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discrīmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from discerimen à discerno; cf. crimen from cerno], lit., that which separates or divides two things from each other (for syn. cf.: differentia, discrepantia, diversitas, distantia); hence,

Lit., an intervening space, interval, distance, division, separation:

cum (duo maria) pertenui discrimine separarentur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

minimum quos inter et hostem Discrimen murus clausaque porta facit,

Ov. Pont. 1, 8, 62:

aequo discrimine,

Lucr. 5, 690; Verg. A. 5, 154:

parvum leti,

Ov. M. 7, 426; Verg. A. 9, 143:

dare discrimina costis,

i. e. to separate them, id. ib. 10, 382:

quae (sc. littera F) inter discrimina dentium efflanda est,

Quint. 12, 10, 29:

agminum,

Curt. 4, 12 fin.:

ungulae,

Col. 6, 15 fin.:

comae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 302; and in like manner poet.: telluris pectitae, i. e. furrow, Col. Poët. 10, 94; Claud. Nupt. Honor. 103:

medium luci,

Grat. Cyneg. 486.—Hence, med. t. t., the dividing membrane, the midriff, diaphragm, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127; 5, 10, 124 al.—

Trop. (so most frequent).

In gen., a distinction, difference: amabat omnes, nam discrimen non facit, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 27:

iste, qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset omniumque rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; cf.:

officia tollebantur delectu omni et discrimine remoto,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

sit hoc discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes, ut illi, etc.,

id. Balb. 21 fin.:

sine ullo sexus discrimine,

Suet. Calig. 8; cf.:

rapti per agros viatores sine discrimine liberi servique,

id. Aug. 32:

omisso sui alicuique discrimine,

Liv. 5, 55:

divinarum humanarumque rerum,

id. 5, 40:

recti pravique,

Quint. 12, 3, 7:

vocum,

id. 1, 5, 25; cf.

so of the different tones of the strings: septem discrimina vocum,

Verg. A. 6, 646 et saep.— Poet.:

tenues parvi discriminis umbrae,

i. e. of easy gradation, Ov. M. 6, 62. —

In partic.

With respect to disputed matters, which are to be distinguished between, and thus decided upon, the decisive point, turning-point, critical moment, determination, decision:

quoniam res in id discrimen adducta est, utrum ille poenas rei publicae luat, an nos serviamus,

to this point, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 29; cf.:

ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum... an, etc.,

id. Quint. 30, 92; Liv. 29, 17:

vicit disciplina militaris, vicit imperii majestas, quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent,

id. 8, 35, 4: haec et his similia haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, shall not regard as of great moment, id. praef. §

8: postquam adesse discrimen ultimum belli animadvertit,

id. 44, 23:

instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt,

abandon the most decisive points, Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.— Poet.:

experiar, deus hic, discrimine aperto, An sit mortalis,

the test, Ov. M. 1, 222.—

Transf., a dangerous, decisive moment, crisis, dangerous condition; risk, danger, hazard:

in ipso discrimine periculi aliquem destituere,

Liv. 6, 17; so,

periculi,

id. 8, 24: in summo rem esse discrimine, * Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2; cf.:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum pene discrimen,

Cic. Phil. 7, 1:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

in extremo discrimine ac dimicatione fortunae,

id. Sull. 28:

in veteris fortunae discrimen adducitur,

id. Mur. 27, 55; cf.:

aliquem in discrimen capitis adducere,

id. Deiot. 1, 2; so,

capitis,

Quint. 11, 1, 49:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

rem publicam in discrimen committere,

Liv. 8, 32; 33, 7; cf.:

fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis,

Vulg. Esth. 11, 8.

dī-vārĭco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

Act., to spread asunder, to stretch apart (very rare):

taleas super terram,

Cato R. R. 45 fin.:

tigna,

Vitr. 10, 2:

hominem in ea statua,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40: divaricatis cruribus, Prud. steph. 5, 252; cf.

pedibus,

Amm. 22, 11.—

Neutr., to be spread out:

ungulae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8.

fī̆bra, ae, f. [acc. to Doed. Syn. 3, p. 22, kindr. with filum (cf. the Eng. string in both senses)], a fibre, filament, in a plant, in a part of an animal's body, etc. (cf. nervus).

Lit.:

viriditas herbescens, nixa fibris stirpium, sensim adolescit,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

omnes radicum fibras evellere,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

recurvae radicis,

Ov. M. 14, 633:

alliorum,

Verg. M. 88:

tubera undique terra circumdata nullisque fibris nixa aut saltem capillamentis,

Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33; Col. 11, 2, 9; 11, 3, 21:

pulmo in duas fibras ungulae bubulae modo dividitur..jecur in quatuor fibras dividitur,

i. e. parts, divisions, Cels. 4, 11:

perlucentes numerare in pectore fibras,

Ov. M. 6, 391:

quid fissum in extis, quid fibra valeat, accipio,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; cf.:

pericula praemonent, non fibris modo extisque, sed alia quadam significatione,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102:

altera fibra (jecoris),

id. 11, 37, 76, § 196; 32, 6, 21, § 60: fibrae cincinnorum madentes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 120 et saep.—

Transf., entrails in gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tura focis, vinumque dedit fibrasque bidentis,

Ov. F. 4, 935; cf.:

caesorumque boum fibris de more crematis,

id. M. 13, 637:

Promethea,

i. e. the liver devoured by the vulture, Val. Fl. 7, 355; cf. Verg. A. 6, 600: conscia deorum (as giving prognostics;

v. above I.),

Tib. 1, 8, 3; cf.:

sibi commissos fibra locuta deos,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 104:

fibraeque repente Conticuere,

Sil. 1, 138:

neque mihi cornea fibra est,

i. e. I am not so callous, insensible, Pers. 1, 47.—

Trop., like our word bowels, of the interior of the earth:

persequimur omnes ejus (terrae) fibras,

Plin. 33 praef. § 1.

findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3, v. a. [root Sanscr. bhid-, to cleave; Germ. beissen; Engl. bite], to cleave, split, part, separate, divide (class.; cf.: scindo, seco, caedo).

Lit.: hoc enim quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus et divisus aequaliter in duas partes latera haec alluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

inimicam findite rostris Hanc terram,

Verg. A. 10, 295:

patrios findere sarculo agros,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 11:

terras vomere,

Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

mare carinā,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 35:

Assaraci tellus, quam... Findunt Scamandri flumina,

Hor. Epod. 13, 14:

hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva,

Verg. G. 2, 353; cf.:

arentes cum findit Sirius agros,

Tib. 1, 7, 21:

rubra Canicula findet Statuas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 39:

os,

Cels. 8, 4 med.; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.:

specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 21:

hic locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas,

Verg. A. 6, 540; id. G. 2, 78; Ov. M. 4, 65.—

In part. perf.:

fissa ferarum ungula,

Lucr. 4, 680:

ungulae equi,

Suet. Caes. 61:

lingua in partes duas,

Ov. M. 4, 585:

lignum,

Verg. A. 9, 413:

ferulae,

Cels. 8, 10; cf. id. 8, 3 fin. —

Mid., to split, burst ( poet. and very rare):

turgescit bilis: findor,

I am ready to burst with rage, Pers. 3, 8:

cor meum et cerebrum finditur,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 17: Marsis finduntur cantibus angues, Ov. Med. fac. 39.—

Trop., to divide ( poet. and very seldom):

Idus sunt agendae, Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 16:

fissa voluntas,

Prud. Psych. 760.—Hence, fissum, i, n., a cleft, slit, fissure.

In gen. (very rare):

postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7:

ad ani fissa,

Cels. 5, 20, 5.—

Esp., in the lang. of augurs, of the divided liver:

jecorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

fissum in exitis,

id. ib. 1, 10, 16;

jecoris,

id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:

familiare et vitale,

id. Div. 2, 13, 32.

in-dīvīsus, a, um, adj., undivided (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

ungulae equorum,

i. e. not cloven, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2; Just. 43, 1, 3:

rerum media indivisaque magis fratribus,

Stat. Th. 8, 312.—

Transf., common:

negotium,

Amm. 21, 12:

pro indiviso,

in an undivided manner, in common, Cato, R. R. 137; cf.:

(arbores) pro indiviso possessae a feris,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 1:

pro indiviso valere,

equally, in like manner, id. 16, 32, 59, § 137.— Adv.: in-dīvīsē, undividedly, in common: agere, Pseudo-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55.

mădesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [madeo], to become moist or wet ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

semiusta madescunt Robora,

Verg. A. 5, 697: tellus Nubibus assi [p. 1095] duis pluvioque madescit ab austro, Ov. M. 1, 66:

multā terra madescit aquā,

id. F. 6, 198: nec madescimus nisi umore, * Quint. 6, 2, 28: spectare oportet, num tempora paulum madescant, become moist, i. e. perspire, Cels. 3, 6 med. — Poet.:

quibus invito maduerunt sanguine dextrae,

have killed, Val. Fl. 3, 391; cf.:

nati maduere paterno Sanguine,

Luc. 2, 149.—

In partic., to get drunk, become intoxicated:

quem (Chrysippum) cotidie ferunt madescere solitum,

Front. de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.—

Transf., to become soft:

ne umore madescant ungulae,

Col. 6, 30; 11, 3, 23;

id. poët. 10, 398: triticum madescit dulci aquā ligneis vasis,

Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 76.

milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):

plumae,

Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—

Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:

ungulae,

i. e. a thief's clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—

Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna), ae, f.

(Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—

(Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):

plumae,

Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—

Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:

ungulae,

i. e. a thief's clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—

Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna), ae, f.

(Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—

(Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):

plumae,

Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—

Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:

ungulae,

i. e. a thief's clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—

Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna), ae, f.

(Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—

(Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):

plumae,

Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—

Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:

ungulae,

i. e. a thief's clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—

Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna), ae, f.

(Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—

(Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

pū̆tresco (not in Cic.; for in Tusc. 1, 3, putescat is the correct read.), ĕre, v. inch. n. [putreo].

To grow rotten or putrid, to rot, putrefy, moulder, decay:

ne ungulae putrescant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

vestis putrescit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 119:

dentes,

Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 101:

malus,

Pall. 3, 25, 15: medullae, Prud. steph. 4, 131:

cicatrices,

Vulg. Psa. 37, 5.—

To become loose or friable, Col. 2, 11, 3; 3, 11, 7; 11, 2, 61; 11, 3, 56.—

Trop., to fall into contempt, become disgusting:

et nomen impiorum putrescet,

Vulg. Prov. 10, 7; id. Jer. 13, 9.