕus, a, um ( gen. sing. purpureaï, Lucr. 2, 52), adj. [id.].

Lit., purple-colored, purple; including very different shades of color, as red, reddish, violet, brownish, blackish, etc. (mostly poet.):

vestitus,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:

pallium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31:

flos rosae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 15:

amictus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 27; Verg. A. 3, 405; Suet. Ner. 25:

pannus,

Hor. A. P. 15:

aurora,

rose-red, red, rosy, Ov. M. 3, 184:

rubor (oris),

id. Tr. 4, 3, 70; cf.

os,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 12:

ignis in ore Purpureus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 161:

anima,

i. e. blood, Verg. A. 9, 349:

purpureus lunae sanguine vultus erat,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 12:

purpureus venit in ora pudor,

id. ib. 2, 5, 34:

genae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 22:

papavera,

Prop. 1, 20, 38:

sapa,

Ov. F. 4, 780:

lactuca,

Col. 11, 2, 26:

merum,

Ov. A. A. 2, 316:

capillus,

Verg. G. 1, 405:

mustum,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 17:

ficus,

Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 69:

mare illud, quod nunc Favonio nascente purpureum videtur,

i. e. blackish, dark, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

fluctus,

Prop. 2, 20 (3, 21), 5 (cf. the Homeric porphureon kuma):

pruna,

Col. 12, 10, 4:

vites,

id. 3, 2, 1.—

Transf.

Clothed in purple ( poet. for purpuratus):

tyranni,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 12:

rex,

Ov. M. 7, 102:

filius,

id. P. 2, 8, 50; Mart. 6, 11, 8 al.:

purpureus pennis,

i.e. with purple feathers upon his helmet, Verg. A. 10, 722:

torus,

covered with purple, Mart. 12, 17, 8.—

Brilliant, shining, bright, beautiful ( poet.):

olores,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 10:

lumen,

Verg. A. 1, 590:

lux,

Ov. F. 6, 252:

vultus Bacchi,

Stat. Th. 7, 148:

Amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 38; cf.

alae,

id. R. Am. 701:

orbes (i. e. oculi),

beautiful eyes, Val. Fl. 3, 178:

ver, Col. poët. 10, 256: bracchia purpurea candidiora nive,

shining, Albin. 2, 62.

rŏsĕus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of roses, rose- (rare, for rosaceus):

strophium,

Verg. Cop. 32:

vinculum,

Sen. Med. 70: flores, i. e. roses, Claud. de Magnete, 29:

convalles,

filled with roses, id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 85. —

Rose-colored, rosy (freq., esp. in the Aug. poets):

pannus,

Plin. 21, 23, 94, § 166 (Jahn, russeus); 29, 4, 17, § 64 (Jahn, russeus);

30, 11, 30, § 99 (Jahn, russeus): nitor quidam in purpurā,

id. 37, 9, 40, § 123; cf.

color (with purpureus),

id. 14, 1, 3, § 15:

flos herbae,

id. 25, 6, 26, § 62:

roseā sol alte lampade lucens,

Lucr. 5, 610; cf. id. 5, 976; so,

Phoebus,

Verg. A. 11, 913:

Aurora,

Lucr. 5, 656; also,

dea,

Ov. A. A. 3, 84; cf.

of the same, os,

id. M. 7, 705:

equi,

Tib. 1, 3, 94; Ov. F. 4, 714:

bigae,

Verg. A. 7, 26:

Eous,

Prop. 3 (4), 24, 7; cf.:

alae (Luciferi),

Val. Fl. 6, 527:

nubes (Iridis),

id. 4, 77.— Transf., a poetical epithet of any thing blooming with youth, esp. parts of the body, rosy, ruddy, blooming:

labella,

Cat. 80, 1:

labra,

Mart. 8, 56, 15:

os (Veneris),

Verg. A. 2, 593:

genae,

id. ib. 12, 606:

cervix,

id. ib. 1, 402; Hor. C. 1, 13, 2:

juventa,

Val. Fl. 8, 257.

Rōsĕus, a, um, v. Rosea, A.

Săba, ae, f., = Saba.

The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:

turifera,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence,

Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Sabaios, Sabœan:

tus,

Verg. A. 1, 416:

odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 1:

flores,

id. ib. 5, 1, 211:

myrrha,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf.

flos, i. e. of myrrh,

Val. Fl. 6, 709:

terra,

Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.— Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans:

Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.

Săba, ae, f., = Saba.

The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:

turifera,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence,

Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Sabaios, Sabœan:

tus,

Verg. A. 1, 416:

odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 1:

flores,

id. ib. 5, 1, 211:

myrrha,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf.

flos, i. e. of myrrh,

Val. Fl. 6, 709:

terra,

Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.— Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans:

Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.

Săba, ae, f., = Saba.

The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:

turifera,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence,

Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Sabaios, Sabœan:

tus,

Verg. A. 1, 416:

odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 1:

flores,

id. ib. 5, 1, 211:

myrrha,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf.

flos, i. e. of myrrh,

Val. Fl. 6, 709:

terra,

Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.— Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans:

Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.

Săba, ae, f., = Saba.

The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:

turifera,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence,

Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Sabaios, Sabœan:

tus,

Verg. A. 1, 416:

odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 1:

flores,

id. ib. 5, 1, 211:

myrrha,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf.

flos, i. e. of myrrh,

Val. Fl. 6, 709:

terra,

Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.— Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans:

Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.