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|lshtext=<b>cālīgo</b>: ([[call]]-), ĭnis, f. [[root]] cal-, [[cover]]; cf.: oc-culo, [[clam]], [[cella]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[thick]] [[atmosphere]], a [[mist]], [[vapor]], [[fog]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. or in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): suffundere [[caelum]] caligine, Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92: ([[ignis]]) piceă [[crassus]] caligine, Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7: densa [[caligo]] occaecaverat diem, id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19: fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem, Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111: [[caligo]] aestuosa, Col. 11, 2, 53 (for [[which]], id. 11, 2, 57: [[nebulosus]] [[aestus]]): pruinae et [[caligo]], id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: [[inter]] caligines, Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, [[obscurity]], [[gloom]] (produced by [[mist]], [[fog]], etc.; freq. [[with]] [[tenebrae]]; [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): mi ob oculos [[caligo]] obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum [[altitudo]] caliginem oculis obfudisset, i. e. had caused [[dizziness]], Liv. 26, 45, 3: erat in tantā calligine major [[usus]] aurium [[quam]] oculorum, id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem [[eadem]] calligc obtinuit; [[sole]] orto est discussa, id. 29, 27, 7: nox terram caligine texit, Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649: caeca noctis, id. 4, 457: caecae [[umbra]], id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203: [[quam]] [[simul]] agnorunt [[inter]] caliginis umbras, Ov. M. 4, 455: ara obscurā caligine tecta, Cic. Arat. 194.—With [[tenebrae]], Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In [[later]] writers also [[with]] a gen.: [[caligo]] tenebrarum, Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.; and [[inversely]]: tenebris illunae caliginis [[impeditus]], App. M. 9, p. 214.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., [[mental]] [[blindness]], [[dulness]] of [[perception]]: [[quod]] videbam [[equidem]], sed [[quasi]] per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti [[salus]], Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: [[adhuc]] [[tamen]] per caliginem [[video]], Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine [[consitus]], * Cat. 64, 207: [[Augustus]]... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem, to [[throw]] [[into]] the [[shade]], Vell. 2, 37, 1. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[dark]], [[difficult]] circumstances, [[calamity]], [[affliction]], [[gloom]]: vide [[nunc]] caliginem temporum illorum, Cic. Planc. 40, 96: superioris anni, id. [[post]] Red. in Sen. 3, 5: an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum [[regnum]] [[tenere]] non potuerunt, [[nunc]] caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt? id. Agr. 2, 17, 44: [[illa]] [[omnis]] [[pecunia]] latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant, id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177: [[ecce]] [[illa]] [[tempestas]], [[caligo]] bonorum, [[tenebrae]] rei publicae, id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: [[tantum]] caliginis, [[tantum]] perturbationis offusum, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16: quaedam scelerum offusa [[caligo]], Quint. 9, 3, 47.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In medic. lang., as a [[disease]] of the eyes, [[dim]]-sightedness, [[weakness]] of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.<br /><b>cālīgo</b>: āre, v. n. 1. [[caligo]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[emit]] [[vapor]] or [[steam]], to [[steam]], [[reek]]: amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent, Col. 1, 5, 4: aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā, Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.: omnem quae [[nunc]] Mortalis hebetat [[visus]] [[tibi]] et umida [[circum]] Caligat, nubem eripiam, Verg. A. 2, 606.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To be [[involved]] in [[darkness]], to be [[dark]], [[gloomy]]: caligare oculos, [[darkness]] covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet.: altae caligantesque fenestrae, [[dizzy]], Juv. 6, 31.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of the [[understanding]], to be [[blind]], to be surrounded by [[darkness]], to [[grope]] [[about]]: orbatae caligant [[vela]] carinae, Stat. S. 5, 3, 238: caligare ad pervidendum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1: [[virtus]] inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc., id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.: rex caligare [[alto]] in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati, Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.: caligare in [[sole]], to [[grope]] in [[broad]] [[daylight]], Quint. 1, 2, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In medic. lang., of the eyes, to [[suffer]] from [[weakness]], be [[weak]], Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.—Transf., of the [[person]], to be [[dim]]-sighted: caligans [[Thyestes]], Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.
|lshtext=<b>cālīgo</b>: ([[call]]-), ĭnis, f. [[root]] cal-, [[cover]]; cf.: oc-culo, [[clam]], [[cella]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[thick]] [[atmosphere]], a [[mist]], [[vapor]], [[fog]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. or in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): suffundere [[caelum]] caligine, Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92: ([[ignis]]) piceă [[crassus]] caligine, Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7: densa [[caligo]] occaecaverat diem, id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19: fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem, Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111: [[caligo]] aestuosa, Col. 11, 2, 53 (for [[which]], id. 11, 2, 57: [[nebulosus]] [[aestus]]): pruinae et [[caligo]], id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.: [[inter]] caligines, Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, [[obscurity]], [[gloom]] (produced by [[mist]], [[fog]], etc.; freq. [[with]] [[tenebrae]]; [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): mi ob oculos [[caligo]] obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum [[altitudo]] caliginem oculis obfudisset, i. e. had caused [[dizziness]], Liv. 26, 45, 3: erat in tantā calligine major [[usus]] aurium [[quam]] oculorum, id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem [[eadem]] calligc obtinuit; [[sole]] orto est discussa, id. 29, 27, 7: nox terram caligine texit, Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649: caeca noctis, id. 4, 457: caecae [[umbra]], id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203: [[quam]] [[simul]] agnorunt [[inter]] caliginis umbras, Ov. M. 4, 455: ara obscurā caligine tecta, Cic. Arat. 194.—With [[tenebrae]], Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In [[later]] writers also [[with]] a gen.: [[caligo]] tenebrarum, Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.; and [[inversely]]: tenebris illunae caliginis [[impeditus]], App. M. 9, p. 214.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., [[mental]] [[blindness]], [[dulness]] of [[perception]]: [[quod]] videbam [[equidem]], sed [[quasi]] per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti [[salus]], Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: [[adhuc]] [[tamen]] per caliginem [[video]], Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine [[consitus]], * Cat. 64, 207: [[Augustus]]... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem, to [[throw]] [[into]] the [[shade]], Vell. 2, 37, 1. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[dark]], [[difficult]] circumstances, [[calamity]], [[affliction]], [[gloom]]: vide [[nunc]] caliginem temporum illorum, Cic. Planc. 40, 96: superioris anni, id. [[post]] Red. in Sen. 3, 5: an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum [[regnum]] [[tenere]] non potuerunt, [[nunc]] caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt? id. Agr. 2, 17, 44: [[illa]] [[omnis]] [[pecunia]] latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant, id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177: [[ecce]] [[illa]] [[tempestas]], [[caligo]] bonorum, [[tenebrae]] rei publicae, id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: [[tantum]] caliginis, [[tantum]] perturbationis offusum, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16: quaedam scelerum offusa [[caligo]], Quint. 9, 3, 47.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In medic. lang., as a [[disease]] of the eyes, [[dim]]-sightedness, [[weakness]] of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.<br /><b>cālīgo</b>: āre, v. n. 1. [[caligo]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[emit]] [[vapor]] or [[steam]], to [[steam]], [[reek]]: amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent, Col. 1, 5, 4: aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā, Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.: omnem quae [[nunc]] Mortalis hebetat [[visus]] [[tibi]] et umida [[circum]] Caligat, nubem eripiam, Verg. A. 2, 606.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To be [[involved]] in [[darkness]], to be [[dark]], [[gloomy]]: caligare oculos, [[darkness]] covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet.: altae caligantesque fenestrae, [[dizzy]], Juv. 6, 31.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of the [[understanding]], to be [[blind]], to be surrounded by [[darkness]], to [[grope]] [[about]]: orbatae caligant [[vela]] carinae, Stat. S. 5, 3, 238: caligare ad pervidendum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1: [[virtus]] inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc., id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.: rex caligare [[alto]] in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati, Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.: caligare in [[sole]], to [[grope]] in [[broad]] [[daylight]], Quint. 1, 2, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In medic. lang., of the eyes, to [[suffer]] from [[weakness]], be [[weak]], Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.—Transf., of the [[person]], to be [[dim]]-sighted: caligans [[Thyestes]], Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.
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cālīgo: (call-), ĭnis, f. root cal-, cover; cf.: oc-culo, clam, cella,
I a thick atmosphere, a mist, vapor, fog (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose): suffundere caelum caligine, Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92: (ignis) piceă crassus caligine, Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7: densa caligo occaecaverat diem, id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19: fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem, Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111: caligo aestuosa, Col. 11, 2, 53 (for which, id. 11, 2, 57: nebulosus aestus): pruinae et caligo, id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.: inter caligines, Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,
II Transf.
   A (Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, obscurity, gloom (produced by mist, fog, etc.; freq. with tenebrae; class. in prose and poetry): mi ob oculos caligo obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset, i. e. had caused dizziness, Liv. 26, 45, 3: erat in tantā calligine major usus aurium quam oculorum, id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem eadem calligc obtinuit; sole orto est discussa, id. 29, 27, 7: nox terram caligine texit, Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649: caeca noctis, id. 4, 457: caecae umbra, id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203: quam simul agnorunt inter caliginis umbras, Ov. M. 4, 455: ara obscurā caligine tecta, Cic. Arat. 194.—With tenebrae, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In later writers also with a gen.: caligo tenebrarum, Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.; and inversely: tenebris illunae caliginis impeditus, App. M. 9, p. 214.—
   B Trop.
   1    In gen., mental blindness, dulness of perception: quod videbam equidem, sed quasi per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti salus, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: adhuc tamen per caliginem video, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine consitus, * Cat. 64, 207: Augustus... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem, to throw into the shade, Vell. 2, 37, 1. —
   2    Of dark, difficult circumstances, calamity, affliction, gloom: vide nunc caliginem temporum illorum, Cic. Planc. 40, 96: superioris anni, id. post Red. in Sen. 3, 5: an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum regnum tenere non potuerunt, nunc caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt? id. Agr. 2, 17, 44: illa omnis pecunia latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant, id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177: ecce illa tempestas, caligo bonorum, tenebrae rei publicae, id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: tantum caliginis, tantum perturbationis offusum, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16: quaedam scelerum offusa caligo, Quint. 9, 3, 47.—
   C In medic. lang., as a disease of the eyes, dim-sightedness, weakness of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.
cālīgo: āre, v. n. 1. caligo.
I To emit vapor or steam, to steam, reek: amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent, Col. 1, 5, 4: aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā, Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.: omnem quae nunc Mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum Caligat, nubem eripiam, Verg. A. 2, 606.—
   B Transf.
   1    To be involved in darkness, to be dark, gloomy: caligare oculos, darkness covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —
   2    Poet.: altae caligantesque fenestrae, dizzy, Juv. 6, 31.—
II Trop., of the understanding, to be blind, to be surrounded by darkness, to grope about: orbatae caligant vela carinae, Stat. S. 5, 3, 238: caligare ad pervidendum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1: virtus inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc., id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.: rex caligare alto in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati, Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.: caligare in sole, to grope in broad daylight, Quint. 1, 2, 19.—
   B In medic. lang., of the eyes, to suffer from weakness, be weak, Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.—Transf., of the person, to be dim-sighted: caligans Thyestes, Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.