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  • 1 evanno

    evannere, -, - V TRANS
    winnow out; cast out (the chaff from fan leaving the grain)

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  • 2 evanno

    ē-vanno, ĕre, v. a. [vannus], to cast out the chaff of grain from the fan, to winnow. *
    I.
    Lit.:

    acus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 52 fin. —
    * II.
    Transf., to cast out: aliquem, Pompon. ap. Non. 19, 23 (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 239).

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  • 3 excerno

    ex-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. a., to sift out, to separate (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    furfures a farina,

    Col. 8, 4, 1:

    frumenta,

    i. e. to cleanse, id. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

    caementa cribris,

    Vitr. 7, 6:

    ex captorum numero excretos Saguntinos in patriam remisit,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; cf.:

    excernere parvos,

    Grat. Cyneg. 289:

    omnem forensem turbam excretam in quatuor tribus conjecit,

    Liv. 9, 46 fin.—Part. perf. subst.:

    excreta tritici,

    what is sifted out, the chaff, Col. 8, 4, 1; 8, 8, 6.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To keep apart, keep away:

    multi jam excretos prohibent a matribus haedos,

    Verg. G. 3, 398 Heyne and Forbig. ad loc.—
    B.
    To carry off, discharge (from the body):

    venter excernit mollia,

    Cels. 2, 8:

    quae excreturi sumus,

    id. 4, 1 al.

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  • 4 navis

    nāvis, is ( acc. sing. usually navem, Charis. 101 P.; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57; Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 174; Caes. B. C. 3, 39, 2 et saep.;

    but navim,

    Cic. Att. 7, 22, 1; Sall. J. 25, 5; Hor. C. 1, 32, 8; id. Ep. 2, 1, 114; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 41; Ov. M. 11, 663; 14, 218; Liv. 24, 34, 11; 40, 4, 11; Pers. 5, 141; Juv. 6, 98; Lact. 2, 7, 12 al.; abl. navi, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 7; Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 159 et saep.;

    but nave,

    id. Inv. 2, 42, 124; id. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64; id. Fam. 10, 31, 1; 14, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 12; Cat. 64, 84; Verg. A. 5, 188; 487; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200; Prop. 1, 8, 6; Ov. H. 13, 99; Liv. 5, 28, 2 et saep.; cf. Charis. p. 33 P.; Diom. 1, p. 283 P.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 200 sq.; 216 sq.), f. [naus; Sanscr. nau, the same], a ship (syn.: navigium).
    I.
    Lit.:

    navis longa,

    a ship of war, Liv. 24, 36:

    oneraria,

    a transport, id. 24, 40:

    mercatoria,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 2;

    praedatoria,

    id. Men. 2, 3, 87:

    praetoria,

    the admiral's ship, id. 29, 25:

    tecta,

    id. 22, 21;

    or, constrata,

    having a deck, decked, id. 35, 46:

    aperta,

    open, without a deck, id. 32, 21: auri navem evertat gubernator, an paleae, laden with gold or chaff, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

    navem construere,

    id. Sen. 20, 72:

    triremis instar aedificata,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44:

    navem adornare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    armare,

    id. B. G. 5, 1:

    reficere,

    id. ib. 4, 31:

    fabricari,

    Tac. A. 14, 29:

    deducere,

    to launch, Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

    deducere in aquam,

    Liv. 28, 17:

    moliri ab terrā,

    id. 28, 7:

    ex portu educere,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

    subducere,

    id. B. G. 5, 11:

    subducere in aridum,

    id. ib. 4, 29:

    agere,

    to work a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114:

    mercibus implere,

    Juv. 14, 288:

    solvere,

    to set sail, Caes. B. C. 3, 6; so,

    naves leni vento solverunt,

    id. B. G. 4, 28:

    mea Hodie solutast navis,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 16:

    navem appellere ad aliquem locum,

    to land, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

    applicare terrae,

    Liv. 28, 17:

    appellere litori,

    Curt. 4, 2, 24:

    navem fregit,

    was shipwrecked, cast away, Ter. And. 1, 3, 17:

    in portu evertere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 174:

    impingere,

    Quint. 4, 1, 61:

    deprimere,

    Tac. H. 4, 79:

    gubernare et salvam in portu collocare,

    Cic. Pis. 9, 20:

    remis incitare,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    in navibus vehi,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

    e navi egredi,

    id. Vatin. 5, 12:

    lassus sum hercle e navi,

    from my voyage, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 173:

    navis cursum suum tenens,

    Cic. Planc. 39, 94:

    navem statuere,

    to heave to, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:

    navium tutela,

    the image of a deity placed on the stern of the vessel, under whose protection the ship was placed, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 1; cf. id. H. 16, 112; Val. Fl. 1, 301. The proper badge of a vessel, after which it was named, was placed on the prow: Aeneia puppis Prima tenet rostro Phrygios subjuncta leones. Verg. A. 10, 157; cf. id. ib. 5, 116 sq.:

    TRIREME MARTE, Inscr. Mur. 780, 5.—Prov.: navibus atque quadrigis petere aliquid,

    i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 28; cf. Juv. 9, 131: navem perforare quā ipse quis naviget, i. e. to do one's self an injury, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47: navem mortuo applicare, to rescue a drowned man from the water, i. e. to bring assistance when too late, Quint. Decl. 12, 23.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    = pudenda muliebria, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 51; id. Rud. 2, 3, 24; Macr. S. 2, 5.—
    2.
    Navis Argolica, or simply Navis, the ship Argo, placed among the constellations, Cic. Arat. 277.—
    II.
    Trop., of political affairs:

    una navis est jam bonorum omnium,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 5:

    navis rei publicae fluctuans in alto tempestatibus seditionum ac discordiarum,

    id. Sest. 20, 46.

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  • 5 nāvis

        nāvis is （acc. vem or vim; abl. vī or ve), f    [NA-], a ship: naves longae, ships of war, L.: onerariae, transports, L.: praetoria, the admiral's, L.: constratae, decked, L.: tectae naves et leviores apertae, without a deck, L.: auri an paleae, laden with gold or chaff: navim ascendere, S.: adornare, Cs.: deducere, launch, Cs.: terrae adplicare navīs, L.: subducere in aridum, Cs.: agere, work, H.: mercibus implere, Iu.: solvere, set sail, Cs.: cum ad villam navis appelleretur, landed: navem is fregit, was shipwrecked, T.: qui navem gubernassem: in navibus vehi: navium tutela, the image of a deity as guardian (at the stern), O.: puppis rostro Phrygios subiuncta leones (the image at the prow gave the name to the vessel), V.: dura navis, Dura fugae mala, hardships of the sea, H.— Prov.: navibus atque Quadrigis petimus bene vivere, i. e. with might and main, H.—As the name of a constellation, Navis Argolica, or simply Navis, the ship Argo.—Fig., of a state or community, a ship: una navis est iam bonorum omnium: rei p.: O navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctūs! H.
    * * *

    navis longa -- galley, battleship; navis oneraria -- transport/cargo ship

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  • 6 acus

    1.
    ăcus, ūs, f. [cf. 2. acer].
    I.
    A needle or pin, as being pointed, both for common use and ornament:“quasarcinatrix veletiam ornatrix utitur,” Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.
    A.
    Lit.:

    mirabar vulnus, quod acu punctum videtur,

    Cic. Mil. 24.—Hence, acu pingere, to embroider, Verg. A. 9, 582; Ov. M. 6, 23; cf. Plin. 8, 48, § 191; Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 22.—Esp. a hair-pin:

    figat acus tortas sustineatque comas,

    Mart. 14, 24:

    foramen acūs,

    the eye of a needle, Vulg. Matt. 19, 24.—Also, a surgeon's needle, a probe, Cels. 7, 17.—Hence,
    B.
    Trop.: acu rem tangere, to touch the thing with a needle; in Engl. phrase, to hit the nail on the head, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 19; so,

    to denote careful and successful effort: si acum quaereres, acum invenisses,

    id. Men. 2, 1, 13.—
    II.
    The tongue of a buckle, Treb. Poll. Claud. 14.—
    III.
    I. q. acus, ĕris, Col. 2, 10, 40.—
    IV.
    An implement of husbandry, Pall. 1, 43, 2.
    2.
    ăcus, ĕris, n. (also, ūs, f., v. 1. acus, III.) [kindred with acus, ūs, Goth. ahana, old Norse agn, old Germ. Agana ], = achuron, the husk of grain and of pulse; chaff, Cato, R. R. 54, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 57; 3, 9, 8.
    3.
    ăcus, i, m. [1. acus], a kind of sea-fish with a pointed snout, the hornpike or gar-pike (Gr. belonê):

    acus sive belone unus piscium, etc.,

    Plin. 9, 51, 76, § 166:

    et satius tenues ducere credis acos,

    Mart. 10, 37, 6; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145, where belonae again occurs. (Some read una for unus in the passage from Plin., and acūs for acos in Mart., as if these forms belonged to 1. acus.)

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  • 7 ventilo

    ventĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ventulus], to toss, swing, brandish in the air; to fan. [p. 1970]
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facem,

    Prop. 4 (5), 3, 50:

    arma,

    Mart. 5, 31, 4:

    aureos nummos manu,

    App. M. 2, p. 126, 14.— Absol.:

    quam stultum est, cum signum pugnae acceperis, ventilare!

    Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

    aliud est pugnare, aliud ventilare,

    id. Excerpt. Contr. 3 praef. med.:

    cubitum utrumque in diversum latus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 118:

    populeas ventilat aura comas,

    fans, sways, agitates, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 54:

    incendia (flatus),

    i. e. to fan, inflame, kindle, Sil. 17, 507: frigus, fans coolness upon him, i. e. cools him with fanning, Mart. 3, 82, 10.— Absol.:

    aestate apertis foribus atque etiam aliquo ventilante cubabat,

    Suet. Aug. 82: ventilat aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, i. e. tosses to and fro (as it were) in order to cool it, Juv. 1, 28:

    alis,

    Claud. in Eutr. 1, 109.—Mid.:

    alio atque alio positu ventilari,

    to move one's self, Sen. Tranq. 2, 10.—
    B.
    In partic., econom. t. t., to toss grain into the air, in order to cleanse it from chaff, to winnow, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 6; Col. 12, 30, 1; 1, 6, 16; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302; 18, 32, 75, § 322.—
    II.
    Trop., to set in motion, to move, disturo, agitate, disquiet: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis illa tum est egentium contio ventilata, * Cic. Fl. 23, 54:

    nomen alicujus pro tribunalibus,

    i. e. to bring forward, App. Mag. p. 337, 30: vitam insontium Manibus accitis, Cod. Th. 9, 16, 5; Cod. Just. 9, 18, 6.

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  • 8 cretura

    crētūra, ae, f. [cerno]; concr., the siftings of corn, bran, chaff (late Lat.), Pall. 1, 24, 3.

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  • 9 palea

    pălĕa, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. pala, stramen; cf.: pollen, pulvis, palunô], chaff, Varr. R. R. 1, 50 fin.:

    surgentem ad Zephyrum paleae jactantur inanes,

    Verg. G. 3, 134; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 297; Col. 2, 9, 15; 6, 2, 3; 7, 3, 22 al.; Vulg. Matt. 3, 12.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Dross:

    palea aeris,

    Plin. 34, 13, 36, § 134. —
    B.
    The wattles or gills of a cock, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5; Col. 8, 2, 9.—
    C.
    Straw, Vulg. Judic. 19, 19; id. Isa. 11, 7.

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