perishable

frăgĭlis, e, adj. [id.], easily broken, brittle, fragile (class.; esp. freq. in the transf. signif.; cf.: caducus, fluxus).

Lit.:

cadi,

Ov. M. 12, 243:

coryli (with tiliae molles),

id. ib. 10, 93:

rami,

Verg. E. 8, 40:

myrtus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 16:

ratis,

id. ib. 1, 3, 10; cf.

phaselus,

id. ib. 3, 2, 28:

aes malleis,

Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; cf.:

saccharon dentibus,

id. 12, 8, 17, § 32:

crystalli centrum,

id. 37, 2, 10, § 28:

caput ictibus parvis,

Gell. 6, 1, 11:

tenuior fragiliorque penna scarabaeorum,

Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 97:

ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora,

Ov. A. A. 1, 347.— Poet.:

aquae,

i. e. ice, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 26:

fragiles sonitus chartarum,

i. e. crackling, Lucr. 6, 112:

lauri,

Verg. E. 8, 82:

pollicibus fragiles increpuere manus,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 12; cf. fragor.—

Transf., in gen., weak, perishable, frail (physically or mentally):

fragile corpus animus sempiternus movet,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24 fin.;

in fragili corpore odiosa omnis offensio est,

id. Sen. 18, 65; cf.:

(corpora) fragili natura praedita,

Lucr. 1, 581; and absol.:

fragili quaerens illidere dentem, Offendet solido,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 77: fragilissimus alvus, Att. ap. Non. 193, 26.—Of an effeminate man: Julius et fragilis Pediatia (sarcastically in the fem. gen. instead of Pediatius), qs. the delicate Miss Pediatius, Hor. S. 1, 8, 39:

quis enim confidit, sibi semper id stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit?

Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque sunt,

id. Lael. 27, 102; id. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.:

divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,

Sall. C. 1, 4:

fortuna populi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28 fin.:

nec aliud est aeque fragile in homine (quam memoria),

Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90:

nulli vita fragilior (quam homini),

id. 7 praef. § 5; cf.:

(hominum) aevum omne et breve et fragile est,

Plin. Pan. 78, 2:

haud aevi fragilis sonipes,

Sil. 3, 386: anni fragiles et inertior aetas, the frail years (of age), Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 3.— Adv. does not occur.

lābĭlis, e, adj. [1. labor], (post-class. for caducus, infirmus, debilis).

Slipping, gliding, prone to slip or slide.

Lit.:

humus rivis operta sanguineis, gressus labiles evertebat,

Amm. 31, 13, 6; Arnob. 2, 59.—

Trop., fleeting, gliding, prone, transient, perishable:

in vitia labiles animae, Arnob. 2, 45: dulcedo,

id. 7, 4 init. —

Causing to slip, slippery:

limus,

Amm. 27, 10, 11:

humus,

id. 15, 10, 5.—Hence. lābĭlĭter, adv., waveringly, Aug. Gen. ad Litt. B. 3.

lābĭlis, e, adj. [1. labor], (post-class. for caducus, infirmus, debilis).

Slipping, gliding, prone to slip or slide.

Lit.:

humus rivis operta sanguineis, gressus labiles evertebat,

Amm. 31, 13, 6; Arnob. 2, 59.—

Trop., fleeting, gliding, prone, transient, perishable:

in vitia labiles animae, Arnob. 2, 45: dulcedo,

id. 7, 4 init. —

Causing to slip, slippery:

limus,

Amm. 27, 10, 11:

humus,

id. 15, 10, 5.—Hence. lābĭlĭter, adv., waveringly, Aug. Gen. ad Litt. B. 3.

mortālis, e, adj. [mors], subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).

Lit.:

quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

animal,

id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—

Transf.

Human, mortal:

mucro,

of human workmanship, Verg. A. 12, 740:

condicio vitae,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

opera,

Liv. 1, 2:

acta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

from the hand of a mortal, Verg. A. 12, 797:

haud tibi vultus Mortalis,

id. ib. 1, 328:

nec mortale sonans,

like a human voice, id. ib. 6, 50:

si mortalis idem nemo sciat,

Juv. 13, 76.— Comp.:

aliquid ipso homine mortalius,

more perishable, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis, is, comm., a man, mortal, human being (in sing. mostly ante-class.):

lepidus ecastor mortalis est Strabax,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 57:

edepol, mortalis malos,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40:

ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te ac tua vestigia sequar,

Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, like the Gr. thnêtoi, mortals, men, mankind:

quod ad immortales attinet haec: deinceps quod ad mortales attinet, videamus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175:

diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 5:

omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96:

defendo multos mortales,

id. Div. in Caecil. 25:

plus debuisse fortunae, quam solus omnium mortalium in potestate habuit (Alexander),

Curt. 10, 5, 35.— mortālĭa, ĭum, n., human affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—

Temporary, transient (opp. immortalis, imperishable, eternal;

v. immortalis): neque me vero paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter, mortally, in the manner of mortals (eccl. Lat.):

mortaliter vivere,

Aug. Enchir. 64.

mortālis, e, adj. [mors], subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).

Lit.:

quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

animal,

id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—

Transf.

Human, mortal:

mucro,

of human workmanship, Verg. A. 12, 740:

condicio vitae,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

opera,

Liv. 1, 2:

acta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

from the hand of a mortal, Verg. A. 12, 797:

haud tibi vultus Mortalis,

id. ib. 1, 328:

nec mortale sonans,

like a human voice, id. ib. 6, 50:

si mortalis idem nemo sciat,

Juv. 13, 76.— Comp.:

aliquid ipso homine mortalius,

more perishable, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis, is, comm., a man, mortal, human being (in sing. mostly ante-class.):

lepidus ecastor mortalis est Strabax,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 57:

edepol, mortalis malos,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40:

ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te ac tua vestigia sequar,

Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, like the Gr. thnêtoi, mortals, men, mankind:

quod ad immortales attinet haec: deinceps quod ad mortales attinet, videamus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175:

diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 5:

omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96:

defendo multos mortales,

id. Div. in Caecil. 25:

plus debuisse fortunae, quam solus omnium mortalium in potestate habuit (Alexander),

Curt. 10, 5, 35.— mortālĭa, ĭum, n., human affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—

Temporary, transient (opp. immortalis, imperishable, eternal;

v. immortalis): neque me vero paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter, mortally, in the manner of mortals (eccl. Lat.):

mortaliter vivere,

Aug. Enchir. 64.

occĭdŭus, a, um, adj. [2. occĭdo, I.].

Lit.

Going down, setting ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

sole jam fere occiduo,

Gell. 19, 7, 2:

occiduo sole,

Ov. M. 1, 63:

oriens occiduusque dies,

id. F. 4, 832:

nox,

Calp. Ecl. 3, 82; Stat. Th. 3, 33:

Phoebus,

Ov. M. 14, 416.—

Transf., western:

ab occiduo sole,

Ov. F. 5, 558:

occiduae aquae,

id. ib. 1, 314:

occiduae primaeque domus,

in the west and in the east, Stat. S. 1, 4, 73; id. Th. 1, 200:

Mauri,

Luc. 3, 294:

montes,

Val. Fl. 2, 621:

hora,

the evening hour, hour of sunset, Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—As subst.:

occiduus (sc. sol),

the west, Isid. 5, 35, 8.—

Trop.

Sinking, failing:

labitur occiduae per iter declive senectae,

Ov. M. 15, 227.—

Frail, perishable:

exsortes animae carnis ab occiduo,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 34, 306.

terrēnus, a, um, adj. [terra].

Consisting of earth, earthy, earthen (class.).

Adj.:

tumulus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

agger,

Verg. A. 11, 850; Suet. Calig. 19:

colles,

Liv. 38, 20, 1:

campus,

id. 33, 17, 8:

fornax,

Ov. M. 7, 107:

via,

Dig. 43, 11, 1:

vasa,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160 et saep.—Hence,

Subst.. terrēnum, i. n., land, ground, Liv. 23, 19, 14; Col. 2, 2, 1; 3, 11, 8; Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 164. —

Of or belonging to the globe or to the earth, earthly, terrestrial, terrene (class.):

terrena concretaque corpora,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:

corpora nostra terreno principiorum genere confecta,

id. ib. 1, 18, 42:

terrena et umida,

id. ib. 1, 17, 40; cf.:

marini terrenique umores,

id. N. D. 2, 16, 43:

bestiarum terrenae sunt aliae, partim aquatiles,

that live on land, land-animals, id. ib. 1, 37, 103: de perturbationibus caelestibus et maritimis et terrenis non possumus dicere, id ib. 3, 7, 16. — Absol.:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

iter,

a land-journey, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87; 6, 17, 19, § 52. — Poet.:

eques Bellerophon,

earthly, mortal, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:

numina,

that dwell in the earth, earthly, terrene, Ov. M. 7, 248.—Hence, earthly (eccl. Lat.; opp. caelestis): honores terrenos promittit, ut caelestes adimat, Cypr. de Zelo et Liv. 2:

terrena ac fragilia haec bona,

Lact. 5, 22, 14. —

Plur. subst.: terrēna, ōrum, n.

Earthly things, perishable things, Lact. 2, 3, 6; 2, 2, 17; cf. Gell. 14, 1, 3.—

Land-animals, Quint. 12, 11, 13.

terrēnus, a, um, adj. [terra].

Consisting of earth, earthy, earthen (class.).

Adj.:

tumulus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

agger,

Verg. A. 11, 850; Suet. Calig. 19:

colles,

Liv. 38, 20, 1:

campus,

id. 33, 17, 8:

fornax,

Ov. M. 7, 107:

via,

Dig. 43, 11, 1:

vasa,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160 et saep.—Hence,

Subst.. terrēnum, i. n., land, ground, Liv. 23, 19, 14; Col. 2, 2, 1; 3, 11, 8; Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 164. —

Of or belonging to the globe or to the earth, earthly, terrestrial, terrene (class.):

terrena concretaque corpora,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:

corpora nostra terreno principiorum genere confecta,

id. ib. 1, 18, 42:

terrena et umida,

id. ib. 1, 17, 40; cf.:

marini terrenique umores,

id. N. D. 2, 16, 43:

bestiarum terrenae sunt aliae, partim aquatiles,

that live on land, land-animals, id. ib. 1, 37, 103: de perturbationibus caelestibus et maritimis et terrenis non possumus dicere, id ib. 3, 7, 16. — Absol.:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

iter,

a land-journey, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87; 6, 17, 19, § 52. — Poet.:

eques Bellerophon,

earthly, mortal, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:

numina,

that dwell in the earth, earthly, terrene, Ov. M. 7, 248.—Hence, earthly (eccl. Lat.; opp. caelestis): honores terrenos promittit, ut caelestes adimat, Cypr. de Zelo et Liv. 2:

terrena ac fragilia haec bona,

Lact. 5, 22, 14. —

Plur. subst.: terrēna, ōrum, n.

Earthly things, perishable things, Lact. 2, 3, 6; 2, 2, 17; cf. Gell. 14, 1, 3.—

Land-animals, Quint. 12, 11, 13.

terrēnus, a, um, adj. [terra].

Consisting of earth, earthy, earthen (class.).

Adj.:

tumulus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

agger,

Verg. A. 11, 850; Suet. Calig. 19:

colles,

Liv. 38, 20, 1:

campus,

id. 33, 17, 8:

fornax,

Ov. M. 7, 107:

via,

Dig. 43, 11, 1:

vasa,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160 et saep.—Hence,

Subst.. terrēnum, i. n., land, ground, Liv. 23, 19, 14; Col. 2, 2, 1; 3, 11, 8; Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 164. —

Of or belonging to the globe or to the earth, earthly, terrestrial, terrene (class.):

terrena concretaque corpora,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:

corpora nostra terreno principiorum genere confecta,

id. ib. 1, 18, 42:

terrena et umida,

id. ib. 1, 17, 40; cf.:

marini terrenique umores,

id. N. D. 2, 16, 43:

bestiarum terrenae sunt aliae, partim aquatiles,

that live on land, land-animals, id. ib. 1, 37, 103: de perturbationibus caelestibus et maritimis et terrenis non possumus dicere, id ib. 3, 7, 16. — Absol.:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

iter,

a land-journey, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87; 6, 17, 19, § 52. — Poet.:

eques Bellerophon,

earthly, mortal, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:

numina,

that dwell in the earth, earthly, terrene, Ov. M. 7, 248.—Hence, earthly (eccl. Lat.; opp. caelestis): honores terrenos promittit, ut caelestes adimat, Cypr. de Zelo et Liv. 2:

terrena ac fragilia haec bona,

Lact. 5, 22, 14. —

Plur. subst.: terrēna, ōrum, n.

Earthly things, perishable things, Lact. 2, 3, 6; 2, 2, 17; cf. Gell. 14, 1, 3.—

Land-animals, Quint. 12, 11, 13.