the+plant+called+also

Dōres, um, m. (Gr. gen. pl. Dorieon, Vitr. 4, 1, 5), Dôrieis, the Dorians, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Fl. 27, 64; their progenitor, Dōrus, i, m., son of Hellen, Vitr. 4, 1; or of Neptune, acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 2, 27—

Derivv.

Dōrĭcus, a, um, adj., Doric:

gens,

Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 7:

genus (architecturae),

Vitr. 4, 6:

aedes,

id. ib.:

symmetria,

id. ib.:

castra,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 34:

dicta,

i. e. in the Doric dialect, Quint. 8, 3, 59 (al. adv. Dōrĭce dicta; so Suet. Tib. 56: Dorice Rhodii loquuntur); hence, also: Dorici, ōrum, m., those who speak Doric, Gell. 2, 26, 10.—

Meton. for Grecian, Greek:

castra,

Verg. A. 2, 27; 6, 88; Prop. 2, 8, 32 (2, 8, b. 16, M.):

nox,

Val. Fl. 2, 573:

ignes,

Sen. Agm. 611:

Ancon,

Juv. 4, 40.—

Dōrĭ-us, a, um, adj., Doric:

carmen,

Hor. Epod. 9, 6; cf.

moduli,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204:

phthongus,

id. 2, 23, 20, § 84; and subst., Dōri-um, ii, n.:

tibicen Dorium canebat bellicosum,

App. M. 10, p. 254, 23.—

Dōrĭ-enses, ium, m., the Dorians, Just. 2, 6, 16. —

Dōris, ĭdis, adj. fem., Doric:

dialectos,

Suet. Tib. 56:

Malea,

Luc. 9, 36:

tellus,

i. e. Sicily, Sen. Herc. Fur. 81.—

Subst.

A country in Hellas, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; in Asia Minor, id. 5, 27, 29, § 103 sq.—

A daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus, and mother of fifty seanymphs, Ov. M. 2, 11; 269; Prop. 1, 17, 25;

Hyg. Fab. praef.—Also,

wife of Dionysius I., Tyrant of Syracuse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1.—Also, the name of a Greek girl, Juv. 3, 94; Prop. 4, 7, 72.— Meton., the sea, Verg. E. 10, 5; Ov. F. 4, 678; Stat. Silv. 3, 2, 89.—

A plant, called also pseudoanchusa and echis, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.

Dōres, um, m. (Gr. gen. pl. Dorieon, Vitr. 4, 1, 5), Dôrieis, the Dorians, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Fl. 27, 64; their progenitor, Dōrus, i, m., son of Hellen, Vitr. 4, 1; or of Neptune, acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 2, 27—

Derivv.

Dōrĭcus, a, um, adj., Doric:

gens,

Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 7:

genus (architecturae),

Vitr. 4, 6:

aedes,

id. ib.:

symmetria,

id. ib.:

castra,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 34:

dicta,

i. e. in the Doric dialect, Quint. 8, 3, 59 (al. adv. Dōrĭce dicta; so Suet. Tib. 56: Dorice Rhodii loquuntur); hence, also: Dorici, ōrum, m., those who speak Doric, Gell. 2, 26, 10.—

Meton. for Grecian, Greek:

castra,

Verg. A. 2, 27; 6, 88; Prop. 2, 8, 32 (2, 8, b. 16, M.):

nox,

Val. Fl. 2, 573:

ignes,

Sen. Agm. 611:

Ancon,

Juv. 4, 40.—

Dōrĭ-us, a, um, adj., Doric:

carmen,

Hor. Epod. 9, 6; cf.

moduli,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204:

phthongus,

id. 2, 23, 20, § 84; and subst., Dōri-um, ii, n.:

tibicen Dorium canebat bellicosum,

App. M. 10, p. 254, 23.—

Dōrĭ-enses, ium, m., the Dorians, Just. 2, 6, 16. —

Dōris, ĭdis, adj. fem., Doric:

dialectos,

Suet. Tib. 56:

Malea,

Luc. 9, 36:

tellus,

i. e. Sicily, Sen. Herc. Fur. 81.—

Subst.

A country in Hellas, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; in Asia Minor, id. 5, 27, 29, § 103 sq.—

A daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus, and mother of fifty seanymphs, Ov. M. 2, 11; 269; Prop. 1, 17, 25;

Hyg. Fab. praef.—Also,

wife of Dionysius I., Tyrant of Syracuse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1.—Also, the name of a Greek girl, Juv. 3, 94; Prop. 4, 7, 72.— Meton., the sea, Verg. E. 10, 5; Ov. F. 4, 678; Stat. Silv. 3, 2, 89.—

A plant, called also pseudoanchusa and echis, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.

Dōres, um, m. (Gr. gen. pl. Dorieon, Vitr. 4, 1, 5), Dôrieis, the Dorians, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Fl. 27, 64; their progenitor, Dōrus, i, m., son of Hellen, Vitr. 4, 1; or of Neptune, acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 2, 27—

Derivv.

Dōrĭcus, a, um, adj., Doric:

gens,

Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 7:

genus (architecturae),

Vitr. 4, 6:

aedes,

id. ib.:

symmetria,

id. ib.:

castra,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 34:

dicta,

i. e. in the Doric dialect, Quint. 8, 3, 59 (al. adv. Dōrĭce dicta; so Suet. Tib. 56: Dorice Rhodii loquuntur); hence, also: Dorici, ōrum, m., those who speak Doric, Gell. 2, 26, 10.—

Meton. for Grecian, Greek:

castra,

Verg. A. 2, 27; 6, 88; Prop. 2, 8, 32 (2, 8, b. 16, M.):

nox,

Val. Fl. 2, 573:

ignes,

Sen. Agm. 611:

Ancon,

Juv. 4, 40.—

Dōrĭ-us, a, um, adj., Doric:

carmen,

Hor. Epod. 9, 6; cf.

moduli,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204:

phthongus,

id. 2, 23, 20, § 84; and subst., Dōri-um, ii, n.:

tibicen Dorium canebat bellicosum,

App. M. 10, p. 254, 23.—

Dōrĭ-enses, ium, m., the Dorians, Just. 2, 6, 16. —

Dōris, ĭdis, adj. fem., Doric:

dialectos,

Suet. Tib. 56:

Malea,

Luc. 9, 36:

tellus,

i. e. Sicily, Sen. Herc. Fur. 81.—

Subst.

A country in Hellas, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; in Asia Minor, id. 5, 27, 29, § 103 sq.—

A daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus, and mother of fifty seanymphs, Ov. M. 2, 11; 269; Prop. 1, 17, 25;

Hyg. Fab. praef.—Also,

wife of Dionysius I., Tyrant of Syracuse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1.—Also, the name of a Greek girl, Juv. 3, 94; Prop. 4, 7, 72.— Meton., the sea, Verg. E. 10, 5; Ov. F. 4, 678; Stat. Silv. 3, 2, 89.—

A plant, called also pseudoanchusa and echis, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.

Dōres, um, m. (Gr. gen. pl. Dorieon, Vitr. 4, 1, 5), Dôrieis, the Dorians, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Fl. 27, 64; their progenitor, Dōrus, i, m., son of Hellen, Vitr. 4, 1; or of Neptune, acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 2, 27—

Derivv.

Dōrĭcus, a, um, adj., Doric:

gens,

Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 7:

genus (architecturae),

Vitr. 4, 6:

aedes,

id. ib.:

symmetria,

id. ib.:

castra,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 34:

dicta,

i. e. in the Doric dialect, Quint. 8, 3, 59 (al. adv. Dōrĭce dicta; so Suet. Tib. 56: Dorice Rhodii loquuntur); hence, also: Dorici, ōrum, m., those who speak Doric, Gell. 2, 26, 10.—

Meton. for Grecian, Greek:

castra,

Verg. A. 2, 27; 6, 88; Prop. 2, 8, 32 (2, 8, b. 16, M.):

nox,

Val. Fl. 2, 573:

ignes,

Sen. Agm. 611:

Ancon,

Juv. 4, 40.—

Dōrĭ-us, a, um, adj., Doric:

carmen,

Hor. Epod. 9, 6; cf.

moduli,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204:

phthongus,

id. 2, 23, 20, § 84; and subst., Dōri-um, ii, n.:

tibicen Dorium canebat bellicosum,

App. M. 10, p. 254, 23.—

Dōrĭ-enses, ium, m., the Dorians, Just. 2, 6, 16. —

Dōris, ĭdis, adj. fem., Doric:

dialectos,

Suet. Tib. 56:

Malea,

Luc. 9, 36:

tellus,

i. e. Sicily, Sen. Herc. Fur. 81.—

Subst.

A country in Hellas, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; in Asia Minor, id. 5, 27, 29, § 103 sq.—

A daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus, and mother of fifty seanymphs, Ov. M. 2, 11; 269; Prop. 1, 17, 25;

Hyg. Fab. praef.—Also,

wife of Dionysius I., Tyrant of Syracuse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1.—Also, the name of a Greek girl, Juv. 3, 94; Prop. 4, 7, 72.— Meton., the sea, Verg. E. 10, 5; Ov. F. 4, 678; Stat. Silv. 3, 2, 89.—

A plant, called also pseudoanchusa and echis, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.

Dōres, um, m. (Gr. gen. pl. Dorieon, Vitr. 4, 1, 5), Dôrieis, the Dorians, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Fl. 27, 64; their progenitor, Dōrus, i, m., son of Hellen, Vitr. 4, 1; or of Neptune, acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 2, 27—

Derivv.

Dōrĭcus, a, um, adj., Doric:

gens,

Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 7:

genus (architecturae),

Vitr. 4, 6:

aedes,

id. ib.:

symmetria,

id. ib.:

castra,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 34:

dicta,

i. e. in the Doric dialect, Quint. 8, 3, 59 (al. adv. Dōrĭce dicta; so Suet. Tib. 56: Dorice Rhodii loquuntur); hence, also: Dorici, ōrum, m., those who speak Doric, Gell. 2, 26, 10.—

Meton. for Grecian, Greek:

castra,

Verg. A. 2, 27; 6, 88; Prop. 2, 8, 32 (2, 8, b. 16, M.):

nox,

Val. Fl. 2, 573:

ignes,

Sen. Agm. 611:

Ancon,

Juv. 4, 40.—

Dōrĭ-us, a, um, adj., Doric:

carmen,

Hor. Epod. 9, 6; cf.

moduli,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204:

phthongus,

id. 2, 23, 20, § 84; and subst., Dōri-um, ii, n.:

tibicen Dorium canebat bellicosum,

App. M. 10, p. 254, 23.—

Dōrĭ-enses, ium, m., the Dorians, Just. 2, 6, 16. —

Dōris, ĭdis, adj. fem., Doric:

dialectos,

Suet. Tib. 56:

Malea,

Luc. 9, 36:

tellus,

i. e. Sicily, Sen. Herc. Fur. 81.—

Subst.

A country in Hellas, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; in Asia Minor, id. 5, 27, 29, § 103 sq.—

A daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus, and mother of fifty seanymphs, Ov. M. 2, 11; 269; Prop. 1, 17, 25;

Hyg. Fab. praef.—Also,

wife of Dionysius I., Tyrant of Syracuse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1.—Also, the name of a Greek girl, Juv. 3, 94; Prop. 4, 7, 72.— Meton., the sea, Verg. E. 10, 5; Ov. F. 4, 678; Stat. Silv. 3, 2, 89.—

A plant, called also pseudoanchusa and echis, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.

murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = murra.

Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:

murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,

Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—

Meton.

Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;

they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

crines murrā madentes,

Verg. A. 12, 100:

crines murrā madidi,

Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—

Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = murra and mnrris, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = murra.

A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:

maculosae pocula murrae,

Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—

The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —

Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = murra.

Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:

murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,

Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—

Meton.

Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;

they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

crines murrā madentes,

Verg. A. 12, 100:

crines murrā madidi,

Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—

Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = murra and mnrris, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = murra.

A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:

maculosae pocula murrae,

Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—

The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —

Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = murra.

Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:

murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,

Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—

Meton.

Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;

they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

crines murrā madentes,

Verg. A. 12, 100:

crines murrā madidi,

Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—

Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = murra and mnrris, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = murra.

A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:

maculosae pocula murrae,

Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—

The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —

Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = murra.

Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:

murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,

Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—

Meton.

Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;

they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

crines murrā madentes,

Verg. A. 12, 100:

crines murrā madidi,

Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—

Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = murra and mnrris, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = murra.

A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:

maculosae pocula murrae,

Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—

The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —

Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

ŏcŭlus (sync. oclus, Prud. steph. 10, 592 dub.), i, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. akshi and aksha, from the root ītsh, videre; Gr. ossomai, osse; Goth. augō; Germ. Auge; Engl. eye], an eye.

Lit.:

quae (natura) primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit... sed lubricos oculos fecit et mobiles,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf. Cels. 7, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

venusti,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

eminentes,

prominent, id. Vatin. 2, 4:

oculi tanquam speculatores,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 140:

acuti,

id. Planc. 27, 69:

maligni,

Verg. A. 5, 654:

minaces,

Luc. 2, 26: oculos conicere in aliquem, to cast or fix one's eyes upon, Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

oculos conjecit in hostem,

Verg. A. 12, 483: adicere alicui rei, to cast one's eyes upon, glance at:

ad eorum ne quem oculos adiciat suos,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 24; to covet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:

adicere ad rem aliquam,

id. Agr. 2, 10, 25:

de aliquo nusquam deicere,

to never turn one's eyes away from, to regard with fixed attention, id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

deicere ab aliquā re,

to turn away, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

in terram figere,

to fix one's eyes upon the ground, Tac. H. 4, 72:

deicere in terram,

to cast down to, Quint. 1, 11, 9:

demittere,

Ov. M. 15, 612:

erigere,

id. ib. 4, 146: attollere. Verg. A. 4, 688; Ov. M. 2, 448:

circumferre,

id. ib. 6, 169:

premere,

Verg. A. 9, 487: deponere, to fix, Hor C. 1, 36, 18:

distorquere,

id. S. 1, 9, 65:

spargere,

to direct hither and thither, Pers. 5, 33:

oculis cernere,

to see with one's own eyes, Nep. Timol. 2, 2:

oculos auferre spectanti,

to blind the eyes of an observer, to cheat him before his eyes, Liv. 6, 15 fin.: ponere sibi aliquid ante oculos. i. e. to imagine to one's self any thing, Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:

proponere oculis suis aliquid,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

esse ante oculos,

to be before one's eyes, id. Lael. 11, 38: res posita in oculis, and ante oculos, that lies before one's eyes, is apparent, evident:

de rebus ante oculos positis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 5:

omnia sunt enim posita ante oculos,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

inque meis oculis candida Delos erat,

before my eyes, Ov. H. 21, 82: vivere in oculis, habitare in oculis, to live in the sight of, in the presence of, in intercourse with:

in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium quondam viximus,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3:

habitavi in oculis,

id. Planc. 27, 66; cf.:

in foro palam Syracusis in ore atque in oculis provinciae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; Liv. 22, 12; 35, 10; Tac. H. 4, 77:

habere in oculis,

to keep in sight, to watch, observe, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 66:

in oculis omnium submergi,

Curt. 9, 4, 11:

se ante oculos suos trucidari sinerent,

Liv. 2, 6, 2; 4, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: ab oculis alicujus abire (ire), to leave one's presence:

Abin' hinc ab oculis?

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 147; id. Truc. 2, 5, 24; Sen. Ep. 36, 10; cf.:

ab oculis recedere,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

ab oculis concedere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

(angues) conspecti repente ex oculis abierunt,

out of sight, Liv. 25, 16, 2:

prodigii species ex oculis elapsa,

id. 26, 19, 7:

(avem) ablatam ex oculis,

Tac. H. 2, 50:

facesserent propere ex urbe ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,

Liv. 6, 17, 8:

sub oculis alicujus,

before a person's eyes, in his presence, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Vell. 2, 79, 4:

sub oculis domini esse,

Col. 9, 5, 2:

quos honores sub oculis tuis gessit,

Plin. Ep. 10, 11, 2:

sub avi oculis necari,

Just. 1, 4, 5; Flor. 4, 7, 8:

hostes sub oculis erant,

Liv. 22, 14, 3; 26, 38, 9:

sub oculis Caesaris,

Tac. A. 2, 35: hunc oculis suis nostrarum numquam quisquam vidit, with his own eyes, i. e. actually, in person, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 10:

numquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam videram,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 23: ad oculum, for display, to be seen:

non ad oculum servientes,

Vulg. Eph. 1, 18; id. Col. 3, 22.—As a term of endearment, the apple of my eye, my darling:

ubi isti sunt quibus vos oculi estis, quibus vitae estis, quibus deliciae?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 46:

bene vale, ocule mi!

id. Curc. 1, 3, 47 —Hence, in a double sense:

par oculorum in amicitiā M. Antonii triumviri,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—The ancients swore by their eyes:

si voltis per oculos jurare, nihilo magis facietis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 1.—

Transf.

The power of seeing, sight, vision: ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret, lost, i. e. became blind, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

oculos perdere,

id. Har. Resp. 18, 37:

restituere alicui,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf.:

oculis usurpare rem,

i. e. see, Lucr. 1, 301.—

A luminary, said of the sun and stars ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mundi oculus. i. e. the sun, Ov. M. 4, 228:

stellarum oculi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—

A spot resembling an eye, as on a panther's hide, a peacock's tail, etc., Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62:

pavonum caudae,

id. 13, 15, 30, § 96. —So arch. t. t.:

oculus volutae,

Vitr. 3, 5. —

Of plants.

An eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, i. e. to bud, inoculate, Verg. G. 2, 73:

gemmans,

Col. 4, 24, 16.—

A bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.:

harundinis,

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3:

seritur harundo bulbo radicis, quem alii oculum vocant,

Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—

A plant, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160. —

Trop.

A principal ornament: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt ( Corinth and Carthage), Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

ex duobus Graeciae oculis,

i. e. Athens and Sparta, Just. 5, 8, 4.—

The eye of the soul, the mind's eye:

eloquentiam quam nullis nisi mentis oculis videre possumus,

Cic. Or. 29, 101:

acrioribus mentis oculis intueri,

Col. 3, 8, 1:

oculos pascere re aliquā,

to feast one's eyes on any thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

concupiscentia oculorum,

Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 16: fructum oculis (dat.) capere ex aliquā re, Nep. Eum. 11, 2: oculi dolent, the eyes ache, i. e. one is afflicted by something seen, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 64; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1; cf.:

pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet,

i. e. forbids me to take offence, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 4: in oculis, in the eye, i. e. in view, hoped or expected:

frumenti spes, quae in oculis fuerat, utrosque frustrata pariter,

Liv. 26, 39, 23:

acies et arma in oculis erant,

Curt. 3, 6, 3:

Philotae supplicium in oculis erat,

id. 8, 6, 21:

esse in oculis,

to be beloved, esteemed, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:

esse in oculis multitudinis,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: ferre, gestare in oculis, to love, esteem, value:

oderat tum, cum, etc....jam fert in oculis,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

rex te ergo in oculis,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, with satisfaction (like aequo animo), Curt. 8, 2, 9: ante oculos, in mind, in view:

mors ante oculos debet esse,

Sen. Ep. 12, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6; also plain, obvious:

simul est illud ante oculos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:

sit ante oculos Nero,

i. e. set him before you, consider him, Tac. H. 1, 16: ante oculos habere, to keep in mind (post-class.):

habe ante oculos hanc esse terram,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 4:

mortalitatem,

id. ib. 2, 10, 4; Just. 5, 6, 1; for which (late Lat.) prae oculis: prae oculis habere terrorem futuri judicii, Greg. M. Ep. 2, 48;

3, 27 al.: nec jam fas ullum prae oculis habent,

Amm. 30, 4, 18: ob oculos versari, to be before the mind, etc.:

mors (ei) ob oculos versatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Liv. 28, 19, 14; cf.:

usu versatur ante oculos vobis Glaucia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Fin. 2, 22, 75; 5, 1, 3; id. Dom. 55, 141; Liv. 34, 36, 6: ponere aliquid ante oculos, to call up in mind, imagine, etc.:

eā (translatione) utimur rei ante oculos ponendae causā,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:

ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos,

Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

calamitatem Cottae sibi ante oculos ponunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

exsilium Cn. Marci sibi proponunt ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6:

conjurationem ante oculos ponere,

id. 24, 24, 8:

studia eorum vobis ante oculos proponere,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48;

rarely: constituere sibi aliquid ante oculos,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Aug. Serm. 233, 3: ante oculos ponere (proponere), with ellips. of dat. of person, Cic. Marc. 2, 5; id. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115; 11, 3, 7; id. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

nec a re publicā deiciebam oculos,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1.

neuras ( nevras), ădis, f., = neuras,

The plant manicon, which excites the nerves, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 179.—

A plant, called also poterion:

poterion, aut ut alii vocant, phrynion, vel nevras,

Plin. 27, 12, 97, § 122.

thryallis, ĭdis, f., = thruallis, the name of two different plants.

A plant, called also lychnitis, Plin. 25, 10, 74, § 121. —

An ear-shaped plant, Plin. 21, 17, 61, § 101.

sycē, ēs, f., = sukê.

A plant, called also peplis, Plin. 27, 12, 93, § 119.—

The resin or rosin of the torch-tree, Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 44.—

A constantly running sore in the corner of the eye, Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 44.

ăcanthis, ĭdis, f., = akanthis.

A little bird of a dark-green color, that lives in the thorn bushes, the thistle-finch or goldfinch (pure Lat. carduelis): Fringilla carduelis, Linn.; Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 175; 10, 74, 95, § 205.—

A plant, called also senecio, groundsel, Plin. 25, 13, 106, § 168.

Mĕlĕtē, ēs, f., = Meletê.

One of the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.—

A Roman surname: PORCIA MELETE, Inscr. Grut. 357, 7.—

The name of a plant, called also chamaeleon, App. Herb. 25.

psīlōthrum ( - trum), i, n., = psilôthron.

An unguent for removing the hair and making the skin smooth, a depilatory, Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 79; 24, 9, 37, § 58; 32, 9, 47, § 135; Sen. Contr. 3, praef. 3; Mart. 6, 93, 9.—

A plant, called also ampeloleuce, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 21.

psīlōthrum ( - trum), i, n., = psilôthron.

An unguent for removing the hair and making the skin smooth, a depilatory, Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 79; 24, 9, 37, § 58; 32, 9, 47, § 135; Sen. Contr. 3, praef. 3; Mart. 6, 93, 9.—

A plant, called also ampeloleuce, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 21.

rānuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [rana].

Lit., a little frog, a tadpole, porwigle, Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15.—

Transf., jocosely, of the inhabitants of Ulubrae (as residing in the neighborhood of marshes), Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 3.—

A medicinal plant, called also batrachion, perh. crowfoot, ranunculus, Plin. 25, 13, 109, § 172; Tert. Spect. 27.