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1 con - vallis
con - vallis is, f a valley, ravine, dell, C.: magna, Cs.: interiectae collibus convalles, L.: depressae, V. -
2 saltus
saltus ūs, m a forest, woodland, untilled mountain land, forest-pasture, woodland-pasture, thicket, jungle: de saltu detruditur: quas (familias) in saltibus habent: latebris aut saltibus se eripere, Cs.: fugā silvas saltūsque peragrat, V.: in silvestrem saltum, Cu.: coëmptis saltibus, H.: saltūs venatibus apti, O.—A narrow pass, ravine, mountain-valley, glen: saltūs duo montibus circa perpetuis inter se iuncti, L.: omnia vada ac saltūs eius paludis obtinebat, Cs.: angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae, L.: ante saltum Thermopylarum, L.: nemorum iam claudite saltūs, V.* * *Inarrow passage (forest/mountain); defile, pass; woodland with glades (pl.)IIleap, spring, jump; stage, step -
3 sēcessus
sēcessus ūs, m [secedo], a separation, retirement, solitude: Carmina secessum scribentis quaerunt, O.: gratum litus amoeni secessūs, Iu. — A hiding-place, ravine, retreat: Est in secessu longo locus, a deep recess, V.* * *withdrawal; secluded place -
4 convallis
valley (much shut in), ravine, deep/narrow/enclosed valley, glen; (also pl.) -
5 ango
ango, xi, ctum, and anxum, 3, v. a. ( perf. and sup. rest only on the assertion in Prisc. p. 895 P.; Diom. p. 366 P.; part. anctus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.; acc. to Prisc. l. c., the sup. is sometimes anxum; cf. Struve, 214) [the root of this word is widely diffused: ankos, a bend, hollow; whence, valley, ravine; from the notion of closeness, come anchô = to press tight, to strangle, throttle; ango; Germ. hangen, hängen; Engl. hang; angustus, anxius, anxietas; old Germ. Angust; Germ. Angst = Engl. anguish; from the notion of being bent, come ancus anculus, a crouching slave, ancora = Gr. ankura; angulus = Germ. Angel, Engl. angle; old Germ. Angul, a hook; Gael. ingle = nook for the fire, fireplace; ancale = ankalê, Engl. ankle; ancon, and the pr. names Ancon and Ancona; uncus, curved, crooked; ungula, claw; unguis, claw, nail; cf. Sanscr. ahus, close; ahas, anguish; ankāmi, to bend; ankas, the lap (sinus), a hook; for the other Greek words belonging to this group, v. L. and S. s. vv. ankos and anchô].I.Lit., to bind, draw, or press together; of the throat, to throttle, strangle (so anchô; in this signif. antiquated; hence, in class. perh. only in the poets; in prose, instead of it, suffocare; cf. Diom. p. 361 P.):II.angit inhaerens Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur,
Verg. A. 8, 260; so id. G. 3, 497:cum colla minantia monstri Angeret,
Stat. Th. 4, 828; 6, 270; Sil. 13, 584.—Hence, of plants, to choke, Col. 4, 2, 2; 6, 27, 7 al.—Metaph.A. B.Most freq. of the mind, to distress, torment, torture, vex, trouble; and angi, to feel distressed, to suffer torment, etc.:illum incommodis dictis angam,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11: cura angit hominem, * Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 8; * Lucr. 4, 1134:cruciatu timoris angi?
Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:multa sunt, quae me sollicitant anguntque,
id. Att. 1, 18:angebar singularum horarum exspectatio ne,
id. ib. 9, 1 et saep.; Liv. 2, 7; 21, 1 al.:ne munere te parvo beet aut incommodus angat (cruciet, cum non vult dare quod poscis, Cruqu.),
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 75:ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,
id. A. P. 110:poëta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit,
puts in torturing suspense, id. Ep. 2, 1, 211 al.:Pompeius... curis animum mordacibus angit,
Luc. 2, 680 sq.:Ea res animum illius anxit,
Gell. 1, 3:(aemula eam) vehementer angebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 6.—With de (in respect to):de Statio manumisso et non nullis aliis rebus angor,
Cic. Att. 2, 18 fin.:de quo angor et crucior,
id. ib. 7, 22.—Sometimes with gen. (on this const. cf. Roby, II. §1321): absurde facis, qui angas te animi,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:(Sthenius) angebatur animi necessario, quod etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 34, 84. But Cic. also uses the abl.:angor animo,
Brut. 2, 7: audio te animo angi, Fam. 16, 142; and acc. to some edd. Tusc. 1, 40, 96 Seyff. (v. further on this gen. s. v. animus). -
6 eluvies
I.Lit., Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197; Pall. 1, 40, 4; Juv. 3, 32: ventris, Lucil. ap. Non. 103, 33; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9 fin. —II.In gen., an overflowing, an inundation of a river, etc.:B.eluvie mons est deductus in aequor,
Ov. M. 15, 267; Tac. A. 13, 57.—Meton., a chasm, abyss, ravine produced by the violent rushing of water, Curt. 5, 4 fin. (shortly before: vorago concursu cavata torrentium); 6, 4 fin. —In plur. (with voragines), id. 8, 11.—III.Trop., of a ruinous law:ad illam labem atque eluviem civitatis pervenire,
Cic. Dom. 20, 53 fin. -
7 saltus
1.saltus, ūs, m. [2. salio], a leaping, leap, spring, bound (class.), Sen. Ep. 15, 4: saltu uti, * Cic. Sen. 6, 19: cum alacribus saltu, cum velocibus cursu certabat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Veg. Mil. 1, 9 fin.:II.saltu pernici tollere corpus,
Lucr. 5, 559; cf.:(monocoli) mirae pernicitatis ad saltum,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 23:corpora saltu Subiciunt in equos,
Verg. A. 12, 287:saltu Emicat in currum,
id. ib. 12, 326;9, 553: saltu superare viam,
id. G. 3, 141:saltum dare,
to make a leap, Ov. M. 4, 551; so in plur.:dare saltus,
id. ib. 2, 165; 3, 599; 3, 683; 11, 524; cf.:praeceps saltu sese In fluvium dedit,
Verg. A. 9, 815:ut eadem (sc. crura ranarum) sint longis saltibus apta,
Ov. M. 15, 377.—Trop.:2.ab egestate infimā ad saltum sublati divitiarum ingentium,
Amm. 22, 4, 3.saltus, ūs ( gen. salti, Att. ap. Non. 486, 1), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 71], a woody district, uncultivated but used for pasture, a forest-pasture, woodland-pasture, woodland (level or mountainous); freq. and class.; cf.: silva, nemus, lucus).I.Lit.: saltus est, ubi silvae et pastiones sunt, quarum causā casae quoque. Si qua particula in eo saltu pastorum aut custodum causā aratur ea res non peremit nomen saltui, non magis quam fundi, qui est in agro culto, et ejus causā habet aedificium, si qua particula in eo habet silvam, Ael. Gall. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 6, 10:2.conductor saltūs, in quo fundus est,
Dig. 19, 1, 52:in saltu habente habitationes,
ib. 3, 5, 27:saltum pascuum locare,
ib. 19, 2, 19:silvestribus saltibus delectantur,
Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 6:saltibus in vacuis pascunt,
Verg. G. 3, 143:floriferis in saltibus,
Lucr. 3, 11:de saltu agroque vi detruditur,
Cic. Quint. 6, 28:silvis aut saltibus se eripere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 43 fin.; cf.:montium domina ut fores, Silvarumque virentium Saltuumque reconditorum,
Cat. 34, 11; so (with silvae) Verg. G. 3, 40; 4, 53; id. A. 4, 72; Ov. M. 2, 498; (with nemora) Verg. E. 10, 9; cf.:in silvestrem saltum,
Curt. 4, 3, 21:unde tot Quinctilianus habet saltus,
Juv. 7, 188; 10, 194; Hor. C. 2, 3, 17; 3, 4, 15; id. E. 2, 2, 178.—In the poets also as the abode of wild animals:saepire plagis saltum canibusque ciere,
Lucr. 5, 1251; Verg. G. 1, 140; 2, 471; id. A. 4, 121:saltus venatibus apti,
Ov. H. 5, 17; id. M. 2, 498.—Esp., a narrow pass, ravine, mountain - valley:3.omnia vada ac saltus hujus paludis certis custodiis obtinebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:Pyrenaeos saltus occupari jubet,
id. B. C. 1, 37; cf. id. ib. 1, 37 fin.; 1, 38;3, 19: saltu angusto superatis montibus,
Liv. 42, 53; cf.:angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,
id. 28, 1:ante saltum Thermopylarum in septentrionem versa Epirus,
id. 36, 15:premendo praesidiis angustos saltus inclusit,
id. 40, 40; cf.:nemorum jam claudite saltus,
Verg. E. 6, 56:saltibus degressi scrupulosis et inviis,
Amm. 19, 13, 1.—In partic., in agriculture, a portion of the public lands, consisting of four centuriae, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2.—B.Transf., = pudendum muliebre, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 41; id. Curc. 1, 1, 56.—* II.Trop.:meumque erum ex hoc saltu damni salvum ut educam foras,
from this forest of danger, this ticklish situation, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 28; v. Ritschl ad h. 1.
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