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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 /> <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 /> <b>2</b> As subst.: siccum, i; and | |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 /> <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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>3</b> 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 /> <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 /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>3</b> 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 /> <b>A</b> Lit.: ut bos [[sicce]] stabuletur, Col. 6, 12, 2.—<br /> <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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siccus: a, um, adj. cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. αὔω,
I dry.
I Lit.
A 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.—
2 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.—
B In partic.
1 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.—
2 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. —
3 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.—
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.—
II Trop.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 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).
A Lit.: ut bos sicce stabuletur, Col. 6, 12, 2.—
B Trop.: eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre, firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12;
v. supra, II.
