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  • 1 fābella

        fābella ae, f dim.    [fabula], a little history, short story, idle tale: veteris poetriae: commenticiae fabellae, fables: vera, Ph.— A short fable, tale: aniles, H.: narrare fabellam asello, preach to a stone, H.— A short play: a te acta.
    * * *
    story, fable; play

    Latin-English dictionary > fābella

  • 2 fabella

    fābella, ae, f. dim. [fabula], a brief narrative, a short history, story (class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    nihil debet esse in philosophia commentariis fabellis loci,

    Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80:

    vera,

    Phaedr. 2, 5, 6:

    in fabellam excedere,

    Sen. Ep. 77 med. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A short fable, a tale, Phaedr. 4, 7, 22:

    Haec (anus) tibi fabellas referat, etc.,

    Tib. 1, 3, 85:

    aniles,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 78.—Prov.:

    narrare fabellam asello,

    to preach to a stone, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200.—
    B.
    A short play, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3:

    haec tota fabella, quam est sine argumento!

    id. Cael. 27, 64.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fabella

  • 3 surdus

    surdus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, heavy; svaras, weight; cf. O. H. Germ. swārida, weight], deaf.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ne mi ut surdo verbera auris,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 204; id. Cas. 3, 3, 12:

    si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?

    Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

    utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 5.— Sup., stone-deaf, Mart. Cap. 9, § 926; Aug. Ep. 39.—Prov.: surdo narrare, canere, etc., preach to deaf ears, talk to the wind:

    nae ille haud scit, quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10:

    cantabant surdo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47; cf.:

    non canimus surdis,

    Verg. E. 10, 8; and:

    quae (praecepta) vereor, ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim,

    Liv. 40, 8, 10; 3, 70, 7; Tib. 4, 14, 2:

    narrare asello Fabellam surdo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200; cf.:

    suadere surdis, quid sit opus facto,

    Lucr. 5, 1050.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Deaf to any thing, i. e. not listening, unwilling to hear, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable; also, not understanding, not apprehending:

    orando surdas jam aures reddideras mihi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 89; so,

    aures,

    Liv. 24, 32, 6; cf. Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 48; id. 2, 20 (3, 13), 13:

    non surdus judex,

    Cic. Font. 11, 25 (7, 15):

    ad mea munera surdus,

    Ov. H. 7, 27:

    per numquam surdos in tua vota deos,

    id. P. 2, 8, 28:

    surdae ad omnia solacia aures,

    Liv. 9, 7, 3:

    surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures,

    Tac. H. 3, 67 init.:

    surdus adversus aliquid,

    Aug. Serm. 50, 13:

    surdus sum,

    I will not hear, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 24:

    surdas clamare ad undas,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 531:

    litora,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6.—Hence, poet. transf.:

    vota,

    i. e. to which the gods are deaf, to which they will not hearken, Pers. 6, 28:

    surdaeque adhibent solatia menti,

    Ov. M. 9, 654:

    tuas lacrimas litora surda bibent,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6:

    leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse,

    Liv. 2, 3:

    surda tellus,

    not susceptible of cultivation, Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

    surdus timori,

    not capable of fear, Sil. 11, 354:

    tuis lacrimis,

    Mart. 10, 13, 8:

    in alicujus sermone,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.— Comp.:

    scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit adhuc integer (i. e. castus),

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 21:

    surdior illa freto surgente,

    Ov. M. 14, 711:

    surdior aequoribus,

    id. ib. 13, 804:

    non saxa surdiora navitis,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 54.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    Mars genitor, votorum haud surde meorum,

    Sil. 10, 554:

    pactorum,

    id. 1, 692:

    veritatis,

    Col. 3, 10, 18.—
    B.
    Of things that give out a dull, indistinct sound, dull-sounding (very rare):

    theatrum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.:

    locus,

    Vitr. 3, 3:

    loca,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 576:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    surdum quiddam et barbarum,

    id. 12, 10, 28.—
    C.
    Pass., that is not heard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    lyra,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 58:

    buccina,

    Juv. 7, 71:

    plectra,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 19:

    non erit officii gratia surda tui,

    unsung, Ov. P. 2, 6, 31; cf.

    fama,

    Sil. 6, 75:

    surdum et ignobile opus,

    Stat. Th. 4, 359:

    nomen parentum,

    Sil. 8, 248:

    herbae,

    Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5:

    quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit,

    secret, Juv. 13, 194:

    ictus,

    Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 20.—
    D.
    Of odor, appearance, meaning, etc., faint, dim, dull, indistinct, stupid:

    spirant cinnama surdum,

    Pers. 6, 36:

    colos,

    Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:

    hebes unitate surdā color,

    id. 37, 5, 20, § 76:

    discrimen figurarum,

    id. 35, 2, 2, § 4:

    materia,

    id. 13, 15, 30, § 98:

    res surdae ac sensu carentes,

    id. 20, prooem. § 1; so id. 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 13, 120, § 146.—Hence, * adv.: surdē, faintly, imperfectly, indistinctly: surde audire, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 194 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 348 Rib.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > surdus

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