fur uni cufiido, is lessened. Id. Paneg. 
stadia, are remitted. Quintil. aftectus. 
_If Also, to become sick or ill. Ovid. 
. Nec tnea consueto languescent corpo¬ 
ra lector - IT Also, to become soft, 
mild. Ilorat. Bacchus languescit, h. c. 
vinuin. 
LANGUiDE (languidus), a.dv. faintly, fee¬ 
bly, languidly, remissly, carelessly. Co¬ 
lum. Cunctanter et languide procedere. 
Pclron. Languide agere. Cces. Suosque 
languidius in opere versari jussit. Plin. 
Palm® languide dulces, of a flat and 
insipid sweetness. Id. Carbunculi lan¬ 
guidius ac lividius lucent, less brilliant¬ 
ly. — Hence, effeminately. Cic. Dictum 
languidius. 
LaNGUIDCLOS (dimin. of languidus), a, 
um, adj. a little languid. Catuil: Lan- 
guiduli somni. — Also, faded, withered. 
Cic. Corona languidula. 
LaNGUTDOS (langueo), a, um, adj. faint, 
languid, without vigor, dull, sluggish, 
weak, feeble, dadevbi, aveipsvos. Cic. 
Tarda et languida pecus. Id. Vino 
languidi, heavy, dull. Ilorat. Videre fes- 
sos vomerem inversum boves collo tra- 
hentes languido. Plin. ignis. Lucan. 
carbasa, h. e. not filled with the wind. 
Cic. Languidius studium.-IT Also, 
faint, dull, faded. Plin. Languidus 
color. Id. Folia languidiora. Id. Ar- 
bores amissione foliorum languid®.- 
If Also, weak, feeble, languid. Plin. Ve- 
narum languidus ictus, languid pulse 
Cic. senectus. Odd. ventus.-IT Al¬ 
so, feeble, sick, ill. Martial. Languidior 
noster si quando est Paulus.-*T Al¬ 
so, mild, of wine. Ilorat. Promere lan¬ 
guidiora vina.-If Also, flowing gen¬ 
tly, smoothly. Lie. aqua. -—— If Also, 
effeminate, unmanly. Cic. philosophus 
A— IT Otia languida, idle leisure, in 
which nothing is done. Tibull. So, Virg. 
quies, A. e. sornnus. 
LaNGUTFICOS (langueo & facio), a, um, 
3 adj. making faint or feeble. Anson. 
LaNGUBR (langueo), oris, m. faintness, 
feebleness, weakness, languor, aaOcveia, 
badvpia. Terent. H®c deambulatio me 
ail languorem dedit, ft. e. has fatigued 
me. Catuil. Multis languoribus peresus. 
Ovid. Mollilanguore solutus.- If Also, 
sickness, disease. Cic. Languor corporis. 
Ovid. Nunc ficto languore moram tra- 
hit. Ilorat. Languor aquosus, the drop¬ 
sy. Sueton. In languorem incidere. 
-IT Also, of colors, faintness, want of 
brilliancy. Plin. - IT Also, listlcss- 
ness, sluggishness, inactivity, torpor. 
Cic. Otium et solitudo languorem affe- 
runt. Id. Vides languorem bonoruin, 
timidity, faint-heartedness. Tacit. Atto- 
nitas subito terrore ment.es falsumgau- 
dium in languorem vertu, carelessness. 
supineness, indifference. -If Also, of 
tile sea, calmness, aperfect. calm. Ssnec. 
LANGURTUM, ii, n. See Langa. 
LS-NIaRTOS (lanius), a, um, adj. Inscripl. 
3 ap. Orator. Laniarius (absol.), a butch¬ 
er. — Varr. Laniarium (absol.), a butch¬ 
er’s stall, shambles. 
LXNiaTIB (lanio), onis, f. a tearing or 
2 cutting. Senec. In c®des hominum, et 
laniatlones pervenit, slaughter, butchery, 
carnage. 
LXNTaTOS (Id.), us, m. a tearing or cut¬ 
ting to pieces, same as Laniatio. Cic. 
— Trigur. Tacit. Laniatus, sc. animi, an¬ 
guish. 
LaNTCIX (lana), 
3 Labor. 
LaNTCIUM (Id.), ii, n. wool; the pro- 
3 duct or supply of wool. Virg. Si tibi 
laniciumcur®, &c. Plin. Seres lanicio 
silvarum nobiles. 
.LaNICOTIS (lana & cutis), e, adject. 
3 hiving wool, bearing wool. Laber. 
LXNIeN'X (lanius), re, f. a butcher’s 
shop or stall, shambles, KpewnOiXiov. 
Plant. -IT Also, a cutting, dissection. 
Prudent. 
LaNIFER (lana & fero), era, erum, bear- 
2 inn or producing wool, epiotjibpos. Plin. 
LaNIFTOIUM (lanificus), it, n. the work- 
2 mg of wool, art of making wool into cloth, 
spinning wool, epiovpyia. Vitruv. and 
Justin. 
LaNTFICOS (lana & facio), a, um, adj. 
g working in wool, spinning wool, making 
wool into cloth, iptovpydi. Martial. 
®, f. same as Lanicium. 
Lanificre sorores, ft. e. the Fates. Ti¬ 
bull. Manum lanificam imponere pensis. 
Ovid. ars.- IT Lanifica, ®, f. the spin¬ 
ning of wool. Vitruv. 
LaNIGER (lana & gero), era, erum, bear- 
2 ing wool, fleeced, fleecy, spiojidpos. Acc. 
ap. Cic. pecus. Virg. greges. Plin. 
arbor. — Hence, Phwdr. Laniger (ab¬ 
sol.), sc. agnus, a lamb. Ovid. Laniger, 
ft. e. aries. Manil. Laniger, the constel¬ 
lation Aries, the Ram. 
LXNI5 (unc.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to tear 
or cut in pieces, cut up, lacerate, mangle, 
dpvocno. Cic. Cum homo hnbecillus 
a valentissima bestia laniatur. Virg. 
Filia laniata genas. Liv. and Ovid. La- 
nianda viscera nostra prsebere. Virg. 
Discissos nudis laniabant dentibus ar- 
tus. Tacit. Ceteri crura brachiaque 
feede laniavere. Id. Laniare vestem. 
Odd. Lartiata classis. Id. Laniata co¬ 
mas, for laniatis comis. So, Id. Lani¬ 
ata sinus. Virg. Laniata crines, for 
laniatis crinibus. Odd. crinem ntani 
bus. Id. ora digitis. Id. Venti mun 
dum laniant. 
LaNIB (unc.), onis, m. a butcher. Pan- 
3 dect. — Figur. a butcher, a blood-thirsty 
man. Sedul. 
LXNIoNTOS (lanio), a, um, adj. of or be- 
2 longing to a butcher, Kpeovpyiud;. Sue- 
ton. Mensa lanionia, a butcher’s table or 
board. 
LaNiPkNDTOS (lanafc pendo),a,unt,adj. 
that weighs out wool, h. e. distributes it to 
others to be carded and spun. Hence, 
Pandect. Lanipendia, sc. mulier. In¬ 
script. ap. Grater. Lanipendius, sc. vir 
or homo. 
LaNIPeS (lana & pes), pedis, adj. wool- 
2 footed, whose feet are covered with wool, 
or arc soft and weak as wool. Cass. ap. 
Quintil. 5, 11, 24. Spald. 
LXNTSTX (unc.), re, m. ateacher or trainer 
of gladiators, fencing-master, poi/ojraxo- 
rpotpo;. Cic. and Juvenal. -IT b igur. 
one that excites others to battle. Cic. and 
Liv. Hence, a trainer of fighting-cocks, 
a cock-master. Colam. -IT As gladi- 
atnrcs frequently signifies robbers, mur¬ 
derers, banditti, so lanista signifies a 
captain of robbers, &c. Cic. 
LXNISTTTIf’S, or LXNISTICTOS (lanis- 
2 ta), a, um, adj. of or belonging to a 
trainer or teacher of gladiators. Petron. 
LaNTTIX (lana), ®, f. and LaNITTeS, ei, 
3 f. same as Lanicia. Tcrtull. 
LaNITTTJM (Id.), ii, r.. same as Lanici- 
um. 
LXNTOS (unc.), ii, m. abutcher, Kpewnw- 
Xns, Kpeovpybs. Terent. and Phwdr. — 
Also, a sacrificing priest. Plaut. - 
If Also, a. hangman, executioner. Plaut. 
LANIVINUS, CANIVIUM, same as La- 
nuvinus, Lanuvium. 
LaNoSITaS (lanosns), atis, f. thewoolli- 
.3 ness of a thing. Tcrtull. 
LaNoSOS (lana), a, um, adj. woolly, 
2 fleecy. Colum. 
LANTERNA, ) 
LANTERNARIUS. . 
LaNuGINEOS (lanugo), a, um, adj. same 
3 as Lanuginosus. Apul. 
LaNuGINoSoS (Id.), a, um, adj. woolly, 
downy, mossy, XaxuaTo s. Plin. Lanu¬ 
ginosus araneus. Id. Lanuginosa folia. 
Id. Herba lanuginosior. 
LaNuGB (lana), Inis, f. the soft, tender 
2 hair or down which grows upon the faces 
of young people ; the soft wool, down 
gossamer or fur, upon fruits, leaves, herbs, 
&c. the down upon young birds, &c. iov 
X os, \dxvy. Virg. Flaventem primala- 
nugine malas dum sequeris Clytium. 
Ooid. Octonis iterum natalibus actis 
signarat dubia teneras lanugine malas. 
Sueton. A prima lanugine, ft. c. from 
early youth. Virg. Cana legam tenera 
lanugine mala. Lucrct. Herba lanu¬ 
gine abundans. Ovid. Com® graci- 
fes, et lanuginis instar. Colum. Vitis 
lanescit lanugine. Plin. Arundinum 
lanugo illita auribus. Id. Folia arane- 
osa lanugine obducta. Id. Cervorum 
cornua arundineas in paniculas molli 
plumata lanugine. Id. Linea lanugo, 
A. c. which is scraped from linen rags. 
- IT Also, saw-dust, filings. Colum. 
LaNOLX (dimin. of lana), $, f. a small 
2 lock of wool. Cels. 
LaNuVIUM, or LaNIVTUM, ii, n. a city 
474 
See Latcrna, &c. 
of Latium, on the Appian way, in the Lan 
rentiun territory, between Aricia, Alba 
Longa and Ardea. — Hence, LanuvI- 
nus, a, um, adj. of or belonging to Lanu¬ 
vium. Ilorat. ager. Liv. magistratus. 
Id. Municipes Lanuvini, or, Id. (absol.) 
Lanuvini, the inhabitants of Lanuvium. 
Cic. (absol.) Lanuvinum, sc. prsdium, 
an estate at Lanuvium. 
LaNX (unc.), lands, f. a broad plate, 
platter, charger, dish, niva\. Cic., Virg., 
&c. •— — IT Gell. Per lancem, et licium 
furta concipere (a law phrase), ft. e. to 
search a house for stolen property. The 
search was made per licium, with which 
the person making the search was 
clothed instead of his usual garments, 
that there might he no suspicion of his 
bringing in himself the articles for 
which the search was instituted ; and 
per lancem, which, being perforated, lie 
held before his face, that he might not 
be recognized by the women. - 
IT From resemblance, the scale of a 
balance (hence, bilanx, a balance, pair 
of scales). Cic. — Hence, figur. Pcrs 
Scis etenim justum gemina suspen- 
dere lance ancipitis libr®. Plin. Is 
demum profecto vitam ®qua lance 
pensitabit, &c. ft. e. will form a just 
estimation of human life. Pandect. 
iEqua lance servari, ft. e. pari, eodem- 
que modo. 
LaBCBoN, ontis, m. Aaosboiv, a priest 
of Apollo at Troy, who, with his two sons, 
was slain by serpents. Virg. — Three 
artists of Rhodes, Agesander, Folydo- 
rus and Athenodorus, made a statue of 
Laocoon and his sons, from a single 
block of marble. Plin. 
LaBDXMiX, ®, f. Aaofiapeia, daughter 
of Acastus, and wife of Protesilaus, to 
whom she was so dearly attached that when 
she heard of his being slain by Hector, she 
was unwilling to live any longer. Hav¬ 
ing obtained permission of the gods to be¬ 
hold the shadow of her husband, she died 
in his arms. Ovid. 
LaADTCeX, re, f. the name of several dues. 
— In Phrygia Major, on the river Lycos. 
Cic. — Also, one on the coast of Seleucis, 
in Syria. — Also, another on mount Liba- 
nus in Cwle-Syria. — And, also, several 
others. — Hence, Laodicensis, e, adj. 
of or belonging to Laodicea, Laodicean. 
Cic. civitas, ft. e. Laodicea in Phrygia 
Major. — Also, Laodicenus, a, um, adj. 
Laodicean. Cass, in Cic. Ep., bee. 
LaQMEDoN, ontis, m. Aaopediov, sonoj 
Rus, father of Priam, &c. king of Troy. 
Apollo'and Neptune undertook to build the 
walls for him for a stipulated re, card. 
After the walls were completed, Laomedon 
refused to adhere to his engagement , et 
which Apollo and Neptune were high in¬ 
censed ; and the former sent a F s,llc J“ 
upon the city, the latter overflowing watc. 
In this emergency, jj s 
the oracle, and it was replied that the 
could only be appeased by to 
every year a Trojan maiden. to U 
pieces hj a sea-monster winch Ncptirt 
had sent. 
When the lot fell upon. 
daughter Hesione, and she, already m 
to a rock, was awaiting the 
monster, Hercules, by chance ¥ing-U*, 
undertook to ldllthe 
the maiden, provided he J bc k. 
Laomedon some horses of steB , 
This having been agreed to, He e _ ^ 
the monster, and as Laomedo ^ 
faithful to his promise, he took v ^» 
killed the king,and L * 0 medon- 
panion Telamon. - Kence^u 
tens, a, um, adj. <forM«W. Ql . :l 
omedon; Trojan. Vi „ • S s ^_ 
arva. Val. Flacc.jpe • • b v cine¬ 
ma, ft. e. the ^' e, L b aom |dontlus, a, 
as to Rome. - Also, Lao me “ ^ 
aJsasSf:*: 
jans. Virg■ __ 
LXPATH’UM, 11, 
LXPATHJM 1 
sorrel, monk’s-rhubarb o 
_ _- if Also, LapSthus, h 
Lucil. ap. Cic. m. 
LXPTCIDX (lapis & h 
Primn. 
the fro- 
n. same as 
Lopathuin- 
: kind of 
Plin. 
and f- 
aenttet 
