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  • 1 touch

    أَثَّرَ (في النفس)‏ \ touch: to have a sad effect on; to concern: Her sad story touched my heart. It was a touching story (It stirred my feelings). \ حاسَّة اللَّمْس \ touch: one of the five senses, by which something may be recognized by feeling it. \ رَسَت لمدّةٍ قَصيرة (للسّفن)‏ \ touch: (of ships) to visit: We touched at Gibraltar. \ لَمْس \ touch: the act of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder. \ See Also لَمْسَة \ ماسَّ \ touch. \ مَسَّ \ touch: put one’s hand against (sth.); move gently against the surface of (sth.); reach: Don’t touch that electric wire! Our speed just touched 90 miles an hour.

    Arabic-English glossary > touch

  • 2 touch

    لَمَسَ \ feel, felt: to touch (sth.) with the hand so as to learn about it: The doctor felt my broken arm. touch: to put one’s hand against (sth.); move gently against the surface of (sth.); reach: Don’t touch that electric wire! Our speed just touched 90 miles an hour.

    Arabic-English glossary > touch

  • 3 leicht

    I Adj.
    1. Gewicht: light; Kleidung: auch thin, cool; Anzug: lightweight; die Bluse ist aus ganz leichtem Material the blouse is made from really thin ( oder lightweight) material; das Kind ist für sein Alter zu leicht this child is underweight for his age; danach war ich um hundert Euro leichter umg., fig. I came away a hundred euros lighter; jemanden um einiges leichter machen umg. relieve s.o. of a little cash; gewogen und zu leicht befunden fig. tried and found wanting
    2. (bekömmlich) Essen, Lektüre, Musik, Wein etc.: light; Zigarre: mild; abends esse ich meist etwas Leichtes I usually have a light meal in the evening; er hat einen leichten Schlaf he’s a light sleeper; Kost
    3. (unbeschwert) light-hearted; leichten Herzens happily; (erleichtert) relieved; (ohne weiteres) readily; jetzt ist mir leichter ( ums Herz)! what a relief!, that’s a load off my mind; leichten Fußes lightfootedly, nimbly; fig. with a spring in one’s step
    4. (nicht schwierig) easy; Aufgabe etc.: auch simple; leichter Sieg walkover, Am. walkaway; nichts leichter als das! nothing could be simpler, no problem, it’s a cinch (Am. auch snap) umg.; es leicht haben have an easy time (of it); mit ihm hat sie’s nicht leicht she has a difficult time with him, he gives her a hard time; die hat’s nicht gerade leicht she doesn’t exactly have an easy time of it; er nimmt es auf die leichte Schulter he’s making light of it, he’s pretty casual about it; keinen leichten Stand haben be in a difficult ( oder tricky) position; es ist ihm ein Leichtes zu (+ Inf.) it’s a simple matter (umg. no big deal) for him to (+ Inf.); Spiel 1
    5. (sanft) Brise, Berührung etc.: light, gentle
    6. (geringfügig) slight (auch Erkältung); Entzündung, Gehirnerschütterung: auch mild; Verletzung: minor; Fehler: minor, little; Kratzer: MOT. surface; auch am Körper: little; leichter Regen / Schnee light rainfall / snowfall; ein leichter Fall Krankheit: a mild case, nothing serious; Kranker: a straightforward case; er hat eine leichte Bronchitis he has a mild case of (umg. a touch of) bronchitis; ein leichtes Vergehen a minor offen|ce (Am. -se); eine leichte Strafe a mild punishment (JUR. sentence)
    7. umg.: ein leichtes Mädchen a bit of a tart (Am. slut)
    II Adv.
    1. (geringfügig) slightly; leicht berühren touch gently ( oder carefully); versehentlich: brush against; es regnete leicht it was raining slightly, there was a light rain falling; leicht bedeckter Himmel slightly overcast skies, slight cloud cover; leicht bekleidet lightly dressed; spärlich: scantily dressed (iro. clad); leicht bewaffnet lightly armed; leicht beschwingt Melodie: lilting, with a gentle lilt; leicht geschürzt hum. scantily clad; leicht verletzt slightly hurt ( oder injured); leicht verwundet slightly wounded; das ist leicht übertrieben that’s a slight ( oder a bit of an) exaggeration
    2. mit Adj. (mühelos) easily; leicht beweglich easily transportable; (leicht verstellbar) easily adjustable; leicht entzündlich Gas, Flüssigkeit etc.: highly inflammable (bes. Am. UND TECH. flammable); leicht löslich easily ( oder readily) soluble; leicht verdaulich (easily) digestible; auch fig. light; leicht verderblich perishable; leicht verderbliche Waren perishables; leicht verdientes Geld easy money; leicht verkäuflich Artikel: easy to sell, fast-selling; leicht verständlich easy to understand ( oder follow); Sprache: auch (very) straightforward; leicht verständliche Lektüre easy reading; in leicht verständlicher Form in comprehensible ( oder accessible) form
    3. mit Verb (einfach) es geht ganz leicht it’s really easy; leichter gesagt als getan oder das ist leicht gesagt easier said than done; du hast leicht reden it’s all right for you, 'you can talk; jemandem leicht fallen be easy for s.o.; es fällt ihm nicht leicht it isn’t easy for him (zu + Inf. to + Inf.), he doesn’t find it easy (+ Ger. oder to + Inf.); so etwas fällt ihm leicht he finds that sort of thing easy, that sort of thing comes easily to him, he has no difficulty with that sort of thing; jemandem etw. leicht machen make s.th. easy for s.o.; es sich (Dat) leicht machen take the easy way out; du machst es dir zu leicht you’re making life too easy for yourself; in diesem Fall: it’s not that simple; sich (Dat) mit etw. leicht tun umg. have no difficulties with s.th., have no difficulty doing s.th.; auch grundsätzlich: find it easy to do s.th.; mit so etwas tut er sich leicht auch that sort of thing comes easily ( oder easy) to him
    4. (nicht ernst) etw. leicht nehmen take s.th. lightly; er nimmt es zu leicht he doesn’t take it seriously enough; das Leben leicht nehmen take life as it comes; nimms leicht! umg. don’t worry about it
    5. (schnell) easily; sie ist leicht gekränkt she’s easily offended; er erkältet sich leicht he catches cold very easily, he’s always catching cold; so etwas passiert leicht that (sort of thing) can happen very easily ( oder before you know it); das wird so leicht nicht wieder passieren it’s not likely to happen again; das wird mir so leicht nicht wieder passieren I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen again in a hurry; das wird er so leicht nicht vergessen I(‘ll) bet he won’t forget that in a hurry; es ist leicht möglich that could well be, that’s quite possible; du kannst dir leicht denken... you can well imagine; er könnte leicht sein Bruder sein he could easily be taken for his brother; man hat’s nicht leicht, aber leicht hat’s einen umg. it’s a hard life
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    (Gewicht) lightweight (Adj.); light (Adj.);
    (Grad) slight (Adj.); slightly (Adv.);
    (Schwierigkeit) facile (Adj.); easily (Adv.); easy (Adj.); simple (Adj.)
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    [laiçt]
    1. adj
    1) (=von geringem Gewicht, nicht schwerfällig MIL) light; (= aus leichtem Material) Koffer, Kleidung lightweight

    einen léíchten Gang haben — to have an easy walk

    mit léíchter Hand — lightly; (fig) effortlessly

    eine léíchte Hand mit jdm/für etw haben — to have a way with sb/sth

    léíchten Fußes (liter) — with a spring in one's step

    gewogen und zu léícht befunden (fig) — tried and found wanting

    jdn um einiges léíchter machen — to relieve sb of some of his money

    See:
    → Feder
    2) (= schwach, geringfügig, nicht wichtig) slight; Regen, Wind, Frost, Schläge, Schlaf, Berührung, Atmen light; (JUR) Diebstahl, Vergehen etc minor, petty
    3) (von geringem Gehalt) Essen, Musik, Lektüre etc light
    4) (= ohne Schwierigkeiten, einfach) easy

    léíchter Absatz (Comm) — quick turnover (von in)

    mit dem werden wir ( ein) léíchtes Spiel haben — he'll be a pushover (inf) or walkover (inf), he'll be no problem

    keinen léíchten Stand haben — not to have an easy time (of it) (bei, mit with)

    das ist ihr ein Leichtes (geh) — that will present no problem to or for her

    nichts léíchter als das! — nothing (could be) easier or simpler

    5) (= moralisch locker) Lebenswandel loose

    léíchtes Mädchen — tart (Brit inf), floozy (inf)

    6) (= unbeschwert) Herz, Gefühl light

    etw léíchten Herzens or Sinnes tun — to do sth with a light heart

    See:
    2. adv
    1) (= einfach) easily

    jdm etw léícht machen — to make it easy for sb

    (bei etw) léícht machen — not to make much of an effort (with sth)

    sie hat es immer léícht gehabt (im Leben) — she's always had it easy, she's always had an easy time of it

    man hats nicht léícht (inf) — it's a hard life

    das ist or geht ganz léícht — it's quite easy or simple

    die Aufgabe ist léícht zu lösen or lässt sich léícht lösen — the exercise is easy to do

    das ist léíchter gesagt als getan — that's easier said than done

    du hast léícht reden/lachen — it's all very well for you or it's all right for you to talk/laugh

    2) (= problemlos) easily

    léícht zu beantworten/verstehen — easily answered/understood, easy to answer/understand

    léícht verständlich — readily or easily understood

    er ist léícht herumzukriegen/zu überzeugen — he's easy to win round/convince, he's easily won round/convinced

    léícht begreifen — to understand quickly or readily

    das kann ich mir léícht vorstellen or denken — I can easily or well imagine (it)

    léícht verdaulich (Speisen, Informationen) — easily digestible; Kunst, Musik etc not too demanding

    3)

    (= unbekümmert) léícht beschwingt (Musik) — light

    léíchtbeschwingte Melodien — melodies for easy listening

    sich léícht und beschwingt fühlen — to be walking on air, to be up in the clouds

    mir ist so léícht ums Herz — my heart is so light

    mir ist jetzt viel léíchter — I feel a lot easier now

    nimm das nicht zu léícht — don't take it too lightly

    See:
    4) (= schnell, unversehens) easily

    er wird léícht böse/ist léícht beleidigt etc — he is quick to get angry/take offence (Brit) or offense (US) etc, he gets angry/takes offence (Brit) or offense (US) etc easily

    léícht zerbrechlich — very fragile

    léícht verderblich — highly perishable

    man kann einen Fehler léícht übersehen — it's easy to miss a mistake, mistakes are easily missed

    das ist léícht möglich — that's quite possible

    léícht entzündlich (Brennstoff etc) — highly (in)flammable

    léícht entzündliche Haut — skin which easily becomes inflamed

    léícht entzündlich sein (Gas, Brennstoff) — to be highly inflammable; (Haut) to become easily inflamed

    man hat léícht etwas gesagt, was man nachher bereut — it's easy to say something (without thinking) that you regret later

    das passiert mir so léícht nicht wieder — I won't let that happen again in a hurry (inf)

    das passiert mir so léícht nicht wieder, dass ich dir Geld borge — I won't lend you money again in a hurry (inf)

    5) (= geringfügig, nicht schwer) gewebt finely; bewaffnet not heavily, lightly

    das Haus ist léícht gebaut — the house is built of light materials

    ein zu léícht gebautes Haus/Auto — a flimsily built house/car

    léícht bekleidet sein — to be scantily clad or dressed

    léícht gekleidet sein — to be (dressed) in light clothes

    léícht geschürzt (hum) — scantily clad or dressed

    6) (= schwach) regnen not hard

    es hat léícht gefroren — there was a light frost

    léícht gewürzt/gesalzen — lightly seasoned/salted

    zu léícht gewürzt/gesalzen —

    léícht waschen — to wash gently

    7) (= nicht ernsthaft) beschädigt slightly; gekränkt auch a little

    léícht verletzt — slightly injured; (in Gefecht, Schlägerei etc auch) slightly wounded

    léíchter verletzt — not as seriously injured

    léícht verwundet — slightly wounded

    See:
    = Leichtverwundete(r)
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    1) (in a light-hearted manner: She airily dismissed all objections.) airily
    2) (not difficult: This is an easy job( to do).) easy
    3) (like gossamer: a blouse of a gossamer material.) gossamer
    5) (light in weight: a lightweight raincoat.) lightweight
    6) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) light
    7) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) light
    8) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) light
    9) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) light
    10) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) light
    11) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) light
    12) (small; not great; not serious or severe: a slight breeze; We have a slight problem.) slight
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    [laiçt]
    I. adj
    ▪ jd/etw ist... \leichter [als jd/etw] sb/sth is... lighter [than sb/sth]
    sie ist 48 Kilo \leicht she only weighs 48 kg
    \leicht wie eine Feder sein to be as light as a feather
    ein \leichter Koffer a light suitcase
    \leichte Schuhe light shoes
    2. (einfach) easy, simple
    eine \leichte Arbeit an easy job
    k[ein] \leichter Entschluss no/an easy decision
    das ist \leicht! that's easy!
    jd hat ein \leichtes Leben sb has an easy time of it
    ein \leichter Sieg an easy victory
    jdm ein L\leichtes sein (geh) to be easy for sb
    jdm ein L\leichtes sein, etw zu tun to be easy for sb to do sth
    nichts \leichter als das! no problem; s.a. Hand
    3. METEO (schwach) light
    eine \leichte Brandung low surf
    ein \leichter Donner distant thunder
    eine \leichte Strömung a weak current
    \leichter Regen/Schneefall light rain/a light fall of snow
    4. (geringfügig) light, slight
    er hat einen sehr \leichten Akzent he has a very slight accent
    \leichtes Nachgeben der Börsenkurse slight easing off
    einen \leichten Schlaf haben to be a light sleeper
    ein \leichter Schlag a gentle slap
    \leichte Zunahme slight increase
    5. (nicht schlimm) minor
    ein \leichter Eingriff a minor operation
    \leichtes Fieber a slight fever
    eine \leichte Verbrennung minor burns
    6. (nicht belastend) Speisen, Getränke light
    eine \leichte Mahlzeit/Nachspeise a light meal/dessert
    ein \leichter Wein a light wine
    eine \leichte Zigarette/ein \leichter Tabak a mild cigarette/tobacco
    \leichte Lektüre light reading
    \leichte Musik easy listening; s.a. Muse
    ▪ jdm ist \leichter sb is [or feels] relieved, sb feels better
    jdm ist \leicht zumute [o ums Herz] [o jd fühlt sich akk \leicht] sb is light-hearted
    \leichten Herzens/Schrittes with a light heart/sprightly step
    jdn um 50 Euro \leichter machen to sting sb for 50 Euro; (berauben) to rob sb of 50 Euro
    10. (nicht massiv) lightweight
    \leicht gebaut having a lightweight construction
    \leichter Sitz (bei Anpassungen) a sliding fit
    11. TYPO
    \leichte Schrift light typeface
    \leichtes Papier low-grammage paper
    12. JUR (nicht schwer) light; (geringfügig) lenient
    \leichter Diebstahl petty larceny
    eine \leichte Strafe a light punishment [or sentence]
    ein \leichtes Vergehen a minor [or petty] offence
    II. adv
    1. (einfach) easily
    etw geht [ganz] \leicht sth is [quite] easy
    es [im Leben] \leicht haben to have it easy [in life], to have an easy time of it
    es nicht \leicht haben to not have it easy, to have a hard time of it
    es nicht \leicht mit jdm haben to have one's work cut out with sb
    es jdm \leicht machen to make it easy for sb
    es sich dat \leicht machen to make it easy for oneself
    2. (schnell) easily
    das sagst du so \leicht! that's easy for you to say!
    das kann \leicht passieren that can happen easily
    der Inhalt ist \leicht zerbrechlich the contents are very delicate [or fragile]
    \leicht entzündlich highly inflammable
    sich akk \leicht erkälten to catch colds easily
    etw \leicht glauben to believe sth readily
    \leicht lernen to learn quickly
    \leicht verdaulich easily digestible, easy to digest
    \leicht verderblich highly perishable
    3. (nur wenig, etwas) slightly
    \leicht erkältet sein to have a slight cold
    \leicht humpeln to have a slight limp
    etw \leicht salzen to salt sth lightly
    \leicht übertrieben sein to be slightly exaggerated
    \leicht verärgert sein to be slightly annoyed
    4. (problemlos) easily
    etw \leicht begreifen/schaffen to grasp/manage sth easily
    sich dat etwas \leicht denken können not to be too difficult for sb to grasp sth
    etw ist \leicht löslich sth dissolves easily
    \leicht möglich maybe
    das ist \leicht möglich that may well be
    sich akk \leicht fühlen to feel carefree
    6. METEO (schwach) lightly
    es regnet heute nur \leicht there's only light rain today
    7. (aus dünnem Material) lightly
    \leicht bekleidet dressed in light clothing
    8.
    ▶ [das ist] \leichter gesagt als getan that's easier said than done
    ▶ nichts \leichter als das no problem at all
    ▶ \leicht reden haben [o können] to be easy for sb to talk
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    1.
    1) light; lightweight <suit, material>

    leichte Kleidung — thin clothes; (luftig) light or cool clothes

    etwas auf die leichte Schulter nehmen — (ugs.) take something casually; make light of something

    2) (einfach) easy <task, question, job, etc.>; (nicht anstrengend) light <work, duties, etc.>

    es leicht/nicht leicht haben — have/not have it easy or an easy time of it

    mit jemandem [kein] leichtes Spiel haben — find somebody is [not] easy meat

    jemandem/sich etwas leicht machen — make something easy for somebody/oneself

    es sich — (Dat.)

    leicht machen — make it or things easy for oneself; take the easy way out

    3) (schwach) slight <accent, illness, wound, doubt, etc.>; light < wind, rain, sleep, perfume>

    ein leichter Stoß [in die Rippen] — a gentle nudge [in the ribs]

    4) (bekömmlich) light <food, wine>; mild <cigar, cigarette>
    5) (heiter) light-hearted

    ihr wurde es etwas/viel leichter — she felt somewhat/much easier or relieved

    6) (unterhaltend) light <music, reading, etc.>
    7)

    ein leichtes Mädchen — (veralt. abwertend) a loose-living girl

    2.

    leicht bekleidet — be lightly or thinly dressed

    2) (einfach, schnell, spielend) easily

    leicht verdaulich — [easily] digestible

    leicht verständlich od. zu verstehen sein — be easy to understand; be easily understood

    sie hat leicht reden — it's easy or all very well for her to talk

    3) (geringfügig) slightly
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    A. adj
    1. Gewicht: light; Kleidung: auch thin, cool; Anzug: lightweight;
    die Bluse ist aus ganz leichtem Material the blouse is made from really thin ( oder lightweight) material;
    das Kind ist für sein Alter zu leicht this child is underweight for his age;
    danach war ich um hundert Euro leichter umg, fig I came away a hundred euros lighter;
    jemanden um einiges leichter machen umg relieve sb of a little cash;
    gewogen und zu leicht befunden fig tried and found wanting
    2. (bekömmlich) Essen, Lektüre, Musik, Wein etc: light; Zigarre: mild;
    abends esse ich meist etwas Leichtes I usually have a light meal in the evening;
    er hat einen leichten Schlaf he’s a light sleeper; → Kost
    3. (unbeschwert) light-hearted;
    leichten Herzens happily; (erleichtert) relieved; (ohne Weiteres) readily;
    jetzt ist mir leichter (ums Herz)! what a relief!, that’s a load off my mind;
    leichten Fußes lightfootedly, nimbly; fig with a spring in one’s step
    4. (nicht schwierig) easy; Aufgabe etc: auch simple;
    leichter Sieg walkover, US walkaway;
    nichts leichter als das! nothing could be simpler, no problem, it’s a cinch (US auch snap) umg;
    es leicht haben have an easy time (of it);
    mit ihm hat sie’s nicht leicht she has a difficult time with him, he gives her a hard time;
    die hat’s nicht gerade leicht she doesn’t exactly have an easy time of it;
    er nimmt es auf die leichte Schulter he’s making light of it, he’s pretty casual about it;
    keinen leichten Stand haben be in a difficult ( oder tricky) position;
    es ist ihm ein Leichtes zu (+inf) it’s a simple matter (umg no big deal) for him to (+ inf); → Spiel 1
    5. (sanft) Brise, Berührung etc: light, gentle
    6. (geringfügig) slight (auch Erkältung); Entzündung, Gehirnerschütterung: auch mild; Verletzung: minor; Fehler: minor, little; Kratzer: AUTO surface; auch am Körper: little;
    leichter Regen/Schnee light rainfall/snowfall;
    ein leichter Fall Krankheit: a mild case, nothing serious; Kranker: a straightforward case;
    er hat eine leichte Bronchitis he has a mild case of (umg a touch of) bronchitis;
    ein leichtes Vergehen a minor offence (US -se);
    eine leichte Strafe a mild punishment (JUR sentence)
    7. umg:
    ein leichtes Mädchen a bit of a tart (US slut)
    B. adv
    1. (geringfügig) slightly;
    leicht berühren touch gently ( oder carefully); versehentlich: brush against;
    es regnete leicht it was raining slightly, there was a light rain falling;
    leicht bedeckter Himmel slightly overcast skies, slight cloud cover;
    leicht bekleidet lightly dressed; spärlich: scantily dressed (iron clad);
    leicht bewaffnet lightly armed;
    leicht beschwingt Melodie: lilting, with a gentle lilt;
    leicht geschürzt hum scantily clad;
    leicht verletzt slightly hurt ( oder injured);
    leicht verwundet slightly wounded;
    das ist leicht übertrieben that’s a slight ( oder a bit of an) exaggeration
    2. mit adj (mühelos) easily;
    leicht beweglich easily transportable; (leicht verstellbar) easily adjustable;
    leicht entzündlich Gas, Flüssigkeit etc: highly inflammable (besonders US und TECH flammable);
    leicht löslich easily ( oder readily) soluble;
    leicht verdaulich (easily) digestible; auch fig light;
    leicht verderblich perishable;
    leicht verkäuflich Artikel: easy to sell, fast-selling;
    leicht verständlich easy to understand ( oder follow); Sprache: auch (very) straightforward;
    in leicht verständlicher Form in comprehensible ( oder accessible) form
    es geht ganz leicht it’s really easy;
    das ist leicht gesagt easier said than done;
    du hast leicht reden it’s all right for you, 'you can talk;
    jemandem etwas leicht machen make sth easy for sb;
    es sich (dat)
    leicht machen take the easy way out;
    du machst es dir zu leicht you’re making life too easy for yourself; in diesem Fall: it’s not that simple
    4. (schnell) easily;
    sie ist leicht gekränkt she’s easily offended;
    er erkältet sich leicht he catches cold very easily, he’s always catching cold;
    so etwas passiert leicht that (sort of thing) can happen very easily ( oder before you know it);
    das wird so leicht nicht wieder passieren it’s not likely to happen again;
    das wird mir so leicht nicht wieder passieren I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen again in a hurry;
    das wird er so leicht nicht vergessen I(’ll) bet he won’t forget that in a hurry;
    es ist leicht möglich that could well be, that’s quite possible;
    du kannst dir leicht denken … you can well imagine;
    er könnte leicht sein Bruder sein he could easily be taken for his brother;
    man hat’s nicht leicht, aber leicht hat’s einen umg it’s a hard life
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    1.
    1) light; lightweight <suit, material>

    leichte Kleidung — thin clothes; (luftig) light or cool clothes

    etwas auf die leichte Schulter nehmen — (ugs.) take something casually; make light of something

    2) (einfach) easy <task, question, job, etc.>; (nicht anstrengend) light <work, duties, etc.>

    es leicht/nicht leicht haben — have/not have it easy or an easy time of it

    mit jemandem [kein] leichtes Spiel haben — find somebody is [not] easy meat

    jemandem/sich etwas leicht machen — make something easy for somebody/oneself

    es sich — (Dat.)

    leicht machen — make it or things easy for oneself; take the easy way out

    das fällt mir leicht — it is easy for me; I find it easy

    3) (schwach) slight <accent, illness, wound, doubt, etc.>; light <wind, rain, sleep, perfume>

    ein leichter Stoß [in die Rippen] — a gentle nudge [in the ribs]

    4) (bekömmlich) light <food, wine>; mild <cigar, cigarette>
    5) (heiter) light-hearted

    ihr wurde es etwas/viel leichter — she felt somewhat/much easier or relieved

    6) (unterhaltend) light <music, reading, etc.>
    7)

    ein leichtes Mädchen — (veralt. abwertend) a loose-living girl

    2.

    leicht bekleidet — be lightly or thinly dressed

    2) (einfach, schnell, spielend) easily

    leicht verdaulich — [easily] digestible

    leicht verständlich od. zu verstehen sein — be easy to understand; be easily understood

    sie hat leicht reden — it's easy or all very well for her to talk

    3) (geringfügig) slightly
    * * *
    adj.
    easy adj.
    facile adj.
    light adj.
    lightweight adj. adv.
    easily adv.
    facilely adv.
    lightly adv.
    readily adv.

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  • 4 hivellä

    yks.nom. hivellä; yks.gen. hivelen; yks.part. hiveli; yks.ill. hivelisi; mon.gen. hivelköön; mon.part. hivellyt; mon.ill. hiveltiin
    caress (verb)
    please (verb)
    stroke (verb)
    touch gently (verb)
    * * *
    • touch lightly
    • touch gently
    • tickle
    • please
    • brush
    • caress
    • stroke

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  • 5 dab

    [dæb] past tense, past participle dabbed
    1. verb
    to touch gently with something soft or moist:

    He dabbed the wound gently with cottonwool.

    يَمْسَحُ، يُرَبِّتُ
    2. noun
    1) a small lump of anything soft or moist:

    a dab of butter.

    شَيْء قَليل مِن
    2) a gentle touch:

    a dab with a wet cloth.

    لَمْسَه، تَرْبيتَه

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  • 6 HÓG-

    [akin to hagr and hœgr, easy; from a lost strong verb, haga, hóg], only found in COMPDS, denoting easy, gentle, soft: hóg-bærr, adj. easy to bear, Bs. i. 94. hóg-drægr, adj. easy to carry, Stor. 1. hóg-dýr, n. gentle deer, poët. name of a ship, Lex. Poët. hóg-látr, adj. of easy temper, Sks. 355. hóg-leiki, m. meekness, Stj. 71. hóg-liga, adv. calmly, meekly, gently; taka h. á, to touch gently, Fb. i. 467, Hkr. ii. 63, Fms. vii. 158, Nj. 219; hóg-ligar, more fitly, Fms. vii. 258; ríða h., to ride gently, Korm. 60; fara h. með, Fms. vi. 353. hóg-ligr, adj. easy, Gísl. 143: gentle, Fs. 32, Fms. vi. 274: meet, hóglig bið, 623. 60. hóg-lífl, n. an easy, quiet life, Ó. H. 214, Fb. i. 37. hóg-lyndi, n., fem. in Mar. 351, 914; an easy temper, gentleness, Mar. hóg-lyndr, adj. easy-tempered, peaceable, Eb. 258, 656 B. 6, Fms. iv. 214. hóg-læti, n. gentleness, Hkr. iii. 169. hóg-reið, f. the easy wain, the wain of Thor, Haustl. hóg-samliga, adv. calmly, 656 A. ii. 11. hóg-samr, adj. gentle, Fms. x. 415. hóg-seta, u, f. = hóglífi, Fs. 183. hóg-settr, adj. modest, Lex. Poët. hóg-stýrt, part. easily steered, Eg. 762. hóg-sætr, adj. living at ease, Greg. 49.
    B. In a few words hóg- is no doubt of a different origin, from hog- = hogr or hugr, mind: these words are, hóg-væra, ð, to ease the mind, Sks. 40, 591, Mag. 7. hóg-værð and hóg-væri, f. calmness of mind, equanimity, Bs. i. 45, Fms. x. 408, Hom. 43, Mar. passim, Pass. 6. 5, 34. 4. hógvær-leikr, m. modesty, Stj. hóg-værliga, adv. meekly. hóg-værligr, adj. meek, gentle, Mar. passim. hóg-værr, adj. gentle, pious, meek of mind, Nj. 2, Eg. 702, Sturl. i. 139, Anecd. 11, Ó. H. 92, Hom. 8, 129, Fms. x. 419, Pass. 13. 2, passim: of beasts, gentle, 673. 56, Stj. 83, Karl. 277. In all these words the notion of ‘quietness’ is contained in the latter part of the compd.

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  • 7 fictum

    fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

    mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

    Verg. A. 8, 634:

    saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

    Ov. F. 5, 409.—
    B.
    Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

    esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

    ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

    id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

    fingere et construere nidos,

    build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

    favos,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

    ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

    Gell. 17, 10, 3.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

    quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

    in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

    id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

    similitudines ex argilla,

    Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

    , sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

    pocula de humo,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

    Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

    fingendi ars,

    of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

    corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

    Quint. 5, 12, 21.—
    2.
    With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

    componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

    cum se non finxerit ulli,

    Ov. R. Am. 341:

    isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

    canas fingere comas,

    Tib. 1, 2, 92:

    comas presso pollice,

    Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

    comas auro,

    Stat. Th. 5, 228:

    crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

    vitem putando,

    Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—
    3.
    With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

    hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

    vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

    i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

    the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

    animos fingere, formare,

    id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

    moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

    id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

    ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

    ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

    id. Or. 8, 24:

    ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

    id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

    also: arbitrio fingere,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

    vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

    shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

    jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

    circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

    composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

    lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

    forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

    Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

    id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

    carmina,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

    versus,

    id. ib. 382:

    poëmata,

    Suet. Tit. 3:

    opprobria in quemvis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

    finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

    Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

    nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

    Verg. A. 2, 79:

    (illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

    di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

    id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—
    2.
    To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

    idem mire finxit filium,

    i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

    voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

    Hor. A. P. 367:

    fingitur artibus,

    id. C. 3, 6, 22:

    fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—
    3.
    To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

    fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

    omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

    id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

    fingere animo,

    id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

    also: animo et cogitatione,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

    ex sua natura ceteros,

    to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

    quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

    id. Mil. 2, 5:

    maleficium,

    id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

    tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

    Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

    qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

    suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

    principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

    had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

    in summo oratore fingendo,

    in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

    finge tamen te improbulum,

    Juv. 5, 72.—
    (β).
    With double acc.:

    quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

    Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

    id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—
    (γ).
    With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

    finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

    suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

    finge solum natum nothum,

    Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

    finge a nobis,

    assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

    fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

    Quint. 1, 1, 24:

    non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

    Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

    qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

    Quint. 8, 5, 22:

    qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

    id. 8, 2, 20.—
    b.
    Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

    argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

    fallacias,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

    fallaciam,

    id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

    fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

    id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

    falsas causas ad discordiam,

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

    si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

    ex eventis fingere,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

    (crimina) in istum fingere,

    id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

    ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

    id. Lael. 5, 18:

    in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

    Ov. H. 12, 177:

    fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

    quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

    id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

    finguntur et testamenta,

    Quint. 7, 4, 39:

    nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

    Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

    bonois se ac liberales,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

    ignorare fingit,

    Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

    in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

    ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

    id. Caecin. 5, 14:

    in re ficta (opp. in vera),

    id. Lael. 7, 24:

    falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

    id. Rep. 2, 15:

    commenticii et ficti dii,

    id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

    fabula,

    id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

    in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

    id. Lael. 26, 97:

    amor,

    Lucr. 4, 1192:

    gemitus,

    Ov. M. 6, 565:

    cunctatio,

    Tac. A. 1, 46:

    ficto pectore fatur,

    Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

    pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

    dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

    alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

    but: ficta pellice plorat,

    imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

    ficti pravique tenax,

    Verg. A. 4, 188:

    jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

    Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

    fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

    Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

    ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

    ficte reconciliata gratia,

    id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fictum

  • 8 fingo

    fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

    mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

    Verg. A. 8, 634:

    saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

    Ov. F. 5, 409.—
    B.
    Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

    esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

    ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

    id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

    fingere et construere nidos,

    build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

    favos,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

    ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

    Gell. 17, 10, 3.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

    quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

    in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

    id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

    similitudines ex argilla,

    Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

    , sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

    pocula de humo,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

    Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

    fingendi ars,

    of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

    corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

    Quint. 5, 12, 21.—
    2.
    With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

    componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

    cum se non finxerit ulli,

    Ov. R. Am. 341:

    isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

    canas fingere comas,

    Tib. 1, 2, 92:

    comas presso pollice,

    Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

    comas auro,

    Stat. Th. 5, 228:

    crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

    vitem putando,

    Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—
    3.
    With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

    hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

    vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

    i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

    the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

    animos fingere, formare,

    id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

    moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

    id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

    ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

    ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

    id. Or. 8, 24:

    ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

    id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

    also: arbitrio fingere,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

    vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

    shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

    jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

    circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

    composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

    lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

    forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

    Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

    id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

    carmina,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

    versus,

    id. ib. 382:

    poëmata,

    Suet. Tit. 3:

    opprobria in quemvis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

    finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

    Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

    nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

    Verg. A. 2, 79:

    (illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

    di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

    id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—
    2.
    To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

    idem mire finxit filium,

    i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

    voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

    Hor. A. P. 367:

    fingitur artibus,

    id. C. 3, 6, 22:

    fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—
    3.
    To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

    fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

    omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

    id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

    fingere animo,

    id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

    also: animo et cogitatione,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

    ex sua natura ceteros,

    to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

    quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

    id. Mil. 2, 5:

    maleficium,

    id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

    tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

    Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

    qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

    suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

    principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

    had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

    in summo oratore fingendo,

    in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

    finge tamen te improbulum,

    Juv. 5, 72.—
    (β).
    With double acc.:

    quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

    Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

    id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—
    (γ).
    With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

    finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

    suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

    finge solum natum nothum,

    Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

    finge a nobis,

    assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

    fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

    Quint. 1, 1, 24:

    non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

    Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

    qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

    Quint. 8, 5, 22:

    qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

    id. 8, 2, 20.—
    b.
    Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

    argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

    fallacias,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

    fallaciam,

    id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

    fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

    id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

    falsas causas ad discordiam,

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

    si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

    ex eventis fingere,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

    (crimina) in istum fingere,

    id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

    ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

    id. Lael. 5, 18:

    in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

    Ov. H. 12, 177:

    fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

    quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

    id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

    finguntur et testamenta,

    Quint. 7, 4, 39:

    nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

    Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

    bonois se ac liberales,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

    ignorare fingit,

    Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

    in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

    ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

    id. Caecin. 5, 14:

    in re ficta (opp. in vera),

    id. Lael. 7, 24:

    falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

    id. Rep. 2, 15:

    commenticii et ficti dii,

    id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

    fabula,

    id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

    in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

    id. Lael. 26, 97:

    amor,

    Lucr. 4, 1192:

    gemitus,

    Ov. M. 6, 565:

    cunctatio,

    Tac. A. 1, 46:

    ficto pectore fatur,

    Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

    pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

    dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

    alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

    but: ficta pellice plorat,

    imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

    ficti pravique tenax,

    Verg. A. 4, 188:

    jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

    Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

    fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

    Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

    ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

    ficte reconciliata gratia,

    id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fingo

  • 9 abtupfen

    v/t (trennb., hat -ge-)
    1. (Stirn etc.) dab; (Wunde) swab
    2. (entfernen) dab off (von etw. s.th.)
    * * *
    to dab
    * * *
    ạb|tup|fen
    vt sep
    Tränen, Blut to dab away; Gesicht, Mundwinkel to dab; Wunde to swab, to dab
    * * *
    (to touch gently with something soft or moist: He dabbed the wound gently with cottonwool.) dab
    * * *
    ab|tup·fen
    vt
    1. (durch Tupfen entfernen)
    ▪ [jdm] etw \abtupfen to dab sth away [of sb]
    die Tränen von jds Wange \abtupfen to wipe the tears from sb's cheek
    ▪ sich dat etw \abtupfen to wipe one's sth
    sich den Schweiß von der Stirn \abtupfen to mop [or dab] the sweat from one's brow
    2. (durch Tupfen reinigen)
    ▪ etw [mit etw dat] \abtupfen to swab sth [with sth]
    eine Wunde \abtupfen to clean a wound
    * * *
    transitives Verb dab away

    sich (Dat.) die Stirn abtupfen — dab one's brow

    * * *
    abtupfen v/t (trennb, hat -ge-)
    1. (Stirn etc) dab; (Wunde) swab
    2. (entfernen) dab off (
    von etwas sth)
    * * *
    transitives Verb dab away

    sich (Dat.) die Stirn abtupfen — dab one's brow

    * * *
    v.
    to dab v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > abtupfen

  • 10 слегка

    нареч.
    ( немного) somewhat; ( незначительно) slightly, gently

    слегка тронуть (вн.) — touch gently (d.)

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > слегка

  • 11 per-mulceō

        per-mulceō mulsī, mulsus, ēre,    to rub gently, stroke: manu eum, O.: barbam, L.—To touch gently: aram flatu permulcet spiritus austri, blows softly upon, C. poët.: medicata lumina virgā, O.— Fig., to soothe, charm, please, delight, flatter, fondle: sensum voluptate: his verbis aurīs, H.—To soothe, appease, allay, tame: eorum animis permulsis, Cs.: pectora dictis, V.: iram eius, L.: senectutem, mitigate: vestigia lymphis, to wash away, Ct.

    Latin-English dictionary > per-mulceō

  • 12 permulceo

    permulcere, permulsi, permulsus V
    rub gently, stroke, touch gently; charm, please, beguile; soothe, alleviate

    Latin-English dictionary > permulceo

  • 13 permulceo

    per-mulcĕo, mulsi, sum, and ctum, 2, v. a., to rub gently, to stroke.
    I.
    Lit.: ut pulverem Manibus isdem, quibus Ulixi saepe permulsi, abluam, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13 (Trag. Rel. p. 90 Rib.); so, aliquem manu, Ov F. 4, 551: capite permulso, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.:

    barbam,

    Liv. 5, 41:

    alicui malas,

    Suet. Ner. 1:

    comas,

    Ov. M. 2, 733.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To touch gently: aram flatu permulcet spiritus austri, blows softly upon, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

    arteriae leni voce permulsae,

    Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21:

    medicatā lumina virgā,

    Ov. M. 1, 716; Cat. 62, 162.—
    2.
    To soften:

    cera picem lenitate permulcet,

    Pall. 10, 11, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To charm, please, delight, flatter, fondle:

    sensum voluptate,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 32:

    aures,

    id. Or. 49, 163:

    aliquem permulcere atque allicere,

    id. de Or. 2, 78, 315:

    aures cantibus,

    Sil. 11, 292:

    his verbis vacuas permulceat auris,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26.—
    B.
    To soothe, appease, allay, tame:

    eorum animis permulsis et confirmatis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

    pectora dictis,

    Verg. A. 5, 816: liberalibus verbis permulcti sunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.:

    iram alicujus,

    Liv. 39, 23:

    aliquem mitibus verbis,

    Tac. A. 2, 34:

    comitate militem,

    id. ib. 1, 29:

    animos,

    Lucr. 5, 21:

    senectutem,

    to mitigate, Cic. Sen. 2, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > permulceo

  • 14 ψαίρω

    ψαίρω, only [tense] pres., and not in [dialect] Att. Prose: (v. ψάω):
    I trans., graze, brush lightly, touch gently, οἶμον αἰθέρος ψαίρει πτεροῖς.. οἰωνός is ready to skim the path of ether, A.Pr. 396; rub, scrape gently in washing, Eun.VSp.486B.
    II intr., move lightly or quiver, flutter, palpitate, of an irregular pulse and the like , Hp.Mul.2.120: hence, rustle, murmur, of the rustling of leaves in the breeze, Luc. Trag.315; of stars, twinkle, Nic.Th. 123.

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

  • 15 liebkosen

    v/t (untr., hat) geh. caress; (bes. Kind) auch kiss and cuddle
    * * *
    das Liebkosen
    caress
    * * *
    lieb|ko|sen [liːp'koːzn] ptp liebkost
    vt insep (liter)
    to caress, to fondle
    * * *
    1) (to touch gently and lovingly: She caressed the horse's neck.) caress
    2) (to touch, stroke etc affectionately: He fondled the dog's ears.) fondle
    * * *
    lieb·ko·sen *
    [li:pˈko:zn̩]
    ▪ jdn \liebkosen to caress sb
    * * *
    transitives Verb (geh.) caress
    * * *
    liebkosen v/t (untrennb, hat) geh caress; (besonders Kind) auch kiss and cuddle
    * * *
    transitives Verb (geh.) caress
    * * *
    v.
    to caress v.
    to fondle v.
    to hug v.
    to snuggle v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > liebkosen

  • 16 digitus

        digitus ī, m    [DIC-], a finger: de digito anulum detraho, T.: digitos impellere, ut Scriberent: Indice monstrare digito, H.: illam digito uno attingere, to touch gently, T.: alqd extremis digitis attingere, to touch lightly: attingere caelum digito, to be exceedingly happy: digiti, per quos numerare solemus, O.: in digitis suis singulas partīs causae constituere: si tuos digitos novi, skill in reckoning: si digitis concrepuerit, by a snap of the finger: digitum ad fontīs intendere, to point: qui digito sit licitus, bid at an auction: digitis nutuque loqui, by signs, O.: digito compesce labellum. hold your tongue, Iu.: monstror digito praetereuntium fidicen, H.: demonstravi digito Gallum.— Prov.: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to move a finger.—A toe: constitit in digitos adrectus, V. — A finger's breadth, inch (the sixteenth part of a pes), Cs.: clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine, Cs.— Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere, swerve a finger's breadth: ab argento digitum discedere: digitis a morte remotus Quattuor, Iu.
    * * *
    finger; toe; a finger's breath

    Latin-English dictionary > digitus

  • 17 fingō

        fingō finxī, fictus, ere    [FIG-], to touch, handle, stroke, touch gently: corpora linguā, V.: manūs manibus, O.— To form, fashion, frame, shape, mould, model, make: hominem: ab aliquo deo <*>cti: alqd e cerā: homullus ex argillā fictus: pocula de humo, O.: fingendi ars, statuary: imagines marmore, Ta.— To set to rights, arrange, adorn, dress, trim: crinem, V.: fingi curā mulierum, Ph.: vitem putando, V.—Of the countenance, to alter, change, put on, feign: voltum, Cs.: voltūs hominum fingit scelus, i. e. makes men change countenance, T.—Fig., to form, fashion, make, mould, give character to, compose: animos: ex alquā re me, shape my course: ea (verba) sicut ceram ad nostrum arbitrium: voltum, compose, O.: lingua wocem fingit, forms: Carmina, H.: finxit te natura ad virtutes magnum hominem: me pusilli animi, H.: mea minora, i. e. disparage, H.— To form by instruction, instruct, teach, train: mire filium, i. e. cause to play his part, T.: voce paternā Fingeris ad rectum, H.: equum docilem Ire viam, H.— To form mentally, represent in thought, imagine, conceive, think, suppose, express, sketch out: animis imaginem condicionis meae: ex suā naturā ceteros, conceive: utilitatum causā amicitias: in summo oratore fingendo, depicting: ex suā naturā ceteros, judge: me astutiorem: ne finge, do not think it, V.: finge, aliquem nunc fieri sapientem, suppose: interfecti aliqui sunt, finge a nobis, assume, L.— To contrive, devise, invent, feign, pretend: fallacias, T.: causas ne det, T.: verba, i. e. talk deceitfully, S.: (crimina) in istum: non visa, H.: dolorem in hoc casu, Iu.: malum civem Roscium fuisse.
    * * *
    I
    fingere, finxi, fictus V TRANS
    mold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive; adapt, transform into; modify (appearence/character/behavior); groom; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerely
    II
    fingere, fixi, finctus V TRANS
    mold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive; adapt, transform into; modify (appearence/character/behavior); groom; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerely

    Latin-English dictionary > fingō

  • 18 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

  • 19 легко коснуться (чьего-л.) плеча

    General subject: touch gently on the shoulder

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > легко коснуться (чьего-л.) плеча

  • 20 осторожно коснуться (чьего-л.) плеча

    General subject: touch gently on the shoulder

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > осторожно коснуться (чьего-л.) плеча

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