light rays

lampăs, ădis (late Lat. also lampă-da, ae, Jul. Val. Rer. G. Alex. 3, 28:

lampadarum,

Vulg. Ezech. 1, 13), f., = lampas, a light, torch, flambeau (mostly poet.; cf.: lucerna, lychnus, laterna).

Lit.:

lampades ardentes,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 86: illatae lampades, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 41:

lampadas igniferas,

Lucr. 2, 25:

vidi argenteum Cupidinem cum lampade,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115:

pinguis,

Ov. M. 4, 403:

pingues lampades,

Lucr. 4, 403:

ardens,

Verg. A. 9, 535:

Salmoneus, dum flammas Jovis imitatur, lampada quassans,

id. ib. 6, 587:

lampadibus densum rapuit funale coruscis,

with torches, Ov. M. 12, 247; Vulg. Exod. 20, 18:

lampas ignis,

id. Gen. 15, 17.—Used at weddings, a wedding-torch:

tene hane lampadem,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 17; Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 9. —Hence, poet.:

lampade primā,

at her wedding, Stat. S. 4, 8, 59; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 4.—

Esp., a lamp:

ferreae lampades,

Col. 12, 18, 5:

aënea,

Juv. 3, 285:

praecinctae lampades auro,

Ov. H. 14, 25:

accipere oleum cum lampadibus,

Vulg. Matt. 25, 4.—

Trop.

From the Grecian torch-race (which consisted in keeping the torch burning during the race and handing it, still lighted, to the next one), are borrowed the expressions: lampada tradere alicui, to give or resign one's occupation to another:

nunc cursu lampada tibi trado,

now it is your turn, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 9:

quasi cursores, vitai lampada tradunt,

i. e. they finish their course, die, Lucr. 2, 79:

qui prior es, cur me in decursu lampada poscis?

i. e. do you wish to succeed to my estate while I am yet alive? Pers. 6, 61.—

In gen., splendor, brightness, lustre:

aeterna mundl,

Lucr. 5, 402; cf.:

rosea sol alte lampade lucens,

id. 5, 610:

Phoebeae lampadis instar,

the light of the sun, the sun, Verg. A. 3, 637:

postera cum primā lustrabat lampade terras Orta dies,

the first beams of light, first rays of dawn, id. ib. 7, 148.—

Hence, poet., like lumen, for day:

octavoque fere candenti lumine solis Aut etiam nonā reddebant lampade vitam,

on the ninth day, Lucr. 6, 1198;

so of the moonlight: decima lampas Phoebes,

Val. Fl. 7, 366; cf.:

cum se bina formavit lampade Phoebe,

i. e. after two moons, Nemes. Cyn. 130:

lampade Phoebes sub decima,

the tenth month, Val. Fl. 7, 366.—

A meteor resembling a torch:

emicant et faces, non nisi cum decidunt visae. Duo genera earum: lampades vocant plane faces, alterum bolidas,

Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; cf. Sen. Q. N. 1, 15:

nunc sparso lumine lampas emicuit caelo,

Luc. 1, 532; 10, 502.

hair of the head, leaves, rays of light.

ardesco, arsi, 3, v. inch. [ardeo], to take fire, to kindle, to be inflamed (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; while exardesco is very freq.), lit. and trop.

Lit.:

ut omnia motu Percalefacta vides ardescere,

Lucr. 6, 178:

ardescunt caelestia templa,

id. 6, 670:

ne longus ardesceret axis,

Ov. M. 1, 255; Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—

Trop., to gleam, glitter.

Of rays of light:

fulmineis ardescunt ignibus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 523.—

Of the gleaming of a sword:

pugionem in mucronem ardescere jussit,

Tac. A. 15, 54.—

Most freq. of the passions, to be inflamed, become more intense, increase in violence:

ardescere dirā cuppedine,

Lucr. 4, 1090; so id. 5, 897:

in iras,

Ov. M. 5, 41 (cf. Verg. A. 7, 445: exarsit in iras, and Luc. 3, 134:

accensus in iram): in nuptias incestas,

Tac. A. 11, 25:

ardescit tuendo,

Verg. A. 1, 713:

stimulo ardescit,

Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

quibus haec rabies auctoribus arsit,

Luc. 5, 359.—So, absol.:

fremitus ardescit equorum,

Verg. A. 11, 607:

ardescente pugnā,

Tac. H. 5, 18: in labiis ejus ignis ardescit, * Vulg. Prov. 16, 27.

cŏma, ae, f., = komê, the hair of the head (hence barba comaeque, Ov. M. 7, 288), considered as an ornament for the head: comae dicuntur capilli cum aliquā curā compositi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 63, 13 Müll. (class., esp. in poetry and post-Aug. prose; very rare in Cic.).—With adj.:

unguentis effluens calamistrata coma,

Cic. Sest. 8, 18:

madens,

id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 13: fulva, xanthê, Prop. 2, 2, 5:

flava,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; Tib. 1, 5, 44:

myrtea,

id. 3, 4, 28:

longa,

Hor. Epod. 11, 28:

nitidae,

Prop. 3 (4), 10, 14; cf.: spissā te nitidum. Hor. C. 3, 19, 25:

odorata,

Ov. A. A. 2, 734; cf.

ambrosiae,

Verg. A. 1, 403:

cana,

Tib. 1, 6, 86:

virides Nereidum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 10:

regia (of Berenice),

Cat. 66, 93:

ventis horrida facta,

Tib. 1, 9, 14; cf.:

dare diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319. —With verb:

deciderint comae,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 3: ne comae turbarentur, quas componi post paulum vetuit. Quint. 11, 3, 148:

componere,

Ov. H. 12, 156:

comere,

id. ib. 21, 88; cf.:

inustas comere acu,

Quint. 2, 5, 12: [p. 373] pectere, Ov. H. 13, 39:

in gradus frangere,

Quint. 1, 6, 44; cf.:

formare in gradum,

Suet. Ner. 51:

longam renodare,

Hor. Epod. 11, 28; cf. id. C. 2, 11, 24:

positu variare,

Ov. M. 2, 412; cf.

ponere,

id. F. 1, 406:

componere,

id. R. Am. 679:

rutilare et summittere (after the manner of the Germans),

Suet. Calig. 47:

sertis implicare,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

Delphicā lauro cingere,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.

in a Gr. constr.: fronde comas vincti,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: scindens dolore intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62 (transl. of Hom. Il. 10, 15).—So of Venus lamenting Adonis:

effusā isse comā,

Prop. 2 (3), 13, 56;

and in a Gr. constr.: scissa comam,

Verg. A. 9, 478; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52; id. H. 12, 63; id. M. 4, 139; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 110.—

Of animals, of the golden fleece: agnus aureā clarus comā, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68 (Trag. Rel. v. 211 Rib.); cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 736.— The mane of lions, Gell. 5, 14, 9;

of the horse,

Pall. 4, 13, 2.—

The crest of a helmet, Stat. Th. 8, 389.—

Transf., of objects resembling the hair in appearance or in ornamental effect; most freq. acc. to a trope common in most languages, of leaves, grass, etc., foliage, ears, grass, and stalks of trees, etc., Cat. 4, 12; Tib. 1, 4, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 16, 28; Hor. C. 1, 21, 5; 4, 3, 11; 4, 7, 2; Tib. 2, 1, 48; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 14; Ov. Am 3, 10, 12; id. F 4, 438; Verg. G. 4, 137; Col. 10, 277, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 30; 18, 7, 10, § 53; 19, 6, 32, § 102.—

The wool or hair upon parchment, Tib. 3, 1, 10.— Poet., of the rays of light, Cat. 61, 78; 61, 99; Sen. Oedip. 311; id. Herc. Oet. 727.

făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing.

In gen. (mostly post-Aug.):

haec in bonis rebus, quod alii ad alia bona sunt aptiores, facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas,

inclination, disposition, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28; cf.:

aetatis illius (i. e. puerilis) facilitas,

capability, Quint. 1, 12, 11:

audendi facilitas,

id. 12, 6, 7:

pariendi,

Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

oris,

i. e. easy enunciation, Quint. 10, 7, 26:

corporis,

a tendency to blush, Sen. Ep. 11:

soli,

facility in working, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178:

picea tonsili facilitate,

id. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

(smaragdi) ad crassitudinem sui facilitate translucida,

i. e. facility in transmitting the rays of light, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—

In partic.

Of speech, facility or fluency of expression (post-Aug.):

Fabianus disputabat expedite magis quam concitate, ut possis dicere, facilitatem esse illam, non celeritatem,

Sen. Ep. 40:

quae in oratore maxima sunt, ingenium, inventio, vis, facilitas,

Quint. 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 1; 10, 7, 20; 11, 1, 42; Suet. Gramm. 23 al.; cf. Quint. 10, cap. 7.—

(Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character.

In a good sense, willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability (freq. in Cic.;

syn.: lenitas, humanitas): male docet te mea facilitas multa,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 35:

si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66:

pro tua facilitate et humanitate,

id. Fam. 13, 24, 2:

facilitas in audiendo,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21; cf.:

facilitas et lenitudo animi,

id. Off. 1, 25, 88 Orell. N. cr.:

facilitas indulgentiaque,

Suet. Caes. 72:

facilitate par infimis esse,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

sermonis,

id. Att. 12, 40, 2:

magis id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

actio facilitatem significans,

id. ib. 2, 43, 184.—

In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.:

fornicationis,

Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.

pervĭus, a, um, adj. [per-via], that has a passage through; hence,

Lit., that may be passed through or crossed, affording a passage through, passable, pervious (class.):

aedes,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 14:

transitiones,

thoroughfares, passages, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67:

hostes saltus pervios ceperant,

Liv. 9, 43:

usus Tectorum inter se,

Verg. A. 2, 453:

Phoebo non pervia taxus,

i. e. impervious to the sun's rays, Luc. 6, 645:

pervius hastis,

id. 2, 310:

rima pervia flatibus,

Ov. M. 15, 301:

non ulli pervia vento,

id. ib. 2, 762:

equo loca pervia,

id. ib. 8, 377:

Baianae pervia cymbae stagna,

Juv. 12, 80:

unde maxime pervius amnis,

is most fordable, Tac. A. 12, 12:

Phasis pontibus CXX. pervius,

Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13:

sacraria Fauni pervia,

i. e. accessible to all, not set apart by consecration, Calp. Ecl. 1, 15.—Hence, subst.: pervĭum, ii, n., a thoroughfare, passage:

ne pervium illa Germanis exercitibus esset,

Tac. H. 3, 8.—

Transf.

Act., that makes a passage through, penetrating:

ensis,

Sil. 10, 249.—

Pass., perforated, pierced: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 6.—

Trop.: cor meum mihi nunc pervium est, my heart is now open, i. e. light or easy, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 70 (760 Ritschl):

nihil ambitioni pervium,

accessible, Tac. A. 13, 4.

pervĭus, a, um, adj. [per-via], that has a passage through; hence,

Lit., that may be passed through or crossed, affording a passage through, passable, pervious (class.):

aedes,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 14:

transitiones,

thoroughfares, passages, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67:

hostes saltus pervios ceperant,

Liv. 9, 43:

usus Tectorum inter se,

Verg. A. 2, 453:

Phoebo non pervia taxus,

i. e. impervious to the sun's rays, Luc. 6, 645:

pervius hastis,

id. 2, 310:

rima pervia flatibus,

Ov. M. 15, 301:

non ulli pervia vento,

id. ib. 2, 762:

equo loca pervia,

id. ib. 8, 377:

Baianae pervia cymbae stagna,

Juv. 12, 80:

unde maxime pervius amnis,

is most fordable, Tac. A. 12, 12:

Phasis pontibus CXX. pervius,

Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13:

sacraria Fauni pervia,

i. e. accessible to all, not set apart by consecration, Calp. Ecl. 1, 15.—Hence, subst.: pervĭum, ii, n., a thoroughfare, passage:

ne pervium illa Germanis exercitibus esset,

Tac. H. 3, 8.—

Transf.

Act., that makes a passage through, penetrating:

ensis,

Sil. 10, 249.—

Pass., perforated, pierced: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 6.—

Trop.: cor meum mihi nunc pervium est, my heart is now open, i. e. light or easy, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 70 (760 Ritschl):

nihil ambitioni pervium,

accessible, Tac. A. 13, 4.