lippus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>lippus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. [[lip]], to [[smear]]; Gr. [[λίπα]], [[λίπος]]>, [[fat]]; [[ἄλειφα]]>, [[salve]]; [[whence]] [[adeps]],<br /><b>I</b> [[blear-eyed]], bleared, inflamed.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: num [[tibi]] [[lippus]] videor, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21: (matrem) cubare in navi lippam [[atque]] oculis turgidis, id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi [[illic]] oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4: non [[tamen]] [[idcirco]] contemnas [[lippus]] inungi, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.: [[lippus]] Illinere, id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i. e. to [[everybody]], Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dim-sighted, [[nearly]] [[blind]], [[half]]-[[blind]], [[purblind]]: fuligine [[lippus]], Juv. 10, 130: patres, Pers. 1, 79.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dropping, [[running]]: lippa sub attrita fronte [[lacuna]] putet, of an [[empty]] [[eye]]-[[socket]], Mart. 8, 59, 2: [[ficus]], an [[over]]-[[ripe]] [[fig]], dropping [[with]] [[juice]], id. 7, 20, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[blind]] to one's [[own]] faults: [[vappa]] et [[lippus]], Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25.