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Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
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|lshtext=<b>lūcus</b>: i, m. [[luceo]], the [[shining]], i. e. [[open]] [[place]] in the [[wood]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[wood]], [[grove]], or [[thicket]] of trees [[sacred]] to a [[deity]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: Silani [[lucus]] [[extra]] murumst est [[avius]] [[crebro]] salicto [[oppletus]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8: [[lucus]] est arborum [[multitudo]] cum religione, [[nemus]] [[vero]] composita [[multitudo]] arborum, [[silva]] diffusa et inculta, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 310; cf. id. ib. 1, 441; 11, 316: vos jam, Albani tumuli [[atque]] [[luci]], [[imploro]], Cic. Mil. 31, 85: [[lucus]] frequenti silvā [[septus]], Liv. 24, 3: nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos, Tib. 3, 3, 15: virtutem verba putas et Lucum ligna, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31: Ennium [[sicut]] sacros vetustate lucos adoremus, Quint. 10, 1, 88: nemoris sacri lucos [[tenere]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 956.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., a [[wood]] ([[poet]].): aut quos Oceano [[propior]] gerit [[India]] lucos, Verg. G. 2, 122: [[alto]] in luco, id. A. 11, 456.—<br /> <b>B</b> Wood: nec [[quicquam]] positum [[sine]] luco, [[auro]], ebore, argento, Plaut. Fragm. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 179 P. | |lshtext=<b>lūcus</b>: i, m. [[luceo]], the [[shining]], i. e. [[open]] [[place]] in the [[wood]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[wood]], [[grove]], or [[thicket]] of trees [[sacred]] to a [[deity]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: Silani [[lucus]] [[extra]] murumst est [[avius]] [[crebro]] salicto [[oppletus]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8: [[lucus]] est arborum [[multitudo]] cum religione, [[nemus]] [[vero]] composita [[multitudo]] arborum, [[silva]] diffusa et inculta, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 310; cf. id. ib. 1, 441; 11, 316: vos jam, Albani tumuli [[atque]] [[luci]], [[imploro]], Cic. Mil. 31, 85: [[lucus]] frequenti silvā [[septus]], Liv. 24, 3: nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos, Tib. 3, 3, 15: virtutem verba putas et Lucum ligna, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31: Ennium [[sicut]] sacros vetustate lucos adoremus, Quint. 10, 1, 88: nemoris sacri lucos [[tenere]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 956.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., a [[wood]] ([[poet]].): aut quos Oceano [[propior]] gerit [[India]] lucos, Verg. G. 2, 122: [[alto]] in luco, id. A. 11, 456.—<br /> <b>B</b> Wood: nec [[quicquam]] positum [[sine]] luco, [[auro]], ebore, argento, Plaut. Fragm. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 179 P. | ||
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|lshtext=<b>lūcus</b>: ūs, m., i. q. lux,<br /><b>I</b> [[light]]: cum [[primo]] [[lucu]], at daybreak, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 56 (dub.; Fleck. and Ussing, [[luci]]): [[noctu]] lucuque, Varr. L. L. 5, 19, § 99 Müll. (ex conj.; al. [[noctulucus]]). | |||
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Revision as of 08:36, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lūcus: i, m. luceo, the shining, i. e. open place in the wood,
I a wood, grove, or thicket of trees sacred to a deity.
I Lit.: Silani lucus extra murumst est avius crebro salicto oppletus, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8: lucus est arborum multitudo cum religione, nemus vero composita multitudo arborum, silva diffusa et inculta, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 310; cf. id. ib. 1, 441; 11, 316: vos jam, Albani tumuli atque luci, imploro, Cic. Mil. 31, 85: lucus frequenti silvā septus, Liv. 24, 3: nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos, Tib. 3, 3, 15: virtutem verba putas et Lucum ligna, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31: Ennium sicut sacros vetustate lucos adoremus, Quint. 10, 1, 88: nemoris sacri lucos tenere, Sen. Herc. Oet. 956.—
II Transf.
A In gen., a wood (poet.): aut quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos, Verg. G. 2, 122: alto in luco, id. A. 11, 456.—
B Wood: nec quicquam positum sine luco, auro, ebore, argento, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lūcus: ūs, m., i. q. lux,
I light: cum primo lucu, at daybreak, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 56 (dub.; Fleck. and Ussing, luci): noctu lucuque, Varr. L. L. 5, 19, § 99 Müll. (ex conj.; al. noctulucus).
