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LUB 
LUC 
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reported commonly. Id. Vulgo loqueban- 
tnr, Antoniuin mansurum esse, it was 
commonly reported. Virg. Hospitibus te 
dure jura loquuntur, they say; report 
lroes. -If l'igur. to speak, tell, declare, 
show, indicate clearly, manifest. Cic. 
Oeuli, quemadmodum affecti simus, 
loquuntur. Id. Ut annales populi R. 
loquuntur, say. Id. Res ipsa loc)uitur, 
speaks for itself. Pandect. Loquitur lex, 
or edictum de aliquo, speaks. Cic. Ut 
consuetudo loquitur, as people commonly 
say. Virg. Pinus loquentes, murmur¬ 
ing, rustling. Id. Silvas loquuntur le¬ 
ones ingemuisse.-11 Passively, Coil. 
ad Cic. Loqui est edeptum. — With an 
active form. Petron. Potes loquere. 
-If Loqui marks the familiar way 
of discourse of every-day life ; dicere 
and orare belong to the connected dis¬ 
course of the orator. 
LORA (Varro derives it from lotus), as, f. 
3 a small or thin wine made of the husks of 
grapes, soaked in wyter, after the must 
has been pressed out of the grapes; a sort 
of after-wine, Scvrepias oloog, Tpvyytpa- 
vtoi- Varr. — Charts. says, the penult 
should be shortened ; which does 
not agree very well with the deriva¬ 
tion given by Varro. -If Also, Lo¬ 
ra, or Lura, see Lara. 
LoRAMiiNTUM, i, n. same as Lorum. 
3 Justin. 
LoRaRIOS (lorum), ii, m. the person who 
3 lashed the slaves with thongs, when they 
had committed any offence ; the knout-man. 
Oell. (Compare lioettiger’s Sabina, I, 
pag. 303 ; 2. 199.) 
LoRaTOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. bound with 
3 thongs. Virg. in Moret. 
LOREA, re, f. same as Lora, a>. Gell. 3 
LOReTUM. See Lauretam. 
LOREciS (lorum), a, um, adj. made of 
3 leathern thongs. Cato. Lorei funes. 
Plant. Ego vestra faciam latera lorea, 
h. e. I will cut you so with lashes, as to 
make thongs of your skin. 
L6RICA (Id.), re, f. a coat of mail, cuirass, 
corslet, dcopal, as anciently made of 
raw hide; the thorax was of metal. 
Cic. Descendi in campum cum ilia lata 
insignique lorica. Virg. Loricam con- 
sertam hamis, auroque trilicem. Id. 
Dupliei squama lorica fidelis, et auro. 
Saeton. Lorica lintea, h. e. of linen (hav- 
ing many folds). JUmmian. mentions 
coats of mail made of horn. — By me¬ 
tonymy. Horal. Libros mutare loricis 
Iberis, h. e. studia cum militia llispani- 
ensi. —- IT Figur. every similar de¬ 
fence or cover. For instance, a breast¬ 
work, parapet. Cats. Turres contabu- 
lantur, pinnre loricrequ« ex cratibus at- 
texuntur. — Also, a fence, hedge, wall, 
or the like. Amnion. — Also, a co¬ 
ping, sort of roof, cover or projection, to 
protect something. Pan. In loricis os- 
tiorura. — Also, a layer or crust of pias¬ 
ter, &c. Vitruv. 
LoRICaTIS (lorico), onis, f. an overlay¬ 
ing, crust. Vitruv. Dupiicem prrebeat 
contignationi loricationem, double floor¬ 
ing. Pandect. Loricationes picturte. , 
L5RTC5 (lorica), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
2 mail, to harness; Loricatus, a, um, 
mailed, harnessed. Liv. Statua loricata. 
Auct. B. Afr. Elephantus loricatus, h. c. 
cataphractus. - IT Also, to plaster, 
parget, incrust. Varr. solum opere 
tectorio. Plin. Ichneumon pluribus 
eodem modo se coriis loricavit, has in- 
crusted itself with several layers (of 
slime); or has covered itself as it were 
with a breastplate. 
LoRTCfL a (diinin. from lorica), te, f. 
2 small breastwork. Ilirt. 
LORIOLA, re, f. same as Lora, a;. 3 Varr. 
LORIPeS (lorum & pes), edis, m. and f. 
adj. limber-legged or fooled, lithe-legged ; 
or, as others understand it, crooked-leg¬ 
ged or footed, bandy-legged, bow-legged. 
Plin. and Juvenal. 
LORUM (unc.), i, n. a leathern thong, 
string of leather, strap, tpds. Cic. Si 
ludius constitit, aut ptier ille tensam, 
aut lorum omisit. Curt. Per talos spi- 
rantis loratrajectasunt. Propert.. Nunc 
ligatad caestum gaudentia hrachia loris. 
Ovid. Bulla parvis argentea loris vincta. 
Scribon. Larg. Lorum vomitorium, a 
tiring which was put into the throat to 
cause a vomit. -IT Hence, the ccstus 
or girdle of Venus. Martial. -IT It. is 
also used of the bulla of leather, worn 
by poor children. Juvenal. -IT Often, 
Lora, the reins {of a bridle), reins./ Liv. 
Loris ducere equos. Virg. Proni dant 
lora, slacken, let loose. - IF Also, a 
whip, lash, or scourge. Terffnt. Usque 
ad necem operiere loris. itorut. Loris 
uri. Cic. Eum in convivio servi public! 
loris ceciderunt. - IT Also, a slender 
vine-sprig or vine-shoot, j Plin. - 
IT Lorus, i, masc. occurs in Apul. and 
Petron. 
L0TI6 (lavo, lotum), onis, f. a washing, 
2 KXvcrpd j. Vitruv. -- IT In particular, 
a clyster, Cels.; where potius seems to 
be more correct. 
LoTIoLeNTe (lotium), adv. impurely, 
3 nastily. Titinn. ap. Mon. 
LoTIS, Idis, and LOTOS, i. f. Anirif, 
A torus, a nymph who was changed into 
a lotos-tree. Ovid. 
LOTIUM (probably from lavo, lotum), ii, 
3 n. urine, ovpov. Calull. ahd Sueton 
LoTOMeTRA (Acordpnrpa), re, f. a spe¬ 
cies of the lotus plant, of which the 
Egyptians made bread. Plin. 22, 28. 
LoTOPHAGT {Awrixpdyoi), crum, m. 
lotus-eaters, a nation of Africa, on the 
Lesser Syrtis, who are said to have enter¬ 
tained Ulysses and his companions. Plin. 
LOTOS, or LOTftS (Xo)ijds), i. f. the water- 
lily of the Mile, a plant held sacred by the 
Egyptians, who regarded it. as the symbol 
of fertility, and which is often represented 
upon their monuments. . They used its 
fruit (faba M3gyptia)/or/ood. Plin. 13, 
17, 32. It is Nymphrea Nelumbo, L. or 
Nelumbum speciosurn, Willd. It grows 
now no longer in Egypt, but only in 
India. - IT As a tree, Lotos was 
threefold. — First, a tree growing on the 
northern coast of Africa, having a sweet 
and fragrant fruit, which is even yet sold 
in all the markets in that region. Plin. 13, 
17. 32. It is the Rliamnus Lotus, L. 
or Zizyplius Lotus, Lamarck. From this 
tree the Lotopliagi drew their name, 
who are celebrated in the adventures 
of Ulysses. — Hence, the fruit of the 
lotos. Ovid. — Also, among the poets, 
a fl.ute (tibia), because flutes were made 
of the wood of the lote-tree. Ovid. — 
Secondly, a tree also indigenous in Italy, 
otherwise called Celtis, which Plin. in 
the place cited above confounds with 
the former. It is the Celtis Australis, 
L. — Thirdly, the same as Faba Grreca, 
the Diospyros Lotus, L. Plin. 18, 83. 
-IT Also, a plant serving for fodder, 
melilot (Trifolium melilotus officinalis, 
L.). Virg. Geo. 3, 394. 
LoTuRA (lavo, lotum), re, I. a washing, 
2 rinsing, kXvitis- Plin. 
LOTOS (lavo), us, m. a washing. Cels. ; 
2 but this is perhaps incorrect, and should 
he lotione. 
LOTOS, a, um, particip. from lavo. 
LoXIaS (A o%ias), re, m. a surname of 
Apollo, perhaps, because of his crooked 
and obscure oracles. Macrob. 
LOA (luo), re, f. a goddess presiding over 
purifications. Hence, after a battle, they 
devoted to her the arms and spoils of 
the enemy, as they burnt them, in order 
to atone for the slaughter of men. Liv. 
LUBET, LUBENS. LUBIDO, &c. See 
Libet , &c. 
LuBRICITAS (lubricus), atis, f. h. e. 
3 lubriciim. Cassiod. 
L0BRIO5 (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
3 make slippery. Juvenal. Qui Lacedre- 
monium pytismate iubricat orbem. 
— Figur. Prudent. Letum Iubricat vR 
sus. — Hence, to moke smooth. Arnnb. 
-IT Also, intransitively, to be slip¬ 
pery. ' Apul. (si lectio eerta). 
LuBRICuS (perhaps from labor, eris), 
a, um, adj. slippery, oXioOr/p8$, cm- 
mfiaXfis. Plaut. In cella est paulum 
loculi lubriei. Martial. Assiduo lubri- 
cus imbre lapis. — Hence, Lubriciim, 
a slippery place, slipperivess. Tacit. 
(Equi) sanguinesao, et lubrico paludum 
lapsantes. Plin. In lubrico ftmdamenta 
locare. — Figur. slippery, where one is li¬ 
able to slip or fall, uncertain, insecure, dif¬ 
ficult, hazardous, critical, unsafe, nice, 
ticklish. Cic. Vi® adolescent;® lubri- 
cte. Id. ZEtas puerilis maxime iubrica 
atque incerta. Id. Cupiditas dominan 
di prreceps et iubrica. Ia. Perdifficilis 
et Iubrica defensionis ratio. Id In lu¬ 
brico versari. Quintil. Ne quern tarn 
Iubrica observatio fallat. Horat. Et 
vultus nimium lubricus aspici, h. c. 
dangerous to look upon. Pandect. Lu- 
bricum lingua; non est ad pcenam facile 
trahendum, the slipperiness of the tongue 
h. e. its liability or proneness to rash and 
inconsiderate language. Plin. Ep. Lu¬ 
bricum retatis, proneness to err, unstead¬ 
iness. - IT Also, worn or wrought 
smooth, smooth, polished. Martial. Crus 
compede lubricum. Plin. Sphinx lu- 
brica (the monument so called)_ 
IT Also, such that it moves, glides, or slips 
away easily, from its moistness or some 
oilier quality, slippery, glib, lubricous , 
voluble; slimy; gliding, flowing, rapid, 
fleet. Cic. Natura lubricos oculos fecit, et 
mobiles. Virg. anguis. Plin. pisces. Id. 
Lubricum corpus laevitate continua. IIo- 
rat. amnis. Ovid. Lubrica effugit um¬ 
bra manus. Horat. conchylia, slimy. 
Sil. Capi lubrica mentem Nympha, A. e. 
easily captivated and inconstant in her 
love. — Figur. Quintil. Omnia ejus 
{h. e. liistorire) membra connexa sunt; 
quoniam lubrica est, ac fluit. Ovid. 
Lubricus annus, quickly gliding away, 
fleeting. -IT Also, slippery, deceitful. 
Virg. Patrias tentasti lubricus artes. 
LuCA, re, f. a town of Etruria, now 
Lucca. Cic. — Hence, Lucensis, e, adj. 
of Lucca. Cic. munipicium, h. c. the 
town of Lucca. 
LuC A, re, m. of or from Lucania. Varro. 
Bos Luca, Ii. e. an elephant. Plnr. Lu¬ 
can. Boves Lucre. (For the P-omans, 
not knowing the true name of the ele¬ 
phant, called it a Lucanian ox, because 
they saw it first in Lucania.) — IT Some 
make the nominal. Lucas. 
LuCaNIA, re, f. Lucania, a district of 
Lower Italy. Horat. -IT Hence, Lu- 
canlcus, a, um, adj. Lucanian. — Hence, 
LucanTca, re, f. a sort of meat-pudding, 
sausage, or hard sausage. Cic. and Mar¬ 
tial. —• Lucanicus, as a surname. Spar- 
tizn. -IT Also, Lucanus, a, um, adj. 
Lucanian, in or from Lucania. Liv. 
monies. — Lucani, orum, the Luctmians. 
Cic.; also, the Lucanian territory. Liv. 
-IT Lucani, a kind of beetle, so called 
by Migid. ap. Plin. 
iuCaNICA, te, f. See Lucania. 
iOCaNOS, i, m. M. Annreus Lucanus, 
a poet, nephew of Seneca, the philosopher , 
known by the name of Lucan. He 
was a native of Cordova. The only 
work of his which is extant is the 
Pharsalia, a poem upon the civil war 
between Pompey and Cresar. 
iUCAR, aris, n. the money paid to actors, 
their salary, stipend, pay. Tacit. 
•uCaRIS (lucus), e, adj, pertaining to a 
’ grove or groves. Test, pecunia. (Hence, 
perhaps, Lucar, above.) 
juCARi A, sc. festa, a festival of the Ro¬ 
mans; so called, according to Fest., be¬ 
cause kept in a certain grove, but de¬ 
rived by Varro from lux. 
,0CaS. See Luca, e, m. 
,CCeLLUM (dimin. from lucrum), V[>• 
a little gain or profit, nepXvfpiov. (he. 
Facere aliquid lucelli. Calull. Ecquui- 
nam in tabutis patet lucelli ? h. c. pe^ 
cunia; seu lucri vobis a Prretore expens 
et dati. , „ , r ai. 
,uCeNSIS, e, adj. see Luca, f. —-n a* 
so, of or pertaining to Lucus, a .own 
the Asturians in Spain. Phn. ' 
so, Lucenses, the inhabitants of Lucus, 
a town of Italy on lake Fucmus. PUm 
- -IT Also, of or pertaining to Lucen 
turn, in Spain, now Ahcant. I m- 
«iitk navi es, xi, n. 2. to be light, emit 
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