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|lshtext=<b>dĭurnus</b>: a, um, adj. for [[dius]]-nus, from [[dies]]; cf.: [[interdius]], [[quotidianus]], etc.,<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to the [[day]].<br /><b>I</b> In a wider [[sense]], [[daily]] (perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.): aetatis fata [[diurna]], i. e. of [[only]] one [[day]], Ov. H. 6, 37: instituit, ut tam Senatus [[quam]] populi [[diurna]] [[acta]] confierent et publicarentur, [[daily]] transactions, records, journal, Suet. Caes. 20; Tac. A. 13, 31; Suet. Claud. 41 Oud. N. cr.; in the [[same]] signif.: commentarii, id. Aug. 64; cf. also: [[diurna]] actorum [[scriptura]], Tac. A. 3, 3. (Concerning these [[acta]] [[diurna]], v. [[Lips]]. Exc. ad Tac. A. 5, 4; Ernest. Exc. ad Suet. Caes. 20; Rupert. ad Juv. 2, 136; Walch ad Tac. Agr. p. 114, and the [[art]]. [[acta]]): [[cibus]], [[daily]] [[allowance]], rations, Liv. 4, 12 fin.: [[victus]], Suet. Ner. 36 fin.: mercede [[diurna]] [[conductus]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 17.—Hence, subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> diurnum, i, n., an [[account]]-[[book]], [[day]]-[[book]]: [[longum]], Juv. 6, 482; plur. (sc. [[acta]]), diaries, records, minutes: [[diurna]] populi Romani, per provincias curatius leguntur, Tac. A. 16, 22.—Also subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> diurnum, i, n. (sc. [[frumentum]]), a [[daily]] [[portion]], [[allowance]], rations (cf. [[diarium]]), Sen. Ep. 80, 8; id. Contr. 5, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Ner. 30.—<br /><b>II</b> In a stricter [[sense]] (acc. to [[dies]], I. B. 2.), opp. [[nocturnus]], by [[day]], of the [[day]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].): diurnum nocturnumve [[spatium]], Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39: labores diurni nocturnique, id. de Sen. 23, 82; cf. so opp. [[nocturnus]], Lucr. 6, 849; Cic. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48; Caes. B. G. 1, 38 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13, 1; Quint. 7, 2, 44; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11; Ov. F. 3, 878 et saep.: [[lumen]], Lucr. 4, 458; so Ov. F. 4, 449; cf. [[stella]], i. e. the [[morning]]-[[star]], Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 62: [[currus]], i. e. the [[chariot]] of the [[sun]], Ov. M. 4, 629: ignes, id. ib. 7, 192: [[nitor]], id. H. 18, 78 al.: [[actus]], the [[day]]'s [[business]], Suet. Aug. 78.— Adv.: dĭurne, [[daily]], Dracont. Hex. 1, 68; 3, 602.