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1 caesius
caesius adj. [2 SAC-, SEC-], cutting, sharp (only of the eyes): oculi Minervae; hence, cateyed, gray-eyed: virgo, T.: leo, Ct.* * *caesia -um, -, caesissumus -a -um ADJgray, gray-blue, steel-colored; having gray/gray-blue/steel-colored eyes -
2 cānitiēs
cānitiēs acc. em, abl. ē, f [canus], a gray color, grayish-white, hoariness (poet. and late): lupi, O.: rigidis hirta capillis, O. — Meton., gray hair: Canitiem deformat pulvere, V. — Of the beard: inculta, V. — Gray hairs, old age: Canitiem sibi promiserat, V.: Donec virenti canities abest, H.: usque ad canitiem, Ta.* * *white/gray coloring/deposit; gray/white hair, grayness of hair; old age -
3 cānus
cānus adj. [2 CAS-], white, hoary: aqua, foamy, O.: nix, H.: montes, V.: pruina, hoarfrost, H. — Gray, white (of hair): capilli, H.: erinis, O.: caput, Ct. — Plur m. as subst. (sc. capilli), gray hairs: falsi, O.: honorati, O. — Old, hoary, venerable: fides, of ancient times, V.: senectus, Ct.* * *Icana, canum ADJwhite, gray; aged, old, wise; hoary; foamy, white-capped; white w/snow/frostIIgray hairs (pl.); old age -
4 pullum
1.pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].I.A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):B.asininus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:equinus,
Col. 6, 29, 1:onagrorum,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:glirium,
Varr. R. R. 3, 15:ranae,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:columbini,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18:gallinacei,
Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:pavonini,
Varr. R. R. 3, 9:anserum,
id. ib. 3, 10:ciconiae,
Juv. 14, 74:ex ovis pulli orti,
chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:asinam, et pullum filium,
Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:II.pulli implumes,
Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—Transf.A.Of persons.1.As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:2.meus pullus passer, mea columba,
Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—B.Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.2.pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.3.pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].I.Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:II.lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,
Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,
Col. 1, praef. §24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,
id. 7, 2, 4:ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,
Verg. G. 3, 389:hostia,
Tib. 1, 2, 62:capilli,
Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:myrtus,
dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.ficus,
id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,
Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:pullo amictus,
Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:pulla decent niveas (puellas),
Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—Transf.a.In allusion to the clothing of the poor:b.pulla paupertas,
Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,
i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—Of language:c.pullus sermo,
the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.— -
5 pullus
1.pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].I.A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):B.asininus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:equinus,
Col. 6, 29, 1:onagrorum,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:glirium,
Varr. R. R. 3, 15:ranae,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:columbini,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18:gallinacei,
Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:pavonini,
Varr. R. R. 3, 9:anserum,
id. ib. 3, 10:ciconiae,
Juv. 14, 74:ex ovis pulli orti,
chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:asinam, et pullum filium,
Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:II.pulli implumes,
Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—Transf.A.Of persons.1.As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:2.meus pullus passer, mea columba,
Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—B.Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.2.pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.3.pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].I.Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:II.lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,
Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,
Col. 1, praef. §24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,
id. 7, 2, 4:ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,
Verg. G. 3, 389:hostia,
Tib. 1, 2, 62:capilli,
Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:myrtus,
dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.ficus,
id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,
Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:pullo amictus,
Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:pulla decent niveas (puellas),
Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—Transf.a.In allusion to the clothing of the poor:b.pulla paupertas,
Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,
i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—Of language:c.pullus sermo,
the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.— -
6 ravus
1.rāvus, a, um, adj. [root ru-; Sanscr. aru-, to bellow; Lat. rudens, etc.; cf. raucus], hoarse: rava vox rauca et parum liquida, proxime canum latratum sonans, Paul. ex Fest. p. 283 Müll. So in only a single (post-class.) example:2.ciere ravos Cantus,
Sid. Ep. 8, 11 in carm. fin.rāvus, a, um, adj. [for hravus, ghrav-us; root in Sanscr. gar-an; Gr. gerôn, senex; cf.: gêras, graus; O. H. Germ. grā; Engl. gray], gray-yellow, gray, tawny (rare but class.): ravi coloris appellantur, qui sunt inter flavos et caesios, Paul. ex Fest. p. 272 Müll.. (mare illud) nobismet ipsis modo caeruleum videbatur, mane ravum, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105 Goer. N. cr. (cited in Non. 164, 14):fulix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14 (al. cana): lupa,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 3. Said severai times of the eyes, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4; 9, 3; cf.:orbes ravi coloris,
Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148. -
7 cānēns
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8 cāneō
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9 cānēscō
cānēscō —, —, ere, inch. [caneo], to become hoary, grow gray, whiten: pabula canescunt (calore), O. — Fig., to grow old: (quercus) canescit saeclis. — Of style: cum oratio canesceret, was growing feeble.* * *canescere, -, - Vbecome covered in white, whiten; grow old/hoary; be/grow white/gray with age -
10 pullus
pullus adj. [2 PAL-], dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish: ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis, V.: capilli, O.: myrtus, dusky, H.: praetor cum tunicā pullā, i. e. dressed like a common workman: toga, mourning cloak: pullo amictu, L.—As subst n., dark-gray stuff: obstrusa carbasa pullo, i. e. with a dark border, O.: nere stamina pulla, i. e. woful threads (of fate), O.* * *Ipulla, pullum ADJblackish, dark colored, of undyed wool as worn in morningIIchicken, young hen -
11 rāvus
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12 caesullus
caesulla, caesullum ADJgray-eyed, having gray eyes -
13 canitia
white/gray coloring/deposit; gray/white hair, grayness of hair; old age -
14 Caesius
1.caesĭus, a, um, adj. [cf. caeruleus], bluish gray; very rare, and only of the eyes, cat-eyed: virgo caesia, Ter Heaut. 5, 5, 18; v. Don. in h. l. and Gell. 2, 26, 19:2.isto modo dicere licebit caesios oculos Minervae, caeruleos esse Neptuni,
Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83 (cf. in Gr. glaukôpis Athênê): caesia, Palladion, has she gray eyes? she is the impersonation of Pallas, * Lucr. 4, 1161:caesius, Ter Hec. 3, 4, 26 (glaucis oculis, quasi felis oculos habens et glaucos, Don.): hunc, judices, dico, rubrum, brevem, incurvum, canum, subcrispum, caesium,
Auct. Her. 4, 49, 63:leo,
Cat. 45, 7:sub septentrionibus nutriuntur gentes immanibus corporibus oculis caesiis,
Vitr. 6, 1.— Sup. caesissimus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 76 Müll.— Comp. not in use.Caesĭus, i, m., a Roman cognomen.I.M. Caesius, Cic. Fam. 13, 11.—II.Another M. Caesius, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130.—III.P. Caesius, Cic. Balb. 22, 50.—IV.Sex. Caesius, Cic. Fl. 28, 68.—V.Caesius Bassus, the friend to whom Persius addressed his sixth satire; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 96. -
15 caesius
1.caesĭus, a, um, adj. [cf. caeruleus], bluish gray; very rare, and only of the eyes, cat-eyed: virgo caesia, Ter Heaut. 5, 5, 18; v. Don. in h. l. and Gell. 2, 26, 19:2.isto modo dicere licebit caesios oculos Minervae, caeruleos esse Neptuni,
Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83 (cf. in Gr. glaukôpis Athênê): caesia, Palladion, has she gray eyes? she is the impersonation of Pallas, * Lucr. 4, 1161:caesius, Ter Hec. 3, 4, 26 (glaucis oculis, quasi felis oculos habens et glaucos, Don.): hunc, judices, dico, rubrum, brevem, incurvum, canum, subcrispum, caesium,
Auct. Her. 4, 49, 63:leo,
Cat. 45, 7:sub septentrionibus nutriuntur gentes immanibus corporibus oculis caesiis,
Vitr. 6, 1.— Sup. caesissimus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 76 Müll.— Comp. not in use.Caesĭus, i, m., a Roman cognomen.I.M. Caesius, Cic. Fam. 13, 11.—II.Another M. Caesius, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130.—III.P. Caesius, Cic. Balb. 22, 50.—IV.Sex. Caesius, Cic. Fl. 28, 68.—V.Caesius Bassus, the friend to whom Persius addressed his sixth satire; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 96. -
16 caneo
cānĕo, ui, 2, v. n. [canus], to be gray or hoary, be white ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose); P. a.: cānens, entis, gray, grayish, hoary, white:temporibus geminis canebat sparsa senectus,
Verg. A. 5, 416; cf. Tac. G. 31:canens senecta,
Verg. A. 10, 192:canet in igne cinis,
Ov. A. A. 2, 440:canens gelu,
white, id. Tr. 5, 2, 66; Sil. 1, 206;pruina,
id. 3, 534:canentia lilia,
Ov. M. 12, 411:dum gramina canent,
Verg. G. 3, 325; 2, 13:canuerint herbae,
Ov. F. 3, 880; Juv. 14, 144; Ov. M. 1, 110 (cf. id. ib. 6, 456; and id. F. 5, 357); Sil. 4, 362. -
17 cani
I.Lit.:B.fluctus,
Lucr. 2, 767; Cic. Arat. 71;hence aqua,
foamy, frothy, Ov. H. 2, 16:nix,
white, Lucr. 3, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 41:gelu,
Verg. G. 3, 442:montes,
id. ib. 1, 43:pruina,
hoar-frost, Hor. C. 1, 4, 4:grandine canus Athos,
Ov. Ib. 200:salicta,
id. M. 5, 590:segetes,
id. ib. 10, 655:aristae,
id. ib. 6, 456:lupus,
id. ib. 6, 527;7, 550: favilla,
id. ib. 8, 524:color equi,
Pall. Mart. 14, 4:arborum villi,
Plin. 12, 23, 50, § 108:situs,
id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—Esp. freq. of the gray hair of the aged:II.cano capite atque albā barbā,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; id. As. 5, 2, 84; Cat. 68, 124; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Ov. F. 5, 57:capilli,
Hor. C. 2, 11, 15; Ov. M. 1, 266; 2, 30; 4, 474; Phaedr. 2, 2, 10:crinis,
Cat. 64, 350; Ov. M. 13, 427:barba,
Mart. 4, 36 al. —Hence, subst. in plur.: cāni, ōrum, m. (sc. capilli), gray hairs:non cani, non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62; Ov. M. 3, 275; in Aug. and post-Aug. poets (esp. freq. in Ovid) with adjj.:falsi,
Ov. M. 6, 26:honorati,
id. ib. 8, 9:positi,
id. ib. 14, 655:rari,
id. ib. 8, 567:sui,
id. ib. 10, 391:miseri,
Pers. 5, 65: venerandi. Sen. Herc. Fur. 1249.—Hence, -
18 canities
cānĭtĭes ( cānĭtĭa, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91; 11, 37, 64, § 169; cf. Charis. p. 41 P.), em, ē (other cases not in use), f. [canus], a gray or grayish-white color, hoariness ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):II.lupi,
Ov. M. 1, 238;folia lanatiore canitie,
Plin. 21, 20, 84, § 147; 37, 11, 73, § 191:sparsa marmoris,
id. 36, 7, 11, § 55.—Esp. freq. of the hair, Ov. M. 10, 425; 7, 289; Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 169; cf. id. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Hence,Transf.A.(Abstr. pro concr.) Gray hair:B.canitiem terră atque infuso pulvere foedans,
Cat. 64, 224; imitated by Ov. M. 8, 528; cf. also Verg. A. 12, 611:canitiem multo deformat pulvere,
id. ib. 10, 844; 6, 300; Ov. M. 13, 492; Luc. 8, 57:femina canitiem Germanis inficit herbis,
Ov. A. A. 3, 163.—(Effect. pro causa.) A hoary age, old age (cf.:canitiem sibi et longos promiserat annos,
Verg. A. 10, 549:donec virenti canities abest Morosa,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 17; 2, 11, 8. -
19 canus
I.Lit.:B.fluctus,
Lucr. 2, 767; Cic. Arat. 71;hence aqua,
foamy, frothy, Ov. H. 2, 16:nix,
white, Lucr. 3, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 41:gelu,
Verg. G. 3, 442:montes,
id. ib. 1, 43:pruina,
hoar-frost, Hor. C. 1, 4, 4:grandine canus Athos,
Ov. Ib. 200:salicta,
id. M. 5, 590:segetes,
id. ib. 10, 655:aristae,
id. ib. 6, 456:lupus,
id. ib. 6, 527;7, 550: favilla,
id. ib. 8, 524:color equi,
Pall. Mart. 14, 4:arborum villi,
Plin. 12, 23, 50, § 108:situs,
id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—Esp. freq. of the gray hair of the aged:II.cano capite atque albā barbā,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; id. As. 5, 2, 84; Cat. 68, 124; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Ov. F. 5, 57:capilli,
Hor. C. 2, 11, 15; Ov. M. 1, 266; 2, 30; 4, 474; Phaedr. 2, 2, 10:crinis,
Cat. 64, 350; Ov. M. 13, 427:barba,
Mart. 4, 36 al. —Hence, subst. in plur.: cāni, ōrum, m. (sc. capilli), gray hairs:non cani, non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62; Ov. M. 3, 275; in Aug. and post-Aug. poets (esp. freq. in Ovid) with adjj.:falsi,
Ov. M. 6, 26:honorati,
id. ib. 8, 9:positi,
id. ib. 14, 655:rari,
id. ib. 8, 567:sui,
id. ib. 10, 391:miseri,
Pers. 5, 65: venerandi. Sen. Herc. Fur. 1249.—Hence, -
20 consenesco
con-sĕnesco, nŭi, 3, v. inch., to grow old together, to grow or become old or gray (class. in prose and poetry).I.Lit.:II.(Baucis et Philemon) illā consenuere casā,
Ov. M. 8, 634: socerorum in armis, * Hor. C. 3, 5, 8; cf.:in patriā meā,
Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 12:alieno in agro (exercitus),
Liv. 9, 19, 6:in exilio,
id. 35, 34, 7:in ultimo terrarum orbis angulo,
Vell. 2, 102, 3:circa Casilinum Cumasque,
Liv. 30, 20, 9:Smyrnae,
Suet. Gram. 6.—Meton.A.In Quint., to grow old or gray in an occupation, to follow it too long:B.in commentariis rhetorum,
Quint. 3, 8, 67 in quā umbrā, id. 10, 5, 17; and:in unā ejus specie,
id. 12, 11, 16.—In a more general sense (causa pro effectu), to become weak, infirm, powerless, to waste away, fall into disuse, decay, fade, lose force, etc.1.With living subjects:b.prae maerore atque aegritudine,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 63; cf. id. Capt. 1, 2, 25:in manibus alicujus et gremio maerore et lacrimis,
Cic. Clu. 5, 13; Liv. 35, 34, 7:(columbae) si inclusae consenescunt,
Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 6; so id. ib. 3, 9, 14:veturno,
Col. 7, 5, 3.—Trop., to lose consideration or respect: omnes illius partis auctores ac socios nullo adversario consenescere. Cic. Att. 2, 23, 2.—2.With inanimate subjects: ova consenescunt, Varr R. R. 3, 9, 8; cf.:vinea soli vitio consenuit,
Col. 4, 22, 8:veru in manibus,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 15; cf.:consenuit haec tabula carie,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91: haut ulla carina Consenuit, not one has grown old, i. e. all have perished, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 36: (nobis) viget aetas, animus valet; contra illis annis atque divitiis omnia consenuerunt, Sall. C. 20, 10 Kritz and Fabri:quamvis consenuerint vires atque defecerint,
Cic. Sen. 9, 29;with vires,
Liv. 6, 23, 7:animum quoque patris consenuisse in adfecto corpore,
id. 9, 3, 8: noster amicus Magnus, cujus cognomen unā cum Crassi Divitis cognomine consenescit. Cic. Att. 2, 13, 2:veteres leges aut. ipsā suā vetustate consenuisse aut novis legibus esse sublatas,
id. de Or. 1, 58, 247;so of laws,
Liv. 3, 31, 7:invidia,
Cic. Clu. 2, 5:rabies et impetus,
Flor. 3, 3, 5:oratio dimetiendis pedibus,
Quint. 9, 4, 112.
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