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1 luctāns
luctāns antis, adj. [P. of luctor], struggling, reluctant: luctantia oscula carpere, O. -
2 luctans
luctans, antis, P. a., v. luctor fin. -
3 luctans
Anima luctans. Virgil. S'efforceant de sortir hors du corps. -
4 luctor
luctor, ātus sum, ārī (zu Wz. lug, biegen, griech. λυγίζω, biege), ringen, als Ringer-, im Ringkampf kämpfen, I) eig.: exerceri plurimum currendo et luctando, Nep.: fulvā arenā, Verg.: Olympiis, Cic. – cum mortuis non nisi larvas luctari, Planc. bei Plin.: adversis cornibus inter se, von Böckchen, Verg. – beim Beischlaf, luctari cum alqo, Prop. 2, 1, 13 u. 2, 15, 5. – II) übtr.: A) ringen = physisch gegen Widerstand od. Schwierigkeiten ankämpfen, kämpfen, sich abmühen, seine Not haben, a) übh.: cum difficultate locorum, Vell.: bene cum morbo, Sen.: cum agro, Plin.: cum vitiis, Sen.: in arido solo, Liv.: in turba, Hor. – m. Abl., Africus luctatur fluctibus, Hor.: tristia robustis luctantur funera plaustris, Hor. – m. Dat., hiemi, Stat.: morti (v. Körper), Stat. – m. folg. Infin., telum eripere, Verg.: remoliri pondera terrae, Ov.: compescere risum, Ov. her. 15 (16), 12: lingua luctans loqui, Ov.: dum (spiritus) luctatur per obstantia atque intercisa vadere, Sen. nat. qu. 2, 17. – b) widerstreben, sich widersetzen, oscula mihi luctanti abstulit, Ov.: nec vetitis luctatus, Sil.: luctante amnis violentiā, Amm.: luctans glacies, Sil.: luctantia oscula, Ov.: luctantia lumina, Sil. – B) ringen = geistig od. moralisch gegen Widerstand (Widerspruch) ankämpfen, kämpfen, cum alqo luctari et congredi (v. Redner), Cic.: cum vitiis, Sen.: diu, quarum esset partium, secum luctatus, Vell.: u. so diu luctata, nach langem Ringen mit sich, Ov. – m. Infin., qui luctatur animarum ingenitas corrigere pravitates, Arnob. 2, 50. – / Infin. luctarier, Prud. perist. 10, 651. – Aktive Nbf. lucto, āvī, āre, Enn. ann. 300. Plaut. fr. bei Non. 468, 32. Ter. Hec. 829. Varro LL. 5, 61. Vgl. Prisc. 8, 25.
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5 luctor
luctor, ātus sum, ārī (zu Wz. lug, biegen, griech. λυγίζω, biege), ringen, als Ringer-, im Ringkampf kämpfen, I) eig.: exerceri plurimum currendo et luctando, Nep.: fulvā arenā, Verg.: Olympiis, Cic. – cum mortuis non nisi larvas luctari, Planc. bei Plin.: adversis cornibus inter se, von Böckchen, Verg. – beim Beischlaf, luctari cum alqo, Prop. 2, 1, 13 u. 2, 15, 5. – II) übtr.: A) ringen = physisch gegen Widerstand od. Schwierigkeiten ankämpfen, kämpfen, sich abmühen, seine Not haben, a) übh.: cum difficultate locorum, Vell.: bene cum morbo, Sen.: cum agro, Plin.: cum vitiis, Sen.: in arido solo, Liv.: in turba, Hor. – m. Abl., Africus luctatur fluctibus, Hor.: tristia robustis luctantur funera plaustris, Hor. – m. Dat., hiemi, Stat.: morti (v. Körper), Stat. – m. folg. Infin., telum eripere, Verg.: remoliri pondera terrae, Ov.: compescere risum, Ov. her. 15 (16), 12: lingua luctans loqui, Ov.: dum (spiritus) luctatur per obstantia atque intercisa vadere, Sen. nat. qu. 2, 17. – b) widerstreben, sich widersetzen, oscula mihi luctanti abstulit, Ov.: nec vetitis luctatus, Sil.: luctante amnis violentiā, Amm.: luctans glacies, Sil.: luctantia oscula, Ov.: luctantia lumina, Sil. – B) ringen = geistig od. moralisch gegen Widerstand (Widerspruch) ankämpfen, kämpfen, cum alqo luctari et congredi (v. Redner), Cic.: cum vitiis, Sen.: diu, quarum esset par-————tium, secum luctatus, Vell.: u. so diu luctata, nach langem Ringen mit sich, Ov. – m. Infin., qui luctatur animarum ingenitas corrigere pravitates, Arnob. 2, 50. – ⇒ Infin. luctarier, Prud. perist. 10, 651. – Aktive Nbf. lucto, āvī, āre, Enn. ann. 300. Plaut. fr. bei Non. 468, 32. Ter. Hec. 829. Varro LL. 5, 61. Vgl. Prisc. 8, 25. -
6 vanus
vānus, a, um (vgl. altind. ūná-h, unzureichend), leer, nichts in sich enthaltend, taub, I) eig.: arista, Verg.: granum, Colum.: magnitudo urbis, Liv.: venti, körperlose, nichtige, Catull.: imago, leeres Bild, d.i. der Schatten eines Toten, Hor.: somnia, leere Träume, Verg.: vanior acies hostium, Liv. – II) übtr., dem Inhalte od. dem Erfolge, der Wirkung nach leer, gehaltlos, eitel = unbedeutend, nichtig, lügenhaft, grundlos, erfolglos, fruchtlos, vergeblich, A) v. Lebl.: 1) adi.: res, Liv.: sermo, Liv.: vanissimus strepitus verborum, Petron. – oratio, Cic.: spes, Ov.: gaudia, Hor.: metus, Hor.: omen, Ov.: vana quaedam pollicebatur, Cic.: nec vana fides, und es ist wahr, Verg.: haud vana, Liv. – v. Geschossen, ictus, Liv.: vana tela mittere, Liv. – vanum est m. Acc. u. Infin., vanum arbitror esse circa canis ortum angues candidos membranam eam exuere, Plin. 30, 25. – m. Genet., leer an usw., profana philosophiae turba vana sanctitudinis, priva verae rationis, Apul. de deo Socr. 3 in. – 2) neutr. subst. = das Leere, Eitle, Vergebliche, haustum ex vano, aus einer falschen Quelle geschöpft, Liv.: nec tota ex vano criminatio erat, ohne Grund, Liv.: ad vanum et irritum redacta victoria, ist vernichtet, Liv.: ut tela in vanum cadant, Sen.: cedit in vanum labor, ist vergeblich, Sen.: alioquin abibunt in vanum monentium verba, sind in den Wind gesprochen, Sen. – poet., vana tumens, mit leerem Scheine, aufgeblasen (von Einbildung), Verg. Aen. 11, 854: vana luctans, Sil. 17, 313. – m. Genet., vana rerum, Hor.: vana rumoris, Tac. – B) v. Pers.: 1) v. dem, dessen Handlungen ohne Erfolg sind, ne vanus isdem castris assideret, vergeblich, Tac. hist. 2, 22. – u. so poet. m. Genet., aut ego veri vana feror, Verg. Aen. 10, 631: vanus voti, Sil. 12, 261. – 2) insbes., im moralischen Sinne, lügenhaft, windbeutelig, wankelmütig, eitel, prahlerisch, windig, abenteuerlich, haruspex, Cic.: ingenium, Liv. u. (v. der Pers. selbst) Sall.: quam vana et mutabilia barbarorum ingenia essent, Liv.: vanus aemulatione, töricht aus Eifersucht, Tac.: vanum se esse et perfidiosum fateri, Cic.: laudare se vani est, Val. Max.: vanus auctor est, der Gewährsmann verdient keinen Glauben, Liv.: inde vanus auctor absumpti Masinissae ad regem rediit, mit dem falschen Berichte, M. sei umgekommen, Liv.: Cn. Lentulus perincertum stolidior an vanior, Sall. fr.: vanissimi cuiusque ludibrium, jedes Abenteurers, Betrügers, Curt.
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7 vanus
vānus, a, um (vgl. altind. ūná-h, unzureichend), leer, nichts in sich enthaltend, taub, I) eig.: arista, Verg.: granum, Colum.: magnitudo urbis, Liv.: venti, körperlose, nichtige, Catull.: imago, leeres Bild, d.i. der Schatten eines Toten, Hor.: somnia, leere Träume, Verg.: vanior acies hostium, Liv. – II) übtr., dem Inhalte od. dem Erfolge, der Wirkung nach leer, gehaltlos, eitel = unbedeutend, nichtig, lügenhaft, grundlos, erfolglos, fruchtlos, vergeblich, A) v. Lebl.: 1) adi.: res, Liv.: sermo, Liv.: vanissimus strepitus verborum, Petron. – oratio, Cic.: spes, Ov.: gaudia, Hor.: metus, Hor.: omen, Ov.: vana quaedam pollicebatur, Cic.: nec vana fides, und es ist wahr, Verg.: haud vana, Liv. – v. Geschossen, ictus, Liv.: vana tela mittere, Liv. – vanum est m. Acc. u. Infin., vanum arbitror esse circa canis ortum angues candidos membranam eam exuere, Plin. 30, 25. – m. Genet., leer an usw., profana philosophiae turba vana sanctitudinis, priva verae rationis, Apul. de deo Socr. 3 in. – 2) neutr. subst. = das Leere, Eitle, Vergebliche, haustum ex vano, aus einer falschen Quelle geschöpft, Liv.: nec tota ex vano criminatio erat, ohne Grund, Liv.: ad vanum et irritum redacta victoria, ist vernichtet, Liv.: ut tela in vanum cadant, Sen.: cedit in vanum labor, ist vergeblich, Sen.: alioquin abibunt in vanum monentium verba, sind in den Wind ge-————sprochen, Sen. – poet., vana tumens, mit leerem Scheine, aufgeblasen (von Einbildung), Verg. Aen. 11, 854: vana luctans, Sil. 17, 313. – m. Genet., vana rerum, Hor.: vana rumoris, Tac. – B) v. Pers.: 1) v. dem, dessen Handlungen ohne Erfolg sind, ne vanus isdem castris assideret, vergeblich, Tac. hist. 2, 22. – u. so poet. m. Genet., aut ego veri vana feror, Verg. Aen. 10, 631: vanus voti, Sil. 12, 261. – 2) insbes., im moralischen Sinne, lügenhaft, windbeutelig, wankelmütig, eitel, prahlerisch, windig, abenteuerlich, haruspex, Cic.: ingenium, Liv. u. (v. der Pers. selbst) Sall.: quam vana et mutabilia barbarorum ingenia essent, Liv.: vanus aemulatione, töricht aus Eifersucht, Tac.: vanum se esse et perfidiosum fateri, Cic.: laudare se vani est, Val. Max.: vanus auctor est, der Gewährsmann verdient keinen Glauben, Liv.: inde vanus auctor absumpti Masinissae ad regem rediit, mit dem falschen Berichte, M. sei umgekommen, Liv.: Cn. Lentulus perincertum stolidior an vanior, Sall. fr.: vanissimi cuiusque ludibrium, jedes Abenteurers, Betrügers, Curt. -
8 fluctus
fluctus ūs, m [FLV-], a flood, flow, tide, wave, billow, surge: maximi: sese fluctibus committere. puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum accommodatae, Cs.: Luctans fluctibus Africus, H.: mulcere fluctūs, V.: revomere salsos fluctūs pectore, V.: qui (fons) fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, etc.: Fluctus ut volutus Ad terras sonat, V.: ad fluctum declamare, to the waves.—Prov.: excitare fluctūs in simpulo, a tempest in a tea-pot.—Fig., turbulence, commotion, disturbance: in hac tempestate populi iactemur et fluctibus: rerum Fluctibus in mediis, H.: fluctūs civiles, N.: irarum fluctūs, V.* * *wave; disorder; flood, flow, tide, billow, surge; turbulence, commotion -
9 vadum
vadum ī, n [BA-], a shallow place, shallow, shoal, ford: Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur, Cs.: vadum fluminis temptare, si transire possent, Cs.: vado superari amnis non poterat, L.: in scopulo luctans brevibusque vadis, L.: Nessus, scitus vadorum, O.: (aquae) vada nota secantes, i. e. the river bed, O.: Cera vadum tentet, rasis infusa tabellis, try the ford, i. e. make a first attempt, O.— Plur, a shallow crossing, ford: vadis repertis partem copiarum transducere, Cs.—A body of water, sea, stream (poet.): longā sulcant vada salsa carinā, V.: Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada, H.—The depths, bottom (poet.): saxa Vadis levata, H.: Sedit limoso pressa carina vado, O.—Prov.: omnis res est iam in vado, touches bottom, i. e. is safe, T.* * *shallow place, stream; ford, shoal; channel -
10 Africa
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
11 Africanae
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
12 Africanus
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
13 Africus
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
14 Africus ventus
Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].I.In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:II.Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,
Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,1.Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:A.bellum Africanum,
the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:rumores,
of the African war, id. ib.:causa,
id. Fam. 6, 13:possessiones,
in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:gallina,
a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —B.Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—2.Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:bella,
Sil. 17, 11:Vicus,
a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:creberque procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 86:praeceps,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:luctans,
id. ib. 1, 1, 15:pestilens,
id. ib. 3, 23, 5:protervus,
id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris. -
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luctor, ātus, 1 ( part. gen. plur. luctantūm, Prop. 4 (5), 22, 9; act. collat. form: viri validis viribus luctant, Enn. ap. Non. 472, 8: plurimum luctavimus, Plaut. ap. Non. 468, 32; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, § 61 Müll.:I.dum luctat,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 31), v. dep. [lucta, q. v.], to wrestle.Lit.:B.ibi cursu luctando disco hasta... sese exercebant (juventus),
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24:luctabitur Olympiis Milo,
Cic. Fat. 13:fulvā luctantur harenā,
Verg. A. 6, 643:luctabatur adsidue,
Suet. Ner. 53:paucae (feminae) luctantur,
Juv. 2, 53:umeris, ut luctaturi solent, ad occipitium ductis,
Quint. 11, 3, 160.—Transf, to wrestle, struggle, strive, contend.a.Of living creatures:(β).in pestilenti atque arido solo luctari,
Liv. 7, 38, 7:boves luctari,
Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177:luctandum in turbā,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 28:inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi,
Verg. G. 2, 526:non luctor de nomine hujus temporis,
Ov. F. 6, 69.—With inf. ( poet.):b.et infracta luctatur harundine telum Eripere,
Verg. A. 12, 387:deducere versum,
Ov. P. 1, 5, 13:compescere risum,
id. H. 17, 161; id. M. 15, 300.—Of inanimate things:2.et in lento luctantur marmore tonsae,
Verg. A, 7, 28:tristia robustis luctantur funera plaustris,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 147:luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum,
Hor. C. 1, 1, 15; cf.:luctantes venti,
Verg. A. 1, 53.—In partic., in mal. part.:II.cum aliquo,
Prop. 2, 1, 13.—Trop., of mental or moral strife, to struggle, strive, contend:(β).non luctabor tecum amplius,
Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74:cum aliquo luctari,
id. Sull. 16, 47:Plancus diu, quarum esset partium secum luctatus,
Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 28:cum latentibus nodis,
Curt. 3, 1, 18:cum ardore et siccitate regionis,
id. 4, 7, 7.—With dat. ( poet.):(γ).luctataeque diu tenebris hiemique sibique,
Stat. Th. 11, 522:crudo pelago,
Sil. 14, 453:morti,
id. 10, 296.—With abl.:B.ignis viridi luctetur robore,
Luc. 3, 503; Vell. 2, 86, 2.—Hence, luctans, antis, P. a., struggling, reluctant:luctantia oscula carpere,
Ov. M. 4, 358:composuit luctantia lumina somnus,
Sil. 7, 204.—In partic., as subst., of cross-beams, rafters, because they oppose and uphold each other like wrestlers, Isid. Orig. 19, 19.
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