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1 fidicularius
fĭdĭcŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [fidicula, II.], like a cord, i. e. twisted; trop.: verba contorta et fidicularia, i. e. entangling, delusive, Fronto de Eloq. p. 229 ed. Mai. -
2 filum
fīlum, i. n. (also filus, i, m., acc. to Arn. 1, 36 dub., plur. heterocl., fili, Luc. 6, 460) [for figlum, v. figo], a thread of any thing woven (of linen or woolen cloth, a cobweb, etc.).I.Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Enn. ap. Non. 116, 6 (Ann. v. 259 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 30; Ov. A. A. 3, 445; id. M. 4, 36; Mart. 6, 3, 5; Cels. 7, 16:2.lumen candelae cujus tempero filum,
wick, Juv. 3, 287:tenuia aranei,
a web, Lucr. 3, 383:tineae,
Ov. M. 15, 372.— Poet., of the thread of life spun by the Fates:sororum fila trium,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 16; Verg. A. 10, 815; Ov. M. 2, 654; id. Tr. 5, 10, 45; Sil. 4, 28; Mart. 10, 5, 10 al.— Prov.: pendere filo (tenui), to hang by a thread, for to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4, § 18 (Ann. v. 153 ed. Vahl.):omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,
Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.—In partic., the fillet of wool wound round the upper part of the flamen's cap, similar to the stemma of the Greeks; hence, in gen., a priest's fillet: APICVLVM, filum, quo flamines velatum apicem gerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.:B.legatus capite velato filo (lanae velamen est), Audi, Juppiter, inquit, etc.,
Liv. 1, 32, 6:filo velatus,
Tib. 1, 5, 15.—Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).1.Of any thing slender and drawn out like a thread, a string, cord, filament, fibre:2.tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,
the strings, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60; so,lyrae,
id. M. 5, 118:sonantia,
id. ib. 10, 89:croci,
i. e. the stamen, id. F. 1, 342:foliorum exilitas usque in fila attenuata,
Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30; 11, 15, 15, § 39. —Plur., shreds, slices, remnants:3.fila sectivi porri,
Juv. 14, 133:porris fila resecta suis,
Mart. 11, 52:fila Tarentini graviter redolentia porri edisti,
id. 13, 18.—I. q. crassitudo, the density, compactness, compact shape, or, in gen., contour, form, shape of an object:II.forma quoque hinc solis debet filumque videri,
Lucr. 5, 571, v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; cf. id. 5, 581; 2, 341; 4, 88:mulieris,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15:corporis,
Varr. L. L. 10, § 4 Müll.; Gell. 1, 9, 2; Amm. 14, 11, 28:forma atque filo virginali,
id. 14, 4, 2:ingeniosus est et bono filo,
Petr. 46.—Trop. (cf. the preced. no.), of speech, texture, sort, quality, nature, style (class.):ego hospiti veteri et amico munusculum mittere (volui) levidense, crasso filo, cujusmodi ipsius solent esse munera,
i. e. of coarse texture, Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; cf.:argumentandi tenue filum,
id. Or. 36, 124:tenui deducta poëmata filo,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225; cf.:gracili connectere carmina filo, Col. poët. 10, 227: paulo uberiore filo,
Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93:orationis,
id. ib. 3, 26, 103:aliud quoddam filum orationis tuae (= oratio uberior),
id. Lael. 7, 25.
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