on the Pactolus

Pactōlus, i, m., = Paktôlos, a river in Lydia which was said to bring down golden sands, the mod. Sarabat, Verg. A. 10, 142; Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Hyg. Fab. 191; Ov. M. 11, 142: Pactolus aureas undas agens, Varr. ap. Non. 243, 20.—Prov., of wealth:

tibique Pactolus fluat,

Hor. Epod. 15, 20; cf. Prop. 1, 14, 11; Juv. 14, 299.— Hence,

Pactōlis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Pactolus:

nymphae Pactolides,

Ov. M. 6, 16.

Pactōlus, i, m., = Paktôlos, a river in Lydia which was said to bring down golden sands, the mod. Sarabat, Verg. A. 10, 142; Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Hyg. Fab. 191; Ov. M. 11, 142: Pactolus aureas undas agens, Varr. ap. Non. 243, 20.—Prov., of wealth:

tibique Pactolus fluat,

Hor. Epod. 15, 20; cf. Prop. 1, 14, 11; Juv. 14, 299.— Hence,

Pactōlis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Pactolus:

nymphae Pactolides,

Ov. M. 6, 16.

Tmōlus and Tĭmōlus, i, m., = Tmôlos, a mountain of Lydia in which the Pactolus rises, producing excellent wines, now Kisilja Mousa Dagh, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Verg. G. 1, 56; Ov. M. 2, 217; 11, 151 sq.—

Form Timolus,

Ov. M. 6, 15; 11, 86.—

A town near Mount Tmolus, Tac. A. 2, 47.—

A small river flowing from Mount Tmolus, Plin. 33, 8, 43, § 126. — Hence,

Tmōlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tmolus, Tmolian:

terra,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 9.— Subst.: Tmōlĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Mount Tmolus, Verg. G. 2, 98.—

Tmō-lītes, is, adj. m., of Tmolus:

vicanus,

Cic. Fl. 3, 8.—Subst., the wine of Tmolus, Tmolian wine, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74; Vitr. 7, 3.

Tmōlus and Tĭmōlus, i, m., = Tmôlos, a mountain of Lydia in which the Pactolus rises, producing excellent wines, now Kisilja Mousa Dagh, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Verg. G. 1, 56; Ov. M. 2, 217; 11, 151 sq.—

Form Timolus,

Ov. M. 6, 15; 11, 86.—

A town near Mount Tmolus, Tac. A. 2, 47.—

A small river flowing from Mount Tmolus, Plin. 33, 8, 43, § 126. — Hence,

Tmōlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tmolus, Tmolian:

terra,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 9.— Subst.: Tmōlĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Mount Tmolus, Verg. G. 2, 98.—

Tmō-lītes, is, adj. m., of Tmolus:

vicanus,

Cic. Fl. 3, 8.—Subst., the wine of Tmolus, Tmolian wine, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74; Vitr. 7, 3.

Tmōlus and Tĭmōlus, i, m., = Tmôlos, a mountain of Lydia in which the Pactolus rises, producing excellent wines, now Kisilja Mousa Dagh, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Verg. G. 1, 56; Ov. M. 2, 217; 11, 151 sq.—

Form Timolus,

Ov. M. 6, 15; 11, 86.—

A town near Mount Tmolus, Tac. A. 2, 47.—

A small river flowing from Mount Tmolus, Plin. 33, 8, 43, § 126. — Hence,

Tmōlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tmolus, Tmolian:

terra,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 9.— Subst.: Tmōlĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Mount Tmolus, Verg. G. 2, 98.—

Tmō-lītes, is, adj. m., of Tmolus:

vicanus,

Cic. Fl. 3, 8.—Subst., the wine of Tmolus, Tmolian wine, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74; Vitr. 7, 3.

εὔχρῡσος, ον,

A rich in gold, of the Pactolus, S.Ph. 394 (lyr.);

Σάρδεις Max.Tyr.27.3

([comp] Sup.).

hărēna (better than ărēna, Bramb. s. v. Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, and v. infra), ae, f. [Sabin. fas-ena; from Sanscr. root bhas-, to shine, gleam, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 102].

Prop., sand (syn.:

sabulum, glarea, suburra): harenae tria genera,

Plin. 36, 23, 54, § 175:

magnus congestus harenae,

Lucr. 6, 724; 726:

litoris incurvi bibulam pavit aequor harenam,

the thirsty sand of the curved shore, id. 2, 376; so,

bibula harena,

Verg. G. 1, 114 (Rib. and Forbig., but Conington arena):

sicca,

id. ib. 1, 389:

sterilis,

id. ib. 1, 70:

mollis,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

opaci omnis harena Tagi, i. e. the gold it was believed to contain,

Juv. 3, 55 (cf. Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 115):

nivis more incidens,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 2.— Poet.:

harena nigra, = limus,

slime, mud, Verg. G. 4, 292.— Plur. (postAug.; its use is said by Gell. 19, 8, 3, to have been ridiculed by Cæsar as a verbi vitium):

arenae carae, of the golden sands of Pactolus,

Ov. M. 11, 88 Merk.:

quem (delphina) postquam bibulis inlisit fluctus harenis,

id. H. 18, 201:

summae cauda verruntur arenae,

id. M. 10, 701 Merk.; so id. ib. 2, 456; 865; 11, 231; 499; 15, 268; 279; Stat. S. 4, 3, 23 Queck; Col. 1 praef. 24;

but harenae,

Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47; Verg. G. 2, 106; 3, 350; Hor. C. 3, 4, 31 K. and H.:

arenarum inculta vastitas,

Sen. Q. N. 1 prol. 8;

of the bottom of the sea: furit aestus harenis,

Verg. A. 1, 107:

aestu miscentur harenae,

id. ib. 3, 557.—Prov.

Quid harenae semina mandas? Ov. H. 5, 115; cf. id. Tr. 5, 4, 48.—

Ex incomprehensibili pravitate arenae funis effici non potest, Col. 10 praef. § 4.—

Arena sine calce, said by Caligula of Seneca, because his sentences seem like independent maxims, without connection, Suet. Cal. 53.—

Of vast numbers:

sicut arena quae est in litore maris,

Vulg. Judic. 7, 12; id. Gen. 22, 17.—

Meton.

In gen., sand, sands, a sandy place:

ut cum urbis vendiderit, tum arenam aliquam emat,

Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 71 B. and K.—

Esp.

A sandy desert, waste (mostly post-Aug.):

cum super Libycas victor penderet arenas,

Ov. M. 4, 617; Luc. 2, 417:

nigras inter harenas,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 83:

Memnonis effigies, disjectas inter et vix pervias arenas,

Tac. A. 2, 61.—

The shore of the sea, the beach, coast, strand:

cum mare permotum ventis ruit intus harenam,

Lucr. 6, 726: litoream arenam sulcare, Ov. M. 15, 725:

doque leves saltus udaeque inmittor arenae,

id. ib. 3, 599:

multaque perpessae (carinae) Phrygia potiuntur arena,

id. ib. 12, 38:

sub noctem potitur classis arena,

id. ib. 13, 729.—So sing., Verg. A. 1, 540; 5, 34; 6, 316; 11, 626 al.—

The place of combat in the amphitheatre (strewn with sand), the arena:

in amphitheatri arena,

Suet. Ner. 53; id. Tit. 8:

missus in arenam aper,

id. Tib. 72; id. Aug. 43:

comminus ursos figebat Numidas Albana nudus harena venator,

Juv. 4, 100; 2, 144; 8, 206:

juvenes in arenam luxuria projecit,

Sen. Ep. 99, 13.—

Transf.

A combat in the amphitheatre:

in harenam se dare,

Dig. 11, 4, 5 fin.:

operas arenae promittere,

Tac. A. 14, 14:

in opera scaenae arenaeque edenda,

Suet. Tib. 35:

scaenae arenaeque devotus,

id. Cal. 30.—

The combatants in the arena: cum et juris idem (i. e. testandi libertas) contingat harenae, the gladiators have the right, etc., Juv. 6, 217.—

Harena urens, volcanic fire, lava:

Aetna ingentem vim arenae urentis effudit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 1.—

Trop., the place of combat, scene or theatre of any contest (war, a single battle, a dispute, etc.):

civilis belli arena,

Flor. 4, 2, 18; 4, 7, 6; cf. id. 3, 21, 1; Luc. 6, 63:

in harena mea, hoc est apud centumviros,

Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 2.

Lydĭa, ae, f., = Ludia, a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence,

Lydĭus, a, um, adj.

Lydian:

regna,

of Gyges, Tib. 4, 1, 199:

aurifer amnis,

i. e. Pactolus, id. 3, 3, 29:

mitra,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30:

pensa,

which Omphale gave to Hercules, Mart. 9, 66, 11:

nurus,

i. e. Omphale, Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126:

moduli,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—

Subst.: Lydĭon, i, n., a kind of brick, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

Transf.

Etruscan:

Lydius fluvius,

i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6:

stagna,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 9, 11.—( Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).—

Rhætian (because the Rhætians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians):

undae,

the Lake Benacus, Cat. 31, 13.—

Lydus, a, um, adj., Lydian:

Lydus servus,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

puella,

i. e. Omphale, Ov. F. 2, 365:

Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli),

Stat. S. 5, 1, 60:

nurus,

Val. Fl. 4, 369.—

Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.— As subst.: Lydi, ōrum, m.:

Lydorum manus,

a band of Etruscans, Verg. A. 9, 11.

Lydĭa, ae, f., = Ludia, a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence,

Lydĭus, a, um, adj.

Lydian:

regna,

of Gyges, Tib. 4, 1, 199:

aurifer amnis,

i. e. Pactolus, id. 3, 3, 29:

mitra,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30:

pensa,

which Omphale gave to Hercules, Mart. 9, 66, 11:

nurus,

i. e. Omphale, Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126:

moduli,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—

Subst.: Lydĭon, i, n., a kind of brick, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

Transf.

Etruscan:

Lydius fluvius,

i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6:

stagna,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 9, 11.—( Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).—

Rhætian (because the Rhætians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians):

undae,

the Lake Benacus, Cat. 31, 13.—

Lydus, a, um, adj., Lydian:

Lydus servus,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

puella,

i. e. Omphale, Ov. F. 2, 365:

Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli),

Stat. S. 5, 1, 60:

nurus,

Val. Fl. 4, 369.—

Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.— As subst.: Lydi, ōrum, m.:

Lydorum manus,

a band of Etruscans, Verg. A. 9, 11.

Lydĭa, ae, f., = Ludia, a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence,

Lydĭus, a, um, adj.

Lydian:

regna,

of Gyges, Tib. 4, 1, 199:

aurifer amnis,

i. e. Pactolus, id. 3, 3, 29:

mitra,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30:

pensa,

which Omphale gave to Hercules, Mart. 9, 66, 11:

nurus,

i. e. Omphale, Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126:

moduli,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—

Subst.: Lydĭon, i, n., a kind of brick, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

Transf.

Etruscan:

Lydius fluvius,

i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6:

stagna,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 9, 11.—( Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).—

Rhætian (because the Rhætians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians):

undae,

the Lake Benacus, Cat. 31, 13.—

Lydus, a, um, adj., Lydian:

Lydus servus,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

puella,

i. e. Omphale, Ov. F. 2, 365:

Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli),

Stat. S. 5, 1, 60:

nurus,

Val. Fl. 4, 369.—

Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.— As subst.: Lydi, ōrum, m.:

Lydorum manus,

a band of Etruscans, Verg. A. 9, 11.

Lydĭa, ae, f., = Ludia, a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence,

Lydĭus, a, um, adj.

Lydian:

regna,

of Gyges, Tib. 4, 1, 199:

aurifer amnis,

i. e. Pactolus, id. 3, 3, 29:

mitra,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30:

pensa,

which Omphale gave to Hercules, Mart. 9, 66, 11:

nurus,

i. e. Omphale, Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126:

moduli,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—

Subst.: Lydĭon, i, n., a kind of brick, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

Transf.

Etruscan:

Lydius fluvius,

i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6:

stagna,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 9, 11.—( Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).—

Rhætian (because the Rhætians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians):

undae,

the Lake Benacus, Cat. 31, 13.—

Lydus, a, um, adj., Lydian:

Lydus servus,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

puella,

i. e. Omphale, Ov. F. 2, 365:

Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli),

Stat. S. 5, 1, 60:

nurus,

Val. Fl. 4, 369.—

Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.— As subst.: Lydi, ōrum, m.:

Lydorum manus,

a band of Etruscans, Verg. A. 9, 11.

Lydĭa, ae, f., = Ludia, a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence,

Lydĭus, a, um, adj.

Lydian:

regna,

of Gyges, Tib. 4, 1, 199:

aurifer amnis,

i. e. Pactolus, id. 3, 3, 29:

mitra,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30:

pensa,

which Omphale gave to Hercules, Mart. 9, 66, 11:

nurus,

i. e. Omphale, Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126:

moduli,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—

Subst.: Lydĭon, i, n., a kind of brick, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

Transf.

Etruscan:

Lydius fluvius,

i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6:

stagna,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 9, 11.—( Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).—

Rhætian (because the Rhætians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians):

undae,

the Lake Benacus, Cat. 31, 13.—

Lydus, a, um, adj., Lydian:

Lydus servus,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

puella,

i. e. Omphale, Ov. F. 2, 365:

Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli),

Stat. S. 5, 1, 60:

nurus,

Val. Fl. 4, 369.—

Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.— As subst.: Lydi, ōrum, m.:

Lydorum manus,

a band of Etruscans, Verg. A. 9, 11.

Lydĭa, ae, f., = Ludia, a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence,

Lydĭus, a, um, adj.

Lydian:

regna,

of Gyges, Tib. 4, 1, 199:

aurifer amnis,

i. e. Pactolus, id. 3, 3, 29:

mitra,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30:

pensa,

which Omphale gave to Hercules, Mart. 9, 66, 11:

nurus,

i. e. Omphale, Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126:

moduli,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—

Subst.: Lydĭon, i, n., a kind of brick, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

Transf.

Etruscan:

Lydius fluvius,

i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6:

stagna,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 9, 11.—( Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).—

Rhætian (because the Rhætians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians):

undae,

the Lake Benacus, Cat. 31, 13.—

Lydus, a, um, adj., Lydian:

Lydus servus,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

puella,

i. e. Omphale, Ov. F. 2, 365:

Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli),

Stat. S. 5, 1, 60:

nurus,

Val. Fl. 4, 369.—

Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.— As subst.: Lydi, ōrum, m.:

Lydorum manus,

a band of Etruscans, Verg. A. 9, 11.

aurĕus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Lit.

Of gold, golden (syn.:

aureolus, auratus, aurifer): patera,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104 and 263:

vasa,

Vulg. Exod. 12, 35; ib. 2 Tim. 2, 20:

torulus,

Plaut. Am. prol. 144:

imber,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37:

funis,

Lucr. 2, 1154: torques. Vulg. Gen. 41, 42:

simulacra,

Lucr. 2, 24:

mala Hesperidum,

id. 5, 33:

aurea mala,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

pelles,

id. ib.:

corona (a gift for distinction in war),

Liv. 7, 37, 1; Inscr. Orell. 363; 3453; 3475:

corona,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 11:

candelabra,

ib. Apoc. 1, 12: nummus, and absol.: aurĕus, i, m., the standard gold coin of Rome, a gold piece (first struck in the second Punic war), of the value of 25 denarii or 100 sestertii (weighing about 120 grains, and being about equal to £1, 1 s. 1 d. or $5.10), Cic. Phil. 12, 8: si (tibi) contigit aureus unus. Juv. 7, 122;

fully, aureus nummus,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 16; id. Oth. 4; id. Dom. 7 al.—Of the Hebrew shekels (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 5; ib. 2 Par. 9, 15; 9, 16.— Poet.:

vis aurea tinxit Flumen,

i. e. the power of changing every thing to gold, Ov. M. 11, 142.—

Furnished with gold, wrought, interwoven, or ornamented with gold, gilded:

victimam auream polcram immolabat,

i. e. with gilded horns, Naev. 1, 12 (cf. Hom. Od. 3, 426):

sella,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, and Prop. 5, 10, 28:

cingula,

Verg. A. 1, 492:

Capitolia,

id. ib. 8, 347. templa, Prop. 5, 1, 5:

cuspis,

Ov. M. 7, 673:

Pactolus,

whose waters flowed with gold, id. ib. 11, 87; cf: Lucr 5, 911 sq.—

Of the color of gold, glittering like gold, golden:

liquidi color aureus ignis,

Lucr. 6, 205:

Barba erat incipiens, barbae color aureus,

Ov. M. 12, 395; Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76; Gell. 2, 26, 5; Pall. Mart. 13, 4:

lumina solis,

Lucr. 5, 461; so,

aurea Phoebe,

Verg. G. 1, 431; Ov. M. 2, 723:

luna,

id. ib. 10, 448; Hor. Epod 17, 41:

aureus sol,

Verg. G 1, 232; 4, 51; so Ov. M. 7, 663: sidera, Verg A. 2, 488;

11, 832: caesaries,

golden locks, id. ib. 8, 659:

coma,

Cat. 61, 95, and Ov. M. 12, 395:

aurea mala,

Verg. E. 3, 71, and 8, 52: Aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla, the golden species of peacock, full of laughing beauty, Lucr 2, 502.—

Trop., of physical and mental excellences or attractions, golden, beautiful, splendid:

aurea Venus,

Verg. A. 10, 16; Ov M. 10, 277;

15, 761: Amor,

id. Am. 2, 18, 36:

Copia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 28:

Aurea Phoebi porticus,

Prop. 3, 29, 1:

litus,

Mart. 11, 80:

aether,

Ov. M. 13, 587:

medicamentum,

Col. 6, 14, 5 al.:

dicta, vita,

Lucr. 3, 12 and 13:

mores,

Hor. C 4, 2, 23:

Qui nunc te fruitur credulus aureā,

id. ib. 1, 5, 9:

tua mater Me movet atque iras aurea vincit anus,

Tib. 1, 6, 58:

mediocritas,

the golden mean, Hor. C. 2, 10, 5:

aetas,

the golden age, Ov. M. 1, 89:

tempus,

Hor. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, Virgo = Astraea, Albin. 2, 23.

μύδρος, ὁ,

A anvil of stone or metal, A.Fr. 307 (reading μύδρος) ; τύπτεσθαι μύδρος, i. e. as hard as an anvil, Antiph.195.3; also the redhot mass of iron on the anvil, Call.Dian.49, Nic.Al.50; μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν hold red-hot iron in the hands, as an ordeal, S.Ant. 264;

μύδρον σιδήρεον κατεπόντωσαν Hdt.1.165

, cf. Arist.Ath.23.5, IG12.682 (prob.), Call.Fr. 209; Πακτώλιος μ. lump [of gold] from Pactolus, Lyc.272; μ. διάπυρος a red-hot mass of stone or metal, of the sun, Anaxag. ap. D.L.2.8, cf. 15, Archel. in Placit.2.13.6, Ph.1.623;

ἀστέρος μ. Critias 25.35

D.; μ. διάπυροι the stones thrown out by Aetna, Arist.Mu. 395b23, cf. Str.6.2.8; also, of red-hot stones or pieces of metal, thrown into a liquid to vaporize it, Hp.Mul.2.134: generally, a stone, Orph.A. 896; ὁ ἀὴρ διάπυρος καὶ μ. γενόμενος dub. in Hp. Flat.8; μύδρος κίων παχὺς ἄξυστος (sine interpr.) Gloss. (Not in Hom. exc. in a spurious line read by some after Il.15.21.) (Cf. σμύδρος.)

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