siccus

prandĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. prep-, pra-, before; Gr. prôiên; Dor. pran, early; and Lat. dies; hence, early in the day, sc. that taken or eaten], a late breakfast, luncheon (cf.:

jentaculum, cena), usually taken at or soon after noon, composed of bread, fish, cold meats, etc. (it was thought gluttonous to have several dishes and wine at the prandium): ire ad prandium,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 18; id. Stich. 4, 2, 45:

adducere aliquem ad se ad prandium,

id. Poen. 5, 5, 3:

coquere alicui prandium,

id. Men. 2, 3, 37:

funus prandio facere,

id. ib. 3, 2, 27:

apparare,

to get ready, prepare, id. ib. 1, 2, 61:

accurare,

id. ib. 3, 25:

ornare,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 53:

dare,

to give, id. Am. 2, 2, 33:

obsonare alicui,

id. Poen. 5, 5, 16:

anteponere,

to set before, serve up, id. Men. 2, 2, 2:

comedere,

id. ib. 3, 2, 55:

prandere,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 14:

in prandio aliquem accipere apud se,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 12:

invitare ad prandium,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73:

prandiorum apparatus,

id. Phil. 2, 39, 101; id. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 49:

ad prandium surgere,

Suet. Calig. 58:

panis deinde siccus et sine mensā prandium: post quod non sunt lavendae manus,

Sen. Ep. 83, 6:

post prandium aut cenam bibere volgare est,

id. ib. 122, 6: de prandio nihil detrahi potuit;

paratum fuit non magis hora, nusquam sine caricis, nusquam sine pugillaribus: illae, si panem habeo, propulmentario sunt, si non habeo, pro pane,

id. ib. 87, 3:

prandia cenis usque in lucem ingesta,

id. Q. N. 4, 13, 6. The candidates gave such prandia to their tribules, Cic. Mur. 32, 67;

the emperor to the people,

Suet. Caes. 38; id. Tib. 20; cf. also Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3; Mart. 6, 64, 2; Suet. Vit. 13; id. Aug. 78; id. Claud. 34.—

Transf.

Poet., a meal, in gen.:

qui scribit prandia saevi Tereos,

Mart. 4, 49, 3.—

The feed or fodder of animals:

bubus glandem prandio depromere,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 2:

prandio dato ipsis jumentisque eorum,

Val. Max. 3, 7, 1.

sestertĭus, a, um, num. adj. [contr. from semis-tertius], two and a half; only in the phrases sestertius nummus and milia sestertia; v. I. A. and I. B. 1. infra.— Mostly as subst.

sestertĭus (written also with the characters HS.; v. B. 4. infra), ii, m. (sc. nummus); also in full: sestertius nummus; gen. plur. sestertiūm; rarely sestertiorum or sestertiūm nummūm, a sesterce, a small silver coin, originally equal to two and a half asses, or one fourth of a denarius. When the as was reduced in weight, during the Punic wars, the denarius was made equal to sixteen asses, and the sestertius continued to be one fourth of the denarius. Its value, up to the time of Augustus, was twopence and half a farthing sterling, or four and one tenth cents; afterwards about one eighth less. The sestertius was the ordinary coin of the Romans, by which the largest sums were reckoned. The sestertium (1000 sestertii) was equal (up to the time of Augustus, afterwards about one eighth less) to

1 d. sterling, or $42.94 in United States coin (v. Zumpt, Gram. § 842; Dict. of Ant. s. v. as, sestertius).

In gen.:

sestertius, quod duobus semis additur (dupondius enim et semis antiquus sestertius est) et veteris consuetudinis, ut retro aere dicerent, ita ut semis tertius, quartus semis pronunciarent, ab semis tertius sestertius dicitur,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Müll.: nostri quartam denarii partem, quod efficie [p. 1686] batur ex duobus assibus et tertio semisse, sestertium nominaverunt, Vitr. 3, 1 med.; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30:

taxatio in libras sestertii singuli et in penuriā bini,

Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 130.—Freq. joined with nummus:

mille nongentos quinquaginta sestertios nummos,

Col. 3, 3, 9.— Gen. plur. sestertiūm: quid verum sit, intellego;

sed alias ita loquor, ut concessum est, ut hoc vel pro deum dico vel pro deorum, alias, ut necesse est, cum triumvirum non virorum, cum sestertiūm nummūm non nummorum, quod in his consuetudo varia non est,

Cic. Or. 46, 56:

sestertiūm sexagena milia nummūm,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 1; cited ap. Plin. 10, 20, 23, § 45.—Rarely, sestertiorum:

duo milia sestertiorum,

Col. 3, 3, 13.—

In partic.

As adj. in neutr. plur., with milia (in Varr. and Col.):

ut asinus venierit sestertiis milibus LX. (= sexaginta milibus sestertium),

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14:

grex centenarius facile quadragena milia sestertia ut reddat,

id. ib. 3, 6, 6:

hos numquam minus dena milia sestertia ex melle recipere,

id. ib. 3, 6, 11:

Hirrius ex aedificiis duodena milia sestertia capiebat,

id. ib. 3, 17, 3:

sestertiis octo milibus,

Col. 3, 3, 8; 3, 3, 9; 3, 3, 10.—

To express more than two complete thousands sestertia is used as plurale tantum, with distrib. numerals (rare before the Aug. per.):

si qui vilicus ex eo fundo, qui sestertia dena meritasset... domino XX. milia nummūm pro X. miserit (= decem milia sestertiūm),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

candidati apud eum HS. quingena deposuerunt (= quindecim milia sestertiūm),

id. Att. 4, 15, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcena sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

id. Par. 6, 3, 49:

bis dena super sestertia nummum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 33:

Tiberius Hortalo se respondisse ait, daturum liberis ejus ducena sestertia singulis,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

princeps capiendis pecuniis posuit modum usque ad dena sestertia,

id. ib. 11, 7.—Rarely with card. numerals:

sestertia centum,

Sall. C. 30, 6:

septem donat sestertia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 80:

centum sestertia,

Mart. 6, 20, 1:

sex sestertia,

id. 6, 30, 1; cf.:

ne cui jus esset nisi qui... HS. CCCC. census fuisset,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32.—

Millions of sesterces were expressed in three ways:

By the words centena (or centum) milia sestertiūm, preceded by a numeral adverb (rare): miliens centena milia sestertium, a hundred millions, etc., Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84.—

With ellips. of the words centena milia, the gen. plur. sestertiūm being preceded by the numeral adv. (rare;

once in Cic.): HS. (i. e. sestertium) quater decies P. Tadio numerata Athenis... planum faciam (i.e. sestertiūm quater decies centena milia, = 1,400,000 sesterces),

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100 (where B. and K. after Orell. read. ex conj., sestertium; v. Kühner, Gram. § 229, 5 b.).—

With sestertium, declined as subst. neutr., and the numeral adverbs from decies upward (also with ellips. of centena or centum milia; sestertium here = centum milia sestertiūm. The origin of this usage, which became general, has been much disputed, and it is usual to explain it, after Non. p. 495 (cf. Quint. 1, 6, 18), as a grammatical blunder, by which the gen. plur. sestertium has been mistaken for a neutr. sing., Zumpt, Gram. § 873; but it more probably grew out of the adj. use of sestertium with mille, supra; v. Fischer, Gram. 2, p. 269; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 116; Kühner, Gram. § 209).

Nom. and acc.:

quom ei testamento sestertium milies relinquatur,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 93:

nonne sestertium centies et octogies... Romae in quaestu reliquisti?

id. Pis. 35, 86:

sestertium sexagies, quod advexerat Domitius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23, 4:

sestertium quadringenties aerario illatum est,

Tac. A. 13, 31:

sestertium deciens numeratum esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 20; 2, 3, 70, § 163:

quadringenties sestertium, quod debuisti,

id. Phil. 2, 37, 93; id. Off. 3, 24, 93; Nep. Att. 14, 2:

sestertium ducenties ex eā praedā redactum esse,

Liv. 45, 43, 8; Val. Max. 9, 1, 6:

sestertium milies in culinam congerere,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 10, 3:

quater milies sestertium suum vidit,

id. Ben. 2, 27, 1; Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37; Tac. A. 6, 45; 12, 22; 12, 53; 13, 31; id. H. 4, 47; Suet. Calig. 37; id. Galb. 5.—Sometimes with ellips. of sestertium:

dissipatio, per quam Antonius septies miliens avertit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11.—

Gen.:

syngrapha sestertii centies per legatos facta,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95:

argenti ad summam sestertii decies in aerarium rettulit,

Liv. 45, 4, 1:

sestertii milies servus,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 1:

liberalitas decies sestertii,

Tac. A. 2, 37; 2, 86:

centies sestertii largitio,

id. ib. 12, 58; 12, 53; Plin. Ep. 10, 3 (5), 2.—

Abl.:

quadragies sestertio villam venisse,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 3:

sexagies sestertio, tricies sestertio,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 4:

centies sestertio cenavit uno die,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 11:

pantomimae decies sestertio nubunt,

id. ib. 12, 5; id. Ben. 4, 36, 1; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196:

accepto quinquagies sestertio,

Tac. A. 3, 17; 6, 17; 16, 13; id. H. 4, 42; Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 7; Suet. Caes. 50; id. Tib. 48; id. Calig. 38, 4.—The sign HS., i.e. II. and semis, stands for sestertius, sestertia, and sestertium, in all the uses described above; when it is necessary, to avoid ambiguity, its meanings are distinguished thus: HS. XX. stands for sestertii viginti; HS. X̅X̅., with a line over the numeral, = sestertia vicena, or 20,000 sesterces; H̅S̅. X̅X̅., with lines over both signs, = sestertium vicies, or 2,000,000 sesterces (Kühner, Gram. § 229 Anm. 1). But in recent edd. the numerals are usu. written in full, when the meaning would otherwise be doubtful.—

Transf., in gen.

Nummo sestertio or sestertio nummo, for a small sum, for a trifle (good prose):

ecquis est, qui bona C. Rabirii Postumi nummo sestertio sibi addici velit? Tua, Postume, nummo sestertio a me addicuntur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 45; Val. Max. 5, 2, 10:

C. Matienus damnatus sestertio nummo veniit,

Liv. Epit. 55:

quae maxima inter vos habentur, divitiae, gratia, potentia, sestertio nummo aestiman da sunt,

Sen. Ep. 95, 59; Val. Max. 8, 2, 3.—

Money, a sum of money:

sestertio amplo comparare,

for a large sum, Sol. 27 (40) fin. —

In the times of the emperors, also, a copper coin, worth four asses, Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 4; cf. Eckhel. Doctr. Num. 6, p. 283.—

ses-tertĭum, ii, n., in econom. lang., as a measure of dimension, two and a half feet deep:

ipsum agrum sat erit bipalio vertere: quod vocant rustici sestertium,

Col. Arb. 1, 5 (for which:

siccus ager bipalio subigi debet, quae est altitudo pastinationis, cum in duos pedes et semissem convertitur humus,

id. ib. 3, 5, 3).

siccĭtas, ātis ( gen. plur. siccitatium, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222), f. [siccus], dryness, siccity (freq. and class.; used alike in sing. and plur.).

Lit.

In gen.: ab lippitudine usque siccitas ut sit tibi, * Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 18:

uvae,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 315:

palmarum,

id. 13, 4, 9, § 47.—

In partic.

Of places, dryness:

in Sipontinā siccitate,

Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 71:

siccitates paludum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 38.—

Of the weather, dryness, drought:

siccitate et inopiā frugum insignis annus fuit: sex menses numquam pluisse, memoriae proditum est,

Liv. 40, 29; cf. id. 4, 30; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 1; Plin. 31, 4, 28, § 51.— Plur.:

frumentum in Galliā propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24; Varr. R. R. 1, 31 fin.:

in siccitatibus acutae febres oriuntur,

Cels. 2, 1 med.; Quint. 11, 3, 27; Col. 12, 44, 8; Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 186; 31, 4, 28, § 50. —

Of the human body, dryness, siccity, as a state of health; freedom from gross humors (opp. rheum, catarrh, tumefaction, etc.), firmness, solidity: Persae eam sunt consecuti corporis siccitatem, ut neque spuerent neque emungerentur suffiatoque corpore essent, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 7: adde siccitatem, quae consequitur hanc continentiam in victu;

adde integritatem valetudinis,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 99:

corporis,

id. Sen. 10, 34.—

Trop., dryness, jejuneness, want of ornament (very rare):

isti (magistri) cum non modo dominos se fontium, sed se ipsos fontes esse dicant, et omnium rigare debeant ingenia, non putant fore ridiculum, si, cum id polliceantur aliis, arescant ipsi siccitate,

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:

orationis siccitas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1; cf.:

jejunitatem et siccitatem et inopiam,

id. Brut. 82, 285.

sĭtis, is (abl. site, Ven. Carm. 2, 13, 3; acc. sitem, Prud. steph. 2, 250), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with siccus], thirst (class.; used only in sing.).

Lit.:

demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tenet,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 33; cf.:

tibi cum fauces urit sitis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 114:

siti sicca sum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 26:

anum interfecero siti fameque atque algu,

id. Most. 1, 3, 36; id. Rud. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

explere diuturnam sitim,

id. Sen. 8, 26; cf.:

ut sitim nostro possis explere cruore,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 57:

ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,

excited, Verg. G. 3, 327:

fessa labore sitim collegerat,

had become thirsty, Ov. M. 5, 446:

sitim tolerare,

Tac. G. 4:

exstinguere sitim,

Ov. M. 7, 569:

restinguere,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

pellere,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 14; Stat. Th. 5, 1:

finire,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 146:

sedare,

Lucr. 2, 663; 4, 850; 5, 945; Ov. M. 3, 415:

famem ac sitim sedare,

Plin. 11, 53, 119, § 284; Tac. H. 2, 49:

levare,

Ov. M. 12, 156; 15, 322:

relevare,

id. ib. 6, 354 al.:

compescere,

id. ib. 4, 102:

deponere,

id. ib. 4, 98:

defendere fonte,

Sil. 7, 170:

avertere,

id. 8, 572:

reprimere,

Curt. 7, 5, 7:

pomi sitim faciunt,

provoke, Plin. 23, 7, 70, § 135:

sucus, qui sitim stimulet,

id. 23, 7, 67, § 132:

sitim adferunt (fici),

id. 23, 7, 63, § 121:

accendit,

id. 11, 2, 1, § 3; Curt. 7, 5, 2:

in lassitudine et in siti,

Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111:

excessit sitim potio,

was more than enough for, Cels. 1, 2:

ardere siti,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 104:

sitis arida guttur Urit,

Ov. M. 11, 129.—

Transf., of things (places, plants, etc.), dryness, drought, aridity ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et Canis arenti torreat arva siti,

Tib. 1, 4, 42; Verg. G. 2, 353:

deserta siti regio,

id. A. 4, 42:

haurit sitis ignea campos,

Stat. Th. 4, 699:

sitis aestatis restinguitur fontibus, i. e. of plants,

Col. 11, 3, 9; Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29 al.—

Trop., strong or ardent desire, greediness, thirst:

cupiditatis sitis,

Cic. Par. 1, 1, 6.—With gen. obj.:

libertatis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 13, 768:

argenti sitis importuna famesque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23:

sitis major famae quam virtutis,

Juv. 10, 140:

audiendi,

Quint. 6, 3, 19.

sōbrĭus ( sōbrĕus), a, um ( comp. sobrior, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 64; elsewhere not compared), adj. [cf. Gr. sôphrôn, saos; Lat. sanus], not drunk, sober (freq. and class.).

Lit., opp. vinolentus, Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; so id. Or. 28, 99;

opp. vino madens,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 2;

opp. madidus,

id. Am. 3, 4, 18; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 5; Cato Utic. ap. Suet. Caes. 53; and ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9;

opp. ebrius,

Sen. Ep. 18, 4 (with siccus); Mart. 3, 16, 3;

opp. temulentus,

Tac. A. 13, 15 et saep.:

male sobrius, i. e. ebrius,

Tib. 1, 10, 51; Ov. F. 6, 785.—

Transf., of things ( poet. and post-Aug. prose; cf.

ebrius): pocula,

Tib. 1, 6, 28 (24):

lympha mixta mero,

id. 2, 1, 46:

nox,

in which there was no drinking, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 11; cf.

convictus,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

uva,

not intoxicating, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 31:

rura,

that furnish no wine, Stat. S. 4, 2, 37; cf. Suet. Dom. 7:

sobrium vicum Romae dictum putant, vel quod in eo nulla taberna fuerit, vel quod in eo Mercurio lacte, non vino supplicabatur, Fest. pp. 296 and 297 Müll.: non sobria verba,

i. e. of a drunken person, Mart. 1, 28, 5:

paupertas,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 411:

lares pauperes nostros, sed plane sobrios revisamus,

App. M. 5, p. 163, 31.—

In gen., sober, moderate, temperate, continent:

parcus ac sobrius,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 15: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33 (Com. Rel. p. 148 Rib.):

homines frugi ac sobrii,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 27, § 67:

auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit... caret invidendā Sobrius aulā,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 8; Vell. 2, 63, 1:

non aestimatur voluptas illa Epicuri, quam sobria et sicca sit,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 12, 4:

corda,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 78:

vetus illa Romana virtus et sobria,

Amm. 15, 4, 3;

opp. libidinosus,

Lact. 3, 26, 7.—

Trop., of the mind, sober, even-minded, clever, sensible, prudent, reasonable, cautious (syn.:

mentis compos, sanus): satin' sanus es aut sobrius?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 29; cf.:

satis credis sobriam esse,

id. Eun. 4, 4, 36:

tu homo non es sobrius,

id. And. 4, 4, 39:

vigilantes homines, sobrii, industrii,

Cic. Cael. 31, 74: [p. 1715] diligentes et memores et sobrii oratores, id. de Or. 2, 32, 140;

opp. iracundus,

Vell. 2, 41, 1:

alte sobria ferre pedem,

prudently, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 6.—Of things:

opera Proba et sapiens et sobria,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

ingenium siccum ac sobrium,

Sen. Ep. 114, 3:

violenta et rapida Carneades dicebat, modesta Diogenes et sobria,

Gell. 7, 14, 10.—Hence, adv.: sōbrĭē (acc. to II. A. and B.).

Moderately, temperately, frugally: vivere (with parce, continenter, severe;

opp. diffluere luxuriā),

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106.—

Prudently, sensibly, circumspectly, = prudenter:

ut hoc sobrie agatur,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29:

curare aliquid,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 215:

hanc rem accurare,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 29; id. Pers. 4, 1, 1.

ungo or unguo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [root in Sanscr. ang, to besmear; cf. Gr. agos], to smear, besmear, anoint with any fat substance, an unguent, oil, etc. (class.;

syn.: lino, linio): unguentis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77:

aliquam unguentis,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 115; id. Truc. 2, 2, 34:

unctus est, accubuit,

Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

gloria quem supra vires unguit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76.—Of the anointing of corpses, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 219 (Ann. v. 156 Vahl.); Ov. P. 1, 9, 47; id. F. 4, 853; id. H. 10, 122; Mart. 3, 12, 4; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7:

corpus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26:

globos melle,

Cato, R. R. 79:

postes superbos amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1175 et saep.—Of the anointing of a Jewish king:

unctus est in regem,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 45, 5:

caules oleo,

to dress with oil, Hor. S. 2, 3, 125:

caules impensius,

Pers. 6, 68:

pingui oluscula lardo,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 64: labitur uncta carina, daubed with pitch, the pitchy keel, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, and ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 379 and 476); imitated by Verg. A. 4, 398; cf.:

labitur uncta vadis abies,

id. ib. 8, 91: ungere tela manu ferrumque armare, to smear or anoint with poison (ious chriesthai), id. ib. 9, 773:

arma uncta cruoribus,

smeared, stained, Hor. C. 2, 1, 5:

tela cruore hostili,

Sil. 9, 13:

ova ranae sanguine,

Hor. Epod. 5, 19:

puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus,

i. e. greasy, id. S. 2, 4, 78; so,

uncta aqua,

id. ib. 2, 2, 68.—

Trop., Vulg. Act. 10, 38; id. 2 Cor. 1, 21.—Hence, unctus, a, um, P. a.; prop. anointed, oiled:

cur quisquam caput unctius referret,

Cat. 10, 11:

magis diliges ex duobus aeque bonis viris nitidum et unctum quam pulverulentum et horrentem,

Sen. Ep. 66, 24:

Achivi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33:

nudus, unctus, ebrius est contionatus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 12.—

Transf., rich, luxurious, sumptuous (syn. lautus).

Adj.:

captus es unctiore cenā,

Mart. 5, 44, 7:

melius et unctius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44:

cenae unctissimae,

Sid. Ep. 2, 9:

ita palaestritas defendebat, ut ab illis ipse unctior abiret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:

accedes siccus ad unctum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12:

patrimonia,

Cat. 29, 23:

Corinthus,

luxurious, voluptuous, Juv. 8, 113:

Tarentus,

Sid. Carm. 5, 430:

pro isto asso sole, quo tu abusus es in nostro pratulo, a te nitidum solem unctumque repetemus,

i. e. sunshine and ointment, Cic. Att. 12, 6, 2:

unctior splendidiorque consuetudo loquendi,

rich, copious, id. Brut. 20, 78.—

Subst.: unctum, i, n.

A rich banquet, sumptuous feast:

unctum qui recte ponere possit,

Hor. A. P. 422:

cenare sine uncto,

Pers. 6, 16.—

An ointment:

haurito plusculo uncto, corporis mei membra perfricui,

App. M. 3, p. 139; Veg. 3, 71, 5.

văpor (ante-class. form văpos, Naev. ap. Non. 487, 10; Lucr. 6, 952; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. kapis, incense; Gr. kapuô, kapnos, smoke; cf. vappa], steam, exhalation, vapor (syn. exhalatio).

In gen.:

aquarum vapores, qui a sole ex agris tepefactis et ex aquis excitantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

aquarum quasi vapor quidam aër habendus est,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27; Lucr. 6, 271:

aquae calidae,

Cels. 7, 7, 10; Scrib. Comp. 20:

terrenus vapor siccus est et fumo similis, qui ventos, tonitrua et fulmina facit: aquarum halitus umidus est et imbres et nives creat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 4:

nocturnos formidare vapores,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 93: volat vapor ater ad auras. smoke, Verg. A. 7, 466; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 40; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Sen. Herc. Fur. 911.—

In partic., a warm exhalation, warmth, heat, etc.

Lit.:

(terra semen) tepefactum vapore et compressu suo diffundit,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51: aestifer ignis uti lumen jacit atque vaporem, Lucr. 1, 663:

solis,

id. 1, 1032; 2, 150; 4, 185; 4, 201; 6, 236; Curt. 7, 5, 3;

of the heat of the thunderbolt: inusta vaporis signa,

Lucr. 6, 220:

finditque vaporibus arva (Phoebus),

Ov. M. 3, 152:

siderum,

Hor. Epod. 3, 15:

lentusque carinas Est vapor,

Verg. A. 5, 683; cf. id. ib. 698:

locus torridus et vaporis plenus,

Liv. 5, 48, 1:

vapore foveri,

Cels. 7, 7, 2; 7, 7, 10; 7, 9 fin.; 8, 4; 8, 7; Col. 1, 4, 10; 7, 3, 8 al.—

Trop., warmth, ardor of love:

pectus insanum vapor amorque torret,

Sen. Hippol. 640.

văpor (ante-class. form văpos, Naev. ap. Non. 487, 10; Lucr. 6, 952; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. kapis, incense; Gr. kapuô, kapnos, smoke; cf. vappa], steam, exhalation, vapor (syn. exhalatio).

In gen.:

aquarum vapores, qui a sole ex agris tepefactis et ex aquis excitantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

aquarum quasi vapor quidam aër habendus est,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27; Lucr. 6, 271:

aquae calidae,

Cels. 7, 7, 10; Scrib. Comp. 20:

terrenus vapor siccus est et fumo similis, qui ventos, tonitrua et fulmina facit: aquarum halitus umidus est et imbres et nives creat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 4:

nocturnos formidare vapores,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 93: volat vapor ater ad auras. smoke, Verg. A. 7, 466; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 40; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Sen. Herc. Fur. 911.—

In partic., a warm exhalation, warmth, heat, etc.

Lit.:

(terra semen) tepefactum vapore et compressu suo diffundit,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51: aestifer ignis uti lumen jacit atque vaporem, Lucr. 1, 663:

solis,

id. 1, 1032; 2, 150; 4, 185; 4, 201; 6, 236; Curt. 7, 5, 3;

of the heat of the thunderbolt: inusta vaporis signa,

Lucr. 6, 220:

finditque vaporibus arva (Phoebus),

Ov. M. 3, 152:

siderum,

Hor. Epod. 3, 15:

lentusque carinas Est vapor,

Verg. A. 5, 683; cf. id. ib. 698:

locus torridus et vaporis plenus,

Liv. 5, 48, 1:

vapore foveri,

Cels. 7, 7, 2; 7, 7, 10; 7, 9 fin.; 8, 4; 8, 7; Col. 1, 4, 10; 7, 3, 8 al.—

Trop., warmth, ardor of love:

pectus insanum vapor amorque torret,

Sen. Hippol. 640.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `dry, arid, languishing, lean' (IA).

Compounds: Compp., e. g. ἰσχνό-φωνος `with dry (thin) voice' (Hdt., Hp., Arist.), often connected with ἴσχω (v. l. ἰσχό-φωνος; cf. below on ἰσχναίνω) and understood as `with halting voice'; ἔν-ισχνος `a little dry' (Nic. Al. 147; cf. Strömberg Prefix Studies 128).

Derivatives: ἰσχνότης `dryness etc.' (Hp., Arist.); denomin. verbs: 1. ἰσχναίνω, also with prefix as κατ-, ἀπ-, `dry up, make lean' (IA) with ἰσχνασία, - ίη `dried up position, leanness' (Hp., Arist.; on the formation Schwyzer 469), ἰσχνασμός (Hp.), ἴσχνανσις (Paul. Aeg.) `drying up', ἰσχναντικός `drying up, becoming lean' (Arist.); 2. ἰσχνόομαι, - όω, also with ἀπ-, ἐξ- a. o., `get, make dry' (Hp., Arist.) with ἴσχνωσις, - ωτικός (medic. a. o.). - Beside it ἰσχαλέος `dry, barren' (τ 233, Man.) and ἰσχάς, - άδος f. `dried fig' (Com., Arist.) with ἰσχαδο-πώλης, ἰσχάδιον a. o. (Com.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: ἰσχ-ν-ός, ἰσχ-αλ-έος does not show old variation ν: λ, which is no IE category ( σμερδνός: σμερδαλέος does exist, of course, Schwyzer 484, Chantraine Formation 253). One might have expected a verb ἰσχαίνω ( κερδαλέος: κερδαίνω), which is often found as v. l., but it may also be a mix with ἰσχάνω `hold back'. A related u-stem has been assumed in Av. hišku-, Celt., e. g. MIr. sesc `dry', IE * si-sk-u(-o)-. (One uspposed for ἰσχνός an ad hoc basis * si-sk-sno- (Brugmann Grundr.² 2: 1, 475); from an s-stem? - Unclear is the basis of ἰσχάς; after οἰνάς, κοτινάς, φυτάς, μυρτάς etc. one would suppose a noun. Further suggestions (IE sek- `dry up') in Bq, Pok. 894f., W.-Hofmann s. siccus. - Not with Osthoff IF 27, 181ff. to Lat. vēscus `emaciated, lean' (to vēscor, s. W.-Hofmann s. v.).

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