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|lshtext=<b>siccus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. Sanscr. cush, to [[dry]] up; Gr. αὔω,<br /><b>I</b> [[dry]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; cf. [[aridus]]): [[arena]], Verg. G. 1, 389: [[fauces]] fluminum, id. ib. 4, 427: siccāque in rupe resedit, id. A. 5, 180: [[litus]], id. ib. 6, 162: siccum et [[sine]] umore ullo [[solum]], Quint. 2, 4, 8: glebae, Hor. Epod. 16, 55: agri, id. S. 2, 4, 15: [[lacus]], Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11: [[regio]], Curt. 9, 10, 2: via (opp. palustris), Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.—Sup.: [[horreum]] siccissimum, Col. 12, 15, 2: oculi, [[tearless]], Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so, lumina, Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044: genae, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10: decurrere pedibus [[super]] aequora siccis, id. M. 14, 50; and, transf.: [[siccus]] aerumnas [[tuli]], [[tearless]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270: pocula, Tib. 3, 6, 18: [[urna]], Hor. C. 3, 11, 23: [[panis]], [[dry]] [[bread]], Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139: [[agaricum]] manducatum siccum, id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; [[Capitol]]. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11: spolia non [[sanguine]] sicca suo, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12: [[cuspis]], Stat. Th. 8, 383: [[ensis]], Sen. [[Troad]]. 50.—With gen.: sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses, i. e. [[bloodless]], Sil. 7, 213: carinae, [[standing]] [[dry]], Hor. C. 1, 4, 2: magna minorque ferae (i. e. [[ursa]] major et [[minor]]), utraque sicca, i. e. [[that]] do not [[dip]] [[into]], [[set]] [[beneath]] the [[sea]], Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so, signa, id. ib. 4, 9, 18: aquae, i. e. [[snow]], Mart. 4, 3, 7: vox, dried up [[with]] [[heat]], [[husky]], Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., [[dry]] [[land]], a [[dry]] [[place]]; [[dry]] places: [[donec]] [[rostra]] tenent siccum, Verg. A. 10, 301: in [[sicco]], on the [[dry]] [[land]], on the [[shore]], Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39: ut [[aqua]] piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, [[circumfusus]] nobis [[spiritus]] volucribus convenit, Quint. 12, 11, 13: [[harundo]], quae in siccis provenit, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so, in siccis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[weather]], [[dry]], [[without]] [[rain]]: [[sive]] [[annus]] [[siccus]] est ... seu [[pluvius]], Col. 3, 20, 1: ver, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101: aestivi tempora sicca [[Canis]], Tib. 1, 4, 6; for [[which]]: incipit et [[sicco]] fervere [[terra]] Cane, Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4: [[sole]] [[dies]] referente siccos, Hor. C. 3, 29, 20: siccis aër fervoribus [[ustus]], Ov. M. 1, 119: [[caelum]], Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123: [[ventus]], id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50: [[luna]], Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112: [[nubes]], i. e. [[without]] [[rain]], Luc. 4, 331: hiemps, [[without]] [[snow]], Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[human]] [[body]], [[dry]], as a [[healthy]] [[state]] (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, [[tumid]], etc.), [[firm]], [[solid]], [[vigorous]]: ([[mulier]]) sicca, succida, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37: corpora sicciora [[cornu]], Cat. 23, 12: corpora graciliora siccioraque, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65: ([[puella]]) Nec [[bello]] pede ... nec [[ore]] [[sicco]], [[free]] from [[saliva]], Cat. 43, 3; cf. [[tussis]], [[without]] expectoration, Cels. 4, 6: [[medicamentum]], causing [[dryness]], Scrib. Comp. 71. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dry, [[thirsty]]: [[nimis]] diu sicci sumus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.: siti sicca [[sum]], id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14: faucibus siccis, [[fasting]], Verg. A. 2, 358.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., [[abstemious]], [[temperate]], [[sober]] (syn. [[sobrius]]): Art. Ego [[praeter]] alios [[meum]] virum fui rata Siccum, [[frugi]], continentem, etc. Pa. At [[nunc]] [[dehinc]] scito, illum [[ante]] omnes ... Madidum, [[nihili]], incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. [[vinolentus]]) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39: siccis omnia dura [[deus]] proposuit, id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Firm, [[solid]] (acc. to I. B. 2.): (Attici) sani [[duntaxat]] et sicci habeantur, Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.: [[nihil]] erat in ejus oratione [[nisi]] sincerum, [[nihil]] [[nisi]] siccum [[atque]] sanum, id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[style]], [[dry]], [[insipid]], [[jejune]] (acc. to I. B. 3.): siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi [[propositum]], Quint. 11, 1, 32: sicca et incondita et [[propemodum]] jejuna [[oratio]], Gell. 14, 1, 32: [[durus]] et [[siccus]], Tac. Or. 21: ne sicci [[omnino]] [[atque]] aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur, [[ignorant]], unformed, [[unprepared]], Suet. Gram. 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dry, [[cold]]: medullae, i. e. [[void]] of [[love]], [[cold]], Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so, [[puella]], Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, [[without]] [[wet]] or [[damp]] ([[very]] [[rare]]; perh. [[only]] in the [[two]] foll. passages).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: ut bos [[sicce]] stabuletur, Col. 6, 12, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: eos solos [[Attice]] dicere, id est [[quasi]] [[sicce]] et [[integre]], [[firmly]], [[solidly]], Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12;<br /> v. [[supra]], II.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>siccus</b>,⁹ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> sec, sans humidité : Virg. G. 1, 389 ; 4, 427 ; En. 5, 180, etc. &#124;&#124; [avec gén.] sicci sanguinis enses Sil. 7, 213, épées qui n’ont pas versé le sang &#124;&#124; signa sicca Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 18, constellations qui ne se plongent pas dans la mer [qui restent sur notre [[horizon]] &#124;&#124; sec [température] : Hor. O. 3, 29, 20 ; Plin. 11, 101, etc.<br /><b>2</b> sec [en parl. de la complexion du corps], [[ferme]], sain : Plin. 34, 65 ; Catul. 23, 12 &#124;&#124; [fig., en parl. du style] : Cic. Opt. 8 ; Br. 202 ; Quint. 2, 4, 6 &#124;&#124; [qqf. en mauv. part] : Quint. 11, 1, 32 ; Tac. D. 21 ; Gell. 14, 1, 32<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> sec, altéré : Pl. Pers. 822 ; etc.; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14 ; <b> b)</b> qui n’a pas bu, à jeun : Cic. Ac. 2, 88 ; Agr. 1, 1 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281 ; Sen. Ep. 18, 3 ; <b> c)</b> sec, froid, indifférent : Prop. 2, 12, 17 ; Ov. Ars 2, 686 ; Mart. 11, 81, 2 &#124;&#124; siccior Catul. 23, 12 ; siccissimus Col. Rust. 12, 15, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=siccus, a, um (aus *siticos zu [[sitis]]), [[trocken]], I) eig. u. bildl.: 1) eig.: a) im allg. (Ggstz. [[umidus]], umens, [[aridus]]): [[urna]], Hor.: [[folia]], Plin.: aquae, [[Schnee]], Mart.: signa, die Bären am [[Himmel]], [[weil]] [[sie]] [[nie]] [[untergehen]], Ov.: pocula, leere, Tibull.: [[cepa]] (Ggstz. [[viridis]], condita), Plin.: [[lignum]], [[stark]], [[fest]], Verg.: [[panis]], trockenes ([[ohne]] [[Zukost]]), Plin.: [[cibus]] [[siccus]] [[atque]] [[aridus]], saft- u. kraftlose (Ggstz. [[dulcis]] [[atque]] [[pinguis]]), Plin.: siccā voce, der [[man]] anhört, daß der [[Mund]] [[trocken]] ist, Ov.: m. Genet., sicci sanguinis enses, Sil. 7, 213. – [[horreum]] siccissimum, Colum.: [[loca]] siccissima, Sen.: [[pars]] siccissima, Sen. – subst., [[siccum]], ī, n., das Trockene, Ggstz. umidum, Apul. de Plat. 1, 17: in [[sicco]], [[auf]] dem Trockenen, [[auf]] dem trockenen Lande, hibernare, Liv.: Plur. sicca, das Trockene, trockene Orte, [[auch]] die [[Erde]], Quint. u.a. – b) insbes.: α) [[trocken]], [[ohne]] Tränen, tränenlos, oculi, Hor. u. Quint.: [[homo]], Sen. – β) [[trocken]], [[noch]] [[nüchtern]], [[durstig]], siti sicca [[sum]], Plaut.: [[siccus]], [[inanis]], Hor.: poet. [[dies]], gleichs. durstige = heiße, sengende, Hor. – dah. meton., [[nüchtern]], [[enthaltsam]], [[mäßig]] (Ggstz. [[vinolentus]]), Plaut., Cic. u.a.: [[oft]] verb. [[siccus]] ac [[sobrius]] (Ggstz. [[ebrius]] et vomitans), Lucil. fr., Sen. u. Petron. – γ) [[nur]] [[von]] Trockenem [[lebend]], [[ein]] armer Schlucker, [[Hungerleider]], accedes [[siccus]] ad [[unctum]], Hor. ep. 1, 17, 12. – δ) [[heiter]], [[ohne]] Wolken, [[canis]] ([[Gestirn]]), Prop.: [[luna]], Prop. u. Plin. – ε) [[trocken]] = [[regenlos]], [[caelum]] ([[Klima]]), Plin.: fervores, Ov. – 2) bildl.: a) [[trocken]], [[kalt]], [[gefühllos]], liebeleer, medullae, Prop.: [[puella]], Ov. u. Mart. – b) [[leer]], [[ungebildet]], [[ohne]] Kenntnisse, sicci [[omnino]] [[atque]] aridi pueri, Suet. gr. 4. – II) übtr.: A) vom [[Körper]], [[frei]] vom Schleime, vom [[Schnupfen]] usw., [[straff]], [[stramm]], [[gedrungen]], [[kerngesund]], 1) eig.: [[mulier]], Plaut.: [[corpus]] (Ggstz. umidum, saftreicher), Cels.: corpora sicciora, Plin. – 2) bildl., v. [[Redner]] u. [[dessen]] [[Ausdruck]] = [[körnig]], [[schlicht]], [[knapp]], [[orator]], Cic.: dicendi [[genus]], Quint. – B) aktiv = trocknend, [[trocken]] machend, Scrib. 71.
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