Leaena Lĕaena, ae, f., = Λέαινα, an heroic courtesan of Athens, in the time of Harmodius and Aristogīton, Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87; 34, 8, 19, § 72; Lact. 1, 20.
Leander Lēander (Lēandrus, Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.), i, m., = Λείανδρος, a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep. Hence, Lēandrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leander, Leandrian: natatus,Fulg. Myth. 1 init.Lēandrĭus, a, um, adj., of Leander, Leandrian: Leandrius Hellespontus,Sil. 8, 622.
Learchus Lĕarchus, i, m., = Λέαρχος, the son of Athamas and Ino, whom Athamas, in a fit of madness, killed, Ov. M. 4, 515; id. F. 6, 479; Hyg. Fab. 1, 2. Hence, Lĕar-chēus, a, um, adj., of Learchus: umbrae,Ov. F. 6, 491.
Lebadia Lĕbădĭa (Lĕbădēa, Stat. Th. 7, 345), ae, f., = Λεβαδεία, Λεβαδία, a Bœotian city near Mount Helicon, and above which was situated the cave of Trophonius, with a temple, now Livadhia, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; Liv. 45, 27, 8; Gell. 12, 5.
Lebedus Lĕbĕdus (-dos), i, f., = Λέβεδος, a city on the coast of Ionia, north of Colophon; where every year great theatrical games were celebrated in honor of Bacchus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 6 sq.; Mel. 1, 17, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 116.
leber leberfor liber, v. 1. liber init.
lebes lĕbes, ētis, m., = λέβης, among the Greeks, a copper basin, kettle, caldron, for cooking, frequently given as an honorary reward or prize: tertia dona facit geminos ex aere lebetas,Verg. A. 5, 266: Dodonaei,id. ib. 3, 466; Ov. H. 3, 31.A handbasin for washing, Ov. M. 12, 243.A bronze vessel in which flesh was boiled, Vulg. 1 Sam. 2, 14 al.: lebetes aëneae,Isid. Orig. 22, 8, 11. For ashes: lebetes ad suscipiendos cineres,Vulg. Exod. 27, 3.
Lebynthos Lĕbynthos (Lĕbynthus, Lĕbin-thos or -us), i, f., = Λέβινθος, one of the Sporadic Isles, now Lenitha, Mel. 2, 7; Ov. A. A. 2, 81; id. M. 8, 222.
Lechaeum Lĕchaeum, i, n., and Lĕchaeae, ārum, f., = Λέχαιον, the port of Corinth, on the Corinthian Gulf, Liv. 32, 23, 11; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34; Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 19; Stat. Th. 2, 381: Corinthiacus hinc, illinc Saronicus appellatur sinus: Lechaeae hinc, Cenchreae illinc,Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 12. Hence, Lĕ-chaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lechæum, Lechæan: spatia,Grat. Cyn. 227.
lectarius lectārĭus, κλινοποιός (a couch-maker), Gloss. Philox.; so, FABER LECTARIVS,Inscr. Orell. 4183.
lecte lectē, adv., v. 2. lego, P. a. fin.
lectica lectīca, ae, f.Lit., a litter, sedan, used at first only on journeys, but afterwards also, for the sake of convenience, in the city: lecticā octophoro ferebatur,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: lecticae usum alicui adimere,Suet. Caes. 43: inditus lecticae,Tac. A. 3, 14: lecticae imponere aliquem,Petr. 28: lecticā gestare aliquem,Hor. S. 2, 3, 214: lecticae gestamine uti,Tac. A. 2, 2: in eadem illa lecticā qua ipse delatus eram, eum referre, etc., Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3: lectica introferri,Liv. 43, 7: lectica formosis imposita calonibus,Sen. Ep. 110, 17: comparare homines ad lecticam,
lecticariola lectīcārĭŏla, ae, f.dim.lecticarius, a chairman's mistress, a comically formed term of reproach, Mart. 12, 58, 2.
lecticarius lectīcārĭus, i, m.lectica, a litterbearer, sedan-bearer, chairman, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3: lecticarii cum asseribus in auxilium accucurrerunt,
with their poles
,Suet. Calig. 58: inter urbana ministeria continentur ... et lecticarii,Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 72. The chairmen formed a guild or corporation: EX CORPORE LECTICARIORVM CAESARIS, Inscr. ap. Grut. 599, 11: DECVRIO LECTICARIORVM,ib. 600, 1; Inscr. Orell. 2871; 6323.
lecticula lectīcŭla, ae, f.dim.lectica, a small litter or sedan. In gen.: lecticulā in curiam esse delatum,Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55: Scipio lecticulā in aciem illatus,Liv. 24, 42. In partic. A bier: elatus est in lecticula sine ulla pompa funebri,Nep. Att. 22, 2.A couch or settee, on which one lay while reading or writing: lucubratoria lecticula,Suet. Aug. 78.Transf., of a hen's nest, App. M. 9, p. 232.
lectio lectĭo, ōnis, f.lego. A gathering, collecting. In gen. (post-Aug. and rare): lectio lapidum,Col. 2, 2, 12: florum,Arn. 5, 173. In partic., a picking out, selecting: judicum,Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16. A reading, perusal; a reading out, reading aloud. Lit. In gen.: delectabatur lectione librorum,Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4: lectio sine ulla delectatione,id. Tusc. 2, 3, 7: versuum,Quint. 1, 8, 2: non cruda, sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,id. 10, 1, 19: continua,id. 11, 2, 34; cf. id. 1, cap. 8 and 10, cap. 1 passim. In partic.: lectio senatūs, a reading off or calling over the names of the senators; this was done by the censor, who at the same time struck the unworthy ones from the list: infamis atque invidiosa senatus lectio,Liv. 9, 29; 27, 11; Suet. Aug. 35.Transf. (abstr. pro contr.), that which is read, reading, text (post-class.): lectio tamen docet, eo tempore solitos, etc.,Macr. S. 7, 7, 5: haec sunt quae lectio pontificalis habet,id. ib. 7, 13, 11fin.: juris lectiones,
passages of the laws
,Cod. Just. 6, 61, 5: ubi lectio aliqua falsitate notata est,Isid. 1, 20, 3; so, pervulgati juris,Amm. 30, 4, 18: datā lectione quae non sit intellectu difficilis,Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 163: quia Moyses prius hoc statuit, sicut lectio manifestat, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 1 prooem.
lectisterniator lectisternĭātor, ōris, m.lectisternium, one who arranged the couches and placed the cushions on them for reclining on at table: propera, abi intro; tu esto lectisterniator,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 29; cf.: lectis sternundis studuimus,id. Stich. 5, 3, 5.
lectisternium lectisternĭum, ĭi, n.2. lectus-sterno, a feast of the gods. Lit., an offering in which the images of the gods, lying on pillows, were placed in the streets, and food of all kinds set before them; these banquets were prepared by the Epulones, and consumed by them,Liv. 5, 13, 6; 7, 2, 27; 8, 25; 21, 62; 22, 1; 10 et saep.; cf.: lecti sternebantur in honorem deorum, unde hoc sacrum, vel potius sacrilegium nomen accepit,Aug. C. D. 3, 17, 2; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 351 Müll.Transf., in the Christian age, a feast held in memory of a deceased person, or at the consecration of a chapel dedicated to him, a feast of the dead, Sid. Ep. 4, 15; Inscr. Grut. 753, 4.
lectito lectĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.2. lego. To gather or collect eagerly or often (postclass.): conchulas et calculos in litore lectitasse,Val. Max. 8, 8, 1: flores,Arn. 5, 183. To read often, with eagerness, or with attention (class.): Pyrrhi te video libros lectitasse,Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1: auctores quos nunc lectito,id. Att. 12, 18, 1: Platonem studiose,id. Brut. 31, 121: libros non legendos sed lectitandos,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 8: libros conquisitos lectitatosque,Tac. A. 14, 51: orationes,
lector lector, ōris, m.2. lego, one who reads. Lit. In gen., a reader: cum enim Brutus duos lectores excitasset, et alteri orationem legendam dedisset, etc.,Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223: nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris, quam fortunae vicissitudines,id. Fam. 5, 12, 4: se lectori credere,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 214: otiosus,Quint. 4, 2, 4: adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae, Juv. 1, 13. In partic., a slave who read aloud to his master: unum aliquem constituere lectorem,Quint. 2, 5, 6: lectorem inducere,Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 2.Transf., an officer in the Christian Church: itaque hodie diaconus, qui cras lector,Tert. adv. Haeretic. 41; Sid. Ep. 4, 25.
lectrix lectrix, īcis, f.lector, a female reader, Inscr. ap. Fabr. p. 311, n. 347; cf. Cledon. p. 1893 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 159.
lectualis lectŭālis, e, adj.2. lectus, of or belonging to the bed: morbus,
which confines one to his bed
,Spart. Hadr. 23 dub. (al. letalis).
lectuarius lectŭārĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to the bed, bed- (late Lat.): lectuaria (lecticaria) sindon,Non. 537, 21.
lectulus lectŭlus, i, m.dim.id., a cosey couch, a bed. In gen.: qui sese illa ipsa nocte me in meo lectulo interfecturos pollicerentur,Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9: philosophi in suis lectulis plerumque moriuntur,id. Fin. 2, 30, 97: a ducenda uxore sic abhorret, ut quicquam libero lectulo neget esse jucundius,
,Juv. 3, 203: pedes lecti, in quo cubat Dialis, luto tenui circumlitos esse oportet,Gell. 10, 15, 14 sqq. Plur.: lectos eburatos, auratos (advexit),Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53. In partic. A bridal bed: lectus genialis, the nuptial-bed, which, after the marriage, was called adversus (because it stood opposite the door): genialis,Cic. Clu. 5 fin.: adversus,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 85.jugalis,Verg. A. 4, 496: aucupor in lecto mendaces caelibe somnos,Ov. H. 13, 107.A couch for reclining on at meals, a dining- or eating-couch, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183: lecto recumbere,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1: in imo lecto residere,Suet. Aug. 64.A couch or settee on which it was customary to read or write, a reading-couch, Sen. Ep. 72, 2.A funeral bed or couch, a bier: flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,Tib. 1, 1, 61: lecto funebri aptatus,Petr. 114: corpus ipsum impositum lecto erat,Quint. 6, 1, 31.
lectus lectus, ūs, m.2. lego, a reading, Prisc. 1221 P. = 2. lectus, q. v.
lecythinus lēcythĭnus, a, um, adj.λήκυθος, of or belonging to an oil-flask: oleum lecythinum, oil from the flask (al. legitimo or lecythi), Petr. 21.
Leda Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Λήδα, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77: pueri Ledae,i. e.
Castor and Pollux
,Hor. C. 1, 12, 25. She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21: Lede,Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime,Juv. 6, 63. Hence, Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan. Lit.: Ledaei dei,i. e.
Ledas Lēdās, ae, m., the name of a man, Juv. 6, 63.
Ledus Lēdŭs, i, m., a river in Gallia Narbonensis, now Lez, Sid. Pan. 813; Mel. 2, 5.
legalis lēgālis, e, adj.lex, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.): genus quaestionis,Quint. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. 3, 6, 86 sq.: quaestiones,id. 3, 6, 46: status,id. 3, 6, 45: tractatus,id. 3, 8, 4: vita, according to the (divine) law, pious, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 25. Hence, adv.: lēgālĭter, according to law, legally: adversarium provocare legaliter,Cassiod. Ep. 4, 37: de homicidiis Moyses legaliter dicit, i. e. in laying down the law, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 5 prooem.
legarium lĕgārĭum, ĭi, n.2. lego, pulse, legumes, Varr. R. R. 1, 32.
legatarius lēgātārĭus, a, um, adj.legatum, enjoined by a last will or testament (postclass.). Adj.: editiones,Tert. Spect. 6. Subst.Lēgātārĭus, ii, m., one to whom something is left by will, a legatee, Suet. Galb. 5; Dig. 41, 3, 14; Gai. Inst. 2, 195: antequam legatarius admittat legatum,id. ib. 2, 200.Lēgātārĭa, ae, f., a female legatee, Dig. 19, 11, 43; 33, 4, 2.
legaticius lēgātīcĭus, v. legativus.
legatio lēgātĭo, ōnis, f.1. lego, the sending of an ambassador; hence, the office of an ambassador, an embassy, legation. Lit. In gen.: cum legatione in provinciam esset profectus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9: legationem obire,id. Ac. 2, 2, 5: is sibi legationem ad civitates suscepit,Caes. B. G. 1, 3: legationis officium conficere,id. B. C. 3, 103: in legationem proficisci,Liv. 21, 63: in legatione esse,Quint. 7, 1, 50: legatio male gesta,id. 4, 4, 5: munus legationis recusare,Caes. B. C. 1, 33: legationem renuntiare, to make a report or give an account of one's embassy, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 1; Liv. 9, 4; 23, 6; 35, 32; 36, 35; 39, 33; Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 20 al.; v. renuntio, I. B.: legationem ementiri,Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 7: a Treveris Germanos crebris legationibus sollicitari,Caes. B. G. 6, 2: per legationes petere foedus,Tac. A. 2, 45. In partic. Libera legatio, a free legation, i. e. permission granted to a senator to visit one or more provinces on his private affairs in the character of an ambassador, but without performing the duties of one (such an embassy was called free, because while it lasted the holder of it was at liberty to come to the city of Rome and leave it again without resigning his office): negotiorum suorum causa legatus est in Africam legatione libera,Cic. Fam. 12, 21: habent opinor liberae legationes definitum tempus lege Julia,id. Att. 15, 11; called simply legatio,id. Leg. 3, 8, 18; id. Fl. 34: qui libera legatione abest, non videtur rei publicae causa abesse: hic enim non publici causa, sed sui abest,Dig. 50, 7, 14. Legatio votiva, a free embassy assumed for the purpose (often a mere pretext) of paying a vow in a province, Cic. Att. 4, 2 fin.; 15, 8; 15, 11.The charge of a legatus Augusti (v. legatus, B. 2.), Tac. Agr. 9; v. Orell. ad h. l.Transf., the persons attached to an embassy, an embassy, legation: communem legationem ad Crassum mittunt,Caes. B. G. 3, 8: cujus legationis Divico princeps fuit,id. ib. 1, 13: quas legationes Caesar ad se reverti jussit,id. ib. 2, 35: ab Eumene legatio de victoria gratulatum venit,Liv. 45, 13.
legativus lēgātīvus, a, um, adj.1. lego. Of or relating to an embassy (post-class.): viaticum, or absol.lēgātīvum, i, n., an ambassador's expenses: viaticum, quod legativum dicitur,Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 12: his, qui non gratuitam legationem susceperunt, legativum ex forma restituitur,ib. 50, 7, 2, § 3 (al. legaticium).Left by a last will or testament, Inscr. Orell. 3817.
legator lēgātor, ōris, m.id., one who leaves something by will, a testator: voluntas legatoris,Suet. Tib. 31.
legatorius lēgātōrĭus, a, um, adj.legatus, of or belonging to a deputy: provincia, one given to a senator as deputy or lieutenant, Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1 B. and K. (dub.; Orell. locatoria).
legatum lēgātum, i, n., v. 1. lego fin. 2.
legatus lēgātus, i, v. 1. lego fin. 1.
legibilis lĕgĭbĭlis, e, adj.2. lego, that may be read, legible (post-class.): si legibilia sunt inconsulto deleta,Dig. 28, 4, 1.
legicrepa lēgĭcrĕpa, νομοδίφας, Gloss. Philox.
legifer lēgĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj.lex-fero, lawgiving (poet.). Adj.: Minos,Ov. Am. 3, 10, 41: legifera Ceres (as the foundress of the social life of mankind),Verg. A. 4, 58. Subst.: lēgĭfer, ĕri, m., a law-giver, applied to Moses, Lact. 4, 17, 7; Tert. Apol. 19 fin.; Prud. στεφ. 3, 363; Vulg. Isa. 33, 22.
legio lĕgĭo, ōnis, f.2. lego (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf., a body of soldiers: legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu,Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll. Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied; though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia,Liv. 10, 18: undevicesima,id. 27, 14: vicesima,id. 27, 38: Claudiana,Tac. H. 2, 84: Galbiana,id. ib. 2, 86: Martia,Cic. Phil. 4, 2: adjutrix,Tac. H. 2, 43: rapax,id. ib.: in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem,Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio.Transf.Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers: Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones,Liv. 8, 24: Latinae,id. 6, 32; cf. of the troops of the Samnites,id. 10, 17; of the Gauls,id. 22, 14; of the Carthaginians,id. 26, 6: Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62: in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur,Juv. 14, 241. In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.): quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat,Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48: si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo,id. Truc. 2, 7, 53: cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur,Verg. A. 9, 368: de colle videri poterat legio,id. ib. 8, 605; 10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis,Val. Fl. 7, 573. Of a large body of men: idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet,Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.: legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus,Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36: duodecim legiones angelorum,id. Matt. 26, 53.Trop.: sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat,
legisdoctor lēgis-doctor (also written separately), ōris, m., a doctor or teacher of the law, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 25; Vulg. Act. 5, 34.
legislatio lēgislātio, ōnis, f.lex-latum, sup. of fero, the giving of the law, Vulg. Rom. 9, 4.
legislator lēgis-lātor and lēgum-lātor (in class. authors usu. written separately; v. lator), ōris, m., a law-giver, legislator: noster legumlator,Liv. 34, 31; Quint. 7, 8, 13; id. Decl. 329; 334: legislator,Val. Max. 6, 5, n. 3 ext.: non satis in ea re legislatorem voluntatem suam verbis expressisse,Gai. Inst. 3, 76 al.
legisperitus lēgis-pĕrītus, i, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 7, 30.
,id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109: aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25: impedimentum,
,Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.: spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,Suet. Aug. 45: olus,Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80. In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.): fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64: seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,
legito lĕgĭto, āre, v. freq. a., to read often, Prisc. p. 825 P.
legiuncula lĕgĭuncŭla, ae, f.dim.legio, a small legion, Liv. 35, 49, 10.
lego lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a.lex; and therefore qs. lege creare, a publicist's and jurid. t. t. A publicist's t. t. To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch: ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,Cic. Vatin. 15, 35: hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4: juste pieque legatus venio,Liv. 1, 32: tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,Sall. J. 21, 4: quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,Gell. 7, 14, 8.Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.): quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,
what they told him through their deputies
,Gell. 15, 31in lemm. Beyond the official sphere: quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?
committed, intrusted
,Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor): eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9: ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,id. ib. 4, 2, 6: istum legatum iri non arbitror,id. ib. 10, 1, 4: ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57: Dolabella me sibi legavit,
chose me for his lieutenant
,id. Att. 15, 11, 4: Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,Sall. J. 28. A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.): Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3: usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,id. Top. 3, 14: cui argentum omne legatum est,Quint. 5, 10, 62: in argento legato,id. 7, 2, 11. Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir: uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,Cic. Clu. 12, 33: si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5. Hence, lēgātus, i, m. (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35: legatos mittere,id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35: ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.: missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,Hor. S. 1, 5, 29: legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527. (Acc. to lego, I. B.). An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general: quos legatos tute tibi legasti?Cic. Pis. 14, 33: qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,id. Clu. 36, 99: Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.: Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32: neque se ei legatum defuturum,id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1: hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,Cic. Pis. 35, 86: (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.: quaestorius,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.: L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,id. B. C. 1, 8, 2: magnitudo et splendor legati,Liv. 38, 58, 9: in magna legatum quaere popina,Juv. 8, 172. Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9. Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.: Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7. Also called; legatus praetorius,Tac. Agr. 7.lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy: legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,Dig. 30, 116: Hortensii legata cognovi,Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9: reliqua legata varie dedit,Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48: legatum peto ex testamento,Quint. 4, 2, 6: jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,Suet. Dom. 8: cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,Juv. 9, 62: legatorum genera sunt quattuor,Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
lego lĕgo, lēgi, lectum (gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a.Gr. λέγω, λόγος, λογάς, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen, to bring together, to gather, collect. Lit. In gen.: oleam,Cato, R. R. 144: nuces,Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265: herbas collibus,Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.: roscida mala,id. ib. 8, 38: flores in calathos,Ov. F. 5, 218: spolia caesorum,Liv. 5, 39: quos (montanos asparagos),Juv. 11, 69. Of the dead who have been burned: ossa,Ov. H. 10, 150: homini mortuo ossa,Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11: reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,Suet. Aug. 100. Esp. To take out, pick out, extract, remove: quibusdam et radi ossa et legi ... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2: ossa vivis,id. ad Marc. 22, 3: ossa in capite lecta,id. Ben. 5, 24, 3: ossa e vulneribus,Quint. 6, 1, 30.To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.): oleam qui legerit,Cato, R. R. 144, 1: ficus non erat apta legi,Ov. F. 2, 254.Poet.: legere fila, to wind up: extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,i. e.
,Sen. Troad. 759.To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4: majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.: sacra divum,Hor. S. 1, 3, 117: soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra). Of places, to go, pass, or wander through (poet.): nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,Ov. M. 5, 579: pars cetera pontum Pone legit,
sails through
,Verg. A. 2, 207: vada dura lego,id. ib. 3, 706: freta,id. ib. 3, 127: aequora Afra,Ov. F. 4, 289: Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him: subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,id. M. 3, 17; cf.: et vestigia retro Observata legit,Verg. A. 9, 392: tortos orbes,
to wander through
,id. ib. 12, 481.To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.): Inarimen Prochytenque legit,Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7: navibus oram Italiae,Liv. 21, 51 fin.: oram Campaniae,Suet. Tib. 11; cf. terram,id. Aug. 16. Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.): alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,
,id. Clu. 45, 126: condiciones nubendi,id. Cael. 15: cives in patres,Liv. 23, 22: viros ad bella,Ov. M. 7, 669: geminasque legit de classe biremes,Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632: senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8. With inf.: fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,Stat. Th. 1, 530.Trop. * To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation: nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see. * In gen.: tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34. In partic., to read or peruse a writing: ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,Cic. Top. 1: defensionem causae,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112: legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,id. Ac. 2, 45, 137: aliquid studiose intenteque,Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1: significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1: orationem,Quint. 1, 1, 6: aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15. With a pers. obj.: antiquos et novos,Quint. 2, 5, 23: antiquos studiosius,id. 3, 6, 62: poëtas,id. 1, 4, 4. In pass.: Horatius fere solus legi dignus,Quint. 10, 1, 96: si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,id. 10, 1, 116: dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5: sepulcra legens,
when reading epitaphs
,Cic. de Sen. 7, 21: legentium plerisque,Liv. 1 praef. § 4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,
to my readers
,Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,Juv. 13, 121. Absol.: legendi usus,Lact. 3, 25, 9: memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,Macr. S. 1, 5, 1. In partic. To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors): convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8: audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,Plin. Ep. 9, 34: obturem impune legentibus aures,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105: quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,
with recitation
,id. A. P. 475: quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,
legula legŭla, ae, f., a flap: auris, the earflap (late Lat.): aurium legulae,Sid. Ep. 1, 2: Legula, μύτρον, Gloss. Philox.
leguleius lēgŭlēïus, i, m.lex, a pettifogging lawyer, pettifogger, one who depends on legal technicalities for getting the better of his opponent: leguleius quidam cautus et acutus,Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236: formularii, vel ut Cicero ait, leguleii,Quint. 12, 3, 11.
legulus lĕgŭlus, i, m.2. lego, a gatherer, collector; esp. one who picked up the fallen olives (opp. strictor, he who beat or shook them from the tree; ante- and post-class.): ab legendo leguli, qui oleam aut qui uvas legunt,Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 5, § 94: legulos quot opus erunt, praebeto et strictores,Cato, R. R. 144: leguli volunt ut olea caduca quam plurima sit, quo plus legatur,id. ib. 64; Calp. Ecl. 3, 49.
leiostrea leiostrĕa (līostrĕa), ae, f., = λειόστρεον, an oyster with a smooth shell, Lampr. Heliog. 19, 6.
Leleges Lĕlĕges, um, m., = Λέλεγες, a Pelasgic tribe who lived scattered over several parts of Asia Minor and Greece (in Caria, lonia, Mysia, Thessaly, Locris, Megara), Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27; 5, 30, 33, § 127; Verg. A. 8, 725; Ov. M. 9, 645; Luc. 6, 383. In sing.: hac Ixionides, illa Troezenius heros parte Lelex, the Lelegeian, as a proper name, Ov. M. 8, 566. Hence, Lĕ-lĕgēïus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Leleges, Lelegeian: litora,i. e.
lembulus lembŭlus, i, m.dim.lembus, a small boat, a wherry, Prud. στεφ. 5, 455.
lembunculus lembuncŭlus, i, v. 2. lenunculus.
lembus lembus, i, m., = λέμβος, a small fastsailing vessel with a sharp prow, a pinnace, yacht, cutter: lembus genus navicellae velocissimae, quod et dromonis nomine appellamus,Fulg. Exp. Serm. 564, 6; Att. ap. Non. 534, 5: celerare lembum,Turp. ib. 7: lembo advehitur pauxillulo,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 81: ascendi in lembum,id. ib. 2, 1, 35: ducit lembum jam dierectum navis praeditoria,id. Men. 2, 3, 87: classis lemborum,Liv. 45, 10; 34, 35: qui adverso vix flumine lembum Remigiis subigit,Verg. G. 1, 201: piratici lembi,Curt. 4, 5, 18.
lemma lemma, ătis, n., = λῆμμα, a subject for consideration or explanation, a theme, matter, subject, contents (not ante-Aug.; in Cic. only written as Greek). Lit.: lemma sibi sumpsit, quod ego interdum versibus ludo,Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 3.Transf.The title of an epigram, because it indicates the subject: lemmata si quaeris, cur sint ascripta, docebo: Ut si malueris lemmata sola legas,Mart. 14, 2, 1; Aus. Parent. praef.The epigram itself: si mihi ex hoc ipso lemmate secundus versus occurrerit,Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 3: consumpta est uno si lemmate pagina, transis,Mart. 10, 59, 1.A story, tale: nutricis lemmata,
nursery-tales
,Aus. Ep. 16, 90.The assumption or lemma of a syllogism: est vitium insidiosum et sub falsa lemmatis specie latens,Gell. 9, 16, 7; v. sumptio.
Lemniacus Lemnĭăcus, a, um, v. Lemnos, II. B.
Lemnias Lemnĭas, adis, v. Lemnos, II. D.
Lemnicola Lemnĭcŏla, ae, v. Lemnos, II. E.
Lemniensis Lemnĭensis, e, adj., v. Lemnos, II. C.
lemniscatus lemniscātus, a, um, adj.lemniscus, adorned with pendent ribbons: corona,Serv. Verg. A. 5, 269; 6, 772: palma, lit., a palm-branch ornamented with ribbons, the highest reward of a victor; hence, transf., for highest reward: palma (as the reward for a murder),Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; Tert. Anim. 1.
lemniscus lemniscus, i, m., = λημνίσκος. A pendent (purple?) ribbon, fastened to a victor's crown, at first of linden-bast or wool, afterwards of gold. A crown adorned with such a ribbon was the highest reward of a victor: tenuissimae earum (tiliarum), philyrae, coronarum lemniscis celebres, antiquorum honore,Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65: lemnisci id est fascicolae coloriae, dependentes ex coronis, propterea dicuntur, quod antiquissimum fuit genus coronarum lanearum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.; Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6. Such crowns were given as especial honors to guests at a feast: unguenta atque odores, lemniscos, corollas dari dapsilas,Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21: coronae datae lemniscis aureis interpositis,Capitol. Verr. 5: turba coronas lemniscosque jacientium,Liv. 33, 33, 2: ingestaeque aves, ac lemnisci, et bellaria,Suet. Ner. 25. Crowns ornamented in this manner were given, also, to the victors in public games and to poets: et quae jamdudum tibi palma poëtica pollet, Lemnisco ornata est, quo mea palma caret,Aus. Epist. 20, 5; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100.A tent or roll of lint dipped in a medicament, Veg. Vet. 2, 14, 3; 2, 48, 7 (in Cels. 7, 28, written as Greek).
,Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 88; 29, 5, 33, § 104. Absol.: Lemnĭus, i, m., Vulcan: Lemnius extemplo valvas patefecit eburnas,Ov. M. 4, 185. Subst.: Lemnii, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Lemnos, Lemnians, Nep. Milt. 1.Lemnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lemnian: nec major ab antris Lemniacis fragor est,i. e.
Lemovices Lĕmŏvīces, um, m., a people of Aquitanian Gaul, neighbors of the Arverni; their name, as applied to their ancient capital, is preserved in the modern form of Limoges, Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 6; 7, 75, 3; Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109.
Lemovii Lemovĭi, ōrum, m., a Germanic people on the Baltic, bordering on the Rugii: Rugii et Lemovii,Tac. G. 43.
lemunculus lemuncŭlus, πίτυλος, σκαφίδιον, Gloss. Lat. Gr. [lembus].
Lemures Lĕmŭres, um, m., shades, ghosts of the departed. Lit.: Lemures animas dixere silentum,Ov. F. 5, 483.Transf., in gen., ghosts, spectres: lemures larvae nocturnae et terrificationes imaginum et bestiarum,Non. 135, 15 sq.: somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures portentaque Thessala rides,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 209: tunc nigri lemures ovoque pericula rupto,Pers. 5, 185. Hence, Lĕmū-rĭa, ōrum, n., a festival held on the 9th, 11th, and 13th of May to appease the ghosts of the departed: nocturna,Ov. F. 5, 421 sq.
,Juv. 6, 489: ingenui prohibentur ducere ... et lenam et a lenone lenave manumissam,Ulp. Fragm. 13, 2.Transf., she that entices, allures, seduces; a female enticer, a seductress: non vides, quam blanda conciliatrix, et quasi sui sit lena natura?Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77: pro facie multis vox sua lena fuit,Ov. A. A. 3, 316: pictura lena, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 24.
Lenaeus Lēnaeus, a, um, adj., = Ληναῖος, Lenæan, Bacchic: Lenaei latices,i. e.
lenimen lēnīmen, ĭnis, n.lenio, a softening or soothing remedy; an alleviation, mitigation, solace (poet.): testudo laborum Dulce lenimen,Hor. C. 1, 32, 14: sollicitae lenimen dulce senectae,Ov. M. 6, 500: addidit illis hoc quoque lenimen,id. ib. 11, 450.
lenimentum lēnīmentum, i, n.id., a softening or soothing remedy; an alleviation, mollification (post-Aug.). Lit., Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 59.Trop.: addito honestae missionis lenimento,Tac. H. 2, 67.
lenio lēnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (imperf. lenibant, Verg. A. 4, 528: lenibat,id. ib. 6, 468; fut. lenibunt, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32), v. a. and n.1. lenis. Act., to make soft or mild, to soften, mollify, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, soothe, calm (syn.: mitigo, placo, sedo, mulceo). Lit.: lapsana alvum lenit et mollit,Plin. 20, 9, 37, § 96: nuces leniunt saporem caeparum,id. 23, 8, 77, § 147: tumores,id. 33, 6, 35, § 110: collectiones impetusque,id. 22, 25, 58, § 122: stomachum latrantem,Hor. S. 2, 2, 18: volnera,
lenities lēnĭtĭes, ēi, f.1. lenis, mildness, gentleness: non sine lenitie, Schol. Ambros. ad Cic. Or. ap. Clod. et Cur. p. 20 Mai.
lenitudo lēnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.id., softness, mildness, gentleness, calmness (very rare): orationis, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46 (Trag. Fragm. v. 247 Rib.): mira lenitudine ac suavitate abundat, Turp. ap. Non. 132, 3 (Com. Fragm. v. 189 Rib.): nimia in aliquem lenitudo, * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 136.
leno lēno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. leno]. Neutr., to pimp, pander (poet.): lenandi callidus arte, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 611 Burm.Act., to procure: filiam suam, Schol. Juv. 6, 233: formosas puellas, Epigr. ap. Salmas. ad Vop. Car. 16: lenatae puellae, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 2, p. 587.
,Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8. Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.
lenocinamentum lēnōcĭnāmentum, i, n.lenocinor, an allurement (late Lat.), Sid. Ep. 7, 9.
lenocinatio lēnōcĭnātĭo, ōnis, f.id., flattery (late Lat), Cassiod. in Ps. 15.
lenocinator lēnōcĭnātor, ōris, m.id., one who obtains any thing by flattery: gratiae lenocinator,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 22 fin.
lenocinium lēnōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n.leno, the trade of a pander, pimping, pandering. Lit.: ait praetor: Qui lenocinium fecerit. Lenocinium facit, qui quaestuaria mancipia habet. Sed et qui in liberis hunc quaestum exercet, in eadem causa est, etc.,Dig. 3, 2, 4: quid? ego lenocinium facio?Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 11: uxori meae Mihique objectent lenocinium facere,id. Merc. 2, 3, 76: profiteri,
,Dig. 24, 3, 47: eum qui in adulterio deprehensam uxorem non statim dimiserit, reum lenocinii postulari placuit,Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 8; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 12, 4.Transf.An allurement, enticement, Cic. Mur. 35, 74: cupiditatum,id. Sest. 66, 138.Excessive or artificial ornament, finery or nicety in dress: corporum lenocinia,Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: omnis lenocinii negligens,Suet. Aug. 79: lenocinium est muneris antecedens metus,
lenocinor lēnōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep.1. leno; lit., to pander; hence, transf.. To flatter, entice, allure, wheedle, cajole (syn.: blandior, adulor): tibi serviet, tibi lenocinabitur,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48: gloriae alicujus,Sen. Contr. 1: alicui captatione testamenti,Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.To forward, serve, promote, advance (post-Aug.): ut libro isti novitas lenocinetur,Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 7: anceps hic et lubricus locus est, etiam cum illi necessitas lenocinatur,id. ib. 1, 8, 6: quo vitio mancipiorum negotiatores formae puerorum lenocinantur,Quint. 5, 12, 17: Harii insitae feritati arte ac tempore lenocinantur,i. e.
lens lens, tis (nom. lentis, acc. to Prisc. p. 764 P. Acc. lentim, Cato, R. R. 35; 116; Varr. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.: lentem,Col. 2, 10, 15. Abl. lenti, Titin. ap. Non. 210, 5. Plur. lentes, Scrib. Comp. 114), f. (masc., Titin. ap. Non. 210, 5), a lentil: lens amat solum tenue,Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123: Pelusiaca (Egyptian lentils were considered the best),Verg. G. 1, 228; cf. Mart. 13, 9, 1; Gell. 17, 8, 2.
lente lentē, adv., v. lentus fin.
lenteo lentĕo, ēre, v. n.lentus, to proceedslowly: lentet opus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 800 P.
lentesco lentesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [lentus], to become viscous or sticky; to become pliant, soft (perh. not ante-Aug.). Lit.: salix, si minus lenta est, in stercore obruenda, ut lentescat,Col. 11, 2, 92: sed picis in morem ad digitos lentescit habendo,
becomes viscous, adheres
,Verg. G. 2, 250: ut in picem resinamve lentescit,Tac. G. 45: gemma cerae modo lentescit,Plin. 37, 10, 70, § 185: metallum in virgulas lentescens,Hier. Ep. 24, n. 3.Trop., to slacken, relax: lentescunt tempore curae,Ov. A. A. 2, 357. Of persons: non torpenti lentescit affectu,Ambros. in Luc. 8, 1.
lenticula lentĭcŭla, ae, f.dim.2. lens, a lentil.Lit.: faba vel lenticula,Cels. 2, 18: hoc mense lenticulam seres,Pall. 3, 4.Transf.The shape of a lentil, lentilshape, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196.A vessel shaped like a lentil: vasa fictilia (quas a similitudine lenticulas vocant),Cels. 2, 17, § 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 7, 4; Vulg. 1 Reg. 10, 1.A freckly eruption, freckles, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7: lenticulam tollunt galbanum et nitrum,Cels. 6, 5; cf. lentigo.
lenticularis lentĭcŭlāris, e, adj.lenticula, like a lentil: ampulla lenticulari formā, lentilshaped, App. Flor. n. 9, p. 346, 26.
lentiginosus lentīgĭnōsus, a, um, adj.lentigo, full of freckles, freckled: vir lentiginosi oris,Val. Max. 1, 7, 6ext.
lentitudo lentĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.id., slowness, sluggishness, inactivity. Lit.: conjuratorum,Tac. A. 15, 51; Vell. 2, 11, 2.Trop.: dulness, apathy, insensibility, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43: omnino non irasci est non solum gravitatis, sed nonnumquam etiam lentitudinis,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38. Of speech: libros ejusdem lentitudinis ac teporis,
dulness, heaviness
,Tac. Or. 21, 6.
lento lento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id., to make flexible, to bend (poet. and in postclass. prose). Lit.: arcus lentare et fundere glandes,i. e.
to draw a bow
,Stat. Achill. 1, 436; so, arcus,id. Th. 1, 703: Gortynia cornua,id. ib. 3, 587.Transf., to bend, i. e. ply the oar: Trinacriā lentandus remus in undā,Verg. A. 3, 384: remos,Sen. Agm. 437.Trop. Of time, to draw out, prolong, lengthen, protract: lentare fervida bella,Sil. 8, 11: fata Romana lentata, Treb. Claud. 6.To moderate: lentatus vapor,Sid. Carm. 22, 191.
Lento Lento, ōnis, m.lentus, sluggard, a Roman surname: Caesennius Lento,Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 3; 12, 9, 23.
,id. Att. 1, 12; 1, 13fin. Of character, easy, calm, indifferent, unconcerned, phlegmatic, sluggish, obstinate: ut multa verba feci, ut lenta materies fuit,Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 4: genus ridiculi patientis ac lenti,Cic. de Or. 2, 69: nimium patiens et lentus existimor,id. ib. 2, 75: Hannibalem lenti spectamus,Liv. 22, 14: lentus in suo dolore,Tac. A. 3, 70: tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra,
at ease
,Verg. E. 1, 4: lentissima pectora, insensible, cold (to love), Ov. H. 15, 169. (Pliant, hence) Ready, willing, Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 32, and 338, 13. Hence, adv.: lentē, slowly, without haste, leisurely. Lit.: lente ac paulatim proceditur,Caes. B. C. 1, 80: currere,Ov. Am. 1, 13, 40: corpora lente augescunt, cito exstinguuntur,Tac. Agr. 3: Nilus evagari incipit, lente primo, deinde vehementius,Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 167. Comp.: ipse cum reliquis copiis lentius subsequitur,Caes. B. C. 2, 40. Sup.: asinus lentissime mandit,Col. 2, 15.Transf., pliantly, readily: arida ligna lentius serrae cedunt,Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227. Trop.Calmly, dispassionately, indifferently: aliquid lente ferre,Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 338, 9: agere,Liv. 1, 10: respondere, to answercooly, phlegmatically, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287. Comp.: sed haec videri possunt odiosiora, cum lentius disputantur,Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10: quid lentius, celerius dicendum,Quint. 1, 8, 1. In a good sense, calmly, considerately, attentively: nisi eum (librum) lente ac fastidiose probavissem,Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1.
lenullus lēnullus, i, m.dim.2. leno, a little pimp, Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 25 (ap. Prisc. p. 614 P., lenulus).
lenuncularius lēnuncŭlārĭus, ĭi, m.2. lenunculus, for lembunculus, one who sails in a small vessel, Inscr. Orell. 3248; 4054; 4104.
lenunculus lēnuncŭlus, i, m.dim.2. leno, a young go-between: aere militari tetigero lenunculum,Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 7; cf. Prisc. p. 614 P.
lenunculus lēnuncŭlus, i, m.dim.for lembunculus, from lembus, a small sailingvessel, a bark, skiff: pauci lenunculi conveniebant,Caes. B. C. 2, 43: in lenunculo piscantes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 534, 32: occursu lenunculorum,Tac. A. 14, 5: piscatorius,Amm. 14, 2, 10.
leo lĕo, lēre, v. a. The root of deleo; cf. Prisc. l. 9 fin.
Leo Lĕo, ōnis, m.; only plur.: Lĕōnes, um, the priests of the Persian god Mithras: Leones Mithrae,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.
Leocorion Lĕōcŏrĭon, i, n., = Λεωκόριον, a temple in Athens, reared in honor of the three daughters of Leos, who suffered themselves to be sacrificed in order to avert a famine: Leoidum est delubrum Athenis, quod Leocorion nominatur,Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 50.
leocrocota leocrŏcŏta, v. leucrocota.
Leoides Lĕōĭdes, um, f., the daughters of Leos, Cic. N. D 3, 19, 50 Wyttenb. (Lambin., Leo natarum; B. and K., Leocorion, q. v.).
leoninus lĕōnīnus, a, um, adj.2. leo, of or belonging to a lion, a lion's. Lit.: concede audacter ab leonino cavo,Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 47: species,
a lion-like appearance
,Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3: pellis,Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 142: jubae,id. ib.: adeps,id. 24, 17, 102, § 165.Trop.: leonina societas, a lion's partnership, i. e. in which one party gets all the profit and the other all the loss: Aristo refert: Cassium respondisse, societatem talem coiri non posse, ut alter lucrum tantum, alter damnum sentiret, et hanc societatem leoninam solitum appellare,Dig. 17, 2, 29, § 2.
Leoninus Lĕōnīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Leo, Leonine: lex,Cod. Just. 1, 3, 50.
Leonteus Lĕontĕus, ĕi, m., the name of a warrior, Stat. Th. 9, 133.
leontice lĕontĭcē, ēs, f., = λεοντική, a plant, called also cacalia, Plin. 25, 11, 85, § 135; v. cacalia.‡ † lĕontĭcus, a, um, adj., = λεοντικός, of or belonging to a lion: SACRA, the offerings made to Mithras, who was represented under the form of a lion (cf. Arn. 6, 196; cf. also 3. Leo),Inscr. Orell. 2345; 2343.
Lepidus Lĕpĭdus, i, m., a surname in the gens Aemilia; e. g. M. Aemilius Lepidus, consul 675 A. U. C., an enemy of Sylla, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212. Another M. Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir with Antony and Octavius, Cic. Mil. 5, 13; id. Phil. 5, 14, 39; v. his letters to Cicero ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34 sq. Hence, Lĕpĭdā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidan: bellum,Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 63 Dietsch.Lĕpĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidian: tumultus,
which broke out a year after Sylla's death, in the consulate of M. Æmilius Lepidus
,Macr. S. 1, 32.
lepis lĕpis, ĭdis, f., = λεπίς, a scale (pure Lat. squama): similiter squamae aeris, quam vocant lepida,Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107.
lepista lĕpista (lĕpesta and lĕpasta), ae, f., = λεπαστή, a drinking - vessel, goblet: lepista genus vasis aquarii, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.: lepistae aut fictiles aut aëneae, Varr. ap. Non. 547, 26: ferunt pulchras crateras aureasque lepistas, Naev. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2587 P. Form lepesta, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 714 P.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll. Form lepasta, Varr. ap. Non. 547, 24; Serv. Verg. E. 7, 33.
Lepontii Lēpontĭi, ōrum, m., = Ληπόντιοι, a people of Cisalpine Gaul, on the Ticinus; their territory is the modern Val Leventina, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, p. 181 sq. Hence, * Lēpontĭcus, i, m., a Lepontian, Sil. 4, 235.
lepor lĕpor and lĕpos, ōris, m.perh. root lamp-; Gr. λάμπω, λαμπρός; cf. Lat. limpidus, lanterna, pleasantness, agreeableness, attractiveness, charm. In gen.: quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur sine omni lepore et sine suavitate,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32: aurea, pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla,Lucr. 2, 502; 4, 1133: omnis vitae lepos,Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88. In partic. Of behavior, pleasantness, grace, politeness, amiability: affluens omni lepore ac venustate,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142: in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55. As a term of endearment, = blanditiae, my delight, charmer: respice, o mi lepos,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 19; id. Curc. 1, 2, 4. Of speech, pleasantry, wit, humor (so most freq. in Cic.; cf.: sal, facetiae, festivitas): Inest lepos ludusque in hac comoedia,Plaut. As. prol. 13: ea esset in homine jucunditas et tantus in jocando lepos ut, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 27: urbanitatis oratorius, non scurrilis, lepos,id. Brut. 38, 143; cf. id. de Or. 1, 34, 159: floruit admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,id. Ac. 2, 6, 16: inusitatus nostris oratoribus lepos,id. de Or. 2, 23, 98: omnes verborum, omnes sententiarum lepores,id. Or. 27, 96.
leporarius lĕpŏrārĭus, a, um, adj.lepus, of or belonging to a hare, hare-: lageos (vitis) est, quae Latine leporaria dicitur: nam λαγὼς lepus, Serv. Verg. G. 2, 93. Subst.: lĕpŏ-rārĭum, ii, n., a place where hares andother wild animals are kept; a preserve, warren, cover, Varr. R. R. 3, 3; 3, 12; Gell. 2, 20, 4.
Lepreum Leprĕum or Leprĕon (Leprĭon or Leprĭum), i, n., and Leprĕos (-us), i, f., = Λέπρεον, a sea-coast town in Elis, south of Pylos; its ruins are near the modern town Strobitza, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14; cf. Mann. Griechenland, p. 525 sq.
leprosus lĕprōsus, a, um, adj.lepra, leprous (late Lat.). Lit.: viri,Sedul. 4, 191.Trop.: nil tam leprosum aut putridum, Prud. στεφ. 2, 285.
Lepta Lepta, ae, m.λεπτός, weak, a Roman surname: Q. Lepta, praefectus fabrūm,Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 20, 4. To him are addressed the letters, Cic. Fam. 6, 18 and 19.
lepusculus lĕpuscŭlus (contr. acc. plur. lepusclos, Poët. ap. Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38), m.dim.lepus, a young or little hare, leveret, a hare. Lit.: in qua (insula) lepusculos vulpeculasque saepe vidisses,Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 88; Col. 9, 9 fin.Transf., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47.
leria lerĭa, ornamenta tunicarum aurea, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.
Lerna Lerna, ae, and Lernē, ēs, f., = Λέρνη, a forest and marsh near Argos, through which flowed a stream of the same name; the abode of the Lernæan Hydra, which Hercules slew with the help of Iolāus, and then drained the marsh: belua Lernae,Verg. A. 6, 287: anguifera,Stat. S. 2, 181: fecunda veneno,id. Theb. 9, 340: haec dextra Lernam Placavit, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: et Lerne pulsa tridente palus,Prop. 2, 26, 48 (3, 22, 20), where Müll. Lernae: Lerne, also a town situated there, acc. to Mel. 2, 3, 9. Hence, Lernaeus, a, um, adj., Lernæan: pestis,Lucr. 5, 26: anguis,Verg. A. 8, 300: hydra,Prop. 2, 19, 9: mixtus Lernaei labe veneni,Ov. M. 9, 130: sagittae,
with which Hercules killed the Hydra
,Luc. 6, 392: cancer, killed by Hercules at the same time with the Hydra, Col. poët. 10, 313. Poet., transf., Argive, Grecian: Lernaei reges,Stat. Th. 5, 499: alumni,id. ib. 4, 638: coloni,id. ib. 3, 461.
Lesbia Lesbĭa, ae, f., the name of a woman, one of the dramatis personae in Ter. And.
Lesbos Lesbos (-us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Λέσβος, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni: sed quam capiam civitatem cogito ... Lesbumne,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55: nota,Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1. Hence, Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13in carm. 1. Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Λέσβιος, Lesbian: civis,i. e.
lessus lessus, acc. um (only in acc. sing.), m., a wailing, cry, funeral lamentation: mulieres genas ne radunto, neve lessum funeris ergo habento,Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; but a false reading for pausam,Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 18.
Lestrygones Lestrȳgŏnes, v. Laestrygones.
Lesura Lĕsūra (Lĕsōra, Sid. Carm. 24, 44), ae, m.A mountain in Gaul that produced excellent cheese, now La Lozère, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.Lĕsŭra, a small river in Belgium, that runs into the Moselle, Aus. Mosell. 365.
letabilis lētābĭlis, e, adj.letum, deadly, fatal: lues,Amm. 19, 4, 7.
Lethe Lēthē, ēs, f., = Λήθη (forgetfulness), the river Lethe, in the infernal regions, from which the Shades drank and obtained forgetfulness of the past: pocula Lethes,Ov. P. 2, 4, 23: da mihi hebetantem pectora Lethen,id. ib. 4, 1, 17: soporifera,id. Tr. 4, 1, 47: immittere Lethen Stygiam alicui in viscera,i. e.
leto lēto (lētho), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id., to kill, slay: Lycurgiden letavit,Ov. Ib. 505: Paris hunc letat,Verg. Cul. 323: letata corpora,Ov. M. 3, 55 (the conjectural reading letatus, Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 19, is very dub.; v. Orell. ad loc., where leto datus is proposed; B. and K., necatus).
Letois Lētōis and Lētōĭus, v. Lat-.
letum lētum (sometimes written lēthum, from a supposed connection with λήθη), i, n.acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 42 Müll., and Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll., from λήθη; more prob. acc. to Prisc. p. 665 and 898 P., from leo, whence also deleo; root lī-; cf. Sanscr. vi-lī, to dissolve; Gr. λίμνη, λιμήν, λοιμός. death (ante-class., and in the class. period mostly poet.): ollus apparet in funeribus indictivis, cum dicitur: ollus leto datus est (qs. wasgiven up to oblivion), Varr. L. L. 7, § 42 Müll. The phrase leto datus, dead: leto dare, to kill, often occurs: sos leto datos divos habento,Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: quorum liberi leto dati sunt in bello, Enn. ap. Non. 15, 13 (Trag. v. 378 Vahl.): qui te leto dabit,Pac. ib. 355, 18 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.); Verg. A. 5, 806; 11, 172; 12, 328; Ov. H. 2, 147: utrumque largus leto dedit ingenii fons,Juv. 10, 119; Phaedr. 1, 21, 9; 3, 16, 18: letum inimico deprecer, Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 10 (Trag. v. 162 Vahl.): emortuus leto malo,Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 1: letum sibi consciscere,id. Mil. 4, 6, 26: responde, quo leto censes ut peream,id. Merc. 2, 4, 15: leto offerre caput,Lucr. 3, 1041: mortis letique potitus,id. 4, 766: eodem sibi leto, quo ipse interisset, esse pereundum,Cic. Div. 1, 26, 56: turpi leto perire,id. Att. 10, 10, 5: ferre (alicui),Verg. A. 11, 872: leto sternendus,id. ib. 8, 566: sibi parere manu,id. ib. 6, 434: ostentant omnia letum,Cat. 64, 187: leto jam mala finissem,Tib. 2, 6, 19: leto adimere aliquem,
Letus Letus, i, m., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 41, 18; Val. Max. 1, 5. †† leuca (leuga), ae, f.a Celtic word, whence the Fr. lieue, a Gallic mile of 1500 Roman paces, a league: Λεύκη μέτρον τι Γαλακτικόν, Hesych.: leuca finitur passibus mille quingentis,Isid. Orig. 15, 16: cum et Latini mille passus vocent, et Galli leucas, et Persae parasangas, et rastas universa Germania, Hier. in Joel, 3, 18: exinde non millenis passibus sed leugis itinera metiuntur,Amm. 15, 11, 17: quarta leuga signabatur et decima, id est unum et viginti millia passuum,id. 16, 12, 8; cf. also Inscr. Orell. 1018; 1019; 5063.
Leuca Leuca, ae, f., a town in Calabria, near the Iapygian promontory, now S. Maria di Leuca: secretaque littora Leucae,Luc. 5, 376.
,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 76; 3, 1, 42; cf. Apollo,Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 69: quotannis Tristia Leucadio sacra peracta modo (the Leucadians had a custom of casting every year a criminal from a mountain into the sea; they sought, however, by attaching wings to him, to break the violence of his fall, and to pick him up in boats, whereupon he was banished out of the island),Ov. F. 5, 630; cf. id. Tr. 5, 2, 76; id. H. 15, 165 sq.Subst.Leu-cădĭa, ae, f., the mistress of Varro Atacinus, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 86.The name of a comedy of Turpilius, Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72.Leucădĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Leucadia, Leucadians, Liv. 33, 17. Leucas, ădis, f., the capital of Leucadia, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 7; 11.
Leucaethiopes Leucaethĭŏpes, um, m., = Λευκαιθίοπες, the white Ethiopians of Libya, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 43 (Jahn, Leucoe Aethiopes); called also Leucoaethiopes,Mel. 1, 4, 4.
leucanthemon leucanthĕmon or -mum, i, n., = λευκάνθεμον, the name of three plants. The chamomile, called also anthemis, leucanthemis, etc., Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 53.A plant, called also phalangites and leucacantha, Plin. 27, 12, 98, § 124.A plant whose scent resembles that of southernwood (abrotonum), Plin. 21, 10, 34, § 60.
leucanthus leucanthus, i, m., = λεύκανθος, a plant, otherwise unknown, App. Herb. 92.
leucargillos leucargillos, i, f., = λευκάργιλλος, white clay, Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 42.
Leucas Leucas, ădis, f., = Λευκάς. For Leucadia, v. h. v.The capital of the island Leucadia; v. Leucadia, B.The promontory Leucata; v. Leucata. † leucaspis, ĭdis, adj., f., = λεύκασπις, armed with a white shield: phalanx,Liv. 44, 41.
Leucaspis Leucaspis, ĭdis, m., one of the companions of Æneas, Verg. A. 6, 334.
Leucata Leucāta, ae, and Leucātē, ēs, f. (Leucāte, is, n., Serv. Verg. A. 3, 279. Leucātes, ae, m., Claud. B. G. 185. Leucas, ădis, f., Ov. H. 15, 172; Sen. Herc. Oet. 732), a promontory in the island of Leucadia, now Capo Ducato, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Liv. 26, 26; 44, 1: Leucatae nimbosa cacumina montis,Verg. A. 3, 274; Liv. 36, 15; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5. † leucē, ēs, f., = λεύκη. The spotted dead-nettle: Lamium maculatum, Linn.; Plin. 27, 11, 77, § 102.The white poplar, into which Leuce, the daughter of Oceanus, whom Pluto fell in love with and carried off to the infernal regions, was changed after her death, Serv. Verg. E. 7, 61.A kind of wild radish, horseradish, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 82.A kind of white spots on the skin, Cels. 5, 28, 19 (shortly before written as Greek).
Leuce Leucē, ēs, f., = Λευκή. The name of several islands. Near Crete, over against Cydonia, now Fort Suda, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 61.In the Euxine Sea, near the mouth of the Borysthenes, also called Achillea and Achillis insula, now Oulan Adassi, Fidonisi, or Serpents' Island, Mel. 2, 7, 2; Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93.A city in Laconia, Liv. 35, 27 init.
leuceoron leucēŏron, i, n., = λευκήορον, a plant, called also leontopodion, Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52; App. Herb. 7.
Leucippe Leucippē, ēs, f., = Λευκίππη. The daughter of Thestor, Hyg. Fab. 190.The wife of Ilus, and mother of Laomedon, Hyg. Fab. 250.The wife of Thestius, Hyg. Fab. 14.A Roman surname: AVRELIA LEVCIPPE, Inscr. ap. Grut. 761, 7.
Leucippus Leucippus, i, m., = Λεύκιππος. The father of Phœbe and Hilaira, who were carried off by Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 5, 709. Hence, Leucippis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Leucippus, Prop. 1, 2, 15: te rapuit Theseus, geminas Leucippidas illi,Ov. H. 16, 327; Hyg. Fab. 80; Lact. 1, 10.A son of Hercules, Hyg. Fab. 162.A Grecian philosopher, a disciple of Zeno the Eleatic, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118; id. N. D. 1, 24, 66.
leucochrysos leucochrȳsos, i, m., = λευκόχρυσος. A precious stone, a species of chrysolite, Plin. 37, 9, 44, § 128.A white precious stone, clear as crystal, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 172.
leucocomos leucŏcŏmos or -us, a, um, adj., = λευκόκομος (white-haired; hence), having white leaves or blossoms: (mala) erythrocomis et leucocomis,Plin. 13, 19, 34, § 113.
leucographia leucogrăphĭa, ae, f., = λευκογραφία, a precious stone, called also leucogaea, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162; al. leucographitin.
leucographis leucogrăphis, ĭdis, f., = λευκογραφίς, a kind of St. Mary's thistle, Carduus leucographus, Linn., which was used as a remedy for spitting blood, Plin. 27, 11, 78, § 103.
Leucon Leucōn, ōnis, m.The name of one of Actæon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 218.A king of Pontus, Ov. Ib. 312.
Leuconicus Leucŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Leucŏnes (a people in Gaul), Leuconic: lanae,Mart. 11, 56, 9 dub.: sagae,id. 14, 159, 2, also dub.Subst.: Leucŏ-nĭcum, i, n., Leuconic wool, Mart. 11, 21, 8.
leuconotus leucŏnŏtus, i, m., = λευκόνοτος, the (white, i. e. clear, dry) south wind, more precisely, the south-southwest wind, Vitr. 1, 6, 10; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 6: leuconotus Libs, Aus. Technopaegn. de Deis, 12.
Leucopetra Leucŏpĕtra, ae, f., = Λευκοπέτρα (white rock), a promontory in the territory of the Bruttii, near Rhegium, now Capo dell' Armi, Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Att. 16, 6, 1; 16, 7, 1.
leucophaeatus leucŏphaeātus, a, um, adj.leucophaeus, clothed in dark gray or ash-colored garments, Mart. 1, 97, 5.
Leucosia Leucŏsĭa, ae, f., = Λευκοσία, a small island off the coast of Lucania, near Pæstum, now Licosa: Leucosiamque petit, tepidique rosaria Paesti,Ov. M. 15, 708; called also Leucothĕa,Mel. 2, 7, 18 (Jahn reads Leucasia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85).
Leucothea Leucŏthĕa, ae, and Leucŏthĕē, ēs, f., = Λευκοθέη. The name of Ino, daughter of Cadmus, after she was received among the sea-gods; afterwards confounded with the Italian goddess Matuta: Leucotheë Graiis Matuta vocabare nostris,Ov. F. 6, 545; so, Leucothee (others Leucothea),id. M. 4, 542: Ino Leucothea nominata a Graecis; Matuta habetur a nostris,Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3, 15, 39; 3, 19, 48. In Stat. Th. 9, 402, identical with Aurora.Another name for Leucosia, v. h. v.A fountain in the island of Samos, Plin. 5, 31, 37, § 135.
Leucothoe Leucŏthŏē, ēs, f., daughter of Orchamus, king of Babylon, and Eurynome, Ov. M. 4, 196; 204 sqq.
leucozomus leucŏzōmus, a, um, adj., = λευκόζωμος, with white sauce: pullus,Apic. 6, 9, § 254.
leucrion leucrĭon, ii, n., a plant, called also cynoglossa, hound's-tongue, App. Herb. 96.
leucrocota leucrŏcŏta (also lĕōcrŏcŏta and leucrŏcŭta), ae, f., a wild beast in India, otherwise unknown, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Sol. 52, 34.
Leuctra Leuctra, ōrum, n. (Leuctrae, ārum. f., Sol. 7), = Λεῦκτρα. A small town in Bæotia, where Epaminondas defeated theSpartans, now the village of Leuca, with the ruins of Eremo-Castro (cf. Mann. Griechenland, p. 238), Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; id. Off. 1, 18, 61: Lacedaemoniorum mala pugna in Leuctris,id. Div. 2, 25, 54. Hence, Leuctrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leuctra, Leuctrian: pugna,Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; v.supra: calamitas,id. Div. 1, 34, 74; id. Off. 2, 7 fin. Cicero jestingly gives to the fray in which Milo killed Clodius the name of Leuctrica pugna (because Rome was thereby delivered from the yoke of Clodius, as Greece had been from that of the Spartans by the battle of Leuctra), Att. 6, 1, 26.A small town in Laconica, now Leftro, Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16.
Leucus Leucus, i, v. Leuci.
leudus leudus, i, m. (Germ. Lied, Laut), a German song, Ven. Fort. 7, 8, 69.
leuson leuson, i, n., = λοῦσσον, the inner part of the wood of the fir: (hoc lignum, proximum medullae) in abiete leuson Graeci vocant,Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187.
,Gell. 4, 11, 4: scabritia levigatur dente conchāve,Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81.Transf., to make small, bruise small, pulverize, levigate: quae diligenter contrita levigantur,Col. 12, 41 fin.: semina,id. 6, 17, 3: galla cum austero vino levigata,id. 7, 5, 12; 9, 13, 5. Hence, lēvĭgātus, a, um, P. a., smooth, slippery (post-class. and rare): oleum levigatius et spissius est,Macr. S. 1, 12 med.
levigo lĕvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.1. levis, to make light, lighten: gravia, Cassiod. de Amic. prol. § 33: pondus sollicitudinis, Gregor. Ep. 7, 76: omni sarcinā,App. M. 4, p. 142, 23.
levio lĕvio, āvi, v. a.id., to alleviate (late Lat.), Ven. Vit. Leob. 23.
levir lēvir, ĭri, m.for dēvir, kindred with Sanscr. dēvar, whence juvān = juvenis; Gr. δαήρ, a husband's brother, brother-inlaw: viri frater levir est: apud Graecos δαὴρ appellatur, Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6: levir dicitur frater mariti, quasi laevus vir,Non. 557, 8: levir est uxori meae frater meus (i. e. my brother is levir to my wife), Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll. N. cr.
levis lĕvis, e, adj.for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. ἐλαχύς, light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis). Lit.: leviora corpora (opp. graviora),Lucr. 2, 227: aether,id. 5, 459: aura,id. 3, 196: levior quam pluma,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23: stipulae,Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor: levis armaturae Numidae,
the light-armed Numidians
,Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.: sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so, miles,
a light-armed soldier
,Liv. 8, 8; cf. of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,Tac. G. 6: flebis in solo levis angiportu,Hor. C. 1, 25, 10. Of the earth upon the dead: terraque securae sit super ossa levis,Tib. 2, 4, 50; esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,
the shades, bodiless persons
,Ov. M. 10, 14: virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,Hor. C. 1, 10, 18. Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.Transf.Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.): quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,
lightest of digestion
,Cels. 1, 18: leves malvae,Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.: gravi Malvae salubres corpori,id. Epod. 2, 57).Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.: agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),
,Verg. G. 2, 92: et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; so (opp graviora),id. ib.Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488: tactus,
a slight, gentle touch
,id. ib. 4, 180: strepitus,id. ib. 7, 840: stridor,id. ib. 4, 413.Trop.Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.): nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58: grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45: leve et infirmum,id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt; ad motum animi ... leviora,id. Deiot. 2, 5: quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,id. Planc. 26, 63: auditio,
a light, unfounded report
,Caes. B. G. 7, 42: cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,
levis lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj.Gr. λεῖος, λευρός, smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.). Lit. In gen.: corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66: in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,id. Part. Or. 10, 36: Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,id. Univ. 6: pocula,
smooth, shining
,Verg. A. 5, 91: pharetrae,id. ib. 5, 558: brassica,Cato, R. R. 15, 7: levissima corpora,Lucr. 4, 659: coma pectine levis,Ov. M. 12, 409: nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,Hor. C. 2, 20, 11: levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95. Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery,Verg. A. 5, 328: levis Juventas ( = imberbis),
Levisticum Lĕvistĭcum, i, n., i. q. Ligusticum (q. v.), Veg. 3, 52 Gesn.
Levita Lēvīta, ae, v. Levites init.
levitas lĕvĭtas, ātis, f.1. levis, lightness, as to weight. Lit. (rare): plumarum,Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745: armorum,Caes. B. G. 5, 34: nulli fruticum levitas major,Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.Transf., poet., movableness, mobility: Termine, post illud levitas tibi libera non est: Qua positus fueris in statione, mane,Ov. F. 2, 673.Trop.Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.): quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9: temere assentientium,id. Ac. 2, 38, 120: in populari ratione,id. Brut. 27, 103: mobilitas et levitas animi,Caes. B. G. 2, 1: ut adversas res, sic secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est,
Levites Lēvītes (Lēvīta, Prud. στεφ. 2, 39; 5, 30), ae, m., a Levite: Levita de tribu sacra, Prud. στεφ. 2, 39; 5, 30. Transf., a deacon, Sid. Ep. 9, 2. Hence, Lē-vītĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Levi or to the Levites, Levitical: genus Leviticum,Vulg. Deut. 17, 9: stirps,id. Ios. 3, 3.Lēvītis, ĭdis, adj. f., of or belonging to the tribe of Levi: gentis Levitidis una Semper fida comes,
of the Levites
,Prud. Psych. 502.
levitonarium lēvītōnārĭum, ii, n., an Egyptian monk's garment, Isid. Orig. 19, 22; Hier. praef. in Reg. S. Pachom. n. 4.
levitudo lēvĭtūdo (laev-), ĭnis, f.2. levis, smoothness (post-class.): levitudo granorum (miliorum),Lact. Ira D. 10, 7.
levo lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a.1. levis, to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo). Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,Verg. A. 4, 690: se de caespite,
,Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). Of a personal object: non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1. Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so, auxilio viros,Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538: curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1: molestias,id. Fam. 4, 3, 2: fonte sitim,
lex lex, lēgis, f.perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio, a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill (cf. institutum). Lit.: legem ferre: antiquare,Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: rogare,id. Phil. 2, 29, 72: leges ac jura ferre,Juv. 2, 72: legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc.,Liv. 33, 46: Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc.,Cic. Att. 14, 12: legem sciscere de aliqua re,id. Planc. 14, 35: populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda,id. Balb. 17, 38: repudiare,id. Lael. 25, 96.Transf.A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40: legem gravem alicui imponere,id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere,id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: neglegere, perrumpere,id. Leg. 1, 15, 42: leges ac jura labefactare,id. Caecin. 25, 70: legem condere,Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.: nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi,i. e.
by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables
,Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32. Esp. in phrases. Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally: ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona,Ter. And. 4, 5, 4: Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium,Nep. Phoc. 3, 4. Legis actio, a statutory process: actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt, ... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur,Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq. Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law. Of the lictor, to execute a sentence: Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet,Liv. 26, 15, 9. To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum; molestus ne sis,Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11: lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius,Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115. Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law: ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc.,
,Ov. M. 15, 71. Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly: exspatiantur equi ... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt,Ov. M. 2, 204: jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli,id. H. 15, 73: haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet,
quality, nature
,id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.: sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras,id. Hal. 32.A contract, agreement, covenant: oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc.,Cato, R. R. 145: in mancipii lege,
a contract of sale
,Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.: Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere,id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio). In gen. (mostly ante-class.): ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13: quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri,id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39: hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22: legibus dictis,Liv. 9, 5, 3: dicta tibi est lex,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18: sed vos saevas imponite leges,Juv. 7, 229. Hence of conditions or terms of peace: pax data Philippo in has leges est,Liv. 33, 30: quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt,id. 30, 43: pacemque his legibus constituerunt,Nep. Tim. 2: se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere,Verg. A. 4, 618: leges et foedera jungere,id. ib. 12, 822: in leges ire,Stat. S. 1, 1, 27. In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses: nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem,Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13; often called lex Moysi,id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5; but more freq. lex Domini,id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2: lex Dei,id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.; also cf.: lex Altissimi,id. Eccl. 19, 21: lex tua,id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18: lex mea,id. Prov. 3, 1. Also of a precept of the Mosaic law: ista est lex animantium,Vulg. Lev. 11, 46: istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus,id. Num. 30, 17.
Lexanor Lexānor, ŏris, m., name of a warrior, Val. Fl. 6, 686.
lexidium lexĭdĭum, i, n., = λεξίδιον, a little word: lexidia colligere,Gell. 18, 7, 3.
lexipyretos lexĭpyrĕtos (-us), on and a, um, adj., = ληξιπύρετος, that allays fever, antifebrile, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 201; Marc. Emp. 16.
lexipyrexia lexĭpyrexĭa, ae, f., = ληξιπυρεξία, a cessation of fever, Marc. Emp. 20.
lexis lexis, ĕos (acc. plur. -eis), f., = λέξις, a word (ante-class. and post-Aug.): quam lepide lexeis compostae! Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Charis. 249; 251 P.
Lexobii Lexobĭi (Lexovĭi), ōrum, m., a people in Gallia Lugdunensis, at the mouth of the Sequana, whence the name of the modern Lisieux, Départ. du Calvados, Caes. B. G. 3, 9 sq.; Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107.