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fusco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.].

Act., to make dark, swarthy, dusky, to blacken, darken ( poet.).

Lit.:

fuscentur corpora campo,

Ov. A. A. 1, 513:

cutem pingui olivo,

Stat. Th. 6, 576:

lactea pocula sanguine puniceo (Massagetae),

id. Achil. 1, 307:

malas (lanugo),

Luc. 10, 135; cf.

dentes (inertia),

Ov. A. A. 3, 197:

diem (nube),

Val. Fl. 1, 396; cf. Sil. 11, 270.—

Trop.:

quem ad hoc aevi nulla actuum culpa fuscavit,

Symm. Ep. 1, 34; Sid. Carm. 7, 505.—

Neutr., to become dark or swarthy:

ne pulchrae fuscaret gratia formae,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 66.

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dark colored, swarthy.

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ăd-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to set fire to, to kindle, to set in a flame, to burn, singe, scorch (cf. accendo), etc.

A.. Lit., of food: hoc adustum est, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71; so Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; 90: splendor quicunque est acer, adurit Saepe oculos, * Lucr. 4, 330:

Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—So of the Indian sages:

sine gemitu aduruntur,

suffer themselves to be burned, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

ignes caelestes adussisse complurium vestimenta dicebantur,

Liv. 39, 22.—So in Cels., of the burning or cauterizing of a diseased limb: os eodem ferramento adurendum, 8, 2; cf. id. 5, 26, 21; 33:

flammis aduri Colchicis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 24:

in desertis adustisque sole,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19.—

Transf., to hurt, damage, consume; of locusts:

multa contactu adurentes,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.— So of wind, to blast, from its effects:

(arbores) aduri fervore aut flatu frigidiore,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 216.—And also of cold and frost, to nip, to freeze:

ne frigus adurat,

Verg. G. 1, 92:

nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat poma,

Ov. M. 14, 763:

adusta gelu,

id. F. 4, 918:

rigor nivis multorum adussit pedes,

Curt. 7, 3:

(leonis adipes) sanant adusta nivibus,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

Fig., poet. of the fire (flame) of love, to burn, inflame:

Venus non erubescendis adurit Ignibus,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; cf.:

ardores vincet adusta meos,

Ov. H. 12, 180.— Hence, ădustus, a, um, P. a.

Burned by the sun; hence, scorched, made brown, and, in gen., brown, swarthy:

si qui forte adustioris coloris ex recenti via essent,

Liv. 27, 47:

adustus corpora Maurus,

Sil. 8, 269:

lapis adusto colore,

Plin. 2, 58, 59, § 149.—

Subst.: ădusta, ōrum, n., burns upon the flesh, Cels. 5, 27.

ăd-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to set fire to, to kindle, to set in a flame, to burn, singe, scorch (cf. accendo), etc.

A.. Lit., of food: hoc adustum est, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71; so Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; 90: splendor quicunque est acer, adurit Saepe oculos, * Lucr. 4, 330:

Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—So of the Indian sages:

sine gemitu aduruntur,

suffer themselves to be burned, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

ignes caelestes adussisse complurium vestimenta dicebantur,

Liv. 39, 22.—So in Cels., of the burning or cauterizing of a diseased limb: os eodem ferramento adurendum, 8, 2; cf. id. 5, 26, 21; 33:

flammis aduri Colchicis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 24:

in desertis adustisque sole,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19.—

Transf., to hurt, damage, consume; of locusts:

multa contactu adurentes,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.— So of wind, to blast, from its effects:

(arbores) aduri fervore aut flatu frigidiore,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 216.—And also of cold and frost, to nip, to freeze:

ne frigus adurat,

Verg. G. 1, 92:

nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat poma,

Ov. M. 14, 763:

adusta gelu,

id. F. 4, 918:

rigor nivis multorum adussit pedes,

Curt. 7, 3:

(leonis adipes) sanant adusta nivibus,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

Fig., poet. of the fire (flame) of love, to burn, inflame:

Venus non erubescendis adurit Ignibus,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; cf.:

ardores vincet adusta meos,

Ov. H. 12, 180.— Hence, ădustus, a, um, P. a.

Burned by the sun; hence, scorched, made brown, and, in gen., brown, swarthy:

si qui forte adustioris coloris ex recenti via essent,

Liv. 27, 47:

adustus corpora Maurus,

Sil. 8, 269:

lapis adusto colore,

Plin. 2, 58, 59, § 149.—

Subst.: ădusta, ōrum, n., burns upon the flesh, Cels. 5, 27.

dē-cŏlor, ōris ( acc. plur. heterocl. decoloros, Prud. steph. 1, 113), adj., deprived of it's natural color, discolored, defaced, faded, etc. ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose): decolorem sanguinem omnem exsorbuit, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 8 (transl. from Sophoc. Trach. 1058: ek de chlôron haima mou Pepôken êdê):

Indus,

swarthy, Prop. 4, 3, 10; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 24;

and India,

id. M. 4, 21;

so heres, (sc. Aethiope genitus),

Juv. 6, 600:

decolor fuligine,

id. 7, 226:

decolor sanguine,

stained, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 42; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 410:

ara,

id. Pont. 3, 2, 54:

seges,

Luc. 7, 851:

uniones,

Plin. 9, 35, 57, § 116:

resina,

id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.—

Poet., of abstract subjects: deterior ac decolor aetas (i. e. the brazen and iron age, in comparison with the golden), depraved, degenerate, * Verg. A. 8, 326:

fama,

Ov. H. 9, 4.

furvus, a, um, adj. [akin with fuscus], dark, dusky, gloomy, swarthy, black:

veteres Romani furvum atrum appellaverunt,

Gell. 1, 18, 4; cf.: furvum nigrum vel atrum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 84 Müll.; and: furvum bovem id est nigrum immolabant [p. 798] Aterno, ib. p. 93 ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

nubes,

Lucr. 6, 461 Lachm. N. cr.:

ex Acheronte suo furvis peperisse sub antris,

Ov. M. 5, 541;

so of the lower world: postis,

Stat. Th. 8, 10:

plagae leti,

id. S. 5, 1, 155; cf.

Proserpina,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 21:

hostiae,

Val. Max. 2, 4, 5; Paul. ex Fest. p. 93 Müll.:

furvā gente (i. e. Maurorum, Indorum) petita belua,

Juv. 12, 104.—

Trop.:

audivimus detestabili parricidio furvum diem,

Sen. Contr. 1, 1 fin.:

culpa,

Prud. Cath. 1, 74.

fuscus, a, um, adj. [for fur-scus; cf. furvus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304], dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny (class.; cf.:

pullus, niger): purpura plebeia ac paene fusca,

Cic. Sest. 8, 19:

cornix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14: illi sint comites fusci, quos India torret,

Tib. 2, 3, 55; cf.

Andromede,

Ov. H. 15, 36:

Hydaspes,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 14;

also transf.: Syene,

Mart. 9, 36, 7:

nubila,

Ov. M. 5, 286; cf.:

alae noctis,

Verg. A. 8, 369;

and transf.: amictus (somni),

Tib. 3, 4, 55:

Falerna,

Mart. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

altera (fraxinus), brevis, durior fusciorque,

Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 63:

laterna,

i. e. dark, Mart. 14, 62.—As denoting misfortune:

fuscis avibus Larissam accessi,

App. M. 2, 124.—

Transf., of the voice, indistinct, husky, hoarse (opp. candidus):

et vocis genera permulta: candidum (al. canorum) fuscum, leve asperum, grave acutum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 Mos. and Orell. N. cr.; cf.:

est (vox) et candida et fusca et plena et exilis, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58:

hic etiam fusca illa vox, qualem, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 171 (for which Cic. Brut. 38, 141, subrauca).

Fuscus, i, m., a Roman surname; e. g.,

Aristius Fuscus, an intimate friend of Horace; v. Aristius.—

Fuscus, a soldier, courtier, and sensualist of the time of Domitian, Tac. H. 2, 86; Mart. 6, 76; Juv. 4, 112.—

Deriv.: Fuscī-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Fuscus:

explicationes,

Sen. Suas. 4 fin.

fuscus, a, um, adj. [for fur-scus; cf. furvus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304], dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny (class.; cf.:

pullus, niger): purpura plebeia ac paene fusca,

Cic. Sest. 8, 19:

cornix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14: illi sint comites fusci, quos India torret,

Tib. 2, 3, 55; cf.

Andromede,

Ov. H. 15, 36:

Hydaspes,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 14;

also transf.: Syene,

Mart. 9, 36, 7:

nubila,

Ov. M. 5, 286; cf.:

alae noctis,

Verg. A. 8, 369;

and transf.: amictus (somni),

Tib. 3, 4, 55:

Falerna,

Mart. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

altera (fraxinus), brevis, durior fusciorque,

Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 63:

laterna,

i. e. dark, Mart. 14, 62.—As denoting misfortune:

fuscis avibus Larissam accessi,

App. M. 2, 124.—

Transf., of the voice, indistinct, husky, hoarse (opp. candidus):

et vocis genera permulta: candidum (al. canorum) fuscum, leve asperum, grave acutum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 Mos. and Orell. N. cr.; cf.:

est (vox) et candida et fusca et plena et exilis, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58:

hic etiam fusca illa vox, qualem, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 171 (for which Cic. Brut. 38, 141, subrauca).

Fuscus, i, m., a Roman surname; e. g.,

Aristius Fuscus, an intimate friend of Horace; v. Aristius.—

Fuscus, a soldier, courtier, and sensualist of the time of Domitian, Tac. H. 2, 86; Mart. 6, 76; Juv. 4, 112.—

Deriv.: Fuscī-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Fuscus:

explicationes,

Sen. Suas. 4 fin.