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to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level

  • 1 libro

    lībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [libra].
    I.
    To balance, make even, level, to determine a level: aquam, to level water, i. e. to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level, Vitr. 8, 6, 3: collocationem libratam indicare, id 8, 6, 1.— Pass. impers.:

    libratur autem dioptris,

    Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., to make even or level:

    pavimenta,

    Cato, R. R. 18, 7.—
    II.
    To hold in equilibrium, to poise, balance:

    terra librata ponderibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    columnarum turbines ita librati perpenderunt, ut puero circumagente tornarentur,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:

    librati pondera caeli orbe tene medio,

    Luc. 1, 58.—
    B.
    To cause to hang or swing, to keep suspended, keep in its place:

    vela cadunt primo et dubia librantur ab aura,

    are waved to and fro, Ov. F. 3, 585:

    et fluctus supra, vento librante, pependit,

    Sil. 17, 274:

    aëris vi suspensam librari medio spatio tellurem,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—
    C.
    To cause to swing, to swing, sway, brandish, set in motion, hurl, dash, cast, launch, fling, throw:

    summā telum librabat ab aure,

    Verg. A. 9, 417:

    ferro praefixum robur,

    id. ib. 10, 479:

    caestus,

    id. ib. 5, 478:

    tum librat ab aure intorquens jaculum,

    Sil. 5, 576:

    dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit,

    Ov. M. 2, 311; 5, 624; 7, 787; Luc. 3, 433:

    librata cum sederit glans,

    Liv. 38, 29: librare se, to balance or poise one's self, to fly:

    cursum in aëre,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 11: saepe lapillos Tollunt;

    his sese per inania nubila librant,

    Verg. G. 4, 196:

    haliaeetos librans ex alto sese,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

    corpus in herba,

    to stretch one's self out on the grass, Ov. F. 1, 429: incidentis manus libratur artifici temperamento, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115:

    librare iter,

    to take one's way, Sen. Oed. 899.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    To make of even weight, to balance, make equal ( poet.):

    orbem horis,

    Col. 10, 42:

    crimina in antithetis,

    Pers. 1, 85.—
    B.
    To weigh, ponder, consider ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    librabat metus,

    Stat. Th. 9, 165: quae omnia meritorum momenta perpendit, librat, examinat, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 7: praescriptiones, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 26.— Hence, lībrātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Level, horizontal:

    aquam non esse libratam, sed sphaeroides habere schema,

    Vitr. 8, 6.—
    B.
    Poised, balanced, swung, hurled, launched; forcible, powerful:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29:

    librato magis et certo ictu,

    violent, powerful, Tac. H. 2, 22:

    malleus dextra libratus ab aure,

    Ov. M. 2, 624:

    per nubes aquila librata volatu,

    Sil. 15, 429. — Comp.:

    libratior ictus,

    Liv. 30, 10; cf. id. 42, 65.—Hence, * adv.: lībrātē, deliberately:

    aliquid eligere,

    Serv. Verg. A. 2, 713.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > libro

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