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  • 1 ob-tendō

        ob-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to spread before, stretch over: Pro viro nebulam, V.: obtentā nocte, i. e. in dark night, V.: Britannia Germaniae obtenditur, lies over against, Ta.—To plead as an excuse: matris preces obtendens, Ta.—Fig., to hide, conceal, envelop: quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscuiusque natura.—To make a cover for: curis luxum, Ta.

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  • 2 densus

    densus, a, um, adj. [kindred with dasus, daulos (i. e. dasulos); cf. Lat. dumus, old form dusmus, and dumetum], thick, dense, i. e. consisting of parts crowded together. opp. to rarus (on the contrary, crassus, thick, is opp. to thin, fluid; and spissus, close, compact, with the predominant idea of impenetrability; cf. also: angustus, artus, solidus—class. and freq., esp. in poets and historians; in Cic. very rare).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    In space:

    ne dum variantia rerum Tanta queat densis rarisque ex ignibus esse,

    Lucr. 1, 654; cf. Verg. G. 1, 419 (for which densatus et laxatus aër, Quint. 5, 9, 16); and:

    (terra) Rara sit an supra morem si densa requiras... Densa magis Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo,

    Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.: densa et glutinosa terra, Col. praef. § 24: silva, poëta ap. Cic. Att. 12, 15; cf.:

    densiores silvae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2:

    densissimae silvae,

    id. ib. 4, 38, 3:

    lucus densissimae opacitatis,

    Front. Strat. 1, 11, 10:

    denso corpore nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 361; cf.:

    denso agmine,

    id. 6, 100; so,

    agmen (sc. navium),

    Verg. A. 5, 834:

    densum umeris vulgus,

    Hor. Od. 2, 13, 32 et saep.:

    tunicae,

    Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77:

    zmaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68:

    litus,

    sandy, Ov. M. 2, 576; cf. Verg. G. 2, 275:

    aequor,

    i. e. frozen. Luc. 2, 640:

    aër,

    Hor. Od. 2, 7, 14; cf.

    caelum,

    Cels. 1 praef.; 3, 22:

    nimbi,

    Ov. M. 1, 269:

    caligo,

    Verg. A. 12, 466; cf.:

    densissima nox,

    pitch-dark night, Ov. M. 15, 31: umbra, Catull. 65, 13; Hor. Od. 1, 7, 20 et saep.—

    Without distinction, corresp. with crassus,

    Lucr. 6, 246 al. —
    b.
    Poet. with abl., thickly set with, covered with, full of: loca silvestribus sepibus densa, poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 42 fin.; cf.:

    specus virgis ac vimine,

    Ov. M. 3, 29:

    vallis piceis et acuta cupressu,

    id. ib. 3, 155:

    Thybris verticibus,

    id. F. 6, 502:

    ficus pomis,

    id. ib. 2, 253:

    corpora setis,

    id. M. 13, 846; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 32:

    femina crinibus emptis,

    id. A. A. 3, 165:

    funale lampadibus,

    id. M. 12, 247: trames [p. 547] caligine opaca (coupled with obscurus), id. ib. 10, 54 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf., of the parts themselves which are crowded together, thick, close, set close:

    superiorem partem collis densissimis castris (sc. trinis) compleverant,

    pitched very near together, Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    sepes,

    id. ib. 2, 22:

    frutices,

    Ov. M. 1, 122:

    ilex,

    id. F. 2, 165 et saep.:

    hostes,

    Verg. A. 2, 511:

    ministri,

    id. M. 2, 717:

    densior suboles,

    Verg. G. 3, 308:

    dens (pectinis),

    Tib. 1, 9, 68:

    comae,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 42; cf.

    pilae,

    id. F. 2, 348 et saep.— Poet.:

    densorum turba malorum,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 41.—
    2.
    In time, of things which take place in close succession, thick, frequent, continuous (mostly poet.):

    ictus,

    Verg. A. 5, 459; cf.

    plagae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 5, 31:

    Aquilo,

    strong, powerful, Verg. G. 3, 196:

    silentia,

    deep, profound, Val. Fl. 3, 604:

    amores,

    Verg. G. 4, 347:

    pericula,

    Ov. P. 4, 7, 15:

    usus,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 15:

    ictus,

    Amm. 15, 5, 31. —
    II.
    Trop. of speech, condensed, concise:

    vox atrox in ira, et aspera ac densa,

    coarse, Quint. 11, 3, 63:

    tanta vis in eo (sc. Demosthene) tam densa omnia, etc.,

    id. 10, 1, 76; cf. transf. to the writer himself: densior ille (sc. Demosthenes), hic (sc. Cicero) copiosior, ib. § 106: densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides, ib. § 73: (Euripides) sententiis densus, ib. § 68.— Adv.: densē (very rare).
    1.
    In space, thickly, closely, close together:

    caesae alni,

    Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173:

    calcatum quam densissime,

    Vitr. 5, 12 med.:

    milites densius se commovebant,

    Amm. 24, 6, 8.—
    2.
    (Acc. to no. I. B. 2.) In time, frequently, rapidly, one after the other:

    quod in perpetuitate dicendi eluceat aliquando, idem apud alios densius, apud alios fortasse rarius,

    Cic. Or. 2, 7:

    nulla tamen subeunt mihi tempora densius istis,

    Ov. P. 1, 9, 11:

    replicatis quaestionibus dense,

    Amm. 29, 3 fin.

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  • 3 obtendo

    ob-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw, stretch, spread, or place before (cf. obtego; not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Proque viro nebulam et ventos obtendere inanes, Verg. A. 10, 82:

    sudarium ante faciem,

    Suet. Ner. 48.— Poet.:

    obtentā nocte,

    i. e. in dark night, Verg. G. 1, 248.—
    2.
    Pass., with mid. force:

    oculis membrana obtenditur,

    spreads over, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 153:

    Britannia Germaniae obtenditur,

    lies over against Germany, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Trop., to pretend, allege, plead as an excuse:

    matris preces obtendens,

    Tac. A. 3, 17:

    ad ea Drusus cum arbitrium senatūs obtenderet,

    id. ib. 1, 26:

    valetudinem corporis, aetatem liberūm, nubilem filiam,

    id. ib. 3, 35:

    suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem obtendunt,

    Quint. 12, 10, 15: rationem turpitudini, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 15:

    qui delictis suis excusationem carnis obtendet,

    Lact. 4, 24, 10:

    quid poterimus obtendere,

    plead what excuse, Vulg. Gen. 44, 16.—
    II.
    Transf., to cover, hide, conceal.
    A.
    Lit.:

    obtendunt limina silvis,

    Stat. Th. 2, 248:

    lucem pulvere,

    Sil. 10, 228:

    diem nube atrā,

    Tac. H. 3, 56.—
    B.
    Trop., to hide, conceal, envelop:

    quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscujusque natura,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—
    2.
    To spread over, make a cover for:

    Vitellius curis luxum obtendebat,

    i. e. sought a refuge from, Tac. H. 3, 36 init.

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  • 4 tenebra

    tĕnē̆brae, ārum (collat. form tĕnē̆bra, ae, Lampr. Commod. 16; App. M. 5, p. 167, 25), f. [akin to Sanscr. tamisra, dark; cf. timere], darkness (stronger than obscuritas, and weaker than caligo; freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    veluti pueri omnia caecis In tenebris metuant,

    Lucr. 2, 56:

    tempestas atque tenebrae Coperiunt maria ac terras,

    id. 6, 491:

    cum obscurato sole tenebrae factae essent repente,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:

    nos tenebras cogitemus tantas, quantae, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

    tetrae tenebrae et caligo,

    id. Agr. 2, 17, 44;

    v. caligo: tenebras et solitudinem nacti,

    id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

    incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (Tulliani) facies est,

    Sall. C. 55, 4:

    ipsis noctis tenebris,

    Quint. 10, 6, 1:

    obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae,

    Verg. G. 1, 248:

    neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus,

    Ov. M. 2, 395:

    tacitae,

    Sen. Med. 114. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    The darkness of night, night:

    redire luce, non tenebris,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    classem in statione usque ad noctem tenuit: primis tenebris movit,

    Liv. 31, 23, 4:

    somnus qui faciat breves tenebras,

    Mart. 10, 47, 11:

    tenebris,

    during the night, Tib. 1, 6, 59; 2, 1, 76; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 10:

    tenebris obortis,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 5:

    per tenebras,

    Luc. 2, 686:

    (me) videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,

    Ov. M. 7, 703:

    effulget tenebris Aurora fugatis,

    id. ib. 2, 144.—
    2.
    The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:

    tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inedia succidunt,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; Verg. A. 11, 824; Ov. M. 2, 181; 12, 136; id. Tr. 1, 3, 91; id. H. 13, 23; Luc. 3, 735; Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41.—
    3.
    The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):

    juro, Me tibi ad extremas mansuram tenebras,

    Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 17; cf.:

    (urbes) ad Erebi profundos hiatus abactae, aeternis tenebris occultantur,

    Amm. 17, 7, 13; cf. also in a play upon this signif. and that of B. 1.: certum'st mihi ante tenebras (i. e. noctem) tenebras (i. e. mortem) persequi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 88.—
    4.
    Blindness ( poet. and very rare):

    occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,

    Lucr. 3, 415:

    tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,

    Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —
    C.
    Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.
    1.
    A dark bathing-place:

    Grylli,

    Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—
    2.
    A prison, dungeon:

    clausi in tenebris, cum maerore et luctu morte graviorem vitam exigunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 15: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3. —
    3.
    Lurking-places, haunts:

    emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

    Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

    demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,

    Cat. 55, 2.—
    4.
    Dark or poor lodgings:

    quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum,

    Juv. 3, 225. —
    5.
    The infernal regions:

    tenebrae malae Orci,

    Cat. 3, 13:

    infernae,

    Verg. A. 7, 325; Hor. C. 4, 7, 25:

    Stygiae,

    Verg. G. 3, 551:

    quid Styga, quid tenebras timetis?

    Ov. M. 15, 154.—
    II.
    Trop., darkness, gloom, obscurity of the mind, of fame, of fortune, fate, etc. (class.):

    isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

    obducere tenebras rebus clarissimis,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

    omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 72: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? what darkness are you raising about me? i. e. what trick are you playing me? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

    tenebras dispulit calumniae,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 42:

    quae jacerent omnia in tenebris, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,

    obscurity, concealment, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

    vestram familiam abjectam et obscuram e tenebris in lucem evocavit,

    id. Deiot. 11, 30; cf.: o tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes (Piso)! obscurity, i. e. low birth, baseness, id. Pis. 26, 62; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: vitae, gloomy fate or fortunes, Lucr. 2, 15:

    qui tibi aestus, qui error, qui tenebrae erunt,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

    in illis rei publicae tenebris caecisque nubibus et procellis,

    id. Dom. 10, 24:

    ex superioris anni caligine et tenebris lucem in re publicā dispicere,

    id. Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

    si quid tenebrarum offudit exilium,

    id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

    tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris omniaque miscebant,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91.

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  • 5 tenebrae

    tĕnē̆brae, ārum (collat. form tĕnē̆bra, ae, Lampr. Commod. 16; App. M. 5, p. 167, 25), f. [akin to Sanscr. tamisra, dark; cf. timere], darkness (stronger than obscuritas, and weaker than caligo; freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    veluti pueri omnia caecis In tenebris metuant,

    Lucr. 2, 56:

    tempestas atque tenebrae Coperiunt maria ac terras,

    id. 6, 491:

    cum obscurato sole tenebrae factae essent repente,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:

    nos tenebras cogitemus tantas, quantae, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

    tetrae tenebrae et caligo,

    id. Agr. 2, 17, 44;

    v. caligo: tenebras et solitudinem nacti,

    id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

    incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (Tulliani) facies est,

    Sall. C. 55, 4:

    ipsis noctis tenebris,

    Quint. 10, 6, 1:

    obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae,

    Verg. G. 1, 248:

    neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus,

    Ov. M. 2, 395:

    tacitae,

    Sen. Med. 114. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    The darkness of night, night:

    redire luce, non tenebris,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    classem in statione usque ad noctem tenuit: primis tenebris movit,

    Liv. 31, 23, 4:

    somnus qui faciat breves tenebras,

    Mart. 10, 47, 11:

    tenebris,

    during the night, Tib. 1, 6, 59; 2, 1, 76; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 10:

    tenebris obortis,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 5:

    per tenebras,

    Luc. 2, 686:

    (me) videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,

    Ov. M. 7, 703:

    effulget tenebris Aurora fugatis,

    id. ib. 2, 144.—
    2.
    The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:

    tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inedia succidunt,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; Verg. A. 11, 824; Ov. M. 2, 181; 12, 136; id. Tr. 1, 3, 91; id. H. 13, 23; Luc. 3, 735; Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41.—
    3.
    The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):

    juro, Me tibi ad extremas mansuram tenebras,

    Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 17; cf.:

    (urbes) ad Erebi profundos hiatus abactae, aeternis tenebris occultantur,

    Amm. 17, 7, 13; cf. also in a play upon this signif. and that of B. 1.: certum'st mihi ante tenebras (i. e. noctem) tenebras (i. e. mortem) persequi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 88.—
    4.
    Blindness ( poet. and very rare):

    occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,

    Lucr. 3, 415:

    tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,

    Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —
    C.
    Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.
    1.
    A dark bathing-place:

    Grylli,

    Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—
    2.
    A prison, dungeon:

    clausi in tenebris, cum maerore et luctu morte graviorem vitam exigunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 15: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3. —
    3.
    Lurking-places, haunts:

    emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

    Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

    demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,

    Cat. 55, 2.—
    4.
    Dark or poor lodgings:

    quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum,

    Juv. 3, 225. —
    5.
    The infernal regions:

    tenebrae malae Orci,

    Cat. 3, 13:

    infernae,

    Verg. A. 7, 325; Hor. C. 4, 7, 25:

    Stygiae,

    Verg. G. 3, 551:

    quid Styga, quid tenebras timetis?

    Ov. M. 15, 154.—
    II.
    Trop., darkness, gloom, obscurity of the mind, of fame, of fortune, fate, etc. (class.):

    isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

    obducere tenebras rebus clarissimis,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

    omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 72: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? what darkness are you raising about me? i. e. what trick are you playing me? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

    tenebras dispulit calumniae,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 42:

    quae jacerent omnia in tenebris, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,

    obscurity, concealment, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

    vestram familiam abjectam et obscuram e tenebris in lucem evocavit,

    id. Deiot. 11, 30; cf.: o tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes (Piso)! obscurity, i. e. low birth, baseness, id. Pis. 26, 62; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: vitae, gloomy fate or fortunes, Lucr. 2, 15:

    qui tibi aestus, qui error, qui tenebrae erunt,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

    in illis rei publicae tenebris caecisque nubibus et procellis,

    id. Dom. 10, 24:

    ex superioris anni caligine et tenebris lucem in re publicā dispicere,

    id. Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

    si quid tenebrarum offudit exilium,

    id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

    tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris omniaque miscebant,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91.

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  • 6 caerula

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 7 caeruleum

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 8 Caeruleus

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 9 caeruleus

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 10 caerulus

    1.
    caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. cae -sius, kuanos, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark]
    I.
    Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, kuaneos; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
    A.
    Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.:

    (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,

    Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814:

    per caeli caerula,

    Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96;

    and without caeli,

    id. 6, 482.—Of the universe:

    magni per caerula mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 770;

    and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,

    Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf.

    candor,

    Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:

    splendor,

    id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—
    B.
    Of the sea:

    ponti plaga caerula,

    Lucr. 5, 482; cf. id. 2, 772 sq.:

    pontus,

    Cat. 36, 11; Ov. M. 13, 838: mare, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 162, 30:

    aequora,

    Cat. 64, 7; so,

    campi = mare,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15:

    aquae,

    Ov. M. 8, 229; 15, 699:

    undae,

    Tib. 1, 3, 37; 1, 4, 45; Varr. ap. Non. p. 254, 21:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 7, 198:

    gurges,

    Ov. M. 2, 528:

    color (lacus) caerulo albidi or, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    Oceani amictus,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 249; App. M. 10, p. 254, 11.—Also subst.: cae-rŭla, ōrum, n., the sea, the blue surface of the sea:

    caerula verrunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 583; 3, 208; 8, 672; Stat. Th. 3, 250.—Of objects that have relation to the sea:

    di,

    sea-deities, Ov. M. 2, 8 sq.: deus, kat.exochên, Neptune, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 62; cf.

    of the same: Jovis frater,

    Ov. M. 1, 275:

    Triton,

    id. ib. 1. 333: Nereus. id. H. 9, 14:

    Thetis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 46;

    and of the same: mater (sc. Achillis),

    Hor. Epod. 13, 16; Ov. M. 13, 288:

    Psamathe,

    a sea-nymph, id. ib. 11, 398: oculi Neptuni. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

    currus (Neptuni),

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    equi (Tritonis),

    Ov. H. 7, 50:

    Scylla (navis),

    Verg. A. 5, 123; cf.

    color. Ov M. 14, 555: puppis,

    id. F. 2, 112; via. Plaut Rud. 1, 5, 10; Ov. H. 16, 104.—
    C.
    Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith:

    caeruleus Thybris,

    Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.—
    D.
    Of other darkblue objects:

    omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

    an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1:

    olearum plaga,

    Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482;

    colla,

    id. A. 2, 381:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 3, 38:

    guttae (serpentis),

    id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97:

    vexillum,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    flos (heliotropi),

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57:

    oculi (Germanorum),

    Tac. G. 4; hence Germania [p. 265] pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.:

    stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,

    Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.:

    imber,

    id. ib. 3, 194;

    5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,

    id. G. 1, 453; so,

    equi (Plutonis),

    Ov. F. 4, 446:

    ratis fati,

    Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40:

    puppis (Charontis),

    Verg. A. 6, 410:

    mors,

    Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93:

    nox,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 85:

    umbra noctis,

    id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214:

    panis,

    Juv. 14, 128:

    baca (lauri),

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128:

    bacis caerula tinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 98.—
    B.
    Dark green, green, greenish:

    cucumis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43:

    coma,

    Ov. M. 11, 158:

    arbor Palladis,

    id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.
    2.
    Caerŭlĕus, i, m., the name of an aqueduct at Rome, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Suet. Claud. 20; Front. Aquaed. 13.

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  • 11 Nocturnus

    nocturnus, a, um, adj. [from the adv. noctu, analog. to diurnus from diu], of or belonging to the night, nocturnal (class.):

    labores diurnos nocturnosque suscipere,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82;

    opp. diurnus,

    id. Mil. 3, 9:

    nocturnum praesidium Palatii,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    sacra,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    horae,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

    nocturno certare mero, putere diurno,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11:

    bella,

    Verg. A. 11, 736:

    ora,

    i. e. dark, black faces, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, of living beings that do any thing at night:

    fur nocturnus, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 2, 1: adulter,

    Juv. 8, 144:

    lupus gregibus nocturnus obambulat,

    by night, Verg. G. 3, 538:

    qui nocturnus sacra divūm legerit,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117; 2, 6, 100: advocati jam paene nocturni, summoned almost in the night-time, i. e. very early, Petr. 15.—
    II.
    Subst.: Nocturnus, i, m., the god of Night, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 116.

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  • 12 nocturnus

    nocturnus, a, um, adj. [from the adv. noctu, analog. to diurnus from diu], of or belonging to the night, nocturnal (class.):

    labores diurnos nocturnosque suscipere,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82;

    opp. diurnus,

    id. Mil. 3, 9:

    nocturnum praesidium Palatii,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    sacra,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    horae,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

    nocturno certare mero, putere diurno,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11:

    bella,

    Verg. A. 11, 736:

    ora,

    i. e. dark, black faces, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, of living beings that do any thing at night:

    fur nocturnus, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 2, 1: adulter,

    Juv. 8, 144:

    lupus gregibus nocturnus obambulat,

    by night, Verg. G. 3, 538:

    qui nocturnus sacra divūm legerit,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117; 2, 6, 100: advocati jam paene nocturni, summoned almost in the night-time, i. e. very early, Petr. 15.—
    II.
    Subst.: Nocturnus, i, m., the god of Night, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 116.

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  • 13 intempestus

        intempestus adj.    [2 in+tempus], unseasonable, unpropitious, dark: nox, the dead of night.— Person.: intempesta silet Nox, dismal Night (mother of the Furies), V.—Unwholesome, unhealthy: Graviscae, V.
    * * *
    intempesta, intempestum ADJ
    unseasonable stormy, unhealthy; nox intempesta the dead of night

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  • 14 tenebrae

        tenebrae ārum, f    darkness, gloom: obscurato sole tenebrae factae: tenebras et solitudinem nacti: tenebris, odore foeda facies, S.: neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus, O.: tenebris nigrescunt omnia, V.: tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit, i. e. blindness, O.—The darkness of night, night: redire luce, non tenebris: primis tenebris movit, L.: tenebris, during the night, O.: tenebris obortis, N.—A gloomy place, prison, dungeon, lurking-place: clausi in tenebris, S.: postremo tenebrae, vincla.—Lurking-places, haunts: emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum: Quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum, i. e. a dark lodging, Iu.—The shades, infernal regions: Infernae, V.: quid tenebras timetis? O.—Fig., darkness, gloom, obscurity: clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere: tenebras dispulit calumniae, Ph.: quaeso, quid hoc est? mihi enim tenebrae sunt: rei p.: si quid tenebrarum offudit exsilium.

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  • 15 tenebra

    darkness (pl.), obscurity; night; dark corner; ignorance; concealment; gloom

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  • 16 creper

    crĕper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [Sabine; kindr. with Sanscr. kshapā, night, and Gr. knephas], dusky, dark; hence, trop., uncertain, obscure, doubtful, wavering (ante- and post-class.), Varr. L. L. 6, § 5; 7, § 77; cf. Non. p. 13, 15 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 18 Müll.
    * I.
    Lit., only subst.: crĕpĕrum, i, n., darkness:

    noctis,

    Symm. Ep. 1, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.: res, Pac. ap. Non. p. 13, 29; Att. ib. p. 21 sq.; Varr. 1. 1.:

    belli certamina,

    Lucr. 5, 1295: oracla, Varr. ap. Non. p. 14, 4.

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  • 17 creperum

    crĕper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [Sabine; kindr. with Sanscr. kshapā, night, and Gr. knephas], dusky, dark; hence, trop., uncertain, obscure, doubtful, wavering (ante- and post-class.), Varr. L. L. 6, § 5; 7, § 77; cf. Non. p. 13, 15 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 18 Müll.
    * I.
    Lit., only subst.: crĕpĕrum, i, n., darkness:

    noctis,

    Symm. Ep. 1, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.: res, Pac. ap. Non. p. 13, 29; Att. ib. p. 21 sq.; Varr. 1. 1.:

    belli certamina,

    Lucr. 5, 1295: oracla, Varr. ap. Non. p. 14, 4.

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  • 18 noctesco

    noctesco, ĕre, v. n. inch. [id.], to draw towards night, to grow dark: omnia noctescunt, Furius ap. Non. 145, 11; and Gell. 18, 11, 3 (where the word is censured).

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