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to make much ado about nothing

  • 1 fluctus

    fluctus, ūs (ante-class. form of the gen. sing. fluctuis, Varr. and Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 1; nom. plur. flucti, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 488, 12), m. [fluo; cf. fluctio], the peculiar motion of fluids, a flowing, waving.
    I.
    In abstr. (rare; cf.:

    unda, fluentum): jactetur aquae fluctu quoque terra vacillans,

    Lucr. 6, 554 sq. —Of the flowing motion of the magnetic fluid (v. aestus):

    Cogitur offensare pulsareque fluctu Ferrea texta suo,

    Lucr. 6, 1053.—In mal. part., Lucr. 4, 1271; cf. fluctuo, I. a fin. —
    II.
    Transf., a flow, flood. —In concr., a wave, billow, surge, esp. of the sea (the predom. signif. of the word in prose and poetry; esp. freq. in the plur.).
    (α).
    Sing.: fons aquae dulcis, qui fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, etc., the flood, i. e. high tide, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: alia fluctus differt, dissipat visceratim membra, Maria salsa spumant sanguine, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 144 ed. Vahl.):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76; 82:

    fluctum a saxo frangi,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

    fluctus uti... volutus Ad terras immane sonat per saxa,

    Verg. G. 3, 237:

    ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,

    to the waves, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5.—
    (β).
    Plur.: indu mari magno fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): mulserat huc navim compulsam fluctibus pontus, id. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 ed. Vahl.):

    excitatis maximis fluctibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 6:

    (insulae) fluctibus cinctae,

    id. ib. 2, 4; cf.:

    Massilia, quae cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus alluitur,

    id. Fl. 26, 63:

    sese fluctibus committere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

    sedatis fluctibus,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum tempestatumque accommodatae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 3:

    in fluctibus consistere,

    id. ib. 4, 24, 2:

    fluctibus compleri,

    id. ib. 4, 28 fin.:

    luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum Mercator metuens,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 15:

    o navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 2:

    mulcere fluctus et tollere vento,

    Verg. A. 1, 66:

    procella... fluctus ad sidera tollit,

    id. ib. 1, 103:

    revomere salsos fluctus pectore,

    id. ib. 5, 182.—Prov.: excitare fluctus in simpulo, to raise a tempest in a tea-pot, i. e. to make much ado about nothing, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—
    2.
    Poet. transf., a stream of odors:

    unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,

    Lucr. 4, 675.—And of a stream of fire:

    atro volvens incendia fluctu,

    Val. Fl. 7, 572.—
    B.
    Trop., like tempestas and unda, and our waves or billows, for turbulence, commotion, disturbance:

    qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

    Cic. Planc. 4, 11; cf.

    contionum,

    id. Mil. 2, 5:

    rerum Fluctibus in mediis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85; cf. also Lucr. 5, 11:

    hoc omne tempus post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 8, 3, 5:

    fluctus civiles,

    Nep. Att. 6:

    capere irarum fluctus in pectore,

    Lucr. 3, 298; so,

    irarum,

    id. 6, 74; Verg. A. 12, 831; Val. Max. 9, 3 init.:

    tristes curarum,

    Lucr. 6, 34:

    belli,

    id. 5, 1290.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fluctus

  • 2 simpulum

    simpŭlum, i, n. [sim-; root sam-; cf.: simul, simplex, and pul-; cf. Gr. polus, plenus; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 74], a small ladle: simpulum vas parvulum non dissimile cyatho, quo vinum in sacrificiis libabatur;

    unde et mulieres rebus divinis deditae simpulatrices dicuntur,

    Fest. p. 337 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 124 ib.; App. Mag. p. 285, and v. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 280;

    3, p. 221 (2d edit.).—Prov.: excitare fluctus in simpulo,

    i. e. to make much ado about nothing, to raise a tempest in a teapot, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > simpulum

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