humorous

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cărīna, ae, f. [cf. karuon, cornu].

The keel of a ship, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 42; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; id. B. C. 1, 54; Liv. 22, 20, 2; 28, 8, 14; Tac. A. 2, 6; Curt. 7, 3, 9; 10, 1, 19; Ov. M. 14, 552; id. P. 4, 3, 5.—In the poets very freq. (in Ovid's Met. alone about thirty times).—

Meton.

(Pars pro toto.) A vessel, boat, ship, Enn. Ann. 379; 476; 560 Vahl.; Cat. 64, 10; 64, 250; Prop. 3 (4), 9, 35; Verg. G. 1, 303; 1, 360; 2, 445; id. A. 2, 23; 4, 398; 5, 158; Hor. C. 1, 4, 2; 1, 14, 7; id. Epod. 10, 20; Ov. M. 1, 134.—

Transf., of objects of similar form; of the shells of nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88; of the bodies of dogs, Nemes. Cyneg. 110 Wernsd.; cf. Schol. Stat. Th. 11, 512 and 2. carino.—

Esp. freq. as nom. propr.: Cărīnae, ārum, f., the Keels, a celebrated quarter in the fourth region of Rome, between the Cœlian and Esquiline Hills, now S. Pietro in vincoli, Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 sq.; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7; Liv. 26, 10, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 48; Suet. Gram. 15 al.; cf.

Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 522 sq.: lautae,

Verg. A. 8, 361 Serv.—Here stood also the house of Pompey, Suet. Tib. 15; id. Gram. 15; hence the humorous play upon the word carinae, ships ' keels, Vell. 2, 77, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 84; cf. Dio. Cass. 48, 38, p. 555.

Cărīna, ae, f., a town of Troas, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.

Cărīna, ae, m., a mountain in Crete, Plin. 21, 14, 46, § 79.

cărīna, ae, f. [cf. karuon, cornu].

The keel of a ship, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 42; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; id. B. C. 1, 54; Liv. 22, 20, 2; 28, 8, 14; Tac. A. 2, 6; Curt. 7, 3, 9; 10, 1, 19; Ov. M. 14, 552; id. P. 4, 3, 5.—In the poets very freq. (in Ovid's Met. alone about thirty times).—

Meton.

(Pars pro toto.) A vessel, boat, ship, Enn. Ann. 379; 476; 560 Vahl.; Cat. 64, 10; 64, 250; Prop. 3 (4), 9, 35; Verg. G. 1, 303; 1, 360; 2, 445; id. A. 2, 23; 4, 398; 5, 158; Hor. C. 1, 4, 2; 1, 14, 7; id. Epod. 10, 20; Ov. M. 1, 134.—

Transf., of objects of similar form; of the shells of nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88; of the bodies of dogs, Nemes. Cyneg. 110 Wernsd.; cf. Schol. Stat. Th. 11, 512 and 2. carino.—

Esp. freq. as nom. propr.: Cărīnae, ārum, f., the Keels, a celebrated quarter in the fourth region of Rome, between the Cœlian and Esquiline Hills, now S. Pietro in vincoli, Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 sq.; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7; Liv. 26, 10, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 48; Suet. Gram. 15 al.; cf.

Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 522 sq.: lautae,

Verg. A. 8, 361 Serv.—Here stood also the house of Pompey, Suet. Tib. 15; id. Gram. 15; hence the humorous play upon the word carinae, ships ' keels, Vell. 2, 77, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 84; cf. Dio. Cass. 48, 38, p. 555.

Cărīna, ae, f., a town of Troas, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.

Cărīna, ae, m., a mountain in Crete, Plin. 21, 14, 46, § 79.

cărīna, ae, f. [cf. karuon, cornu].

The keel of a ship, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 42; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; id. B. C. 1, 54; Liv. 22, 20, 2; 28, 8, 14; Tac. A. 2, 6; Curt. 7, 3, 9; 10, 1, 19; Ov. M. 14, 552; id. P. 4, 3, 5.—In the poets very freq. (in Ovid's Met. alone about thirty times).—

Meton.

(Pars pro toto.) A vessel, boat, ship, Enn. Ann. 379; 476; 560 Vahl.; Cat. 64, 10; 64, 250; Prop. 3 (4), 9, 35; Verg. G. 1, 303; 1, 360; 2, 445; id. A. 2, 23; 4, 398; 5, 158; Hor. C. 1, 4, 2; 1, 14, 7; id. Epod. 10, 20; Ov. M. 1, 134.—

Transf., of objects of similar form; of the shells of nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88; of the bodies of dogs, Nemes. Cyneg. 110 Wernsd.; cf. Schol. Stat. Th. 11, 512 and 2. carino.—

Esp. freq. as nom. propr.: Cărīnae, ārum, f., the Keels, a celebrated quarter in the fourth region of Rome, between the Cœlian and Esquiline Hills, now S. Pietro in vincoli, Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 sq.; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7; Liv. 26, 10, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 48; Suet. Gram. 15 al.; cf.

Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 522 sq.: lautae,

Verg. A. 8, 361 Serv.—Here stood also the house of Pompey, Suet. Tib. 15; id. Gram. 15; hence the humorous play upon the word carinae, ships ' keels, Vell. 2, 77, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 84; cf. Dio. Cass. 48, 38, p. 555.

Cărīna, ae, f., a town of Troas, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.

Cărīna, ae, m., a mountain in Crete, Plin. 21, 14, 46, § 79.

făcētus, a, um, adj. [root fa- of fari; Sanscr. bhā-, shine, appear; Gr. pha- in phêmi, phainô; strengthened făc, as in fax, facies], well-made, choice, elegant, fine.

Lit. (very rare): nae illi sunt pedes faceti ac deliciis ingredienti molles, Brutus ap. Quint. 6, 3, 20:

facetis victibus vivere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 43.—

Trop.

Of behavior, fine, courteous, polite, gentle (very rare):

vir facetus atque magnificus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 84:

mulier commoda et faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 11:

ut cuique est aetas, ita quemque facetus adopta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 55:

est qui (ambulet tunicis) subductis usque facetus,

i. e. who thinks to be very fine, id. S. 1, 2, 26.—

Of speech.

Elegant, fine:

molle atque facetum Vergilio annuerunt gaudentes rure Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; cf.: decoris hanc et excultae cujusdam elegantiae appellationem ( faceti) puto, Quint. 6, 3, 20.—

Merry, witty, jocose, humorous, facetious (the predominant signif. of the word).

Of persons: dulcem et facetum festivique sermonis atque in omni sermone simulatorem, quem eirôna Graeci nominarunt, Socratem accepimus, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

elegantes, faceti,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

in altercando cum aliquo aculeo et maledicto facetus,

id. Brut. 47, 173:

imitatores et narratores faceti,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

etiam quodam loco facetus esse voluisti,

id. Phil. 2, 8, 20:

conviva joco mordente facetus,

Juv. 9, 10 et saep.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

duplex omnino est jocandi genus: unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum, alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

ironia faceta et elegans,

id. Brut. 85, 292:

faceta et urbana innumerabilia,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:

sermo,

id. ib. 1, 8, 32:

dictum,

id. ib. 2, 54, 219:

joci,

Just. 39, 2.— Comp.: Quo facetior videare, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. REDARGUISSE, p. 273, 10 Müll. — Sup.:

Aristophanes facetissimus poëta veteris comoediae,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

argutiae facetissimi salis,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 117.—Hence, adv.: făcēte,

(Acc. to II. A.) Finely, properly, elegantly (anteclass.):

hanc ego rem exorsus sum facete et callide,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 7; id. Mil. 1, 1, 39; id. Stich. 1, 3, 114:

facete dictum,

well said! good! id. Capt. 1, 2, 73; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; 3, 1, 37.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Wittily, pleasantly, humorously, facetiously (class.):

numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

facete et urbane Stoicos ridere,

id. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

multa colligere ridicule ac facete,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 243: praeclare et apposite et facete scripsit, Gell. 2, 23, 11:

(Cicero) plura quam quisquam dixit facete,

Quint. 6, 3, 4.— Comp.:

nos ab isto nebulone facetius eludimur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

disputare,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 217.— Sup.:

noster hic facetissime tres de jure civili libellos tribus legendos dedit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223:

dicere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9 fin.:

ludere,

id. ib. 9, 22, 2.

festīvus, a, um, adj. [1. festus; lit., feast-like, belonging to a feast; hence], lively, gay, festive, joyous, gladsome, merry (syn.: lepidus, urbanus, salsus, facetus).

Lit. (ante- and post-class.): festivum festinant diem, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.):

ludi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 3; cf.

alea,

Gell. 18, 13, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5; id. Poen. 5, 1, 9:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 95:

hospitium in lepido loco,

id. ib. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

festivissimum convivium,

Just. 38, 8 fin. —

Subst.: festīvum, i, n., festive jollity, festivity:

in vindemiarum festivo,

Lampr. Heliog. 11.—

Transf.

In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome, pretty:

luculenta atque festiva femina,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 12; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 17:

nonne igitur sunt ista festiva?

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

aedes festivissimae,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 93:

area parvula sed festiva,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4:

copia librorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1:

opera,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 108. —

In partic.

Of behavior, character, etc., jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear:

quod te isti facilem et festivum putant,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 29:

puer,

Cic. Att. 1, 12 fin.; cf.:

quibus (pueris) nihil potest esse festivius,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 3:

filius,

id. Fl. 36, 91:

homo,

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13; id. de Or. 2, 68, 277. —

As a term of endearment:

o mi pater festivissime!

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 26; so,

festivum caput!

id. ib. 2, 3, 8.—

Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty:

dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

acroama,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 6, 3, 39.— Hence, adv., in two forms, festīve (class.) and festīvĭter (ante- and post-class.).

Joyously, gayly, cheerfully:

loco in festivo sumus festive accepti,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 9.—

Transf.

Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully: o domus parata pulchrae familiae festiviter! Naev. ap. Non. 510, 16. —

Humorously, facetiously, wittily.

Form festive:

agere fabellam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3:

crimen contexere,

id. Deiot. 6, 19:

dissolvere argumentum,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

aliquid odorari,

id. Att. 4, 14, 2:

tradere elementa loquendi,

id. Ac. 2, 28, 92. As a particle of assent:

quare bene et praeclare quamvis nobis saepe dicatur: belle et festive nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.—

Form festiviter: Epictetus severe simul ac festiviter sejunxit a vero Stoico, qui esset akôlutos, Gell. 1, 2, 7:

respondere,

id. 1, 22, 6.— Sup.: decorare festum festivissime, Poët. ap. Charis. 2, p. 180 P. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. Inc. 223).

festīvus, a, um, adj. [1. festus; lit., feast-like, belonging to a feast; hence], lively, gay, festive, joyous, gladsome, merry (syn.: lepidus, urbanus, salsus, facetus).

Lit. (ante- and post-class.): festivum festinant diem, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.):

ludi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 3; cf.

alea,

Gell. 18, 13, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5; id. Poen. 5, 1, 9:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 95:

hospitium in lepido loco,

id. ib. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

festivissimum convivium,

Just. 38, 8 fin. —

Subst.: festīvum, i, n., festive jollity, festivity:

in vindemiarum festivo,

Lampr. Heliog. 11.—

Transf.

In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome, pretty:

luculenta atque festiva femina,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 12; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 17:

nonne igitur sunt ista festiva?

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

aedes festivissimae,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 93:

area parvula sed festiva,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4:

copia librorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1:

opera,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 108. —

In partic.

Of behavior, character, etc., jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear:

quod te isti facilem et festivum putant,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 29:

puer,

Cic. Att. 1, 12 fin.; cf.:

quibus (pueris) nihil potest esse festivius,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 3:

filius,

id. Fl. 36, 91:

homo,

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13; id. de Or. 2, 68, 277. —

As a term of endearment:

o mi pater festivissime!

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 26; so,

festivum caput!

id. ib. 2, 3, 8.—

Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty:

dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

acroama,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 6, 3, 39.— Hence, adv., in two forms, festīve (class.) and festīvĭter (ante- and post-class.).

Joyously, gayly, cheerfully:

loco in festivo sumus festive accepti,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 9.—

Transf.

Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully: o domus parata pulchrae familiae festiviter! Naev. ap. Non. 510, 16. —

Humorously, facetiously, wittily.

Form festive:

agere fabellam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3:

crimen contexere,

id. Deiot. 6, 19:

dissolvere argumentum,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

aliquid odorari,

id. Att. 4, 14, 2:

tradere elementa loquendi,

id. Ac. 2, 28, 92. As a particle of assent:

quare bene et praeclare quamvis nobis saepe dicatur: belle et festive nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.—

Form festiviter: Epictetus severe simul ac festiviter sejunxit a vero Stoico, qui esset akôlutos, Gell. 1, 2, 7:

respondere,

id. 1, 22, 6.— Sup.: decorare festum festivissime, Poët. ap. Charis. 2, p. 180 P. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. Inc. 223).

jŏcōsus, a, um, adj. [jocus], full of jesting, jocose, humorous, droll, facetious (class.).

Of persons:

homo humanus et jocosus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

Maecenas,

Hor. Epod. 3, 20:

Musa,

Ov. Tr. 2, 354.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

res,

Cic. Off. 1, 37:

lis,

Ov. M. 3, 332:

verba,

id. F. 6, 692:

furtum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 7: Nilus, the sportive Nile, with reference to the merry lives of the Egyptians, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 80.— Adv.: jŏ-cōsē, jestingly, jocosely:

eumque lusi jocose satis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2.— Comp.:

dicere aliquid jocosius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 4; Hor. S. 1, 4, 104.

lūsor, ōris, m. [ludo], one who plays at a game; a player.

Lit.:

sic ne perdiderit, non cessat perdere lusor,

Ov. A. A. 1, 1, 451; Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

furtum factum domi et eo tempore quo alea ludebatur, licet lusor non fuerit qui quid eorum fecerit, impune fit,

Dig. 11, 5, 1, § 2.— Poet. transf.:

cum lusore catello,

a playful little dog, Juv. 9, 611.—

Trop.

A humorous writer: tenerorum lusor amorum, Ov Tr. 4, 10, 1.—

A banterer, mocker:

te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 62.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.