cibus
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cĭbus: i, m. perh. root of capio,
I food for man and beast, victuals, fare, nutriment, fodder (class. in prose and poetry, both in sing. and plur.; syn.: esca, epulae; opp. potio, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; cf. id. N. D. 2, 54, 136; so, cibus potusque, Tac. A. 13, 16: cibus et vinum, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60; Juv. 10, 203: unda cibusque, Ov. M. 4, 262): cibum capere, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77: petere, id. ib. 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 25: capessere (of animals), Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: sumere, Nep. Att. 21, 6; Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 36: tantum cibi et potionis adhibendum, etc., Cic. Sen. 11, 36: digerere, Quint. 11, 2, 35; cf. id. 11, 3, 19: coquere, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 7: concoquere, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64: mandere, id. N. D. 2, 54, 134: cibos suppeditare, id. Leg. 2, 27, 67: (Cleanthes) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur, id. N. D. 2, 9, 24; cf.: suavissimus et idem facillimus ad concoquendum, id. Fin. 2, 20, 64: flentes orabant, ut se cibo juvarent, Caes. B. G. 7, 78 fin.: cibus animalis, the means of nourishment in the air, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: cibi bubuli, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; 1, 23, 2: cibus erat caro ferina, Sall. J. 18, 1: cum tenues hamos abdidit ante cibus, the bait, Tib. 2, 6, 24; Ov. M. 8, 856; 15, 476.—
B Transf. to the nourishment of plants, the nutritive juice, Lucr. 1, 353; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 12.—
II Trop., food, sustenance (rare): quasi quidam humanitatis cibus, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 54: cibus furoris, Ov. M. 6, 480: causa cibusque mali, id. R. Am. 138.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cĭbus,⁸ ī, m.,
1 nourriture, aliment [de l’homme, des animaux ou des plantes], mets, repas : cibus gravis Cic. Nat. 2, 24, aliment indigeste ; cibus facillimus ad concoquendum Cic. Tusc. 2, 64, aliment très facile à digérer ; plurimi cibi esse Suet. Galba 22, être gros mangeur, cf. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4 ; maximi cibi esse Varro R. 2, 11, être très nourrissant ; abstinere se cibo Nep. Att. 22, 3, s’abstenir de manger ; cibus arborum imber Plin. 17, 12, la pluie est la nourriture des arbres || [fig.] aliment, nourriture : omnia pro cibo furoris accipit Ov. M. 6, 480, tout sert d’aliment à sa fureur || pl. cibi = espèces de nourriture : Cic. Nat. 2, 146
2 suc des aliments, sève : Cic. Nat. 2, 137 ; cibus per ramos diffunditur Lucr. 1, 352, la sève se diffuse dans les rameaux
3 appât : cum hamos abdidit ante cibus Tib. 2, 6, 24, quand l’appât cache l’hameçon.
(2) cĭbŭs, ūs, m., arch., Prisc. Gramm. 6, 73, c. le précédent.
