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|lshtext=<b>lingua</b>: ([[ante]]-[[class]]. form [[dingua]], [[like]] dagrima for [[lacrima]], Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf. the [[letter]] D), ae, f. Sanscr. jihvā; [[original]] Lat. form. [[dingua]]; A. -S. tunga; Germ. Zunge; Engl. [[tongue]]. Not from the [[root]] lih, lich, v. [[lingo]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[tongue]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: fac proserpentem bestiam me duplicem ut habeam linguam (of a [[kiss]] in [[which]] the tongues touched [[each]] [[other]]), Plaut. As. 3, 3, 105: [[lingua]] haeret metu, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 7: in [[ore]] sita [[lingua]] est, finita dentibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149: linguā haesitantes, id. de Or. 1, 25, 115: linguā properanti legere, Ov. P. 3, 5, 9: linguā titubante loqui, id. Tr. 3, 1, 21: quo facilius verba [[ore]] [[libero]] exprimeret, calculos [[lingua]] volvens dicere domi solebat ([[Demosthenes]]), Quint. 11, 3, 54: linguam exserere, to [[thrust]] [[out]] the [[tongue]], in token of [[derision]] or [[contempt]], Liv. 7, 10: so, [[lingua]] ejecta, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266: [[lingua]] [[minor]], the epiglottis, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.—Comically, as [[mock]] [[term]] of endearment: hujus [[voluptas]], te opsecro, hujus mel, hujus cor, hujus [[labellum]], hujus [[lingua]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 178; cf. v. 175.—In mal. [[part]].: [[homo]] malae linguae, a [[fellow]] [[with]] a [[bad]] [[tongue]], i. q. [[fellator]], Mart. 3, 80, 2; Min. Fel. Oct. 28.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> Since the [[tongue]] is an [[organ]] of [[speech]], a [[tongue]], [[utterance]], [[speech]], [[language]]: [[largus]] opum, [[lingua]] [[melior]], Verg. A. 11, 338: facilem benevolumque [[lingua]] tua jam [[tibi]] me reddidit, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35: non tu [[tibi]] istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam jubes? Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 47: [[Latium]] beare divite linguā, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120: [[lingua]] [[quasi]] [[flabello]] seditionis contionem ventilare, Cic. Fl. 23, 54: linguam continere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13: [[tenere]], Ov. F. 2, 602: moderari, Sall. J. 84: linguae [[solutio]], Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114: linguam solvere ad jurgia, Ov. M. 3, 261: [[quidam]] operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83: ut vitemus linguas hominum, id. Fam. 9, 2, 2: Aetolorum linguas retundere, to [[check]] [[their]] tongues, [[bring]] [[them]] to [[silence]], Liv. 33, 3; cf.: claudente noxarum conscientiā linguam, Amm. 16, 12, 61: si mihi [[lingua]] foret, Ov. H. 21, 205: ne vati noceat [[mala]] [[lingua]] futuro, Verg. E. 7, 28: favete linguis, i. e. [[give]] [[attention]], "be [[silent]] [[that]] [[you]] [[may]] [[hear]]," Hor. C. 3, 1, 2; Ov. F. 1, 71: linguis animisque faventes, Juv. 12, 83: nam [[lingua]] mali [[pars]] pessima servi, id. 9, 121: mercedem imponere linguae, i. e. to [[speak]] for [[pay]], id. 7, 149: usum linguae reciperare, Amm. 17, 12, 10: linguā debili esse, to [[stammer]], Gell. 1, 12, 2.—Comically: os habeat, linguam, perfidiam, [[tongue]], i. e. [[readiness]] in [[speech]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33. —<br /> <b>2</b> The [[tongue]] or [[language]] of a [[people]]: [[lingua]] Latina, Graeca, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10: Graeca et Latina [[lingua]], Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: ([[Massilia]]) tam [[procul]] a Graecorum regionibus, disciplinis linguāque divisa, Cic. Fl. 26, 63: [[quod]] [[quidem]] Latina [[lingua]] sic observat, ut, etc., id. Or. 44, 150: Gallicae linguae scientiam habere, Caes. B. G. 1, 47: qui ipsorum [[lingua]] [[Celtae]], nostra [[Galli]], appellantur, id. ib. 1, 1: dissimili linguā, Sall. C. 6, 2: linguā utrāque, i. e. Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 23; so, auctores utriusque linguae, Quint. prooem. 1; 1, 1, 14: [[Mithridates]], cui duas et [[viginti]] linguas notas fuisse, id. 11, 2, 50: [[haud]] [[rudis]] Graecae linguae, Curt. 5, 11, 4; 5, 4, 4; Nep. Milt. 3, 2: [[Syrus]] in Tiberim [[Orontes]] et linguam et [[mores]] vexit, Juv. 3, 63.—<br /> <b>b</b> Dialect, idiom, [[mode]] of [[speech]] ([[post]]-Aug.): illis non verborum [[modo]], sed. linguarum [[etiam]] se [[inter]] differentium [[copia]] est. Quint. 12, 10, 34: [[Crassus]] [[quinque]] [[Graeci]] sermonis differentias sic tenuit, ut, [[qua]] [[quisque]] [[apud]] eum linguā postulasset, [[eadem]] jus sibi redditum ferret, id. 11, 2, 50: utar [[enim]] historicā linguā, Sen. Q. N. 1, 13, 3: si philosophorum linguā uti voluissem, id. ib. 2, 2, 4.—<br /> <b>3</b> Poet. of animals. the [[voice]], [[note]], [[song]], [[bark]], etc.: linguae volucrum, Verg. A. 3, 361; 10, 177: linguam praecludere ([[canis]]), Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.—<br /> <b>4</b> An [[utterance]], [[expression]]: [[lingua]] secretior, a [[dark]] [[saying]], Quint. 1, 1, 35.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[tongue]]-shaped things.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[plant]], also called [[lingulaca]], Plin. 24, 19, 108, § 170.—<br /> <b>2</b> Lingua bubula, a [[plant]], oxtongue, bugloss, [[Cato]], R. R. 40; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.—<br /> <b>3</b> Lingua canina, Cels. 5, 27, 18 init.; and [[lingua]] [[canis]], App. Herb. 96, the [[plant]] [[hound]]'s-[[tongue]], also called [[cynoglossos]]; q. v.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[tongue]] of [[land]]: id promontorium, Cujus [[lingua]] in [[altum]] proicit, Pac. ap. Gell. 4, 17 fin.: [[lingua]] in [[altum]] [[mille]] passuum excurrens, Liv. 37, 31, 9; Weissenb. ad Liv. 25, 15, 12: eminet in [[altum]] [[lingua]], in [[qua]] [[urbs]] sita est, Liv. 44, 11: tenuem producit in aequora linguam, Luc. 2, 614; cf.: [[lingua]] dicitur promontorii [[genus]] non excellentis sed molliter in [[planum]] devexi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—<br /> <b>5</b> A spoonful, as a [[measure]], Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119 (al. lingulis).—<br /> <b>6</b> The [[tongue]] or [[reed]] of a [[flute]], Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.—<br /> <b>7</b> The [[short]] [[arm]] of a [[lever]]: [[vectis]] [[lingua]] sub [[onus]] subdita, Vitr. 10, 8 (cf. [[ligula]], VII.). | |lshtext=<b>lingua</b>: ([[ante]]-[[class]]. form [[dingua]], [[like]] dagrima for [[lacrima]], Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf. the [[letter]] D), ae, f. Sanscr. jihvā; [[original]] Lat. form. [[dingua]]; A. -S. tunga; Germ. Zunge; Engl. [[tongue]]. Not from the [[root]] lih, lich, v. [[lingo]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[tongue]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: fac proserpentem bestiam me duplicem ut habeam linguam (of a [[kiss]] in [[which]] the tongues touched [[each]] [[other]]), Plaut. As. 3, 3, 105: [[lingua]] haeret metu, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 7: in [[ore]] sita [[lingua]] est, finita dentibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149: linguā haesitantes, id. de Or. 1, 25, 115: linguā properanti legere, Ov. P. 3, 5, 9: linguā titubante loqui, id. Tr. 3, 1, 21: quo facilius verba [[ore]] [[libero]] exprimeret, calculos [[lingua]] volvens dicere domi solebat ([[Demosthenes]]), Quint. 11, 3, 54: linguam exserere, to [[thrust]] [[out]] the [[tongue]], in token of [[derision]] or [[contempt]], Liv. 7, 10: so, [[lingua]] ejecta, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266: [[lingua]] [[minor]], the epiglottis, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.—Comically, as [[mock]] [[term]] of endearment: hujus [[voluptas]], te opsecro, hujus mel, hujus cor, hujus [[labellum]], hujus [[lingua]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 178; cf. v. 175.—In mal. [[part]].: [[homo]] malae linguae, a [[fellow]] [[with]] a [[bad]] [[tongue]], i. q. [[fellator]], Mart. 3, 80, 2; Min. Fel. Oct. 28.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> Since the [[tongue]] is an [[organ]] of [[speech]], a [[tongue]], [[utterance]], [[speech]], [[language]]: [[largus]] opum, [[lingua]] [[melior]], Verg. A. 11, 338: facilem benevolumque [[lingua]] tua jam [[tibi]] me reddidit, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35: non tu [[tibi]] istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam jubes? Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 47: [[Latium]] beare divite linguā, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120: [[lingua]] [[quasi]] [[flabello]] seditionis contionem ventilare, Cic. Fl. 23, 54: linguam continere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13: [[tenere]], Ov. F. 2, 602: moderari, Sall. J. 84: linguae [[solutio]], Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114: linguam solvere ad jurgia, Ov. M. 3, 261: [[quidam]] operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83: ut vitemus linguas hominum, id. Fam. 9, 2, 2: Aetolorum linguas retundere, to [[check]] [[their]] tongues, [[bring]] [[them]] to [[silence]], Liv. 33, 3; cf.: claudente noxarum conscientiā linguam, Amm. 16, 12, 61: si mihi [[lingua]] foret, Ov. H. 21, 205: ne vati noceat [[mala]] [[lingua]] futuro, Verg. E. 7, 28: favete linguis, i. e. [[give]] [[attention]], "be [[silent]] [[that]] [[you]] [[may]] [[hear]]," Hor. C. 3, 1, 2; Ov. F. 1, 71: linguis animisque faventes, Juv. 12, 83: nam [[lingua]] mali [[pars]] pessima servi, id. 9, 121: mercedem imponere linguae, i. e. to [[speak]] for [[pay]], id. 7, 149: usum linguae reciperare, Amm. 17, 12, 10: linguā debili esse, to [[stammer]], Gell. 1, 12, 2.—Comically: os habeat, linguam, perfidiam, [[tongue]], i. e. [[readiness]] in [[speech]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33. —<br /> <b>2</b> The [[tongue]] or [[language]] of a [[people]]: [[lingua]] Latina, Graeca, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10: Graeca et Latina [[lingua]], Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: ([[Massilia]]) tam [[procul]] a Graecorum regionibus, disciplinis linguāque divisa, Cic. Fl. 26, 63: [[quod]] [[quidem]] Latina [[lingua]] sic observat, ut, etc., id. Or. 44, 150: Gallicae linguae scientiam habere, Caes. B. G. 1, 47: qui ipsorum [[lingua]] [[Celtae]], nostra [[Galli]], appellantur, id. ib. 1, 1: dissimili linguā, Sall. C. 6, 2: linguā utrāque, i. e. Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 23; so, auctores utriusque linguae, Quint. prooem. 1; 1, 1, 14: [[Mithridates]], cui duas et [[viginti]] linguas notas fuisse, id. 11, 2, 50: [[haud]] [[rudis]] Graecae linguae, Curt. 5, 11, 4; 5, 4, 4; Nep. Milt. 3, 2: [[Syrus]] in Tiberim [[Orontes]] et linguam et [[mores]] vexit, Juv. 3, 63.—<br /> <b>b</b> Dialect, idiom, [[mode]] of [[speech]] ([[post]]-Aug.): illis non verborum [[modo]], sed. linguarum [[etiam]] se [[inter]] differentium [[copia]] est. Quint. 12, 10, 34: [[Crassus]] [[quinque]] [[Graeci]] sermonis differentias sic tenuit, ut, [[qua]] [[quisque]] [[apud]] eum linguā postulasset, [[eadem]] jus sibi redditum ferret, id. 11, 2, 50: utar [[enim]] historicā linguā, Sen. Q. N. 1, 13, 3: si philosophorum linguā uti voluissem, id. ib. 2, 2, 4.—<br /> <b>3</b> Poet. of animals. the [[voice]], [[note]], [[song]], [[bark]], etc.: linguae volucrum, Verg. A. 3, 361; 10, 177: linguam praecludere ([[canis]]), Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.—<br /> <b>4</b> An [[utterance]], [[expression]]: [[lingua]] secretior, a [[dark]] [[saying]], Quint. 1, 1, 35.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[tongue]]-shaped things.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[plant]], also called [[lingulaca]], Plin. 24, 19, 108, § 170.—<br /> <b>2</b> Lingua bubula, a [[plant]], oxtongue, bugloss, [[Cato]], R. R. 40; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.—<br /> <b>3</b> Lingua canina, Cels. 5, 27, 18 init.; and [[lingua]] [[canis]], App. Herb. 96, the [[plant]] [[hound]]'s-[[tongue]], also called [[cynoglossos]]; q. v.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[tongue]] of [[land]]: id promontorium, Cujus [[lingua]] in [[altum]] proicit, Pac. ap. Gell. 4, 17 fin.: [[lingua]] in [[altum]] [[mille]] passuum excurrens, Liv. 37, 31, 9; Weissenb. ad Liv. 25, 15, 12: eminet in [[altum]] [[lingua]], in [[qua]] [[urbs]] sita est, Liv. 44, 11: tenuem producit in aequora linguam, Luc. 2, 614; cf.: [[lingua]] dicitur promontorii [[genus]] non excellentis sed molliter in [[planum]] devexi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—<br /> <b>5</b> A spoonful, as a [[measure]], Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119 (al. lingulis).—<br /> <b>6</b> The [[tongue]] or [[reed]] of a [[flute]], Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.—<br /> <b>7</b> The [[short]] [[arm]] of a [[lever]]: [[vectis]] [[lingua]] sub [[onus]] subdita, Vitr. 10, 8 (cf. [[ligula]], VII.). | ||
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|gf=<b>lingua</b>,⁸ æ, f. (anc<sup>t</sup> [[dingua]] Mar. Vict. Ars Gramm. 1, 4, p. 26, 2 ; ),<br /><b>1</b> la langue : Cic. Nat. 2, 149 ; [[lingua]] hæsitare Cic. de Or. 1, 115, parler avec difficulté, avoir la langue embarrassée ; ejectā linguā Cic. de Or. 2, 266, tirant la langue<br /><b>2</b> langue, parole, langage : linguam continere Cic. Q. 1, 1, 38, tenir sa langue, se taire ; operarii [[lingua]] celeri et exercitata Cic. de Or. 1, 83, des manœuvres à la langue agile et exercée ; linguas hominum vitare Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2, éviter les [[propos]] du monde<br /><b>3</b> langue d’un peuple : Latina, Græca Cic. Fin. 1, 10 ; utraque [[lingua]] Hor. S. 1, 10, 23, les deux langues [grec et latin] || dialecte, idiome : Quint. 12, 10, 34, etc. ; Sen. Ep. 77, 14 ; [poét.] linguæ volucrum Virg. En. 3, 361, le langage des oiseaux<br /><b>4</b> façon de parler : [[interpretatio]] linguæ secretioris Quint. 1, 1, 36, interprétation des expressions un peu [[plus]] rares<br /><b>5</b> [métaph.] : <b> a)</b> plantes diverses : = [[lingulaca]] Plin. 24, 70 ; [[lingua]] bubula [[Cato]] Agr. 40, 4 ; Plin. 17, 112, buglosse ; [[canina]] Cels. Med. 5, 27, 18, cynoglosse ; <b> b)</b> langue de terre : Liv. 44, 11, 3 ; Luc. 2, 614 ; <b> c)</b> petit bout du levier : Vitr. Arch. 10, 3, 2 ; <b> d)</b> biseau d’une flûte : Plin. 10, 84. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lingua: (ante-class. form dingua, like dagrima for lacrima, Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf. the letter D), ae, f. Sanscr. jihvā; original Lat. form. dingua; A. -S. tunga; Germ. Zunge; Engl. tongue. Not from the root lih, lich, v. lingo,
I the tongue.
I Lit.: fac proserpentem bestiam me duplicem ut habeam linguam (of a kiss in which the tongues touched each other), Plaut. As. 3, 3, 105: lingua haeret metu, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 7: in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149: linguā haesitantes, id. de Or. 1, 25, 115: linguā properanti legere, Ov. P. 3, 5, 9: linguā titubante loqui, id. Tr. 3, 1, 21: quo facilius verba ore libero exprimeret, calculos lingua volvens dicere domi solebat (Demosthenes), Quint. 11, 3, 54: linguam exserere, to thrust out the tongue, in token of derision or contempt, Liv. 7, 10: so, lingua ejecta, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266: lingua minor, the epiglottis, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.—Comically, as mock term of endearment: hujus voluptas, te opsecro, hujus mel, hujus cor, hujus labellum, hujus lingua, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 178; cf. v. 175.—In mal. part.: homo malae linguae, a fellow with a bad tongue, i. q. fellator, Mart. 3, 80, 2; Min. Fel. Oct. 28.—
II Transf.
A Since the tongue is an organ of speech, a tongue, utterance, speech, language: largus opum, lingua melior, Verg. A. 11, 338: facilem benevolumque lingua tua jam tibi me reddidit, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35: non tu tibi istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam jubes? Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 47: Latium beare divite linguā, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120: lingua quasi flabello seditionis contionem ventilare, Cic. Fl. 23, 54: linguam continere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13: tenere, Ov. F. 2, 602: moderari, Sall. J. 84: linguae solutio, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114: linguam solvere ad jurgia, Ov. M. 3, 261: quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83: ut vitemus linguas hominum, id. Fam. 9, 2, 2: Aetolorum linguas retundere, to check their tongues, bring them to silence, Liv. 33, 3; cf.: claudente noxarum conscientiā linguam, Amm. 16, 12, 61: si mihi lingua foret, Ov. H. 21, 205: ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro, Verg. E. 7, 28: favete linguis, i. e. give attention, "be silent that you may hear," Hor. C. 3, 1, 2; Ov. F. 1, 71: linguis animisque faventes, Juv. 12, 83: nam lingua mali pars pessima servi, id. 9, 121: mercedem imponere linguae, i. e. to speak for pay, id. 7, 149: usum linguae reciperare, Amm. 17, 12, 10: linguā debili esse, to stammer, Gell. 1, 12, 2.—Comically: os habeat, linguam, perfidiam, tongue, i. e. readiness in speech, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33. —
2 The tongue or language of a people: lingua Latina, Graeca, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10: Graeca et Latina lingua, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: (Massilia) tam procul a Graecorum regionibus, disciplinis linguāque divisa, Cic. Fl. 26, 63: quod quidem Latina lingua sic observat, ut, etc., id. Or. 44, 150: Gallicae linguae scientiam habere, Caes. B. G. 1, 47: qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli, appellantur, id. ib. 1, 1: dissimili linguā, Sall. C. 6, 2: linguā utrāque, i. e. Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 23; so, auctores utriusque linguae, Quint. prooem. 1; 1, 1, 14: Mithridates, cui duas et viginti linguas notas fuisse, id. 11, 2, 50: haud rudis Graecae linguae, Curt. 5, 11, 4; 5, 4, 4; Nep. Milt. 3, 2: Syrus in Tiberim Orontes et linguam et mores vexit, Juv. 3, 63.—
b Dialect, idiom, mode of speech (post-Aug.): illis non verborum modo, sed. linguarum etiam se inter differentium copia est. Quint. 12, 10, 34: Crassus quinque Graeci sermonis differentias sic tenuit, ut, qua quisque apud eum linguā postulasset, eadem jus sibi redditum ferret, id. 11, 2, 50: utar enim historicā linguā, Sen. Q. N. 1, 13, 3: si philosophorum linguā uti voluissem, id. ib. 2, 2, 4.—
3 Poet. of animals. the voice, note, song, bark, etc.: linguae volucrum, Verg. A. 3, 361; 10, 177: linguam praecludere (canis), Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.—
4 An utterance, expression: lingua secretior, a dark saying, Quint. 1, 1, 35.—
B Of tongue-shaped things.
1 A plant, also called lingulaca, Plin. 24, 19, 108, § 170.—
2 Lingua bubula, a plant, oxtongue, bugloss, Cato, R. R. 40; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.—
3 Lingua canina, Cels. 5, 27, 18 init.; and lingua canis, App. Herb. 96, the plant hound's-tongue, also called cynoglossos; q. v.—
4 A tongue of land: id promontorium, Cujus lingua in altum proicit, Pac. ap. Gell. 4, 17 fin.: lingua in altum mille passuum excurrens, Liv. 37, 31, 9; Weissenb. ad Liv. 25, 15, 12: eminet in altum lingua, in qua urbs sita est, Liv. 44, 11: tenuem producit in aequora linguam, Luc. 2, 614; cf.: lingua dicitur promontorii genus non excellentis sed molliter in planum devexi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—
5 A spoonful, as a measure, Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119 (al. lingulis).—
6 The tongue or reed of a flute, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.—
7 The short arm of a lever: vectis lingua sub onus subdita, Vitr. 10, 8 (cf. ligula, VII.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lingua,⁸ æ, f. (anct dingua Mar. Vict. Ars Gramm. 1, 4, p. 26, 2 ; ),
1 la langue : Cic. Nat. 2, 149 ; lingua hæsitare Cic. de Or. 1, 115, parler avec difficulté, avoir la langue embarrassée ; ejectā linguā Cic. de Or. 2, 266, tirant la langue
2 langue, parole, langage : linguam continere Cic. Q. 1, 1, 38, tenir sa langue, se taire ; operarii lingua celeri et exercitata Cic. de Or. 1, 83, des manœuvres à la langue agile et exercée ; linguas hominum vitare Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2, éviter les propos du monde
3 langue d’un peuple : Latina, Græca Cic. Fin. 1, 10 ; utraque lingua Hor. S. 1, 10, 23, les deux langues [grec et latin]