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  • 1 caligo

    1.
    cālīgo ( call-), ĭnis, f. [root cal-, cover; cf.: oc-culo, clam, cella], a thick atmosphere, a mist, vapor, fog (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

    suffundere caelum caligine,

    Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92:

    (ignis) piceă crassus caligine,

    Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7:

    densa caligo occaecaverat diem,

    id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:

    fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem,

    Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111:

    caligo aestuosa,

    Col. 11, 2, 53 (for which, id. 11, 2, 57:

    nebulosus aestus): pruinae et caligo,

    id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.:

    inter caligines,

    Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    (Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, obscurity, gloom (produced by mist, fog, etc.; freq. with tenebrae;

    class. in prose and poetry): mi ob oculos caligo obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset,

    i. e. had caused dizziness, Liv. 26, 45, 3:

    erat in tantā calligine major usus aurium quam oculorum,

    id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem eadem calligc obtinuit;

    sole orto est discussa,

    id. 29, 27, 7:

    nox terram caligine texit,

    Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649:

    caeca noctis,

    id. 4, 457:

    caecae umbra,

    id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203:

    quam simul agnorunt inter caliginis umbras,

    Ov. M. 4, 455:

    ara obscurā caligine tecta,

    Cic. Arat. 194.—With tenebrae, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In later writers also with a gen.:

    caligo tenebrarum,

    Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.;

    and inversely: tenebris illunae caliginis impeditus,

    App. M. 9, p. 214.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., mental blindness, dulness of perception:

    quod videbam equidem, sed quasi per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti salus,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: adhuc tamen [p. 270] per caliginem video, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine consitus, * Cat. 64, 207:

    Augustus... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem,

    to throw into the shade, Vell. 2, 37, 1. —
    2.
    Of dark, difficult circumstances, calamity, affliction, gloom:

    vide nunc caliginem temporum illorum,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

    superioris anni,

    id. post Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

    an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum regnum tenere non potuerunt, nunc caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt?

    id. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

    illa omnis pecunia latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

    ecce illa tempestas, caligo bonorum, tenebrae rei publicae,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tantum caliginis, tantum perturbationis offusum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16:

    quaedam scelerum offusa caligo,

    Quint. 9, 3, 47.—
    C.
    In medic. lang., as a disease of the eyes, dim-sightedness, weakness of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.
    2.
    cālīgo, āre, v. n. [1. caligo].
    I.
    To emit vapor or steam, to steam, reek:

    amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent,

    Col. 1, 5, 4:

    aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā,

    Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.:

    omnem quae nunc Mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum Caligat, nubem eripiam,

    Verg. A. 2, 606.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To be involved in darkness, to be dark, gloomy:

    caligare oculos,

    darkness covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —
    2.
    Poet.:

    altae caligantesque fenestrae,

    dizzy, Juv. 6, 31.—
    II.
    Trop., of the understanding, to be blind, to be surrounded by darkness, to grope about:

    orbatae caligant vela carinae,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 238:

    caligare ad pervidendum,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1:

    virtus inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc.,

    id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.:

    rex caligare alto in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati,

    Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.:

    caligare in sole,

    to grope in broad daylight, Quint. 1, 2, 19.—
    B.
    In medic. lang., of the eyes, to suffer from weakness, be weak, Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.— Transf., of the person, to be dim-sighted:

    caligans Thyestes,

    Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caligo

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