laurus
οὖρος ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν αὐτῇ γένοιτ' ἄπωθεν ἑρπούσῃ → let a fair wind be with her as she goes from my sight, let her go as quick as may be
Latin > English
laurus lauri N F :: bay-tree, laurel; laurel crown; triumph
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
laurus: i (
I gen. laurūs, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 132; 14, 16, 19, § 112; Col. 6, 7, 3 codd.; abl. lauru, Hor. C. 2, 7, 19; but lauro, id. ib. 3, 30, 16; nom. plur. laurus, Verg. A. 3, 91; acc. plur. laurus, id. E. 6, 83 al.; Tib. 2, 5, 63; gen. plur. lauruum, acc. to Charis. p. 110 P.), f. cf. Germ. lor- in Lorbeere, a bay-tree, laurel-tree, laurel, sacred to Apollo; cf.: aliquid cedo Qui vicini hanc nostram augeam aram Apollinis. Da sane hanc virgam lauri, Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 11; it grew in greatest beauty on Parnassus, and hence is called Parnasia laurus, Verg. G. 2, 18; its branches were the decoration of poets, Hor. C. 4, 2, 9; of the flamens, Liv. 23, 11; Ov. F. 3, 137. In festivals, the ancestral images were decorated with laurel, Cic. Mur. 41. The leaves, when eaten, were said to impart the power of prophesying, Tib. 2, 5, 63; Juv. 7, 19. Victorious generals, in triumphal processions, wore laurel crowns on their heads and carried laurel branches in their hands, while their lictors bore fasces bound with laurel, Cic. Att. 7, 10; Ov. M. 1, 560. Before the gate of the imperial palace stood two laurel-trees, with oaken crowns, in honor of the emperor, as the vanquisher of foes and the people's preserver: janitrix Caesarum et pontificum, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 sqq.; Tert. Apol. 35. A wet branch of laurel was used in lustrations, to sprinkle the objects to be purified: cuperent lustrari ... si foret umida laurus, Juv. 2, 158; cf. Dict. Antiq. s. v. lustratio.—
II Meton. for laurea, a laurel crown, as the sign of a triumph; hence for triumph, victory: incurrit haec nostra laurus non solum in oculos, sed, etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2: Parthica, Plin. Pan. 14: Indica, Stat. S. 4, 1, 4: Sarmatica, Mart. 7, 6, 10: ornari lauro secunda, Juv. 8, 253.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) laurus,¹⁰ ī, f., laurier : Virg. En. 3, 91 ; Hor. O. 2, 7, 19 ; Plin. 15, 132 || couronne de laurier, palme, victoire, triomphe : Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2 ; Stat. S. 4, 1, 4 ; Sarmatica laurus Mart. 7, 6, 10, victoire sur les Sarmates. formes de la 4e décl. : gén. laurus Plin. 12, 98, etc. ; abl. lauru Hor. O. 2, 7, 19 ; Plin. 10, 157 ; Gell. 5, 6, 7 ; nom. et acc. pl. laurus Virg. En. 3, 91 ; Catul. 64, 289 ; Virg. B. 6, 83 ; dat.-abl. pl. lauribus Serv. En. 10, 689, mais lauris Plin. 15, 101 ; 17, 88 || m., Pall. 12, 22, 4 ; cf. Prisc. Gramm. 5, 42.
Latin > German (Georges)
laurus, ī, f., der Lorbeer, Lorbeerbaum, lauri ramulus, Suet.: lauri nemus, Aur. Vict.: lauri silva, Plin. – Der Lorbeer war dem Apollo heilig, dessen Tempel oft Lorbeerhaine umgaben (dah. Clarii laurūs sentire, das Rauschen des Lorbeerhains um den Tempel des klarischen Apollo, Verg.): seine Zweige ein Kopfschmuck Apollos und der Dichter, Hor. u.a.; u. der Flamines bei gewissen Festen, Ov.: ebenso bei festlichen u. freudigen Begebenheiten ein Schmuck der Bilder der Eltern u. Ahnen, Cic.: desgleichen der Häuser, Tac. – bes. als Siegeszeichen bei Triumphen, wo der Triumphator das Haupt mit einem Lorbeerzweige umkränzt hatte u. einen anderen Lorbeerzweig in der Hand hielt, u. die Faszes der Liktoren mit Lorbeer umwunden waren usw., Cic. u.a. – dah. meton., laurus = laurea, wie Lorbeer = Lorbeerzweig, Lorbeerkranz, u. diese = Triumph od. Sieg, Cic.: Parthica, Plin. pan.: victrix, Mart.: alqm poëticā lauru coronare, Symm. epist. 1, 53. – / Sing. laurus auch nach der 4. Deklin., Genet. laurūs, Colum. 6, 7, 3 codd. Plin. 12, 98; 14, 112 u.a. Stat. Theb. 12, 492. Mart. 7, 6, 10: Abl. laurū, Hor. carm. 2, 7, 19. Colum. 4, 26, 1. Plin. 10, 157. Val. Max. 2, 2, 3. Stat Theb. 8, 127. Mart. 8, 65, 5. Gell. 5, 6, 7. Symm. epist. 1, 53: Nom. Plur. laurūs, Verg. Aen. 3, 91. Lucan. 5, 155 u.a. Plin. 15, 113. Stat silv. 4, 4, 47 u.a.: Akk. Plur. laurūs, Catull. 64, 289. Verg. Aen. 3, 360. Tibull. 2, 5, 63. Plin. 17, 96. Tac. ann. 15, 71; hist. 2, 55. Stat. silv. 4, 3, 118. Mart. 1, 108, 3 u.a.: Dat. od. Abl. Plur. lauribus, Serv. Verg. Aen. 10, 689 (dagegen lauris bei Plin. 15, 101 u. 17, 88): Vok. Plur. laurūs, Ov. fast. 4, 953. Stat. silv. 4, 3, 110. Vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 1. S. 767 u. 768 u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 382 u. 383. – laurus auch masc. (vgl. Prisc. 5, 42), substrato lauro, Pallad. 12, 22, 4.
Latin > Chinese
laurus, i vel us. f. :: 丁香葉。— indica 南才。