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  • 1 Sphinx

    Sphinx, ngis (Gr. gen. Sphingos, Stat. Th. 1, 66), f., = Sphinx.
    I.
    A fabulous monster near Thebes that used to propose riddles to travellers, and tear in pieces those who could not solve them; usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a lion, afterwards also with the wings of a bird;

    or, also, with the head of a man and the body of a lion,

    Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 sqq.; Aus. Idyll. 11, 40; Sen. Phoen. 119; id. Oedip. 92; Stat. Th. 1, 66; Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 35; Hyg. Fab. 67 al.—Augustus had the figure of a sphinx upon his seal, as a symbol of silence, Suet. Aug. 50; Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 10.— Plur.:

    pedes formati in speciem sphingum, Fest. s. v. picati, p. 206.— In a lusus verbb.,

    Quint. 6, 3, 98.—
    II.
    A species of ape, perh. the chimpanzee, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Mel. 3, 9; Sol. 27 fin.

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  • 2 sphinx

    I
    ape; chimpanzee
    II

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  • 3 Mandrillus sphinx

    ENG mandrill
    NLD mandril, woudduivel
    GER Mandrill
    FRA mandrill

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  • 4 Cynopterus sphinx

    ENG short-nosed fruit bat
    NLD kortneusvleerhond
    GER indischer Kurznasen-Flughund
    FRA cynoptere a nez court

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  • 5 Oedipodes

    Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

    Oedipo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.
    I.
    A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

    when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

    Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

    isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,
    A.
    Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

    impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—
    B.
    Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—
    C.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

    Oedipodionidae fratres,

    i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—
    D.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

    ales,

    i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

    fratres,

    id. ib. 10, 801.—
    II.
    Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

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  • 6 Oedipodia

    Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

    Oedipo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.
    I.
    A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

    when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

    Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

    isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,
    A.
    Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

    impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—
    B.
    Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—
    C.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

    Oedipodionidae fratres,

    i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—
    D.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

    ales,

    i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

    fratres,

    id. ib. 10, 801.—
    II.
    Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

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  • 7 Oedipodionides

    Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

    Oedipo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.
    I.
    A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

    when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

    Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

    isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,
    A.
    Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

    impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—
    B.
    Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—
    C.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

    Oedipodionidae fratres,

    i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—
    D.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

    ales,

    i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

    fratres,

    id. ib. 10, 801.—
    II.
    Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

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  • 8 Oedipodionius

    Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

    Oedipo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.
    I.
    A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

    when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

    Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

    isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,
    A.
    Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

    impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—
    B.
    Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—
    C.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

    Oedipodionidae fratres,

    i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—
    D.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

    ales,

    i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

    fratres,

    id. ib. 10, 801.—
    II.
    Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

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  • 9 Oedipus

    Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

    Oedipo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.
    I.
    A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

    when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

    Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

    isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,
    A.
    Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

    impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—
    B.
    Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—
    C.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

    Oedipodionidae fratres,

    i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—
    D.
    Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

    ales,

    i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

    fratres,

    id. ib. 10, 801.—
    II.
    Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

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  • 10 obscūrus

        obscūrus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 SCV-], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure: umbra, C. poët.: lucus, V.: antrum, O.: tabernae, H.: lux, L.: lumen, darkness visible, S.: caelum, H.: ferrugo, black, V.: dentes, black, Iu.: aquae, i. e. turbid, O.—As subst n., the dark, darkness, obscurity: sub obscurum noctis, V.—Poet.: Ibant obscuri, in the dark, V.—Fig., dark, obscure, dim, indistinct, unintelligible: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio, H.: ius: spes, uncertain: Rem nulli obscuram Consulis, V.: videre res obscurissimas: (causae) multo obscuriores, i. e. intricate.—Plur. n. as subst: Obscuris vera involvens, V.—Not known, unknown, not recognized: est populo obscurior, not so well known: Pallas, i. e. disguised, O.: non obscurum est, quid cogitaret, hard to discern: neque est obscurum, quin, etc., it is plain that.—Obscure, ignoble, mean, low: istorum diligentia, plodding, T.: in barbaris nomen obscurius, Cs.: fama est obscurior annis, by time, V.: obscuro loco natus, of an ignoble family: obscuris orti maioribus, from insignificant ancestors.—As subst n.: in obscuro vitam habere, S.—Close, secret, reserved: homo: modestus Occupat obscuri speciem, H.: vates, i. e. the Sphinx, O.: adversus alios, Ta.: Domitiani natura obscurior, Ta.
    * * *
    obscura -um, obscurior -or -us, obscurissimus -a -um ADJ
    dark, secret; vague, obscure

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  • 11 Oedipūs

        Oedipūs odis, m, Οἰδίπουσ, a king of Thebes, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx, C., O.—Prov.: Davus sum, non Oedipus, i. e. no diviner, T.

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  • 12 ambages

    ambāges, is, f. (nom. and gen. sing. dub., though mentioned in Charis. p. 25 P. and found in Tac. H. 5, 13 MS.; but found in abl. sing.:

    ambage,

    Ov. H. 7, 149; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; Val. Fl. 1, 227; also,

    ambagine,

    Manil. 4, 304; the plur. is complete, gen. ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 403) [ambi-ago], a going round, a roundabout way ( poet.; in prose only postAug.; syn.: ambago, sinus, flexus, circuitus).
    I.
    Lit.: variarum ambage viarum (of the windings of the labyrinth), Ov. M. 8, 161; cf.:

    dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit,

    Verg. A. 6, 29:

    (Luna) multiformi ambage torsit ingenia contemplantium,

    Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41:

    itinerum ambages,

    id. 36, 13, 19, § 2:

    longis ambagibus,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 226.—
    II.
    Of speech.
    A.
    Circumlocution, evasion, digression:

    ambages mitte,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 81; so id. Ps. 5, 1, 10 (not elsewh. in Plaut.): ambages mihi Narrare occipit, * Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 77:

    per ambages et longa exorsa tenere,

    Verg. G. 2, 46; Liv. 9, 11 fin.:

    ne te longis ambagibus morer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 82:

    missis ambagibus,

    without circumlocution, directly, id. S. 2, 5, 9; Ov. M. 3, 692; 10, 19.—
    B.
    Obscurity, ambiguity (as kindr. with ambiguus).—So of the Theban Sphinx:

    immemor ambagum,

    Ov. M. 7, 761; id. F. 4, 261.—Of the lang. of oracles:

    ambage nexa Arcana tegere,

    Sen. Oedip. 218:

    eā ambage Chalcedonii monstrabantur,

    Tac. A. 12, 63; 2, 54.—Also transf. to actions:

    per ambages,

    in an obscure, enigmatical manner, Liv. 1, 56; 1, 54; Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169.

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  • 13 lues

    1.
    lŭes, is (nom. lŭis, Prud. Hamart. 250; id. Psych. 508; old acc. lueruem, i. e. luerem for luem, Carm. Fratr. Arv.), f. [akin to loimos; Sanscr. root lū, to cut; cf. lutêr, lutron, solvo], a plague, pestilence.
    I.
    Lit., Carm. Fratr. Arv.:

    dira lues quondam Latias vitiaverat auras,

    Ov. M. 15, 626:

    lues et pestifer annus,

    Verg. A. 3, 139; Mart. 1, 79, 2; Luc. 2, 199; Licin. Macer. ap. Non. 52, 10.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Any spreading evil, common calamity or misfortune; of war:

    immensa belli lues,

    Tac. H. 3, 15;

    of an earthquake,

    id. A. 2, 47;

    of a tempest,

    Sen. Hippol. 1117.—
    B.
    As a term of abuse, of whatever has a blighting influence, a plague, pest, Cic. Harusp. Resp. 12:

    saeva Thebarum lues,

    i. e. the Sphinx, Sen. Phoen. 131:

    illa horrida lues,

    of Hannibal, Sil. 10, 603:

    dira illa lues,

    id. 16, 622:

    pellere saevam Quondam fata luem dederunt Aquilone creatis,

    i. e. the Harpies, Val. Fl. 4, 431. —
    C.
    Decay, corruption:

    morum,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 27.
    2.
    lŭes, is, f. [cf. luô], that which is not bound; hence, fluid, water not frozen:

    paulo ante lues, jam considenda jacebat,

    Petr. 123.

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  • 14 rebello

    rĕ-bello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to wage war again (said of the conquered), to make an insurrection, to revolt, rebel (mostly postAug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: descisco).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Volsci rebellarunt,

    Liv. 2, 42; 4, 31; 40, 35;

    8, 14, 5: crebrius,

    Suet. Aug. 21; Quint. 8, 5, 16 (but very dub. ap. Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 1).— Poet.:

    tauro mutatus membra rebello,

    renew the combat, Ov. M. 9, 81; so id. ib. 13, 619.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    credunt rebellare quae curaverint vitia,

    to break out again, Plin. 25, 13, 109, § 174: rebellat saepe umor, offers resistance (to writing), id. 13, 12, 25, § 81; cf.:

    Pudor rebellat,

    resists, Sen. Agam. 138:

    ille divus callidi monstri cinis in nos rebellat,

    i. e. the sphinx, id. Oedip. 106.

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  • 15 silvester

    silvestris ( silvester, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110; Col. 1, praef. 25; Sen. Hippol. 460; also written sylv-), e (collat. form, dat. SILVANO SILVESTRO, Inscr. Orell. 4990; gen. plur. sync. silvestrum, Att. Trag. Rel. v. 256 Rib.), adj. [silva].
    I.
    Of or belonging to a wood or forest, overgrown with woods, wooded, woody (class.;

    syn. saltuosus): collis silvestris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    mons,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132:

    locus,

    id. Lael. 19, 68; Caes. B. G. 5, 19; 6, 34; 7, 35; Liv. 27, 26, 7:

    saltus,

    Curt. 4, 3, 21:

    antra,

    Ov. M. 13, 47:

    ager,

    Col. 11, 2, 52; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186:

    via (with inculta),

    Cic. Brut. 74, 259:

    silvestris et montuosus situs (opp. campestris),

    Col. 7, 2, 3:

    silvestria saecla ferarum,

    Lucr. 5, 965; cf. id. 5, 1410:

    belua,

    i. e. a she-wolf, Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4;

    hence also: uber,

    i. e. of a she-wolf, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 51:

    homines,

    living in woods, foresters, Hor. A. P. 391:

    numen, sphinx,

    Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 (Jahn reads de quā siluere):

    bellum,

    Lucr. 5, 1244:

    silvestri nata sub umbrā fraga,

    Ov. M. 13, 815: silvestria virgulta, i. e. foresttrees (opp. prolem olivae), Verg. G. 2, 2.— Subst.: silvestrĭa, ĭum, woodlands, forest:

    an culta ex silvestribus facere potui,

    Liv. 38, 49, 7; Plin. 25, 7, 33, § 70.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of plants and animals, growing wild, wild:

    tauri,

    Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 74:

    arietes (with feri),

    Col. 7, 2, 4:

    gallinae,

    id. 7, 8, 12:

    arbor,

    Verg. E. 3, 70:

    arbores silvestres ac ferae,

    Col. 3, 1, 2:

    pruni,

    id. 2, 2, 20:

    faba,

    Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 121:

    mel,

    id. 11, 16, 15, § 41; Vulg. Matt. 3, 4:

    cicer,

    Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148:

    oliva,

    Ov. M. 2, 681:

    corna,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 57 et saep.— Comp.:

    silvestriora omnia tardiora,

    Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116; 22, 25, 71, § 146.—
    B.
    In gen., for agrestis, sylvan, rural, pastoral ( poet.):

    Musa,

    Lucr. 4, 589; Verg. E. 1, 2 (for which, agrestis, id. ib. 6, 8):

    truculentus et silvester,

    Sen. Hippol. 461.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > silvester

  • 16 silvestria

    silvestris ( silvester, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110; Col. 1, praef. 25; Sen. Hippol. 460; also written sylv-), e (collat. form, dat. SILVANO SILVESTRO, Inscr. Orell. 4990; gen. plur. sync. silvestrum, Att. Trag. Rel. v. 256 Rib.), adj. [silva].
    I.
    Of or belonging to a wood or forest, overgrown with woods, wooded, woody (class.;

    syn. saltuosus): collis silvestris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    mons,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132:

    locus,

    id. Lael. 19, 68; Caes. B. G. 5, 19; 6, 34; 7, 35; Liv. 27, 26, 7:

    saltus,

    Curt. 4, 3, 21:

    antra,

    Ov. M. 13, 47:

    ager,

    Col. 11, 2, 52; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186:

    via (with inculta),

    Cic. Brut. 74, 259:

    silvestris et montuosus situs (opp. campestris),

    Col. 7, 2, 3:

    silvestria saecla ferarum,

    Lucr. 5, 965; cf. id. 5, 1410:

    belua,

    i. e. a she-wolf, Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4;

    hence also: uber,

    i. e. of a she-wolf, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 51:

    homines,

    living in woods, foresters, Hor. A. P. 391:

    numen, sphinx,

    Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 (Jahn reads de quā siluere):

    bellum,

    Lucr. 5, 1244:

    silvestri nata sub umbrā fraga,

    Ov. M. 13, 815: silvestria virgulta, i. e. foresttrees (opp. prolem olivae), Verg. G. 2, 2.— Subst.: silvestrĭa, ĭum, woodlands, forest:

    an culta ex silvestribus facere potui,

    Liv. 38, 49, 7; Plin. 25, 7, 33, § 70.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of plants and animals, growing wild, wild:

    tauri,

    Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 74:

    arietes (with feri),

    Col. 7, 2, 4:

    gallinae,

    id. 7, 8, 12:

    arbor,

    Verg. E. 3, 70:

    arbores silvestres ac ferae,

    Col. 3, 1, 2:

    pruni,

    id. 2, 2, 20:

    faba,

    Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 121:

    mel,

    id. 11, 16, 15, § 41; Vulg. Matt. 3, 4:

    cicer,

    Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148:

    oliva,

    Ov. M. 2, 681:

    corna,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 57 et saep.— Comp.:

    silvestriora omnia tardiora,

    Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116; 22, 25, 71, § 146.—
    B.
    In gen., for agrestis, sylvan, rural, pastoral ( poet.):

    Musa,

    Lucr. 4, 589; Verg. E. 1, 2 (for which, agrestis, id. ib. 6, 8):

    truculentus et silvester,

    Sen. Hippol. 461.

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  • 17 silvestris

    silvestris ( silvester, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110; Col. 1, praef. 25; Sen. Hippol. 460; also written sylv-), e (collat. form, dat. SILVANO SILVESTRO, Inscr. Orell. 4990; gen. plur. sync. silvestrum, Att. Trag. Rel. v. 256 Rib.), adj. [silva].
    I.
    Of or belonging to a wood or forest, overgrown with woods, wooded, woody (class.;

    syn. saltuosus): collis silvestris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    mons,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132:

    locus,

    id. Lael. 19, 68; Caes. B. G. 5, 19; 6, 34; 7, 35; Liv. 27, 26, 7:

    saltus,

    Curt. 4, 3, 21:

    antra,

    Ov. M. 13, 47:

    ager,

    Col. 11, 2, 52; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186:

    via (with inculta),

    Cic. Brut. 74, 259:

    silvestris et montuosus situs (opp. campestris),

    Col. 7, 2, 3:

    silvestria saecla ferarum,

    Lucr. 5, 965; cf. id. 5, 1410:

    belua,

    i. e. a she-wolf, Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4;

    hence also: uber,

    i. e. of a she-wolf, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 51:

    homines,

    living in woods, foresters, Hor. A. P. 391:

    numen, sphinx,

    Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 (Jahn reads de quā siluere):

    bellum,

    Lucr. 5, 1244:

    silvestri nata sub umbrā fraga,

    Ov. M. 13, 815: silvestria virgulta, i. e. foresttrees (opp. prolem olivae), Verg. G. 2, 2.— Subst.: silvestrĭa, ĭum, woodlands, forest:

    an culta ex silvestribus facere potui,

    Liv. 38, 49, 7; Plin. 25, 7, 33, § 70.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of plants and animals, growing wild, wild:

    tauri,

    Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 74:

    arietes (with feri),

    Col. 7, 2, 4:

    gallinae,

    id. 7, 8, 12:

    arbor,

    Verg. E. 3, 70:

    arbores silvestres ac ferae,

    Col. 3, 1, 2:

    pruni,

    id. 2, 2, 20:

    faba,

    Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 121:

    mel,

    id. 11, 16, 15, § 41; Vulg. Matt. 3, 4:

    cicer,

    Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148:

    oliva,

    Ov. M. 2, 681:

    corna,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 57 et saep.— Comp.:

    silvestriora omnia tardiora,

    Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116; 22, 25, 71, § 146.—
    B.
    In gen., for agrestis, sylvan, rural, pastoral ( poet.):

    Musa,

    Lucr. 4, 589; Verg. E. 1, 2 (for which, agrestis, id. ib. 6, 8):

    truculentus et silvester,

    Sen. Hippol. 461.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > silvestris

  • 18 Sphinga

    Sphinga ( Spin-), ae, f., = Sphinx (late Lat.), Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 13.— Plur., Hyg. Fab. 67; Sid. Ep. 5, 7; Isid. 12, 2, 32.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Sphinga

  • 19 sphingatus

    sphingātus, a, um, adj. [Sphinga], in the form of a sphinx, Isid. Orig. 20, 11.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sphingatus

  • 20 Spinga

    Sphinga ( Spin-), ae, f., = Sphinx (late Lat.), Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 13.— Plur., Hyg. Fab. 67; Sid. Ep. 5, 7; Isid. 12, 2, 32.

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