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1 purgamentum
rubbish, trash, filth, sweepings. -
2 agger
agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].I.Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:II.aggere paludem explere,
id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:longius erat agger petendus,
id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:superjecto aggere terreno,
Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:implere cavernas aggere,
Curt. 8, 10, 27:fossas aggere complent,
Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,Esp.A.The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:B.atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,
id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,
Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,
Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:agger armorum,
Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:aggeres Alpini,
Verg. A. 6, 830; so,Thessalici aggeres,
i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:ab alto aggere,
Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,
Luc. 5, 674:consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,
Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:mons aquae,
Verg. A. 1, 105).—In milit. lang.1.A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:2.aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,
id. Phil. 10, 9:celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12:jacere,
to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:aggerem exstruere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 30:instruere,
id. ib. 8, 41:promovere ad urbem,
to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,
rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.3.Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,
Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:4.stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,
Luc. 5, 317:vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,
Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):viae deprensus in aggere serpens,
Verg. A. 5, 273:Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,
Rutil. Itiner. 39:aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,
Tac. H. 2, 24 and 42; 3, 21 and 23. -
3 quisquilia
quisquĭlĭae, ārum, f. ( neutr. collat. form quisquĭlĭa, ōrum, Petr. 75; cf.: quisquilia, skubala, Gloss. Philox.) [prob. from quisque, all sorts of things, odds and ends].I.Lit., the waste or refuse of any thing, the droppings of trees, sweepings, offscourings, rubbish, filth:II.quisquiliae dici putantur quicquid ex arboribus minutis surculorum foliorumve cadit,
Fest. p. 257 Müll.; cf.:quisquiliae, stipulae immixta esurculis et foliis aridis: sunt autem purgamenta terrarum,
Isid. Orig. 17, 6; and: quisquiliae, skubala, phruganôn chaitai, peripsêmata, Gloss. Philox.:quisquilias, volantes, venti spolia, memoras, Caecil. ap. Fest. l. l.: quisquiliae frumenti,
Vulg. Amos, 8, 6:nugas marinas et quisquilias litorales quaerere,
App. Mag. p. 296, 36. —Transf., of vile or worthless persons, beasts, or things, refuse, outcast, riffraff, dregs, rubbish, trash:omitto Numerium, Serranum, Aelium, quisquilias seditionis Clodianae,
Cic. Sest. 43, 94; id. Att. 1, 16, 6: homo non, quisquiliae, Nov. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll.—Of worthless fish,
App. M. 1, p. 113, 28:corcillum est, quod homines facit: cetera quisquilia omnia,
are trifles, Petr. 75. -
4 quisquiliae
quisquĭlĭae, ārum, f. ( neutr. collat. form quisquĭlĭa, ōrum, Petr. 75; cf.: quisquilia, skubala, Gloss. Philox.) [prob. from quisque, all sorts of things, odds and ends].I.Lit., the waste or refuse of any thing, the droppings of trees, sweepings, offscourings, rubbish, filth:II.quisquiliae dici putantur quicquid ex arboribus minutis surculorum foliorumve cadit,
Fest. p. 257 Müll.; cf.:quisquiliae, stipulae immixta esurculis et foliis aridis: sunt autem purgamenta terrarum,
Isid. Orig. 17, 6; and: quisquiliae, skubala, phruganôn chaitai, peripsêmata, Gloss. Philox.:quisquilias, volantes, venti spolia, memoras, Caecil. ap. Fest. l. l.: quisquiliae frumenti,
Vulg. Amos, 8, 6:nugas marinas et quisquilias litorales quaerere,
App. Mag. p. 296, 36. —Transf., of vile or worthless persons, beasts, or things, refuse, outcast, riffraff, dregs, rubbish, trash:omitto Numerium, Serranum, Aelium, quisquilias seditionis Clodianae,
Cic. Sest. 43, 94; id. Att. 1, 16, 6: homo non, quisquiliae, Nov. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll.—Of worthless fish,
App. M. 1, p. 113, 28:corcillum est, quod homines facit: cetera quisquilia omnia,
are trifles, Petr. 75. -
5 agger
agger eris, m [ad + GES-], a mass, heap, collection, pile: aggere paludem explere, Cs.: longius erat agger petendus, Cs.: fossas aggere conplent, V.—A heap of rubbish, pile of stones, bank, mound, dam, pier, hillock, wall, dike, mole, rampart: aggeribus niveis informis terra, with snow-drifts, V.: proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, V.: molirique aggere tecta, a stockade, V.: aggeribus ruptis amnis exit, dams, V.: muniti aggere portūs, a breakwater, O.: viae agger, a causeway, V.—Poet.: aggeres Alpini, i. e. mountains, V.— A funeral pile, O. — A platform (for a speaker), O. — In war, a mound erected before a besieged city to sustain battering engines: vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere iacto, Cs.: aggerem iacere, S.: promovere ad urbem, to bring near to the city, L.; usu. of wood; hence, ut agger, tormenta flammam conciperent, Cs.: aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, L. — Fig.: esset agger oppugnandae Italiae, a rampart for attacking. — Freq. of mounds or terraces in Rome, built for defence, and afterwards used as promenades, a boulevard, terrace: maximus (Tarquinii): (Servius) aggere circumdat urbem, L.: Aggere in aprico spatiari, H.— A mound to protect a camp: seges aggere cingit, V.* * *rampart (or material for); causeway, pier; heap, pile, mound; dam; mud wall -
6 alga
alga ae, f sea-weed, H.—Prov. of worthlessness: proiecta, V.: inutilis, H.* * *sea-weed; rubbish, uncountable stuff; water plants -
7 fābula
fābula ae, f [1 FA-], a narration, narrative, account, story, tale: poëticae, L.: longa, H.: de te Fabula narratur, H.: et fabula fias, the common talk, H.: volgaris, O.: nova, news, Iu.: a diverticulo repetatur fabula, let us return to our story, Iu.: fabulae conviviales, conversation, Ta. — An affair, concern, matter, talk: quam mihi surdo narret fabulam, how deaf I am to his talk, T.: quae haec est fabula? what does this mean? T.— A fictitious narrative, tale, story, fiction, fable: ut ad fabulas veniamus: fabulis credere: a fabulis ad facta venire: non fabula rumor Ille fuit, O.: fabulae! tales! T.: fabulae Manes (i. e. fabulosi), H.— A dramatic poem, drama, play: in primā fabulā, when the play opens, T.: primus fabulam docuit: Securus, cadat an stet fabula, H.: neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula, H.: in fabulis persona.— A fable, story with a lesson: fabularum genus, Ph.: quae (res) vel apologum, vel fabulam contineat.—Prov.: Lupus in fabulā, talk of the devil (of a person who comes while talked about), T.— A plot, action, story (of a play or poem), H.* * *story, tale, fable; play, dramafabulae! -- rubbish!, nonsense!
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8 quisquiliae
quisquiliae ārum, f [quisque], odds and ends, offscourings, rubbish: seditionis Clodianae. -
9 rūdus
rūdus eris, n broken stone, rubbish, debris: Ruderi accipiendo, Ta.: acutum silicis, Ct.* * *lump, rough piece; piece of bronze, (sometimes a bronze coin) -
10 erudero
eruderare, -, eruderatus V -
11 purgamentum
sweepings, rubbish, filth -
12 quisquilia
rubbish (pl.), sweepings, refuse -
13 rudectus
rudecta, rudectum ADJfull-of-rubbish; poor (of soil) -
14 quisquiliae
quisquiliarumrubbish, trash, garbage, refuse -
15 erudero
I.Lit.:II.solum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7.—Trop.:volumen de supervacuis sententiis,
Sid. Ep. 5, 15; 5, 7; Ambros. Ep. 22, 2. -
16 rudectus
rūdectus, a, um, adj. [rudus], full of rubbish, i. e. (of soil) poor, dry:terra,
Cato, R. R. 34, 2:locus,
id. ib. 35, 1. -
17 ruderarius
rūdĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [rudus], of or belonging to rubbish:cribrum,
App. M. 8, p. 212, 19. -
18 ruderatio
II.Transf., a mass of broken stone, Vitr. 5, 12, 6. -
19 rudero
rūdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [rudus], to cover or pave with broken stone or rubbish, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 20; Vitr. 7, 1. -
20 rudus
1.rūdus, ĕris, n., stones broken small and mingled with lime for plastering walls, paving floors, etc.I.In gen., Vitr. 7, 1:II.rudus inicere solo,
Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186; Pall. 1, 9, 4; 11, 2 Mai: aedificia tecta rudere aut pavimentis, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 3: rudere, non tegulis teguntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 2: pingue, i. e. rich soil, Col. poët. 10, 81.—In partic., old rubbish, of the stones, plaster, etc., of decayed buildings (rare and not ante-Aug.):2.ruderi accipiendo Ostienses paludes destinabat,
Tac. A. 15, 43.—In plur.:alveum Tiberis laxavit ac repurgavit, completum olim ruderibus,
Suet. Aug. 30; id. Vesp. 8.rūdus, ĕris, v. raudus.
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