THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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Lib AT US.
ire, ayi, a. (XcijBo), Jo pour out [a part of
the wine, or other offering, in honor of
the deity to whom the sacrifice was
made], to libate, make libation of, offer,
consecrate: also, to take a small portion
of^ taste, sip, touch lightly; cull.
Linatus, a, um, part. pert, pass, of libo.
See the preceding.
Libenter, or lubenter, adv. (Liberia, or lu-
bens), willingly, readily, cheerfully,
Liber, eri, m. (libo), an old Latin god, after
wards confounded with the Grecian
Bacchus; wine.
Lfber, bri, m. (perhaps Xcmif, bark), inner
bark of a tree; hence, thebark generally.-
and hence, leaves of writing, a took, as
the bark was anciently used for writing.
Liber, era, erum, adj. (libel, libcre), free,
in every sense of the word, as vnen-
slaved, unfettered, unshackled, uncon-
Jtned, open, frank, independent, &.C.
Libtrior, oris, comp. of liber, more free,
more open, more uncoytfined, &,c.
Libet, or lubet, bebat, buit or bltum cst,
imp. it pleases; it is agreeable: followed
by a dative, expressed or understood, as
nulii, libi, illi 1. /am, thou art, he is dis
posed.
Libro, are, avi, atum, a. (libra), to weigh,
weigh out, balance; to poise, hold in equi
librium.
Libvcus, a, um, adj. (AijSwrfs), Lybian,
African.
LTbye, es, f. (Ai/fcii)), a part of Africa, west
of Egypt and north of Ethiopia: some
times used for all Africa.
Ltbys, yos, m. a Lybian: also a proper
name.
Licentia, 33, f. (licet), freedom, leave to do
any thing, liberty; presumption, unbound
ed lict nse; licentiousness.
'Licet, ebat, cuit and Tium est, ere, imp. vb.
(according to some, fr. AMI), it is lavful,
right, permitted.
Lignum, i, n. wood, any thing made of
wood: poetice, a tree.
Ltgo, are, avi, atum, a. to bind, bind up, to
fasten, unite.
Llgures, um, pi. m. and f. Ligurians, peo
ple of Li guria, thenonhern part of Italy,
a great portion of which is now Genoese
territory.
Lilmm, i, n. (Xtipuw), a lily, particularly the
white lily.
Limbus, i, m a lace, a border, a hem; a
fringe.
Limen, Tnis, n. the threshold of the door, the
lintel; by synecdoche, entrance, door;
also, dwelling, house.
Limes, Itis, m. n cross-palli, [a strip of un-
plougltcd land through a field or vine
yard] , a limit, boundary; a patti, passage,
track, trail.
Lmius, i, m. soft mud, slime, mire, mud,
moist eartk, clay. (By some derived from
\etfx tv, a grassy soft place, or from Xiju-i;, a
lake.)
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LUCIFER.
Lingua, 33, f. the tongue: hence, 'u i ige,
speech; fluency, eloquence.
Lmiger, era, erum, adj. (linum and gero),
wearing linen, clothed in linen.
Linquo, ere, liqui, a. (X«Va>), to leave, for
sake, quit, depart from, resign, abandon
let alone.
Linteus, a, um, adj. (linum), made of flux,
linen, flaxen: hence, lintcum, i, n. a sail.
Linum, i, n. (Xi'iro), fax, lint; hence, a
flaxen string or line; also, linen; a
net.
Lfqutdus, a, um, adj. (liqueo), liquid,fluid,
pure, clear.
Liquor, i, dep. (\afftii), to become liquid, to
be liquid, to melt, dissolve, u:uste away.
Ltquor, oris, m. (liqueo), fluidncss, fluidity,
liquidness; fluid, moisture.
Lircieus, a, um, or Lyrceus, Lyrcean, of the
Lyrceus, a river of Arcadia.
LTriope, es, f. a sea-nymph, mother of Nar
cissus.
LIs, litis, f. (cpif, dropping e and changing
p into 1), strife, contention, dispute, quar
rel, controversy.
Littera, or Liiera, ffi, f. (by some derived
fr. lino, to streak),a letter of the alphabet:
pi. letters, writing, writings, documents:
also, a letter or epistle.
Littorcus, a, um, anj. (litus), o/or belonging
to the shore, maritime.
Litfus, oris, n. the sca-sliore, strand, coast.
Liveo, ere, n. to be of a lead,bluifh or livid
color: livens, lead-colored, bluish, black
ifh, livid.
Loco, arc, avi, a. (locus), to place, set, sta
tion, arrange; to hire out, farm out; to
lay out, expend.
Locus, i, m. pi. loci, m. and loca, n. a
place.
Locutus, a, um, part, from loquor.
Longe, adv. (longus), long, to a great length,
far, afar, at a distance, to a distance.
Longus, a, um, adj. long ; far-stretching,
vast: far distant; of long duration.
Loquax, acis, adj. (loquor), talkative, wordy,
laquacious, garrulous; speaking, expres
sive.
Loquor, ui, ciitus, dep. (Xflyos), t o speak,
talk, converse, discourse; to celebrate; to
tell, declare.
LorTca, ss, f. (lorum, a leathern thong), a
coat of mail, a cuirass, a corslet, breast
plate: a breastwork, parapet.
Lorum, i. n. a liathern thong, string of lea
ther. Lora, pi. often signifies riins.
Loius, i, f. fie lote-tree. t lutes were made
of the wood ; hence, by nieton. n flute.
Liibricus, a, um, pdj. (perhaps fr. labor, to
slip), slippery; insecure, unsafe; worn
smooth, veri/ smooth; polished; lubricous,
slimy; gliding, flowing.
Luceo, fre, xi, n. (lux), to be lisht, to emit
light, to shine, glitter, glisttn.
LficTdus, a. um, adj. (luceo), having light
' full of light, clear, brilliant, lucid, bright,
polished.
Lucifer, a, um, adj. (lux and tero), bringing
LUCTISONUS.
light: Lucifer, feri, m. Lucifer, the morn
ing star.
LuctTsunus, a, um, adj. (luctus and sono),
mournfully sounding, mournful, sad,
dismal.
Luctor, 5ri, atus, dep. (lucta, a wrestling),
to wrestle, to struggle, strive, contend;
strive earnestly.
Luctus, us, m. (lugeo), mourning, grief,
affliction; lamentation, wailing; sorrow,
sadness.
Lucus, i, rn. a grove or thicket sacred to
some deity, a sacred grove; a wood in
general.
Ludo, ere, lusi, lusum, n. and a. to play
for pastime, to sport, trifle, wanton, di
sport; amuse one's self, practise for
amusement, play; to sport or t rifle away;
to banter, jeer; mock, deceive.
Ludus, i, m . play, sport, diversion, pastime,
amusement, exercise: !'*Ji. games, exer
cises.
Lugeo, ere, xi, n. and a. (Xi?w), *_ mourn,
lament, bewail, deplore, weep for, show
grief for by outward signs.
Lugubris, is, e, adj. (lugeo), relating to
mourning; in mourning, mourning,
mournful, sorrowful; doleful, dismal.
Lumen, mis, n. (for lucimen, from luceo),
illuminating light, the light; dayliglit; a
light; light of life; the sight, the eye;
brightness.
Luna, ai, f. (contraction of Lucina, from
lueeo), the moon: also, Luna, the goddess
of the moon.
Lunaris, is, e, adj. (luna), of the moon,
lunar; like the moon.
Luo, ere, i, itum, a. (Xiw), to pay; hence, to
pay as a recompense or retribution, pay a
penalty, suffer punishment; to render sa
tisfaction, atone for, expiate; to free,
purge. A lso, to wash, wash away (from
XoCw, to wash).
Lupus, i. m. (Xiraj), a wolf.
LiirTdus, a, um, adj. very pale, faintly blue,
livid, foul, ghastly, lurid; making pale,
making livid.
Lustro, are, avi, atum, a. (lustrum), to pu
rify by religious rites: to review, survey;
to traverse, wander over.
Lustrum, i, n. (luo or lavo), a place to bathe
in; hence, a slnugh, morass: hence gene
rally, haunt of wild beasts, den; also, a
wood, grove, glade.
Lutulentus, a, um, adj. (\\Autn), full of mud,
muddy, turbid, dirty.
Lux, Gets, f. (Xi'f), the light as around
us.
Lyaeus, i, m. (AtJaroj), the relaxer, the un-
bender, tlie freer from care—a name of
Bacchus.
Lycabas, as, m . a proper name, Lycabas.
L; 3aon, onts, m. son of Pelasgus and the
nymph Melibcea, and king of Arcadia,
Lycaon.
Lycaonius, a, um, pr. adj. o/or pertaining
to Lycaon.
Lycseus, i, m. and Lycceum, n. (AMKHOJ), a
MAGNUS.
mountain in Arcadia, sacred to Jupiter
^and to Pan, now Telragi.
Lycia, 33, f. Lycia, a district of Asia Minor,
between Curia and Pamphylia.
Lycius, a, um, adj. Lycian, belonging to
Lycia.
Lycisca, SB, f. name of a dog. a wolf-hybrid.
Lycormas, ffi, m. a river of CEtoha.
Lycurgus, i, m. a king of Thrace, who had
all the vines in his kingdom cut down, to
check the intemperance of his subjects,
and who is said to have cut off his own
extremities with the axe he had used in
destroying the vines.
Lympha, £c, f. (perhaps fr. Kfytfnj. X and »
being interchangeable), water, li/mph,
Lyncides, is, m. either the son of Lynceug,
a patronymic, or itself a proper name.
Lyncides.
Lynx, lyncis, f. and m. a lynx or ounce.
Lyra, ffi, f. (Xtfpa), a lyre, lute, harp.
M.
Maeies, ei, f. (maceo, to grow lean), lean
ness, miagreness, thinness, lankncss.
Macto, are, avi, a. (obs. mago, fr. wh. also
magnus and mactus), to augment, enrich;
immolate, sacrifice; to increase, advance,
honor; to slay, kill.
Macula, SB, f. a spot, stain, mark.
Macillo, are, avi, atum, a. (macula), to spot,
stain; pollute, defile.
Maciilosus, a, um, adj. (macula), spotted,
speckled, stained, blotted.
Madefacio, ere, cci, actum, a. (madeo,
f'acio), to wet, moisten, make wet, imbue.
Madufactus, part. See Madefacio, pass.
madefio, fr. wh. madefaetus.
Madeo, ere, ui, n. (ftMu), to be wet, soaked,
drenched: madens, moistened, drenched,
bedewed, bathed in, reeking with.
Madesco, ere, madui, n. (madeo), to become
moist or wet, to be drenched, to be soaked,
to become soft.
Madidus, a, um, adj. wet, moist, soaked, hu
mid: soft, tender; toftened, macerated.
Mffinalos, or Mrenalus, i, m. and pi. Mas
nala, n. (Mati/aXov), a mountain in ihe
south-east of Arcadia, on which was a
town of the same name, both called afier
a son of Lycaon and Mclibcaa; it was
sacred to Pan. Present name, Menalo,
or Eoino.
Moconia, a1, f. a country of Asia Minor.
Also, Elruria, because settled by Ma5
onians.
Maeonius, a, um, adj. Mceonian, or Lydian,
the country having both names.
Magtcus, a, um, adj. (/*ayiK6j-), belonging to
•magic, magical.
MSgts, adv. more; rather: sup. maxime.
Magnanimus, a, um, adj. (magnus and
animus), magnanimous, proud, brave,
daring.
Magnus, a, um, (obs. mago, or pcyai), great
in any respect, as large, weighty, powt<
ful, &c. &c. &c.
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