harundo: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>hărundo</b>: ([[better]] [[than]] ărundo, Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, [[though]] the [[latter]] is freq. in MSS. and edd.;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]]), ĭnis, f. etym. dub.; perh. from [[root]] ar-, to [[set]] in [[motion]]; Sanscr. aras, [[swift]]; aranjas, a [[wood]], as [[that]] [[which]] grows; cf.: [[ulmus]], [[ulva]], [[alnus]], Corss. Ausspr. 1, 530 sq..<br /><b>I</b> Prop., the [[reed]], [[cane]] (taller [[than]] [[canna]]; cf. also: [[culmus]], [[calamus]], [[stipula]]), [[Cato]], R. R. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156 sqq.: [[intus]] medullam sabuci (habent) ... inanitatem harundines, id. 13, 22, 42, § 122: longa parvae sub arundine cannae, Ov. M. 8, 337: [[fluvialis]], Verg. G. 2, 414; used for [[covering]] or thatching huts and houses, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Vitr. 2, 1, 3; esp. in encampments: casae ex harundinibus textae, Liv. 35, 27, 3 Weissenb.: teneris harundinum radicibus contusis equos alere, Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3.—Prov.: arundo [[vento]] agitata, Vulg. Matt. 11, 7; Luc. 7, 24: arundinem quassatam non confringet, ib. Matt. 12, 20. —<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]. of [[any]] [[thing]] made of [[reed]] or [[cane]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[fishing]]-[[rod]]: hisce hami [[atque]] haec harundines sunt nobis quaestu, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 5: haec [[laqueo]] volucres, hacc captat arundine pisces, Tib. 2, 6, 23 Müll.: hos [[aliquis]] tremula, dum captat arundine pisces, vidit, Ov. M. 8, 217 Merk.; 13, 293; 14, 651.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Limed twigs for [[catching]] birds: parati aucupes cum harundinibus fuerunt, Petr. 40, 6: volucres, quas textis harundinibus [[peritus]] [[artifex]] tetigit, id. 109, 7: cantu fallitur [[ales]], callida dum tacita crescit [[harundo]] manu, Mart. 14, 218, 2 Schneidewin: aut (si) crescente [[levis]] traheretur arundine [[praeda]], id. 9, 54, 3 id.: ut qui viscatos populatur arundine lucos, Sil. 7, 674: harundine sumptā [[Faunus]] plumoso [[sum]] [[deus]] aucupio, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[wreath]] or [[crown]] made of reeds; as the [[head]] of [[Priapus]]: ast inportunas volucres in vertice [[harundo]] terret fixa, Hor. S. 1, 8, 6 B. and K.; v. Orell. ad loc.—Esp. [[worn]] by [[river]] deities: (Tiberini) crines umbrosa tegebat [[harundo]], Verg. A. 8, 34 Rib.; of the [[river]] Calydonius: inornatos [[redimitus]] arundine crines, Ov. M. 9, 3: subita [[cur]] [[pulcher]] arundine crines velat [[Hylas]], Val. Fl. 1, 218: ([[Glaucus]]) caputque [[redimitus]] arundine, Vell. Pat. 2, 83; and of the [[Tiber]]: et arundinis altae [[concolor]] in viridi fluitabat [[silva]] capillo, Sid. Paneg. Anthem. 333: velatus harundine glauca [[Mincius]], Verg. A. 10, 205 Rib.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> The [[shaft]] of an [[arrow]]: [[quod]] fugat obtusum est, et habet sub arundine [[plumbum]], Ov. M. 1, 471: pennaque citatior ibat quae redit in pugnas fugientis arundine [[Parthi]], Sil. 10, 12; Cels. 7, 5, 2.—Hence ([[pars]] pro toto), an [[arrow]]: inque cor hamata percussit arundine Ditem, Ov. M. 5, 384; 8, 382; 10, 526; 11, 325: haeret lateri [[letalis]] [[harundo]], Verg. A. 4, 73 Rib. (Forbig. and Conington, arundo); id. ib. 7, 499.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A [[pen]]: [[neve]] notet [[lusus]] [[tristis]] [[harundo]] tuos, Mart. 1, 3, 10: inque [[manus]] chartae, nodosaque venit [[harundo]], Pers. 3, 11. The [[best]] came from [[Cnidus]]: Cnidia, Aus. Ep. 7, 49; and: [[Acidalia]], Mart. 9, 14, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> A [[reed]] [[pipe]], [[shepherd]]'s [[pipe]], [[Pan]]-pipes, = σύριγξ (an [[instrument]] made of [[several]] reeds, fastened [[together]] [[with]] [[wax]], [[each]] [[successive]] [[reed]] [[somewhat]] shorter [[than]] the [[preceding]]): junctisque canendo vincere arundinibus servantia lumina temptat, Ov. M. 1, 684; cf. id. ib. 1, 707 sq.; 11, 154: agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam, Verg. E. 6, 8; cf.: compacta solitum modulatur harundine [[carmen]], id. Cul. 100: nec crepuit fissa me [[propter]] harundine [[custos]], Prop. 4 (5), 7, 25.—<br /> A [[flute]] (made of the [[κάλαμος]] [[αὐλητικός]]>, Theophr. 4, 12): Satyri reminiscitur [[alter]], quem Tritoniaca Latoüs arundine victum affecit [[poena]], Ov. M. 6, 384.—<br /> A [[comb]] made of [[reed]], [[which]] brought the threads of the [[web]] [[into]] [[their]] [[place]]: [[stamen]] secernit arundo, Ov. M. 6, 55.—<br /> A [[reed]] for brushing [[down]] cobwebs: ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.—<br /> A [[kind]] of [[transverse]] [[bar]] [[along]] [[which]] vines were [[trained]]: jugorum genera [[fere]] quatuor, ... [[harundo]], ut in Arpino, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—<br /> A [[rod]] (for [[beating]], punishing): ac me [[iterum]] in cellam perduxit, et harundinem ab ostio rapuit iterumque mulcavit, Petr. 134.—<br /> Splints for holding [[together]] injured parts of the [[body]], Suet. Aug. 80.—<br /> A measuring-[[rod]], Prud. Psych. 826.—<br /> A hobbyhorse, [[cane]]-[[horse]], as a [[child]]'s [[plaything]]: equitare in harundine longa, Hor. S. 2, 3, 248; cf.: non erubuit ([[Socrates]]) cum, interposita arundine cruribus suis, cum parvulis filiolis ludens, ab Alcibiade [[risus]] est, Val. Max. 8, 8 ext. 1.