unformed

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incondĭtus, a, um, adj.

(Acc. to condo, I.) Not made, uncreated (post-class.):

ne quid innatum et inconditum praeter solum deum crederemus,

Tert. adv. Hermog. 18.—

(Acc. to condo, II.)

Not stored up:

fructus,

Col. 1, 5, 6; 3, 2, 1.—

Without order, irregular, disordered, confused, unformed, uncouth, rude (the class. signif. of the word): inconditum non ordinate compositum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 107 Müll.:

acies, with inordinata,

Liv. 44, 39, 1; so,

agmen,

Tac. A. 2, 12:

ordo ramorum,

Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 122:

turbidusque clamor,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 4:

jus civile,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197:

genus dicendi,

id. Brut. 69, 242; cf.:

dicendi consuetudo,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 137:

sententias inconditis verbis efferre,

id. Or. 44, 150: carmina, artless, rude soldiers ' songs, Liv. 4, 20, 2; cf.:

ibi haec incondita solus... jactabat,

Verg. E. 2, 5:

inter jocos militares, quos inconditos jaciunt,

Liv. 5, 49, 7; 5, 47, 4; 4, 13, 4:

si alicujus inconditi arripias dissipatam aliquam sententiam,

Cic. Or. 70, 233:

homines,

i. e. not accustomed to military fatigue, Tac. H. 2, 16:

urbanitas, in qua nihil inconditum possit deprehendi,

Quint. 6, 3, 107; cf.:

Syphax inconditae barbariae rex,

Liv. 30, 28, 3:

nova atque incondita libertas,

id. 24, 24, 2.—

Unburied:

corpora,

Luc. 6, 101:

per patris cineres, qui inconditi sunt,

Sen. Contr. 3 praef. § 7.— Adv.: in-condĭtē, confusedly, Cic. Or. 3, 44; id. Div. 2, 71 al.; Gell. praef. § 3; Spart. Carac. 2.

informis, e, adj. [2. in-forma], that has no form or not a proper form, unformed, shapeless.

Lit.:

cum res muta aut informis fit loquens et formata,

Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66:

alveus,

Liv. 21, 26, 9:

caro,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—

Transf., unshapely, misshapen, deformed, hideous, horrid:

cadaver,

Verg. A. 8, 264:

hiemes,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 15:

situs,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

nota in ore,

Prop. 1, 5, 16:

color,

Tib. 4, 4, 6:

informes sanguine peltae,

Stat. Th. 12, 528:

imbre cruento informis facies,

Luc. 6, 224:

exitus,

Tac. A. 6, 49:

sors,

id. ib. 12, 37:

letum,

Verg. A. 12, 603:

nihil est illis (metallis) informius,

Sen. Ep. 94 med.— Adv.: infor-mĭter, hideously, horridly:

sonare,

Aug. Conf. 12, 29.

rŭdis, e, adj. [cf. crudus], unwrought, untilled, unformed, unused, rough, raw, wild (cf. crudus): omnis fere materia non deformata, rudis appellatur, sicut vestimentum rude, non perpolitum: sic aes infectum rudusculum, Cincius ap. Fest. p. 265 Müll. (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

terra (opp. restibilis),

Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2; so,

terra,

id. ib. 1, 27, 2:

ager,

Col. 3, 11, 1:

campus,

Verg. G. 2, 211:

humus,

Ov. M. 5, 646:

rudis atque infecta materies,

Petr. 114, 13; cf.:

rudis indigestaque moles (Chaos),

Ov. M. 1, 7:

marmor,

Quint. 2, 19, 3:

saxum,

id. 9, 4, 27; cf.:

signa (de marmore coepto),

Ov. M. 1, 406:

aes (opp. signatum),

Plin. 33, 3, 13:

hasta,

rudely finished, ill-made, Verg. A. 9, 743; cf.:

novacula (with retusa),

Petr. 94, 14:

circumjectus parietum,

Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270:

caementum,

Tac. Or. 20 (with informes tegulae):

lana,

Ov. M. 6, 19:

textum,

rough, coarse, id. ib. 8, 640; so,

vestis,

id. F. 4, 659:

herba,

wild, Mart. 2, 90, 8: cf.

uva,

unripe, green, hard, id. 13, 68.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: detrahit doctrina aliquid, ut lima rudibus et cotes hebetibus, Quint. 2, 12, 8. —

Poet., transf., young, new (cf. integer):

illa (carina, sc. Argo) rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,

untried, not yet sailed on, Cat. 64, 11;

hence, also, Argo,

Luc. 3, 193:

agna,

Mart. 9, 71, 6:

filia,

id. 7, 95, 8:

dextram cruore regio imbuit,

Sen. Troad. 217:

pannas,

new, Vulg. Matt. 9, 16. —

Trop., rude, unpolished, uncultivated, unskilled, awkward, clumsy, ignorant; hence (like ignarus), with gen., unacquainted with, inexperienced in, etc. (cf. imperitus).

Absol.:

consilium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; cf.:

forma ingenii impolita et plane rudis,

Cic. Brut. 85, 294:

incohata ac rudia,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

rudia et incomposita,

id. 9, 4, 17:

vox surda, rudis, immanis, dura, etc.,

id. 11, 3, 32:

modulatio,

id. 1, 10, 16; cf.:

modus (tibicinis),

Ov. A. A. 1, 111:

rude et Graecis intactum carmen,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 66:

stilus (with confusus),

Quint. 1, 1, 28; 12, 10, 3:

animi,

id. 1, 10, 9 (with agrestes);

1, 1, 36: adhuc ingenia,

id. 1, 2, 27; cf.

ingenium,

Hor. A. P. 410:

rudis fuit vita priscorum et sine litteris,

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284:

saeculum,

Quint. 2, 5, 23; 12, 11, 23; Tac. H. 1, 86:

anni,

i. e. young, early, Quint. 1, 1, 5; Tac. A. 13, 16 fin.; cf.:

adhuc aetas,

id. ib. 4, 8:

rudem me et integrum discipulum accipe et ea, quae requiro, doce,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7; Quint. 2, 3, 3; 3, 6, 83:

Aeschylus rudis in plerisque et incompositus,

id. 10, 1, 66:

tam eram rudis? tam ignarus rerum? etc.,

Cic. Sest. 21, 47; so (with ignarus) Quint. 1, 8, 4:

rudis ac stultus,

id. 11, 3, 76:

illi rudes homines primique,

id. 8, 3, 36; 10, 2, 5:

illi rudes ac bellicosi,

id. 1, 10, 20:

nescit equo rudis Haerere ingenuus puer,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 54.—

With in and abl.:

cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, alii in disserendo rudes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

(oratorem) nullā in re tironem ac rudem esse debere,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 218; (with hebes) id. ib. 1, 58, 248:

rudis in re publicā,

id. Phil. 6, 6, 17:

in causā,

id. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

in jure civili,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40:

in minoribus navigiis,

id. ib. 1, 38, 174:

omnino in nostris poëtis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

sermo nullā in re,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32.—With simple abl. (very rare):

Ennius ingenio maximus, arte rudis,

Ov. Tr. 2, 424:

arte,

Stat. Th. 6, 437:

studiis,

Vell. 2, 73, 1.—

With gen.:

imperiti homines rerum omnium rudes ignarique,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16:

dicat se non imperitum foederis, non rudem exemplorum, non ignarum belli fuisse,

id. Balb. 20, 47:

provinciae rudis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

Graecarum litterarum,

id. Off. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

rei militaris,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

harum rerum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

artium,

Liv. 1, 7:

bonarum artium,

Tac. A. 1, 3:

facinorum,

id. ib. 12, 51:

agminum,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 9:

civilis belli,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 47; cf.:

bellorum (elephanti),

Flor. 4, 2, 67:

operum conjugiique,

Ov. F. 4, 336:

somni,

i. e. sleepless, id. M. 7, 213:

dicendi,

Tac. A. 1, 29.—

With ad (very rare):

rudem ad pedestria bella Numidarum gentem esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 5:

ad quae (spectacula) rudes tum Romani erant,

id. 45, 32, 10; 10, 22, 6; 21, 25, 6:

ad partus,

Ov. H. 11, 48:

ad mala,

id. P. 3, 7, 18:

rudes adhuc ad resistendum populos,

Just. 1, 1, 5:

rudis natio ad voluptates,

Curt. 6, 21, 9; 8, 8, 24.—

With dat. (very rare):

fontes rudes puellis,

i. e. strange, Mart. 6, 42, 4.—

With inf.:

nec ferre rudis medicamina,

Sil. 6, 90:

Martem rudis versare,

id. 8, 262.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

rŭdis, is, f. ( abl. sing. rudi, Capitol. Opil. Macr. 4, 5), a slender stick or rod.

To stir with in cooking; a stirring-stick, spatula:

versato crebro duabus rudibus,

Cato, R. R. 79; so,

ferreae,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170; cf. rudicula.—

A staff used by soldiers and gladiators in their exercises (perh. a wooden sword), answering to a quarter-staff, a foil (freq. and class.):

(milites) rudibus inter se in modum justae pugnae concurrerunt,

Liv. 26, 51; 40, 6 and 9 Drak. N. cr. (al. sudibus); Ov. Am. 2, 9, 22; id. A. A. 3, 515:

rudibus batuere,

Suet. Calig. 32.—Hence, transf.: PRIMA or SVMMA RVDIS (also in one word, SVMMARVDIS), the first or head fencer, the fencing-master, Inscr. Orell. 2575; 2584: SECVNDA RVDIS, the second fencer, the fencing-master ' s assistant, ib. 2573 sq.—A gladiator received such a rudis when honorably discharged (whence he was called rudiarius):

tam bonus gladiator rudem tam cito accepisti?

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74:

acceptā rude,

Juv. 6, 113:

essedario rudem indulgere,

Suet. Claud. 21.—And hence transf. to other persons who receive an honorable discharge:

tardā vires minuente senectā, Me quoque donari jam rude tempus erat,

i. e. to dismiss, discharge, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 24; id. Am. 2, 9, 22; cf.:

spectatum satis et donatum jam rude,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 2 (v. Orell. ad h. l.):

ergo sibi dabit ipse rudem,

Juv. 7, 171; Mart. 3, 36, 10.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

aridus): arena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

fauces fluminum,

id. ib. 4, 427:

siccāque in rupe resedit,

id. A. 5, 180:

litus,

id. ib. 6, 162:

siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

Quint. 2, 4, 8:

glebae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

agri,

id. S. 2, 4, 15:

lacus,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

regio,

Curt. 9, 10, 2:

via (opp. palustris),

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

horreum siccissimum,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

oculi,

tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

lumina,

Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

genae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

id. M. 14, 50;

and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

pocula,

Tib. 3, 6, 18:

urna,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

panis,

dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

agaricum manducatum siccum,

id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

cuspis,

Stat. Th. 8, 383:

ensis,

Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

carinae,

standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

signa,

id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

aquae,

i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

vox,

dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—

As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

donec rostra tenent siccum,

Verg. A. 10, 301:

in sicco,

on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

in siccis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—

In partic.

Of the weather, dry, without rain:

sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

Col. 3, 20, 1:

ver,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

Tib. 1, 4, 6;

for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

sole dies referente siccos,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

Ov. M. 1, 119:

caelum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

ventus,

id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

luna,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

nubes,

i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

hiemps,

without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—

Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

(mulier) sicca, succida,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

corpora sicciora cornu,

Cat. 23, 12:

corpora graciliora siccioraque,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

(puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

tussis,

without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

medicamentum,

causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —

Dry, thirsty:

nimis diu sicci sumus,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

siti sicca sum,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

faucibus siccis,

fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—

Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—

Trop.

Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—

Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

Gell. 14, 1, 32:

durus et siccus,

Tac. Or. 21:

ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—

Dry, cold:

medullae,

i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

puella,

Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).

Lit.:

ut bos sicce stabuletur,

Col. 6, 12, 2.—

Trop.:

eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.