siccē

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [sicco], that makes dry, drying:

origanum,

Theod. Prisc. Diaet. 10. (

sicce, adv., a false read. for sic, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 12.)

stăbŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. (collat. form stăbŭlo, āre; v. in the foll.) [stabulum] (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.).

Neutr., to have an abode anywhere; to stable, kennel, harbor, roost, etc. (mostly of animals).

Dep. form:

aviaria, in quibus stabulentur turdi ac pavones,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 7:

bos sicce,

Col. 6, 12, 2:

pecudes multae in antris,

Ov. M. 13, 822:

pisces in petris,

Col. 8, 16, 8:

serpens in illis locis,

Gell. 6, 3, 1:

ut permittat jumenta apud eum stabulari,

Dig. 4, 9, 5.— Poet.: Tartessos stabulanti conscia Phoebo, i. e. setting (qs. returning to his lodging-place), Sil. 3, 399. —

Act. form:

centauri in foribus stabulant,

Verg. A. 6, 286:

una stabulare,

id. G. 3, 224:

pecus sub Haemo,

Stat. Th. 1, 275:

pariter stabulare bimembres Centauros,

id. ib. 1, 457.—

Act., to stable or house cattle:

ut alienum pecus in suo fundo pascat ac stabulet,

Varr. R. R. 1, 21.