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1 fīlum
fīlum ī, n a thread, string: Caeca regens filo vestigia, V.: deducens pollice filum, O.: Candelae, wick, Iu.: tineae, O.: sororum trium, the thread of fate, H., V., O.—Prov.: Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo, i. e. are precarious, O.—A fillet of wool (on a priest's cap), priest's fillet: capite velato filo, L.—A string, cord, filament, fibre: lyrae, O.: croci, i. e. stamen, O.: Fila sectivi porri, shreds, Iu.—Fig., of speech, texture, sort, quality, nature, style: munusculum crasso filo, of coarse texture: argumentandi tenue: tenui deducta poëmata filo, H.: orationis tuae.* * *thread, string, filament, fiber; texture, style, nature -
2 fomentum
fomentum ī, n [FAV-], a warm application, poultice, fomentation: fomenta paret, H.: (iuvant) fomenta podagram, H.— A bandage: fomenta volneribus nulla, Ta.: fomentis iuvas volnera, O.— Fig., a lenitive, mitigation, alleviation: dolorum: fortitudinis fomentis dolor mitigari solet: Frigida curarum fomenta, i. e. pursuits which chill the heart with cares, H.* * *poultice/dressing; hot/cold compress; solace, alleviation; kindling; wick -
3 fungus
fungus ī, m, σπόγγοσ, a mushroom, fungus: pratensis, H.: pluviales, O.—A candle-snuff, lampblack on a wick, V.* * *fungus; mushroom -
4 mergulus
diver, kind of sea bird; (small gull); wick of a lamp -
5 ellychnium
ellychnĭum, ii, n., = elluchnion, a lamp-wick, Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 84; 28, 11, 47, § 168; Vitr. 8, 1; Stat. S. 4, 9, 29. -
6 filum
fīlum, i. n. (also filus, i, m., acc. to Arn. 1, 36 dub., plur. heterocl., fili, Luc. 6, 460) [for figlum, v. figo], a thread of any thing woven (of linen or woolen cloth, a cobweb, etc.).I.Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Enn. ap. Non. 116, 6 (Ann. v. 259 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 30; Ov. A. A. 3, 445; id. M. 4, 36; Mart. 6, 3, 5; Cels. 7, 16:2.lumen candelae cujus tempero filum,
wick, Juv. 3, 287:tenuia aranei,
a web, Lucr. 3, 383:tineae,
Ov. M. 15, 372.— Poet., of the thread of life spun by the Fates:sororum fila trium,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 16; Verg. A. 10, 815; Ov. M. 2, 654; id. Tr. 5, 10, 45; Sil. 4, 28; Mart. 10, 5, 10 al.— Prov.: pendere filo (tenui), to hang by a thread, for to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4, § 18 (Ann. v. 153 ed. Vahl.):omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,
Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.—In partic., the fillet of wool wound round the upper part of the flamen's cap, similar to the stemma of the Greeks; hence, in gen., a priest's fillet: APICVLVM, filum, quo flamines velatum apicem gerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.:B.legatus capite velato filo (lanae velamen est), Audi, Juppiter, inquit, etc.,
Liv. 1, 32, 6:filo velatus,
Tib. 1, 5, 15.—Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).1.Of any thing slender and drawn out like a thread, a string, cord, filament, fibre:2.tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,
the strings, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60; so,lyrae,
id. M. 5, 118:sonantia,
id. ib. 10, 89:croci,
i. e. the stamen, id. F. 1, 342:foliorum exilitas usque in fila attenuata,
Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30; 11, 15, 15, § 39. —Plur., shreds, slices, remnants:3.fila sectivi porri,
Juv. 14, 133:porris fila resecta suis,
Mart. 11, 52:fila Tarentini graviter redolentia porri edisti,
id. 13, 18.—I. q. crassitudo, the density, compactness, compact shape, or, in gen., contour, form, shape of an object:II.forma quoque hinc solis debet filumque videri,
Lucr. 5, 571, v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; cf. id. 5, 581; 2, 341; 4, 88:mulieris,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15:corporis,
Varr. L. L. 10, § 4 Müll.; Gell. 1, 9, 2; Amm. 14, 11, 28:forma atque filo virginali,
id. 14, 4, 2:ingeniosus est et bono filo,
Petr. 46.—Trop. (cf. the preced. no.), of speech, texture, sort, quality, nature, style (class.):ego hospiti veteri et amico munusculum mittere (volui) levidense, crasso filo, cujusmodi ipsius solent esse munera,
i. e. of coarse texture, Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; cf.:argumentandi tenue filum,
id. Or. 36, 124:tenui deducta poëmata filo,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225; cf.:gracili connectere carmina filo, Col. poët. 10, 227: paulo uberiore filo,
Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93:orationis,
id. ib. 3, 26, 103:aliud quoddam filum orationis tuae (= oratio uberior),
id. Lael. 7, 25. -
7 fungus
fungus, i, m. [for sfungus, kindred to sphongos, spongos, the initial s suppressed as in fallo, fides, nurus, etc.; cf. funis, and v. the letter S.], a mushroom, moril, fungus.I.Lit.:II.satis esse nobis non magis hoc potis est quam imber fungo,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 33; Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 96; Hor. S. 2, 4, 20.—Transf.A.A soft-pated fellow, a dolt:B.stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2; so id. ib. 2, 3, 49; 4, 7, 23.—A fungous excrescence on the human body, Tert. Spect. 23; cf.:C.fungo simile ulcus,
Cels. 6, 18, 11.—On the olive-tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 223.— -
8 linteolum
lintĕŏlum, i, n. dim. [linteum], a small linen cloth, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46:II.rosae folia tusa in linteolo,
Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 106; 31, 9, 45, § 100; Vulg. Ezech. 30, 21.—Transf., a lamp-wick:ebrium,
Prud. Cath. 5, 18. -
9 mergulus
1.mergŭlus, i, m. [mergo], the wick of a lamp: mergulus, elluchnion, Gloss. Gr. and Lat.2.mergŭlus, i, m. dim. [mergus], a diver, a kind of bird, Vulg. Lev. 11, 17; id. Deut. 14, 17. -
10 scirpea
I.Adj., of rushes, rush-:II.ratis,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: clava, Nov. ap. Fest. s. v. scirpus, p. 330 Müll.: simulacra, i. e. images of men made of rushes, which were thrown into the Tiber annually, Ov. F. 5, 622 (v. Argei);also imago,
id. ib. 5, 659: fila, a rush-wick of wax tapers, Prud. Cath. 5, 15:fiscella,
Vulg. Exod. 2, 3.—Subst.: scirpĕa ( sirp-), ae, f., a basket-work of rushes to form the body of a wagon (generally used for carrying manure), Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5; Ov. F. 6, 680; Just. 43, 4, 6; Arn. 2, n. 38. -
11 scirpeus
I.Adj., of rushes, rush-:II.ratis,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: clava, Nov. ap. Fest. s. v. scirpus, p. 330 Müll.: simulacra, i. e. images of men made of rushes, which were thrown into the Tiber annually, Ov. F. 5, 622 (v. Argei);also imago,
id. ib. 5, 659: fila, a rush-wick of wax tapers, Prud. Cath. 5, 15:fiscella,
Vulg. Exod. 2, 3.—Subst.: scirpĕa ( sirp-), ae, f., a basket-work of rushes to form the body of a wagon (generally used for carrying manure), Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5; Ov. F. 6, 680; Just. 43, 4, 6; Arn. 2, n. 38. -
12 sirpeus
I.Adj., of rushes, rush-:II.ratis,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: clava, Nov. ap. Fest. s. v. scirpus, p. 330 Müll.: simulacra, i. e. images of men made of rushes, which were thrown into the Tiber annually, Ov. F. 5, 622 (v. Argei);also imago,
id. ib. 5, 659: fila, a rush-wick of wax tapers, Prud. Cath. 5, 15:fiscella,
Vulg. Exod. 2, 3.—Subst.: scirpĕa ( sirp-), ae, f., a basket-work of rushes to form the body of a wagon (generally used for carrying manure), Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5; Ov. F. 6, 680; Just. 43, 4, 6; Arn. 2, n. 38. -
13 vicus
vīcus, i, m. [Sanscr. vēcas, vēcman, house; Gr. oikos; O. H. Germ. wīch, village; and Engl. -wick or -wich, as in Berwick, Norwich].I.Collectively, a row of houses in town or country, a quarter of a city, a street, Cic. Mil. 24, 64; Caes. B. C. 1, 27; Hor. S. 2, 3, 228; id. Ep. 1, 20, 18; 2, 1, 269; Ov. F. 6, 610 al.—II.A village, hamlet, a country-seat:si quis Cobiamacho, qui vicus inter Tolosam et Narbonem est, deverterentur,
Cic. Font. 5, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 2, 7; 4, 4; Liv. 38, 30, 7; Tac. G. 12; Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 5; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 8; 1, 15, 7; 2, 2, 177 al.
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