RAM 
RAN 
RAP 
lum. Area primum radatur; deindecon- 
fodiatur,A. e. cleared. Hence, f\«ur. to pol¬ 
ish, refine. Martial, aliquid lima. — Figur. 
to grate, offend. Qi until, aures Also, to 
satirize, censure Pcrs. mores. — Also, 
to rub or graze upon, glide or skim along, 
pass close by, just touch or almost touch in 
passing. Sil. saxa vomere, to plough. 
Virg. litora, sail by, coast along. Id. 
cautes, sail past. Ovid, rnetam ultimam, 
h. 6. be almost at the goal, touch the goal. 
Id. Sicco freta radere passu, shim over. 
Propert. Alter remus aquas, alter radat 
arenas, graze. Also, Virg. Inter na- 
vein Gy® scopulosque radit iter lievum 
(li. e. left of Oyas) interior. Id. (Co- 
lumba) radit iter liquidum, celeres ne- 
que cominovet alas, shims through the 
air. And of rivers. Tibull. Ciua Gyn- 
des radit campus. Senec. Mieander ra¬ 
dit arenas, grazes, glides along, licks. 
-II Also, to shave or scrape off, either 
of the thing from which something is 
scraped, or the thing which is removed 
by scraping ; also, to scrape or scratch 
out. Tacit, nomen fastis, erase. Plin. 
parietes, scrape off, h. e. scrape off the 
dirt from them. Sueton. barbam, shave 
off. Petron. caput, shave. Herat. Aquo- 
sus Eurus arva radit imbribus, scrapes 
away, washes away. Plin. Herbam mar- 
ris ad solum radere, grub or chop off. — 
Hence, figur. to scrape away, take uioay, 
remove. Pers. Damnosa Canicula ( un¬ 
lucky throw at dice ) quantum raderet. 
Martial. Ista tonstrix non tondet, sed 
radit, shaves her lovers of their money. 
- IT Radere, \vpclv, to shave off, 
shave clean to the skin, with the razor; 
Tondere, Kcipeiv, to cut off, shear with 
shears or scissors: the former only of 
men, the latter also of animals. 
RaDOLA (rado), a;, f. a scraper, instru- 
2 ment for scraping off any thing, Kvycrfi- 
piov. Colum. 
rJjticcs, &c. | See R,uctu h &c - 
R aI a, is, f. a certain sea-fish, called a ray. 
Plin. 
RaLLUM (for radulum, from rado), i, n. 
9 an instrument by which the earth is re¬ 
moved from the ploughshare. Plin. 
HALLOS (as for rarulus, from rarus), a, 
3 urn, adj. somewhat thin. Plaut. Tunica 
ralla. 
RaMALE (ramus), is, n. a sear or dead 
bough, an useless or withered branch. Ov¬ 
id. llamalia arida. Pers. Veteris ra- 
malia fagi. Tacit. Arbor mortuis ra- 
malihus. 
RaMSNTa, <e, f. same as Ramentum. 
2 Plaut. 
RAMeNToSOS (ramentum), a, urn, adj. 
3 ramentis plenus. Cal. Hurcl. 
RAMENTUM (for radimentum, from ra¬ 
do), i, n. a little piece or bit scraped from 
gold, silver, wood, &c. a chip, shaving, 
I>'uirjpa, Ivapa. It differs from scobs, 
which is the dust made by a file or such 
like. Lucret. Ramenta ferri. Plin. 
Ramenta eboris. Id. auri. Id. e cor- 
nibus. Id. salis. Id. lapidis specula- 
ris. Id. pellis cervin® dejecta pumice. 
Id. ligni.- IT Also, any small piece. 
Martial. Ramentum sulphuratum, a 
match. Plin. Ramenta fluminum, h. e. 
are me. Plaut. Oinne (aurum) cum ra- 
mento, all the gold with the scrapings; 
every farthing, every cent. Also, small 
pieces of food, victuals. Scrib. Larg. 
Rejiciunt ab stomacho ramenta. 
RAMEOS (ramus), a, urn, adj. of a bough 
3 or branch. Virg. Ramea fragmenta. 
R AMEX (Id.), icis, m. a branch, a bough; 
2 a cross-bar of a fence. Colum. -If Al¬ 
so, a rupture, hernia, KipaorljXn. Cels. 
and Juvenal. -IT Also, Ramices, the 
lungs, or rather, the pectoral veins or 
veins of the lungs. Plaut. 
RAMICoSOS (ramex), a, um, adj. burst 
2 or bursten, afflicted with a hernia or rup¬ 
ture. Plin. 
RAMNES [Tuscan form], ium, or RAM- 
NENSES [Latin form], lum, m. thename 
of one of the three tribes (Ramnes, of Lat¬ 
ins, TitieS or Titienses, of Sabines, Lu- 
ceres, of Etrurians), from whose political 
association sprung the Roman state. Liv. 
10, 6. They were named from Romu¬ 
lus, and formed one of the three centu¬ 
ries of cquites chosen by him. Liv. I, 
13 and 36. - IT For the equites or 
knights generally. Horat. Hr. Poet. 341. 
--IT Written, also, Rhamnes, &c. 
RAMoSOS (ramus), a, um, adj. full of 
2 boughs or branches, branchy, branching, 
ipvdoiiqs, k\ aSiodris- Lucret. arbor. Ov¬ 
id. stipes. Propert. Silvani ramosa do- 
mus. Plin. Lappago similis anngallidi, 
nisi esset ramosior. Id. Curalium ra- 
mosissimum. Vtrg. Ft ramosa Mycon 
vivacis cornua cervi. Plin. Radices 
ramosie.-IT Figur. Ovid, (de hydra ) 
Hanc ramosam natis e ctede colubris, 
h. e. whence snakes sprung forth like 
boughs. Pers. Et vita-: ramosa in corn- 
pita, branching out in various directions. 
Lucret. Ramosa nubila. 
RAMOLoSOS (ramulus), a, um, adj. full 
2 of little boughs or sprigs. Plin. folia. 
RAMOLCS (dimin. of ramus), i, m. a lit¬ 
tle branch or bough, a shoot, sprig, k\u- 
6wv. Cic. 
RAMOS (unc.), i, m. a branch, bough, an 
arm of atree, epvoi, xXdi5»y. Cic., Virg., 
&c. Also, of plants. Colum. Also,tAe 
branch of the root of a tree. Id. — Hence, 
Rami, for arbor, a tree. Virg. Baccas 
dant rami. And, the fruit of trees. 
Virg. Rami atque venatus alebat. -— 
IT Also, the tip of a horn. Ceos. -IT Al¬ 
so, frankincense. Claudian. - IT Al¬ 
so, same as Mentula. Necvius. - 
IT Figur. Cic. Ramos miseviarum am- 
putare.-IT Also, of a line of consan¬ 
guinity. Pers. Stemmate quod Tusco 
ramum duels, h. e. you are descended 
from. -IT Pers. Ramos Samios (li. e. 
Pythagor®), li. e. the two branches of the 
letter Y, representing the way to virtue 
and vice.-IT Also, of a mountain, a 
branch, part of a chain. Plin. -IT Al¬ 
so, a club. Propert. Msnalio jacuit pul¬ 
sus tria tempora ramo Cacus, h. e. the 
club of Hercules. 
RAMuSCOLOS (dimin. of ramus), i, m. a 
3 small branch or bough. Plin. — Figur. 
Hicron. 
RAN a (according to Varro, from the 
sound of its voice), ®, f. a frog, fjdrpa- 
X"f. Plin., Ice. Also, a paddock, green 
frog. Plin. Hence, Prognostica rana- 
rum, prognostics of weather. Cic. Plu- 
vias metuo, si prognostica nostra vera 
sunt, ran® enim pyropevovav .— Mar¬ 
tial. Perlege Maoriio cantatas carmine 
ran as, h. c. Homer’s Battle of the Frogs 
and Mice, B arpaxopvopaxla. — Petron. 
Inflat se tanquam rana (proverb, of one 
over-well satisfied with himself). — 
Petron. Qui fuit rana, nunc est rex 
(proverb, of one who, from a low ori¬ 
gin, has very much raised himself), the 
beggar’s now a Icing. — Plin. Rana ru- 
beta, or, Horat. liana, a poisonous kind 
of frog. Juvenal. Ranarum viscera 
nttnquam inspexi, sc. for opiens.- 
IT Also, a swelling on the tongue of beasts. 
Colum. -*— IT Also, a sea-fish, the frog- 
fish (Lophius piscatorius, L.). Plin. 
Also called by Plin. Rana piscatrix, 
and by Cic. Rana marina. 
RANCE5 (unc.), es, n. 2. to be rancid, pu- 
3 trid, stinking. — Hence, Rancens, tis, 
rancid, putrid, stinking, mouldy. Lu- 
erct. 
RANCID k (rancidus), adv. rancidly, stink- 
3 ingly, rankly; hence, figur. disgusting¬ 
ly. Cell. 
RANCIDOLOS (dimin. Of rancidus), a, 
3 um, adj. somewhat rank or rancid, stink¬ 
ing, fetid. Juvenal. - IT Figur. dis¬ 
gusting, nauseous. Pers. and Martial. 
RANCIDuS (ranceo), a, um, adj. rank, 
2 rancid, musty, stale, rammish, putrid, 
stinking, rayyos, a”co\os, cairpdy. Ho¬ 
rat. Rancidum aprum antiqui lauda- 
bant non quia nasus illis nullus erat; 
sed, credo, hac mente, quod hospes 
tardius adveniens vitiatum commo- 
dius, quam integrum edax dominus con- 
sumeret. Lucret. Rancida cadavera. 
Hpul. Rancidioraseligens.-IT Figur. 
disgusting, nauseous, offensive. Juvenal. 
Nam quid rancidius. Plin. ( dc boletis) 
Rancido aspectu, h. e. lurido, et qualis 
solet esse rerum rancidarum. 
RANC5, as, n. 1. to cry as a tiger. Huct. 
carm. de Phil. Tigrides indomit® ran- 
cant. (Al. 1 eg. raucant. ) 
RANCOR (ranceo), oris, m. rancidness, 
3 rancidity. Pallad. -IT Figur. rancor, 
744 
inveterate malignity, malice, steadfast 
hate. Hieron. 
RANOLa (dimin. of rana), ®, f. a little 
3 frog, tadpole, (farpdxiov. Hpul. - 
IT Also, a swelling on the tongue of cat¬ 
tle, also called rana. Veget. 
RANuNCuLOS (Id.), i, m. a little frog, 
tadpole, porwigle; also, in general, a 
frog, Sarpaxos. Cic. - IT Also, an 
herb, same as Batrachium. Plin. 
RAPA, ®, f. same as Rapum. 3. 
RAPACIA (rapa), orum, m. the stalks and 
2 leaves of turnips, rapes or navews. Plin. 
- IT It is also written rapicia.- As 
an adj. Cato. Semen rapicium, rape- 
seed. 
RAPACIDA (rapax), ®, m. a robber,plun- 
3 derer, thief. Plaut. 
RAPACITAS (Id.), atis, f. robbery, pilla¬ 
ging, rapacity, upnaKriKov. Cic. 
RAPaX (rapio), acis, rapacious, ravenous, 
greedy of plunder, eagerly desirous of 
what belongs t.o another; a robber, &pna%. 
Cic. Olim furunculus, nunc vero otiarn 
rapax. Id. Furem aliquem, aut rapa- 
cem accusare. Plaut. Vos scelesti, vos 
rapaces, vos prffidones. Sueton. Procu- 
ratorum rapacissimus. — Also, of one 
grasping at presents. Horat. Cinara ra¬ 
pax. Tibull. domina. Id. saga.—Al¬ 
so, of animals. Horat. lupus. Plin 
Ungues hominibus lati, rapacibus unci, 
beasts of prey. Horat. Rapaces Harpui®. 
— Also, of other things. Cic. Nihil est 
rapacius, quam natura. Senec. Rapa- 
cia virtutis ingenia. Plin. Nostri om¬ 
nium utilitatum et virtutum rapacissi- 
mi. Id. Succinum rapacissimum ig- 
nium. Cic. Rapax unda. Lucret. Ra¬ 
paces fluvii. Id. Falces rapaces. Ca- 
tull. Turbida rapacior procella. Ovid. 
Rapax ventus. Lucret. Rapax vis solis. 
Ovid, ignis. Id. Scylla rapax. Horat. 
Rapax Orcus. Id. fortuna. Senec. Ra¬ 
paces Fati manus. Tibull. Mors rapax. 
Propert. Mars rapax.-IT Veget. Den¬ 
tes rapaces, the fore-teeth. -IT In Tacit. 
the 21st legion is named Rapax, and the 
soldiers composing it are called Rapa¬ 
ces. So, Inscript, ap. Qruter. 
RAPHANINOS (raphanus), a, um, adj. 
2 of a radish, (iaepainvos. Plin. oleum. 
RAPHANTTIS (patpavins), idis, f. a kind 
of fiowcr-de-luce. Plin. 
RAPHANOS XGRIA (pdepavos aypia), a 
kind of horseradish, li. e. raphanus sil- 
vestris. Plin. 
RAPHANOS (pa<pavo ?), i, m. a radish. 
Plin. — Of fern, gender in Pallad. 
RAPICIA, &c. See Rapacia. 
RAPIDE (rapidus), adv. rapidly, swiftly, 
violently, hastily, 'oppriTiKibs, apitaKU- 
jcio£. Cic. Rapide. Tacit. Rapidius.. 
RAPIDITAS (Id.), atis, f. swiftness, ve¬ 
locity, rapidity. Coes. 
RAPIDuS (rapio), a, um, adj. tearing or 
hurrying away. Ovid. Destituor rapidis 
pr®da cibusque feris. Lucret. leones, 
canes. — Also, figur. tearring, hurrying, 
rapid, swift, moving impetuously and hur¬ 
rying with it as it goes, of rivers, 
storms, &c. bpprtTtxbi, ctpjraKTUctis. 
Virg. torrens. Lucret. turbo. Propert. 
H;ec videam rapidas in vanurii ferre 
procell as. Virg. Rapidis ludibria ven- 
tis. Tibull. mare. Virg. Rapidis fe- 
runtur passibus. Id. currus. Curt. 
Rapidior unda. Ovid. Rapidi equi. Id. 
Volucris rapidissima, swiftly flying- 
Ovid, orbis (cceli). Cic. oratio, hurried. 
Liv. Rapidus in consiliis, overhasty. 
-IT Also, vehement, violent, impetu¬ 
ous, heated, hot, burning. Ovid. Ora 
rapid® patientia ( able to bear) flanrinm. 
Virg. Sirius. Id. Rapido fessi ®stu. 
Id. ^Rapidi potentia solis. 
RAPINA (Id.), ffi, f. robbery, rapine, pil¬ 
laging, plundering, ravin, apnaerpa. Cic. 
Nihil cogitant nisi c®des, nisi incendia, 
nisi rapinas. Cces. Hostem rapims, pa- 
bulationibus, poputationibusque prolu- 
bere. Huct.. B. Hfric. Rapinas per 
municipia facere. — Figur. Rapina ah- 
menti, a withdrawing. -H Also, that 
which is taken by force, booty, plunder. 
Virg. Rapin® ostenduntur. Martial. 
Rapinas ®quorum, h. e. fishes caught. 
Id. In populum nmlta rapina cadit, 
h. c. missilia munera a populo diripieiv- 
da. Ovid. Stulta rapina est mea ,h. e. 
stulta est fernina a mecapta. PIm.Terra 
