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1 sōlstitium
sōlstitium ī, n [sol-+STA-], a standing still of the sun, stoppage of the sun's motion, solstice.— Esp., the summer solstice, longest day: solis accessūs discessūsque solstitiis brumisque cognosci: ante solstitium.— The summer time, heat of summer: Solstitium pecori defendite, V., H.* * *solstice; summer-time, heat of the summer-solstice -
2 solstitialis
solstĭtĭālis, e, adj. [solstitium].I.Lit., of or belonging to the summer solstice, solstitial (opp. brumalis):II.(sol) Brumales adeat flexus, atque inde revortens Cancri se ut vortat metas ad solstitiales,
Lucr. 5, 617:dies,
the day on which the sun enters Cancer, the longest day, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:tempus,
Ov. F. 6, 790; Vitr. 9, 5:nox,
i. e. the shortest, Ov. P. 2, 4, 26:ortus sideris,
Just. 13, 7, 10:circulus,
the tropic of Cancer, Varr. L. L. 9, § 24 Müll.; Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50.—Called also orbis, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37:exortus,
the point where the sun rises at the summer solstice, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 333.—Transf.A.Of or belonging to midsummer or summer heat: herba, i. e. a summer plant or one that quickly withers, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36; Aus. Prof. 6, 35; Plin. 26, 5, 14, § 26:B.spinae,
Col. 2, 17, 1:acini,
Plin. 14, 16, 18, § 99:tempus,
Liv. 35, 49 Drak.:caput Leonis,
Luc. 6, 338:morbus,
the midsummer fever, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 143.—Of or belonging to the sun, solar (for solaris):annus, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,
in a solar revolution, Liv. 1, 19, 6;for which, annus,
Serv. A. 4, 653:plaga,
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3 solstitium
solstĭtĭum, ii, n. [sol-sisto].I.In gen., the time when the sun seems to stand still, either in Cancer or in Capricorn, the (summer or winter) solstice (so in gen. not till after the Aug. period):II.solstitium aestivum... hibernum,
Col. 7, 3, 11:aestivum,
Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 229:brumale,
Col. 11, 2, 94:solstitia et aequinoctia,
id. 9, 14, 12.—In partic., the summer solstice, the longest day of the year (opp. bruma, the prevalent signif. of the word):B.alter motus solis est... a brumā ad solstitium. Solstitium quod sol eo die sistere videbatur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 8 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 104; Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 2; 1, 1, 46; Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 2, 19, 50; id. Div. 2, 44, 93; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167; 18, 28, 68, § 264 al.—Transf., in gen., summer time, the heat of summer ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. bruma, 2.): paenula solstitio, campestre nivalibus auris Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Verg. G. 1, 100; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 7; Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3:solstitium pecori defendite,
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4 sōlstitiālis
sōlstitiālis e, adj. [solstitium], of the summer solstice, solstitial: dies, i. e. the longest: nox, i. e. the shortest, O.: orbis, the tropic of Cancer.—Of midsummer, of summer heat: tempus, L.— Of the sun, solar: annus, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe, in a solar revolution, L.* * *solstitialis, solstitiale ADJ -
5 cancer
1.cancer, cri ( gen. canceris, Lucr. 5, 616; Arn. 1, p. 30; acc. plur. canceres, Cato, R. R. 157, 3), m. ( neutr. Claudius, Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; Scrib. Comp. 206 and 240) [cf. karkinos; root kar-, to be hard; whence karuon, cornu], a crab, a river-crab, sea-crab.I.Lit., Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97 sq.; 19, 10, 58, § 180; Pall. 1, 35, 7; Ov. M. 15, 369; Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45; Verg. G. 4, 48; Col. 9, 5, 6:* B.cancer femina,
Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 134; Pall. 1, 35, 7.—Meton., hands that cling fast like the claws of crabs:II.Orci cancri,
App. M. 6, p. 176, 26.—As nom. propr., the Crab, the sign of the zodiac in which the sun is found at the time of the summer solstice, Lucr. 5, 616; Ov. M. 2, 83; 10, 127; id. F. 6, 727; Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Luc. 10, 259; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 23; Macr. S. 1, 17 fin.; acc. to the fable, as an animal hostile to Hercules in the contest with the Lernœan hydra; cf. Hyg. l. l. Hence, Lernaeus, Col. 10, 313.—B.Poet. for the region of the south, the south, Ov. M. 4, 625.—C.To designate great or violent heat, Ov. M. 10, 127.—III.In medicine, a crawling, eating, suppurating ulcer, malignant tumor, a cancer, Cels. 5, 26, 31; 6, 18, 3:2.malum immedicabile cancer,
Ov. M. 2, 825; Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Claud. Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P -
6 cardo
cardo, ĭnis, m. [cf. kradê, a swing; kradainô, to swing, wave; Sanscr. kurd, a spring, a leap; old Germ. hrad, lively, and Germ. reit in bereit, ready] (f., Gracch. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P.; Graius ap. Non. p. 202, 20; cf. infra in Vitr.), the pivot and socket, upon which a door was made to swing at the lintel and the threshold, the hinge of a door or gate, Enn. Trag. 119 Vahl.:B.paene ecfregisti foribus cardines,
Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8:postis a cardine vellit Aeratos,
Verg. A. 2, 480:cardo stridebat,
id. ib. 1, 449; cf. id. Cir. 222:num muttit cardo?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94:immoti,
Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:singuli,
id. 36, 15, 24, § 117:facili patuerunt cardine valvae,
Juv. 4, 63:versato cardine Thisbe Egreditur,
opening the door, Ov. M. 4, 93; cf. Verg. A. 3, 448:nec strepitum verso Saturnia cardine fecit,
Ov. M. 14, 782 al. —Meton.1.Cardines, in mechanics, beams that were fitted together; and specifically, cardo masculus, a tenon, Vitr. 9, 6, and cardo femina, a socket, a mortise, id. 9, 6:b.cardo securiclatus,
axeshaped tenon, a dovetail, id. 10, 15, 3.— Hence,In garlands, the place where the two ends meet, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—2.In astron., the point about which something turns, a pole. So of the North pole:II.caeli,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:mundi,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; cf.: extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Ov. P. 2, 10, 45; Stat. Th. 1, 349:cardo glacialis ursae,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1139:Arctoae cardo portae,
Stat. Th. 7, 35;hence anal. to this, with the agrimensores,
the line limiting the field, drawn through from north to south, Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf. Fest. s. v. decimanus, p. 71 Müll., and accordingly the mountain Taurus is called cardo, i. e. line or limit, Liv. 37, 54, 23; cf. id. 40, 18, 8; 41, 1, 3.—Of the four cardinal points of the world, Quint. 12, 10, 67; so, Hesperius Eous, Luc. 5, 71; Stat. Th. 1, 157:occiduus,
Luc. 4, 672:medius,
id. 4, 673.— Of the earth as the centre of the universe, acc. to the belief of the ancients, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160; 2, 9, 6, § 44.—Of the intersection of inclined surfaces:reperiuntur (aquae)... quodam convexitatis cardine aut montium radicibus,
Plin. 31, 3, 26, § 43.—Of the summer solstice:anni,
Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264; and so of the epochs of the different seasons:temporum,
id. 18, 25, 58, § 218; 18, 25, 59, § 220.—Hence, of the time of life:extremus,
old age, Luc. 7, 381.—Trop., that on which every thing else turns or depends, the chief point or circumstance (so not before the Aug. per.):haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum,
at such a turn of affairs, so great a crisis, in so critical a moment, decisive, Verg. A. 1, 672 (hoc est in articulo, Serv.; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 7, 6; Gr. akmê):fatorum in cardine summo,
Stat. Th. 10, 853: litium. Quint. 12, 8, 2:causae,
id. 5, 12, 3:satellitem in quo totius dominationis summa quasi quodam cardine continetur,
Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 5:unum eligamus in quo est summum ac principale, in quo totius sapientiae cardo versatur,
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7 Adonia
Ădōnĭa, ōrum, n., ta Adônia, the festival of Adonis. It returned annually in June, about the time of the summer solstice, and was celebrated (even in Rome; cf.Manso, Essays on Myth.) with alternate lamentations and exultations, on account of the death of Adonis,
Amm. 22, 9. This festival was a symbol of the dying and reviving again of nature; cf. Hier. ad Ez. 8; Creuz. Symb. 2, 86; Böttig. Sab. 1, 261 sq.
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