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γλυκύ δ᾽ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος, πεπειραμένων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα, νιν καρδίᾳ περισσῶς → A sweet thing is war to the inexperienced, but anyone who has tasted it trembles at its approach, exceedingly, in his heart (Pindar, for the Thebans, fr. 110)
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|lshtext=<b>fŏcŭlus</b>: i, m. (in | |lshtext=<b>fŏcŭlus</b>: i, m. (in plur. also heterocl. [[focula]], ōrum, n., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24)<br /> [[dim]]. [[focus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[little]] [[hearth]], a [[fire]]-[[pan]], chafing-[[dish]], [[brazier]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[arrepto]] carbone exstincto e [[foculo]] imaginem in pariete delineavit, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 14; [[Cato]], R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5: epulas foveri foculis ferventibus, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67: dextram accenso ad [[sacrificium]] [[foculo]] inicit, Liv. 2, 12, 13; cf. [[Fronto]] Ep. ad Ver. 6 ed. Mai.—Comically: jam [[intus]] ventris fumant [[foculo]], Calefieri jussi reliquias, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24.—*<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[fire]]: [[bucca]] foculum excitat, Juv. 3, 262. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fŏcŭlus: i, m. (in plur. also heterocl. focula, ōrum, n., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24)
dim. focus,
I a little hearth, a fire-pan, chafing-dish, brazier.
I Lit.: arrepto carbone exstincto e foculo imaginem in pariete delineavit, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 14; Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5: epulas foveri foculis ferventibus, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67: dextram accenso ad sacrificium foculo inicit, Liv. 2, 12, 13; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 6 ed. Mai.—Comically: jam intus ventris fumant foculo, Calefieri jussi reliquias, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24.—*
II Transf., fire: bucca foculum excitat, Juv. 3, 262.
