varus
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vărus: i, m.,
I an eruption on the face, a blotch, pimple, Gr. ἴονθος, Cels. 6, 5; Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 151; 23, 1, 14, § 19; 23, 4, 42, § 85; 23, 4, 45, § 89.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vārus: a, um, adj. perh. root kar, kvar; whence Sanscr. kakras, wheel; Lat. circus, curvus, and vārus, for cvarus; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 412,
I bent, stretched, or grown inwards, or awry.
I Lit.: (canes) debent esse cruribus rectis et potius varis quam vatiis, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; hence of persons with legs bent inwards, knock-kneed (cf. valgus): hunc varum distortis cruribus; illum Balbutit scaurum pravis fultum male talis, Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 (cf. Orelli et Dillenb. ad loc.); Lucil. ap. Non. 26, 12; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 54; Dig. 21, 1, 10 fin.: manus, i. e. bent, crooked, Ov. M. 9, 33: bracchia, Mart. 7, 32, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 850: cornua, Ov. M. 12, 382; id. Am. 1, 3, 24: talea, Col. 5, 9, 2.—
II Trop., diverse, different (poet.); absol.: geminos, Horoscope, varo Producis genio, Pers. 6, 18.—With dat.: alterum (genus hominum) et huic varum et nihilo sapientius, different from this, Hor. S. 2, 3, 56.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) vārus,¹³ a, um,
1 tourné en dehors, cagneux : Varro R. 2, 9, 4 || qui a les genoux tournés en dedans et les pieds tournés en dehors, cagneux : Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 || recourbé [en gén.] : [cornes] Ov. M. 12, 382
2 [fig.] opposé, contraire : huic varum (genus) Hor. S. 2, 3, 56, espèce opposée à celle-ci.
(2) vărus, ī, m., pustule, petit bouton sur la peau : Cels. Med. 6, 5 ; Plin. 22, 151.
