to+moisten

imbŭo ( inb-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [in- and root biv-; cf. bibo, and Gr. pinô], to wet, moisten, dip, tinge, touch, etc. (class.; cf.: inficio, infusco).

Lit.:

liquoribus lanam,

Col. 9, 14, 15: tapetes, quos concha purpura imbuens venenavit, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3:

cados amurca,

Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33:

guttura lacte,

Ov. Ib. 131:

imbuti sanguine gladii legionum vel madefacti potius,

wet, or rather dripping with blood, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

sanguis novus imbuit arma,

Verg. A. 7, 554:

sanguine manus,

Vell. 2, 20, 1:

vestis imbuta sanguine,

Ov. M. 9, 153:

munus tabo imbutum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 65:

tela imbuta veneno,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 77:

oscula, quae Venus Quinta parte sui nectaris imbuit,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 16:

odore imbuta Testa,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 69.—With Gr. acc.:

alium quae sunt inbuta colorem,

Lucr. 2, 734 Munro.—

Trop.

In gen., to fill, tinge, stain, taint, infect, imbue, imbrue with any thing (esp. freq. in part. perf.): morte manus, Att. ap. Non. 521, 8; cf.:

gladium scelere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20:

talibus promissis aures militum,

Curt. 4, 10, 17:

militum sanguine manus,

id. 3, 8, 5.—

In part. perf.:

aliqua humanitate imbuti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; cf.:

religione imbuti,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

imbutus admiratione,

Liv. 21, 39, 7:

legiones favore Othonis,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

miles longo Caesarum sacramento,

id. ib. 1, 5:

imbuti et infecti Romanis delenimentis,

Liv. 40, 11, 3:

imbutus alicujus consiliis,

id. 42, 26, 8:

hac ille crudelitate imbutus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 4:

superstitione,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

sociale bellum macula sceleris imbutum,

id. Font. 14, 31:

colonorum caede imbutis armis,

Liv. 4, 31, 7:

imbutae caede manus,

Ov. A. A. 2, 714:

imbutae praeda manus,

Tac. A. 1, 36.—

In partic.

To inspire or impress early, to accustom, inure, initiate, instruct, imbue:

his ego de artibus gratiam facio, ne colas, ne inbuas eis tuom ingenium,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

quibus ille studiis ab ineunte aetate se imbuerat,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28; cf.:

animum tenerum opinionibus,

id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4:

variis erroribus,

id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

adulescentuli castrensibus stipendiis imbuebantur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 5:

liberaliter educatos servilibus vitiis imbuisse,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

nemo est tam immanis, cujus mentem non imbuerit deorum opinio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; cf.:

ea pietate omnium pectora imbuerat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

inter novitatem successoris, quae noscendis prius quam agendis rebus inbuenda sit,

id. 41, 15, 8:

imbuendis sociis ad officia legum,

Tac. A. 12, 32:

nec quicquam prius imbuuntur quam contemnere deos,

id. H. 5, 5:

qui honestis sermonibus aures imperatoris imbuant,

id. ib. 4, 7; id. Or. 29; 31:

optume cum domito juvencus imbuitur,

is trained to labor, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 180.—

To do any thing for the first time, explore, essay, set the example ( poet.):

illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,

was the first to navigate, Cat. 64, 11:

terras vomere,

to plough first, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 52; Val. Fl. 1, 69:

phialam nectare,

to fill first, Mart. 8, 51, 17: bellum sanguine, to initiate, i. e. to begin, Verg. A. 7, 542; cf. ib. 554:

juvenem primo Hymenaeo (conjux),

Sil. 3, 65:

imbuis exemplum primae tu, Romule, palmae,

begin, set the example, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 5:

opus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 654.—

Esp. in part. perf., somewhat instructed, imbued, initiated, trained:

nos ita a majoribus instituti atque imbuti sumus, ut. etc.,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.:

et doctrina liberaliter institutus et aliquo jam imbutus usu,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

parentum praeceptis imbuti,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118: imbutus rudimentis militiae, Vell. 2, 129, 2; cf.:

imbutum jam a juventa certaminibus plebeiis,

Liv. 5, 2, 13:

cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16:

dialecticis imbutus,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf.:

litteris saltem leviter imbutus,

Quint. 1, 2, 16:

quasi non perfectum litteris sed imbutum,

Suet. Gramm. 4:

(verna) Litterulis Graecis imbutus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

ad quam (legem) non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10;

so opp. instructus: elementis studiorum etsi non instructus, at certe imbutus,

Tac. Or. 19.— Poet.:

aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore saecla,

endued, Lucr. 2, 502 Munro (dub.; v. Lachm. Lucr. 2, p. 102).

imbŭo ( inb-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [in- and root biv-; cf. bibo, and Gr. pinô], to wet, moisten, dip, tinge, touch, etc. (class.; cf.: inficio, infusco).

Lit.:

liquoribus lanam,

Col. 9, 14, 15: tapetes, quos concha purpura imbuens venenavit, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3:

cados amurca,

Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33:

guttura lacte,

Ov. Ib. 131:

imbuti sanguine gladii legionum vel madefacti potius,

wet, or rather dripping with blood, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

sanguis novus imbuit arma,

Verg. A. 7, 554:

sanguine manus,

Vell. 2, 20, 1:

vestis imbuta sanguine,

Ov. M. 9, 153:

munus tabo imbutum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 65:

tela imbuta veneno,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 77:

oscula, quae Venus Quinta parte sui nectaris imbuit,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 16:

odore imbuta Testa,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 69.—With Gr. acc.:

alium quae sunt inbuta colorem,

Lucr. 2, 734 Munro.—

Trop.

In gen., to fill, tinge, stain, taint, infect, imbue, imbrue with any thing (esp. freq. in part. perf.): morte manus, Att. ap. Non. 521, 8; cf.:

gladium scelere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20:

talibus promissis aures militum,

Curt. 4, 10, 17:

militum sanguine manus,

id. 3, 8, 5.—

In part. perf.:

aliqua humanitate imbuti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; cf.:

religione imbuti,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

imbutus admiratione,

Liv. 21, 39, 7:

legiones favore Othonis,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

miles longo Caesarum sacramento,

id. ib. 1, 5:

imbuti et infecti Romanis delenimentis,

Liv. 40, 11, 3:

imbutus alicujus consiliis,

id. 42, 26, 8:

hac ille crudelitate imbutus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 4:

superstitione,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

sociale bellum macula sceleris imbutum,

id. Font. 14, 31:

colonorum caede imbutis armis,

Liv. 4, 31, 7:

imbutae caede manus,

Ov. A. A. 2, 714:

imbutae praeda manus,

Tac. A. 1, 36.—

In partic.

To inspire or impress early, to accustom, inure, initiate, instruct, imbue:

his ego de artibus gratiam facio, ne colas, ne inbuas eis tuom ingenium,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

quibus ille studiis ab ineunte aetate se imbuerat,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28; cf.:

animum tenerum opinionibus,

id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4:

variis erroribus,

id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

adulescentuli castrensibus stipendiis imbuebantur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 5:

liberaliter educatos servilibus vitiis imbuisse,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

nemo est tam immanis, cujus mentem non imbuerit deorum opinio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; cf.:

ea pietate omnium pectora imbuerat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

inter novitatem successoris, quae noscendis prius quam agendis rebus inbuenda sit,

id. 41, 15, 8:

imbuendis sociis ad officia legum,

Tac. A. 12, 32:

nec quicquam prius imbuuntur quam contemnere deos,

id. H. 5, 5:

qui honestis sermonibus aures imperatoris imbuant,

id. ib. 4, 7; id. Or. 29; 31:

optume cum domito juvencus imbuitur,

is trained to labor, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 180.—

To do any thing for the first time, explore, essay, set the example ( poet.):

illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,

was the first to navigate, Cat. 64, 11:

terras vomere,

to plough first, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 52; Val. Fl. 1, 69:

phialam nectare,

to fill first, Mart. 8, 51, 17: bellum sanguine, to initiate, i. e. to begin, Verg. A. 7, 542; cf. ib. 554:

juvenem primo Hymenaeo (conjux),

Sil. 3, 65:

imbuis exemplum primae tu, Romule, palmae,

begin, set the example, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 5:

opus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 654.—

Esp. in part. perf., somewhat instructed, imbued, initiated, trained:

nos ita a majoribus instituti atque imbuti sumus, ut. etc.,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.:

et doctrina liberaliter institutus et aliquo jam imbutus usu,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

parentum praeceptis imbuti,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118: imbutus rudimentis militiae, Vell. 2, 129, 2; cf.:

imbutum jam a juventa certaminibus plebeiis,

Liv. 5, 2, 13:

cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16:

dialecticis imbutus,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf.:

litteris saltem leviter imbutus,

Quint. 1, 2, 16:

quasi non perfectum litteris sed imbutum,

Suet. Gramm. 4:

(verna) Litterulis Graecis imbutus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

ad quam (legem) non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10;

so opp. instructus: elementis studiorum etsi non instructus, at certe imbutus,

Tac. Or. 19.— Poet.:

aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore saecla,

endued, Lucr. 2, 502 Munro (dub.; v. Lachm. Lucr. 2, p. 102).

in-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour in, upon, or into (syn. invergere).

Lit.:

aliquid in aliquod vas,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:

vinum reticulo aut cribro,

Sen. Ben. 7, 19:

aliquid in nares,

Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 180:

sine riguis mare in salinas infundentibus,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 81: rex Mithridates Aquilio duci capto aurum in os infudit, id. 33, 3, 14, § 48:

animas formatae terrae,

Ov. M. 1, 364; Plin. 3, 1, 1, § 5: sibi resinam et nardum, to anoint one ' s self with, Auct. B. H. 33; Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129.—

Transf.

Infundere alicui aliquid, to pour out for, to administer to, present to, lay before:

alicui venenum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

alicui poculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 77:

jumentis hordea,

Juv. 8, 154:

(Neroni) totam tremuli frontem pulli,

id. 6, 616.—Esp., as a medicine, to administer to a person, for a disease:

(aloë) dysenteriae infunditur,

Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 20:

tenesmo et dysentericis,

id. 20, 21, 84, § 227.—With abl.:

clystere,

Plin. 24, 9, 40, § 66.—

To wet, moisten:

olivam aceto non acerrimo,

Col. 12, 47:

si uvam nimius imber infuderit,

Pall. 11, 9.—

To pour out, cast, hurl anywhere:

nimbum desuper alicui,

Verg. A. 4, 122:

gemmas margaritasque mare littoribus infundit,

Curt. 8, 9:

vim sagittarum ratibus,

id. 9, 7:

agmen urbi,

Flor. 3, 21, 6:

agmina infusa Graecis,

Curt. 5, 7, 1; cf. 7, 9, 8.—

To mix itself, mingle with any thing:

cum homines humiliores in alienum ejusdem nominis infunderentur genus,

Cic. Brut. 16, 62; id. Fam. 9, 15, 2.—

Trop., to pour into, spread over, communicate, impart:

orationem in aures tuas,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 355:

aliquid ejusmodi auribus ejus,

Amm. 14, 9, 2:

imperatoris auribus,

id. 15, 3, 5:

magorum sensibus,

id. 23, 6, 33:

per aures cantum,

Sil. 11, 433:

vitia in civitatem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

nihil ex illius animo quod semel esset infusum, umquam effluere potuisse,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 300:

rebus lumen,

Sen. Hipp. 154:

civitati detrimenta (acc. to others, infligere),

Just. 3, 5.— Hence, in-fūsus, a, um, P. a., poured over or into.

Lit.:

sucus infusus auribus,

Plin. 20, 8, 27, § 69:

cinis in aurem,

id. 30, 3, 8, § 24:

sucus per nares,

id. 25, 13, 92, § 144:

vino,

drunk with wine, Macr. S. 7, 5:

infusam vomitu egerere aquam,

swallowed, Curt. 7, 5, 8.—

Transf., of things not fluid:

nudos umeris infusa capillos,

falling down on, Ov. M. 7, 183:

canitiem infuso pulvere foedans,

Cat. 64, 224:

si qua concurrerat, obruebatur (navis) infuso igni,

Liv. 37, 30, 5:

sole infuso (terris),

at daybreak, Verg. A. 9, 461:

conjugis gremio,

resting on her bosom, id. ib. 8, 406:

collo infusa amantis,

Ov. H. 2, 93:

populus circo,

Verg. A. 5, 552:

totamque infusa per artus Mens agitat molem,

id. ib. 6, 726:

infusa tranquilla per aethera pace,

Sil. 7, 258:

cera in eam formam gypsi infusa,

Plin. 35, 12, 4, § 153:

imago senis cadaveri infusa,

Quint. 6, 1, 40.

irrĭgo ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. inrigo], to lead or conduct water or other liquids to a place.

Lit.:

amurcam ad arbores,

Cato, R. R. 36:

aquam in areas,

id. ib. 151:

imbres (plantis),

Verg. G. 4, 115.—

Transf.

To water, irrigate:

Aegyptum Nilus irrigat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; cf.

fig.: Democritus, cujus fontibus Epicurus hortulos suos inrigavit,

id. ib. 1, 43, 120:

jugera L. prati,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

hortos,

Just. 11, 10, 9.—

To overflow, inundate:

Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus,

Liv. 7, 3:

Pactolus irrigat culta auro,

Verg. A. 10, 142.—

To wet, moisten, bedew:

terram sanguine,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 159:

irrigat terram cruor,

Sen. Thyest. 44:

fletu genas,

id. Phoen. 441. —

To supply with fluid: venas quae sub cute sunt. Cels. 7, 7, 15; cf. Flor. 1, 23, 2.—

Trop.

To cheer, refresh, nourish, strengthen, flood, diffuse:

vino aetatem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86: per aures pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 31:

sol irrigat assidue caelum candore recenti,

Lucr. 5, 282: per membra quietem, to diffuse, id. 4, 908; cf.:

alicui placidam per membra quietem,

Verg. A. 1, 692:

fessos sopor irrigat artus,

id. ib. 3, 511:

ut studiosi juvenes lectione severa irrigarentur,

Petr. 4.—

To flood, overwhelm (com.):

irrigatus plagis,

i.e. beaten soundly, Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 18.

irrĭgo ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. inrigo], to lead or conduct water or other liquids to a place.

Lit.:

amurcam ad arbores,

Cato, R. R. 36:

aquam in areas,

id. ib. 151:

imbres (plantis),

Verg. G. 4, 115.—

Transf.

To water, irrigate:

Aegyptum Nilus irrigat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; cf.

fig.: Democritus, cujus fontibus Epicurus hortulos suos inrigavit,

id. ib. 1, 43, 120:

jugera L. prati,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

hortos,

Just. 11, 10, 9.—

To overflow, inundate:

Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus,

Liv. 7, 3:

Pactolus irrigat culta auro,

Verg. A. 10, 142.—

To wet, moisten, bedew:

terram sanguine,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 159:

irrigat terram cruor,

Sen. Thyest. 44:

fletu genas,

id. Phoen. 441. —

To supply with fluid: venas quae sub cute sunt. Cels. 7, 7, 15; cf. Flor. 1, 23, 2.—

Trop.

To cheer, refresh, nourish, strengthen, flood, diffuse:

vino aetatem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86: per aures pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 31:

sol irrigat assidue caelum candore recenti,

Lucr. 5, 282: per membra quietem, to diffuse, id. 4, 908; cf.:

alicui placidam per membra quietem,

Verg. A. 1, 692:

fessos sopor irrigat artus,

id. ib. 3, 511:

ut studiosi juvenes lectione severa irrigarentur,

Petr. 4.—

To flood, overwhelm (com.):

irrigatus plagis,

i.e. beaten soundly, Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 18.

lăvo, lāvi, lautum, lăvātum and lōtum (in class. prose, perf. lāvi; sup. always lavātum; perf. part. lautus; the other forms of the first conj. Also, pres. lavĕre; second pers. lavis, ante-class. and poet.; cf. Diom. 1, p. 377; v. Neue, Formenl. second ed. 2, p. 420), 1 and 3, v. a. and n. [Gr. lu- in luthron; strengthened in louô, loutron; cf. loWetron; Lat. luo (pol-luo, etc.), diluvium, lutus], to wash, bathe, lave.

Lit.:

si inquinata erit lavito,

Cato, R. R. 65: puerum, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 17; Plaut. Truc. 5, 10:

manus lavite,

Titin. ib. 22:

manus lava,

Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 246: cum jam manus pransores lavarent, Veran. ap. Macrob. S. 3, 6, 14.—Mid.: cum soceris generi non lavantur, do not bathe themselves or bathe, id. Off. 1, 35, 129:

lavantur in fluminibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

cur te lautum voluit occidere?

Cic. Deiot. 7, 20:

lautis manibus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 282:

lotis pedibus,

Plin. 24, 11, 62, § 103:

vestimenta lota,

Petr. 30 fin.:

qui it lavatum in balineas,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 51; so,

eo lavatum,

id. Aul. 3, 6, 43; id. Stich. 4, 1, 62; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 44; 52; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 42:

(venias) vasa lautum, non ad cenam dico,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 15.—

Neutr.:

pisces ego credo, qui usque dum vivunt, lavant, Minus diu lavere, quam haec lavat Phronesium,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 1 sqq.:

illa si jam laverit, mihi nuncia,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 5:

lavanti regi dicitur nuntiatum, hostes adesse,

Liv. 44, 6.—

Transf., to wet, moisten, bedew:

eas (tabellas) lacrimis lavis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 8:

si... neque quicquam captumst piscium, salsi lautique pure domum redimus clanculum,

soaked, id. Rud. 2, 1, 12; Lucr. 5, 950:

lacrimis vultum lavere profusis,

Ov. M. 9, 680; Luc. 6, 709;

esp. of bloodshed: lavit ater corpora sanguis,

Verg. G. 3, 221:

lavit improba teter Ora cruor,

id. A. 10, 727:

sanguine largo Colla,

id. ib. 12, 722:

arma cerebro,

Val. Fl. 4, 153:

his (rivis) nunc illa viridia, nunc haec, interdum simul omnia lavantur,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 40; cf.

of rivers: flavus quam Tiberis lavat,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 18; id. Epod. 16, 28;

of the ocean: quas Oceani refluum mare lavit arenas,

Ov. M. 7, 267.—

Trop., to wash away:

venias nunc precibus lautum peccatum tuum,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 80:

dulci Mala vino lavere,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 2.—Hence, lautus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., washed, bathed, laved (very rare): nam itast ingenium muliebre;

bene quom lauta tersa ornata fictast, infectast tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4: in double meaning with C., v. infra: lautam vis an nondum lauta quae sit? Pa. Siccam, at sucidam, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192 Lorenz ad loc.—

Hence, transf., neat, elegant, splendid, sumptuous, luxurious: tute tibi puer es;

lautus luces cereum,

i. e. in a fine dress, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 9:

nihil apud hunc lautum, nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

lauta supellex,

id. de Or. 1, 36, 165: lautum victum et elegantem colere, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 337, 27:

magnificum et lautum,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 8:

lautiora opera,

Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 67:

lauto cenare paratu,

Juv. 14, 13:

epulae lautiores,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 32:

lautissima vina,

Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

lautissima cena,

Plin. Ep. 9, 17:

praetor,

Juv. 14, 257:

lautum et copiosum patrimonium,

rich, splendid, noble, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 38:

in civitate Halaesina tam lauta, tamque nobili,

wealthy, id. Fam. 13, 32, 1:

valde jam lautus es, qui gravere litteras ad me dare,

you are now very grand, id. ib. 7, 14, 1:

homines lauti et urbani,

noble, distinguished, id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17:

libertis minus lautis servisque nihil defuit: nam lautiores eleganter accepti,

id. Att. 13, 52, 2:

certumque fit... cocos tum panem lautioribus coquere solitos,

for the rich, Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 108: orborum lautissimus. Juv. 3, 221.—

With inf.:

rhombos libertis ponere lautus,

splendid, Pers. 6, 23.—

Trop., noble, glorious, etc.: beneficentiae et liberalitatis est ratio duplex: nam aut opera benigne fit indigentibus, aut pecunia: facilior est haec posterior, locupleti praesertim: sed illa lautior ac splendidior, nobler, [p. 1045] more glorious, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52:

lautum negotium,

honorable, id. Att. 6, 1, 13:

omnium hortensiorum lautissima cura asparagis,

the most diligent, the nicest, Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 145:

lautus habetur,

a gentleman, Juv. 11, 1; 1, 67.—Hence, adv.: lautē, neatly, elegantly, splendidly, sumptuously.

Lit.:

laute exornatus,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10:

facete, lepide, laute,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37:

vivere,

Nep. Chabr. 3:

res domesticas lautius tueri,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:

lautius accipi,

Suet. Calig. 55.—

Trop., excellently, beautifully, finely:

loquitur laute,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 25:

militem laute ludificari,

id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

munus administrasti tuum,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 2.— Comp.:

si quis existat, qui putet nos lautius fecisse, quam orationis severitas exigat,

that I have made more use of ornament, Plin. Ep. 2, 5.— Sup.: hodie me ante omnes comicos stultos senes Versaris atque emunxeris lautissime, Poët. ap. Cic. Lael. 26, 99.

mădĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a.; in pass.: mădĕfīo, factus, fĭĕri [madeo, facio], to make wet, to wet, moisten, to soak, drench, water, etc.

In gen.:

lanam aceto et nitro,

Plin. 32, 7, 25, § 77:

amarantus madefactus aquā revirescit,

id. 21, 8, 23, §

47: radix in vino madefacta,

id. 26, 6, 15, § 29:

spongiam (opp. exprimere),

Suet. Vesp. 16:

ne libelli madefierent,

id. Caes. 64:

imbuti sanguine gladii, vel madefacti potius,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6; cf.:

Graeciam madefactum iri sanguine,

id. Div. 1, 32, 68; Verg. A. 5, 330:

caules,

to soak, steep, Plin. 25, 6, 31, § 68:

terram suo madefecit odore,

steeped, Ov. M. 4, 253.— Poet.:

caris vellera sucis bis madefacta,

i. e. dyed, Tib. 4, 2, 16.—

In partic., to drench with wine, to intoxicate, make drunk ( poet. and in post-class. prose): eo vos vostrosque adeo pantices madefacitis, quom ego sim hic siccus, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 51:

multo madefactus Iaccho, Col. poët. 10, 309: poculis amplioribus madefacit,

Amm. 15, 3, 7; cf.:

molli luxu madefacta (membra),

Sil. 12, 18.

mădĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [madidus], to make wet or moist, to wet, moisten (post-class.).

In gen.

Act.:

proluvie linerent et madidarent se suā,

Arn. 2, 70:

madidari ex imbribus arva,

id. 1, 3:

madidatae spongiae,

App. M. 8, p. 210, 6.—

Neutr., to be wet:

ille novo madidantes nectare pennas concutit,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 88.—

In partic., to make drunk, intoxicate:

mero multo madidari,

Arn. 5, 163:

injecisse madidatis vincula,

id. 5 init.

mando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [manusdo], to commit to one's charge, to enjoin, commission, order, command (syn.: praecipio, edico); constr. alicui aliquid, with ut, ne, the simple subj., or with inf. (class.).

Lit.

Alicui aliquid:

tibi de nostris rebus nihil sum mandaturus per litteras,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

praeterea typos tibi mando,

id. Att. 1, 10, 3:

si quid velis, huic mandes,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 7:

L. Clodio mandasse, quae illum mecum loqui velles,

Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 1:

alicui mandare laqueum,

to bid go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 57.—With ellipsis of dat.:

tamquam hoc senatus mandasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84:

excusationem,

Suet. Oth. 6:

haec ego numquam mandavi,

Juv. 14, 225.—

With ut or ne:

Voluseno mandat, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

mandat ut exploratores in Suebos mittant,

id. ib. 6, 10, 3:

Caesar per litteras Trebonio magnopere mandaverat, ne, etc.,

id. B. C. 2, 13.—

With simple subj.:

huic mandat, Remos reliquosque Belgas adeat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11.—

With object-clause:

mandavit Tigranen Armeniā exturbare,

Tac. A. 15, 2:

non aliter cineres mando jacere meos,

Mart. 1, 88, 10.—

Impers. pass.:

fecerunt ut eis mandatum fuerat,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 21.—

Transf.

In gen., to commit, consign, enjoin, confide, commend, intrust any thing to a person or thing:

ego tibi meas res mando,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 54:

bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fidei,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 61:

ludibrio habeor... ab illo, quoi me mandavisti, meo viro,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32:

(adulescens) qui tuae mandatus est fide et fiduciae,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 99:

aliquem alicui alendum,

Verg. A. 3, 49:

alicui magistratum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

honores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81:

filiam viro,

to give in marriage, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

se fugae,

to betake one's self to flight, Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

fugae et solitudini vitam suam,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

semen terrae,

i. e. to sow, Col. 1, 7, 6:

hordea sulcis,

Verg. E. 5, 36:

corpus humo,

to bury, id. A. 9, 214:

aliquid memoriae,

Cic. Quint. 6, 24:

litteris,

to commit to writing, id. de Or. 2, 12, 52:

scriptis actiones nostras,

id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

historiae,

id. Div. 2, 32, 69:

monumentis,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

fruges conditas vetustati,

to keep for a long time, to suffer to grow old, id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

Alcibiadem interficiendum insidiis mandare,

Just. 5, 2, 5.— Absol.:

Claudio mandante ac volente (opp. invito),

Vop. Aur. 16, 2.—

To charge a person to announce something, to send word to a person or place only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

mandare ad Pisonem, noli, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 25:

mandabat in urbem, nullum proelio finem exspectarent,

sent word, Tac. A. 14, 38:

ferre ad nuptam quae mittit adulter, quae mandat,

Juv. 3, 46:

senatui mandavit, bellum se ei illaturum,

Eutr. 5, 5:

consulantes, si quid ad uxores suas mandarent,

Flor. 3, 3, 6.—P. a. as subst.: mandā-tum, i, n., a charge, order, commission, injunction, command.

In gen.:

ut mandatum scias me procurasse,

have performed the commission, Cic. Att. 5, 7, 3:

hoc mandatum accepi a Patre,

Vulg. Joh. 10, 18.—More freq. in plur.:

omnibus ei de rebus, quas agi a me voles, mandata des, velim,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2:

dare mandata alicui in aliquem,

id. ib. 3, 11, 5:

dare alicui mandata, ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 6, 3, 6:

accipere ab aliquo,

id. ib. 8, 8, 23:

persequi,

to perform, execute, fulfil, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 2:

audire,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

alicujus exhaurire,

id. Att. 5, 1, 5:

exponere in senatu,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:

exsequi,

id. Phil. 9, 4, 9; Sall. J. 35, 5:

facere,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72:

perficere,

Liv. 1, 56:

efficere,

Sall. J. 58:

facere,

Curt. 7, 9, 17:

deferre,

to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1:

perferre,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18:

neglegere,

to neglect, not perform, Ov. H. 16, 303:

fallere,

id. M. 6, 696:

haec mandata,

Liv. 21, 54, 4: legatis occulta mandata data sint, ut, Just. 34, 1, 5.— Poet., with inf.:

producetque virum, dabit et mandata reverti,

and enjoin him to return, Ov. H. 13, 143.—

Esp. as legal term.

A commission constituting a mutual obligation; hence, in gen., a contract:

mandatum constitit, sive nostra gratia mandamus, sive alienā: id est, sive ut mea negotia geras, sive ut alterius mandem tibi, erit mandati obligatio, et invicem alter alteri tenebimur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 155 sqq.:

itaque mandati constitutum est judicium non minus turpe, quam furti,

i. e. for breach of contract, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111:

actio mandati,

an action for the non-performance of a contract, Dig. 17, 1, 8, § 3.—

An imperial command, mandate, Plin. Ep. 10, 110, 1; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111:

principum,

Front. Aquaed. 3.—Esp. of the secret orders of the emperors:

(Galba) mandata Neronis de nece sua deprenderat,

Suet. Galb. 9; id. Tib. 52:

occulta mandata,

Tac. A. 2, 43:

fingere scelesta mandata,

id. ib. 2, 71; 3, 16; id. H. 4, 49.—

In eccl. lang., the law or commandment of God:

mandatum hoc, quod ego praecipio tibi hodie, non supra te est,

Vulg. Deut. 30, 11:

nec custodisti mandata,

id. 1 Reg. 13, 13:

maximum et primum mandatum,

id. Matt. 22, 38.

mando, di, sum (in the dep. form mandor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), 3, v. a. [akin to madeo, properly to moisten; hence], to chew, masticate (syn. manduco).

Lit. (class.):

animalia alia sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

asini lentissime mandunt,

Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 54; Col. 6, 2, 14.— Poet.:

(equi) fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,

i. e. champ, Verg. A. 7, 279:

tristia vulnera saevo dente,

i. e. to eat the flesh of slaughtered animals, Ov. M. 15, 92.—In part. perf.: mansum ex ore daturum, Lucil. ap. Non. 140, 14; Varr. ib. 12:

omnia minima mansa in os inserere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

ut cibos mansos ac prope liquefactos demittimus,

Quint. 10, 1, 19.—

Transf., in gen., to eat, devour (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): quom socios nostros mandisset impiu' Cyclops, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P.; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. (Ann. v. 141 Vahl.):

apros,

Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

Diomedes immanibus equis mandendos solitus objectare advenas,

to throw to them for food, Mel. 2, 2.— Poet.: mandere humum (like mordere humum), to bite the ground, said of those who fall in battle, Verg. A. 11, 669; so,

compressa aequora,

Val. Fl. 3, 106: corpora Graiorum maerebat mandier igni, to be consumed, Matius in Varr. L. L. 6, § 95 Müll.

mando, ōnis, m. [2. mando], a glutton, gormandizer: mandonum gulae, Lucil. ap. Non. 17, 16; cf. manduco.

per-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour over, to wet, moisten, bedew, besprinkle (class.; syn.: umecto, aspergo, imbuo).

Lit.:

aquā ferventi Philodamus perfunditur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

fluviis pecus,

Verg. G. 3, 445:

greges flumine,

id. ib. 2, 147:

perfusus liquidis odoribus,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: postquam perfusus est, had bathed, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14:

panis perfusus aquā frigidā,

Suet. Aug. 77:

pisces olivo,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 50:

aliquem lacrimis,

Ov. H. 11, 115; so, poet.:

Aurorae lacrimis perfusus,

living far in the East, Sil. 3, 332:

perfundi nardo,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9:

boves hic perfunduntur,

bathe themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3; Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72.—

Transf.

To pour into any thing (post-Aug.):

sextarios musti in vas,

Col. 12, 24, 3.—

To cause to flow out, i. e. to knock out an eye (post-class.):

ut oculus puero perfunderetur,

Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3 dub. (al. perfodere or effundere).—

Of perspiration or of streams, to pour or flow over, to drench, bathe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ossaque et artus Perfundit toto proruptus corpore sudor,

Verg. A. 7, 459:

tot amnium fontiumque ubertas totam Italiam perfundens,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 41:

Venafrano (oleo) piscem perfundere,

Juv. 5, 86.—

Of garments, to steep, dye ( poet.):

ostro Perfusae vestes,

steeped in purple, Verg. A. 5, 112.—

To scatter or sprinkle over, to besprinkle, bestrew ( poet.):

canitiem immundo perfusam pulvere turpans,

Verg. A. 12, 611:

sanguine currum,

Verg. A. 11, 88:

penates sanguine,

Ov. M. 5, 155:

Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno,

Verg. G. 1, 78:

scena perfusa croco,

Lucr. 2, 416.—

To cover ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

omne genus perfusa coloribus,

Lucr. 2, 821:

auro tecta,

Sen. Ep. 115, 9:

pedes amictu,

Mart. 7, 33, 3.—

Of the sun's beams or fire, to flood or fill ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sol perfundens omnia luce,

Lucr. 2, 148; cf. Luc. 7, 215:

cubiculum plurimo sole perfunditur,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 24:

campos lumine (facis),

Sil. 10, 558.—

Trop.

To imbue, inspire, fill with any thing (class.):

ad perfundendum animum tamquam illiquefactae voluptates,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20:

sensus jucunditate quādam perfunditur,

id. Fin. 2, 3, 6:

sensus dulcedine omni quasi perfusi,

id. ib. 2, 34, 114:

di immortales, qui me horror perfudit!

id. Att. 8, 6, 3:

laetitiā,

id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

gaudio,

Liv. 30, 16:

timore,

id. 2, 63.—

In partic., to fill with the apprehension of any thing, i. e. to disturb, disquiet, alarm:

nos judicio perfundere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

litora bello rapido,

Sil. 15, 301; cf.:

(Mars) perfusus pectora tempestate belli,

Stat. Th. 3, 228. —

To imbue slightly, make superficially acquainted with any thing (the fig. being borrowed from dyeing;

post-Aug.): perseveret perbibere liberalia studia, non illa, quibus perfundi satis est, sed haec, quibus tingendus est animus,

Sen. Ep. 36, 3; cf.:

acceperit: si illā (notitiā) se non perfuderit, sed infecerit,

id. ib. 110, 8.

prō-lŭo, lŭi, lūtum, 3, v. a., to wash forth or out, to cast out (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not found in Cic.; once in Cæs.; v. infra).

Lit.:

genus omne natantum Litore in extremo... fluctus Proluit,

Verg. G. 3, 543;

ventrem,

i. e. to cause diarrhœa, Col. 7, 3, 25.—

Transf.

To wash off or away:

tempestas ex omnibus montibus nives proluit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

impetus aquarum proluit terram,

Col. 2, 18, 5; cf.:

silvas Eridanus,

Verg. G. 1, 481; id. A. 12, 686.—Hence, *

Trop., to make away with property:

pecuniam prandiorum gurgitibus,

to squander, dissipate, Gell. 2, 24, 11.—

To moisten, wet, wash:

in vivo prolue rore manus,

Ov. F. 4, 778:

ensem,

i. e. with blood, Sil. 15, 304:

cruor proluit pectora,

Stat. Th. 8, 711.— Poet., of drinking:

leni praecordia mulso Prolueris melius,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 26:

se pleno auro,

Verg. A. 1, 739;

multā prolutus vappā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 16:

nec fonte labra prolui caballino,

Pers. prol. 1.—In comic lang.: cloacam (i. e. ventrem), to wash out the stomach, i. e. to drink one's fill, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 29.—

To overflow, inundate (postclass.): prolutas esse regiones imbribus, App. de Mundo, p. 73, 26.

rĭgo āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. Gr. brechô, to wet; Germ. Regen, rain].

To wet, moisten, water, bedew any thing with a liquid (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: irrigo, madefacio).

Lit.:

imbres omnia maria ac terras sparguntque rigantque,

Lucr. 6, 612:

Nilus rigat Aegyptum,

id. 6, 714; Hor. C. 3, 3, 48 (for which, irrigat, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130); so,

prata (fons),

Lucr. 5, 602; Ov. F. 5, 210; cf.: lucum perenni aquā (fons). Liv. 1, 21:

campos (Euphratis) accolae,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130:

arbores,

id. 17, 26, 40, § 249; cf.

seminaria (opp. conspergere),

Col. 5, 6, 8:

quā Tanais Getas rigat,

Tib. 4, 1, 146:

lacrimis ora,

Verg. A. 9, 251: fletibus ora, Ov. M. 11, 419; id. P. 2, 11, 9; id. A. A. 1, 532; Luc. 4, 180; Sen. Hippol. 990 al.— Absol.:

nubes nimbique rigantes,

Lucr. 6, 521; so,

accolae,

Curt. 8, 9, 10.—

Poet., transf.: natos vitali rore, i. e. to suckle, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20:

solis uti lux ac vapor cernuntur terras rigare,

bedew, flood, Lucr. 4, 203; cf. id. 5, 592: Babylonica, to wet (sc. with urine), id. 4, 1026.—

Trop., to water, bedew, etc.:

omnium ingenia,

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:

ora alicujus Philetaeā aquā,

Prop. 3 (4), 3, 52; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 26.—

Like irrigo, to lead, convey, or conduct water or any other liquid to a place (very rare).

Lit.: aquam Albanam emissam per agros rigabis (= ad rigandum diduces), an old oracle in Liv. 5, 16 fin. Drak. N. cr.:

vitalem sanguinem per venas,

Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182. —

Trop.:

hinc motus per membra rigantur,

are directed, conveyed, Lucr. 2, 262: somnum per pectora, Furius ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (for which, irrigat, Lucr. 4, 908; Verg. A. 1, 692).

rōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [ros], to let fall, drop, or distil dew (syn. stillo).

Lit.

Neutr.: (Aurora) toto rorat in [p. 1600] orbe, Ov. M. 13, 622:

cum rorare Tithonia conjux Coeperit,

id. F. 3, 403:

rorate, caeli,

Vulg. Isa. 45, 8. — More usually impers., dew falls, it drizzles, it sprinkles:

ante rorat quam pluit,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 58; Col. 11, 2, 45; 76; Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74; Suet. Aug. 92. —

Act.:

tellus rorata mane pruinā,

moistened, besprinkled, Ov. F. 3, 357.—

Transf., to drop, trickle, drip, distil.

Neutr.:

lacrimis spargunt rorantibus ora genasque,

with trickling, flowing, Lucr. 2, 977 (cf. infra, b.): rorant pennaeque sinusque, drip or shed moisture, Ov. M. 1, 267:

comae,

id. ib. 5, 488:

ora dei madidā barbā,

id. ib. 1, 339; cf. id. ib. 3, 683; 177;

14, 786: sanguine vepres,

Verg. A. 8, 645; 11, 8:

lacte capellae,

id. Cul. 75:

ora,

Luc. 2, 123:

hostili cruore arma,

Quint. Decl. 4, 8.—

Act., to bedew, to moisten, wet:

circumstant, lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

Lucr. 3, 469:

saxa cruore,

Sil. 10, 263. —

And with the liquid as an object: quam caelum intrare parantem Roratis lustravit aquis Iris,

with sprinkled waters, Ov. M. 4, 479; id. F. 4, 728:

si roraverit quantulum cumque imbrem,

Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74.— Absol.: pocula rorantia, which yielded the wine drop by drop (a transl. of the Gr. epipsekazein), * Cic. Sen. 14, 46: rorans juvenis, the youth pouring out, the young cup-bearer, i. e. Ganymedes, as a constellation (Aquarius), Manil. 5, 482.—

Trop., to drop, distil, etc.:

si minutis illis suis et rorantibus responsionibus satisfaciet consulenti,

Macr. S. 7, 9.