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ἀμήχανον τέχνημα καὶ δυσέκδυτον → unmanageable garment which he could not strip off

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Latin > English

lacus laci N M :: basin/tank/tub; lake/pond; reservoir/cistern/basin, trough; lime-hole; bin; pit
lacus lacus lacus N M :: basin/tank/tub; lake/pond; reservoir/cistern/basin, trough; lime-hole; bin; pit

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lăcus: ūs (
I gen. laci, Vulg. Dan. 6, 17; 24; id. Jer. 37, 15; Cassiod. Var. 11, 14; dat. and abl. plur. lacis, Anthol. Lat. 5, 71, 10: lacibus, Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 33; usually lacubus, Ov. M. 12, 278 al.), m. root lak, to tear; Gr. λάκος, λακερός, λάκκος; Lat. lacer, lacinia, lacuna, lāma; cf. lacerna; originally any thing hollow, hence.
I A large vessel for liquids, a basin, tank, tub; esp. a vat into which the wine flowed from the press, Cato, R. R. 25; 67, 2; Col. 12, 18, 3: tu quoque devotos, Bacche, relinque lacus, Tib. 2, 3, 64: de lacubus proxima musta tuis, Ov. F. 4, 888; a tank of water, in which heated metal was cooled: alii stridentia tingunt Aera lacu, Verg. G. 4, 173: gelido ceu quondam lamina candens tincta lacu, stridit, Ov. M. 9, 170: ferrum, igne rubens ... lacubus demittit, id. ib. 12, 278.—Hence,
   B Transf.: oratio quasi de musto ac lacu fervida, i. e. still new, that has not done fermenting, Cic. Brut. 83, 288.—
II A large body of water which rises and falls (opp. stagnum, a standing pool), a lake, pond: agri, aedificia, lacus, stagna, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7: exhalant lacus nebulam, Lucr. 5, 463: deae, quae illos Hennenses lacus lucosque incolitis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188; cf. 2, 4, 48, § 107: Averni, Lucr. 6, 746; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: Albanus, id. Div. 1, 44, 100: Fucinus, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124: dicebar sicco vilior esse lacu, Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 12: ad spurcos lacus, Juv. 6, 603.—Poet., of a river: deinde lacu fluvius se condidit alto Ima petens, Verg. A. 8, 66; cf. v. 74; of the Styx, id. ib. 6, 134; 238; 393.—
III A large reservoir for water, a basin, tank, cistern (of which there were a great number in Rome), Front. 3; 78; Liv. 39, 44; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121: a furno redeuntes lacuque, Hor. S. 1, 4, 37.—A place called Lacus: garruli et malevoli supra Lacum, at the pond (perh. Lacus Curtius or Lacus Juturnae), Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 16.—Prov.: siccus lacus, for something useless, Prop. 2, 11, 11 (3, 6, 12).—

   a A hole in which lime is slacked, a lime-hole, Vitr. 7, 2, 2.—
   b One of the bins or receptacles for pulse in a granary: sed et lacubus distinguuntur granaria, ut separatim quaeque legumina ponantur, Col. 1, 6, 14.—
   c A den or cave for lions: labitur in lacum leonum, Prud. Cath. 4, 65; Vulg. Dan. 6, 7.—
   d The pit, the place of the dead (cf. II. fin. supra): salvasti me a descendentibus in lacum, Vulg. Psa. 29, 4.—
For lacunar, a panel in a ceiling (ante-class.): resultant aedesque lacusque, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 726.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lăcŭs,⁸ ūs, m. (cf. λάκκος),
1 réservoir, bassin, cuve : Cato Agr. 25 ; Col. Rust. 12, 18, 3 ; Cic. Br. 288 ; Virg. G. 4, 173 ; Ov. F. 4, 888
2 lac, étang : Cic. Agr. 3, 7 ; Div. 1, 100 ; Tusc. 1, 37 ; Lucr. 5, 463
3 réservoir d’eau, fontaine, citerne : Hor. S. 1, 4, 37 ; Liv. 39, 44 ; Plin. 36, 121
4 case pour les grains : Vitr. Arch. 7, 2, 2 || fosse [aux lions] : Prud. Cath. 4, 65 || caisson de plafond : Lucil. d. Serv. En. 1, 726. d.-abl. pl. lacubus Varro R. 1, 7, 7 ; Ov. M. 12, 278 ; qqf. lacibus Plin. 23, 33 ; Frontin. Aqu. 3 || 2e décl. : gén. laci CIL 1, 721 ; Vulg. Dan. 6, 17 ; nom. pl. laci Grom. 296, 8 ; acc. lacos Grom. 401, 21 ; d.-abl. pl. lacis Anth. 394, 12.

Latin > German (Georges)

lacus, ūs, m. (zu Λαιστρυγόνες, lacuna, Lache), urspr. jede trogartige Vertiefung; dah. I) See, der Ab- u. Zufluß hat, Cic. u. Liv.: lacus Avernus, s. 2. Avernus: Curtius lacus, s. Curtius: lacus Iuturnae, s. Iūturna: supra lacum, überm See (eine Örtlichkeit bei Rom), Plaut. Curc. 477. – bei Dichtern übh. statt Wasser, Gewässer, es sei Fluß, Quelle usw., Verg. u. Ov. – II) Röhrtrog, Brunnentrog, Wasserbecken, Hor., Vitr. u. Plin.: lacus Servilius, s. Servīlius: lacus balinearius, im Bade, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1166: lacus sternendos lapide locare, Liv. 39, 44, 5: sprichw., lacus siccus, ein trockener Brunnentrog, v. etwas Unnützem, Prop. 2, 14, 12. – dah. der Löschtrog, Kühltrog der Schmiede, Verg. georg. 4, 173 u. Aen. 8, 451. – III) jedes größere Gefäß für Flüssigkeiten, Kübel, Zuber, Wanne usw., bes. die Kufe, in die der gepreßte Wein und das gepreßte Öl fließt, Quint., Scriptt. r. r. u.a.: übtr., nova ista quasi de musto ac lacu fervida oratio, Cic. Brut. 288. – IV) Grube, Eccl. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 315 sq.): lacus leonum, Löwengrube, Eccl. – insbes., a) Grube zur Aufbewahrung der Hülfenfrüchte, Colum. 1, 6, 14. – b) Kalkgrube, Kalkloch zum Wässern des Kalkes, Vitr. 7, 2, 2. – V) = lacunar, die Felderdecke, das Feld, Lucil. b. Serv. Verg. 1, 726; vgl. Isid. orig. 19, 12. – / Genet. laci, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 584 u. 6, 975. Vulg. Dan. 6, 17 u. 6, 24; Ierem. 37, 15. Cassiod. var. 11, 14, 1: Abl. Sing. laco, Itala num. 20, 17: Nom. Plur. laci, Gromat. vet. 296, 8: Akk. Plur. lacos, ibid. 401, 21: Dat. u. Abl. Plur. lacis, Anthol. Lat. 394, 12 (1037, 12); vgl. Dederich Frontin. aqu. 3. p. 145. – Dat. u. Abl. Plur. gew. lacubus (zB. Varro r. r. 1, 7, 7. Ov. met. 12, 278), selten lacibus (Plin. 23, 33. Frontin. aqu. 3 u.a.); vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 1, 553 u. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 376.

Latin > Chinese

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