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1 phagedaena
phăgĕdaena, ae, f., = phagedaina (voracity).1.A diseased and excessive appetite, voracity, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 3, 46; plur., Plin. 26, 11, 68, § 110.—As a disease of bees, Col. 9, 13, 10 (written as Greek).— Hence,2.An eating ulcer, a cancer, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 123. -
2 (faux, faucis)
(faux, faucis) f only abl, the throat, gullet (poet. for fauces): Arente fauce, H.: elisā, O.: inprobā incitatus, voracity, Ph. -
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4 edacitas
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5 fauces
fauces, ium ( sing. nom. faux only in Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127, =arteria aspera; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 78 Müll.; Charis. p. 72 P. —The abl. sing. fauce sometimes in poets: Ov. H. 9, 98; id. M. 14, 738; Hor. Epod. 14, 4; Phaedr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 8, 4; Mart. 7, 37, 6 al.), f. [cf. Sanscr. bhūka, hole, opening], the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet, the pharynx, throat, gullet (syn.: gula, guttur, jugulum).I.Lit.: summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus;II.quibus fauces non sunt, ne stomachus quidem est,
Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:exigua in arteria sub ipsis faucibus lingula est, quae, cum spiramus, attollitur,
Cels. 4, 1: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 250 ed. Vahl.):sitis fauces tenet,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 34:sitis fauces urit,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 214:lippiunt fauces fame,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 39; 1, 2, 36:fauces tussientes,
Cels. 5, 25, 11:nuces videntur fauces exasperare,
Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 20:infirmatis faucibus, praeconis voce concionatus est,
Suet. Aug. 84 fin.:propino tibi salutem plenis faucibus,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 16:merum ingurgitare faucibus plenis,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 39:exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,
from the bottom of your throat, id. As. 1, 1, 28:alicui fauces prehendere,
id. Most. 1, 3, 62; cf.:qui sacerdoti scelestus fauces interpresserit,
id. Rud. 3, 2, 41:laqueo innectere fauces,
to strangle, Ov. M. 10, 378; cf.also: ad necem secandasque novacula fauces,
Suet. Calig. 23:fauces manu sua oppressit,
id. ib. 12:retinens singulos et contortis faucibus convertens,
id. Caes. 62.— Trop.:faucibus teneor,
I am caught by the throat, I feel the knife at my throat, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 4; cf.:cum faucibus premeretur,
Cic. Clu. 31, 84:Timarchides premit fauces defensionis tuae,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: eripite nos ex faucibus eorum, quorum crudelitas, etc., from the jaws, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:urbem totius belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse,
id. Arch. 9, 21:e mediis Orci faucibus ad hunc evasi modum,
App. M. 7, p. 191:cum inexplebiles populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti,
Cic. Rep. 1, 43:lupus fauce improba incitatus,
i. e. voracity, Phaedr. 1, 2, 3.—Transf., of places:A.A narrow way, narrow inlet or outlet, an entrance, defile, pass (cf. angustiae): Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae, in the mouth or entrance, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:B.in Ciliciae angustissimis faucibus,
Curt. 7, 4; cf.:qua fauces erant angustissimae portus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25, 5:portus,
id. ib. 3, 24, 1;3, 39, 2: Masinissam persecutus in valle arta, faucibus utrimque obsessis, inclusit,
Liv. 29, 32, 4:Aemilius sedens in faucibus macelli,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 145; so,macelli,
id. Quint. 6, 25:per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,
the crater, Lucr. 6, 630:cava flumina siccis faucibus, etc.,
Verg. G. 4, 428:altae montis,
Lucr. 6, 697:Nilus multis faucibus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,
through many mouths, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:Bospori,
the Dardanelles, id. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Sil. 12, 127:cum fornacem facies, fauces praecipites deorsum facito,
Cato, R. R. 38, 3: pictis e faucibus currus emittere, from the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 89 ed. Vahl.).— -
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milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):B.plumae,
Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:II. * A.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.—(Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—B.(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. -
7 miluinus
milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):B.plumae,
Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:II. * A.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.—(Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—B.(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. -
8 milvina
milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):B.plumae,
Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:II. * A.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.—(Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—B.(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. -
9 milvinus
milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):B.plumae,
Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:II. * A.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.—(Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—B.(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. -
10 rabies
răbĭes, em, e ( gen. rabies, Lucr. 4, 1083; the other cases do not occur), f. [rabio].I. 1.Of dogs, Col. 7, 12, 14; Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64; 29, 5, 32, § 99.—2.Of other animals, Col. 6, 35; Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 68:3.ursina,
id. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—Of men, madness, frenzy, Plin. 7, prooem. fin. 1, § 5; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 26; cf.: contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros, Liv. 21, 48, 4.—II.Trop., of any violent emotion, rage, anger, fury, fierceness, eagerness:b.Hecubam putant propter animi acerbitatem quandam et rabiem fingi in canem esse conversam,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:sine rabie,
id. ib. 4, 24, 53; Tac. H. 1, 63:Archilochum proprio rabies armavit iambo,
Hor. A. P. 79; cf. id. Ep. 2, 1, 149:non dico horrendam rabiem,
id. S. 2, 3, 323; Vell. 2, 64, 2:civica,
fierce civil war, Hor. C. 3, 24, 26; cf. Tac. H. 2, 38; 5, 25; id. A. 1, 31; 39:hostilis,
Liv. 29, 8 fin.:edendi,
Verg. A. 9, 64. — Of the madness of love. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 10; Lucr. 4, 1079; Hor. Epod. 12, 9. —Of the Sibyl's inspiration,
Verg. A. 6, 49. —Of things:rabies fatalis temporis,
Liv. 28, 34:ventorum,
Ov. M. 5, 7; cf.Noti,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 14:caelique marisque,
Verg. A. 5, 802:pelagi,
Sil. 2, 290:Canis,
the fierce heat of the dogstar, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:ventris,
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11 voracitas
I.Lit.:II.ingluvie et voracitate notabilis,
Eutr. 7, 12:asini,
App. M. 7, p. 200.—Transf., of fire:avidissima,
Plin. 2, 107, 111, § 239.
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