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  • 21 Musa

    1.
    Mūsa, ae, f., = Mousa, a muse, one of the goddesses of poetry, music, and the other liberal arts. The ancients reckoned nine of them, viz.: Clio, the muse of history; Melpomene, of tragedy; Thalia, of comedy; Euterpe, of the flute; Terpsichore, of dancing; Calliope, of epic poetry; Erato, of lyric poetry; Urania, of astronomy; Polyhymnia, of the mimic art, Aus. Idyll. 20; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 92:

    Musarum delubra,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 27:

    hic Musarum parens domusque Pieria, Mela, 2, 3, 2: crassiore Musā,

    in a plainer, clearer manner, without too much refinement, Quint. 1, 10, 28: sine ullā Musā, without any genius, wit, taste, Varr. ap. Non. 448, 16.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A song, a poem:

    musa procax,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 37:

    pedestris,

    a style of poetry bordering on prose, id. S. 2, 6, 17.—
    B.
    Plur., sciences, studies:

    quis est omnium, qui modo cum Musis, id est cum humanitate et cum doctrinā habeat aliquod commercium, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

    agrestiores,

    id. Or. 3, 12:

    mansuetiores,

    philosophical studies, id. Fam. 1, 9, 23.
    2.
    Mūsa, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Antonius Musa, a physician in ordinary of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 59; Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 128: Q. Pomponius Musa, in Eckhel. D. N. V. t. 5, p. 283.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Musa

  • 22 sapor

    săpor, ōris, m. [sapio, I.].
    I.
    Lit., a taste, relish, flavor, savor (objectively of the taste inherent in a thing; whereas gustatus is used subjectively, of the taste experienced by him who eats or drinks;

    class.),

    Lucr. 2, 679; cf.: si quem forte inveneritis, qui aspernetur oculis pulchritudinem rerum, non odore ullo, non tactu, non sapore capiatur, excludat auribus omnem suavitatem, Cic. Cael. 17, 42:

    ut mel, suo proprio genere saporis, dulce esse sentitur,

    id. Fin. 3, 10, 34:

    in os salsi venit umor saepe saporis,

    Lucr. 4, 222; 2, 401:

    asper in ore sapor (amelli),

    Verg. G. 4, 277:

    tardus,

    id. ib. 2, 126:

    asper maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222:

    vini,

    id. 24, 9, 38, § 60:

    asperrimus,

    id. 14, 2, 4, § 22:

    dulcis,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 19:

    odoratus et jucundus,

    Plin. 26, 8, 50, § 83:

    austerus,

    id. 25, 5, 20, § 45:

    tristi poma sapore,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 12.—In plur., Lucr. 2, 430; 2, 504; Hor. S. 2, 4, 36; Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174; 8, 51, 77, § 209; 15, 27, 32, § 106 al.—
    B.
    Transf. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose).
    1.
    Subjectively for gustatus, a sense of taste, a taste which a person has of any thing:

    an poterunt oculos aures reprehendere? an aures Tactus? an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?... Seorsus sapor oris habet vim,

    Lucr. 4, 487 sq.:

    aliis aliud taetrius esset orisque sapori,

    id. 2, 511.—
    2.
    Concr. (mostly in the plur.), that which tastes good, a dainty, delicacy, Tib. 1, 7, 35; Verg. G. 4, 62; Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63; 12, 1, 2, § 4.—In sing.:

    et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem,

    i.e. juice, Verg. G. 4, 267.—
    3.
    A smell, scent, odor, Plin. 32, 10, 39, § 117.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of style:

    vernaculus,

    i.e. taste, elegance, Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Arn. 3, p. 108:

    Atticus,

    Quint. 12, 10, 75; cf. id. 6, 4, 107:

    sermo non publici saporis,

    of uncommon elegance, Petr. 3, 1.—
    2.
    Of conduct:

    homo sine sapore,

    without refinement, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 6, 14.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sapor

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