glacies

Latin > English

glacies glaciei N F :: ice; ice fields (pl.)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

glăcĭes: ēi, f. root in Gr. γάλα, γαλακτ-; cf. γλαγάω, to be milky, etc.; Germ. Gletscher; v. gelu,
I ice (cf.; gelu, pruina).
I Lit.: sol glaciem dissolvit, Lucr. 6, 963; so ib. 878: ne teneras glacies secet aspera plantas, Verg. E. 10, 49; Hor. C. 2, 9, 5; Ov. M. 2, 808; 13, 795; Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: lubrica, slippery ice, Liv. 21, 36, 7: Maeotica, Juv. 4, 42 et saep.—In plur.: glacies, Verg. G. 4, 517: glacierum, Sid. Ep. 4, 6 fin.; Vulg. Dan. 3, 70.—*
II Transf., hardness: tum glacies aeris flamma devicta liquescit, Lucr. 1, 493.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

glăcĭēs,¹¹ ēī, f. (cf. gelu), glace, glaçon : Lucr. 6, 963 ; Virg. B. 10, 49 ; Liv. 21, 36, 7 || [fig.] dureté, rigidité [de l’airain] : Lucr. 1, 493.

Latin > German (Georges)

glaciēs, ēī, f. (verwandt mit gelu), I) das Eis, concreta gl., Curt.: dura et alte concreta glacies, Liv.: nuda infra gl., Liv.: gl. caerulea, Verg.: gl. fragilis, Ov.: hibernalis, Vulg.: lucidior glacie, Ov.: duratus glacie Danubius, Plin. pan.: aqua ex nive aut glacie, Cels.: glacies se frangit, Sen.: glaciem solvere, exsolvere, Lucr.: glaciem cum flumina trudunt (treiben), Verg. – Plur., glacies Hyperboreae, Verg. georg. 4, 517: crustae glacierum, Sidon. epist. 4, 6, 4: benedicite glacies et nives Domino, Vulg. Dan. 3, 70. – II) meton., die Sprödigkeit, Härte, aeris, Lucr. 1, 493.

Latin > Chinese

glacies, ei. f. :: 冰