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cĭnis, ĕris, m. (in sing. fem., Lucr. 4, 926; Cat. 68, 90; 101, 4; Caesar, acc. to Non. p. 198, 11; Calvus ap. Non. l. l. and ap. Charis; p. 78 p; App. M. 9, 12, p. 222; Scrib. c. 226; 230; 232; 245, Ser. c. 44; Aus. Parent 27, 3; Inscr. Orell 4479; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 657; access. form: hoc cĭnus, Gloss. Labb.;

Sicul. Flacc. p. 140, 17,

Agrim. p. 308, 3; p. 308, 5; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr 2, p. 190, and a nom. cĭ-ner is mentioned by Prisc. 5, p. 688: 6, p. 707) [kindr with konis; cf. also naucus], ashes,

In gen. (while favilla is usually the ashes that is light like dust, or is still glowing; cf.:

corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19: cinis e [p. 333] favillā et carbonibus ad calfaciendum triclinium illatis exstinctus et jam diu frigidus exarsit repente, Suet. Tib. 74), Lucr. 1, 872; cf. id. 1, 890, and 4, 927; Cato ap. Charis. p. 78 P.; Suet. Tib. 74; Col. 2, 15, 6; 11, 3, 28; 12, 22, 1; Hor. C. 4, 13, 28.—

From the use of ashes for scouring vessels, the proverb is derived:

hujus sermo haut cinerem quaeritat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —

Esp.

The ashes of a corpse that is burned; so very freq. in both numbers; in plur. esp. freq. in the poets and postAug. prose.

In sing.:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

ex tuā calamitate cinere atque ossibus filii sui solacium reportare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49, §

128: dare poenas cineri atque ossibus clarissimi viri,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

obsecravit per fratris sui mortui cinerem,

id. Quint. 31, 97 (cf. in plur.:

jura per patroni tui cineres,

Quint. 9, 2, 95); Cat. 101, 4; Tib. 1, 3, 7; Verg. A. 3, 303; 4, 623; 10, 828; 11, 211; Hor. Epod. 17, 33; Ov. M. 7, 521; 12, 615; Sil. 8, 129.— Poet. for death, or the person after death:

Troja virūm et virtutum omnium acerba cinis,

Cat. 68, 90:

et cedo invidiae, dummodo absolvar cinis,

i. e. after my death, Phaedr. 3, 9, 4:

et mea cum mutuo fata querar cinere,

Tib. 2, 6, 34:

nunc non cinis ille poëtae Felix?

Pers. 1, 36: post cinerem ( after burning the corpse) cineres haustos ad pectora pressant, Ov. M. 8, 538.—Figuratively:

cineri nunc medicina datur,

i. e. when it is too late, Prop. 2 (3), 14, 16.—

In plur., Cat. 68, 98; Verg. A. 5, 55:

expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9; id. A. P. 471; Ov. M. 13, 426; Suet, Calig. 15; Quint. 7, 9, 5; 9, 2, 95; Inscr. Orell. 4834 al.—

The ruins of a city laid waste and reduced to ashes:

cineres patriae,

Verg. A. 10, 59:

patriae cinis,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 216.—

Trop., an emblem of destruction, ruin, annihilation:

si argentum'st, omne id ut fiat cinis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 31:

quicquid erat nactus praedae majoris, ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem,

i. e. had consumed, spent, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39; cf. Tib. 1, 9, 12; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 68.

cĭnis, ĕris, m. (in sing. fem., Lucr. 4, 926; Cat. 68, 90; 101, 4; Caesar, acc. to Non. p. 198, 11; Calvus ap. Non. l. l. and ap. Charis; p. 78 p; App. M. 9, 12, p. 222; Scrib. c. 226; 230; 232; 245, Ser. c. 44; Aus. Parent 27, 3; Inscr. Orell 4479; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 657; access. form: hoc cĭnus, Gloss. Labb.;

Sicul. Flacc. p. 140, 17,

Agrim. p. 308, 3; p. 308, 5; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr 2, p. 190, and a nom. cĭ-ner is mentioned by Prisc. 5, p. 688: 6, p. 707) [kindr with konis; cf. also naucus], ashes,

In gen. (while favilla is usually the ashes that is light like dust, or is still glowing; cf.:

corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19: cinis e [p. 333] favillā et carbonibus ad calfaciendum triclinium illatis exstinctus et jam diu frigidus exarsit repente, Suet. Tib. 74), Lucr. 1, 872; cf. id. 1, 890, and 4, 927; Cato ap. Charis. p. 78 P.; Suet. Tib. 74; Col. 2, 15, 6; 11, 3, 28; 12, 22, 1; Hor. C. 4, 13, 28.—

From the use of ashes for scouring vessels, the proverb is derived:

hujus sermo haut cinerem quaeritat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —

Esp.

The ashes of a corpse that is burned; so very freq. in both numbers; in plur. esp. freq. in the poets and postAug. prose.

In sing.:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

ex tuā calamitate cinere atque ossibus filii sui solacium reportare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49, §

128: dare poenas cineri atque ossibus clarissimi viri,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

obsecravit per fratris sui mortui cinerem,

id. Quint. 31, 97 (cf. in plur.:

jura per patroni tui cineres,

Quint. 9, 2, 95); Cat. 101, 4; Tib. 1, 3, 7; Verg. A. 3, 303; 4, 623; 10, 828; 11, 211; Hor. Epod. 17, 33; Ov. M. 7, 521; 12, 615; Sil. 8, 129.— Poet. for death, or the person after death:

Troja virūm et virtutum omnium acerba cinis,

Cat. 68, 90:

et cedo invidiae, dummodo absolvar cinis,

i. e. after my death, Phaedr. 3, 9, 4:

et mea cum mutuo fata querar cinere,

Tib. 2, 6, 34:

nunc non cinis ille poëtae Felix?

Pers. 1, 36: post cinerem ( after burning the corpse) cineres haustos ad pectora pressant, Ov. M. 8, 538.—Figuratively:

cineri nunc medicina datur,

i. e. when it is too late, Prop. 2 (3), 14, 16.—

In plur., Cat. 68, 98; Verg. A. 5, 55:

expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9; id. A. P. 471; Ov. M. 13, 426; Suet, Calig. 15; Quint. 7, 9, 5; 9, 2, 95; Inscr. Orell. 4834 al.—

The ruins of a city laid waste and reduced to ashes:

cineres patriae,

Verg. A. 10, 59:

patriae cinis,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 216.—

Trop., an emblem of destruction, ruin, annihilation:

si argentum'st, omne id ut fiat cinis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 31:

quicquid erat nactus praedae majoris, ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem,

i. e. had consumed, spent, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39; cf. Tib. 1, 9, 12; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 68.

cĭnis, ĕris, m. (in sing. fem., Lucr. 4, 926; Cat. 68, 90; 101, 4; Caesar, acc. to Non. p. 198, 11; Calvus ap. Non. l. l. and ap. Charis; p. 78 p; App. M. 9, 12, p. 222; Scrib. c. 226; 230; 232; 245, Ser. c. 44; Aus. Parent 27, 3; Inscr. Orell 4479; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 657; access. form: hoc cĭnus, Gloss. Labb.;

Sicul. Flacc. p. 140, 17,

Agrim. p. 308, 3; p. 308, 5; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr 2, p. 190, and a nom. cĭ-ner is mentioned by Prisc. 5, p. 688: 6, p. 707) [kindr with konis; cf. also naucus], ashes,

In gen. (while favilla is usually the ashes that is light like dust, or is still glowing; cf.:

corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19: cinis e [p. 333] favillā et carbonibus ad calfaciendum triclinium illatis exstinctus et jam diu frigidus exarsit repente, Suet. Tib. 74), Lucr. 1, 872; cf. id. 1, 890, and 4, 927; Cato ap. Charis. p. 78 P.; Suet. Tib. 74; Col. 2, 15, 6; 11, 3, 28; 12, 22, 1; Hor. C. 4, 13, 28.—

From the use of ashes for scouring vessels, the proverb is derived:

hujus sermo haut cinerem quaeritat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —

Esp.

The ashes of a corpse that is burned; so very freq. in both numbers; in plur. esp. freq. in the poets and postAug. prose.

In sing.:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

ex tuā calamitate cinere atque ossibus filii sui solacium reportare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49, §

128: dare poenas cineri atque ossibus clarissimi viri,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

obsecravit per fratris sui mortui cinerem,

id. Quint. 31, 97 (cf. in plur.:

jura per patroni tui cineres,

Quint. 9, 2, 95); Cat. 101, 4; Tib. 1, 3, 7; Verg. A. 3, 303; 4, 623; 10, 828; 11, 211; Hor. Epod. 17, 33; Ov. M. 7, 521; 12, 615; Sil. 8, 129.— Poet. for death, or the person after death:

Troja virūm et virtutum omnium acerba cinis,

Cat. 68, 90:

et cedo invidiae, dummodo absolvar cinis,

i. e. after my death, Phaedr. 3, 9, 4:

et mea cum mutuo fata querar cinere,

Tib. 2, 6, 34:

nunc non cinis ille poëtae Felix?

Pers. 1, 36: post cinerem ( after burning the corpse) cineres haustos ad pectora pressant, Ov. M. 8, 538.—Figuratively:

cineri nunc medicina datur,

i. e. when it is too late, Prop. 2 (3), 14, 16.—

In plur., Cat. 68, 98; Verg. A. 5, 55:

expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9; id. A. P. 471; Ov. M. 13, 426; Suet, Calig. 15; Quint. 7, 9, 5; 9, 2, 95; Inscr. Orell. 4834 al.—

The ruins of a city laid waste and reduced to ashes:

cineres patriae,

Verg. A. 10, 59:

patriae cinis,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 216.—

Trop., an emblem of destruction, ruin, annihilation:

si argentum'st, omne id ut fiat cinis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 31:

quicquid erat nactus praedae majoris, ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem,

i. e. had consumed, spent, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39; cf. Tib. 1, 9, 12; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 68.

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cĭnĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [cinis], pertaining to ashes.

As adj. very rare: fines, boundaries of land bordering upon graves, Auct. Limit. p 296 Goes.—

More freq. subst.

cĭnĕrārĭus, ii, m., a servant who heated in glowing ashes the iron used in curling hair, a hair-curler, Varr. L. L, 5, §

129 Müll.,

Cat. 61, 138; Sen. Const. 14, 1; Acro ad Hor S. 1, 2, 98; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 8.—

CINERARIVM, ii, n., in tombs, the receptacle for the ashes of the dead, Inscr. Orell. 4358; 4513 al.

făvilla, ae, f. [Sanscr. root bhā-, to shine; Gr. pha-, phôs, etc., cf. Lat. fax], hot cinders or ashes, glowing ashes, embers (cf. cinis).

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ibi favillae plena coquendo sit faxo (psaltria). Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 60:

scintillas agere ac late differre favillam,

Lucr. 2, 675; cf. Ov. M. 7, 80; and:

cum contectus ignis ex se favillam discutit scintillamque emittit,

Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 358:

candens,

Verg. A. 3, 573:

cana,

Ov. M. 8, 525:

e carbone restincto favilla digito sublata,

Plin. 26, 11, 72, § 118:

cinis e favilla et carbonibus ad calefaciendum triclinium illatus,

Suet. Tib. 74:

nihil invenit praeter tepidam in ara favillam,

id. Galb. 18: vi pulveris ae favillae oppressus est. (Plinius), Suet. Fragm. Hist., ed. Roth, p. 301.—

In partic., the ashes of the dead still glowing:

corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere,

Plin. 19, 11, 4, § 19:

ibi tu calentem Debita sparges lacrima favillam Vatis amici,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 23; Tib. 3, 2, 10; Prop. 1, 19, 19; Verg. A. 6, 227; Ov. F. 3, 561.—

Transf.:

salis,

powder of salt, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 90.—

Trop., a glimmering spark, i. e. beginning, origin:

haec est venturi prima favilla mali,

Prop. 1, 9, 18.

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pulvis, ĕris (nom. pulver, App. Herb. 35; Theod. Prisc. 1, 30; 2, 32; cf. Prisc. p. 707 P.), m. ( fem., Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 sq.; Prop. 1, 22, 6; 2, 13, 35 (3, 5, 19);

and also,

masc., id. 1, 17, 23; 1, 19, 6; 4 (5), 9, 31).

Lit., dust, powder: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.): fulva, id. ap. Non. 217, 13 (Ann. v. 319 ib.):

si multus erat in calceis pulvis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Lucr. 3, 381:

pulveris nebula,

id. 5, 254:

Romani pulveris vim magnam animadvortunt,

Sall. J. 53, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

qui (ventus) nubes pulveris vehit,

Liv. 22, 43:

prospectum oculorum nubes pulveris abstulerat,

Curt. 4, 15, 32; 5, 13, 12; Sil. 2, 174:

subitam nigro glomerari pulvere nubem Prospiciunt,

Verg. A. 9, 33:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31:

pulverem Olympicum Collegisse,

id. C. 1, 1, 3:

crinis pulvere collines,

id. ib. 1, 15, 20:

pulvere sparsi juvenes,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 22:

tum caeco pulvere campus Miscetur,

Verg. A. 12, 444:

pulverem excutere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 150:

sedare,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 18:

movere,

Quint. 5, 10, 81:

excitare,

Col. Arb. 12:

glaebam in pulverem resolvere,

id. 11, 2, 60: eruditus, the dust or sand in which mathematicians drew their figures, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 48; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

formas in pulvere describere,

Liv. 25, 31; Pers. 1, 131:

amomi,

dust, powder, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 69:

carbonis,

coal-dust, id. A. A. 3, 628. — Poet.:

Etrusca,

i. e. soil, Prop. 1, 22, 6; so of potters' earth, Mart. 14, 1021; 1141; of volcanic ashes:

Puteolanus,

pozzolana, Stat. S. 4, 3, 53; Sen. Q. N. 3, 20, 3; Plin. 35, 13, 47, § 166.—Of the dust or ashes of the dead:

pulvis et umbra sumus,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 16 al.; cf.:

pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 19:

hibernus,

i. e. a dry winter, Verg. G. 1, 101.—Esp.: pulvis belli, war:

formosus pulvere belli,

Mart. 8, 65, 3:

duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidi,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 22:

in pulverem Martium tractus,

Amm. 16, 1, 5:

exercitus pulvere coalitus Martio,

id. 21, 12, 22.—In plur.:

novendiales,

Hor. Epod. 17, 48:

cineris pulveres,

Pall. 3, 25, 14 (cf. id. 11, 14, 15):

pulverum mole degravante,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 83; cf. Gell. 19, 8, 13:

natio ad pulveres Martios erudita,

Amm. 23, 6, 83.—Prov.: sulcos in pulvere ducere, to draw furrows in the sand, i. e. to give one's self useless trouble, Juv. 7, 48: pulverem ob oculos aspergere, to throw dust in one's eyes, i. e. to deceive, Gell. 5, 21, 4.—

Transf.

A place of contest, arena, lists: domitant in pulvere currus, Verg. A. 7, 163; Mart. 12, 83.—

In gen., a scene of action, field (cf. arena):

doctrinam ex umbraculis eruditorum in solem atque pulverem produxit,

i. e. before the public, Cic. Leg. 3, 6, 14; cf. Hor. C. 1, 8, 4:

educenda dictio est in agmen, in pulverem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

forensis pulvis,

Quint. 10, 1, 33:

inque suo noster pulvere currat equus,

on his own field, within his own territory, Ov. F. 2, 360.—

Toil, effort, labor ( poet.):

cui sit condicio dulcis sine pulvere palmae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 51.

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