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|lshtext=<b>rūga</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[crease]] in the [[face]], a [[wrinkle]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[class]].; usu. in plur.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: non cani non rugae [[repente]] auctoritatem arripere possunt, Cic. Sen. 18, 62: vos populumque Romanum non consilio [[neque]] eloquentiā, sed rugis supercilioque decepit, id. Red. in Sen. 7, 15: nec [[pietas]] moram Rugis et instanti senectae Afferet, Hor. C. 2, 14, 3: vis tu remittere aliquid ex rugis, Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 2: rugas in fronte contrahere, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26: rugis [[vetus]] Frontem [[senectus]] exaret, Hor. Epod. 8, 4; cf.: frontem rugis arat, * Verg. A. 7, 417: dum tarda [[senectus]] inducat rugas, Tib. 2, 2, 20; Hor. C. 4, 13, 11: sulcare cutem rugis, Ov. M. 3, 276; 14, 96; 15, 232 et saep. al.— Prov.: de rugis crimina [[multa]] cadunt, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 46.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing. ([[poet]].): faceret scissas languida [[ruga]] genas? Prop. 2, 18 (3, 10), 6; 3 (4), 25, 12; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 34, id. A. A. 1, 240; Juv. 13, 215; 14, 325.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., a [[crease]], [[fold]], [[plait]], [[wrinkle]], corrugation, etc., of [[any]] [[kind]] ([[post]]-Aug.; cf. [[rugo]], I.): margaritae flavescunt senectā rugisque torpescunt, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109: aquilonis [[afflatus]] poma deturpans rugis, id. 15, 16, 18, § 59; 12, 7, 14, § 26; 17, 14, 24, § 107 al.; of the folds of garments, id. 35, 8, 34, § 56; Macr. S. 2, 9.—In sing.: jam deciens redit in rugam, Pers. 6, 79 Gildersleeve ad loc.: vestes [[quoque]] [[diutius]] vinctas [[ruga]] consumet, Petr. 102, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[female]] [[screw]], Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.
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