JLUE 
LUM 
LUM 
aliquehi dolis. Ovirl. Slater falsa sub 
imagine lusa. 
, ODOS (allied with ludo), i, m. play, 
sport, diversion, exercise, pastime, ay bon, 
nalyviov. Cic. Ad pilarn se conferunt, 
aut novum sibi excogitant ludum. Id. 
Ut exercitatione ludoque campestri tu- 
nicati uteremur. Virg. Posthabui ta- 
men illorum mea seria ludo, h. e. ca- 
nendi certamini. Cic. Datur huic ali- 
quis Indus astati, some diversion is allow¬ 
ed. Plant, iaulus datus est argentariis, 
holiday. So, id. Dare ludum desidke. 
— Hence, Ludi, games, spectacles, sights, j 
shows, exhibitions, which were threefold ■ 
at Rome, viz. the Circenscs, called, also,! 
Ludi Romani and Magni, which consist-1 
ed of horse-races and various trials of 
strength (equi pugilesve), and were in¬ 
troduced by Tarquinius Prisons ; Sccni- 
ci, upon the stage, as comedies, trage¬ 
dies, &c. ; and Oladiatorii, called, also, 
mtinera gladiatoria, or merely munera, 
where gladiators fought even to death : 
there were, also, Ludi gymnici, Osci, 
&c. JVepos. Cum speclatum ludos iret. 
juxta theatrum occisus est. Cic. Hoc 
prtetore ludos Apollini faciente. Id. 
Ad festos dies ludorum celebrandos. 
Id. Ludos facere, to make, hold, exhibit. 
Id. Quo die ludi committebantur, be¬ 
gan. Id. spectare. Ovid, aspicere. Cic. 
and Liv. Ludis, for tempore ludorum. 
-U Also, mere play, mere child’s play, 
sport, of any thing which is done with¬ 
out difficulty. Cic. Omnium ceterarum 
rerum oratio, mihi crede, Indus est ho- 
mini non hebeti. Id. Ilia perdiscere 
ludus esset. Id. Ad lionores vos per 
ludum et per negligentiam pervenistis, 
playing, without pains. And with jocus, 
Terent. Ludum jocumque dices fuisse 
ilium alterum, promt, &c. but child’s 
play, mere sport, in comparison of, &c. 
—— U Also, play, sport, jest, jolte, fun. 
Herat. Sed tamen amoto quteramus se- 
ria ludo, joking apart. Cic. Neque ita, 
ut ad ludum et jocum facti esse videa- 
mur. Id. Aliquem per ludum et jocum 
fortunis evertere, out of joke, for the joke, 
out of fun. Terent. Ut ludos facit! 
how lie jests! Horat. (of fortune j Lu¬ 
dum insolentem ludere. Liv. Erui ludo 
•ctatis, sensual gratification. (Ludus, 
pastime, diversion, amusement, is joined 
with actions, and serves as a recreation 
and means of whiling away time : jo¬ 
cus, joke, jest, is an expression of hu¬ 
mor or wit: iusus, sport, is vain stirring 
or bustle, as opposed to real business.) 
— Especially, Terent. Ludos prtebere, 
to afford sport to others, make a butt nr 
laughing-stock of one’s self. Also, Id. 
Q. 110 S mihi ludos redderet, what sport or 
game he would make of me! Plant.. Mi- 
ris modis dii ludos faciunt hominibus, 
mock men, make sport of men. Also, Id. 
Nunc is te ludos fa'cit, makes you a jest, 
makes game of you. Id. Fieri ludos. 
Cic. Si ille tibi ludus fuit. Plant. Si 
non te ludos pessimos dimisero. Id. 
Operam ludos facit, makes a jest of his 
pains, as it were ; loses his labor. - 
II Also, a school, of any kind. Plant. 
Earn vidit ire e ludo fidicino domum, 
h. c. music-school. Sueton. Ludum gla- 
diatorium adificare, a gladiatorial school, 
fencing-school. So, Cces. Gladiatores, 
quos'o Cmsar in ludo liabebat. Liv. 
Ludu3 litterarum; or, Quintil. littera- 
rius ; or, Cic. discendi, a school, where 
reading, writing, reckoning, and letters 
generally are taught. Id. Dionysius 
Corinthi dteitur ludum aperuisse, to 
have opened or set up a school. JVepos. 
Puerum in ludo cognorat, at school; as 
a. schoolfellow. Cic. Ludum habere: or, 
Tacit, exercere, to keep school. (See 
Ludimagister.) Also, Liv. Ludus mili- 
taris, a military school, or exercise in the 
art of war, or a place for such exercise. 
- IT Also* c book containing merry 
things and pleasantries. Cic. In Ntevii 
ludo. 
LOeLX. (luo), te, f. expiation, punishment. 
3 Lucret. 
LOeS (from luo, or Avco), is, f. a plague, 
pestilence, contagious or epidemic disease, 
infection, \mpbg. Virg. Miseranda ve- 
nit arboribusque satisque lues, a blight. 
Ovid. Dira lues vitiaverat auras. Mar¬ 
tial. Inque ipsos vultus serperet atra 
lues. Lucan. Terra; catlique lues. 
Plin. gives this name to the lichenes. — 
Hence, as a word of reproach against a 
bad and mischievous man, plague, pest, 
corruption. Cic. Ut eo3 ludos htec lues 
impura pollueret, this foul person. Se- 
nec. Sava Thebarum lues, h. e. Sphinx. 
— Also, of other things, corruption. 
Plin. Lues morum.-11 More wide¬ 
ly, any wide-spreading evil, misfortune, 
or calamity; for instance, war, fire, a 
storm, an earthquake, &c. Tacit, and 
Sencc. -H Also, melted snow or ice. 
Petron. -IT Also, water. Licin. Mac. 
ap. JVon. -IT JVom. Luis. Prudent.; 
but others read lues. 
LuGDONUM, i, n. Lyons in France. Plin. 
— Hence, Lugdunensis, e, adj. of or 
pertaining to Lyons. Juvenal, ara. Se¬ 
nse. colonia.- 1 part of Gaul bore the 
name of Lugdunensis (or Celtica), as 
being round this town. Plin. - 
IT Lugdunum Batavorum, Leyden in 
Holland. 
LuG£5 (XU^co), es, xi, n. and a. 2. to 
mourn, be in mourning, lament, bewail, 
deplore, weep for, show grief by outward 
signs, and especially at the death of a 
dear friend, rrtoOeu). Cic. Ilia detesta- 
bilia genera lugendi, ptedores, lacerati- 
ones genarum, &c. Id. Hos pro me lu- 
gere, hos gemere videbam. Id. Lugere 
mortem alicujus. Id. interitum reipub¬ 
lic®. Catull. Orbum luxti cubile, for 
luxisti. Id. (impers.) Ad rogum filii 
lugetur. — With accus. and infin. Cic. 
Urbetn ex suis faucibus ereptam esse 
luget.— Figur. Virg. Campi lugentes, 
the fields or plains of mourning in the 
lower world, h.e. where the mourners 
abide. - IT More narrowly, to wear 
mourning. Lie. Matron® annum cum 
luxerunt, wore mourning for him. Id. 
Nec lugentibus id facere fas est. So, 
Martial. Pullo lugentes vellere lan®. 
LuGSBRIS (lugeo), e, adj. relating to 
mourning. Cic. Fratris mei quotidia- 
n® lacrim®, sordesque lugubres, at the 
loss of my brother. Id. Lugubris larnen- 
tatio, h. e. for the dead. Horat. Lugu¬ 
bres cantus, strains of mourning, dirge. 
Terent. vestis, mourning garment. So, 
Tacit, cultus, mourning dress, mourning. 
— Hence, Lugubria, mourning robes, 
weeds. Ovid. Lugubria indue. Id. Ilia 
dies veniet, mea qua lugubria ponam. 
- IT Also, in mourning, mourning, 
mournful, sorrowful. Liv. domus, house 
of mourning, h. e. in which dead bodies 
are. Ovid, genitor. —— IT Also, caus¬ 
ing, or boding grief or mourning, mourn¬ 
ful , doleful, lamentable. Horat. bellum. 
Id. Troja tenascens alite lugubri. - 
IT Also, mournful, full of wo, sorrowful, 
dismal, lamenting, plaintive. Lucret. 
Tollunt lugubri voce querelam. Ovid. 
verba. - IT Lugubre, adverbially. 
Virg. Comet® lugubre rubent, dismally, 
bodingly, Sil. Sonitu lugubre minaci 
Mulciber immugit. 
LuGSBRITkR (lugubris), adv. mournful- 
3 ly, plaintively. Apul. 
LUIS. See Lues. 
L0ITI5 (luo), onis, f. payment. Pandect. 
3 — Also, Cod. Just. Luitio pignoris, re¬ 
demption, by paying the money due. 
LUMX, ®, f. aland of thorn. Fest. 3 
LUMaRIOS (luma), a, um, adj. relating to 
2 thorns. Varr. falx, h. e. for cutting 
thorns, a sort of hedge-bill. 
LuMBaGS (lumbus), Inis, f. a lumbago, 
3 distress in the loins■ Fest. 
LuMBELLOS,i,m. dimin. from lumbulus. 
3 Apic. 
LuMBTFR aGIUM (lumbus fefrango), ii, 
3 n. a breaking of the loins. Plant. 
LuMBRICCS, i, m. a worm found in the 
earth, and in the intestines, a maw-worm, 
stomach-worm, earth-worm, dew-worm. 
Colwm. 
LuMBuLOS (dimin. from lumbus), i, m. 
2 a little loin. Plin. Lumbulis suum 
tostis. 
LOMBC/S (unc.), i, m. the loin, da<f>v<;. 
Plin. Lumbus aprugnus. Cic. Lumbo- 
rum tenus, up to the loins. Horat. Nau- 
t® lumbos fuste dolat. Plin. Lum- 
borum dolor, pains about the loins. — 
Also, Lumbi, instead of, the privy parts. 
Juvenal. -- IT Figur. a part of the 
506 
vine, so called from the resemblance 
Colum. 
LUMeCTUM (luma), i, n. a place full oi 
3 thorns. Varr. 
LuM£N (for lucimen, from luceo), inis 
n. illuminating light, the light, which an 
object sheds, 0<os. Cic. = Luna distat a 
sole, cujus lumine collustrari putatur. 
Enn. ap. Cic. Lumen de suo lumine 
accendere. Cic. Obscuratur luce solis 
lumen lucern®. Ovid. Lumine cafiesti 
solem fulsisse serenum. Id. Diurnuin 
lumen, daylight, or sunlight; or rather 
the sun himself, as being the light of the 
day. Lucret. Solem lumenque diur- 
num, h. e. morning-star. Cic. Tabu- 
las pictas collocare in bono lumine, in 
a good light. Virg. Aurora sparge.bat 
lumine terras. — Hence, light, h. e. a 
light, lamp, torch, &c. Cic. Noctu, lu- 
mine apposito, nutrix animadvertit pu¬ 
erum. Id. Luinini oleum instillare. 
Plin. Papilio luminibus accensis advo- 
litans. Sueton. Ascendit Capitolium 
ad lumina, by the light of torches or lan¬ 
terns. Colum. animi. — Also, daylight, 
or day. Cic. ex Enn. Si te seeundo = lu- 
mine hie offendero, moriere. Virg. Lu¬ 
mine quarto. — Also, light, h. e. the light 
of life, life. Lucret. Lumine adempto. 
Plant. Lumen linque.— Also, the sight, 
eyesight; and also, the eyes. JVepos. 
Lumina oculorum amisit, h. e. oculos, 
his sight. Ovid. Et patiar fossis lumen 
abire genis. Auct. Priap. Minerva fla- 
vo lumine est. Cic. Cmcitas luminis. 
Virg. Monstrum, cui lumen ademptum. 
Cic. Luminibus amissis, having lost his 
sight. — And, Lumina, the eyes. Ovid. 
Lumina fodere, to dig out. Id. flectere. 
Id. defixa tenere in aliqua re. — And, 
Lumen, eye. Virg. Adstantes lumine 
torvo fratres ( h. c. Cyclopes). — And, 
Lumen, the apple or pupil of the eye. 
Veget. — Also, light in buildings, A. e 
free air and daylight. Cic. Obstruere 
luminibus alicujus, to block up, obstruct 
his light. So, Pandect. Luminibus orlu- 
minfofficere. And figur. Cic. Catonis 
luminibus obstruxit posteriorum oratio, 
h. e. obscured his fame. Id. Nec mentes 
quasi luminibus officit altitudo fortunes. 
— Also, brightness, splendor, glimmer, 
glare. Stat.° ferri. Hence, the splendor, 
brilliancy of a flower, beauty. Colum. 
Flaventia lumina calth®. — In paint¬ 
ing, light, opposed to shade, umbra. 
Plin. Ep. Lumen non alia res magis, 
quam umbra commendat. — Also, light, 
figur. h. e. defence, protection, safeguard. 
Cic. Urbem hanc, lumen gentium, re- 
demi. Liv. Hunc (puerum) lumen re¬ 
bus nostris dubiis futurum, pnesidmin- 
que regia (where, perhaps, deliverer 
would be more exact). — Also, a light, 
figur. h. e. the most excellent or distin¬ 
guished, the main person or thing, clue} 
man, leading man, luminary, ornament, 
honor, glory, head, bright character . o/c. 
Clarissimis viris interfectis, lumina ci- 
vitatis exstincta sunt, the lights or orna¬ 
ments. Id. -Hie tu, Africane, ostendas 
oportebit patri® lumen animi, mgem > 
consiliique tui. Id. In eo quasi hi 
aliquod probitatis et virtutis perspicere 
videmur. Id. Hoc vestrum lumen est, 
your principal, head, chief character. • 
Hoc lumen consulate sui fore P ut *™> 
the ornament, glory, grand worlc ' . j 
tion. Id. Illorum pr®diorum scito mil 
vicinum Marium lumen esse. Jit.wx 
ci® totius lumen (speaking o 
— So, also, in speaking and oratory, t 
Lumina dicendi in et sen- 
meats, graces. Id. Veil) . n r teci 
tentiarum ilia lumina, fi U8B ' _ '. lu- 
axypara, ornaments,figure.,. Q ■V |fe . 
mina orationis, ornaments, eu •' q( . the 
beauties, by which single .fj. 
speech are eievated, especiall) ; .^^ fi „. 
thoughts, figures, tropes. ’ iJ n inous- 
ur. h. e. clearness, distinctness, f |un)eu 
ness. Cic. Ordoest, qm ^ j- or 
offprt _ if Lumen stands ai-o 
opening, by which lig ™ m $ a %turc c/ 
truv. Lumen HypothJfL'L or ; s m , n i n is, 
the door. Frontal. Cato ‘J deft, 
h. c. capacity . — H ^. a 130 an air-hole 
crack. Val. Place. *' . ’ a window 
vent, spiracle. plvr j- ' "t" j“ a ’ c ®naculi 
Pandect. Obscurentur lumina 
