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  • 1 exilis

    exīlis, e, adj. [ex and ile, ilia; hence, without entrails, i. e. thin, lank, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1003], small, thin, slender, lank, meagre, poor, feeble (class.;

    syn.: tenuis, gracilis, macer): exile et exiguum et vietum cor,

    Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

    jecur horridum et exile,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 30:

    femur (opp. tumentes surae),

    Hor. Epod. 8, 10:

    artus,

    Ov. Pont. 1, 10, 27:

    folia,

    Plin. 24, 6, 20, § 29:

    quod solum tam exile et macrum est, quod, etc.,

    thin, poor, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    ager,

    Col. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

    Arisbe glebis,

    Luc. 3, 204:

    exilis domus est, ubi non et multa supersunt, etc.,

    poor, wretched, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 45:

    domus Plutonia,

    i. e. cheerless, id. C. 1, 4, 17 (cf.:

    domus plena,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 24):

    hereditas (with parva),

    Plin. Pan. 40, 1:

    via,

    short, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 86.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., meagre, dry, inadequate, etc.:

    genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

    meagre, dry, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159;

    so of speech,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; id. de Or. 2, 77, 315; 1, 18, 83; Quint. 8, 3, 56 (opp. tumida); cf. of speech:

    pro pressis exiles,

    id. 10, 2, 16:

    vox (opp. plena),

    id. 11, 3, 15; ib. 13:

    argumentis admodum exilibus niti,

    Gell. 14, 2, 4.—
    B.
    Void, free. —With gen.:

    exilis atque inanis aegritudinum,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 21.— Comp.:

    caro prunorum,

    Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 43:

    vox feminis quam maribus (opp. gravior),

    id. 11, 51, 112, § 269: vox in senecta, ib. § 270.— Sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, adv.: exīlĭter, thinly, meagrely, feebly, dryly:

    nolo verba exiliter exanimata exire,

    feebly, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

    annales sane exiliter scripti,

    id. Brut. 27, 106:

    disputare (with jejune),

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 50.— Comp.:

    exilius dicere de aliqua re,

    more sparingly, briefly, Varr. L. L. 5, § 2 Müll.— Sup. seems not to occur.

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  • 2 tenue

    tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

    tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

    id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of texture, fine, thin:

    subtemen,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

    vestes,

    Tib. 2, 3, 53:

    vestes,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

    amictus,

    id. M. 4, 104:

    togae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

    toga filo tenuissima,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

    tunicae,

    id. F. 2, 319:

    natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    pellis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

    arietes tenuioris velleris,

    Col. 7, 2, 5.—
    2.
    Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

    tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

    tenue purumque caelum,

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

    aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

    capilli,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

    comae,

    Tib. 1, 9, 68:

    rima,

    Ov. M. 4, 65:

    vinum,

    thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

    aqua,

    clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

    sanguis (opp. crassus),

    Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

    agmen (militum),

    Liv. 25, 23, 16:

    acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

    pluviae,

    Verg. G. 1, 92.—
    3.
    Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

    penna,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

    cauda (piscis),

    Ov. M. 4, 726:

    acus,

    id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

    tabellae,

    Mart. 14, 3, 1:

    nitedula,

    thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    canes macie tenues,

    Nemes. Cyn. 137:

    Gellius,

    Cat. 89, 1:

    Thais,

    Mart. 11, 101, 1:

    umbra (defuncti),

    Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

    animae (defunctorum),

    Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —
    4.
    Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —
    B.
    Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

    oppidum tenue sane,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

    magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

    murus,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    amnis,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    aqua,

    shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

    rivulus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

    sulcus,

    Verg. G. 1, 68:

    foramen,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

    intervallum,

    id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

    insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

    tenuem victum antefert copioso,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

    victus,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

    mensa,

    id. C. 2, 16, 14:

    cibus,

    Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

    tenuissimum patrimonium,

    Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

    opes,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

    res (familiaris),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

    census,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

    honores,

    Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    praeda,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tenuissimum lumen,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    pumex,

    i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

    tenuis (opp. locuples),

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

    id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

    fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

    id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

    locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    tenuis et obaeratus,

    Suet. Caes. 46:

    Regulus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

    tenuis opum,

    Sil. 6, 19.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

    elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

    tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

    (oratores) tenues, acuti,

    Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

    orator,

    id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

    aures,

    Lucr. 4, 913:

    cura,

    Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

    Athenae,

    elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

    rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    textum dicendi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

    cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

    weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

    tenuis atque infirmus animus,

    id. B. C. 1, 32:

    ingenium (opp. forte),

    Quint. 10, 2, 19:

    tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

    id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

    in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

    tenuissimarum rerum jura,

    id. Caecin. 12, 34:

    artificium perquam tenue et leve,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

    grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

    Quint. 1, 4, 5:

    inanis et tenuis spes,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

    spes tenuior,

    id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

    suspitio,

    id. Caecin. 15, 43:

    causa tenuis et inops,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

    curae,

    Verg. G. 1, 177:

    gloria,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    damnum,

    Tac. A. 12, 39:

    negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

    Quint. 12, 9, 8:

    nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

    i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —
    2.
    Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

    tenuiores,

    men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    tenuissimus quisque,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

    homines,

    id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

    commoti animi tenuiorum,

    id. ib. 23, 47:

    si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

    id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

    qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

    id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

    adulescentes tenui loco orti,

    Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Thinly:

    alutae tenuiter confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—
    b.
    Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

    tenuiter disserere,

    Cic. Or. 14, 46:

    tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

    scribere (with argute),

    id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

    tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

    Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

    illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—
    b.
    Lightly, slightly, superficially:

    mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

    tenuissime aestimare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

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  • 3 tenuis

    tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

    tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

    id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of texture, fine, thin:

    subtemen,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

    vestes,

    Tib. 2, 3, 53:

    vestes,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

    amictus,

    id. M. 4, 104:

    togae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

    toga filo tenuissima,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

    tunicae,

    id. F. 2, 319:

    natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    pellis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

    arietes tenuioris velleris,

    Col. 7, 2, 5.—
    2.
    Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

    tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

    tenue purumque caelum,

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

    aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

    capilli,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

    comae,

    Tib. 1, 9, 68:

    rima,

    Ov. M. 4, 65:

    vinum,

    thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

    aqua,

    clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

    sanguis (opp. crassus),

    Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

    agmen (militum),

    Liv. 25, 23, 16:

    acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

    pluviae,

    Verg. G. 1, 92.—
    3.
    Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

    penna,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

    cauda (piscis),

    Ov. M. 4, 726:

    acus,

    id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

    tabellae,

    Mart. 14, 3, 1:

    nitedula,

    thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    canes macie tenues,

    Nemes. Cyn. 137:

    Gellius,

    Cat. 89, 1:

    Thais,

    Mart. 11, 101, 1:

    umbra (defuncti),

    Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

    animae (defunctorum),

    Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —
    4.
    Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —
    B.
    Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

    oppidum tenue sane,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

    magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

    murus,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    amnis,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    aqua,

    shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

    rivulus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

    sulcus,

    Verg. G. 1, 68:

    foramen,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

    intervallum,

    id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

    insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

    tenuem victum antefert copioso,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

    victus,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

    mensa,

    id. C. 2, 16, 14:

    cibus,

    Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

    tenuissimum patrimonium,

    Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

    opes,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

    res (familiaris),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

    census,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

    honores,

    Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    praeda,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tenuissimum lumen,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    pumex,

    i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

    tenuis (opp. locuples),

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

    id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

    fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

    id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

    locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    tenuis et obaeratus,

    Suet. Caes. 46:

    Regulus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

    tenuis opum,

    Sil. 6, 19.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

    elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

    tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

    (oratores) tenues, acuti,

    Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

    orator,

    id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

    aures,

    Lucr. 4, 913:

    cura,

    Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

    Athenae,

    elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

    rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    textum dicendi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

    cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

    weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

    tenuis atque infirmus animus,

    id. B. C. 1, 32:

    ingenium (opp. forte),

    Quint. 10, 2, 19:

    tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

    id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

    in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

    tenuissimarum rerum jura,

    id. Caecin. 12, 34:

    artificium perquam tenue et leve,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

    grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

    Quint. 1, 4, 5:

    inanis et tenuis spes,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

    spes tenuior,

    id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

    suspitio,

    id. Caecin. 15, 43:

    causa tenuis et inops,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

    curae,

    Verg. G. 1, 177:

    gloria,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    damnum,

    Tac. A. 12, 39:

    negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

    Quint. 12, 9, 8:

    nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

    i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —
    2.
    Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

    tenuiores,

    men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    tenuissimus quisque,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

    homines,

    id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

    commoti animi tenuiorum,

    id. ib. 23, 47:

    si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

    id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

    qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

    id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

    adulescentes tenui loco orti,

    Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Thinly:

    alutae tenuiter confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—
    b.
    Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

    tenuiter disserere,

    Cic. Or. 14, 46:

    tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

    scribere (with argute),

    id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

    tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

    Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

    illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—
    b.
    Lightly, slightly, superficially:

    mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

    tenuissime aestimare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

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  • 4 tenvis

    tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

    tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

    id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of texture, fine, thin:

    subtemen,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

    vestes,

    Tib. 2, 3, 53:

    vestes,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

    amictus,

    id. M. 4, 104:

    togae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

    toga filo tenuissima,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

    tunicae,

    id. F. 2, 319:

    natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    pellis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

    arietes tenuioris velleris,

    Col. 7, 2, 5.—
    2.
    Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

    tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

    tenue purumque caelum,

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

    aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

    capilli,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

    comae,

    Tib. 1, 9, 68:

    rima,

    Ov. M. 4, 65:

    vinum,

    thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

    aqua,

    clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

    sanguis (opp. crassus),

    Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

    agmen (militum),

    Liv. 25, 23, 16:

    acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

    pluviae,

    Verg. G. 1, 92.—
    3.
    Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

    penna,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

    cauda (piscis),

    Ov. M. 4, 726:

    acus,

    id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

    tabellae,

    Mart. 14, 3, 1:

    nitedula,

    thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

    canes macie tenues,

    Nemes. Cyn. 137:

    Gellius,

    Cat. 89, 1:

    Thais,

    Mart. 11, 101, 1:

    umbra (defuncti),

    Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

    animae (defunctorum),

    Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —
    4.
    Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —
    B.
    Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

    oppidum tenue sane,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

    magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

    murus,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    amnis,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    aqua,

    shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

    rivulus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

    sulcus,

    Verg. G. 1, 68:

    foramen,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

    intervallum,

    id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

    insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

    tenuem victum antefert copioso,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

    victus,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

    mensa,

    id. C. 2, 16, 14:

    cibus,

    Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

    tenuissimum patrimonium,

    Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

    opes,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

    res (familiaris),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

    census,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

    honores,

    Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    praeda,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    tenuissimum lumen,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    pumex,

    i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

    tenuis (opp. locuples),

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

    id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

    fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

    id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

    locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    tenuis et obaeratus,

    Suet. Caes. 46:

    Regulus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

    tenuis opum,

    Sil. 6, 19.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

    elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

    tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

    (oratores) tenues, acuti,

    Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

    orator,

    id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

    aures,

    Lucr. 4, 913:

    cura,

    Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

    Athenae,

    elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

    rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    textum dicendi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

    cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

    weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

    tenuis atque infirmus animus,

    id. B. C. 1, 32:

    ingenium (opp. forte),

    Quint. 10, 2, 19:

    tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

    id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

    in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

    tenuissimarum rerum jura,

    id. Caecin. 12, 34:

    artificium perquam tenue et leve,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

    grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

    Quint. 1, 4, 5:

    inanis et tenuis spes,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

    spes tenuior,

    id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

    suspitio,

    id. Caecin. 15, 43:

    causa tenuis et inops,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

    curae,

    Verg. G. 1, 177:

    gloria,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    damnum,

    Tac. A. 12, 39:

    negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

    Quint. 12, 9, 8:

    nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

    i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —
    2.
    Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

    tenuiores,

    men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

    tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    tenuissimus quisque,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

    homines,

    id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

    commoti animi tenuiorum,

    id. ib. 23, 47:

    si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

    id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

    qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

    id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

    adulescentes tenui loco orti,

    Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Thinly:

    alutae tenuiter confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—
    b.
    Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

    tenuiter disserere,

    Cic. Or. 14, 46:

    tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

    scribere (with argute),

    id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

    tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

    Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

    illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—
    b.
    Lightly, slightly, superficially:

    mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

    tenuissime aestimare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

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  • 5 exīlis

        exīlis e, adj.    [for *exigilis; 2 AG-], strict, narrow, thin, slender, lank, small, meagre, poor: cor: femur, H.: legiones, incomplete: digiti, O.— Fig., thin, poor: solum.— Cheerless, comfortless: domus, H.— Worthless, insincere: plausūs.— Meagre, dry, inadequate: genus sermonis: (dicta) de virtutis vi.
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    exile, exilior -or -us, exilissimus -a -um ADJ
    small, thin; poor

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  • 6 fluēns

        fluēns entis, adj.    [P. of fluo], lax, relaxed, lank: buccae.—Fig., lax, relaxed, enervated, effeminate: Campani luxu, L.: membra, Cu.— Flowing, fluent: oratio.— Lax, unrestrained: dissoluta et fluens oratio.

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  • 7 (strigōsus)

        (strigōsus) adj.    [STRAG-], lean, lank, thin, meagre.—Only comp: strigosiores equi, i. e. worn out, L.—Fig., of an orator: strigosior, too meagre.

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  • 8 tenuis

        tenuis e, adj. with comp. tenuior and sup. tenuissimus    [2 TA-], drawn out, meagre, slim, thin, lank, slender: Pinna, H.: acus, fine, O.: avena, V.: animae (defunctorum), O.—Of texture, thin, fine, close: vestes, O.: togae, H.: toga filo tenuissima, O.: natura oculos membranis tenuissimis saepsit.—Of substance, thin, rare, fine, slight: caelum: athereus locus tenuissimus est: agmen (militum), L.— Little, slight, trifling, inconsiderable, insignificant, poor, mean: oppidum: aqua, shallow, L.: tenuem fontibus adfer aquam, i. e. a little water, O.: sulcus, V.: Insignis tenui fronte Lycoris, low, H.: semita, narrow, V.: cibus, Ph.: opes: census, H.: praeda, Cs.: tenuissimum lumen: ventus, a breeze, V.—Of persons, poor: servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis.— Plur m. as subst: tenuīs praemio, stultos errore permovit: fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur: cuiusque censum tenuissimi auxerant.—Fig., fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact: distinctio: cura, O.: rationes non ad tenue elimatae.— Weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, poor, slight: tenuissima valetudo, delicate, Cs.: sermo: in tenuissimis rebus labi: artificium: spes tenuior: curae, V.— Low in rank, mean, inferior, common: tenuiores, the lower orders: tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis: tenuissimus quisque: adulescentes tenui loco orti, L.
    * * *
    tenue, tenuior -or -us, tenuissimus -a -um ADJ
    thin, fine; delicate; slight, little, unimportant; weak, feeble

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  • 9 trama

    warp (weaving); woof, weft, web filling; thin/lank figure; trifles; bagatelles

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  • 10 fluo

    flŭo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic form of the sup.: FLUCTUM, acc. to Prisc. p. 817 P.; cf.: fluo, fluctum, Not. Tir. From this form are derived fluctio and fluctus. In Lucr. 6, 800, the correct read. is laveris, not flueris, v. Lachm. ad h. l.), v. n. [Gr. phlu-, phlusai, anaphluô, etc.; Lat. fleo, fletus; flumen, fluctus, etc.; orig. one root with fla-, to blow, q. v. and cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 302], to flow (cf.: mano, labor, etc.).
    I.
    Lit.: per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78:

    flumen quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1; cf.

    also: aurea tum dicat per terras flumina vulgo Fluxisse,

    Lucr. 5, 911:

    fluvius Eurotas, qui propter Lacedaemonem fluit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96:

    Helvetiorum inter fines et Allobrogum Rhodanus fluit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

    Arar in utram partem fluat,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 1:

    ea, quae natura fluerent atque manarent, ut aqua,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: fluens unda, water from a stream (opp.: putealis unda, spring-water), Col. 1, 5, 1:

    in foveam,

    Lucr. 2, 475; cf. id. 5, 271:

    fluxit in terram Remi cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 19; cf. Luc. 6, 61:

    imber,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 2:

    sanguis,

    id. M. 12, 312:

    fluit de corpore sudor,

    id. ib. 9, 173; cf.:

    sudor fluit undique rivis,

    Verg. A. 5, 200:

    aes rivis,

    id. ib. 8, 445:

    nudo sub pede musta fluunt,

    Ov. R. Am. 190:

    madidis fluit unda capillis,

    drips, id. M. 11, 656:

    cerebrum molle fluit,

    id. ib. 12, 435:

    fluunt lacrimae more perennis aquae,

    id. F. 2, 820:

    fluens nausea,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 35; cf.:

    alvus fluens,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    fluit ignibus aurum,

    becomes fluid, melts, Ov. M. 2, 251.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of bodies, to flow, overflow, run down, drip with any fluid.— With abl.:

    cum fluvius Atratus sanguine fluxit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; Ov. M. 8, 400:

    cruore fluens,

    id. ib. 7, 343:

    sudore fluentia brachia,

    id. ib. 9, 57; cf.:

    fluunt sudore et lassitudine membra,

    Liv. 38, 17, 7; 7, 33, 14; cf. id. 10, 28, 4:

    pingui fluit unguine tellus,

    Val. Fl. 6, 360:

    vilisque rubenti Fluxit mulctra mero,

    overflows, Sil. 7, 190. —Without abl.:

    madidāque fluens in veste Menoetes,

    Verg. A. 5, 179:

    fluentes cerussataeque buccae,

    dripping with paint, Cic. Pis. 11, 25 (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266, 2. b. infra):

    Graeculae vites acinorum exiguitate minus fluunt,

    i. e. yield but little wine, Col. 3, 2, 24; 3, 2, 5; 12, 52, 1.—With acc. of kin. signif.:

    Oenotria vina fluens,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 264.—
    2.
    To move in the manner of fluids, to flow, stream, pour:

    inde alium (aëra) supra fluere,

    to flow, Lucr. 5, 514 and 522:

    unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,

    id. 4, 675 sq.; cf.:

    principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant: Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor a sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris,

    id. 6, 922 sq.:

    aestus e lapide,

    id. 6, 1002:

    venti,

    id. 1, 280:

    fluit undique victor Mulciber,

    Sil. 17, 102:

    comae per levia colla fluentes,

    flowing, spreading, Prop. 2, 3, 13; cf.:

    blanditiaeque fluant per mea colla rosae,

    id. 4 (5), 6, 72:

    vestis fluens,

    flowing, loose, id. 3, 17 (4, 16), 32:

    tunicisque fluentibus,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 301:

    nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,

    Verg. A. 1, 320; cf.

    also: balteus nec strangulet nec fluat,

    Quint. 11, 3, 140:

    nec mersa est pelago, nec fluit ulla ratis,

    floats, is tossed about, Mart. 4, 66, 14:

    ramos compesce fluentes,

    floating around, spreading out, Verg. G. 2, 370:

    ad terram fluit devexo pondere cervix,

    droops, id. ib. 3, 524:

    omnisque relictis Turba fluit castris,

    pour forth, id. A. 12, 444:

    olli fluunt ad regia tecta,

    id. ib. 11, 236;

    so of a multitude or crowd of men: densatis ordinibus effuse fluentem in se aciem excepere,

    Curt. 6, 1, 6.—
    b.
    Pregn., of bodies, to pass away, fall away, to fall off or out, to vanish:

    excident gladii, fluent arma de manibus,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

    capilli fluunt,

    Cels. 6, 1; Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 17:

    sponte fluent (poma) matura suā,

    Ov. Am. 2, 14, 25:

    quasi longinquo fluere omnia cernimus aevo,

    Lucr. 2, 69; cf.:

    cuncta fluunt omnisque vagans formatur imago,

    Ov. M. 15, 178: dissolvuntur enim tum demum membra fluuntque, Lucr. 4, 919:

    surae fluxere,

    Luc. 9, 770:

    buccae fluentes,

    fallen in, lank, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to flow, spring, arise, come forth; to go, proceed:

    ex ejus (Nestoris) lingua melle dulcior fluebat oratio,

    Cic. de Sen. 10, 31:

    carmen vena pauperiore fluit,

    Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 20:

    Calidii oratio ita libere fluebat, ut nusquam adhaeresceret,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 274:

    in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.

    also: grammatice pleno jam satis alveo fluit,

    id. 2, 1, 4:

    quae totis viribus fluit oratio,

    id. 9, 4, 7:

    oratio ferri debet ac fluere,

    id. 9, 4, 112.— Transf., of the writer himself:

    alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit,

    Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf.:

    (Lucilius) cum flueret lutulentus,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 11; 1, 10, 50; 1, 7, 28:

    facetiis,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 12:

    multa ab ea (luna) manant et fluunt, quibus animantes alantur augescantque,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 48:

    dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,

    Quint. 12, 2, 6; 5, 10, 19; 5, 9, 14:

    omnia ex natura rerum hominumque fluere,

    id. 6, 2, 13:

    nomen ex Graeco fluxisse,

    id. 3, 4, 12:

    ab isto capite fluere necesse est omnem rationem bonorum et malorum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34; Quint. 1, 1, 12:

    unde id quoque vitium fluit,

    id. 11, 3, 109; 7, 3, 33:

    Pythagorae doctrina cum longe lateque flueret,

    spread itself, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

    multum fluxisse video de libris nostris variumque sermonem,

    id. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

    sic mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora,

    flow, pass, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 23:

    in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,

    going, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: rebus supra votum fluentibus, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 169 (Hist. 1, 101 Dietsch); Tac. H. 3, 48; Just. 23, 3; cf.:

    rebus prospere fluentibus,

    succeeding, prospering, Tac. Or. 5; id. A. 15, 5: illius rationes quorsum fluant, proceed, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

    res fluit ad interregnum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 11;

    cuncta in Mithridatem fluxere,

    Tac. A. 11, 9.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of speech, etc., to flow uniformly, be monotonous:

    efficiendum est ne fluat oratio, ne vagetur, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    quod species ipsa carminum docet, non impetu et instinctu nec ore uno fluens,

    Tac. A. 14, 16; cf. Cic. Brut. 79.—Pregn., to dissolve, vanish, perish:

    qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus fluimusque mollitia,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

    fluens mollitiis,

    Vell. 1, 6, 2; 2, 88, 2:

    cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi, nec diutius esse uno et eodem statu,

    Cic. Or. 3, 10:

    fluit voluptas corporis et prima quaeque avolat,

    id. Fin. 2, 32, 106:

    fluentem procumbentemque rem publicam populi Romani restituere,

    Vell. 2, 16 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    fluens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Lax, relaxed, debauched, enervated, effeminate:

    inde soluti ac fluentes non accipiunt e scholis mala ista, sed in scholas afferunt,

    Quint. 1, 2, 8:

    Campani fluentes luxu,

    Liv. 7, 29, 5:

    incessu ipso ultra muliebrem mollitiem fluentes,

    Sen. Tranq. 15:

    fluentibus membris, incessu femineo,

    Aug. Civ. D. 7, 26.—
    B.
    Of speech,
    1.
    Flowing, fluent:

    sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,

    Cic. Or. 20, 66:

    lenis et fluens contextus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 127.—
    2.
    Lax, unrestrained:

    ne immoderata aut angusta aut dissoluta aut fluens sit oratio,

    Cic. Or. 58, 198:

    dissipata et inculta et fluens oratio,

    id. ib. 65, 220;

    and transf. of the speaker: in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes sumus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.— Adv.: flŭenter, in a flowing, waving manner (very rare):

    res quaeque fluenter fertur,

    Lucr. 6, 935 (but not ib. 520, where the correct read. is cientur;

    v. Lachm.): capillo fluenter undante,

    App. M. 2, p. 122, 7. —
    2.
    fluxus, a, um, P. a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Lit., flowing, fluid:

    elementa arida atque fluxa, App. de Mundo: sucus,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    vas fluxum pertusumque,

    i. e. leaking, Lucr. 6, 20.—
    2.
    Transf., flowing, loose, slack:

    ipsa crine fluxo thyrsum quatiens,

    Tac. A. 11, 31:

    habena,

    Liv. 38, 29, 6:

    amictus,

    Luc. 2, 362; cf.:

    ut cingeretur fluxiore cinctura,

    Suet. Caes. 45 fin.:

    fluxa arma,

    hanging slack, loose, Tac. H. 2, 99.—
    (β).
    Pregn., frail, perishable, weak:

    corpora,

    Tac. H. 2, 32; cf.:

    spadone eviratior fluxo,

    Mart. 5, 41, 1:

    (murorum) aevo fluxa,

    Tac. H. 2, 22. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Lax, loose, dissolute, careless:

    animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    Sall. C. 14, 5: cf.:

    animi fluxioris esse,

    Suet. Tib. 52:

    duces noctu dieque fluxi,

    Tac. H. 3, 76:

    spectaculum non enerve nec fluxum,

    Plin. Pan. 33, 1:

    fluxa atque aperta securitas,

    Gell. 4, 20, 8.—
    2.
    Pregn., frail, weak, fleeting, transient, perishable:

    res nostrae ut in secundis fluxae, ut in adversis bonae,

    decayed, impaired, disordered, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 1: hujus belli fortuna, ut in secundis, fluxa;

    ut in adversis, bona,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:

    res humanae fluxae et mobiles,

    Sall. J. 104, 2:

    divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,

    id. C. 1, 4; cf.:

    instabile et fluxum,

    Tac. A. 13, 19:

    fluxa auctoritas,

    id. H. 1, 21:

    cave fidem fluxam geras,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

    fides,

    Sall. J. 111, 2; Liv. 40, 50, 5; cf.:

    fluxa et vana fides,

    unreliable, unstable, id. 28, 6, 11; Tac. H. 2, 75; 4, 23:

    studia inania et fluxa,

    id. A. 3, 50 fin.:

    fluxa senio mens,

    id. ib. 6, 38.— Adv.: fluxē, remissly, negligently (post-class. and rare):

    more vitae remissioris fluxius agens,

    Amm. 18, 7.

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  • 11 praegracilis

    prae-grăcĭlis, e, adj., very slender, very lank (post-Aug.):

    proceritas,

    Tac. A. 4, 57.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praegracilis

  • 12 strigosus

    strĭgōsus, a, um, adj. [stringo], lean, lank, thin, meagre (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.: equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11, and ap. Non. 168, 26:

    canis (opp. obesus),

    Col. 7, 12, 8: hic strigosus bovinatorque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 11, 7, 10.— Comp.:

    equi,

    Liv. 27, 47: hinno strigosior, Maecen. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor. — Sup.:

    (capella) strigosissimi corporis,

    Col. 7, 6, 9.—
    * II.
    Trop., of an orator, meagre, dry, tasteless, Cic. Brut. 16, 64.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > strigosus

  • 13 trama

    trāma, ae, f. [cf.: trans, trāmes].
    I.
    Lit., the woof, weft, or filling of a web (cf. subtemen), Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Sen. Ep. 90, 20; Isid. 19, 22, 14 al.—Of a spider's web:

    ipsa per se tenax ratio tramae,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81. —
    II.
    Transf.:

    figurae,

    i. e. a thin, lank figure, Pers. 6, 73:

    putridae,

    i. e. trifles, bagatelles, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > trama

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