so called from the dark

blattārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. blatta], pertaining to the moth: balnea, for moths, i. e. dark bathing-rooms (so called from the dislike of the moth to the light), Sen. Ep. 86, 7; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 99.—

Subst.: blattārĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba), moth-mullein: Verbascum blattaria, Linn.; Plin. 25, 9, 60, § 108.

blattārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. blatta], pertaining to the moth: balnea, for moths, i. e. dark bathing-rooms (so called from the dislike of the moth to the light), Sen. Ep. 86, 7; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 99.—

Subst.: blattārĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba), moth-mullein: Verbascum blattaria, Linn.; Plin. 25, 9, 60, § 108.

lingua (ante-class. form dingua, like dagrima for lacrima, Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf. the letter D), ae, f. [Sanscr. jihvā; original Lat. form. dingua; A. -S. tunga; Germ. Zunge; Engl. tongue. Not from the root lih, lich, v. lingo], the tongue.

Lit.:

fac proserpentem bestiam me duplicem ut habeam linguam (of a kiss in which the tongues touched each other),

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 105:

lingua haeret metu,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 7:

in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

linguā haesitantes,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

linguā properanti legere,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 9:

linguā titubante loqui,

id. Tr. 3, 1, 21:

quo facilius verba ore libero exprimeret, calculos lingua volvens dicere domi solebat (Demosthenes),

Quint. 11, 3, 54: linguam exserere, to thrust out the tongue, in token of derision or contempt, Liv. 7, 10: so,

lingua ejecta,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266:

lingua minor,

the epiglottis, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.—Comically, as mock term of endearment:

hujus voluptas, te opsecro, hujus mel, hujus cor, hujus labellum, hujus lingua,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 178; cf. v. 175.—In mal. part.: homo malae linguae, a fellow with a bad tongue, i. q. fellator, Mart. 3, 80, 2; Min. Fel. Oct. 28.—

Transf.

Since the tongue is an organ of speech, a tongue, utterance, speech, language:

largus opum, lingua melior,

Verg. A. 11, 338:

facilem benevolumque lingua tua jam tibi me reddidit,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

non tu tibi istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam jubes?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 47:

Latium beare divite linguā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

lingua quasi flabello seditionis contionem ventilare,

Cic. Fl. 23, 54:

linguam continere,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:

tenere,

Ov. F. 2, 602:

moderari,

Sall. J. 84:

linguae solutio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

linguam solvere ad jurgia,

Ov. M. 3, 261:

quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83:

ut vitemus linguas hominum,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

Aetolorum linguas retundere,

to check their tongues, bring them to silence, Liv. 33, 3; cf.:

claudente noxarum conscientiā linguam,

Amm. 16, 12, 61:

si mihi lingua foret,

Ov. H. 21, 205:

ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro,

Verg. E. 7, 28: favete linguis, i. e. give attention, " be silent that you may hear," Hor. C. 3, 1, 2; Ov. F. 1, 71:

linguis animisque faventes,

Juv. 12, 83:

nam lingua mali pars pessima servi,

id. 9, 121:

mercedem imponere linguae,

i. e. to speak for pay, id. 7, 149:

usum linguae reciperare,

Amm. 17, 12, 10:

linguā debili esse,

to stammer, Gell. 1, 12, 2.—Comically: os habeat, linguam, perfidiam, tongue, i. e. readiness in speech, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33. —

The tongue or language of a people:

lingua Latina, Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

Graeca et Latina lingua,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

(Massilia) tam procul a Graecorum regionibus, disciplinis linguāque divisa,

Cic. Fl. 26, 63:

quod quidem Latina lingua sic observat, ut, etc.,

id. Or. 44, 150:

Gallicae linguae scientiam habere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli, appellantur,

id. ib. 1, 1:

dissimili linguā,

Sall. C. 6, 2:

linguā utrāque,

i. e. Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 23; so, auctores utriusque linguae, Quint. prooem. 1;

1, 1, 14: Mithridates, cui duas et viginti linguas notas fuisse,

id. 11, 2, 50:

haud rudis Graecae linguae,

Curt. 5, 11, 4; 5, 4, 4; Nep. Milt. 3, 2:

Syrus in Tiberim Orontes et linguam et mores vexit,

Juv. 3, 63.—

Dialect, idiom, mode of speech (post-Aug.): illis non verborum modo, sed. linguarum etiam se inter differentium copia est. Quint. 12, 10, 34:

Crassus quinque Graeci sermonis differentias sic tenuit, ut, qua quisque apud eum linguā postulasset, eadem jus sibi redditum ferret,

id. 11, 2, 50:

utar enim historicā linguā,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 13, 3:

si philosophorum linguā uti voluissem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4.—

Poet. of animals. the voice, note, song, bark, etc.:

linguae volucrum,

Verg. A. 3, 361; 10, 177:

linguam praecludere (canis),

Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.—

An utterance, expression:

lingua secretior,

a dark saying, Quint. 1, 1, 35.—

Of tongue-shaped things.

A plant, also called lingulaca, Plin. 24, 19, 108, § 170.—

Lingua bubula, a plant, oxtongue, bugloss, Cato, R. R. 40; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.—

Lingua canina, Cels. 5, 27, 18 init.;

and lingua canis,

App. Herb. 96, the plant hound's-tongue, also called cynoglossos; q. v.—

A tongue of land: id promontorium, Cujus lingua in altum proicit, Pac. ap. Gell. 4, 17 fin.:

lingua in altum mille passuum excurrens,

Liv. 37, 31, 9; Weissenb. ad Liv. 25, 15, 12:

eminet in altum lingua, in qua urbs sita est,

Liv. 44, 11:

tenuem producit in aequora linguam,

Luc. 2, 614; cf.: lingua dicitur promontorii genus non excellentis sed molliter in planum devexi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—

A spoonful, as a measure, Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119 (al. lingulis).—

The tongue or reed of a flute, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.—

The short arm of a lever:

vectis lingua sub onus subdita,

Vitr. 10, 8 (cf. ligula, VII.).

mĭco, ŭi ( pf. subj. micaverit, Sol. 53), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. mish-, to wink], to move quickly to and fro, to have a vibrating or tremulous motion, to quiver, shake, tremble, e. g. of the pulse; to beat, palpitate; to spring forth, of fountains; of the tremulous rays of the stars, to twinkle, sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash (class.).

In gen.:

venae et arteriae micare non desinunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24:

linguis micat ore trisulcis,

Verg. G. 3, 439:

gladii,

Liv. 6, 12, 9:

corque timore micat,

beats, palpitates, Ov. F. 3, 36:

nec audissem corde micante tubam,

for the beating, Prop. 1, 10, 12:

metu micuere sinus,

Ov. H. 1, 45:

et modo cervicem, modo crura micantia captat,

id. M. 9, 37:

noctuarum genus, quibus pluma aurium modo micat,

Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117: semianimesque micant (culi (of a head cut off), twitch, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396 (Ann. v. 463 Vahl.):

digiti (of a hand cut off),

Verg. A. 10, 396:

auribus (of a horse),

id. G. 3, 84:

micuere fontes,

spring forth, Luc. 4, 300:

citatus vulnere angusto micat (cruor),

Sen. Oedip. 345:

fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut peti viderentur corpora,

flashed in every direction, Liv. 40, 58, 5:

inter horrendos fragores micare ignes,

id. 21, 58, 5:

tum micent gladii,

id. 6, 12, 9:

eo ferocior inlatus hostis urgere scutis, micare gladiis,

id. 4, 37, 10.—

In partic.

To raise suddenly some of the fingers and let another instantly guess their number, which was practised both as a game of chance (called in Italy mora) and as a mode of deciding doubtful matters:

micare est sortiri digitis,

Non. 347, 27: micandum erit cum Graeco, utrum... an, Varr. ap. Non. 347, 30:

quid enim sors est? item propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

quasi sorte, aut micando,

id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

patrem et filium pro vita rogantes sortiri vel micare jussisse,

Suet. Aug. 13.—Prov.:

dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, said of a thoroughly honest man, since it would be easy to cheat in the dark,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare,

Petr. 44.—Also in contracts: RATIO DOCVIT, CONSVETVDINE MICANDI SVMMOTA, SVB EXAGIO POTIVS PECORA VENDERE, QVAM DIGITIS CONCLVDENTIBVS TRADERE, Edict. in Inscr. Orell. 3166.—

Poet. of the brilliancy of the stars, of the eyes, etc., to flash, gleam, beam, shine, be bright:

micat inter omnes Julium sidus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 46:

micat ignibus aether,

Verg. A. 1, 90. oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, id. ib. 12, 102:

ex oculis micat acrius ardor,

Lucr. 3, 289:

micant ardorem orbes luminis,

Verg. Cul. 220:

genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

Ov. M. 2, 40:

celeri micuerunt nubila flamma,

id. Tr. 1, 2, 45.—Hence, mĭcans, antis, P. a., twinkling, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, flashing, glowing:

stella micans radiis Arcturus, Cic. Div. Poët. 2, 42, 110: micantes stellae,

Ov. M. 7, 100; Vulg. Job, 38, 31:

oculos circumtulit igne micantes,

Ov. M. 15, 674:

vultus,

Liv. 6, 13.— Comp.:

radius sole micantior,

Prud. Cath. 5, 44.

pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].

A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

asininus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

equinus,

Col. 6, 29, 1:

onagrorum,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

glirium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

ranae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

columbini,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

gallinacei,

Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

pavonini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

anserum,

id. ib. 3, 10:

ciconiae,

Juv. 14, 74:

ex ovis pulli orti,

chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

asinam, et pullum filium,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—

In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

pulli implumes,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—

Transf.

Of persons.

As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

meus pullus passer, mea columba,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—

Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—

Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].

Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

Col. 1, praef. §

24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

id. 7, 2, 4:

ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

Verg. G. 3, 389:

hostia,

Tib. 1, 2, 62:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

myrtus,

dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

ficus,

id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

pullo amictus,

Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

pulla decent niveas (puellas),

Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—

Transf.

In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

pulla paupertas,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Of language:

pullus sermo,

the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—

(From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

Mart. 6, 58, 7:

nere stamina pulla,

Ov. Ib. 246.

pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].

A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

asininus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

equinus,

Col. 6, 29, 1:

onagrorum,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

glirium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

ranae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

columbini,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

gallinacei,

Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

pavonini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

anserum,

id. ib. 3, 10:

ciconiae,

Juv. 14, 74:

ex ovis pulli orti,

chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

asinam, et pullum filium,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—

In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

pulli implumes,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—

Transf.

Of persons.

As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

meus pullus passer, mea columba,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—

Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—

Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].

Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

Col. 1, praef. §

24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

id. 7, 2, 4:

ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

Verg. G. 3, 389:

hostia,

Tib. 1, 2, 62:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

myrtus,

dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

ficus,

id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

pullo amictus,

Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

pulla decent niveas (puellas),

Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—

Transf.

In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

pulla paupertas,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Of language:

pullus sermo,

the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—

(From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

Mart. 6, 58, 7:

nere stamina pulla,

Ov. Ib. 246.