neigh

ăd-hinnĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n., to neigh to or after.

Lit., constr. with dat. and acc., also ad and in with acc.:

fortis equus visae semper adhinnit equae,

Ov. Rem. Am. 634; cf. id. A. A. 1, 208; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 95.—Hence, of lewd persons, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Mai. p. 19; Prud. ap. Symm. 1, 57:

aliquem,

August. de Mor. Manich. 2, 19:

in aliquam,

Arn. 4, p. 135: so,

ad aliquam,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 8 al. —

Fig., to strive after or long for with voluptuous desire: admissarius iste ad illius orationem adhinnivit, gave his passionate assent to, expressed his delight in, etc., Cic. Pis. 28, 69:

virginis delicatas voculas,

App. M. 6, p. 185.

flĕo, flēvi, flētum, 2 (contr. forms flēsti, Ov. H. 5, 43; 45:

flēmus,

Prop. 2, 7, 2; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 291:

flērunt,

Verg. G. 4, 461; Stat. S. 2, 1, 175:

flēsset,

id. ib. 145:

flēsse,

Ov. M. 6, 404; Liv. 30, 44, 7), v. n. and a. [for flev-o, root phlu-; Gr. phluô, to bubble up, etc.; L. fluo, fluvius, etc.; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301 sq.].

Lit., to weep, cry, shed tears (syn.: ploro, lugeo, lacrimo): maerentes, flentes, lacrimantes, commiserantes, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 442 P. (Ann. 107 ed. Vahl.):

fleo, quia dijungimur,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 18:

quin fles,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 73:

nimium haec flet,

id. Mil. 4, 8, 14:

ne fle, mulier!

id. Ep. 4, 2, 31:

quid fles, Asterie?

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1:

ille me complexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14 fin.:

haec cum pluribus verbis flens a Caesare peteret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 26, 3; id. B. C. 1, 76, 1; 3, 98, 2:

deceptus quoniam flevit et ipse, deus,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 54:

felix qui potuit praesenti flere puellae,

before, in the presence of, Prop. 1, 12, 15; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 64:

o multa fleturum caput!

Hor. Epod. 5, 74:

lapides mehercule omnes flere et lamentari coëgisses,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245.— Pass. impers.:

ad sepulcrum venimus: in ignem posita est: fletur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 102:

minus est, quod flendum meo nomine quam quod gaudendum illius est,

Quint. 6 praef. § 8; so id. 6, 2, 3; 11, 1, 52.—

Transf.

Of horses, to neigh:

equorum greges comperit ubertim flere,

Suet. Caes. 81.—

Of things, to drop, trickle (ante- and post-class.):

uberibus flent omnia guttis,

Lucr. 1, 349:

flevit in templis ebur,

Sen. Thyest. 702:

imber,

Prud. Cath. 5, 24.

Act., to weep for, bewail, lament, a person or thing; to sing mournfully (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; once in Cic.): He. Ne fle. Er. Egone illum non fleam? egone non defleam Talem adolescentem? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 36:

unicum (filium) mater,

Cat. 39, 5:

parentes Troĭlon,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

Gygen,

id. ib. 3, 7, 1;

amissas amicitias,

Cat. 96, 4:

* Pisonem eis verbis flens meum casum vexavit,

Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

filii necem,

Tac. A. 6, 10; 2, 71:

suam vicem,

Curt. 10, 5, 21:

servitutem tristem,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 6:

amissum conjugem,

Just. 28, 4, 4:

fidem mutatosque deos,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 6:

moechos arrogantes,

id. ib. 1, 25, 10:

catellam raptam sibi,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 56:

amorem testudine,

id. Epod. 14, 11: feralia carmina, to sing, Col. poët. 10, 350:

virum,

Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1:

amissum fratrem,

id. ib. 4, 29, 8:

adlatum ad se Pompeii caput,

id. ib. 10, 32, 1.—In part. perf.:

multum fleti ad superos,

bewailed, lamented, Verg. A. 6, 481; Stat. Th. 4, 103.—

With object-clause:

agmina septem Flebis in aeterno surda jacere situ,

Prop. 1, 7, 18; Val. Fl. 1, 633.—Hence, flē-tus, a, um, P. a., weeping:

mater fleta et lacrimosa,

App. M. 7, p. 199 fin. (but in Lucr. 2, 631 the correct read. is sanguinolenti).

frendo and frendeo, frendui, frēsum and fressum (v. infra), 2 and 3, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. chrem-izô, to neigh, chromê; Germ. greinen, grinsen, Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 72].

Neutr., to gnash the teeth (for syn. cf. fremo):

ego illum male formidabam, ita frendebat dentibus,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 5; id. Truc. 2, 7, 41:

Nemeaeus leo Frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: frendens aper,

Ov. A. A. 1, 46:

et graviter frendens sic fatis ora resolvit,

Verg. G. 4, 452:

tumidā frendens Mavortius irā,

Ov. M. 8, 437:

(Hannibal) frendens gemensque ac vix lacrimis temperans dicitur legatorum verba audisse,

Liv. 30, 20, 1:

frenduerunt super me dentibus suis,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 16.— Poet. transf.:

dolor frendens,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 693.—With acc.: nec, machaera, audes dentes frendere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 447, 18.—

To crush, bruise, or grind to pieces (as if gnashing the teeth):

porci dicuntur nefrendes ab eo, quod nondum fabam frendere possunt, id est frangere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 17: saxo fruges frendas, Att. ap. Non. 437, 21 (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 478); Pac. ib. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 11):

fresi et aqua macerati ervi sextarius,

Col. 6, 3, 4:

fresa cicera,

id. 2, 10, 35:

faba fresa,

id. 2, 11, 7; 6, 3, 5;

for which: faba fressa,

Cels. 5, 18, 21.—

To lament over with rage, gnash the teeth at: frendēre noctes, misera, quas perpessa sum, Pac. ap. Non. 447, 17 (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 10).—With object-clause:

frendente Alexandro, eripi sibi victoriam e manibus,

Curt. 4, 16, 3.

frendo and frendeo, frendui, frēsum and fressum (v. infra), 2 and 3, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. chrem-izô, to neigh, chromê; Germ. greinen, grinsen, Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 72].

Neutr., to gnash the teeth (for syn. cf. fremo):

ego illum male formidabam, ita frendebat dentibus,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 5; id. Truc. 2, 7, 41:

Nemeaeus leo Frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: frendens aper,

Ov. A. A. 1, 46:

et graviter frendens sic fatis ora resolvit,

Verg. G. 4, 452:

tumidā frendens Mavortius irā,

Ov. M. 8, 437:

(Hannibal) frendens gemensque ac vix lacrimis temperans dicitur legatorum verba audisse,

Liv. 30, 20, 1:

frenduerunt super me dentibus suis,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 16.— Poet. transf.:

dolor frendens,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 693.—With acc.: nec, machaera, audes dentes frendere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 447, 18.—

To crush, bruise, or grind to pieces (as if gnashing the teeth):

porci dicuntur nefrendes ab eo, quod nondum fabam frendere possunt, id est frangere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 17: saxo fruges frendas, Att. ap. Non. 437, 21 (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 478); Pac. ib. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 11):

fresi et aqua macerati ervi sextarius,

Col. 6, 3, 4:

fresa cicera,

id. 2, 10, 35:

faba fresa,

id. 2, 11, 7; 6, 3, 5;

for which: faba fressa,

Cels. 5, 18, 21.—

To lament over with rage, gnash the teeth at: frendēre noctes, misera, quas perpessa sum, Pac. ap. Non. 447, 17 (Rib. Fragm. Trag. v. 10).—With object-clause:

frendente Alexandro, eripi sibi victoriam e manibus,

Curt. 4, 16, 3.