levit

Daedălus, i, m. ( acc. Gr. Daedalon, Ov. M. 8, 261; Mart. 4, 49), Daidalos.

The mythical Athenian architect of the times of Theseus and Minos, father of Icarus, and builder of the Cretan labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 159; 183; id. Tr. 3, 4, 21; Verg. A. 6, 14 Serv.; Mel. 2, 7, 12: Plin. 7, 56, 57; Hyg. Fab. 39; Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Hor. Od. 1, 3, 34; Mart. 4, 49, 5; Sil. 12, 89 sq., et saep.—

Hence,

Daedălē̆us, a, um, adj., Daedalian, relating to Daedalus:

Daedălēo Icaro, Hor. Od. 2, 20, 13:

Ope Daedălēa,

id. ib. 4, 2, 2.—

Daedalĕum iter (i. e. through the labyrinth), Prop. 2, 14, 8 (3, 6, 8 M.).—

Daedălĭcus, a, um, adj., skilful: manus, Venant. 10, 11, 17.—

A later sculptor of Sicyon, son and pupil of Patrocles:

et ipse inter fictores laudatus,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76.

† daemon, ŏnis, m., = daimôn, a spirit, genius, lar (post-class.).

In gen.: App. de Deo Socr. p. 49, 5: bonus = agathodaimôn, in astrology, the last but one of the twelve celestial signs, Firm. Math. 2, 19: melior, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 1, 27.—

In eccl. writers: kat exochên, an evil spirit, demon, Lact. 2, 14; Vulg. Levit. 17, 7; id. Jacob. 2, 19; Tert. Apol. 22 init., et saep.

Daedălus, i, m. ( acc. Gr. Daedalon, Ov. M. 8, 261; Mart. 4, 49), Daidalos.

The mythical Athenian architect of the times of Theseus and Minos, father of Icarus, and builder of the Cretan labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 159; 183; id. Tr. 3, 4, 21; Verg. A. 6, 14 Serv.; Mel. 2, 7, 12: Plin. 7, 56, 57; Hyg. Fab. 39; Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Hor. Od. 1, 3, 34; Mart. 4, 49, 5; Sil. 12, 89 sq., et saep.—

Hence,

Daedălē̆us, a, um, adj., Daedalian, relating to Daedalus:

Daedălēo Icaro, Hor. Od. 2, 20, 13:

Ope Daedălēa,

id. ib. 4, 2, 2.—

Daedalĕum iter (i. e. through the labyrinth), Prop. 2, 14, 8 (3, 6, 8 M.).—

Daedălĭcus, a, um, adj., skilful: manus, Venant. 10, 11, 17.—

A later sculptor of Sicyon, son and pupil of Patrocles:

et ipse inter fictores laudatus,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76.

† daemon, ŏnis, m., = daimôn, a spirit, genius, lar (post-class.).

In gen.: App. de Deo Socr. p. 49, 5: bonus = agathodaimôn, in astrology, the last but one of the twelve celestial signs, Firm. Math. 2, 19: melior, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 1, 27.—

In eccl. writers: kat exochên, an evil spirit, demon, Lact. 2, 14; Vulg. Levit. 17, 7; id. Jacob. 2, 19; Tert. Apol. 22 init., et saep.

Daedălus, i, m. ( acc. Gr. Daedalon, Ov. M. 8, 261; Mart. 4, 49), Daidalos.

The mythical Athenian architect of the times of Theseus and Minos, father of Icarus, and builder of the Cretan labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 159; 183; id. Tr. 3, 4, 21; Verg. A. 6, 14 Serv.; Mel. 2, 7, 12: Plin. 7, 56, 57; Hyg. Fab. 39; Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Hor. Od. 1, 3, 34; Mart. 4, 49, 5; Sil. 12, 89 sq., et saep.—

Hence,

Daedălē̆us, a, um, adj., Daedalian, relating to Daedalus:

Daedălēo Icaro, Hor. Od. 2, 20, 13:

Ope Daedălēa,

id. ib. 4, 2, 2.—

Daedalĕum iter (i. e. through the labyrinth), Prop. 2, 14, 8 (3, 6, 8 M.).—

Daedălĭcus, a, um, adj., skilful: manus, Venant. 10, 11, 17.—

A later sculptor of Sicyon, son and pupil of Patrocles:

et ipse inter fictores laudatus,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76.

† daemon, ŏnis, m., = daimôn, a spirit, genius, lar (post-class.).

In gen.: App. de Deo Socr. p. 49, 5: bonus = agathodaimôn, in astrology, the last but one of the twelve celestial signs, Firm. Math. 2, 19: melior, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 1, 27.—

In eccl. writers: kat exochên, an evil spirit, demon, Lact. 2, 14; Vulg. Levit. 17, 7; id. Jacob. 2, 19; Tert. Apol. 22 init., et saep.

Daedălus, i, m. ( acc. Gr. Daedalon, Ov. M. 8, 261; Mart. 4, 49), Daidalos.

The mythical Athenian architect of the times of Theseus and Minos, father of Icarus, and builder of the Cretan labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 159; 183; id. Tr. 3, 4, 21; Verg. A. 6, 14 Serv.; Mel. 2, 7, 12: Plin. 7, 56, 57; Hyg. Fab. 39; Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Hor. Od. 1, 3, 34; Mart. 4, 49, 5; Sil. 12, 89 sq., et saep.—

Hence,

Daedălē̆us, a, um, adj., Daedalian, relating to Daedalus:

Daedălēo Icaro, Hor. Od. 2, 20, 13:

Ope Daedălēa,

id. ib. 4, 2, 2.—

Daedalĕum iter (i. e. through the labyrinth), Prop. 2, 14, 8 (3, 6, 8 M.).—

Daedălĭcus, a, um, adj., skilful: manus, Venant. 10, 11, 17.—

A later sculptor of Sicyon, son and pupil of Patrocles:

et ipse inter fictores laudatus,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76.

† daemon, ŏnis, m., = daimôn, a spirit, genius, lar (post-class.).

In gen.: App. de Deo Socr. p. 49, 5: bonus = agathodaimôn, in astrology, the last but one of the twelve celestial signs, Firm. Math. 2, 19: melior, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 1, 27.—

In eccl. writers: kat exochên, an evil spirit, demon, Lact. 2, 14; Vulg. Levit. 17, 7; id. Jacob. 2, 19; Tert. Apol. 22 init., et saep.

dē-trăho, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. detraxe, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 15), v. a., to draw or take off, draw away, draw or take down; to pull down; to take away, remove, withdraw (class. and very freq.).

Lit.

In gen.

With acc. and de or ex with abl.:

crumenam sibi de collo,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 7:

anulum de digito,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 38:

aliquem de curru,

Cic. Cael. 14 fin. et saep.:

aliquem ex cruce,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

stramenta e mulis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 2:

homines ex provinciis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1; cf.:

inimicum ex Gallia,

id. ib. 8, 19:

Hannibalem ex Italia,

Liv. 29, 20;

aliquem pedibus e tribunali,

Suet. Rhet. 6 et saep.—

With acc. and dat.:

nudo vestimenta detrahere me jubes,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79:

alicui anulum,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 31:

vestem alicui,

id. Eun. 4, 4, 40:

amiculum alicui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

torquem alicui,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

loricam alicui,

Verg. A. 5, 260 et saep.: tegumenta scutis, Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5:

frenos equis,

Liv. 4, 33 et saep.:

virum equo,

Liv. 22, 47; cf.:

aliquem in transvehendo,

Suet. Aug. 38.

With acc. alone: vestimenta, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

veste detracta,

Cic. Brut. 75, 262:

soccos detrahunt (servi),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 72:

detractis insignibus imperatoris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96, 3:

vestem,

Cic. Brut. 75, 262;

statuas,

Just. 38, 8, 12.—

With ad, in, or trans:

castella trans Euphraten,

Tac. A. 15, 17 et saep.:

aliquem in judicium,

Cic. Mil. 8, 38; cf.:

aliquem ad accusationem,

id. Clu. 68, 179:

aliquem ad aequum certamen,

Liv. 22, 13:

tauros ad terram cornibus,

Suet. Claud. 21; cf.: naves ad terram, Auct. B. Alex. 10 fin.:

dominationem in carcerem et catenas,

Flor. 1, 24, 3.—

In partic.

In medic. lang., to purge, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 48 et saep.—

With the accessory idea of depriving or diminishing, to remove, withdraw, take away a thing from any one; to draw off, remove, take away from any thing.

With acc. and de or ex with abl.:

multa de suis commodis,

Cic. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid de summa,

Lucr. 3, 513; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181:

aliquid ex ea summa,

id. Att. 10, 5; and:

nihil de vivo,

id. Fl. 37:

ex tertia acie singulas cohortes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89, 3; cf.:

detractis cohortibus duabus,

id. B. G. 3, 2, 3.—

With acc. and dat.:

cum ei eidem detraxisset Armeniam,

Cic. Div. 2, 37 fin.:

scuto militi detracto,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

coronam capiti,

Liv. 38, 47; cf. Hor. S. 1, 10, 48:

auxilia illi,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 5:

fasces indigno (opp. deferre),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34 et saep.:

pellem hostiae,

to flay, Vulg. Levit. 1, 6.—

With acc. and ab with abl.:

aliquid ab homine,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30.—

Trop.

In gen., to pull down, to lower (very rarely):

regum majestatem ab summo fastigio ad medium,

Liv. 37, 45, 18:

superbiam,

Vulg. Isa. 23, 9.—Far more freq.,

In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to withdraw, take away, take; to lower in estimation, disparage, detract from.

With de or ex:

detractis de homine sensibus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30; cf.:

quicquam de nostra benevolentia,

id. Fam. 5, 2 fin.:

tantum sibi de facultate,

id. Brut. 70 fin.; cf.:

studiose de absentibus detrahendi causa, severe dicitur,

id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

de ipso, qui scripsit, detrahi nihil volo,

Cic. Pis. 29, 71: aliquid de aliquo, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

de hoc senatu detrahere,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20; so,

de aliquo,

id. Att. 11, 11 fin.; Nep. Chabr. 3, 3:

de se,

Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 15; cf.:

de rebus gestis alicujus,

Nep. Timol. 5, 3:

quantum detraxit ex studio, tantum amisit ex gloria,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236; cf. id. Div. ap. Caecil. 15, 49; id. Fam. 1, 5, a.—

With dat.:

nihil tibi detraxit senatus nisi, etc. (opp. dare),

id. ib. 1, 5, b; cf.

opp. concedere,

id. de Or. 2, 71; Quint. 11, 1, 71:

honorem debitum ordini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11:

illam opinionem maerenti,

id. Tusc. 3, 31, 76:

auctoritatem Cottae,

Quint. 6, 5, 10:

fidem sibi,

id. 2, 17, 15; 5, 7, 4 al.:

errorem animis,

Ov. M. 2, 39:

multum alicui,

Nep. Eum. 1, 2:

regi,

Vulg. Eccles. 10, 20.—

Absol.:

aliquid dicere detrahendae spoliandaeque dignitatis alicujus gratia,

Cic. Cael. 2 et saep.:

laudis simulatione detrahitur,

Quint. 8, 6, 55; id. 12, 9, 7.—

To withhold:

ususfructus in mancipanda proprietate detrahi potest,

Gai. Inst. 2, 33.

dis-sŭo, no perf., ūtum, 3, v. a.— Lit., to unstitich, to rip open; hence, in gen., to open, to dissolve by degrees (a rare word).

Lit.:

sinum,

Ov. F. 1, 408:

malas,

to open the mouth wide, Pers. 3, 59:

habebit vestimenta dissuta, caput nudum,

Vulg. Levit. 13, 45.—

Trop.:

amicitiae dissuendae magis quam discindendae,

Cic. Lael. 21, 76; so,

sensim amicitias (opp. repente praecidere),

id. Off. 1, 33, 120.

ēmissārĭus, ii, m. [id.; sent out, put forth; hence],

An emissary, scout, spy, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8 Ascon.; 2, 3, 40; id. Fam. 7, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 18 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15; id. Dom. 11.—

Transf., in eccl. Lat.

An attendant, one of the guard, Vulg. 1 Reg. 22, 17.—

Caper emissarius, the scapegoat, sent to bear the sins of the people to the wilderness, Vulg. Levit. 16, 8 al.—

In botany, a young branch, a shoot, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208.

exsē̆crābĭlis ( execr-), e, adj. [exsecror].

Pass., execrable, accursed, detestable:

exsecr. ac dirum solum,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 15:

nihil exsecrabilius,

Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155; Vulg. Levit. 11, 23 al.—

Act., execrating:

praeeuntibus exsecrabile carmen sacerdotibus,

the song of cursing, of execration, Liv. 31, 17, 9:

odium,

i. e. raging, fearful, id. 9, 26, 4.— Adv.: exsē̆crābĭlĭter, execrably (only in comp.):

tanto exsecrabilius me oderam,

Aug. Conf. 8, 7.

exsē̆crātĭo ( execr-), ōnis, f. [id.].

Execration, malediction, curse:

Thyestea ista exsecratio est: ut tu naufragio expulsus, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 19, 43:

exierunt malis omnibus atque exsecrationibus,

id. Sest. 33, 71; Vell. 2, 22; Tac. H. 3, 25; Plin. H. N. 19 praef. § 6; Suet. Claud. 12; Vulg. Psa. 58, 13 al.—

Transf.

A solemn oath with an imprecation (if broken):

aliquem exsecratione devincire,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

ubi fides? ubi exsecrationes? ubi dextrae complexusque?

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; Sall. C. 22, 2; Liv. 26, 25, 12; Tac. H. 4, 15; Vulg. 2 Par. 15, 15 al.—

An abomination, a thing to be execrated, Vulg. Levit. 18, 27.

exsē̆crābĭlis ( execr-), e, adj. [exsecror].

Pass., execrable, accursed, detestable:

exsecr. ac dirum solum,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 15:

nihil exsecrabilius,

Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155; Vulg. Levit. 11, 23 al.—

Act., execrating:

praeeuntibus exsecrabile carmen sacerdotibus,

the song of cursing, of execration, Liv. 31, 17, 9:

odium,

i. e. raging, fearful, id. 9, 26, 4.— Adv.: exsē̆crābĭlĭter, execrably (only in comp.):

tanto exsecrabilius me oderam,

Aug. Conf. 8, 7.

ex-sē̆cror ( execr-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [sacer], to curse, execrate.

Prop. (class.;

syn.: abominor, detestor, abhorreo, horreo, aversor, devoveo): te oderunt, tibi pestem exoptant, te exsecrantur,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96;

(with male precari),

id. ib. 14, 33:

aliquem,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

consilia Catilinae,

Sall. C. 48, 1:

severitatem nimiam et assidua belli pericula,

Just. 13, 1:

superbiam regis,

id. 39, 1:

litem,

Dig. 4, 7, 4 et saep.:

in se ac suum ipsius caput,

Liv. 30, 20, 7:

exsecratus deinde in caput regnumque Prusiae,

id. 39, 51 fin.:

exsecratur Thyestes, ut naufragio pereat Atreus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

verba exsecrantia,

Ov. M. 5, 105 et saep.—

Transf., to take a solemn oath with imprecations (against its infringement):

eamus omnis execrata civitas (= his votis cum exsecratione conceptis),

Hor. Epod. 16, 36; cf. v. 18.

► *

Also, act.: exsecro, āre: exsecrabant se ac suos, Afran. ap. Non. 473, 24; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

exsē̆crātus, a, um, in pass. signif. and as P. a., accursed, execrable, detestable:

non te exsecratum populo Romano, non detestabilem, etc.... scias,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26 fin.: exsules duo, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

columna,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; Vulg. Apoc. 21, 8.— Sup.:

exsecratissima auguria,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 27.—

exsē̆crandus, a, um, as P. a., detestable (late Lat.); Vulg. Levit. 11, 10: libido, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 2 Huschke.— Sup.:

exsecrandissimum nefas,

Salv. Gub. D. 7, 19.

exsē̆crātĭo ( execr-), ōnis, f. [id.].

Execration, malediction, curse:

Thyestea ista exsecratio est: ut tu naufragio expulsus, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 19, 43:

exierunt malis omnibus atque exsecrationibus,

id. Sest. 33, 71; Vell. 2, 22; Tac. H. 3, 25; Plin. H. N. 19 praef. § 6; Suet. Claud. 12; Vulg. Psa. 58, 13 al.—

Transf.

A solemn oath with an imprecation (if broken):

aliquem exsecratione devincire,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

ubi fides? ubi exsecrationes? ubi dextrae complexusque?

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; Sall. C. 22, 2; Liv. 26, 25, 12; Tac. H. 4, 15; Vulg. 2 Par. 15, 15 al.—

An abomination, a thing to be execrated, Vulg. Levit. 18, 27.

ex-sē̆cror ( execr-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [sacer], to curse, execrate.

Prop. (class.;

syn.: abominor, detestor, abhorreo, horreo, aversor, devoveo): te oderunt, tibi pestem exoptant, te exsecrantur,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96;

(with male precari),

id. ib. 14, 33:

aliquem,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

consilia Catilinae,

Sall. C. 48, 1:

severitatem nimiam et assidua belli pericula,

Just. 13, 1:

superbiam regis,

id. 39, 1:

litem,

Dig. 4, 7, 4 et saep.:

in se ac suum ipsius caput,

Liv. 30, 20, 7:

exsecratus deinde in caput regnumque Prusiae,

id. 39, 51 fin.:

exsecratur Thyestes, ut naufragio pereat Atreus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

verba exsecrantia,

Ov. M. 5, 105 et saep.—

Transf., to take a solemn oath with imprecations (against its infringement):

eamus omnis execrata civitas (= his votis cum exsecratione conceptis),

Hor. Epod. 16, 36; cf. v. 18.

► *

Also, act.: exsecro, āre: exsecrabant se ac suos, Afran. ap. Non. 473, 24; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

exsē̆crātus, a, um, in pass. signif. and as P. a., accursed, execrable, detestable:

non te exsecratum populo Romano, non detestabilem, etc.... scias,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26 fin.: exsules duo, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

columna,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; Vulg. Apoc. 21, 8.— Sup.:

exsecratissima auguria,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 27.—

exsē̆crandus, a, um, as P. a., detestable (late Lat.); Vulg. Levit. 11, 10: libido, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 2 Huschke.— Sup.:

exsecrandissimum nefas,

Salv. Gub. D. 7, 19.

ex-sē̆cror ( execr-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [sacer], to curse, execrate.

Prop. (class.;

syn.: abominor, detestor, abhorreo, horreo, aversor, devoveo): te oderunt, tibi pestem exoptant, te exsecrantur,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96;

(with male precari),

id. ib. 14, 33:

aliquem,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

consilia Catilinae,

Sall. C. 48, 1:

severitatem nimiam et assidua belli pericula,

Just. 13, 1:

superbiam regis,

id. 39, 1:

litem,

Dig. 4, 7, 4 et saep.:

in se ac suum ipsius caput,

Liv. 30, 20, 7:

exsecratus deinde in caput regnumque Prusiae,

id. 39, 51 fin.:

exsecratur Thyestes, ut naufragio pereat Atreus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

verba exsecrantia,

Ov. M. 5, 105 et saep.—

Transf., to take a solemn oath with imprecations (against its infringement):

eamus omnis execrata civitas (= his votis cum exsecratione conceptis),

Hor. Epod. 16, 36; cf. v. 18.

► *

Also, act.: exsecro, āre: exsecrabant se ac suos, Afran. ap. Non. 473, 24; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

exsē̆crātus, a, um, in pass. signif. and as P. a., accursed, execrable, detestable:

non te exsecratum populo Romano, non detestabilem, etc.... scias,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26 fin.: exsules duo, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

columna,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; Vulg. Apoc. 21, 8.— Sup.:

exsecratissima auguria,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 27.—

exsē̆crandus, a, um, as P. a., detestable (late Lat.); Vulg. Levit. 11, 10: libido, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 2 Huschke.— Sup.:

exsecrandissimum nefas,

Salv. Gub. D. 7, 19.

fērĭae, ārum (in the sing.: FERIA a feriendis victimis vocata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85, 12 Müll.), f. [for fes-iae, same root with festus], days of rest, holidays, festivals (syn. justitium), a great number of which, both private and public, were kept by the Romans; the latter being either stativae, fixed, regularly recurring on certain days; or conceptivae, movable, settled every year anew; or imperativae, temporary, ordained by the consuls on account of some particular occurrence;

or, lastly, the Nundinae,

Macr. S. 1, 16; Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29; 2, 22, 57; Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 3 et saep.:

feriae Domini,

Vulg. Levit. 23, 2: feriae denicales, Latinae, novendiales, privatae, etc., v. sub h. vv.—

Transf., rest, peace, leisure: indutiae sunt belli feriae, Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 25, 2:

praestare Hesperiae longas ferias,

i. e. peace, Hor. C. 4, 5, 37.—Comically: venter gutturque resident esuriales ferias, keep hunger-holidays, i. e. fast, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 8:

tuas possidebit mulier faxo ferias,

shall fill, amuse your leisure, id. Ep. 3, 4, 37.—Prov.:

sine ullis feriis,

i. e. without rest, incessantly, Arn. 1, 9; cf.: feriis caret necessitas, necessity has no law, Pall. 1, 6, 7.— Sing. (eccl. Lat.):

feria,

a week-day, Tert. Jejun. 2.

fermentum, i, n. [contr. for fervimentum, from fervo, ferveo], that which causes fermentation, leaven, yeast, ferment.

Lit., Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 102; 18, 7, 12, § 68:

panis sine fermento,

unleavened bread, Cels. 2, 24; 30; Vulg. Levit. 2, 4.—

Transf.

That which loosens the soil, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; cf. Col. 4, 1, 7.—

A drink made of fermented barley, malt liquor, beer, Verg. G. 3, 380.—

Trop., anger, passion ( poet. and very rare):

(uxor) nunc in fermento tota est, ita turget mihi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 17; id. Merc. 5, 3, 3.— Poet. transf., of the cause of anger or vexation:

accipe et istud Fermentum tibi habe,

Juv. 3, 188.