spring-water

fons, fontis, m. [root in Gr. cheWô, cheusô, to pour, chuma, choê, etc.; Lat. fundo, futtilis. Fons, i. e. stem font, for fovont = cheWont-; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 84], a spring, fountain, well-source (syn.: scaturigo, puteus).

Lit.:

late parvus aquaï Prata riget fons,

Lucr. 5, 603:

fons dulcis aquaï,

id. 6, 890:

fons aquae dulcis, cui nomen Arethusa est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

rivorum a fonte deductio,

id. Top. 8, 33:

est apud Hammonis fanum fons luce diurna Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 848 sq.; cf. ib. 873: eunt ad fontem, nitidant (i. e. abluunt) corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v. 166 ed. Vahl.); Caes. B. C. 2, 24 fin.; 3, 49, 5:

(Romulus) locum delegit fontibus abundantem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

fontium qui celat origines, Nilus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 45; id. Ep. 1, 16, 12; id. Epod. 2, 27:

fontes Alandri,

Liv. 38, 15, 15:

Padi fons diebus aestivis aret,

Plin. 2, 102, 105, § 229:

vestris amicum fontibus et choris,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 25: fas pervicaces est mihi Thyiadas Vinique fontem lactis et uberes Cantare rivos, the fountains or streams of wine drawn from the earth by the stroke of the thyrsus, id. ib. 2, 19, 10:

cum tui fontes vel inimicis tuis pateant,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.—

Esp.

A mineral spring, healing waters, = aquae, frigidi medicatique fontes, Cels. 4, 5; cf.:

caput et stomachum supponere fontibus Clusinis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8:

fons calidus medicae salubritatis,

Plin. 5, 15, 16, § 72:

medicatorum fontium vis,

id. 2, 93, 95, § 207.—

Transf., spring-water, water ( poet.):

utrum fontine an Libero imperium te inhibere mavis?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 26:

alii fontemque ignemque ferebant,

Verg. A. 12, 119; Luc. 5, 337. —

Trop., a fountain-head, source, origin, cause:

meos amicos...ad Graecos ire jubeo, ut ea a fontibus potius potius hauriant, quam rivulos consectentur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8;

so opp. rivuli,

id. de Or. 2, 27, 117; id. Cael. 8, 19:

fons maledicti,

id. Planc. 23, 57:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309; cf.:

Cilicia origo et fons belli,

Flor. 3, 6:

ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

quorum (philosophorum) fons ipse Socrates,

Quint. 1, 10, 13; cf.:

atqui rerum caput hoc erat et fons,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 45:

oratorum partus atque fontes,

Cic. Brut. 13, 49:

haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,

id. N. D. 3, 19, 48: omnes omnium rerum, quae ad dicendum pertinerent, fontes animo ac memoria continere, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

philosophiae fontes aperire,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6:

totos eloquentiae aperire,

Quint. 6, 1, 51:

dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,

id. 12, 2, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 19:

fontes ut adire remotos Atque haurire queam vitae praecepta beate,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 94:

ex iis fontibus unde omnia ornamenta dicendi sumuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Rep. 5, 3:

causa atque fons maeroris,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 67:

benevolentia, qui est amicitiae fons a natura constitutus,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

is fons mali hujusce fuit,

Liv. 39, 15, 9:

fons vitii et perjurii,

thou source of all iniquity, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 51; cf. Petr. 24.—

Fons, personified as a deity, with a chapel, Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52.

fons, fontis, m. [root in Gr. cheWô, cheusô, to pour, chuma, choê, etc.; Lat. fundo, futtilis. Fons, i. e. stem font, for fovont = cheWont-; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 84], a spring, fountain, well-source (syn.: scaturigo, puteus).

Lit.:

late parvus aquaï Prata riget fons,

Lucr. 5, 603:

fons dulcis aquaï,

id. 6, 890:

fons aquae dulcis, cui nomen Arethusa est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

rivorum a fonte deductio,

id. Top. 8, 33:

est apud Hammonis fanum fons luce diurna Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 848 sq.; cf. ib. 873: eunt ad fontem, nitidant (i. e. abluunt) corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v. 166 ed. Vahl.); Caes. B. C. 2, 24 fin.; 3, 49, 5:

(Romulus) locum delegit fontibus abundantem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

fontium qui celat origines, Nilus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 45; id. Ep. 1, 16, 12; id. Epod. 2, 27:

fontes Alandri,

Liv. 38, 15, 15:

Padi fons diebus aestivis aret,

Plin. 2, 102, 105, § 229:

vestris amicum fontibus et choris,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 25: fas pervicaces est mihi Thyiadas Vinique fontem lactis et uberes Cantare rivos, the fountains or streams of wine drawn from the earth by the stroke of the thyrsus, id. ib. 2, 19, 10:

cum tui fontes vel inimicis tuis pateant,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.—

Esp.

A mineral spring, healing waters, = aquae, frigidi medicatique fontes, Cels. 4, 5; cf.:

caput et stomachum supponere fontibus Clusinis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8:

fons calidus medicae salubritatis,

Plin. 5, 15, 16, § 72:

medicatorum fontium vis,

id. 2, 93, 95, § 207.—

Transf., spring-water, water ( poet.):

utrum fontine an Libero imperium te inhibere mavis?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 26:

alii fontemque ignemque ferebant,

Verg. A. 12, 119; Luc. 5, 337. —

Trop., a fountain-head, source, origin, cause:

meos amicos...ad Graecos ire jubeo, ut ea a fontibus potius potius hauriant, quam rivulos consectentur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8;

so opp. rivuli,

id. de Or. 2, 27, 117; id. Cael. 8, 19:

fons maledicti,

id. Planc. 23, 57:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309; cf.:

Cilicia origo et fons belli,

Flor. 3, 6:

ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

quorum (philosophorum) fons ipse Socrates,

Quint. 1, 10, 13; cf.:

atqui rerum caput hoc erat et fons,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 45:

oratorum partus atque fontes,

Cic. Brut. 13, 49:

haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,

id. N. D. 3, 19, 48: omnes omnium rerum, quae ad dicendum pertinerent, fontes animo ac memoria continere, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

philosophiae fontes aperire,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6:

totos eloquentiae aperire,

Quint. 6, 1, 51:

dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,

id. 12, 2, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 19:

fontes ut adire remotos Atque haurire queam vitae praecepta beate,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 94:

ex iis fontibus unde omnia ornamenta dicendi sumuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Rep. 5, 3:

causa atque fons maeroris,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 67:

benevolentia, qui est amicitiae fons a natura constitutus,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

is fons mali hujusce fuit,

Liv. 39, 15, 9:

fons vitii et perjurii,

thou source of all iniquity, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 51; cf. Petr. 24.—

Fons, personified as a deity, with a chapel, Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52.

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flŭo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic form of the sup.: FLUCTUM, acc. to Prisc. p. 817 P.; cf.: fluo, fluctum, Not. Tir. From this form are derived fluctio and fluctus. In Lucr. 6, 800, the correct read. is laveris, not flueris, v. Lachm. ad h. l.), v. n. [Gr. phlu-, phlusai, anaphluô, etc.; Lat. fleo, fletus; flumen, fluctus, etc.; orig. one root with fla-, to blow, q. v. and cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 302], to flow (cf.: mano, labor, etc.).

Lit.: per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78:

flumen quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1; cf.

also: aurea tum dicat per terras flumina vulgo Fluxisse,

Lucr. 5, 911:

fluvius Eurotas, qui propter Lacedaemonem fluit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96:

Helvetiorum inter fines et Allobrogum Rhodanus fluit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

Arar in utram partem fluat,

id. ib. 1, 12, 1:

ea, quae natura fluerent atque manarent, ut aqua,

Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: fluens unda, water from a stream (opp.: putealis unda, spring-water), Col. 1, 5, 1:

in foveam,

Lucr. 2, 475; cf. id. 5, 271:

fluxit in terram Remi cruor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 19; cf. Luc. 6, 61:

imber,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 2:

sanguis,

id. M. 12, 312:

fluit de corpore sudor,

id. ib. 9, 173; cf.:

sudor fluit undique rivis,

Verg. A. 5, 200:

aes rivis,

id. ib. 8, 445:

nudo sub pede musta fluunt,

Ov. R. Am. 190:

madidis fluit unda capillis,

drips, id. M. 11, 656:

cerebrum molle fluit,

id. ib. 12, 435:

fluunt lacrimae more perennis aquae,

id. F. 2, 820:

fluens nausea,

Hor. Epod. 9, 35; cf.:

alvus fluens,

Cels. 2, 6:

fluit ignibus aurum,

becomes fluid, melts, Ov. M. 2, 251.—

Transf.

Of bodies, to flow, overflow, run down, drip with any fluid.— With abl.:

cum fluvius Atratus sanguine fluxit,

Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; Ov. M. 8, 400:

cruore fluens,

id. ib. 7, 343:

sudore fluentia brachia,

id. ib. 9, 57; cf.:

fluunt sudore et lassitudine membra,

Liv. 38, 17, 7; 7, 33, 14; cf. id. 10, 28, 4:

pingui fluit unguine tellus,

Val. Fl. 6, 360:

vilisque rubenti Fluxit mulctra mero,

overflows, Sil. 7, 190. —Without abl.:

madidāque fluens in veste Menoetes,

Verg. A. 5, 179:

fluentes cerussataeque buccae,

dripping with paint, Cic. Pis. 11, 25 (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266, 2. b. infra):

Graeculae vites acinorum exiguitate minus fluunt,

i. e. yield but little wine, Col. 3, 2, 24; 3, 2, 5; 12, 52, 1.—With acc. of kin. signif.:

Oenotria vina fluens,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 264.—

To move in the manner of fluids, to flow, stream, pour:

inde alium (aëra) supra fluere,

to flow, Lucr. 5, 514 and 522:

unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,

id. 4, 675 sq.; cf.:

principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant: Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor a sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris,

id. 6, 922 sq.:

aestus e lapide,

id. 6, 1002:

venti,

id. 1, 280:

fluit undique victor Mulciber,

Sil. 17, 102:

comae per levia colla fluentes,

flowing, spreading, Prop. 2, 3, 13; cf.:

blanditiaeque fluant per mea colla rosae,

id. 4 (5), 6, 72:

vestis fluens,

flowing, loose, id. 3, 17 (4, 16), 32:

tunicisque fluentibus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 301:

nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,

Verg. A. 1, 320; cf.

also: balteus nec strangulet nec fluat,

Quint. 11, 3, 140:

nec mersa est pelago, nec fluit ulla ratis,

floats, is tossed about, Mart. 4, 66, 14:

ramos compesce fluentes,

floating around, spreading out, Verg. G. 2, 370:

ad terram fluit devexo pondere cervix,

droops, id. ib. 3, 524:

omnisque relictis Turba fluit castris,

pour forth, id. A. 12, 444:

olli fluunt ad regia tecta,

id. ib. 11, 236;

so of a multitude or crowd of men: densatis ordinibus effuse fluentem in se aciem excepere,

Curt. 6, 1, 6.—

Pregn., of bodies, to pass away, fall away, to fall off or out, to vanish:

excident gladii, fluent arma de manibus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

capilli fluunt,

Cels. 6, 1; Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 17:

sponte fluent (poma) matura suā,

Ov. Am. 2, 14, 25:

quasi longinquo fluere omnia cernimus aevo,

Lucr. 2, 69; cf.:

cuncta fluunt omnisque vagans formatur imago,

Ov. M. 15, 178: dissolvuntur enim tum demum membra fluuntque, Lucr. 4, 919:

surae fluxere,

Luc. 9, 770:

buccae fluentes,

fallen in, lank, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266.

Trop.

In gen., to flow, spring, arise, come forth; to go, proceed:

ex ejus (Nestoris) lingua melle dulcior fluebat oratio,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 31:

carmen vena pauperiore fluit,

Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 20:

Calidii oratio ita libere fluebat, ut nusquam adhaeresceret,

Cic. Brut. 79, 274:

in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.

also: grammatice pleno jam satis alveo fluit,

id. 2, 1, 4:

quae totis viribus fluit oratio,

id. 9, 4, 7:

oratio ferri debet ac fluere,

id. 9, 4, 112.— Transf., of the writer himself:

alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit,

Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf.:

(Lucilius) cum flueret lutulentus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 11; 1, 10, 50; 1, 7, 28:

facetiis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 12:

multa ab ea (luna) manant et fluunt, quibus animantes alantur augescantque,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,

id. ib. 3, 19, 48:

dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,

Quint. 12, 2, 6; 5, 10, 19; 5, 9, 14:

omnia ex natura rerum hominumque fluere,

id. 6, 2, 13:

nomen ex Graeco fluxisse,

id. 3, 4, 12:

ab isto capite fluere necesse est omnem rationem bonorum et malorum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34; Quint. 1, 1, 12:

unde id quoque vitium fluit,

id. 11, 3, 109; 7, 3, 33:

Pythagorae doctrina cum longe lateque flueret,

spread itself, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

multum fluxisse video de libris nostris variumque sermonem,

id. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

sic mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora,

flow, pass, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 23:

in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,

going, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: rebus supra votum fluentibus, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 169 (Hist. 1, 101 Dietsch); Tac. H. 3, 48; Just. 23, 3; cf.:

rebus prospere fluentibus,

succeeding, prospering, Tac. Or. 5; id. A. 15, 5: illius rationes quorsum fluant, proceed, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

res fluit ad interregnum,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 11;

cuncta in Mithridatem fluxere,

Tac. A. 11, 9.—

In partic.

Of speech, etc., to flow uniformly, be monotonous:

efficiendum est ne fluat oratio, ne vagetur, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

quod species ipsa carminum docet, non impetu et instinctu nec ore uno fluens,

Tac. A. 14, 16; cf. Cic. Brut. 79.—Pregn., to dissolve, vanish, perish:

qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus fluimusque mollitia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

fluens mollitiis,

Vell. 1, 6, 2; 2, 88, 2:

cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi, nec diutius esse uno et eodem statu,

Cic. Or. 3, 10:

fluit voluptas corporis et prima quaeque avolat,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 106:

fluentem procumbentemque rem publicam populi Romani restituere,

Vell. 2, 16 fin. —Hence,

fluens, entis, P. a.

Lax, relaxed, debauched, enervated, effeminate:

inde soluti ac fluentes non accipiunt e scholis mala ista, sed in scholas afferunt,

Quint. 1, 2, 8:

Campani fluentes luxu,

Liv. 7, 29, 5:

incessu ipso ultra muliebrem mollitiem fluentes,

Sen. Tranq. 15:

fluentibus membris, incessu femineo,

Aug. Civ. D. 7, 26.—

Of speech,

Flowing, fluent:

sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,

Cic. Or. 20, 66:

lenis et fluens contextus,

Quint. 9, 4, 127.—

Lax, unrestrained:

ne immoderata aut angusta aut dissoluta aut fluens sit oratio,

Cic. Or. 58, 198:

dissipata et inculta et fluens oratio,

id. ib. 65, 220;

and transf. of the speaker: in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes sumus,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.— Adv.: flŭenter, in a flowing, waving manner (very rare):

res quaeque fluenter fertur,

Lucr. 6, 935 (but not ib. 520, where the correct read. is cientur;

v. Lachm.): capillo fluenter undante,

App. M. 2, p. 122, 7. —

fluxus, a, um, P. a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit., flowing, fluid:

elementa arida atque fluxa, App. de Mundo: sucus,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

vas fluxum pertusumque,

i. e. leaking, Lucr. 6, 20.—

Transf., flowing, loose, slack:

ipsa crine fluxo thyrsum quatiens,

Tac. A. 11, 31:

habena,

Liv. 38, 29, 6:

amictus,

Luc. 2, 362; cf.:

ut cingeretur fluxiore cinctura,

Suet. Caes. 45 fin.:

fluxa arma,

hanging slack, loose, Tac. H. 2, 99.—

Pregn., frail, perishable, weak:

corpora,

Tac. H. 2, 32; cf.:

spadone eviratior fluxo,

Mart. 5, 41, 1:

(murorum) aevo fluxa,

Tac. H. 2, 22. —

Trop.

Lax, loose, dissolute, careless:

animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

Sall. C. 14, 5: cf.:

animi fluxioris esse,

Suet. Tib. 52:

duces noctu dieque fluxi,

Tac. H. 3, 76:

spectaculum non enerve nec fluxum,

Plin. Pan. 33, 1:

fluxa atque aperta securitas,

Gell. 4, 20, 8.—

Pregn., frail, weak, fleeting, transient, perishable:

res nostrae ut in secundis fluxae, ut in adversis bonae,

decayed, impaired, disordered, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 1: hujus belli fortuna, ut in secundis, fluxa;

ut in adversis, bona,

id. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:

res humanae fluxae et mobiles,

Sall. J. 104, 2:

divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,

id. C. 1, 4; cf.:

instabile et fluxum,

Tac. A. 13, 19:

fluxa auctoritas,

id. H. 1, 21:

cave fidem fluxam geras,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

fides,

Sall. J. 111, 2; Liv. 40, 50, 5; cf.:

fluxa et vana fides,

unreliable, unstable, id. 28, 6, 11; Tac. H. 2, 75; 4, 23:

studia inania et fluxa,

id. A. 3, 50 fin.:

fluxa senio mens,

id. ib. 6, 38.— Adv.: fluxē, remissly, negligently (post-class. and rare):

more vitae remissioris fluxius agens,

Amm. 18, 7.

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lympha, ae, f. [numphê], water; esp. clear river or spring water ( poet.):

lymphae puteales,

Lucr. 6, 1178:

fluviali spargere lympha,

Verg. A. 4, 635; Ov. M. 2, 459:

vulnera lymphis abluere,

id. ib. 13, 531.— Also, the water in dropsical persons:

lympha intercus,

Ser. Samm. 27, 501.—

Personified: Lympha.

A rural deity, the goddess of water, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6.—

Lymphae, i. q. Nymphae, Hor. S. 1, 5, 97; Inscr. Orell. 1639.

lympha, ae, f. [numphê], water; esp. clear river or spring water ( poet.):

lymphae puteales,

Lucr. 6, 1178:

fluviali spargere lympha,

Verg. A. 4, 635; Ov. M. 2, 459:

vulnera lymphis abluere,

id. ib. 13, 531.— Also, the water in dropsical persons:

lympha intercus,

Ser. Samm. 27, 501.—

Personified: Lympha.

A rural deity, the goddess of water, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6.—

Lymphae, i. q. Nymphae, Hor. S. 1, 5, 97; Inscr. Orell. 1639.

scătē̆bra, ae, f. [scateo], a bubbling or gushing up of water (not ante-Aug., and very rare):

fontium,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 6:

fonticuli,

id. 31, 10, 46, § 108.—

Transf.:

(unda) scatebris arentia temperat arva,

spring - water, bubbling water, Verg. G. 1, 110; cf. scaturex and scaturigines.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

* * *

scătūrīgĭnes, um, f. [id.], gushing or bubbling waters, spring-water, Liv. 44, 33; Front. Aquaed. 10:

in nigrā (terrā) scaturigines perennes,

Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 47.—

Transf., of other fluids:

sanguinis,

Amm. 19, 1, 9.

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* * *

fontis

fountain, spring / fresh water / source, origin

as-sĭlĭo ( ads-, Kayser; ads- and as-, Merk.), sĭlui (cf. Prisc. p. 906 P., and Jahn ad Ov. M. 11, 526), sultum, 4, v. n. [2. salio], to leap or spring to or upon something.

Lit. (most freq. poet.):

Cum saepe adsiluit defensae moenibus urbis,

Ov. M. 11, 526:

adsiliens admissarius,

Col. 6, 37, 9:

torpedo adsultantes pisciculos attrahens, donec tam prope accedant, ut adsiliat,

Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 143; Val. Fl. 1, 257:

in ferrum,

Sil. 10, 2 et saep.— Poet. freq. of water, to leap or dash against or upon a thing (cf. 2. salio):

tactumque vereri Assilientis aquae,

Ov. M. 6, 107, and id. F. 5, 612:

Adsiliunt fluctus,

id. ib. 3, 591:

(insulae) quas spumifer adsilit Aegon,

Stat. Th. 5, 56 al. —

Trop.: nam neque adsiliendum statim est ad genus illud orationis, to jump to, * Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 213; Sen. Contr. 5 praef.