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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=lues luis N F :: plague, pestilence; scourge, affliction
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lŭes</b>: is (nom. lŭis, Prud. Hamart. 250; id. Psych. 508; old acc. lueruem, i. e. luerem for luem, Carm. Fratr. Arv.), f. [[akin]] to [[λοιμός]]; Sanscr. [[root]] lū, to [[cut]]; cf. [[λυτήρ]], [[λύτρον]], [[solvo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[plague]], [[pestilence]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Carm. Fratr. Arv.: dira [[lues]] [[quondam]] Latias vitiaverat auras, Ov. M. 15, 626: [[lues]] et [[pestifer]] [[annus]], Verg. A. 3, 139; Mart. 1, 79, 2; Luc. 2, 199; Licin. [[Macer]]. ap. Non. 52, 10.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Any spreading [[evil]], [[common]] [[calamity]] or [[misfortune]]; of [[war]]: immensa belli [[lues]], Tac. H. 3, 15; of an [[earthquake]], id. A. 2, 47; of a [[tempest]], Sen. Hippol. 1117.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> As a [[term]] of [[abuse]], of [[whatever]] has a blighting [[influence]], a [[plague]], [[pest]], Cic. Harusp. Resp. 12: saeva Thebarum [[lues]], i. e. the [[Sphinx]], Sen. Phoen. 131: [[illa]] horrida [[lues]], of [[Hannibal]], Sil. 10, 603: dira [[illa]] [[lues]], id. 16, 622: pellere saevam Quondam fata luem dederunt Aquilone creatis, i. e. the [[Harpies]], Val. Fl. 4, 431. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Decay, [[corruption]]: [[morum]], Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 27.<br /><b>lŭes</b>: is, f. cf. λύω,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] [[which]] is not [[bound]]; [[hence]], [[fluid]], [[water]] not [[frozen]]: [[paulo]] [[ante]] [[lues]], jam considenda jacebat, Petr. 123.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>lŭēs</b>,¹² is, f. ([[luo]]),<br /><b>1</b> chose en liquéfaction : Licin. Mac. d. Non. 52, 8 &#124;&#124; neige fondue : Petr. 123, 1, 192<br /><b>2</b> peste, maladie contagieuse, épidémie : Ov. M. 15, 626 ; Virg. En. 3, 139 ; Mart. 1, 79, 2 &#124;&#124; calamité, malheur public : Tac. H. 3, 15 ; Ann. 2, 47 &#124;&#124; corruption des mœurs : Plin. 29, 27 &#124;&#124; [terme d’injure] : Cic. Har. 24. nom. [[luis]] Prud. Ham. 249 ; Psych. 508.||neige fondue : Petr. 123, 1, 192<br /><b>2</b> peste, maladie contagieuse, épidémie : Ov. M. 15, 626 ; Virg. En. 3, 139 ; Mart. 1, 79, 2||calamité, malheur public : Tac. H. 3, 15 ; Ann. 2, 47||corruption des mœurs : Plin. 29, 27||[terme d’injure] : Cic. Har. 24. nom. [[luis]] Prud. Ham. 249 ; Psych. 508.
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{{Georges
|georg=luēs, is, f. (v. [[luo]]), I) eine [[sich]] ausbreitende unreine Flüssigkeit, Licin. [[Macer]] b. Non. 52, 8. – insbes. = der geschmolzene [[Schnee]], Petron. 123. v. 192. – II) prägn., die [[Seuche]], [[Pest]], ansteckende [[Krankheit]] ([[als]] unreiner Krankheitsstoff), Carm. fratr. arv., Verg., Aur. Vict. u.a.: übtr.: a) [[als]] Schimpfwort [[von]] schädlichen Menschen, [[Pest]], [[Seuche]], [[Verderben]], Cic. de harusp. resp. 24: [[illa]] horrida [[lues]], [[dira]] [[illa]] [[lues]], v. [[Hannibal]], Sil. 10, 603; 16, 622: saeva Thebarum [[lues]], v. d. [[Sphinx]], Sen. Oedip. fr. (Phoeniss.) 131: v. Dingen, [[lues]] [[morum]], Plin. 29, 27. – b) jedes [[sich]] ausbreitende [[Übel]], [[Unglück]], [[Verderben]], [[Schlag]], [[lues]] asperrima in Sardianos, v. Erdbeben, Tac.: belli immensa, Kriegswetter, Tac.: totis inimica [[lues]] cum turbine castris, v. [[Feuer]], Sil. – / Nom. u. Akk. Plur. [[lues]], Cypr. ad Demetr. 2. Prud. perist. 2, 222: u. Genet. Plur. luum, Placid. gloss. V, 31, 14: Nbf. Nom. [[luis]], Prud. ham. 249 u. psych. 508.
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