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Imago animi vultus est, indices oculi. 
Virg. Moesto vultu. Sueton. Vultus 
adductus, A. e. in rugas contractus, con¬ 
tracted, glooviy, lowering. Also, in the 
plur. Ctc. Kecordamini faciern, atque 
illos fictos simulatosque vultus, those 
looks. Id. Vultus tuos mihi expressit. 
Ovid. Vultus sumit acerbos, sour or 
gloomy looks. Id. Vultus accessere bo- 
ni, friendly looks, friendly expression. Id. 
Vultus trahere, or, Martial, ducere, to put 
on cross or gloomy looks, appear sour or 
displeased. — Also, an angry countenance, 
stern looks, grim visage. Horat. Vultus in- 
stantis tyranni. Id. Aufer me vultu ter- 
rere. Tacit. Vultu offensionein conjecta- 
verat.- 1! Also, the face generally. 
Ccel. in Cic. Ep. Malui collegia ejus, homi- 
ni alienissimo mihi, et propter amicitiam 
tuam non tequissimo, me obligare, quam 
illius simile vultum subire, the face. Mar¬ 
tial. Dum nulla teneri sordent lanugine 
vultus. Ovid. Tollens ad sidera vultus, 
for vulturn. Id. Cadit in vultus, on his 
face. — Hence, an image or likeness of the 
face, a portrait. Plin. Vultus Epicuri 
per cubicula gestant, ac circumferunt 
secum. Id. E margaritis fieri tuos vul¬ 
tus ? sic te pretiosunr videri ? — Also, 
the external form or appearance of a per¬ 
son or thing, face. Ovid. Unus erat toto 
naturaj vultus in orbe. Virg. Mene sa- 
lis (A. e. maris) placidi vultum fluctus- 
que quietos ignorare putas? Ovid. Vul¬ 
tus capit priores. - IT Vultum, or 
voltum (nomin.), for vultus. Lucret. 
Volta parentum.-IT Facies (from fa- 
cio) refers originally to the make of the 
body ; but, as this appears most strik¬ 
ingly in the face, especially to the face. 
For this stand, as parts for the whole, 
also os and frons: Vultus (from volo) de¬ 
notes the countenance, as the mirror or 
index of the soul: accordingly, facies is 
purely corporeal, but vultus, so to speak, 
rather the corporeal exhibition of the 
spirit within. 
VOLVX, ac, f. See Volva. 
VCLVOLX, or VoLVuLX, a:, f. dimin. of 
3 vulva. Apic. 
uVOR (obsol. uveo), oris, m. moisture, 
3 humidity. Vurr. 
OXOR (uno.), oris, f. a wife, wedded wife, 
spouse, yvvil, attains. Cic. Uxorem 
ducere, or, Id. Uxorem sibi adjungere, 
to take a wife, marry a wife. Te.renl. 
habere, to have a wife, to be married. Id. 
Ilerus uxore excidit, has lost, has missed 
of, dues not get her for wife. — The wives 
of slaves were not thought worthy to be 
called uxorcs. Plant. — Uxor is used, 
also, of animals. Horat. Olentis uxo- 
res mariti, she-goats. ■— Uxor is some¬ 
times omitted. Virg. Hectoris Andro¬ 
mache, sc. uxor.-IT Figur. and jo¬ 
cosely, the abolla (a kind of garment) is 
called uxor. Martial. 4, 53, 5. 
uXORCOLX (dimin. of uxor), te, f. a little 
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wife; or, as a term of endearment, a 
pretty little wife. Plaut. 
uXoRCOLS (uxor), as, a. 1. either to love 
3 as a wife, or to make his wife, marry 
Plaut. ap. Varr. Mulieres uxorculavit. 
(Others read Mulier cs, uxor, quoja vir 7 
and thus it is in Fragm. Plaut. Ed. 
Qron.) 
uXORIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. of or pertain- 
ing or belonging to a wife, ywai/ceto;. 
Terent. A re uxoria abhorrere, to have 
no desire to marry. (Res uxoria also 
means all that pertains or belongs to a 
wife, as dowry, fortune. Cic. Arbitrium 
rei uxorite.) So, also, Ovid. Dos est 
uxoria lites. Favor, ap. Oell. Uxoria 
forma, common, ordinary beauty. — Uxo- 
rium (absol.), ii, n. sc. poculum, or ve- 
nenum, a potion, the effect of which should 
be to occasion love or hatred to a wife. 
Quintil. dcclam. — Uxorium, sc. tes, a 
tax paid by bachelors. Fcst. — Stat. Uxo- 
rius imber, tears shed over the death of a 
wife. -IT Also, devoted to one’s wife, 
fond (and indeed over-fond) of one’s 
wife, obsequious or submissive to one’s wife, 
uxorious, yvvaucias, (ptXoybvys. Virg. 
Tu nunc Carthaginis altte fundamenta 
locas, pulcramque uxorius urbem ex- 
struis (of A3neas when in love with Di¬ 
do). Horat. Vagus et sinistra labitur 
ripa, Jove non probante, uxorius amnis, 
h. e. the Tiber, as a god; the uxorious, 
who can deny his wife nothing. 
X. 
X as an abbreviation, stands for ten. 
5 -IT Also, same as Denarius. Plin. 
Emitur X. LX., A. e. denariis sexa- 
ginta. 
XaNTHeNeS (favS-os, flavus), is, m_. a 
gem of an amber color. Plin. 37, 70. 
(Others read zantkenes.) 
XaNTHIPPe, es, f. the vixen wife of Soc- 
XaNTHOS (fai/06s), i, m. sc. lapis, a 
precious stone, called by the Indians me- 
nui. Plin. 
XaNTHOS, or -SS (Edi/Sos), i, m. the 
Xanthus, a river of Troas. Virg. JEn. 
1, 473. and Btin. - IT Also, a river 
of Dycia. Virg. JEn. 4, 143. On this 
river was a town, Xanthus, i, f. Virg. 
Cul. 14. -IT Also, a small river of 
Epirus. Virg. JEn. 3, 350. 
XENI-tE (ftnos, liospitalis) balnete, per¬ 
haps a place in Lalium, or a part of Baiae. 
Cic. Ad balneas Xenias (but Ed. Em. 
has Senias). 
XENI6LUM (dimin. of xenium), i, n. a 
3 little gift to a guest, or gift. Apul. Mit- 
tit mihi xeniola, porcum opimum, et 
quinque gallinulas, &c. 
XENIUM {\ivtov), ii, n. a gift or present 
2 sent to guests or friends, a guest-gift. 
Plin. Ep. and Martial. -IT Also, any 
present or gift; for instance, to procon¬ 
suls and other provincial governors 
from the inhabitants of a province. 
Pandect. Or, a present to an advocate 
for pleading a cause. Plin. Ep. 
XENODOCIIlUM, or -eUM {^evoSoxcto v), 
3 i, n. a ( public ) building for the entertain¬ 
ment of strangers, a caravansary, pil¬ 
grim-house. Cod. Just. 
XENOD5CHOS (f£iW(5x°f)> *i <me rcAo 
3 receives poor strangers m a hospitium, 
the master of a hospital. Cod. Just. 
XENoN (ffiitcoit, -lottos), onis, m. same as 
Xenodochium. Cod. Just. 
XENOPAR6CHOS I (evonapoxof), >> m. 
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one who furnished public ambassadors and 
other strangers of distinction with salt, 
wood, and other necessaries. Pandect. 
XENOPHXNES, is, m. 'S.evofyavqs, a fa¬ 
mous Grecian philosopher. Cic. 
XENOPHoN, tis, m. ’S.cvotywv, an Athenian 
and disciple of Socrates, distinguished as 
a general, and as a writer. — Hence, 
Xenophonteus, or -lus, a, um, adj. 
Xenophontcan, Xenophontian, ‘Zevotpbv- 
teios, ’S.ei/oipdvrios. Cic. Liber conscrip- 
tus molli, et Xenophonteo genere ser- 
monis. Id. Hercules Xenophontius, A. e. 
introduced by Xenophon in his writings. 
XeRaMPELINOS (inpaptreXivos), a, um, 
3 adj. of the color of dry vine-leaves ; hence, 
dark red, dark-colored. Juvenal. Xeram- 
pelinae, sc. vestes. 
XeRaNTICOS (f qpauTiKoi , from ftjpai- 
3 va>), a, um, adj. drying. Maccr. 
XeROCoLLyRIUM (ftjpotcoAAupioit), ii, 
3 n. a collyrium made of dry substances, dry 
salve. 'Marcell. Empir. 
XeROLOPIICS ({rip6\o<pos), i, m. a dry 
hill, h. e. composed of stones heaped to¬ 
gether. This was the name of a place in 
Byzantium. Prise. 
XeRSMyRRHX. UZnpbs, dry, & pvppa), 
3 te, f. dry (not fresh) or drying myrrh. 
Sedul. 
XeROPIIXGIX ({ripoipayia), se, f. the eat- 
3 ing of dry food. Tertull. 
XeRoPHTHaLMIX ({ripoqtSaXpta), te, f. 
3 a dry soreness of the eyes, h. e. when the 
eyes do not run with moisture, but are only 
red and swollen. Marcell. Empir. 
XIPIIIaS Ui<pias), te, m. having the form 
of a sword. -IT Hence, Xiphias, sc. 
? iscis, the sword-fish (Xiphias gladius, 
,.), same as Gladius. Plin. — Also, 
Xiphias, sc. cometes, a kind of comet, 
shaped like a sword. Plin. 
XIPHI5N {lupiov), ii, n . gladen or glader, 
swordgrass, same as Gladiolus. Plin. 
XirLINtTM. See Xylon. 
994 
XyLQBaLSXMUM (ft >\o^aAtrapov), t, n. 
balsam-wood, the wood of the balsam-tree. 
Plin. 
XyL5CXSIA,or XYL6CASSIX(fi>Ao/ca<r- 
3 via), ae, f. the wood of the cassia, cassia- 
wood. Pandect. 
XYLOCINNXM5MUM(ft)Ao/ai'i'dp(o/roy), 
i, n. the wood of the cinnamon-shrub, cin¬ 
namon-wood. Plin. 
XyLOCINNXMUM, i, m. same as Xylo- 
cinnamomuni. Scribon. Larg. 
XyLSN (fuAoi/), i,n. properly, wood, from 
the Greek. In Latin, Xylon, the shrub 
that produces cotton, the cotton-tree. Plin. 
— Hence, Xylinus, a, um, adj. cotton. 
XylJnum, i, n. cotton. Plin. Lina in- 
de facta vocant xylina (where it may 
be also an adj.). 
XyLOPIIyTON (iv\6<j>vrov), i, n. the herb 
3 comfrey. Apul. 
XyNIXS, adis, f. of or belonging to the 
town Xynite, in Thessaly. Catull. 63 
287. Xyniasi, dal. plur. for Xyniadi- 
bus (but others read otherwise). 
XyRTS (fupts), Idis, the name of a wild 
iris. Plin. 
XySTaRCHOS, i, and XySTaRCHeS 
3 i$vcrapxns), iP , nr. the director of a 
xystus. Tertull. 
XySTICOS (^votikos), a, um, adj. of or 
2 pertaining to a xystus. Tertull. Xystica 
vanitas, A. e. athletic, of the athlet®. 
Hence, Xystici, athletes. Sueton. 
XySTUM, i, n. See Xystus. 
XySTOS (ftxrros), i, nr. with the Greeks, 
a broad portico or gallery, for athletes to 
exercise or contend in during the winter. 
Vitruv. So, Tertull. Nihil nobis est cum 
xysti vanitate. It is alluded to by 
Cic. Paltestrice spatiari in xysto (where 
it is used figuratively).-IT With the 
Romans, an open walk, in a garden for 
instance, a walk planted with trees, &c. 
Cic. and Plin. Ep. -IT Xystum, i, n. 
Vitruv. 
