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tar esse minor, licitatione expleri pos¬ 
set. Sucton. Prffidain ad licitationem 
dividers, to sell in lots to the best bidder. 
Pandect. Ad licitationem rem deducere, 
ut qui licitatione vicerit, hie habeat in- 
strnmenta hereditaria, non placet. Id. 
Penes quern licitatio remansit, A. c. qui 
plus licitatus superavit. 
IACITaToR (Id.), oris, m. an offerer of a 
price; a bidder, dvTcovovpevos. Cic. Of. 
3, 15, ad Dio. 7, 2. Licitatorem appone- 
re, A. e. to employ a, person to bid higher, 
that the thing may bring more. 
LICITe (licitus), adv. in a lawful manner, 
3 rightfully , lawfully. Pandect. 
LICITo (abl. from licitus), adv. with per¬ 
mission, by right. Solin. 
LTCIT5R (frequentat. from liceor), aris, 
3 atus sum, dep. 1 . to bid or offer a price, 
avrioviopai. Plaut. Potin 5 ut ne licite- 
re adversum animi mei sententiam. 
Curt. Licitamini liostium capita, A. e. 
offer a price for, set a price upon. 
If Also, to contend, fight. Enn. ap. JV on. 
Jactant sa\a, inter se licitantur. 
LrCITOS (licet), a, urn, adj. allowed, per- 
2 mitted, lawful, allowable, ^cpir6f. Virg. 
Licito tandem sermone fruuntur. Tacit. 
Per licita atque illicita foedatus. Pan¬ 
dect. negotiatio, contractus. Plaut. 
''■"breitum est, it is allowed. Tacit. Id 
jure licitum.-IT See Licito. 
LTCIUM (unc.), ii, n. plur. Licia, the 
2 thrums or ends of the old warp or threads 
of the old web, to which the threads of the 
new warp or web were joined. Virg. Li¬ 
cia tel® addere, A. e. to begin to weave. 
Plin. Pluribus liciis texere, A. e. in plu- 
res ordines, quam duos, diviso stamine: 
qui ordines plura licia postulant, qui- 
bus jugo adnectantur. — Also, the 
threads of the web. Anson. Licia tex¬ 
ere.-IT Also, Licium, a thread, string. 
Odd. Licia dependent, A. e. the strings 
or silken threads by which votive tablets 
were suspended. Plin. Aliquid licio t 
collo suspendere. Anson. Licia glo 
merata, A. e. a clew of thread. - 
IT Oell. Per lancem et licium; see 
Lain. - IT Also, Licia, an ornament 
for the head, used by women. Petron. 
Licia crinibus addunt. 
LICTOR (unc.), oris, m. a Victor, sergeant 
2 or beadle who attended on the principal Ro¬ 
man magistrates, paft8ovx°S- Cic. The 
duties of the lictors were, among others 
first, to go in single file before certain 
magistrates, with the fasces upon their 
shoulders, and to give the people warn¬ 
ing to clear the way (which act on the 
part of the lictors was called summovere) 
and to pay due respect to the magis¬ 
trate who was coming (which act of 
the lictors was called animadvertere ) 
The dictator (or at least Sylla, when 
such) was preceded by 24 lictors, a con 
sul by 12 , a pnetor in the city by 2 , and 
so on. The lictor who led the file, and 
to whom especially the summovere and 
animadvertere fell, was called lictor pri¬ 
mus ; the one next preceding the magis 
trate, lictor proximus. ■— Secondly, 
execute the commands of the magis 
trates; as, for instance-, to bind, beat 
with rods (ex faseibus), or to behead 
offenders, &c.; but this only with free 
people or Roman citizens. — Thirdly 
in the Comitia Curiata, thirty lictors 
represented the original thirty Curim. 
and voted for them. Cic. — The di 
rector of a funeral used a lictor and an 
accensus. Cic. -IT Figur. Plin. Lic- 
torem fetriin® unionem esse dictitant 
A. e. conciliates attention and respect 
the lictors do. 
LICT5RI0S (lictor), a, urn, adj. of or 
pertaining to a lictor. Flor. virga 
LIkN (unc.), etiis, and LTeNIS, is, m 
2 the milt or spleen, airXyv. Plin. and 
Cels. _ Plur. Cato. Lienes turgent, 
-IT The spleen is apt to swell and 
become painful when one runs ; hence 
the phrases, Lienem exstinguere, con 
sumere, minuere, coercere, extenuare 
as applied to remedies. Plin. and Cels. 
So, Plaut. Seditionem facit lien. 
LIeNICOS (lien), a, urn, adj. same as 
Lienosns. Plin. 29, sect. 11. But Ed. 
Hard, has licntericus. 
LTeNoSuS (Id.), a, um, adj. splenetic, 
2 tnrAtji'txdj, anXyrcbSys- Plaut. Cor lie- 
nosum, opinor, habeo, A. e. it swells and 
is troublesome, like the spleen. Plin. 
Lienosi, sc. homines. 
LIeNTeRTX (Xeuvrcpia), ffi, f. alientery; 
3 a sort of looseness or diarrhwa, in which 
the food is passed almost without alteration. 
Cels, (but in Greek.) — Hence, Lien- 
terlcus, a, um, adj. troubled with this 
looseness. Plin. 29, sect. 11. Ed. 
Hard. 
LIGAMEN (ligo, are), inis, n. a band, 
string, tie, 8eap6g. Propert. Ligamina 
mitr® solvere. Colum. Ad vitium liga¬ 
mina prsparari. — In particular, a ban¬ 
dage, ligature. Colum. Sanguis inhibe- 
tur papyri ligamine. 
IAGAMeNTUM (ligo), i, n. a band, ban¬ 
dage. Tacit. Vulneribus ligamenta pa 
rare. 
LIGARIOS, a, um, the name of a Roman 
gens. As a subst., Ligarius, a man of 
this gens: Ligaria, a woman of the same ; 
Q.. Ligarius, an adherent of Pompey, 
whom Cicero defended in an oration before 
Ctssar. — Hence, Ligarianus, a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to Ligariusi Cic. 
Ligariana, sc. oratio, the above-named 
oration. , 
LIGaTIS (ligo), onis, f. a binding. Scri- 
3 bon. Larg. 
LIGATuRX (Id.), te, f. a band, ligature. 
3 of a vine, for instance. Pallad. — 
Hence, an amulet, suspended from the 
neck or fastened to any other part of 
the body. Augustin. 
LIGeX (A tyda), ®, f. a water-nymph. 
Virg . 
LIGER, eris, m. a river of Gaul , now the 
Loire. Cces. 
LIGNaRIOS (lignum), a, um, adj. having 
2 to do with wood, pertaining or belonging 
to wood, %v\ik6s. Capitolin. Lignaria 
negotiatio, trade in wood. Pallad. Lig- 
narius faber, a carpenter, joiner, $vXok6- 
TTOf, Liv. Inter lignarios, A. e. a place 
at Rome; perhaps, upon the wood-square, 
street or market. 
LTGNATI5 (lignor), onis, f. a cutting 
2 down or fetching of wood ; a fuelling, 
IvXojiopla. Vitruv. Lignatio maxime 
necessariaest ad cibum excoquendum. 
C<es. Q.ui lignationis, munitionisque 
causa in silvas discessissent.-IT Al¬ 
so, a place where wood may be got or fell¬ 
ed. Colum. 
LIGNaTOR (Id.), oris, m. one sent to gel 
2 or fetch wood; especially, a soldier. Liv. 
and Coes. 
LIGNEOLOS (dimin. from ligneus), a, 
1 um, adj. of wood, wooden, used of little 
things. Cic. Ad lychnuchum ligneo- 
lum. Apul. Q-ui in ligneolis hominum 
figuris gestus movent, puppets. 
LIGNEOS (lignum), a, um, adj. of wood, 
wooden, {v\u>os. Cic. Lignea materia, 
Id. Ligneus ponticulus. C<cs. Lignea; 
turres. Plaut. Lignea custodia, A. e. 
lignei compedes. Id. Lignea salus, 
a 7 c. salus (a greeting) in tabelia scripta, 
_ If Also, woody, like wood, hard as 
wood. Plin. putamen. Id. semen. 
_If Figur. wooden, sapless, dry, tough 
as wood. Catull. conjux. 
LIGNOR (Id-), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. to 
2 get or gather wood, fetch wood for firing 
or other purposes, %v\cvoyai, a camp- 
word, like aquor, pabulor, &.C. Liv. 
and Cccs. 
LIGNoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. resembling 
2 wood, hard as wood, ligneous, £oAa>or/f. 
Plin. Lignosus fructus. Id. caules. 
Id. Lignosiora sunt reliqua. 
LIGNUM (unc.), i, n. wood, %v\oo. Pan¬ 
dect. — Hence, Ligna, wood, h. e. pieces 
of wood, sticks of wood , as for burning ; 
billets, fagots. Cato. Ligna ardebunt 
bene. Cic. Ligna circumdare, ignem 
subjicere. Horat. Ligna super foco 
large reponere. Id. (proverbially) In 
silvam ligna ferre, to carry coals to New¬ 
castle. — Hence, we find lignum (wood 
for fuel ) opposed to materia ( building- 
wood, lumber, timber). Pandect. — Lig¬ 
num, in the sing., sometimes (though 
rarely) stands for wood, though several 
pieces are meant. Cato and Pandect. 
_If Also, what is made of wood. Ju¬ 
venal. Chirographa ligni, A. c. writing- 
tablet. -IT Also, among the poets, for 
arbor. Virg. - IT Plin. names the 
hard substance on the outside or inside of 
492 
fruits, lignum; as, the stone of the 
olive, cherry. &c : the seed of the date ; 
the shell of a nut; the grape-stone. — 
Lignum is also the name given to a de¬ 
fect in tables, when the grain is strainkt 
and not curling or striped. Plin. ° 
LIG5 (allied to the Greek Xloyo;), onis 
3 m. a maltoclc, grub-axe, hoe, rake for 
grubbing up roots and plants, and for 
hoeing the ground, 8UcXXn, paiceXXa. 
Horat. and Ovid. Also, Colum. Fracti 
dens ligonis. — Hence, put for agricul¬ 
ture, tillage. Juvenal. iEtas patiens li¬ 
gonis. 
LIG5 (perhaps from Xvyoco), as, avi, 
atum, a. 1 . to bind, tic, tie up or fast, SUo. 
Tacit. Ligatus vinculo. Ovitl. Manus 
post terga ligat®. Tibull. Crines liga- 
tos vitta. Oell. Ligare et vincire crura 
et manus. — Also, to tie, hind to some¬ 
thing, make fast.. Lucan. Funis ligatus 
litoribus. Horat. Hum mula ligat ur, is 
tackled. Plin. Cornu ad crus ligato. 
Sueton. sudarium circum collum. — 
Also, to tie; to knot. Scnec. nodos.- 
IT Also, to bind up, close up by binding. 
Ovid. vuln 6 ra veste. Id. guttura la- 
queo. -IT Figur. to bind up, unite, 
fasten, surround, gird, fix. Valer. Flacc. 
Balteus loricam ligat, goes round. Plin. 
Coementa in tectis ligantur. Ovid. Pis¬ 
ces hterere in glacie ligatos. Petron. 
Nimbos fregere ligatos, A. e. ice. Quin- 
til. argumenta in catenas, to make chains 
of them. Ovid. Dissociata locis con- 
cordi pace ligavit. Id. Vinclo tecuin 
propiore ligari. Propert. Pacta ligat. 
LIGOLX, or LINGuLX (dimin. from lin- 
2 gua; but lingula is inelegant. See 
Martial. 14, 120), ®, f. properly, a little 
tongue. -- IT Hence, a tongue of land. 
Ctes. B. Q. 3, 12.-IT Also, the tongue 
of a shoe, shoe-strap, shoe-latchet. Mar¬ 
tial. — Hence, as a word of reproach, 
you shoe-latchet! Plaut. -IT Also, a 
spoon, shimmer; for instance, to take oft 
the scum. Colum. Purgandus est ligu- 
la. — Also, for taking out and dropping 
aromatic essences, a little spoon. Plin. 
— In Cato, R. R. 84. we find them 
mentioned as placed before the guests 
to eat a sweet preserve ( savillum) with. 
— As a measure, a spoonful. Plin. - — 
IT Also, a little sword, made oblong like 
a tongue. Varr. - IT Also, the ex¬ 
tremity of a post or stake, which is let into 
a perch or bar. Colum- - -IT Also, the 
tongue or short end of a lever, which is 
placed under the weight to be raised. Vi¬ 
truv. - IT Also, the pointed extremity 
of a water-pipe, by which it is fitted into 
another. Vitruv. -IT Also, the month- 
piece, or reed of a flute. Plin. ) Apu ■ 
Tubulatio liguiffi, A. e. tongue-formed. 
-1 i Apul. Soliginum lingulre, h. e. 
something like an oblong, tongue-forme 
member, arm or bone. , 
LIGOR, or LIGOS, uris, m. and 1. Aiyv;, 
of Liguria; a Ligurian. Cic. 
iste nescio qui. Tacit. Femina Lig: • 
Sallust. Ligus mulier. Lucan, loose 
Ligur. — Plur. Ligures, the Liguunns. 
Virg. and Liv. — Ligures stands ode 
for the Ligurian territory, Liguria. L . 
Terr® motus in Liguribus. 
LIGORIX, ®, f. Liguria, apart of 
great portion of which is now tl 
territory. Plin. and Flor— Hence, U 
gurinus, a, um, adj. Ligurian. Oral. 
-IT See Ligusticus, &c. . . 
LrGORrS, or LrGORRTS 
and ii, Itum, a. and n. 4- to lick, tote* 
little, be dainty or bchensh, pi h 
choicest bits, Atxwvu. ,• uriunt . 
c ^-. R (*s»wri*wi ,,e h j* t 
gurriunt. 
ligurrierit jus, *;/• JJ^iTatent, flam 
just tasted. Plaut. Pen. « ‘^iant, 
ruri rurant homines, qi ^ um j n - 
h- r. quorum cibos ui»J 
vitatu ccenent.-' .‘j, jeviter 
reperietis hominem tim urr j en tem: 
■ iprobissima lucra hgprnem 
/.mnpm necumam P ul)uul .„ 
lime imp 
devorare omnem pecuniam c— ;J 
d ,lbitaV it, Xmie a^u", C.i- 
non ' 
Uonem hgumrentjd^, O- 
hankered or 
