SPL 
SPO 
SPO 
A. c. breathed, love , was charming. — Al¬ 
so, to breathe, exhale, emit odor. Virg. 
odorem. 
SPIRO.LA (dimin ot spira), a:, f. a small 
3 cracknel. Arnob. 
SPISSaMeNTUM (spisso), i, n. a thick- 
3 cuing, any thing put or pressed close to¬ 
gether. Colum. -IT Also, a stopping 
up. Senec. 
SI’TSSe (spissus), adv. thickly, WKvtbc. 
Colam. Spisse ponere arbores. Id. Spis- 
sius. - ir Also, slowly. Cic. - 
11 Also, frequently, in quick succession. 
Petron. Spissius basiare. 
SPISSeSCS (Id.), is, n. 3. to thicken,grow, 
2 or become thick, nVKVoopai. Lucret. : 
SPISSIGRXDOS (spisse & gradior), a, urn, 
3 adj. going slowly, (ifiahvnopo f. Plant. 
SPISSITAS (spissus), atis, f. thickness, 
2 consistency, density, -VKvdrys. Vitruv. 
SPISSITuDS (Id.), Inis, f. same as : 
2 Spissilas. Senec. 
SPISS5 (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
2 thicken, make thick, condense, insjrissate, 
nVKvdio. Plin. lac. Id. Vis ejus ( her¬ 
bal ) spissare corpora, h. e. to brace, stop 
the pores of. — Hence, Spissatus, a, um, 
thickened, condensed. Ovid. -IT Al¬ 
so, to repeat in quick succession. Petron. 
SPISSuS (unc.), a, urn, adj. thick, crowded, 
dense, close, ttvkvos, ;ra%t5f. Horat. co¬ 
ma. Odd. grando. Horat. theatrum, 
h. e. crowded, fall. Virg. arena. Colum. 
Semen spissius. Plant, tunica. Senec. 
Spississimum.-V Also, slow, tiresome. 
Cic. exitus. Id. Spissius. Plaid. Pro 
spisso, h. e. slowly, late. -11 Also, 
repeated in quick succession. Petron. 
oscula. 
SPITHXMA (onidapii), a;, f. a span; the 
2 length from the thumb’s end to the end 
of the little finger. Plin. 
SPLEN (o-TrXi)!'), splenis, m. the milt or 
2 spleen. Plin. Splenem pota consumit. 
Pers. Sum petulanti splene cachinno, 
h. e. I am disposed to laugh at the faults 
of others. 
SPLENDE5 (unc.), es, ui, n. 2. to shine, 
glitter, glister, be bright, \apn rco. Lucret. 
Claro s'plendere calore. Senec. Non 
toga splendeat. Virg. Splendet pon- 
tus. — So, also, Spiendens, bright, glit- 
terincr, shining, resplendent. Plant., and 
Virg. —— IT Also, to shine, be beautiful, 
distinguished. Cic. Virtus splendet 
per se. Liv. Splendere aliena invidia, 
h. e. to derive lustre from the odium of 
another. Horat. Splendet hospes. Plin. 
Splendentes auctores, h. c. clari, ins ; g- 
nes. 
SPLENBESC 8 (splendeo), is, n. 3. to be¬ 
come shining, begin to glitter or shine, 
brighten, grow bright, shine, be resplen¬ 
dent, dyXaifopai. Virg. and Ovid. 
-IT Figur. Cic. Nihil est tam hor- 
ridum, tam incultum, quod non splen- 
descat oratione, h. e. may not derive lus¬ 
tre from. 
SPLENOIC5 (frequentat. of splendeo), 
3 as, n. 1. to shine. Apul. 
SPLENDIDE (splendidus), adv. properly, 
brightly. Hence, figur. splendidly, 
nobly, honorably, magnificently, beauti¬ 
fully, Xapirpio;. Cic. ornare convivi- 
um. Id. setatem exigere. Id. dicere. 
Ilirt. Splendidius. Sueton. Splendi- 
dissime.-U Also, clearly, distinctly. 
Cic. loqui. 
SPLENDID5 (Id.), as, a. 1. to make shin- 
3 ing or bright. Apul. dentes. 
SPLeNDIDOS (splendeo), a, 11 m, adj. 
bright, shining, clear, glittering, Xapnp6y. 
Lucret. color. Plin. caelum, li. e. se¬ 
rene, clear. Horat. bilis, h. e. flava, 
anger. Tibull. Sol splendidior. Cic. 
Splendidissimus candor. -IT Also, 
havinir a good appearance, sounding well. 
Cic. “nomen. Ovid, verba. Horat. 
Splendidius.-IT Also, splendid, costly, 
magnificent, noble. J\Tep. Civitas spleii- 
dirfissima. Id. homo. Cic. nihil.- 
IT Also, distinguished, illustrious. Cic. 
homo. Prop. fama. Cic. eques. (It 
was a common appellation of knights.) 
_ IT Also, clear, perspicuous. Cic. 
oratio. Id. ratio dicendi. 
ftPLENDIFICs (splendificus), adv. splen- 
3 didly, brightly. Fulgent. 
PLENB5R (splendeo), oris, m. clearness, 
splendor, brightness, radiance, lust’-c, 
sheen, avyn, XapiLts- Plaut. cceli. 
Ovid, flammse. Lucret. aquse. Auct. 
ad Her. auri. Ovid, floris, h. e. beau¬ 
tiful color. -IT Also, figur. splendor, 
sumptuousness, magnificence, in style of 
living. Cic. and Oell. - IT Also, 
figur. excellence, dignity, splendor, lustre, 
eminence, honor, renown. Cic. dignita¬ 
tis. Id. vitce. Id. anirni. Id. eques- 
ter. (This word is particularly applied 
to knights as a title.)-IT Also, an 
ornament. Cic. ordinis.- IT Also, 
clearness, clear sound. Cic. vocis. Id. 
verborum, h. e. well-sounding i oords, such 
as orators used to select. 
SPLeNDoRIFER (splendor & fero), era, 
3 erum, adj. bringing splendor or brightness. 
Tertull. 
SPLENETTCOS (splen), a, um, adj. sick 
3 of the spleen, splenetic, cnrXqvioSns. Apul. 
SPLeNIaTuS (spleuium), a, um, adj. 
3 plastered, having a plaster or patch on, 
tnrXyvuoros. Martial. 
SPLENICOS (airXrjniKds), a, um, adj. 
splenetic. Plin. 
SPLENIUM (anXyniov), ii, n. splecnwort, 
mUtwaste. Plin. -- IT Also, a patch, 
plaster. Plin. and Martial. 
SP ODIUM (onoSiov), ii, n. ashes. Plin. 
-IT Also, metallic dross. Plin. 
SPODOS ( rnrodds ), i, f. same as Spodium. 
Plin. 
SPoLeTIUM, ii, and SP5LETUM, i, n. 
a town of Umbria. — Hence, Spoletlnus, 
a, um, adj. of or belonging to Spoletium. 
Cic. — Spoletini, its inhabitants. Liv. 
— Spoletanus, a, um, adj. iif or be¬ 
longing to Spoletum. Spoletani, its in¬ 
habitants. Liv. 27, 10. (But Ed. Drak. 
reads Spoletini.) 
SPOLIaRIUM (spolium), ii, li. the place 
2 where the clothes are taken off, as, from 
gladiators slain in the amphitheatre. 
Senec. - IT Also, a slauyhter-house, 
den of murderers, cut-throat place, d.en of 
robbers. Senec. The treasury in which 
money extorted from the people had 
been deposited, is called so by Plin. 
Paneg. 36. 
SPOLIaTIO (spolio), onis, f. a pillaging, 
pilfering, plundering, robbing ; spoliation, 
depredation, anyXenat;. Liv. sacrorum. 
Cic. dignitatis. 
SPOLIATOR (Id.), oris, m. a plunderer, 
robber, pillager, cKvXtvryp, Xatbvpayio- 
yd;. Cic. and Liv. 
SPOLIaTRIX (spoliator), icis, f. plun- 
" 1 dering, she that robs or pillages, okvXcv- 
rpia._ Cic. 
SPOLlATOS,a, um, particip. from spolio. 
-If Adj. plundered, poor. Cic. Nihil 
illo regno'spoliatius. 
, SPOLIO (spolium), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
strip any one, take off his clothes, as, in 
order to cudgel or plunder him. Cic. 
hominem. Hence, Petron. folliculos 
leguminum, h. c. to strip, hull. ■—— 
IT Also, to rob, plunder, spoil. Cic. ali- 
quem argento. Id. fana. — Hence, in 
, general, to deprive. Very, aliquemvita. 
Cic. dignitate. Id. dignitatem. - 
, IT See, also, Spoliatus, a, um,. 
, SPOLIUM (probably from tnrSXov), ii, n. 
the skin of an animal, whether stripped or 
cast off. Ovid, leonis, li. e. a lion’s skin. 
Id. pecudis, h. e. a ram’s skin. Lu- 
erct. serpentis, h. e. slough. ——• IT Also, 
. that which a Roman soldier took from an 
enemy slain in battle, particularly arms ; 
armor gained as booty, for it was cus¬ 
tomary to take off the armor of a slain 
enemy, and to keep it as a trophy. Liv. 
Spolia Cffisorum legere. — Hence, figur. 
victory. Virg. Spolia ampla referre, 
, h. e to conquer a woman, to make her en¬ 
amored. — Spolia opima. (See Opimus.) 
, - IT Also, any thing taken from an 
enemy in war, plunder, booty, spoil, pil- 
. lage. Cic. Spolium classium, h. e. the 
, ships’ beaks which the Romans took from 
the inhabitants of Antium. Id. hosti- 
um, A. e. statues, Sec. Liv. agrorum, 
. A. e. that which is plundered from the 
t fields. So, also, of horses, captives. 
) Id. -IT Also, any thing robbed or taken 
. from another, plunder, prey, Sec. Cic. 
Aliorum spoliis nostras facilitates au- 
geamus. Ovid, sceleris, of the golden 
hair which Scylla took from her father and 
, gave to Minos. Petron. mendici, A. e. 
, a beggar’s garment. 
. SPoNDX (unc.), re, f. the frame, foot or 
842 
basis of a bed, sofa, couch, Sec. Ovid 
Sponda pedlbusque salignis, A. e. framt 
of a couch. - IT Also, a bedstead. 
Hence, a 6 c#. Ovid. Ascendit, spon- 
daque sibi propiore rec.umbit. Ilorat. 
Cubare in extrema sponda. Martial. 
interior, A. e. pars interior spend®. 
-IT Also, a long bench fur lying or sit¬ 
ting upon, a sofa, couch. Virg. aurea. 
—— IT Also, a bier. Martial. 
SPONDA30S, i. See Spondeus. 
SPoNDXICOS ^novSaLKOs), a, um, adj. 
3 consisting of spondees or spondaic verses. 
Terentian. 
SP5NDXLIA, or SP5NDAULIA. See 
Spondialia. 
SP5NDE5 (cr?revJa>), es, spopondi, spon- 
sum, a. 2 . properly, to engage to contrib¬ 
ute. Hence, to promise solemnly, pledge 
one’s word or credit, bind one’s self, ava- 
Sixouai, particularly used of contracts, 
treaties, &c. Cic. lionores et praeinia 
alicui. Liv. pacem. Cic. pro aliquo, A. e. 
to be surety or bail for. Id. aliquid pro 
aliquo. Id. de aliquo. Plaut. gnatam 
alicui, A. e. to promise in marriage, be¬ 
troth, espouse, affiance. — Hence, Spon- 
sus, a, um, promised, promised in mar¬ 
riage, betrothed, engaged. Varr. petu¬ 
nia. Terent. Pamphilajn sponsam milii. 
Horat. Sponsum, A. e. ctnyjMng prom¬ 
ised. — Hence, Justin. Spotmere sibi, 
A. e. to believe confidently. Also, without 
sibi. Liv. animis, A. e. to feel confident 
of any thing in one’s own _ mind, hope for 
certain, trust. — Also, figur. of inani¬ 
mate things, to promise, give certain 
hope. Justin. Ingenium magnum spon- 
debat virum. Ovid. Placidum spon- 
dentia sidera. — Liv. Spondere spon- 
sionem, A. e. facere. 
SP5NDECS (orroydelos), a, um, adj. of or 
belonging to libations. — Hence, Spon- 
deum, sc. vas, a vessel used at libations. 
-IT Spondeus, sc. pes, a spondee or 
poetical foot consisting of two long sylla¬ 
bles, so called because it was much 
used in hymns sung at sacrifices. Cic. 
Spondenm, sc. carmen, ft. e. consisting 
of spondees. 
SPoNDIAL1 A, or SPoNDaLIA (unc.), 
um, n. hymns sung.at sacrifices , and ac¬ 
companied with musical instruments , lest 
the person sacrificing might hear any thing 
of bad omen . Cic . Orat. 2, 46. (But 
Salmasius reads, more correctly, spon - 
daulia.) 
SPONDyLe (o-ttoi/JvXt?), es, f. a land of 
insect living under ground and gnawing 
roots. Plin. 
SPoNDyLIUM, or SPoNDyLISN (onov- 
dvXiov, or aipovSvXiov), ii, n. a kind of 
plant, cow-parsnep or all-heal (Heracle- 
um spondylium, L.). Plin. 
SPoNDyLOS {otroytivXos, or apdvCvXos), 
i, m. a vertebra, joint of the spine. Plin. 
_IT Also, the hard white in an oyster 
or other shell-fish, rpaxnXo;. Plin. • 
IT Also, a species of bivalve shells (Spon- 
dylus gsderopus, L.). Plin. 
SPoNGl A {onoyyia), se, f. o sponge. Cic. 
Hence, perhaps, the jest of Augustus. 
Sueton. Ajacem suum in spongiam m- 
cubuisse, A. e. he had destroyed his poem 
Ajax. — Also, a spongy ball growing on 
the wild rose-tree, rose-gall. Plin. — 
Hence, from resemblance, Spongise, 
the roots of some plants, as, of asparagus. 
Plin. _IT Also, a kind of porous stone , 
pumice-stone. Vitruv. -IT Also, broken 
iron after it lias been melted. Plin. 
IT Also, a kind of moss growing in mead¬ 
ows. Plin. 
SP6NGI5 (< 77 royyui), as, a. 1. to sponge, 
3 wipe or cleanse with a sponge, oiroyyiC,w. 
Ap\c. . . 4 
P 0 NGT 6 LA (dimin. of spongia), se, I 
a little sinmge, ciroyyiov. — Hence, rose 
gall. Plin . - IT Also, the roots of 
asparagus clottered and growing close to 
nether. Colum. . 
PoNGISLOS (Id.), i, m. a kind of fun- 
crus rrrowing in meadows. Apic. 
PoNGIoSciS (spongia), a, um, aaj. 
spongy, like a sponge, full of small holes 
or eijcs, erroyyuv&m. Cels, pulmo. Pirn. 
P P 5NGITSS (tnroyylrijf),®, I J?’ or 
GITIS (o-Tovylns), Ifi |S J f - “ 
stone ; according to Phn. 37, b7, a to 
of precious stone . 
