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61 libidinosus
lĭbīdĭnōsus ( lŭbīd-), a, um, adj. [libido], full of desire, passion, or lust, selfwilled, licentious, sensual, lustful, voluptuous, libidinous.I.Lit. (in a bad sense), Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. 491, 16 (Rep. 2, 41, 68 Mos.):II.homo libidinosissimus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:nihil (isto) luxuriosius, nihil libidinosius,
id. Pis. 27, 66:libidinosior es quam ullus spado,
Quint. 6, 3, 64:caper,
lecherous, Hor. Epod. 10, 23.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: libidinosissimae liberationes, arbitrary, self-willed, Cic. Pis. 36, 87:libidinosae voluptates,
id. Fin. 1, 18, 59:libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,
id. de Sen. 9, 29:fortuna varia et libidinosa,
Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 10:pretia,
extravagant, Col. 10 praef. §2: libidinosam liberalitatem debiti nomine colorare,
Val. Max. 8, 2, 2. —Of speech, licentious, wanton:eloquentia,
Quint. 5, 12, 20.—In a good sense, eager, longing for a thing (post-class.):libidinosus eloquentiae et gloriae,
Tert. Apol. 48; id. Virg. Vel. 13:suae sapientiae,
id. Res. Carn. 32.—Hence, adv.: lĭbīdĭ-nōsē, according to one's pleasure or caprice, wilfully, wantonly:quae ille libidinose, quae nefarie, quae crudeliter fecerit,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38:ne quid libidinose aut facias aut cogites,
id. Off. 1, 4, 14; id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:libidinose crudeliterque consulere in aliquem,
Liv. 3, 63.— Comp.:libidinosius saevire,
Tert. Monog. 16 fin. -
62 libido
lĭbīdo or lŭbīdo, ĭnis, f. [libet], pleasure, desire, eagerness, longing, fancy, inclination (cf.: appetitio, optatio, cupiditas, cupido, studium).I.In gen.:II.ubilubido veniet nauseae,
Cato, R. R. 156, 4; Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 26; Lucr. 4, 779:ex bonis (perturbationibus) libidinem et laetitiam, ut sit laetitia praesentium bonorum, libido futurorum,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11:ipsa iracundia libidinis est pars: sic enim definitur iracundia, ulciscendi libido,
id. ib. 3, 5, 11; id. Fin. 3, 9, 32:non omnibus delendi urbem libido erat,
Liv. 5, 42:juventus magis in decoris armis et militaribus equis quam in scortis atque conviviis libidinem habebat,
delighted in, Sall. C. 7:tanta libido cum Mario eundi plerosque invaserat,
id. J. 84; id. ib. 86:tanta libidine vulgi auditur,
Juv. 7, 85:rarus sermo illis, et magna libido tacendi,
id. 2, 14:urinae lacessit,
Gell. 19, 4: est lubido with inf. ( = libet, ante-class.):est lubido orationem audire,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 25; 4, 2, 23:est lubido homini suo animo opsequi,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 11; id. Men. 1, 1, 7; id. Ep. 2, 2, 56 al.—In partic.A.Unlawful or inordinate desire, passion, caprice, wilfulness, wantonness:B.ingenium est omnium hominum ab labore proclive ad libidinem,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:ad libidinem suam vexare aliquem,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 141: fortuna res cunctas ex lubidine magis, quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque, arbitrarily, according to pleasure or caprice, Sall. C. 8:quod positum est in alterius voluntate, ne dicam libidine,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 3:ad libidinem aliorum judicare,
id. Font. 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 6, 19:instruitur acies ad libidinem militum,
Liv. 25, 21.—Sensual desire, lust (the usual meaning in plur.):2.procreandi,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:libidinis ministri,
id. Lael. 10, 35:commiscendorum corporum mirae libidines,
id. N. D. 2, 51, 128:qui voluptatum libidine feruntur,
id. Tusc. 3, 2, 4:qui feruntur libidine,
id. ib. 3, 5, 11:libidine accendi,
Sall. C. 28:mala libido Lucretiae per vim stuprandae,
Liv. 1, 57; Suet. Aug. 69; id. Galb. 22; Col. 8, 11, 6:eadem summis pariter minimisque libido,
Juv. 6, 349:saltante libidine,
i. e. passion goading on, id. 6, 318.—Esp., of unnatural lust, Suet. Aug. 71; Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13. —Of unbridled indulgence:vinulentiam ac libidines, grata barbaris, usurpans,
Tac. A. 11, 16.—Hence,Transf. (abstr. pro concreto): libidines, voluptuous or obscene representations in painting and sculpture, Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31:in poculis libidines caelare juvit,
Plin. 33 praef. §4: pinxit et libidines,
id. 35, 10, 36, § 72. -
63 lubidinosus
lĭbīdĭnōsus ( lŭbīd-), a, um, adj. [libido], full of desire, passion, or lust, selfwilled, licentious, sensual, lustful, voluptuous, libidinous.I.Lit. (in a bad sense), Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. 491, 16 (Rep. 2, 41, 68 Mos.):II.homo libidinosissimus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:nihil (isto) luxuriosius, nihil libidinosius,
id. Pis. 27, 66:libidinosior es quam ullus spado,
Quint. 6, 3, 64:caper,
lecherous, Hor. Epod. 10, 23.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: libidinosissimae liberationes, arbitrary, self-willed, Cic. Pis. 36, 87:libidinosae voluptates,
id. Fin. 1, 18, 59:libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,
id. de Sen. 9, 29:fortuna varia et libidinosa,
Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 10:pretia,
extravagant, Col. 10 praef. §2: libidinosam liberalitatem debiti nomine colorare,
Val. Max. 8, 2, 2. —Of speech, licentious, wanton:eloquentia,
Quint. 5, 12, 20.—In a good sense, eager, longing for a thing (post-class.):libidinosus eloquentiae et gloriae,
Tert. Apol. 48; id. Virg. Vel. 13:suae sapientiae,
id. Res. Carn. 32.—Hence, adv.: lĭbīdĭ-nōsē, according to one's pleasure or caprice, wilfully, wantonly:quae ille libidinose, quae nefarie, quae crudeliter fecerit,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38:ne quid libidinose aut facias aut cogites,
id. Off. 1, 4, 14; id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:libidinose crudeliterque consulere in aliquem,
Liv. 3, 63.— Comp.:libidinosius saevire,
Tert. Monog. 16 fin. -
64 lutarius
I.Living in mud:II.testudines,
Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 32.—Living on mud:mullus,
Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 65. -
65 morbosus
morbōsus, a, um, adj. [morbus], sickly, ailing, diseased.I.In gen. (only anteand post-class.): morbosum hominem morbo aliquo affectum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 139 Müll.:II.servus,
Cato, R. R. 2:pecus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 21: equus, Labeo ap. Gell. 4, 2, 5; cf. ib. § 12.—In partic., diseased with lewdness, consumed by unnatural passion, Cat. 57, 6:morbosior omnibus cinaedis,
Auct. Priap. 47; sick with longing or desire:in aves,
Petr. 46. -
66 multivolus
multĭ-vŏlus, a, um, adj. [multusvolo], wishing or longing for many ( poet.):mulier,
Cat. 68, 128; Vulg. Eccl. 9, 3. -
67 orexis
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68 saliva
sălīva, ae, f. [kindr. with sialon], spittle, saliva (in gen., while sputum is that already spit out; equally used in sing. and plur.).I.Lit., sing., Cat. 23, 16; 78, 8; 99, 10; Juv. 6, 623; Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2; Plin. 27, 6, 24, § 41; 28, 12, 53, § 193:B.in manum ingerere,
id. 28, 4, 7, § 37 al. — Plur., Lucr. 4, 638; 4, 1108; Col. 6, 9, 3:unā salivā,
without interruption, Hier. ad Pam. 61, 4.—Transf., a spittle-like moisture, slime:II.cochlearum,
slime, Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 136; cf.ostrearum, id, 32, 6, 21, § 60: purpurarum,
id. 9, 36, 60, § 128:lacrimationum,
id. 11, 37, 54, § 147: siderum ( honey-dew), id. 11, 12, 12, § 30.—Trop., taste, flavor; longing, appetite ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose):Methymnaei Graia saliva meri,
Prop. 4 (5), 8, 38; cf.:suo cuique vino saliva,
Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 40:mercurialis,
for gain, Pers. 5, 112:turdarum,
id. 6, 24:Aetna tibi salivam movet,
makes your mouth water, Sen. Ep. 79, 7:quicquid (sc. vinum) ad salivam facit,
Petr. 48, 2. -
69 scabies
I.Lit.A.In gen. (very rare):B.ferri (with robigo),
Verg. G. 2, 220 (cf.:scabra robigo pilorum,
id. ib. 1, 495):mali,
Juv. 5, 153:vetusta cariosae testae,
filth, App. M. 9, p. 220, 11; cf. Vulg. Lev. 13, 6.—In partic., as a disease, the scab, manage, itch, Cels. 5, 28, 16; Lucil. ap. Non. 160, 21; Cato, R. R. 5, 7; Col. 6, 13, 1; 6, 31, 2; 7, 5, 5; Verg. G. 3, 441; Juv. 2, 80; 8, 34; Hor. A. P. 453 et saep.—Of plants, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 225; 19, 10, 57, § 176; 31, 3, 21, § 33.—Scabies, the itch, personified and worshipped as a divinity, acc. to Prud. Ham. 220.—II.Trop. (acc. to I. B.), an itching, longing, pruriency (very rare): cujus (voluptatis) blanditiis corrupti, quae naturā bona sunt, quia dulcedine hac et scabie carent, non cernunt satis, * Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; so,scabies et contagia lucri,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 14:nos hac a scabie (sc. rodendi, detrectandi) tenemus ungues,
Mart. 5, 60, 11; so of lust, id. 6, 37, 4; 11, 7, 6. -
70 semitalis
sēmĭtālis, e, adj. [semita], of or be longing to foot-paths or by-ways: dei, whose statues are placed in by-ways, enodioi, Verg. Cat. 8, 20. -
71 sessilis
sessĭlis, e, adj. [sedeo].I.Of or be longing to sitting, fit for sitting upon (only in the poets and in post-Aug. prose):II.tergum (equi),
Ov. M. 12, 401:obba,
i. e. with a broad foot, Pers. 5, 148; so,pira minimo pe diculo,
Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—Hence,Transf., of plants, low, dwarf:genus lactucae,
growing low, spreading, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 125; Mart. 3, 47, 8 (for which:sedens lactuca,
id. 10, 48, 9):folium (brassicae),
Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140:malvae,
Pall. Oct. 11, 3. -
72 suspiro
suspīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [subspiro].I.Neutr., to draw a deep breath, heave a sigh, to sigh (class.):II.occulte,
Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:familiariter,
id. ib. 1, 13, 1:suspirat ab imis Pectoribus,
Ov. M. 2, 655:dumque ibi suspirat,
id. ib. 1, 707:suspirat sacerdos,
Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 572:flebile,
id. in Eutr. 1, 269.— Poet.:puella in flavo hospite suspirans,
sighing after, longing for, Cat. 64, 98:solā suspirat in illā,
Ov. F. 1, 417; v. also infra, II.— Transf., of things:tellus atro exundante vapore Suspirans,
breathing out, Sil. 12, 136:relicto brevi foramine, quo aestuantia vina suspirent,
may exhale, evaporate, Pall. Oct. 14, 16: curae suspirantes, sighing, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 60 Vahl.).—With ne and subj., Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.—Act. ( poet.).A.To breathe out, exhale:B.umentes nebulas (Anauros),
Luc. 6, 370:inclusum pectore, Bacchum,
Sil. 4, 779; 12, 136. —To sigh for, long for:C.suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem,
Juv. 11, 152:amores,
Tib. 4, 5, 11:Chloen,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 10:lucra,
Prud. Cath. 2, 44.—To sigh out, exclaim with a sigh:grandis suspirat arator, incassum manuum cecidisse labores,
Lucr. 2, 1164.—With ne:matrona et adulta virgo Suspiret, eheu! ne, etc. ( = sollicita est, ne),
Hor. C. 3, 2, 9. -
73 triumphalia
trĭumphālis, e, adj. [triumpho], of or be longing to a triumph, triumphal:provincia,
i. e. the conquest of which entitled the general to a triumph, Cic. Pis. 19, 44:porta,
through which the triumphing general entered Rome, id. ib. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 100:pictā Veste triumphales senes,
Ov. F. 6, 364:currus,
a triumphal chariot, Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96:corona,
which the triumphant person wore, id. 22, 3, 4, § 6; cf.vestes,
id. 8, 48, 74, § 195:statua,
Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 1: ornamenta (usually consisting of a corona aurea, toga picta, tunica palmata, scipio eburneus, etc.; v. Liv. 10, 7, 9, and 30, 15, 11), Suet. Aug. 38; id. Claud. 24; id. Ner. 15.—Also absol.: trĭ-umphālĭa, the triumphal ornaments (and under the emperors also granted to a general without the ceremonies of a triumph), Tac. H. 4, 4; Vell. 2, 116:ornatus,
Suet. Calig. 52:habitus,
Quint. 11, 1, 3:in triumphali miscetur auro,
i. e. in the triumphal garments, Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127:cena,
id. 9, 55, 81, § 171 et saep.:vir,
who has had the honors of a triumph, Vell. 2, 6, 4; cf.senex,
Ov. F. 6, 364; and, more freq., absol.: trĭ-umphālis, is, m., one who has had the honors of a triumph, Suet. Caes. 4; id. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 30; 35; Quint. 11, 1, 36 al.:imagines,
i. e. of generals who had celebrated a triumph, Hor. Epod. 8, 12; cf.statua,
Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 1:fornix,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 12. -
74 triumphalis
trĭumphālis, e, adj. [triumpho], of or be longing to a triumph, triumphal:provincia,
i. e. the conquest of which entitled the general to a triumph, Cic. Pis. 19, 44:porta,
through which the triumphing general entered Rome, id. ib. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 100:pictā Veste triumphales senes,
Ov. F. 6, 364:currus,
a triumphal chariot, Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96:corona,
which the triumphant person wore, id. 22, 3, 4, § 6; cf.vestes,
id. 8, 48, 74, § 195:statua,
Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 1: ornamenta (usually consisting of a corona aurea, toga picta, tunica palmata, scipio eburneus, etc.; v. Liv. 10, 7, 9, and 30, 15, 11), Suet. Aug. 38; id. Claud. 24; id. Ner. 15.—Also absol.: trĭ-umphālĭa, the triumphal ornaments (and under the emperors also granted to a general without the ceremonies of a triumph), Tac. H. 4, 4; Vell. 2, 116:ornatus,
Suet. Calig. 52:habitus,
Quint. 11, 1, 3:in triumphali miscetur auro,
i. e. in the triumphal garments, Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127:cena,
id. 9, 55, 81, § 171 et saep.:vir,
who has had the honors of a triumph, Vell. 2, 6, 4; cf.senex,
Ov. F. 6, 364; and, more freq., absol.: trĭ-umphālis, is, m., one who has had the honors of a triumph, Suet. Caes. 4; id. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 30; 35; Quint. 11, 1, 36 al.:imagines,
i. e. of generals who had celebrated a triumph, Hor. Epod. 8, 12; cf.statua,
Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 1:fornix,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 12. -
75 virosus
1.vĭrōsus, a, um, adj. [vir], fond of men, longing after men: uxor, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 30; Afran. ib.; App. M. 9, p. 223 [p. 1997] med.: qui non modo vinosus, sed virosus quoque sit, Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 7, 12, 5.2.vīrōsus, a, um, adj. [virus].I.Full of or covered with slime, slimy:II.loci,
Cato, R. R. 257, 11:pisces,
Cels. 2, 21.— Sup.:medicamentum adversus stomachum,
Scrib. Comp. 103.—Having a bad odor, stinking, fetid:III.virosi odoris sordes,
Scrib. Comp. 163:castorea,
Verg. G. 1, 58: Nemes. Cyneg. 223:eluvies,
i. e. urine, Grat. Cyn. 355.—Poisonous.A.Lit.:B.spinae,
App. M. 7, p. 196; Mart. Cap. 4, § 332. — -
76 votum
vōtum, i, n. [voveo].A.(Acc. to voveo, I.) A solemn promise made to some deity, a vow (freq. and class.; esp. in plur.):2.qui (deus) numquam nobis occurrit neque in optatis neque in votis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36:nefaria vota,
id. Clu. 68, 194:nonne animadvertis ex tot tabulis pictis, quam multi votis vim tempestatis effugerint?
id. N. D. 3, 37, 89:voto et promisso teneri,
id. Att. 12, 18, 1:obstrictum esse religione voti,
id. ib. 12, 43, 2:obligari voti sponsione deo,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 41:cum de illo aegroto vota faciebant,
id. Att. 8, 16, 1:vota facere,
id. Fam. 7, 2, 4; id. Mil. 15, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 2 al.:nuncupare,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:suscipere,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:concipere,
Ov. M. 7, 594; Liv. 5, 25, 7:debere diis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 123:solvere,
id. Phil. 3, 4, 11:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 9, 22:Jovi reddere,
Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 46:suscipere et solvere,
Plin. Ep. 10, 35 (44):persolvere,
id. ib. 10, 100 (101):voto se exsolvere,
Petr. 85:exsequi,
Verg. A. 5, 53: voti damnari, i. e. to obtain one's prayer or wish [p. 2015] Liv. 5, 25, 4; 7, 28, 4; 27, 45, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 447 fin.:voti reus,
Verg. A. 5, 237:voti liberari,
Liv. 5, 28, 1.—Transf.a.A thing solemnly promised, that which is vowed or devoted, a volive offering (mostly poet.):b.lustramurque Jovi, votisque incendimus aras,
with burnt-offerings, Verg. A. 3, 279:Danai in voto (i. e. equo Trojano) latent,
Petr. 89; cf.:iste... de bonis illius in aede Veneris argenteum Cupidinem posuit. Sic etiam fortunis hominum abutebatur ad nocturna vota cupiditatum suarum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142.—Vota, a day on which vows were made for the good of the State (post-class.), Capitol. Pert. 6; Vop. Tac. 9; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 233, § 1.—B.Transf.1.(Acc. to voveo, II.) A wish, desire, longing, prayer (perh not ante-Aug.):2.ea esse vota, eam esse voluntatem omnium, ut, etc.,
Liv. 2, 15, 3:ejus me compotem voti facere vos potestis,
id. 7, 40, 6:quoniam res Romana contra spem votaque ejus velut resurgeret,
id. 24, 45, 3; 35, 42, 5:quod omnibus votis petendum erat,
id. 32, 21, 35:magnarum cogitationum,
Petr. 115:audivere di mea vota,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 1:haec loca sunt voto fertiliora tuo,
Ov. A. A. 1, 90; id. Tr. 1, 2, 1:votum in amante novum,
id. M. 3, 468:voti potens,
id. ib. 8, 80:quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 82:vota parentium,
id. 1, 2, 25: id enim voto meo sufficit;illud supra votum, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 3:Darius votum meum implevit,
Curt. 4, 13, 24; 4, 13, 8; Sen. Polyb. 10, 6:cunctis super vota fluentibus,
Tac. H. 3, 48; Sen. Ben. 6, 30, 1:votum aliquem confodiendi,
Suet. Aug. 51; cf. id. ib. 58:hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 1:esse in voto,
Pers. 3, 48; cf.:sed hoc votum est et rara felicitas,
is rather a thing to be wished, Quint. 12, 5, 6 Spald.; so, votum est, ut, etc., it is to be wished that, etc., Cels. 6, 6, 1:an venit in votum Attalicis ex urbibus una?
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 5:non sine votis: O rus, quando ego te aspiciam?
id. S. 2, 6, 59. —Of inanimate things:alioquin vota arborum frugumque communia sunt nivis diutinas sedere,
Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—A marriage vow, matrimonial engagement, marriage (post-class.):ad tertia vota migrare,
Cod. Just. 5, 9, 4; 5, 5, 24; 5, 1, 2:nuptualia,
App. M. 4, p. 154, 18; id. Flor. p. 342, 27.
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