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141 autumnus
1.auctumnus (correctly aut-), i, m. ( autumnum, i, n., Varr.ap.Non.p.71, 20). [This word was anciently referred to augeo, as the season of increase, as by Paul. ex Fest. p. 23, 11 Müll.; so Curtius. But Corssen and others, in view of its correct form, autumnus, refer it to the Sanscr. av, to do good to, to satisfy one's self; cf. the Gr. enênês (i.e. enêWês), good, kindly, and 2.aveo, to be well.] The season of abundance, the autumn.I.Lit. (from the 22d of September to the 22d of December;* II.acc. to the designation of the ancients, from the entering of the sun into Libra until the setting of the Pleiades, comprising 91 days,
Varr. R. R. 1, 28):quae temporis quasi naturam notant, hiems, ver, aestas, autumnus,
Cic. Part. Or. 11:Vites autumno fundi suadente videmus,
Lucr. 1, 175:Inde autumnus adit,
id. 5, 743:pomifer,
Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:varius purpureo colore,
id. ib. 2, 5, 11:sordidus calcatis uvis,
Ov. M. 2, 29: letifer, sickly (on account of the diseases that prevail in autumn), Juv. 4, 56:sub autumno,
Ov. A. A. 2, 315:autumno adulto,
about the middle of autumn, Tac. A. 11, 31:vergente,
drawing to a close, id. ib. 11, 4:flexus autumni,
id. H. 5, 23 al. —In plur.:Frustra per autumnos nocentem Corporibus metuemus Austrum,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 15; Ov. M. 1, 117; 3, 327.—Meton., the produce of the autumn, the harvest:2.et multa fragrat testa senibus autumnis, i. e. vino vetere,
Mart. 3, 58, 7.auctumnus (correctly aut-), a, um, adj. [1. auctumnus], autumnal ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):imber,
Cato, R. R. 58:autumno frigore,
Ov. M. 3, 729 (Merk., autumni frigore):sidera,
Manil. 2, 269:tempus,
id. 2, 425:pruinae,
Aus. Idyll. 8, 10;Cod. Th. 2, 8, 2: aequinoctium,
Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 108:tempestas,
Gell. 19, 7, 2.
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