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|lshtext=<b>vēna</b>: ae, f. perh. [[root]] veh-, to [[carry]], etc.; [[prop]]. a [[pipe]], [[channel]]; Gr. [[ὀχετός]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[blood]]-[[vessel]], [[vein]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: venae et arteriae a corde tractae et profectae in [[corpus]] omne ducuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139: venam incidere, id. Pis. 34, 83; Cels. 2, 10: bracchiorum venas interscindere, Tac. A. 15, 35: abrumpere, id. ib. 15, 59: abscindere, id. ib. 15, 69: exsolvere, id. ib. 16, 17; 16, 19: pertundere, Juv. 6, 46: secare, Suet. Vit. Luc.: ferire, Verg. G. 3, 460: solvere, Col. 6, 14, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., an [[artery]]: si cui venae sic moventur, is habet febrem, Cic. Fat. 8, 15; Cels. 3, 6: tentare, to [[feel]] the [[pulse]], Suet. Tib. 72 fin.; for [[which]], tangere, Pers. 3, 107; Sid. Ep. 22: si [[protinus]] venae conciderunt, i. e. the [[pulse]] has sunk or [[fallen]], Cels. 3, 5; cf.: venis fugientibus, Ov. P. 3, 1, 69.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of things [[that]] [[resemble]] veins.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[water]]-[[course]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; Auct. B. Alex. 8, 1: fecundae [[vena]] aquae, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 16; Mart. 10, 30, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[vein]] of metals, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; Juv. 9, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The urinary [[passage]], Cels. 4, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[vein]] or [[streak]] of [[wood]], Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 184; 13, 15, 30, § 97. —Of [[stone]], Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 91; Stat. S. 1, 3, 36.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[row]] of trees in a [[garden]], Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = [[membrum]] [[virile]], Mart. 4, 66, 12; 6, 49, 2; 11, 16, 5; Pers. 6, 72.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[strength]]: vino fulcire venas cadentes, Sen. Ep. 95, 22; id. Ben. 3, 9, 22; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 153.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[interior]], the [[innate]] or [[natural]] [[quality]] or [[nature]] of a [[thing]]: [[periculum]] residebit et erit inclusum [[penitus]] in venis et visceribus rei publicae, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31: ([[orator]]) teneat [[oportet]] venas cujusque generis, aetatis, ordinis, the innermost feelings, the [[spring]], [[pulse]], id. de Or. 1, 52, 223: si ulla [[vena]] paternae disciplinae in nobis viveret, Sev. ap. Spart. Pesc. 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> For a [[person]]'s [[natural]] [[bent]], [[genius]], [[disposition]], [[vein]] (the [[fig]]. taken from veins of [[metal]]): ego nec [[studium]] [[sine]] divite venā, Nec [[rude]] [[quid]] possit [[video]] [[ingenium]], Hor. A. P. 409: [[tenuis]] et angusta ingenii, Quint. 6, 2, 3: benigna ingenii, Hor. C. 2, 18, 10: publica (vatis), Juv. 7, 53.
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