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  • 1 lambo

    lambo, bi, bitum ( perf. lambuerunt, Vulg. Jud. 7, 7 al.), 3, v. a. [root lap-; Gr. laptô, laphussô; Lat. labrum, labium; Germ. Löffel, spoon; Eng. lip], to lick, lap; to touch (class.; cf.: lingo, sugo, ligurio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    hi canes, quos tribunal meum vides lambere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28:

    lagonae collum,

    Phaedr. 1, 25, 10:

    lambent cibos (pisces),

    Col. 8, 17, 11:

    manum,

    Mart. 4, 30, 4:

    sanguinem,

    Plin. Pan. 48, 3:

    crustula,

    Juv. 9, 5: jucundasque puer qui lamberat ore placentas, Lucil. ap. Prisc. 10, 3, 14:

    lambent sanguinem,

    to lick up, to lap, Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 9; cf. id. Judic. 7, 5 al.:

    te gurgite mersum unda feret, piscesque inpastivulnera lambent,

    Verg. A. 10, 560.—
    II.
    Transf., of a river, to flow by, to wash, bathe:

    vel quae loca fabulosus Lambit Hydaspes,

    washes, Hor. C. 1, 22, 7.—Of fire, to lick, to reach, play upon:

    flamma summum properabat lambere tectum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 73:

    innoxia mollis Lambere flamma comas (Iuli),

    Verg. A. 2, 684:

    Aetna attollit globos flammarum et sidera lambit,

    id. ib. 3, 574.—Of the ivy:

    quorum imagines lambunt hederae sequaces,

    to encircle, Pers. prol. 5:

    Tedia non lambit Cluviam,

    caress, fondle, Juv. 2, 49:

    tribunal unius legati,

    to fawn upon, court, Amm. 15, 3, 3.—In mal. part., Aus. Ep. 120, 1 et saep.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lambo

  • 2 sequāx

        sequāx ācis, adj.,    following, seeking after, pur suing, sequacious: (Arcadas) Latio dare terga sequaci, pursuing, V.: caprae, eager, V.: flammae, lambent, V.: fumi, penetrating, V.
    * * *
    sequacis (gen.), sequacior -or -us, sequacissimus -a -um ADJ
    that follows closely/eagerly; addicted; pliant/tractable, responsive to control

    Latin-English dictionary > sequāx

  • 3 sequax

    sĕquax, ācis, adj. [sequor], following or seeking after, pursuing, sequacious ( poet.; a favorite word of Vergil).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Medea,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 41:

    (Arcadas) Latio dare terga sequaci,

    pursuing, Verg. A. 10, 365:

    cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,

    hunting after, eager for it, id. G. 2, 374 Wagn. N. cr. (cf.:

    cytisum sequitur lasciva capella,

    id. E. 2, 64):

    flammae,

    darting, lambent, id. A. 8, 432:

    hederae,

    clinging, winding, Pers. prol. 6:

    fumi,

    piercing, penetrating, Verg. G. 4, 230:

    Maleae undae,

    pursuing, id. A. 5, 193:

    quae (chelys) saxa sequacia flectens,

    Sid. Carm. 16, 3 (for which:

    saxa sequentia,

    Ov. M. 11, 2):

    oculi,

    following, Stat. Th. 3, 500; so Calp. Ecl. 1, 31:

    ensis,

    following speedily, rapidly moving, Val. Fl. 7, 619.—As subst.: sĕquax, ācis, m., an attendant, follower:

    Bacchi Venerisque,

    Manil. 5, 143; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 23; 1, 13.—
    B.
    In partic., of materials, in working, yielding, pliable, ductile, flexible:

    trabes,

    Val. Fl. 1, 124:

    bituminum sequax ac lenta natura,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 65:

    natura cornus,

    id. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

    lentitia salicis ad vincturas,

    id. 16, 37, 68, § 174 et saep.— Comp.:

    nec est alia nunc materia sequacior (vitro),

    Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 198:

    flexibiles quamcumque in partem ducimur a principe, atque ut ita dicam, sequaces sumus,

    Plin. Pan. 45, 5.—
    II.
    Trop., following, pursuing:

    naturas hominum varias moresque sequaces,

    following them, Lucr. 3, 315:

    metus hominum curaeque sequaces,

    pursuing them, id. 2, 47:

    scabies sequax malum,

    Grat. Cyn. 411.—
    B.
    Following, tractable:

    imbueret novas artes sensusque sequaces,

    Aus. Idyll. 5, 3; so,

    discipuli,

    Pacat. Pan. Theod. 15.—Hence, adv.: sĕquācĭter, of course, consequently, Arn. 2, 49; 2, 75; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 22; id. de Musica, 4, 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sequax

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