the breasts

fascĭa ( fascea), ae, f. [kindred with fascis], a band, bandage, swathe, girth, fillet.

Prop. (to bind up diseased parts of the body; to wrap round the feet to prevent the boots from rubbing them; to bind under the breasts of women; a headband set with pearls, etc.;

syn.: redimiculum, vitta, infula, diadema): devinctus erat fasciis,

Cic. Brut. 60, 217; Suet. Dom. 17; id. Galb. 21; Gell. 16, 3, 4; cf.:

fasciis crura vestiuntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 144: cum vincirentur pedes fasciis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 537, 5; id. Att. 2, 3, 1 (cf. with Val. Max. 6, 2, 7); Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 221; Dig. 34, 2, 25 (with pedules); Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40 al.:

carnem praependentem fascia substringere,

Suet. Galb. 21:

brachio lanis fasciisque obvoluto,

id. Dom. 17:

inflatum circa fascia pectus eat,

Ov. A. A. 3, 274; Mart. 14, 134:

vides illum Scythiae regem, insigni capitis decorum? si vis illum aestimare, fasciam solve: multum mali sub illa latet,

Sen. Ep. 80 fin.; so of a diadem, Suet. Caes. 79:

puero fasciis opus est, cunis, incunabulis,

i. e. swaddling-cloths, Plaut. Truc. 5, 13:

somniasse se, ovum pendere ex fascia lecti sui cubicularis,

a bed-girth, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Mart. 5, 62, 5; 14, 159:

uvas sole siccatas junci fasciis involvit,

bands of rushes, mats, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 66: nitor, qualem Bruttia praestabat calidi tibi fascia visci, plaster, Juv. 9, 14.— Prov.: non es nostrae fasciae, i. e. of our rank or condition, Petr. 46.—

Transf.

The casing of a door, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 20; and 86, 10.—

In archit., a wreath round a pillar, a listel, Vitr. 3, 3 med. —

A streak of cloud in the sky:

nil color hic caeli, nil fascia nigra minatur,

Juv. 14, 294.—

A zone of the earth:

orbi terrae in quinque zonas, sive melius fascias dico, discernitur,

Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 602, 607.

fascĭa ( fascea), ae, f. [kindred with fascis], a band, bandage, swathe, girth, fillet.

Prop. (to bind up diseased parts of the body; to wrap round the feet to prevent the boots from rubbing them; to bind under the breasts of women; a headband set with pearls, etc.;

syn.: redimiculum, vitta, infula, diadema): devinctus erat fasciis,

Cic. Brut. 60, 217; Suet. Dom. 17; id. Galb. 21; Gell. 16, 3, 4; cf.:

fasciis crura vestiuntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 144: cum vincirentur pedes fasciis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 537, 5; id. Att. 2, 3, 1 (cf. with Val. Max. 6, 2, 7); Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 221; Dig. 34, 2, 25 (with pedules); Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40 al.:

carnem praependentem fascia substringere,

Suet. Galb. 21:

brachio lanis fasciisque obvoluto,

id. Dom. 17:

inflatum circa fascia pectus eat,

Ov. A. A. 3, 274; Mart. 14, 134:

vides illum Scythiae regem, insigni capitis decorum? si vis illum aestimare, fasciam solve: multum mali sub illa latet,

Sen. Ep. 80 fin.; so of a diadem, Suet. Caes. 79:

puero fasciis opus est, cunis, incunabulis,

i. e. swaddling-cloths, Plaut. Truc. 5, 13:

somniasse se, ovum pendere ex fascia lecti sui cubicularis,

a bed-girth, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Mart. 5, 62, 5; 14, 159:

uvas sole siccatas junci fasciis involvit,

bands of rushes, mats, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 66: nitor, qualem Bruttia praestabat calidi tibi fascia visci, plaster, Juv. 9, 14.— Prov.: non es nostrae fasciae, i. e. of our rank or condition, Petr. 46.—

Transf.

The casing of a door, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 20; and 86, 10.—

In archit., a wreath round a pillar, a listel, Vitr. 3, 3 med. —

A streak of cloud in the sky:

nil color hic caeli, nil fascia nigra minatur,

Juv. 14, 294.—

A zone of the earth:

orbi terrae in quinque zonas, sive melius fascias dico, discernitur,

Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 602, 607.

nūtrix (old orthogr. notrix, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 16), īcis, f. [nutrio], a wet-nurse, nurse.

Lit.:

omnia minima mansa, ut nutrices infantibus pueris, in os inserant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse,

id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

sidera nutricem nutricis fertile cornu Fecit,

Ov. F. 5, 127; Verg. A. 4, 632; 5, 645:

Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 15:

gallina nutrix,

a hen that has chickens, Col. 8, 11, 13:

nutricis tolerare labores,

Juv. 6, 593:

mater nutrix,

a mother that suckles her own infant, Gell. 12, 1, 5; Inscr. Fabr. p. 188, n. 428:

est enim illa (oratio) quasi nutrix ejus oratoris, quem informare volumus,

Cic. Or. 11, 37:

nutricis pallium (prov. of any thing soiled, dirty),

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 30.—

Transf.

She who nourishes or maintains a thing:

virgines perpetui nutrices et conservatrices ignis,

Arn. 4, 151. —

Nutrices, the breasts, Cat. 64, 18.—

A piece of ground in which shoots of trees are planted in order to be set out again, a nursery garden, Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 66.—

The land that supports a family, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 111.—

Trop., a nurse:

nostramne, ere, vis nutricem, quae nos educat, Abalienare a nobis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 111:

curarum maxima nutrix Nox,

Ov. M. 8, 81:

Sicilia nutrix plebis Romanae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:

nutrix Discordia belli,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 30.

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strŏphĭum, ii, n., = strophion (a band).

A band, breast-band, stay, worn by females under the breasts, Plaut., Turp., Varr., and Cic. ap. Non. 538, 7 sq.:

tereti strophio vincta papillas,

Cat. 64, 65:

a strophio, a psalterio, a flagitio, est factus, repente popularis,

Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44; cf.: strophium est fascia brevis, quae virginalem tumorem cohibet papillarum, Non. l. l. —

A head-band, chaplet, Verg. Copa, 32; Prud. Cath. 3, 26; esp. of priests; cf. Fest. s. v. stroppus, p. 313 Müll.—

A rope:

ancoralia,

cables, App. M. 11, p. 265, 5.

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păpilla, ae, f. dim. [papula], a nipple, teat, on the breast of human beings and of animals:

papillae capitula mammarum dictae, quod papularum sint similes,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 181:

delphinum,

id. 11, 40, 95, § 235:

uberis,

Col. 9, 11, 4; Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 2.—

Transf.

Poet., the breast:

nudantes rejectā veste papillas,

Cat. 66, 81:

hasta sub exsertam donec perlata papillam Haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 803:

tunc nuda papillis constitit auratis,

her breasts adorned with gold chains, Juv. 6, 122.—Of the male breast:

infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11; cf. Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 22; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 37.—

A pustule, pimple, Ser. Samm. 64, 1100; 10, 133.—

A rose-bud, Auct. Pervig. Ven. 14; 21.

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lăcesso, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 ( inf. pass. lacessiri, Col. 9, 8, 3; 9, 15, 4; Ambros. Ep. 6, 1:

lacessi,

Liv. 31, 18, 4 al.; Lact. 5, 2, 2:

lacessientium,

Liv. 27, 12, 13:

lacessiebant,

id. 23, 46, 11), v. a. [lacio; v. Roby, 1, § 625], to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, irritate (syn.: irrito, provoco).

Lit.:

aliquem ferro,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

sponsione me homo promtus lacessivit,

id. Pis. 23, 55:

tu ultro me maledictis lacessisti,

id. Phil. 2, 1, 1:

me amabis et scripto aliquo lacesses,

by writing, force me to write in return, id. Fam. 12, 20:

vetus si poeta non lacessisset prior,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 14:

hostes proelio,

i. e. to attack, assail, Caes. B. G. 4, 11:

aliquem bello,

id. ib. 6, 5:

Aeduos injuriā,

id. ib. 1, 35:

nos te nulla lacessiimus injuria,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 1:

Saguntini nec lacessentes nec lacessiti,

Liv. 21, 11:

aliquos lacessiturus bello,

id. 28, 28; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 23:

quorum alter relictus, alter lacessitus,

id. ib. 2, 4:

quid tam necessarium quam tenere semper arma, quibus... to ulcisci lacessitus,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

ne rudis agminum sponsus lacessat leonem,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 11:

Caesar neque cedentes tanto collis ascensu lacessendos judicabat,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

aliquem capitaliter,

to make a deadly attack upon one, Plin. Ep. 1, 5:

(corpora) quae feriunt oculorum acies visumque lacessunt,

to strike, meet, Lucr. 4, 217; 691; cf. id. 4, 597:

nares odor lacessit,

id. 4, 691:

fores nondum reserati carceris acer nunc pede nunc ipsa fronte lacessit Equus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30.— Poet.:

aëra Sole lacessita ( = percussa radiis solis),

struck with the sunbeams' glitter, Verg. A. 7, 527; cf.

vindemia pluviisque aut ventis lacessita,

Col. 3, 21, 5.—

Transf., in gen.

To urge, arouse, excite, stimulate, shake, move:

a quo non modo impulsi sumus ad philosophas scriptiones, verum Etiam lacessiti,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 121:

ad scribendum,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

ad pugnam,

Liv. 2, 45 init.:

usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere, et certatim haec omnis imitatio lacessivit,

Macr. S. 7, 13, 11: aurigae manibusque lacessunt Pectora plausa cavis, pat them on their breasts (in order to animate them), Verg. A. 12, 85:

pugnam,

id. ib. 5, 429:

bella,

id. ib. 11, 254:

ne quemquam voce lacessas,

id. E. 3, 51:

his se stimulis dolor ipse lacessit,

Luc. 2, 42:

Nilus spuma astra lacessit,

id. 10, 320:

taurus lacessit campum,

Stat. Th. 12, 604:

clamore sidera,

Sil. 17, 387:

deos (precibus),

to assail, importune, Hor. C. 2, 18, 12:

pelagus carinā,

to stir, chafe, id. ib. 1, 35, 7.—

To call forth, arouse, produce:

sermones,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7:

ferrum,

Verg. A. 10, 10.

mammōsus, a, um, adj. [mamma], having large breasts, full-breasted.

Lit.: non mammosa, non annosa, non bibosa, Laber. ap. Gell. 3, 12.—Of animals:

canes feminae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 5.—

Transf., full, protuberant:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54:

genus panici,

id. 18, 7, 10, § 54: tus, cluster-shaped, in which one drop adheres to the other, id. 12, 14, 32, § 61.

tŭmĭdus, a, um, adj. [tumeo], swollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid (class.).

Lit.:

membrum tumidum ac turgidum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19:

serpens inflato collo, tumidis cervicibus,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

Python,

Ov. M. 1, 460:

Echidnae,

id. ib. 10, 313:

venter,

id. Am. 2, 14, 15:

papillae,

id. R. Am. 338:

virginitas,

i. e. with swelling breasts, Stat. Th. 2, 204:

mare,

Verg. A. 8, 671:

aequor,

id. ib. 3, 157; Ov. M. 14, 544:

fluctus,

id. ib. 11, 480:

Nilus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 48:

vela,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 201:

montes,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 51:

terrae Germaniae,

Tac. A. 2, 23 Ritter; cf.

Nipperd. ad loc. (Halm, umidis): crudi tumidique lavemur,

i. e. swollen, stuffed with food, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 61.— Comp.:

oculi,

Cels. 2, 6:

humus,

Col. 4, 1, 3.—

Trop.

Swollen or swelling with passionate excitement; excited, incensed, enraged, exasperated; puffed up, elated, haughty, arrogant; restless, violent, ready to break out (mostly poet.; not in Cic.);

with anger: tumida ex irā tum corda residunt,

Verg. A. 6, 407:

ōs,

Hor. A. P. 94:

es tumidus genitoris imagine falsi,

Ov. M. 1, 754.—With pride, Ov. M. 8, 396; 8, 495; Hor. S. 1, 7, 7:

sermo,

id. ib. 2, 5, 98:

minae,

id. C. 4, 3, 8:

cum tumidum est cor,

i. e. swells with ambition, Hor. S. 2, 3, 213:

tumidi minantur,

swelling with rage, Stat. Achill. 1, 155:

ingenia genti tumida,

Just. 41, 3, 7:

tumidae gentium inflataeque cervices,

Flor. 4, 12, 2:

quem tumidum ac sui jactantem et ambitiosum institorem eloquentiae videat,

Quint. 11, 1, 50.— Sup.:

(Alexander) tumidissimum animal,

most arrogant, Sen. Ben. 2, 16, 2:

Eridani tumidissimus accola Celtae,

most seditious, Sil. 11, 25.—

Of style, etc.

Of the orator himself, bombastic, pompous:

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

quem (Ciceronem) et suorum homines temporum incessere audebant ut tumidiorem, ut Asianum et redundantem,

id. 12, 10, 12.—

Of speech, inflated, turgid, tumid, bombastic:

non negaverim et totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia et nostrorum tumidiorem sermonem esse,

Liv. 45, 23, 16:

quod alibi magnificum, tumidum alibi,

Quint. 8, 3, 18:

visus es mihi in scriptis meis annotasse quaedam ut tumida, quae ego sublimia arbitrabar,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 5; 7, 12, 4; Quint. 8, 3, 13; 8, 3, 56; 2, 5, 10:

sufflati atque tumidi,

Gell. 7, 14, 5.— Comp.:

tumidior sermo,

Liv. 45, 23, 16:

ut tibi tumidius videretur, quod est sonantius et elatius,

Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 4:

fuisset tumidius, si, etc.,

Quint. 11, 1, 28.—

Act., puffing up, causing to swell:

tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,

Verg. A. 3, 357 Forbig. ad loc.:

nec tumidos causabitur Euros,

Ov. Am. 1, 9, 13.— Trop.:

Qui nunc in tumidum jactando venit honorem,

Prop. 2, 24, 31 (3, 16, 15) Paley ad loc.—Hence, adv.: tŭmĭdē (acc. to II. A.), haughtily, pompously:

tumidissime dixit Murrhedius,

Sen. Contr. 4, 25 fin.