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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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|lshtext=<b>lŭcerna</b>: ae, f. luc-erna, from [[luceo]], q. v.; [[with]] [[double]] suffix [[like]] [[caverna]], laverna, [[lanterna]], etc.; cf. Gr. κέ-αρνον, [[σκέπαρνον]] | |lshtext=<b>lŭcerna</b>: ae, f. luc-erna, from [[luceo]], q. v.; [[with]] [[double]] suffix [[like]] [[caverna]], laverna, [[lanterna]], etc.; cf. Gr. κέ-αρνον, [[σκέπαρνον]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[lamp]], [[oil]]-[[lamp]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[lucerna]] dicta a [[luce]], aut [[quod]] id vocant [[Graeci]] [[λύχνον]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.: lucernam [[forte]] [[oblitus]] fueram extinguere, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 56: in [[sole]] lucernam adhibere [[nihil]] [[interest]], Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: [[lucerna]] me deserit, my [[light]] goes [[out]], id. Att. 7, 7, 7: vino et lucernis [[Medus]] [[acinaces]] Immane [[quantum]] discrepat, i. e. [[evening]] entertainments, Hor. C. 1, 27, 5: accedit [[numerus]] lucernis, the lights [[begin]] to [[seem]] [[double]], id. S. 2, 1, 25; cf.: cum geminis exsurgit [[mensa]] lucernis, Juv. 6, 305: pereundum est [[ante]] lucernas, [[before]] [[candle]]-[[light]], id. 10, 339: lucernam accendere, Phaedr. 3, 19, 4: [[turpis]] [[fumo]] lucernae, Juv. 6, 131: [[lucerna]] [[ardens]] exstinguitur, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49: fungi lucernarum, id. 28, 11, 46, § 163: pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae, Pers. 5, 181: [[lucerna]] splendens [[super]] [[candelabrum]], Vulg. Sir. 26, 22.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> Nocturnal [[labor]], lucubration ([[poet]].): haec ego non credam Venusina digna Lucerna? Juv. 1, 51.—<br /> <b>B</b> A [[guide]], [[instructor]]: [[quia]] [[mandatum]] [[lucerna]] est, Vulg. Prov. 6, 23; id. 2 Sam. 2, 29: [[lucerna]] pedibus meis [[verbum]] tuum, id. Psa. 118, 105.—<br /> <b>C</b> A [[phosphorescent]] [[fish]], Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lŭcerna: ae, f. luc-erna, from luceo, q. v.; with double suffix like caverna, laverna, lanterna, etc.; cf. Gr. κέ-αρνον, σκέπαρνον,
I a lamp, oil-lamp.
I Lit.: lucerna dicta a luce, aut quod id vocant Graeci λύχνον, Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.: lucernam forte oblitus fueram extinguere, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 56: in sole lucernam adhibere nihil interest, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: lucerna me deserit, my light goes out, id. Att. 7, 7, 7: vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat, i. e. evening entertainments, Hor. C. 1, 27, 5: accedit numerus lucernis, the lights begin to seem double, id. S. 2, 1, 25; cf.: cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, Juv. 6, 305: pereundum est ante lucernas, before candle-light, id. 10, 339: lucernam accendere, Phaedr. 3, 19, 4: turpis fumo lucernae, Juv. 6, 131: lucerna ardens exstinguitur, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49: fungi lucernarum, id. 28, 11, 46, § 163: pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae, Pers. 5, 181: lucerna splendens super candelabrum, Vulg. Sir. 26, 22.—
II Transf.
A Nocturnal labor, lucubration (poet.): haec ego non credam Venusina digna Lucerna? Juv. 1, 51.—
B A guide, instructor: quia mandatum lucerna est, Vulg. Prov. 6, 23; id. 2 Sam. 2, 29: lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum, id. Psa. 118, 105.—
C A phosphorescent fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.
