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bĭbŭlus, a, um, adj. [1. bibo].

Lit., drinking readily, freely ( poet. or in postAug. prose):

bibulus Falerni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 34:

potores,

id. ib. 1, 18, 91.—More freq.,

Transf., of inanim. things, that sucks in or absorbs moisture:

harena,

sand that imbibes, drinks up moisture, Lucr. 2, 376; Verg. G. 1, 114; Ov. M. 13, 901:

lapis,

a stone that absorbs moisture, Verg. G. 2, 348 (qui harenarius vocatur, Serv.); Col. 3, 15, 4:

litus,

Ov. H. 16 (17), 139:

favilla,

Verg. A. 6, 227:

radix,

Ov. M. 14, 632:

talaria,

moistened, id. ib. 4, 730:

medulla,

id. ib. 4, 744:

ollae bibulae aut male coctae,

Col. 12, 45, 3:

papyrus,

growing in moist places, Luc. 4, 136:

charta,

blotting-paper, Plin. Ep. 8, 15, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 6, 10, 1:

taenia papyri,

Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81:

nubes,

Ov. M. 14, 368 (cf. 1. bibo, B. 1.): lanae, absorbing or taking color, id. ib. 6, 9 (v. poto).—

Trop., of hearing (cf. 1. bibo, II.):

aures,

ready to hear, listening, Pers. 4, 50.

Bĭbŭlus, i, m., a proper name.

L. Publicius Bibulus, a military tribune in the time of the second Punic war, Liv. 22, 53, 2.—

M. (in Appian. Civ. 2, 8, Aeukios) Calpurnius Bibulus, a contemporary of Cœsar, consul with him A.U.C. 695, Suet. Caes. 19; 20; 49; cf. Cic. Vatin. 9, 21; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; id. Att. 1, 17, 11; 2, 14, 1; 2, 19, 2; 6, 1, 13; 6, 8, 5.—

C. Bibulus, an œdile A.U.C. 775, Tac. A. 3, 52.

bĭbŭlus, a, um, adj. [1. bibo].

Lit., drinking readily, freely ( poet. or in postAug. prose):

bibulus Falerni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 34:

potores,

id. ib. 1, 18, 91.—More freq.,

Transf., of inanim. things, that sucks in or absorbs moisture:

harena,

sand that imbibes, drinks up moisture, Lucr. 2, 376; Verg. G. 1, 114; Ov. M. 13, 901:

lapis,

a stone that absorbs moisture, Verg. G. 2, 348 (qui harenarius vocatur, Serv.); Col. 3, 15, 4:

litus,

Ov. H. 16 (17), 139:

favilla,

Verg. A. 6, 227:

radix,

Ov. M. 14, 632:

talaria,

moistened, id. ib. 4, 730:

medulla,

id. ib. 4, 744:

ollae bibulae aut male coctae,

Col. 12, 45, 3:

papyrus,

growing in moist places, Luc. 4, 136:

charta,

blotting-paper, Plin. Ep. 8, 15, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 6, 10, 1:

taenia papyri,

Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81:

nubes,

Ov. M. 14, 368 (cf. 1. bibo, B. 1.): lanae, absorbing or taking color, id. ib. 6, 9 (v. poto).—

Trop., of hearing (cf. 1. bibo, II.):

aures,

ready to hear, listening, Pers. 4, 50.

Bĭbŭlus, i, m., a proper name.

L. Publicius Bibulus, a military tribune in the time of the second Punic war, Liv. 22, 53, 2.—

M. (in Appian. Civ. 2, 8, Aeukios) Calpurnius Bibulus, a contemporary of Cœsar, consul with him A.U.C. 695, Suet. Caes. 19; 20; 49; cf. Cic. Vatin. 9, 21; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; id. Att. 1, 17, 11; 2, 14, 1; 2, 19, 2; 6, 1, 13; 6, 8, 5.—

C. Bibulus, an œdile A.U.C. 775, Tac. A. 3, 52.

lā̆crĭma (archaic lacrŭma, not lacryma, lachryma; old form dacrĭma, freq. in Livius Andronicus, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.; v. the letter D), ae, f. [dacru-ma, kindred with Gr. dakru; Sanscr. asru for dasru; Goth. tah-ja; Engl. tear; Germ. Zaehre; cf. the Sanscr. root dans and Gr. dak-nô, to bite], a tear.

Lit.: meae in quem lacrumae guttatim cadunt, Enn. ap. Non. 116, 1 (Trag. v. 238 Vahl.):

miserae,

id. ib. (Trag. v. 168 id.):

lacrimas effundere,

Lucr. 1, 125:

cito arescit lacrima, praesertim in alienis malis,

Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57:

lacrimas dare ignoto,

to shed a tear, to weep for, Ov. M. 11, 720:

lacrumas mi haec, quom video, eliciunt, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13:

ut mi excivisti lacrumas,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 113:

homini lacrumae cadunt quasi puero gaudio,

tears fall from his eyes for joy, he sheds tears of joy, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20:

lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes,

her brilliant eyes moistened with tears, Verg. A. 1, 228:

neque prae lacrimis jam loqui possum,

cannot speak for tears, Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf. id. Planc. 41, 99:

lacrimas non tenere,

not withhold tears, not restrain them, id. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

tradere se lacrimis et tristitiae,

id. Fam. 5, 14:

lacrimis confici,

id. ib. 14, 4:

multis cum lacrimis obsecrare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

manantibus prae gaudio lacrimis,

shedding tears of joy, Curt. 7, 8, 5:

lacrimis semper paratis,

Juv. 6, 273:

lacrumae confictae dolis,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 26:

diu cohibitae lacrimae prorumpunt,

tears long restrained break forth, Plin. Ep. 3, 16:

fatiscere in lacrimas,

to dissolve in tears, Val. Fl. 3, 395:

lacrumis opplet os totum sibi,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 65:

lacrimas effundere,

to shed, Lucr. 1, 126; Cic. Planc. 42, 101:

profundere,

id. Font. 17, 38:

fundere,

Vulg. Jud. 14, 16:

mittere,

to let flow, Sen. Ep. 76, 20;

but lacrimas mitte,

away with tears, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 27:

lacrimae siccentur protinus,

Juv. 16, 27:

dare,

Verg. A. 4, 370:

ciere,

to cause to flow, id. ib. 6, 468:

movere,

Quint. 4, 2, 77:

commovere,

Curt. 5, 5, 7:

cohibere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5:

per lacrimas effundere bilem,

Juv. 5, 159:

ciere,

Verg. A. 6, 468:

lacrumas excussit mihi,

forced from me, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115:

quis talia fando temperet a lacrimis,

Verg. A. 2, 6:

abstersis lacrimis,

Curt. 5, 5, 8:

absterget Deus omnem lacrymam ab oculis,

Vulg. Apoc. 7, 17.—Prov.:

hinc illae lacrumae,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 99; imitated by Cic. Cael. 25, 61, and Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 41; cf.:

inde irae et lacrimae,

Juv. 1, 168.—

Transf., a tear or gum-drop which exudes from plants:

narcissi,

Verg. G. 4, 160:

arborum,

Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14; 21, 5, 11, § 24;

vitium,

id. 23 praef. 3, § 3; Col. 10, 103.

mădĕo, ŭi, ēre, v. n. [Gr. madaô, to drip; cf. Sanscr. mad-, to be merry; Gr. mastos and mestos], to be wet or moist, to drip or flow with any thing (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

natabant pavimenta vino, madebant parietes,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

Persae unguento madent,

Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 3:

plurima fuso Sanguine terra madet,

Verg. A. 12, 690:

vere madent udo terrae,

id. G. 3, 429:

radix suco madet,

Plin. 22, 12, 14, § 29:

lacrimis madent genae,

are moistened, bedewed, Ov. A. A. 3, 378:

cruore maduit,

id. M. 13, 389:

nec umquam sanguine causidici maduerunt rostra pusilli,

Juv. 10, 121: metu, to sweat or melt with fear, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 48.—

In partic.

To be drenched with wine, to be drunk, intoxicated:

membra vino madent,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 2:

ecquid tibi videor madere?

id. Most. 1, 4, 7:

madide madere,

id. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

festā luce madere,

Tib. 2, 1, 29. — Poet.:

tardescit lingua, madet mens, Nant oculi (of a drunken man),

his senses fail, Lucr. 3, 479.—

To be softened by boiling, to be boiled, sodden (mostly in Plaut. and Verg.):

jam ergo haec madebunt, faxo,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 51:

collyrae facite ut madeant et colyphia,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 12:

ut, quamvis igni exiguo, properata maderent,

Verg. G. 1, 196:

comedam, inquit, flebile nati sinciput Pharioque madentis aceto,

Juv. 13, 85; cf.: commadeo, madesco.—

Transf., to be full of, to overflow with, to abound in any thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

madeant generoso pocula Baccho,

be filled up to the brim, Tib. 3, 6, 5:

madent fercula deliciis,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

Caecubae vites in Pomptinis paludibus madent,

Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 31:

arte madent simulacra,

Lucr. 4, 792:

quamquam Socraticis madet Sermonibus,

is full of, familiar with, Hor. C. 3, 21, 9; cf.:

cujus Cecropia pectora voce madent,

i. e. perfectly versed in the Greek language, Mart. 7, 69, 2. —Hence, mădens, entis, P. a.

Lit., wet, moist.

In gen.:

madentes spongiae,

Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 149: campi, wet, marshy (corresp. to paludes), Tac. H. 5, 17:

vestis madens sanguine,

dripping, Quint. 6, 1, 31:

nix sole madens,

i. e. melting, Ov. H. 13, 52:

umor sudoris per collum,

flowing, Lucr. 6, 1187:

crinis,

flowing, abundant, Verg. A. 4, 216:

Auster,

i. e. rainy, Sen. Herc. Oet. 71; so,

bruma,

Mart. 10, 5, 6:

deus,

i. e. Neptune, Stat. S. 4, 8, 8:

Lamiarum caede,

reeking with, Juv. 4, 154.—

In partic., drunk, intoxicated:

mersus vino et madens,

Sen. Ep. 83; so absol.:

distentus ac madens,

Suet. Claud. 33; cf.:

ille meri veteris per crura madentia torrens,

Juv. 6, 319.—

Transf., full, filled, imbued with something: jure madens, full of, i. e. skilled in law, Mart. 7, 51, 5:

intercutibus ipsi vitiis madentes,

full of, Gell. 13, 8 fin.:

cui felle nullo, melle multo mens madens,

Aus. Prof. 15.

mădĭdus, a, um, adj. [madeo], moist, wet, soaked, drenched (rare until after the Aug. per.).

Lit.

In gen.: fasciculus epistolarum aquā madidus, * Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 4:

spiritus,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79:

madidi myrrhā capilli,

Ov. M. 5, 53:

madidis Notus evolat alis,

id. ib. 1, 264; cf. Luc. 1, 219 Cort.:

genae,

i. e. bedewed with tears, Ov. A. A. 1, 660:

comae,

moistened with unguents, id. H. 14, 30:

fossae,

wet, abounding in water, id. Tr. 5, 6, 37:

palus,

id. A. A. 1, 554:

lacus,

Mart. 4, 44, 2:

Juppiter,

i. e. Pluvius, id. 7, 36, 1:

ver,

rainy, Juv. 9, 51. —

With gen.:

rosas madidas divini roris et nectaris video,

App. M. 4, p. 143.—

In partic.

Dyed:

vestis cocco madida, vel murice tincta,

Mart. 5, 23, 5. —

Drunk, intoxicated:

madidus vino,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 36:

faciam ut sit madidus sobrius,

id. Am. 3, 4, 18:

cum peteret matellam madidus,

Mart. 6, 89, 2; 9, 23, 11:

illum madidum, nihili incontinentem, etc.,

a drunkard, sot, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 9:

molli luxu madefacta meroque,

Sil. 12, 18:

dies,

i. e. spent in drinking, Mart. 14, 1, 9:

Tarentum,

full of drunkenness, Juv. 6, 297. —

Transf., soft, boiled soft, sodden, soaked:

madidiora lenticula,

Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38:

madida quae mihi apposita in mensam,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29; id. Pers. 1, 3, 14:

cicer,

Mart. 1, 42, 6; 10, 48, 12:

siliginis offas accipere et madidae,

Juv. 6, 473:

tabe jecur madidum,

putrid, corrupt, Luc. 1, 621.—

Trop.

Soft, weak: madida memoria, Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 699 P. (Com. Rel. v. 31 Rib.).—

Full of, filled with any thing:

Minervae artibus,

Mart. 1, 40, 3:

madidi jocis libelli,

id. 4, 14, 12.— Hence, * adv.: mădĭdē, moistly:

non vides me uti madide madeam?

how thoroughly soaked, drunk, I am, Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7.

rōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [ros], to let fall, drop, or distil dew (syn. stillo).

Lit.

Neutr.: (Aurora) toto rorat in [p. 1600] orbe, Ov. M. 13, 622:

cum rorare Tithonia conjux Coeperit,

id. F. 3, 403:

rorate, caeli,

Vulg. Isa. 45, 8. — More usually impers., dew falls, it drizzles, it sprinkles:

ante rorat quam pluit,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 58; Col. 11, 2, 45; 76; Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74; Suet. Aug. 92. —

Act.:

tellus rorata mane pruinā,

moistened, besprinkled, Ov. F. 3, 357.—

Transf., to drop, trickle, drip, distil.

Neutr.:

lacrimis spargunt rorantibus ora genasque,

with trickling, flowing, Lucr. 2, 977 (cf. infra, b.): rorant pennaeque sinusque, drip or shed moisture, Ov. M. 1, 267:

comae,

id. ib. 5, 488:

ora dei madidā barbā,

id. ib. 1, 339; cf. id. ib. 3, 683; 177;

14, 786: sanguine vepres,

Verg. A. 8, 645; 11, 8:

lacte capellae,

id. Cul. 75:

ora,

Luc. 2, 123:

hostili cruore arma,

Quint. Decl. 4, 8.—

Act., to bedew, to moisten, wet:

circumstant, lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

Lucr. 3, 469:

saxa cruore,

Sil. 10, 263. —

And with the liquid as an object: quam caelum intrare parantem Roratis lustravit aquis Iris,

with sprinkled waters, Ov. M. 4, 479; id. F. 4, 728:

si roraverit quantulum cumque imbrem,

Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74.— Absol.: pocula rorantia, which yielded the wine drop by drop (a transl. of the Gr. epipsekazein), * Cic. Sen. 14, 46: rorans juvenis, the youth pouring out, the young cup-bearer, i. e. Ganymedes, as a constellation (Aquarius), Manil. 5, 482.—

Trop., to drop, distil, etc.:

si minutis illis suis et rorantibus responsionibus satisfaciet consulenti,

Macr. S. 7, 9.

roscĭdus, a, um, adj. [ros], full of dew, wet with dew, dewy.

Lit.:

herba,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10:

locus,

id. ib. 3, 14, 2; cf.

solum,

Col. 5, 6, 10; Pall. Febr. 13, 2:

qualitas caeli,

Col. 3, 1, 6:

virgae,

id. 4, 30, 6:

poma,

Prop. 1, 20, 36:

mala,

Verg. E. 8, 37. umor, i. e. dew, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 38:

mella,

dropping like dew, Verg. E. 4, 30.— Poet.:

dea,

i. e. Aurora, Ov. A. A. 3, 180:

Hesperus,

id. F. 2, 314; cf.

Luna,

Verg. G. 3, 337:

noctes,

Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153; 18, 28, 67, § 260:

Iris,

Verg. A. 4, 700.— Neutr. plur. as subst.:

roscida caespitum,

i. e. dewy meadows, App. M. p. 102, 21. —

Transf., moistened, watered, wet (very rare):

rivis Hernica saxa,

Verg. A. 7, 683:

tecta,

Mart. 4, 18, 3.