spĕcŭlāris

spĕcŭlāris, e, adj. [speculum].

In gen., of or belonging to a mirror, like a mirror (post-Aug.):

speculari ratione,

in the manner of a mirror, Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9. —

In partic.:

specularis lapis,

a kind of transparent stone, muscovy-glass, isinglass-stone, mica, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 150 sqq.; 9, 35, 56, § 113; Petr. 68; Lact. Opif. Dei, 8 med. —Hence, spĕcŭlārĭa, ōrum, n., window panes, a window, Sen. Ep. 90, 25; 86, 11; id. Prov. 4, 9; id. Q. N. 4, 13, 7; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4 and 21; Mart. 8, 14; Juv. 4, 21; Col. 11, 3, 52; Pall. 1, 20, 1 al.—In sing.:

per corneum specular,

Tert. Anim. 53 med.

ENG spectacled duck

spĕcŭlāris, e, adj. [speculum].

In gen., of or belonging to a mirror, like a mirror (post-Aug.):

speculari ratione,

in the manner of a mirror, Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9. —

In partic.:

specularis lapis,

a kind of transparent stone, muscovy-glass, isinglass-stone, mica, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 150 sqq.; 9, 35, 56, § 113; Petr. 68; Lact. Opif. Dei, 8 med. —Hence, spĕcŭlārĭa, ōrum, n., window panes, a window, Sen. Ep. 90, 25; 86, 11; id. Prov. 4, 9; id. Q. N. 4, 13, 7; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4 and 21; Mart. 8, 14; Juv. 4, 21; Col. 11, 3, 52; Pall. 1, 20, 1 al.—In sing.:

per corneum specular,

Tert. Anim. 53 med.

fĕnestra, ae (also contr. festra, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; Petr. Fragm. p. 872 Burm.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 91, 6 Müll.), f. [root PHAN, in phainô, phaneros], an opening in the wall to admit the light, a window (orig. closed by two wooden shutters or by curtains, and not till the empire by sheets of mica, lapis specularis; cf.

Dict. of Antiq. p. 520 sq.): neque fenestra, nisi clatrata,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 26:

fenestras indere,

id. Rud. 1, 1, 6:

fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:

bifores,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 5: juncta, closed, * Hor. C. 1, 25, 1; cf.

patulae,

Ov. M. 14, 752:

reticulatae,

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

se plena per insertas fundebat luna fenestras,

Verg. A. 3, 152:

diversas percurrens luna fenestras,

Prop. 1, 3, 31 Burm. ad loc.:

fenestram in arca facies,

Vulg. Gen. 6, 16 et saep.—

Transf.

A loop-hole for arrows, etc.:

(in turri) fenestras ad tormenta mittenda, in struendo reliquerunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9 fin. —

The recess of a window:

concludere in fenestram firmiter,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 44.—

A breach made by besiegers in a wall:

excisa trabe firma cavavit Robora et ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

Verg. A. 2, 482.—

Of the senses, windows for intelligence:

ut facile intelligi possit, animum et videre et audire, non eas partes, quae quasi fenestrae sint animi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 46 —

Poet., transf., of holes through the tips of the ears:

natus ad Euphraten, molles quod in aure fenestrae Arguerint,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Trop., an entrance, admission, opportunity, inlet, occasion [p. 735] (very seldom):

hui quantam fenestram ad nequitiam patefeceris!

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72: si hanc fenestram aperueritis, nihil aliud agi sinetis, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 28.

findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3, v. a. [root Sanscr. bhid-, to cleave; Germ. beissen; Engl. bite], to cleave, split, part, separate, divide (class.; cf.: scindo, seco, caedo).

Lit.: hoc enim quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus et divisus aequaliter in duas partes latera haec alluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

inimicam findite rostris Hanc terram,

Verg. A. 10, 295:

patrios findere sarculo agros,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 11:

terras vomere,

Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

mare carinā,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 35:

Assaraci tellus, quam... Findunt Scamandri flumina,

Hor. Epod. 13, 14:

hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva,

Verg. G. 2, 353; cf.:

arentes cum findit Sirius agros,

Tib. 1, 7, 21:

rubra Canicula findet Statuas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 39:

os,

Cels. 8, 4 med.; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.:

specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 21:

hic locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas,

Verg. A. 6, 540; id. G. 2, 78; Ov. M. 4, 65.—

In part. perf.:

fissa ferarum ungula,

Lucr. 4, 680:

ungulae equi,

Suet. Caes. 61:

lingua in partes duas,

Ov. M. 4, 585:

lignum,

Verg. A. 9, 413:

ferulae,

Cels. 8, 10; cf. id. 8, 3 fin. —

Mid., to split, burst ( poet. and very rare):

turgescit bilis: findor,

I am ready to burst with rage, Pers. 3, 8:

cor meum et cerebrum finditur,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 17: Marsis finduntur cantibus angues, Ov. Med. fac. 39.—

Trop., to divide ( poet. and very seldom):

Idus sunt agendae, Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 16:

fissa voluntas,

Prud. Psych. 760.—Hence, fissum, i, n., a cleft, slit, fissure.

In gen. (very rare):

postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7:

ad ani fissa,

Cels. 5, 20, 5.—

Esp., in the lang. of augurs, of the divided liver:

jecorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

fissum in exitis,

id. ib. 1, 10, 16;

jecoris,

id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:

familiare et vitale,

id. Div. 2, 13, 32.

quam-lĭbet ( - lŭbet), adv.

As it pleases, as you ( they, etc.) will, at pleasure:

quamlubet esto unica res,

Lucr. 2, 541:

lambe otio,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—

In gen., how much soever, ever so much, howsoever: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 5:

infirmae manus,

howsoever weak, id. Am. 1, 7, 66:

quamlibet parum sit,

however inconsiderable it may be, Quint. 1, 1, 18; 1, 12, 5; 5, 13, 56;

12, 1, 29: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; 3, 5, 9, § 54; 6, 4, 4, § 13:

hoc pretio quamlibet numerosa subsellia inplentur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 6; 10, 96 (97), 2; id. Pan. 61, 2:

quamlibet pulchra elocutio,

Quint. 2, 4, 32; 12, 8, 7; 8, 6, 4.—

For quamvis, although (post-class.), Sol. 9.

quam-lĭbet ( - lŭbet), adv.

As it pleases, as you ( they, etc.) will, at pleasure:

quamlubet esto unica res,

Lucr. 2, 541:

lambe otio,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—

In gen., how much soever, ever so much, howsoever: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 5:

infirmae manus,

howsoever weak, id. Am. 1, 7, 66:

quamlibet parum sit,

however inconsiderable it may be, Quint. 1, 1, 18; 1, 12, 5; 5, 13, 56;

12, 1, 29: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; 3, 5, 9, § 54; 6, 4, 4, § 13:

hoc pretio quamlibet numerosa subsellia inplentur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 6; 10, 96 (97), 2; id. Pan. 61, 2:

quamlibet pulchra elocutio,

Quint. 2, 4, 32; 12, 8, 7; 8, 6, 4.—

For quamvis, although (post-class.), Sol. 9.

rāmenta, ōrum, n.; less freq. in sing., rāmentum, i, n. (collat. form rāmen-ta, ae, f., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 15; 3, 4, 23; id. Rud. 4, 3, 77) [rado].

Lit., what is grated, shaved, or rubbed off; scrapings, shavings, chips, etc. (larger than scobes), Col. 4, 29, 16; id. Arb. 8, 4:

uvas scobe ramentisve abietis, populi, fraxini servare,

Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 67:

ferri,

scales struck off by the hammer, Lucr. 6, 1044:

auri,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 62:

ligni,

id. 24, 2, 2, § 6; 24, 5, 10, § 16:

lapidis specularis,

id. 36, 22, 45, § 162:

ramento e cornibus,

id. 21, 2, 3, § 5:

ramenta fluminum,

what rivers throw up on their banks, grains of sand, id. 33, 4, 21, § 66:

sulphuratum,

a sulphur-match, Mart. 10, 3.—

Transf., bits, morsels, small pieces, in gen.:

patri omne (aurum) cum ramento reddidi,

each and every, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 29.