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lăbellum, i, n. dim. [1. labrum], a little lip, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 67; id. As. 4, 1, 52: dentes illidunt saepe labellis, * Lucr. 4, 1080:

Platoni cum in cunis parvulo dormienti apes in labellis consedissent,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

nec te paeniteat calamo trivisse labellum,

Verg. E. 2, 34; cf.: et roseo terit ore deus mollique labello, Pub. Syr. ap. Wernsd. Poet. L. Min. 2, 388:

digito compesce labellum,

Juv. 1, 160:

extendere,

to pout, thrust out, id. 15, 325:

compara labella cum labellis,

i. e. kiss, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78.—As a term of endearment:

meus ocellus, meum labellum, mea salus, meum savium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 153; so id. ib. 1, 2, 175.

lăbellum, i, n. dim. [2. labrum], a small water-vessel, a tub, bathing-tub, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 88:

labellum fictile novum impleto paleis,

Col. 12, 44, 1; 12, 28, 3.—

Esp., a small pan or basin set on a tomb for use in libations, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.

lĕbes, ētis, m., = lebês, among the Greeks, a copper basin, kettle, caldron, for cooking, frequently given as an honorary reward or prize:

tertia dona facit geminos ex aere lebetas,

Verg. A. 5, 266:

Dodonaei,

id. ib. 3, 466; Ov. H. 3, 31.—

A handbasin for washing, Ov. M. 12, 243.—

A bronze vessel in which flesh was boiled, Vulg. 1 Sam. 2, 14 al.:

lebetes aëneae,

Isid. Orig. 22, 8, 11.—For ashes:

lebetes ad suscipiendos cineres,

Vulg. Exod. 27, 3.

mīlīārīus or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing or comprising a thousand.

Adj.:

decuriae,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 87 Müll.:

greges,

id. R. R. 2, 10:

clivus,

of a thousand paces, id. ib. 3, 1:

apri,

weighing a thousand pounds, Sen. Ep. 110, 12:

oleae,

Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 93:

ala,

of a thousand men, Plin. Ep. 7, 31:

COHORS, Inscr Grut. 482, 4: porticus,

a thousand feet in length, Suet. Ner. 31: aevum, of a thousand years, Tert Anim 31.—

Subst.

mīlĭārĭum( mill-), ii, n.

A mile-stone (which indicated a distance of a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile):

cum plebes prope ripam Anienis ad tertium miliarium consedisset,

Cic. Brut. 14, 54:

intra primum urbis Romae miliarium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 104:

intra centesimum urbis Romae miliarium,

within a hundred miles of Rome, id. ib. 1, 27.—In partic.: miliarium or miliarium aureum, the mile-stone set up by Augustus in the forum, as the terminal point of all military roads:

mille passus non a miliario Urbis, sed a continentibus aedificiis numerandi sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 154; Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Tac. H. 1, 27.— Plur:

miliaria lapidea,

Aug. Serm. 351, 11.—

Transf., a Roman mile, a mile, Suet. Ner. 31.—

The number one thousand, a thousand, Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a space of a thousand years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.—

mīlĭārĭi ( mill-), ōrum, m., a Christian sect who believed in the doctrine of a millennial kingdom, the Millenarians, Chiliasts, Aug. Haeres. 8; id. Civ. Dei, 20, 7, 1; Hier. Praef. Libri 18 in Isa. 66, 33.

mĭlĭārĭus ( mill-), a, um, adj. [milium], of or belonging to millet, millet- (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

miliariae (sc. aves) dictae a cibo, quod milio fiant pingues,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

aves,

ortolans, id. R. R. 3, 5:

herba,

injurious to millet, Plin. 22, 25, 78, § 161.—

Transf., subst.: mĭlĭārĭum ( mill-), ii, n., a short and thick pillar which stood in the centre of the basin of an oil-mill to support the cupa, Cato, R. R. 20; 22.—

In baths, a tall and narrow vessel for drawing and warming water, Pall. 1, 40; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 2; Paul. [p. 1144] Sent. 3, 6, 65.—

A cooking-vessel:

miliarium argenteum,

Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.

mīlīārīus or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing or comprising a thousand.

Adj.:

decuriae,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 87 Müll.:

greges,

id. R. R. 2, 10:

clivus,

of a thousand paces, id. ib. 3, 1:

apri,

weighing a thousand pounds, Sen. Ep. 110, 12:

oleae,

Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 93:

ala,

of a thousand men, Plin. Ep. 7, 31:

COHORS, Inscr Grut. 482, 4: porticus,

a thousand feet in length, Suet. Ner. 31: aevum, of a thousand years, Tert Anim 31.—

Subst.

mīlĭārĭum( mill-), ii, n.

A mile-stone (which indicated a distance of a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile):

cum plebes prope ripam Anienis ad tertium miliarium consedisset,

Cic. Brut. 14, 54:

intra primum urbis Romae miliarium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 104:

intra centesimum urbis Romae miliarium,

within a hundred miles of Rome, id. ib. 1, 27.—In partic.: miliarium or miliarium aureum, the mile-stone set up by Augustus in the forum, as the terminal point of all military roads:

mille passus non a miliario Urbis, sed a continentibus aedificiis numerandi sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 154; Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Tac. H. 1, 27.— Plur:

miliaria lapidea,

Aug. Serm. 351, 11.—

Transf., a Roman mile, a mile, Suet. Ner. 31.—

The number one thousand, a thousand, Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a space of a thousand years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.—

mīlĭārĭi ( mill-), ōrum, m., a Christian sect who believed in the doctrine of a millennial kingdom, the Millenarians, Chiliasts, Aug. Haeres. 8; id. Civ. Dei, 20, 7, 1; Hier. Praef. Libri 18 in Isa. 66, 33.

mĭlĭārĭus ( mill-), a, um, adj. [milium], of or belonging to millet, millet- (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

miliariae (sc. aves) dictae a cibo, quod milio fiant pingues,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

aves,

ortolans, id. R. R. 3, 5:

herba,

injurious to millet, Plin. 22, 25, 78, § 161.—

Transf., subst.: mĭlĭārĭum ( mill-), ii, n., a short and thick pillar which stood in the centre of the basin of an oil-mill to support the cupa, Cato, R. R. 20; 22.—

In baths, a tall and narrow vessel for drawing and warming water, Pall. 1, 40; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 2; Paul. [p. 1144] Sent. 3, 6, 65.—

A cooking-vessel:

miliarium argenteum,

Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.

mīlīārīus or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing or comprising a thousand.

Adj.:

decuriae,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 87 Müll.:

greges,

id. R. R. 2, 10:

clivus,

of a thousand paces, id. ib. 3, 1:

apri,

weighing a thousand pounds, Sen. Ep. 110, 12:

oleae,

Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 93:

ala,

of a thousand men, Plin. Ep. 7, 31:

COHORS, Inscr Grut. 482, 4: porticus,

a thousand feet in length, Suet. Ner. 31: aevum, of a thousand years, Tert Anim 31.—

Subst.

mīlĭārĭum( mill-), ii, n.

A mile-stone (which indicated a distance of a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile):

cum plebes prope ripam Anienis ad tertium miliarium consedisset,

Cic. Brut. 14, 54:

intra primum urbis Romae miliarium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 104:

intra centesimum urbis Romae miliarium,

within a hundred miles of Rome, id. ib. 1, 27.—In partic.: miliarium or miliarium aureum, the mile-stone set up by Augustus in the forum, as the terminal point of all military roads:

mille passus non a miliario Urbis, sed a continentibus aedificiis numerandi sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 154; Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Tac. H. 1, 27.— Plur:

miliaria lapidea,

Aug. Serm. 351, 11.—

Transf., a Roman mile, a mile, Suet. Ner. 31.—

The number one thousand, a thousand, Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a space of a thousand years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.—

mīlĭārĭi ( mill-), ōrum, m., a Christian sect who believed in the doctrine of a millennial kingdom, the Millenarians, Chiliasts, Aug. Haeres. 8; id. Civ. Dei, 20, 7, 1; Hier. Praef. Libri 18 in Isa. 66, 33.

mĭlĭārĭus ( mill-), a, um, adj. [milium], of or belonging to millet, millet- (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

miliariae (sc. aves) dictae a cibo, quod milio fiant pingues,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

aves,

ortolans, id. R. R. 3, 5:

herba,

injurious to millet, Plin. 22, 25, 78, § 161.—

Transf., subst.: mĭlĭārĭum ( mill-), ii, n., a short and thick pillar which stood in the centre of the basin of an oil-mill to support the cupa, Cato, R. R. 20; 22.—

In baths, a tall and narrow vessel for drawing and warming water, Pall. 1, 40; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 2; Paul. [p. 1144] Sent. 3, 6, 65.—

A cooking-vessel:

miliarium argenteum,

Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.

mīlīārīus or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing or comprising a thousand.

Adj.:

decuriae,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 87 Müll.:

greges,

id. R. R. 2, 10:

clivus,

of a thousand paces, id. ib. 3, 1:

apri,

weighing a thousand pounds, Sen. Ep. 110, 12:

oleae,

Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 93:

ala,

of a thousand men, Plin. Ep. 7, 31:

COHORS, Inscr Grut. 482, 4: porticus,

a thousand feet in length, Suet. Ner. 31: aevum, of a thousand years, Tert Anim 31.—

Subst.

mīlĭārĭum( mill-), ii, n.

A mile-stone (which indicated a distance of a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile):

cum plebes prope ripam Anienis ad tertium miliarium consedisset,

Cic. Brut. 14, 54:

intra primum urbis Romae miliarium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 104:

intra centesimum urbis Romae miliarium,

within a hundred miles of Rome, id. ib. 1, 27.—In partic.: miliarium or miliarium aureum, the mile-stone set up by Augustus in the forum, as the terminal point of all military roads:

mille passus non a miliario Urbis, sed a continentibus aedificiis numerandi sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 154; Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Tac. H. 1, 27.— Plur:

miliaria lapidea,

Aug. Serm. 351, 11.—

Transf., a Roman mile, a mile, Suet. Ner. 31.—

The number one thousand, a thousand, Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a space of a thousand years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.—

mīlĭārĭi ( mill-), ōrum, m., a Christian sect who believed in the doctrine of a millennial kingdom, the Millenarians, Chiliasts, Aug. Haeres. 8; id. Civ. Dei, 20, 7, 1; Hier. Praef. Libri 18 in Isa. 66, 33.

mĭlĭārĭus ( mill-), a, um, adj. [milium], of or belonging to millet, millet- (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

miliariae (sc. aves) dictae a cibo, quod milio fiant pingues,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

aves,

ortolans, id. R. R. 3, 5:

herba,

injurious to millet, Plin. 22, 25, 78, § 161.—

Transf., subst.: mĭlĭārĭum ( mill-), ii, n., a short and thick pillar which stood in the centre of the basin of an oil-mill to support the cupa, Cato, R. R. 20; 22.—

In baths, a tall and narrow vessel for drawing and warming water, Pall. 1, 40; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 2; Paul. [p. 1144] Sent. 3, 6, 65.—

A cooking-vessel:

miliarium argenteum,

Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.

mīlīārīus or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing or comprising a thousand.

Adj.:

decuriae,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 87 Müll.:

greges,

id. R. R. 2, 10:

clivus,

of a thousand paces, id. ib. 3, 1:

apri,

weighing a thousand pounds, Sen. Ep. 110, 12:

oleae,

Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 93:

ala,

of a thousand men, Plin. Ep. 7, 31:

COHORS, Inscr Grut. 482, 4: porticus,

a thousand feet in length, Suet. Ner. 31: aevum, of a thousand years, Tert Anim 31.—

Subst.

mīlĭārĭum( mill-), ii, n.

A mile-stone (which indicated a distance of a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile):

cum plebes prope ripam Anienis ad tertium miliarium consedisset,

Cic. Brut. 14, 54:

intra primum urbis Romae miliarium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 104:

intra centesimum urbis Romae miliarium,

within a hundred miles of Rome, id. ib. 1, 27.—In partic.: miliarium or miliarium aureum, the mile-stone set up by Augustus in the forum, as the terminal point of all military roads:

mille passus non a miliario Urbis, sed a continentibus aedificiis numerandi sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 154; Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Tac. H. 1, 27.— Plur:

miliaria lapidea,

Aug. Serm. 351, 11.—

Transf., a Roman mile, a mile, Suet. Ner. 31.—

The number one thousand, a thousand, Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a space of a thousand years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.—

mīlĭārĭi ( mill-), ōrum, m., a Christian sect who believed in the doctrine of a millennial kingdom, the Millenarians, Chiliasts, Aug. Haeres. 8; id. Civ. Dei, 20, 7, 1; Hier. Praef. Libri 18 in Isa. 66, 33.

mĭlĭārĭus ( mill-), a, um, adj. [milium], of or belonging to millet, millet- (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

miliariae (sc. aves) dictae a cibo, quod milio fiant pingues,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

aves,

ortolans, id. R. R. 3, 5:

herba,

injurious to millet, Plin. 22, 25, 78, § 161.—

Transf., subst.: mĭlĭārĭum ( mill-), ii, n., a short and thick pillar which stood in the centre of the basin of an oil-mill to support the cupa, Cato, R. R. 20; 22.—

In baths, a tall and narrow vessel for drawing and warming water, Pall. 1, 40; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 2; Paul. [p. 1144] Sent. 3, 6, 65.—

A cooking-vessel:

miliarium argenteum,

Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.

mortārĭum, ii, n., a mortar (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

mortarium, in quo teruntur quae solvenda sunt,

Non. 543, 22; Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; Cato, R. R. 74:

aerea,

Plin. 33, 8, 41, § 123:

plumbea,

id. 34, 18, 50, § 168.—

Transf.

A large basin or trough in which mortar is made, Vitr. 7, 3, 10; 8, 6, 14; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177.—Hence,

Mortar:

mortario caementum addatur,

Vitr. 8, 7.—

A hollow resembling a mortar, dug round a tree:

arbori mortarium statim faciunt,

Pall. 4, 8, 1.—

That which is triturated in a mortar, a drug:

et quae jam veteres sanant mortaria caecos,

Juv. 7, 170.

nāvālis, e, adj. [navis], of or belonging to ships, ship-, naval:

pedestres navalesve pugnae,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13; Liv. 26, 51, 6:

bellum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

apparatus,

id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

disciplina et gloria navalis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

fuga,

by sea, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148:

proelium,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

castra,

to protect the ships drawn up on land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22:

in classe acieque navali esse,

Liv. 26, 51, 8 Weissenb.:

forma,

the shape of a ship, Ov. F. 1, 229: corona, a naval crown, as the reward of a naval victory, Verg. A. 8, 684; cf.: navali coronā solet donari, qui primus in hostium navem armatus transilierit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 163 Müll.; so,

navali cinctus honore caput,

Ov. A. A. 3, 392:

navali surgentes aere columnae,

made of the brass from the beaks of captured ships, Verg. G. 3, 29:

arbor,

fit for ship-building, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61:

stagnum,

a basin in which to exhibit mock sea-fights, Tac. A. 4, 15:

navalis Phoebus, so called because hegranted the victory at Actium,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 3; v. Actius and Actiacus: socii, sailors, seamen (chosen from the freedmen of the colonists and allies, and also from those of the colonists and allies themselves who had been in slavery; they were bound to a longer period of service and were of lower rank than the land troops; cf. Liv. 36, 2; 40, 18; 21, 50):

postero die militibus navalibusque sociis convocatis,

id. 26, 48; 26, 17; 32, 23; 26, 35;

24, 11.—Sometimes the socii navales are distinguished from the seamen,

Liv. 37, 10:

navales pedes, contemptuously,

galley-slaves, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75. (Others understand by this expression ship-servants, cabin-boys. Non. 381, 393, calls the oars themselves navales pedes).—

Duumviri navales,

two commissaries who were charged with the repairing and fitting out of a fleet, Liv. 9, 30; 40, 18; 26: navalis scriba, a ship's scribe or secretary, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.—

Subst.: nāvā-le, is, n. (in sing. only poet.), and nāvā-lĭa, ium, n. ( gen. plur. navaliorum, Vitr. 5, 127; Inscr. Orell. 3627).

A place where ships were built and repaired, a dock, dockyard (cf.:

statio, portus): navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

de navalium opere,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 62:

deripientque rates alii navalibus,

Verg. A. 4, 593; Ov. M. 11, 455.—In sing., haud aliter quam si siccum navale teneret (puppis), Ov. M. 3, 661; id. H. 18, 207.—Esp. of the place in Rome, across the Tiber, where the dock-yards were situated, Liv. 3, 26; 8, 14, 12; 40, 51 et saep.—Near them was the Navalis porta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—

The requisites for fitting out a ship, [p. 1192] tackling, rigging, Liv. 45, 23, 5; Verg. A. 11, 329; Plin. 16, 11, 21, § 52.

nāvālis, e, adj. [navis], of or belonging to ships, ship-, naval:

pedestres navalesve pugnae,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13; Liv. 26, 51, 6:

bellum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

apparatus,

id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

disciplina et gloria navalis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

fuga,

by sea, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148:

proelium,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

castra,

to protect the ships drawn up on land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22:

in classe acieque navali esse,

Liv. 26, 51, 8 Weissenb.:

forma,

the shape of a ship, Ov. F. 1, 229: corona, a naval crown, as the reward of a naval victory, Verg. A. 8, 684; cf.: navali coronā solet donari, qui primus in hostium navem armatus transilierit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 163 Müll.; so,

navali cinctus honore caput,

Ov. A. A. 3, 392:

navali surgentes aere columnae,

made of the brass from the beaks of captured ships, Verg. G. 3, 29:

arbor,

fit for ship-building, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61:

stagnum,

a basin in which to exhibit mock sea-fights, Tac. A. 4, 15:

navalis Phoebus, so called because hegranted the victory at Actium,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 3; v. Actius and Actiacus: socii, sailors, seamen (chosen from the freedmen of the colonists and allies, and also from those of the colonists and allies themselves who had been in slavery; they were bound to a longer period of service and were of lower rank than the land troops; cf. Liv. 36, 2; 40, 18; 21, 50):

postero die militibus navalibusque sociis convocatis,

id. 26, 48; 26, 17; 32, 23; 26, 35;

24, 11.—Sometimes the socii navales are distinguished from the seamen,

Liv. 37, 10:

navales pedes, contemptuously,

galley-slaves, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75. (Others understand by this expression ship-servants, cabin-boys. Non. 381, 393, calls the oars themselves navales pedes).—

Duumviri navales,

two commissaries who were charged with the repairing and fitting out of a fleet, Liv. 9, 30; 40, 18; 26: navalis scriba, a ship's scribe or secretary, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.—

Subst.: nāvā-le, is, n. (in sing. only poet.), and nāvā-lĭa, ium, n. ( gen. plur. navaliorum, Vitr. 5, 127; Inscr. Orell. 3627).

A place where ships were built and repaired, a dock, dockyard (cf.:

statio, portus): navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

de navalium opere,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 62:

deripientque rates alii navalibus,

Verg. A. 4, 593; Ov. M. 11, 455.—In sing., haud aliter quam si siccum navale teneret (puppis), Ov. M. 3, 661; id. H. 18, 207.—Esp. of the place in Rome, across the Tiber, where the dock-yards were situated, Liv. 3, 26; 8, 14, 12; 40, 51 et saep.—Near them was the Navalis porta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—

The requisites for fitting out a ship, [p. 1192] tackling, rigging, Liv. 45, 23, 5; Verg. A. 11, 329; Plin. 16, 11, 21, § 52.

piscīna, ae, f. [piscis], a pond in which fish are kept, a fish-pond.

Lit.:

piscinarum genera sunt duo, dulcium et salsarum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 2; 3, 3, 2; 5; 10; Col. 1, 6, 21; 8, 17:

in piscinam rete qui parat,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 12; Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38; id. Att. 2, 1, 7.—Esp.,

Piscina publica, the public fish-pond at the Porta Capena:

praetores tribunalia ad Piscinam publicam posuerunt,

Liv. 23, 32, 4; cf. Fest. infra, II. A. —

Transf. (post-Aug.).

A pond for bathing or swimming, whether of warm or cold water; a basin, pool, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23:

cohaeret calida piscina, ex quā natantes mare aspiciunt,

id. ib. 2, 17, 11; Sen. Ep. 86, 5; Suet. Ner. 27; Lampr. Elag. 19;

piscinam peto, non licet natare,

Mart. 3, 44, 13; Vulg. Cant. 7, 4; id. Johan. 5, 2:

piscinae publicae hodieque nomen manet, ipsa non exstat, ad quam et natatum et exercitationis alioqui causā veniebat populus,

Fest. p. 213 Müll.—Of a pond where cattle might bathe and drink:

piscinae pecoribus instruantur,

Col. 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 21.—

A flood-gate, sluice, lock, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53.—

A cistern, tank, reservoir:

piscinae ligneae,

Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123:

Probatica piscina,

Vulg. Johan. 5, 2.

scăphĭum ( scăpĭum), ii, n., = skaphion.

In gen., a concave vessel or basin in the form of a boat (cf. cymbium), Lucr. 6, 1046; Vitr. 8, 1 med. —

In partic.

A drinking-vessel in the form of a boat, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 11; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

A chamber-pot, Mart. 11, 11, 6; Juv. 6, 264; Dig. 34, 2, 27 fin. —

A concave sundial, Mart. Cap. 6, § 597.—

The reservoir of a water -clock, Vitr. 9, 8, 5.

scăphĭum ( scăpĭum), ii, n., = skaphion.

In gen., a concave vessel or basin in the form of a boat (cf. cymbium), Lucr. 6, 1046; Vitr. 8, 1 med. —

In partic.

A drinking-vessel in the form of a boat, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 11; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

A chamber-pot, Mart. 11, 11, 6; Juv. 6, 264; Dig. 34, 2, 27 fin. —

A concave sundial, Mart. Cap. 6, § 597.—

The reservoir of a water -clock, Vitr. 9, 8, 5.

sĭnus, ūs, m.

In gen., a bent surface (raised or depressed), a curve, fold, a hollow, etc. (so mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): draco... conficiens sinus e corpore flexos, folds, coils, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; so Ov. M. 15, 689; 15, 721:

sinu ex togā facto,

Liv. 21, 18 fin. —Of the bag of a fishing-net:

quando abiit rete pessum, tum adducit sinum (piscator),

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 15; so Juv. 4, 41;

and of a hunter's net,

Mart. 13, 100; Grat. Cyn. 29;

also of a spider's web,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—Of the bend or belly of a sail swollen by the wind:

velorum plenos subtrahis ipse sinus,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 30;

and so with or without velum,

Tib. 1, 3, 38; Verg. A. 3, 455; 5, 831; Ov. A. A. 3, 500; Luc. 6, 472; Sil. 7, 242; Quint. 10, 7, 23; 12, 10, 37 al.—Of hair, a curl, ringlet:

ut fieret torto flexilis orbe sinus,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 26; id. A. A. 3, 148.— Of the curve of a reaping-hook:

falcis ea pars, quae flectitur, sinus nominatur,

Col. 4, 25, 1 sq. —Of bones, a sinus:

umeri,

Cels. 8, 1 med.; cf.

ulceris,

id. 7, 2 med.:

suppurationis ferro recisae,

Col. 6, 11, 1; Veg. 4, 9, 3.—

In partic.

The hanging fold of the upper part of the toga, about the breast, the bosom of a garment; also the bosom of a person; sometimes also the lap (= gremium, the predom. class. signif.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense).

Lit.:

est aliquid in amictu: quod ipsum aliquatenus temporum condicione mutatum est. Nam veteribus nulli sinus, perquam breves post illos fuerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 137; cf.

decentissimus,

id. 11, 3, 140 sq.:

(Caesar moriens) sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82 (for which, of the same:

togam manu demisit,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 6); Tib. 1, 6, 18:

praetextae sinus,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

ne admissum quidem quemquam senatorum nisi solum et praetentato sinu,

id. Aug. 35:

ut conchas legerent galeasque et sinus replerent,

id. Calig. 46:

cedo mihi ex ipsius sinu litteras Syracusanorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

aurum in sinu ejus invenerunt,

Quint. 7, 1, 30:

paternos In sinu ferens deos,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 27:

nuda genu, nodoque sinus collecta fluentis,

Verg. A. 1, 320:

et fluit effuso cui toga laxa sinu,

Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:

micat igneus ostro, Undantemque sinum nodis irrugat Iberis,

Stat. Th. 4, 265:

ad haec, quae a fortunā sparguntur, sinum expandit,

eagerly embraces, grasps, Sen. Ep. 74, 6:

aliquid velut magnum bonum intra sinum continere,

id. Vit. Beat. 23, 3; cf.:

sinum subducere alicui rei,

to reject, id. Thyest. 430.—Prov.:

sinu laxo (i. e. soluto) ferre aliquid,

i. e. to be careless about a thing, Hor. S. 2, 3, 172. —

Transf.

The purse, money, which was carried in the bosom of the toga (cf. supra, the passage, Quint. 7, 1, 30, and v. crumena; poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

semper amatorum ponderat illa sinus,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 12:

quo pretium condat, non habet ille sinum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 18:

aere sinus plenos urbe reportare, Col. poët. 10, 310: plurium sinum ac domum inplere,

Sen. Ben. 6, 43, 1:

qui etiam condemnationes in sinum vertisse dicuntur... praedam omnem in sinum contulit,

into his purse, Lampr. Commod. 14 fin.:

avaritiae,

Juv. 1, 88.—Hence, M. Scaurus Marianis sodaliciis rapinarum provincialium sinus, the pocketer, i. e. the receiver, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; cf. Tac. H. 2, 92 fin.; 4, 14.—

Poet., a garment, in gen.:

Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

Tib. 1, 9, 72; 1, 6, 18:

auratus,

Ov. F. 2, 310:

purpureus,

id. ib. 5, 28:

regalis,

id. H. 13, 36; 5, 71; Stat. S. 2, 1, 133.—

The bosom of a person:

manum in sinum alicui Inserere,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 2:

gelu rigentem colubram sinu fovit,

Phaedr. 4, 17, 3:

opposuit sinum Antonius stricto ferro,

Tac. H. 3, 10:

scortum in sinu consulis recubans,

Liv. 39, 43:

tangitur, et tacto concipit illa sinu, i. e. utero,

Ov. F. 5, 256:

usque metu micuere sinus, dum, etc.,

id. H. 1, 45:

horum in sinum omnia congerebant,

Plin. Pan. 45.—

Trop.

The bosom, as in most other languages, for love, protection, asylum, etc. (usu. in the phrases in sinu esse, habere, etc.;

syn. gremium): hic non amandus? hiccine non gestandus in sinu est?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 75:

iste vero sit in sinu semper et complexu meo,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.:

postremum genus proprium est Catilinae, de ejus delectu, immo vero de complexu ejus ac sinu,

id. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

suo sinu complexuque aliquem recipere,

id. Phil. 13, 4, 9; so (with complexus) id. ib. 2, 25, 61:

(Pompeius), mihi crede, in sinu est,

is very dear to me, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1:

Bibulum noli dimittere e sinu tuo,

from your intimacy, id. ad Brut. 1, 7, 2:

praesertim si in amici sinu defieas,

on the bosom, Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 5:

in hujus sinu indulgentiāque educatus,

Tac. Agr. 4; so id. Or. 28; cf.: etsi commotus ingenio, simulationum tamen falsa in sinu avi perdidicerat, i. e. under the care or tuition, id. A. 6, 45 fin.:

confugit in sinum tuum concussa respublica,

i. e. into your arms, Plin. Pan. 6, 3; id. Ep. 8, 12, 1:

optatum negotium sibi in sinum delatum esse dicebat,

committed to his guardianship, care, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 131; cf. Plin. Pan. 45, 2:

respublica in Vespasiani sinum cessisset,

Tac. H. 3, 69; 3, 19; Dig. 22, 3, 27:

sinum praebere tam alte cadenti,

protection, Sen. Ira, 3, 23, 6.—

The interior, the inmost part of a thing:

alii intra moenia atque in sinu urbis sunt hostes,

in the midst, in the heart of the city, Sall. C. 52, 35:

in urbe ac sinu cavendum hostem,

Tac. H. 3, 38; Sil. 4, 34; 6, 652; Claud. Eutr. 2, 575:

ut (hostis) fronte simul et sinu exciperetur,

in the centre, Tac. A. 13, 40:

in intimo sinu pacis,

i. e. in the midst of a profound peace, Plin. Pan. 56, 4.—

In sinu alicujus, in the power or possession of (postAug. and rare):

opes Cremonensium in sinu praefectorum fore,

Tac. H. 3, 19:

omnem fortunam in sinu meo habui,

Dig. 22, 3, 27.—

A hiding-place, place of concealment: ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinunt, qs. in their bosoms (or, as we say, in their sleeve), i. e. in secret, Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51;

so of secret joy,

Tib. 4, 13, 8:

in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30; Sen. Ep. 105, 3; cf.

also: plaudere in sinum,

Tert. Pudic. 6: suum potius cubiculum ac sinum offerre contegendis quae, etc., the secrecy or concealment of her bed-chamber, Tac. A. 13, 13:

abditis pecuniis per occultos aut ambitiosos sinus,

i. e. in hidingplaces offered by obscurity or by high rank, id. H. 2, 92.—

Sinus Abrahae, the place of the spirits of the just (eccl. Lat.):

sinum Abrahae, regionem non caelestem, sublimiorem tamen Inferis,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34. —

A bay, bight, gulf:

ut primum ex alto sinus ab litore ad urbem inflectitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; cf.:

portus infusi in sinus oppidi,

id. Rep. 3, 31, 43; 1, 3, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; id. Att. 16, 6, 1; * Caes. B. C. 2, 32; Sall. J. 78, 2; Liv. 8, 24; Plin. 2, 43, 44, § 114 (Jahn, nivibus); Suet. Aug. 98; id. Tib. 16; Verg. A. 1, 243; 6, 132; Hor. C. 1, 33, 16; id. Epod. 10, 19.—

Transf.

The land lying on a gulf, a point of land that helps to form it (perh. not ante-Aug.):

segetibus in sinu Aenianum vastatis,

Liv. 28, 5 Drak.:

jam in sinum Maliacum venerat (with an army),

id. 37, 6; Tac. A. 14, 9; id. H. 3, 66; id. Agr. 23; Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 23; Just. [p. 1710] 2, 4, 26; 24, 4, 3.—

A curve or fold in land, a basin, hollow, valley:

Arpini terra campestri agro in ingentem sinum consedit,

Liv. 30, 2, 12:

subito dehiscit terra, et immenso sinu laxata patuit,

Sen. Oedip. 582; id. Herc. Fur. 679; Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115:

jugum montis velut sinu quodam flexuque curvatum,

Curt. 3, 4, 6:

montium,

id. 3, 9, 12.

sīnus, i, m., v. sinum.