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  • 21 streife

    * * *
    verb. graze, brush, touch lightly verb. touch verb. touch on, touch lightly on

    Norsk-engelsk ordbok > streife

  • 22 sipaista

    yks.nom. sipaista; yks.gen. sipaisen; yks.part. sipaisi; yks.ill. sipaisisi; mon.gen. sipaiskoon; mon.part. sipaissut; mon.ill. sipaistiin
    brush (verb)
    dab (verb)
    flip (verb)
    graze (verb)
    smooth down (verb)
    stroke (verb)
    touch lightly (verb)
    * * *
    • stroke
    • touch lightly
    • smooth down
    • touch
    • dab
    • touch slightly
    • grace
    • flip
    • brush
    • glance against
    • graze

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > sipaista

  • 23 Digitus

    1.
    dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

    Germ. Finger, from fangen,

    Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.
    I.
    Prop.:

    tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—
    B.
    Special connections:

    attingere aliquem digito (uno),

    to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

    with tangere,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

    attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

    to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

    attingere caelum digito,

    to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

    computare digitis,

    to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

    numerare per digitos,

    Ov. F. 3, 123:

    in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

    Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

    si tuos digitos novi,

    thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

    also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

    to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

    also: digitus crepans,

    Mart. 3, 82, 15:

    digitorum crepitus,

    id. 14, 119:

    digitorum percussio,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

    intendere digitum ad aliquid,

    to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

    liceri digito,

    to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

    for which also: tollere digitum,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

    and Schol,

    Pers. 5, 119:

    loqui digitis nutuque,

    to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

    different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

    i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

    ad digiti sonum,

    id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

    digito compesce labellum,

    hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

    for which: demonstrari digito,

    Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

    nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

    in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

    i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

    exserere digitum,

    Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

    and in like manner: proferre digitum,

    to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

    scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

    Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—
    B.
    A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—
    C.
    As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

    digitus transversus,

    a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

    48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

    not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

    without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

    and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 11.
    2.
    Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Digitus

  • 24 digitus

    1.
    dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

    Germ. Finger, from fangen,

    Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.
    I.
    Prop.:

    tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—
    B.
    Special connections:

    attingere aliquem digito (uno),

    to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

    with tangere,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

    attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

    to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

    attingere caelum digito,

    to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

    computare digitis,

    to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

    numerare per digitos,

    Ov. F. 3, 123:

    in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

    Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

    si tuos digitos novi,

    thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

    also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

    to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

    also: digitus crepans,

    Mart. 3, 82, 15:

    digitorum crepitus,

    id. 14, 119:

    digitorum percussio,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

    intendere digitum ad aliquid,

    to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

    liceri digito,

    to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

    for which also: tollere digitum,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

    and Schol,

    Pers. 5, 119:

    loqui digitis nutuque,

    to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

    different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

    i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

    ad digiti sonum,

    id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

    digito compesce labellum,

    hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

    for which: demonstrari digito,

    Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

    nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

    in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

    i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

    exserere digitum,

    Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

    and in like manner: proferre digitum,

    to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

    scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

    Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—
    B.
    A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—
    C.
    As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

    digitus transversus,

    a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

    48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

    not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

    without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

    and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 11.
    2.
    Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > digitus

  • 25 ἐπιψαύω

    ἐπι-ψαύω, [dialect] Dor. [tense] fut.
    A

    - ψαυσῶ Archim. Con.Sph.30

    :—touch on the surface, touch lightly, c. gen., Hes.Sc. 217, Hdt.3.87, etc.; attain, abs.,

    κατὰ πᾶν τέλος Pi.I.4(3).11

     ; ἐ. φιλοτάτων to aspire to loves, Id.P.4.92 ;

    ἐ. τινὸς οὐδὲ κατὰ μικρόν Phan.Hist. 19

     ; γῆς ἐ., of shipwrecked persons, S.Fr.636.2 : generally, handle,

    κώπης Id.Ph. 1255

     ; meddle with,

    τάφου Id.Aj. 1394

     : metaph., also, touch lightly upon, Hdt.2.65.
    b Geom., ἡ -ψαύουσα (sc. γραμμή) tangent, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.12, etc.
    2 c.dat., Q.S.2.456.
    3 c. acc., Id.12.551.
    II once in Hom., intr. and metaph., ὅς τ' ὀλίγον περ ἐπιψαύῃ πραπίδεσσιν who can reach ever so little way by his wits, Od.8.547.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπιψαύω

  • 26 εψάλαττον

    ψαλάσσω
    touch lightly: imperf ind act 3rd pl (attic)
    ψαλάσσω
    touch lightly: imperf ind act 1st sg (attic)

    Morphologia Graeca > εψάλαττον

  • 27 ἐψάλαττον

    ψαλάσσω
    touch lightly: imperf ind act 3rd pl (attic)
    ψαλάσσω
    touch lightly: imperf ind act 1st sg (attic)

    Morphologia Graeca > ἐψάλαττον

  • 28 ψαλάξεις

    ψαλάσσω
    touch lightly: aor subj act 2nd sg (epic)
    ψαλάσσω
    touch lightly: fut ind act 2nd sg

    Morphologia Graeca > ψαλάξεις

  • 29 ψαλάσσει

    ψαλάσσω
    touch lightly: pres ind mp 2nd sg
    ψαλάσσω
    touch lightly: pres ind act 3rd sg

    Morphologia Graeca > ψαλάσσει

  • 30 frôler

    frôler [fʀole]
    ➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb
       a. ( = toucher) to brush against ; ( = passer près de) to skim
       b. ( = confiner à) to border on
    * * *
    fʀole
    1.
    1) ( toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush; [projectile] to graze
    2) ( passer près) [balle, pierre, voiture] to miss narrowly; [personne] to brush past [personne]; to brush against [objet, mur]

    frôler les 200 km/h — to nearly touch 200km per hour


    2.
    se frôler verbe pronominal
    1) ( se toucher) [personnes, mains, genoux] to brush against each other
    2) ( sans se toucher) [objets, voitures, conducteurs] to just miss each other; [personnes] to brush past each other
    * * *
    fʀole vt
    1) (= effleurer) to brush against, [projectile] to skim past

    Le chat m'a frôlé au passage. — The cat brushed against me as it went past., The cat brushed past me.

    2) fig (= manquer de peu) to come very close to

    Nous avons frôlé la catastrophe. — We came very close to disaster.

    * * *
    frôler verb table: aimer
    A vtr
    1 ( toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush; [ballon, balle, pierre] to graze; [voiture, conducteur] to scrape;
    2 ( passer près) [balle, ballon, pierre, voiture] to miss narrowly; [personne] to brush past [personne]; to brush against [objet, mur]; to come close to [succès]; to approach [somme, taux]; il a frôlé la mort he came within a hair's breadth of dying, he had a brush with death; ses blagues frôlent le mauvais goût his jokes border on bad taste; l'automobiliste a frôlé les 200 km/h the driver almost reached a speed of 200 km per hour; il frôlait les 200 kg it weighed close to 200 kg.
    B se frôler vpr
    1 ( se toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush against each other;
    2 ( sans se toucher) [objet, voiture, conducteur] to just miss each other; [personne] to brush past each other; ils se sont frôlés sans se voir they brushed past (each other) without seeing each other.
    [frole] verbe transitif
    2. [passer très près de] to come close to touching
    3. [échapper à] to come within a hair's breadth ou an ace of, to escape narrowly
    ————————
    se frôler verbe pronominal
    (emploi réciproque) to brush against ou to jostle each other

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > frôler

  • 31 побарвам

    1. touch lightly
    2. разг. (обичам да крада) pilfer, filch
    * * *
    1. touch lightly 2. разг. (обичам да крада) pilfer, filch

    Български-английски речник > побарвам

  • 32 поклащам

    shake, rock, sway; wag, waggle
    поклащам глава shake o.'s head
    поклащам се 1. rock, sway; waggle, wobble
    2. прен. (раздвижвам се) move, stir.; take hold of (for a short while); touch (lightly)
    нищо не поклащам do nothing, not do a stroke of work
    * * *
    покла̀щам,
    гл. shake, rock, sway; wag, waggle; \поклащам глава shake o.’s head;
    \поклащам се 1. rock, sway; waggle, wobble; ( при вървене) waddle; пердетата се поклатиха от вятъра the curtains flapped with the breeze;
    2. прен. ( раздвижвам се) move, stir.
    * * *
    1. (при вървене) Waddle 2. shake, rock, sway;wag, waggle 3. ПОКЛАЩАМ ce rock, sway;waggle, wobble 4. ПОКЛАЩАМ глава shake o.'s head 5. никакъв ветрец не поклаща листата not a breath stirs the leaves 6. нищо не ПОКЛАЩАМ do nothing, not do a stroke of work 7. прен. (раздвижвам се) move, stir.;take hold of (for a short while);touch (lightly)

    Български-английски речник > поклащам

  • 33 lībō

        lībō āvī, ātus, āre    [LIQV-], to take out as a sample, take a little of: quodcunque cibi digitis, O.— To take a taste of, taste, sip: iecur, L.: flumina summa, V.: vernas Pasco <*>ibatis dapibus, i. e. remnants, H.— To pour out, offer as a libation, spill, sprinkle, make a drink-offering: in mensam laticum honorem, V.: mero libans carchesia Baccho, of pure wine, V.: Oceano libemus, V.: Hoc auro (i. e. hac paterā aureā), V.: libato (i. e. postquam libatum est), V.— To besprinkle: pateris altaria, V.— To offer, dedicate, consecrate (esp. of first-fruits): certasque fruges: diis-dapes, L.: tristia dona cineri, V.: Celso lacrimas adempto, O.— To touch lightly, graze: summam celeri pede harenam, O.: oscula natae, kissed lightly, V.— To impair: virīs, L.: virginitatem, O.—Fig., to take out, cull, extract, gather, compile, collect: ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libasse.
    * * *
    I
    libare, libavi, libatus V
    nibble, sip; pour in offering/a libation; impair; graze, touch, skim (over)
    II
    Libo; (Roman cognomen)

    Latin-English dictionary > lībō

  • 34 mulceō

        mulceō sī, sus, ēre    [MARG-], to stroke, graze, touch lightly, fondle: manu barbam, O.: mulcebant Zephyri flores, rustle through, O.: aristas, O.: alternos (pueros), V.: aethera pinnis, to move.— Fig., to soothe, soften, caress, flatter, delight: tigrīs, V.: Dareta dictis, V.: canor mulcendas natus ad aurīs, O.: puellas Carmine, H.— To relieve, alleviate: vanā volnera ope, O.
    * * *
    mulcere, mulsi, mulsus V
    stroke, touch lightly, fondle, soothe, appease, charm, flatter, delight

    Latin-English dictionary > mulceō

  • 35 fshik

    I.
    to graze [touch lightly]
    II.
    to touch lightly

    Albanian-English dictionary > fshik

  • 36 мазнуть

    совер.; (кого-л./что-л.)
    brush, touch lightly
    * * *
    * * *
    brush, touch lightly, dab

    Новый русско-английский словарь > мазнуть

  • 37 mulceo

    mulcĕo, si, sum (rarely mulctum), 2, v. a. [Sanscr. root marc, take hold of; Gr. marptô, marptis; cf. mulco], to stroke; to touch or move lightly (syn. palpo; poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    manu mulcens barbam,

    Ov. F. 1, 259:

    caput,

    Quint. 11, 3, 158:

    vitulum,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 341:

    colla,

    id. M. 10, 118:

    mulcebant Zephyri flores,

    rustle through, id. ib. 1, 108:

    aura mulcet rosas,

    Prop. 4 (5), 7, 60:

    virgā mulcere capillos,

    to touch lightly, Ov. M. 14, 295:

    aristas,

    id. F. 5, 161:

    mulcere alternos (pueros) et corpora fingere linguā,

    Verg. A. 8, 634:

    aëra motu,

    Lucr. 4, 136:

    aethera pennis,

    to move, Cic. Arat. 88: mulserat huc navem compulsam fluctibu' pontus, had wafted hither, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.).—
    B.
    Transf., to make sweet or pleasant:

    pocula succis Lyaei,

    Sil. 7, 169. —
    II.
    Trop., to soothe, soften, appease, allay; to caress, flatter, delight, etc. (syn.:

    blandior. placo, lenio, sedo): mulcentem tigres, of Orpheus,

    Verg. G. 4, 510:

    aliquem dictis,

    id. A. 5, 464:

    fluctūs,

    id. ib. 1, 66:

    iras,

    id. ib. 7, 755:

    jure,

    Vell. 2, 117, 3.— To alleviate, mitigate:

    variā vulnera mulcet ope,

    alleviates the pain of his wounds, Ov. F. 5, 401:

    dolores nervorum,

    Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 107:

    os stomachumque,

    id. 22, 24, 51, § 110:

    ebrietatem,

    id. 21, 20, 81, § 138:

    lassitudinem,

    id. 37, 5, 16, § 63:

    corpora fessa,

    Ov. M. 11, 625: aliquem laudibus, to flatter, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Mulciber, p. 144 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 109 Rib.):

    puellas carmine,

    to delight, Hor. C. 3, 11, 24:

    animos admiratione,

    Quint. 1, 10, 9:

    aures figmentis verborum novis,

    to delight, Gell. 20, 9, 1.—Hence, mulsus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Adj., mixed with honey; sweet as honey, honey-sweet (post-Aug.):

    mulsa (sc. aqua),

    honey-water, hydromel, Col. 12, 12, 3:

    acetum,

    vinegar and honey mixed together, honey-vinegar, Cato, R. R. 157, 6:

    lac,

    Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52:

    mulsa pira,

    Col. 5, 10, 18.— Trop., of words, etc., sweet as honey, honeyed (Plautin.):

    ut mulsa dicta dicis!

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 34:

    loqui,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 112.—
    B. 1.
    mulsa, ae, f., a term of endearment, my sweetheart, my honey (Plautin.):

    age, mulsa mea,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 14; id. Cas. 2, 6, 20.—
    2.
    mulsum, i, n. (sc. vinum), honey-wine, mead, i. e. wine mixed or made with honey (class.):

    commisce mulsum,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 48:

    frigidum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

    aceti, for mulsum acetum,

    honeyvinegar, Ser. Samm. 49, 714.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mulceo

  • 38 παραψαύω

    παρα-ψαύω, [tense] pf.
    A

    παρεψαυκέναι S.E.M.7.116

     :— touch gently or lightly, Hp.Mul.2.160 ; τινος Plu.2.971c, Eum.7, etc.
    2 metaph., touch lightly or slightly on a subject, τῆς δόξης S.E.l.c.:—[voice] Pass., παρέψαυσταί μοι ἀποφῆναι .. Hp.Morb.4.44.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > παραψαύω

  • 39 stringo

    stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    te stringam ad carnarium,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

    stringit vitta comas,

    Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

    stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    pectora pigro gelu,

    Luc. 4, 652:

    strictos insedimus amnes,

    Val. Fl. 1, 414:

    mare gelu stringi et consistere,

    Gell. 17, 8, 16:

    quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

    having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

    habenam,

    to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

    ferrum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—
    B.
    Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

    litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

    Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

    stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

    Ov. M. 11, 733:

    aequor (aurā),

    id. ib. 4, 136:

    metas interiore rotā,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

    latus,

    Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

    vestigia canis rostro,

    Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

    equos,

    to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

    tela stringentia corpus,

    i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

    coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

    Ov. M. 11, 776:

    strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

    Flor. 4, 12, 44.—
    2.
    To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

    oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

    Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

    oleam,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

    bacam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

    quernas glandes,

    Verg. G. 1, 305:

    folia ex arboribus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

    frondes,

    Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

    hordea,

    Verg. G. 1, 317:

    arbores,

    Col. 6, 3, 7:

    celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

    drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

    strictam aciem offerre,

    Verg. A. 6, 291:

    ensem,

    id. ib. 10, 577; so,

    gladios,

    id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

    ensem,

    id. ib. 8, 207;

    14, 296: ferrum,

    Liv. 7, 40 al.:

    cultrum,

    id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

    manum,

    to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

    narrationis loco rem stringat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

    quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

    Claud. B. Get. 371.—
    C.
    To waste, consume, reduce:

    praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—
    D.
    (Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

    atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

    Verg. A. 9, 294:

    quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

    nomen alicujus,

    id. ib. 2, 350.—
    E.
    To draw in hostility, attack with:

    in hostes stringatur iambus,

    Ov. R. Am. 377:

    bellum,

    Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.
    A.
    Lit.:

    laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

    Liv. 24, 7, 5:

    duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

    Tac. G. 30:

    strictissima janua,

    Ov. R. Am. 233:

    si strictior fuerit pedatura,

    Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

    emplastrum,

    thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

    venter,

    i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

    strictior aura,

    more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of language, brief, concise:

    quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

    Quint. 10, 1, 77:

    qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

    id. 12, 10, 52.—
    2.
    Of character, severe, strict:

    Catones,

    Manil. 5, 106:

    mentes,

    id. 1, 769:

    lex,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—
    3.
    Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

    restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

    Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

    in foramen conicies,

    Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—
    2.
    Fig., accurately:

    strictius interpretari,

    Dig. 8, 2, 20.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stringo

  • 40 легко

    1.
    1. прил. кратк. см. лёгкий
    2. предик. безл. it is easy

    не легко сделать это — it is not an easy task / job

    ♢ легко сказать! разг. — it's to say, easier said than done

    2. нареч.
    easily, lightly, slightly (ср. лёгкий)

    легко коснуться (рд.) — touch lightly (d.)

    легко ступать — tread* lightly

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > легко

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