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1 aestuārium
aestuārium ī, n [aestus], a tract overflowed at high tide, salt marsh: itinera concisa aestuariis, Cs.— An inlet of the sea, Cs.—A bay, firth, Ta.* * *tidal marsh/inlet/opening, marsh; (river) estuary; air shaft, vent -
2 ventus
ventus ī, m [cf. vannus], wind: (aër) effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit: qui (divi) simul Stravere ventos, H.: remissior, Cs.: prosper, L.: Corus, Cs.—Prov.: Verba dat in ventos, i. e. talks in vain, O.: tristitiam et metūs Tradam ventis, i. e. will throw from me, H.: ventis verba dedisti, hast thrown thy promise to the winds, O.: nec ferre videt sua gaudia ventos, V.—Fig., a wind: quicumque venti erunt, i. e. whatever circumstances may arise: alios ego vidi ventos, i. e. times of trouble: cuius nunc venti valde sunt secundi, i. e. who is now on the high tide of prosperity: vento aliquo in optimum quemque excitato, by raising a storm: ventum popularem esse quaesitum, i. e. popular favor.* * * -
3 fluctus
fluctus, ūs (ante-class. form of the gen. sing. fluctuis, Varr. and Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 1; nom. plur. flucti, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 488, 12), m. [fluo; cf. fluctio], the peculiar motion of fluids, a flowing, waving.I.In abstr. (rare; cf.:II.unda, fluentum): jactetur aquae fluctu quoque terra vacillans,
Lucr. 6, 554 sq. —Of the flowing motion of the magnetic fluid (v. aestus):Cogitur offensare pulsareque fluctu Ferrea texta suo,
Lucr. 6, 1053.—In mal. part., Lucr. 4, 1271; cf. fluctuo, I. a fin. —Transf., a flow, flood. —In concr., a wave, billow, surge, esp. of the sea (the predom. signif. of the word in prose and poetry; esp. freq. in the plur.).(α).Sing.: fons aquae dulcis, qui fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, etc., the flood, i. e. high tide, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: alia fluctus differt, dissipat visceratim membra, Maria salsa spumant sanguine, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 144 ed. Vahl.):(β).ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76; 82:fluctum a saxo frangi,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:fluctus uti... volutus Ad terras immane sonat per saxa,
Verg. G. 3, 237:ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,
to the waves, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5.—Plur.: indu mari magno fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): mulserat huc navim compulsam fluctibus pontus, id. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 ed. Vahl.):2.excitatis maximis fluctibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 6:(insulae) fluctibus cinctae,
id. ib. 2, 4; cf.:Massilia, quae cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus alluitur,
id. Fl. 26, 63:sese fluctibus committere,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:sedatis fluctibus,
id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum tempestatumque accommodatae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 3:in fluctibus consistere,
id. ib. 4, 24, 2:fluctibus compleri,
id. ib. 4, 28 fin.:luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum Mercator metuens,
Hor. C. 1, 1, 15:o navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus,
id. ib. 1, 14, 2:mulcere fluctus et tollere vento,
Verg. A. 1, 66:procella... fluctus ad sidera tollit,
id. ib. 1, 103:revomere salsos fluctus pectore,
id. ib. 5, 182.—Prov.: excitare fluctus in simpulo, to raise a tempest in a tea-pot, i. e. to make much ado about nothing, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—Poet. transf., a stream of odors:B.unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,
Lucr. 4, 675.—And of a stream of fire:atro volvens incendia fluctu,
Val. Fl. 7, 572.—Trop., like tempestas and unda, and our waves or billows, for turbulence, commotion, disturbance:qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,
Cic. Planc. 4, 11; cf.contionum,
id. Mil. 2, 5:rerum Fluctibus in mediis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85; cf. also Lucr. 5, 11:hoc omne tempus post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,
Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 8, 3, 5:fluctus civiles,
Nep. Att. 6:capere irarum fluctus in pectore,
Lucr. 3, 298; so,irarum,
id. 6, 74; Verg. A. 12, 831; Val. Max. 9, 3 init.:tristes curarum,
Lucr. 6, 34:belli,
id. 5, 1290.
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