līma

līma, ae, f. [etym. unknown], a file.

Lit.:

limā proterere aliquid,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9:

limā aliquid avellere,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109:

limā aliquid polire,

id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

topazius limam sentit,

id. 37, 8, 32, § 109: confitendum est detrahere doctrinam aliquid, ut limam rudibus, * Quint. 2, 12, 8:

vipera limam momordit,

Phaedr. 4, 8, 5.—

Trop., a file, as applied to literary compositions, i. e. polishing, revision (not in Cic.; cf.

, however, limatus, under limo): defuit et scriptis ultima lima meis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 30:

incipiam limā mordacius uti, Et sub judicium singula verba vocem,

id. P. 1, 5, 19:

limae labor et mora,

Hor. A. P. 291:

carmina rasa limā recenti,

Mart. 10, 2, 3:

in illis limae, in hoc plus videtur fuisse sanguinis,

Vell. 2, 9, 2:

ad limam consilii desiderium petitoris distulit,

App. M. 8, p. 204 fin.

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file, polishing, revision.

Lima (Peru) [pe]

līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.

līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.

Lit.:

gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—

Transf.

To file off:

plumbum limatum,

lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

limata scobs,

id. ib.:

cornum limatum lima lignaria,

Scrib. 141:

acumen ossis,

Cels. 8, 10, 7.—

To rub, whet:

cornu ad saxa limato,

Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—

Trop.

In gen., to file, polish, finish:

quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—

In partic.

To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

subtiliter mendacium,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —

Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—

To file off, take away from, diminish:

tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

commoda alicujus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

vir oratione maxime limatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

Mart. 7, 51, 5:

pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

Attici,

id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

limatius dicendi genus,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

limatius ingenium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

limatius scriptum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

limatius quaerere,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.

līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

caput alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.

† Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—

A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.

līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.

līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.

Lit.:

gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—

Transf.

To file off:

plumbum limatum,

lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

limata scobs,

id. ib.:

cornum limatum lima lignaria,

Scrib. 141:

acumen ossis,

Cels. 8, 10, 7.—

To rub, whet:

cornu ad saxa limato,

Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—

Trop.

In gen., to file, polish, finish:

quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—

In partic.

To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

subtiliter mendacium,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —

Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—

To file off, take away from, diminish:

tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

commoda alicujus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

vir oratione maxime limatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

Mart. 7, 51, 5:

pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

Attici,

id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

limatius dicendi genus,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

limatius ingenium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

limatius scriptum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

limatius quaerere,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.

līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

caput alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.

† Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—

A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.

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censōrĭus, a, um, adj. [censor], of or pertaining to the censor, censorial:

tabulae,

the lists of the censor, Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 4:

lex,

a contract for leasing buildings, id. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 143; public revenues, id. Prov. Cons. 5, 12; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12, § 35 (the same:

locatio,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12); sometimes, also, the order, decisions of the censor (concerning the divisions of the people, taxes, public buildings, etc.), id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:

edictum (de rhetoribus Latinis),

Suet. Rhet. 1:

severitas,

Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf. id. Pis. 5, 10:

animadversio atque auctoritas,

id. Clu. 42, 117 and 119; cf.

animadversio,

id. ib. 46, 129 fin.:

nota,

Liv. 24, 18, 9; Quint. 5, 11, 13; 5, 13, 32 (cf. Cic. Clu. 46, 129: censoriae severitatis nota): opus, a fault or crime which was followed by the punishment of the censor, Cic. de Or. 2, 90, 367; Suet. Caes. 41; Gell. 4, 12, 1; 14, 7, 8;

for which also, probrum,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 10;

but censorium opus,

the punishment inflicted by the censor, Col. 12, praef. fin.:

homo,

any one who had been censor, Cic. de Or. 2, 90, 367.—Hence, Cato Censorius, Quint. 12, 1, 35.—

Trop., rigid, severe:

gravitas,

Cic. Cael. 15, 35:

virgula,

Quint. 1, 4, 3:

lima,

Mart. 5, 80, 12.

con-tŭmax, ācis, adj. [from the root tem, whence also temno; cf. contemno, and contumelia], insolent, unyielding, obstinate, stiff-necked, stubborn, contumacious.

Prop.

In gen. (freq. and in good prose):

quis contum acior? quis inhumanior? quis superbior?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

Sara in me contumax,

id. Att. 15, 15, 2; cf.:

adversus plebem,

Suet. Tib. 2; and:

populus regibus suis,

Sen. Thyest. 644:

reus (together with arrogans, securus),

Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf.

animus (with arrogantia oris),

Tac. A. 5, 3:

contumaces et mconsultae voces,

id. ib. 4, 60:

preces,

id. ib. 2, 57:

voltus,

Curt. 4, 6, 24:

epistula,

Suet. Claud. 35: filii, Cod. Th. 8, 14, 1.—Rarely in a good sense, unyielding, firm, steadfast:

contumax etiam adversus tormenta servorum fides,

Tac. H. 1, 3 (cf. contumacia).— Poet.:

Hispanis ego contumax capillis,

Mart. 10, 65.— Comp., v. supra.— Sup.:

Fortuna contumacissimum quemque aggreditur,

Sen. Prov. 3, 4; id. Ep. 83, 21.—

Esp., jurid. t. t., that refuses to appear in a court of justice in obedience to a lawful summons:

contumax est, qui... litteris evocatus, praesentiam, sui facere contemnet,

Dig. 42, 1, 53, § 1 sqq.; cf. contumacia, I. B.—

Transf., of animals:

boves,

Col. 6, 2, 10:

gallina ad concubitum,

id. 8, 2, 8.—Of inanimate things, not yielding, furnishing opposition:

lima,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 5:

cardamum frianti,

Plin. 12, 13, 29, § 50:

syllaba,

not fitting into measure, Mart. 9, 12.—Hence, adv.: contŭmācĭter, obstinately, stubbornly, etc.: contumaciter, arroganter, akoinônêtôs solet ad me scribere, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 7:

contumaciter urbaneque vexatum,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3:

omnia agere,

Liv. 2, 58, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 11 et saep.— Comp., Nep. Cim. 2, 5.—In a good sense (cf. contumax and contumacia), firmly, Sen. Ep. 13, 2; Quint. 6, prooem. § 15.—

Transf., of inanimate things:

lapides scalpturae resistunt,

Plin. 37, 7, 30, § 104; in comp., id. 19, 7, 35, § 117.

ex-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, to rub out, bring out by rubbing; to remove by rubbing, to rub off or away (rare; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

extritus viribus ignis,

Lucr. 5, 1098:

jumentorum ungulis e spica exteruntur grana,

Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2:

messem,

Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298; Col. 2, 9, 11:

littera extrita,

elided, Varr. L. L. 5, § 96 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 1, 7:

gemma politur ex marmore, ut inutilia exterantur,

Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 172:

opus poliat lima, non exterat,

Quint. 10, 4, 4:

rubiginem ferro,

Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 66:

congestas exteret ille nives,

will tread down, crush, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 12; cf.:

anima hominis magno pondere extriti,

crushed, Sen. Ep. 57 med. —

Trop., to wear out by use, to use up:

tabes mercium aut fraus Seplasiae sic exteritur,

Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 108 Sillig (Jan. taxetur).

lignārĭus, a, um, adj. [lignum], of or belonging to wood, wood-:

negotiatio,

timbertrade, Capitol. Pert. 1:

lima,

Scrib. Comp. 141:

artifex,

a worker in wood, Vulg. Isa. 44, 13.—

Subst.: lignārĭus, i, m.

A worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, Pall. 1, 6, 2.—Perh. hence,

Inter lignarios, a place in Rome before the Porta Trigemina, perh. Joiners'-street, Timber-street, Liv. 35, 41 fin. (acc. to others, timber-market).—

A slave whose office it was to carry wood (to a temple), a wood-carrier:

Josue Gabionitas in aquarios lignariosque damnavit,

Hier. Ep. 108, 8.—

A wood-cutter, woodman: lignarius xulokopos, ho koptôn xula, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

mordax, ācis, adj. [mordeo], biting, given to biting, snappish ( poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.:

canis,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 27: equus, Labeo ap. Gell. 4, 2:

asinus,

App. M. 8, p. 213 init.: Memmius, Auct. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240.— Poet.:

fibula,

Sid. Carm. 5, 18.—

Transf., stinging, sharp, biting, pungent:

urtica,

stinging, Ov. A. A. 2, 417:

arista mordacior hordeo,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 61:

mordacissima marga,

id. 17, 8, 4, § 45:

mordaci icta ferro Pinus,

biting, deepcutting, Hor. C. 4, 6, 9:

pumex,

Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

pulvis,

corrosive, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 123:

fel,

biting, sharp, Ov. P. 3, 3, 106:

acetum,

sharp, pungent, Pers. 5, 86:

sucus,

Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 89.—

Trop., biting, disposed to bite.

Of persons:

Cynicus,

biting, snarling, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18:

lividus et mordax,

id. S. 1, 4, 93.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

carmen,

Ov. Tr. 2, 563:

invidia,

Phaedr. 5 prol. 8:

verum,

Pers. 1, 107:

sollicitudines,

biting, carking, Hor. C. 1, 18, 4:

belle interim subicitur pro eo, quod neges, aliud mordacius,

a more stinging assertion, Quint. 6, 3, 74.—Hence, adv.: mordācĭter, bitingly ( poet. and postclass. prose), Macr. S. 7, 3, 8.— Comp.:

neque enim in nobis febris alias partes mordacius impellit, sed per omnia pari aequalitate discurrit,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 15, 3:

limā mordacius uti,

more sharply, Ov. P. 1, 5, 19:

scribere,

Lact. 5, 2, 12.