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  • 1 palūs

        palūs (once palus, H.), ūdis, gen plur. palūdum, rarely palūdium, L., f    a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool: planities hiemantibus aquis paludem fecerat, S.: paludes siccare: propter paludes exercitui aditus non esset, Cs.: sterilis, H.: Stygiae paludes, O.: propinquitas fluminum ac paludium, L.: (cymba) multam accepit rimosa paludem, water, V.
    * * *
    I
    stake/pile/pole/unsplit wood; peg/pin; execution stake; wood sword; fence (pl.)
    II
    swamp, marsh

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  • 2 pālus

        pālus ī, m    [PAC-], a stake, prop, stay, pale: ad palum adligantur: palo suspendat aratrum, O. — A stake, wooden post (for young soldiers to practise on with weapons): aut quis non vidit volnera pali? Iu.
    * * *
    I
    stake/pile/pole/unsplit wood; peg/pin; execution stake; wood sword; fence (pl.)
    II
    swamp, marsh

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  • 3 stāgnum

        stāgnum ī, n    [STA-], a standing water, lake, pool, pond, swamp, fen: stagna vendere: super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis, L.: Cocyti stagna, V.: stagna inmensa lacusque, O.: stagni incola, i. e. a frog, Ph.— Waters: imis Stagna refusa vadis, V.: Phrixeae stagna sororis, i. e. the Hellespont, O.— An artificial lake, pool, basin: Extenta Lucrino Stagna lacu, H.: Euripi, O.
    * * *
    I
    pool, lake, lagoon, expanse of water; bath, swimming pool
    II
    alloy of sliver and lead; tin (late)

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  • 4 ulva

        ulva ae, f    [1 OL-], swamp-grass, sedge: palustris, V.: (aper) ulvis et harundine pinguis, H., O.
    * * *

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  • 5 ūmidus

        ūmidus (not hū-), adj.    [VG-], moist, humid, damp, dank, wet: natura animantis, vel terrena sit vel ignea vel umida: (naves) factae ex umidā materiā, Cs.: creta, H.: dies umida nimbis, O.: regna, i. e. of the river, V.: caedunt securibus umida vina (i. e. it was frozen), V.: montes, Cu.: mella, V.—As subst n. (sc. solum), a swamp: castra in umido locare, Cu.
    * * *
    umida, umidum ADJ
    damp, moist, dank, wet, humid

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  • 6 caprale

    field/marsh/swamp fit only for goats

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  • 7 humidum

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  • 8 uliginosum

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  • 9 umidum

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  • 10 palus

    pale, stake / swamp, bog, marsh

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  • 11 agger

    agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].
    I.
    Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    aggere paludem explere,

    id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:

    longius erat agger petendus,

    id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:

    superjecto aggere terreno,

    Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:

    implere cavernas aggere,

    Curt. 8, 10, 27:

    fossas aggere complent,

    Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:

    atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,

    id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:

    ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,

    Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:

    aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,

    Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:

    agger armorum,

    Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:

    aggeres Alpini,

    Verg. A. 6, 830; so,

    Thessalici aggeres,

    i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:

    ab alto aggere,

    Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:

    ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,

    Luc. 5, 674:

    consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,

    Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:

    mons aquae,

    Verg. A. 1, 105).—
    B.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:

    esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,

    id. Phil. 10, 9:

    celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    jacere,

    to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:

    aggerem exstruere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

    instruere,

    id. ib. 8, 41:

    promovere ad urbem,

    to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:

    Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,

    rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—
    2.
    The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.

    Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,

    Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—
    3.
    The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:

    stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,

    Luc. 5, 317:

    vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,

    Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—
    4.
    A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):

    viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

    Verg. A. 5, 273:

    Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,

    Rutil. Itiner. 39:

    aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,

    Tac. H. 2, 24 and 42; 3, 21 and 23.

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  • 12 paludifer

    pălūdĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [2. palusfero], marsh-making, swamp-making: aquae, Auct. Carm. Philom. 42.

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  • 13 palus

    1.
    pālus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form pālum, i, Varr. ap. Non. 219, 18) [for paglus (cf. dim. paxillus); root pag-; Sanscr. pācas, snare; Gr. pêgnumi, fasten; Lat. pango; cf.: pignus, pax], a stake, prop, stay, pale.
    I.
    Lit. (very freq. and class.;

    syn.: sudes, stipes): ut figam palum in parietem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4; id. Men. 2, 3, 53:

    damnati ad supplicium traditi, ad palum alligati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

    palis adjungere vitem,

    Tib. 1, 8 (7), 33; Ov. F. 1, 665:

    palos et ridicas dolare,

    Col. 11, 2, 11; Varr. 1. 1.—The Roman soldiers learned to fight by attacking a stake set in the ground, Veg. Mil. 1, 11; 2, 23;

    hence, aut quis non vidit vulnera pali?

    Juv. 6, 246.—And, transf.: exerceamur ad palum: et, ne imparatos fortuna deprehendat, fiat nobis paupertas familiaris, Sen. Ep. 18, 6.—In the lang. of gladiators, palus primus or palusprimus (called also machaera Herculeana, Capitol. Pert. 8), a gladiator's sword of wood, borne by the secutores, whence their leader was also called primus palus, Lampr. Commod. 15;

    Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 694.—Prov.: quasi palo pectus tundor, of one astonished, stunned,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 2.—
    II.
    Transf., = membrum virile, Hor. S. 1, 8, 5.
    2.
    pălus, ūdis ( nom. sing. pălŭs, Hor. A. P. 65;

    but usually pălūs,

    Verg. A. 6, 107; v. infra; gen. plur. paludum, Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2 Oud.;

    rarely paludium,

    Liv. 21, 54, 7 Drak.; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 174; Just. 44, 1, 10; Eum. Pan. Const. Aug. 12, 2), f. [= Gr. pêlos, mud; cf. Sanscr. palvala, pool; perh. -ud of the stem = hudôr, water], a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool (cf.: stagnum, lacus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ille paludes siccare voluit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 3, 7:

    paludes emere,

    id. Agr. 2, 27, 71:

    palus erat non magna inter nostrum atque hostium exercitum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 9:

    propter paludes exercitui aditus non est,

    id. ib. 2, 16:

    Cocyti tardāque palus inamabilis undā,

    Verg. G. 4, 479:

    sterilisve diu palus aptaque remis,

    Hor. A. P. 65:

    udae paludes intumuere aestu,

    Ov. M. 1, 737:

    stagnata paludibus ument,

    id. ib. 15, 269:

    nigra,

    Tib. 3, 3, 37:

    exusta,

    Verg. G. 3, 432:

    alta,

    id. ib. 4, 48:

    putida,

    Cat. 17, 10:

    nebulosa,

    Sil. 8, 382:

    sordida,

    Stat. S. 4, 3, 8.—Hence, Palus Maeotis, = Lacus Maeotis, now the Sea of Azof, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 1, 19.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A reed that grows in marshes:

    tomentum concisa palus Circense vocatur,

    Mart. 14, 160, 1; 11, 32, 2.—
    B.
    Water:

    (cymba) multam accepit rimosa paludem,

    Verg. A. 6, 414.

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  • 14 stagnum

    1.
    stagnum, i, n. [cf. Gr. tenagos = vadum].
    I.
    Lit., a piece of standing water (whether permanent or formed by the overflowing of a stream], a pool, pond, swamp, fen, etc. (cf.: lacus, palus): propter stagna, ubi lanigerum pecus piscibus pascit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 59 Müll. (Sat. v. 42 Vahl.):

    super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

    Liv. 1, 4, 4; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 217, 2 (as an example for stativae aquae); Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9; Auct. ap. Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7; Tib. 1, 3, 77; Verg. A. 6, 323:

    undique latius Extenta Lucrino Stagna lacu,

    Hor. C. 2, 15, 4:

    immensa stagna lacusque,

    Ov. M. 1, 38; Liv. 26, 48, 4 al.—
    II.
    Poet., transf., waters in gen.: hiemem sensit Neptunus et imis Stagna refusa vadis. Verg. A. 1, 126:

    Nerei Stagna,

    id. ib. 10, 764:

    rubri stagna profundi,

    Luc. 8, 853; cf. Sil. 7, 282:

    stagna tepentis aquae,

    Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 2:

    Phrixeae stagna sororis,

    i. e. the Hellespont, Ov. F. 4, 278:

    Euripi,

    id. P. 1, 8, 38:

    stagnum ignis,

    a lake of fire, Vulg. Apoc. 19, 20; 20, 10.
    2.
    stagnum, = stannum, whence 2. stagno, and the orthog. stagneus, for stanneus.

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  • 15 Acrocephalus brevipennis

    ENG Cape Verde swamp-warbler
    NLD Kaapverdische karekiet

    Animal Names Latin to English > Acrocephalus brevipennis

  • 16 Acrocephalus gracilirostris

    ENG lesser swamp-warbler

    Animal Names Latin to English > Acrocephalus gracilirostris

  • 17 Acrocephalus newtoni

    ENG Madagascar swamp-warbler

    Animal Names Latin to English > Acrocephalus newtoni

  • 18 Acrocephalus rufescens

    ENG greater swamp-warbler

    Animal Names Latin to English > Acrocephalus rufescens

  • 19 Caprimulgus natalensis

    ENG Swamp Nightjar

    Animal Names Latin to English > Caprimulgus natalensis

  • 20 Cercopithecus (Allenopithecus) nigroviridis

    ENG swamp guenon, (Allen's monkey)
    NLD Allen-moerasaap, moerasmeerkat
    GER schwarzgrune Meerkatze, Sumpfmeerkatze
    FRA cercopitheque noir et vert

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