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1 surdus
surdus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, heavy; svaras, weight; cf. O. H. Germ. swārida, weight], deaf.I.Lit.:II.ne mi ut surdo verbera auris,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 204; id. Cas. 3, 3, 12:si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?
Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit,
Ter. And. 3, 1, 5.— Sup., stone-deaf, Mart. Cap. 9, § 926; Aug. Ep. 39.—Prov.: surdo narrare, canere, etc., preach to deaf ears, talk to the wind:nae ille haud scit, quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10:cantabant surdo,
Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47; cf.:non canimus surdis,
Verg. E. 10, 8; and:quae (praecepta) vereor, ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim,
Liv. 40, 8, 10; 3, 70, 7; Tib. 4, 14, 2:narrare asello Fabellam surdo,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200; cf.:suadere surdis, quid sit opus facto,
Lucr. 5, 1050.—Transf.A.Deaf to any thing, i. e. not listening, unwilling to hear, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable; also, not understanding, not apprehending:(β).orando surdas jam aures reddideras mihi,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 89; so,aures,
Liv. 24, 32, 6; cf. Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 48; id. 2, 20 (3, 13), 13:non surdus judex,
Cic. Font. 11, 25 (7, 15):ad mea munera surdus,
Ov. H. 7, 27:per numquam surdos in tua vota deos,
id. P. 2, 8, 28:surdae ad omnia solacia aures,
Liv. 9, 7, 3:surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures,
Tac. H. 3, 67 init.:surdus adversus aliquid,
Aug. Serm. 50, 13:surdus sum,
I will not hear, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 24:surdas clamare ad undas,
Ov. A. A. 1, 531:litora,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6.—Hence, poet. transf.:vota,
i. e. to which the gods are deaf, to which they will not hearken, Pers. 6, 28:surdaeque adhibent solatia menti,
Ov. M. 9, 654:tuas lacrimas litora surda bibent,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6:leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse,
Liv. 2, 3:surda tellus,
not susceptible of cultivation, Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:surdus timori,
not capable of fear, Sil. 11, 354:tuis lacrimis,
Mart. 10, 13, 8:in alicujus sermone,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.— Comp.:scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit adhuc integer (i. e. castus),
Hor. C. 3, 7, 21:surdior illa freto surgente,
Ov. M. 14, 711:surdior aequoribus,
id. ib. 13, 804:non saxa surdiora navitis,
Hor. Epod. 17, 54.—With gen.:B.Mars genitor, votorum haud surde meorum,
Sil. 10, 554:pactorum,
id. 1, 692:veritatis,
Col. 3, 10, 18.—Of things that give out a dull, indistinct sound, dull-sounding (very rare):C.theatrum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.:locus,
Vitr. 3, 3:loca,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 576:vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 32:surdum quiddam et barbarum,
id. 12, 10, 28.—Pass., that is not heard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):D.lyra,
Prop. 4 (5), 5, 58:buccina,
Juv. 7, 71:plectra,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 19:non erit officii gratia surda tui,
unsung, Ov. P. 2, 6, 31; cf.fama,
Sil. 6, 75:surdum et ignobile opus,
Stat. Th. 4, 359:nomen parentum,
Sil. 8, 248:herbae,
Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5:quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit,
secret, Juv. 13, 194:ictus,
Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 20.—Of odor, appearance, meaning, etc., faint, dim, dull, indistinct, stupid:spirant cinnama surdum,
Pers. 6, 36:colos,
Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:hebes unitate surdā color,
id. 37, 5, 20, § 76:discrimen figurarum,
id. 35, 2, 2, § 4:materia,
id. 13, 15, 30, § 98:res surdae ac sensu carentes,
id. 20, prooem. § 1; so id. 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 13, 120, § 146.—Hence, * adv.: surdē, faintly, imperfectly, indistinctly: surde audire, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 194 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 348 Rib.).
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