THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

RHANIS.
goddess Nemesis, who had a celebrated
temple at Rhamnus, in Attica.
Rhanis, is, (paiyw, to sprinkle), Sprinkler,
name applied to an attendant of Diana.
Rhenus, i, the Ehine, the celebrated river
in Germany.
Rhudanus, i, m. tlie Ehone, the famous
river in France.
Rhodope, es, f. Ehodope, B lofty mountain
in Thrace.
Rictus, us, m. (ringor, to open the mouth),
the aperture of the mouth; the mouth; the
Java.
Rideo, ere, isi, isum, n. and a. to laugh, to
smile, please; to laugh at, deride.
RTgeo, ere, gui, n. (piycu), to be stiff; to be
very cold; to be frozen, be benumbed; to be
straight and bare.
RTgesco, ere, gui, n. (frequentative of
rigeo), to stiffen with cold, to become stiff,
to harden; to stand on end.
Rigidus, a, urn, adj. (rigeo), stiff, as with
cold, benumbed; hence, erect, upright;
rigid, inflexible, inexorable: also, rough,
rude ; harsh, severe ; hardy, laborious :
fierce, savage.
RTgor, oris, m. (rigeo), stiffness, hardness;
inflexibility, severity; rudeness, rough
ness, harshness.
Rlma, ae, f. (probably fr. ftlypa, a fracture),
a fissure, cleft, crack, chink, chasm.
Rlpa, £B, f. the bank of a river.
Risus, us, m. (rideo), a laughing, laughter,
a laugh; derision.
Rite, adv. (properly an abl. fr. an obs. nom.)
in due form, in the proper manner; in the
usual way; properly, duly, rightly,
aright, correctly.
Rltus, us, m. an approved usage, old cus
tom, ceremony; any custom, manner,
fashion.
Rivus, i, m. (^«»), a small stream of water, a
brook: fig. a stream, rill, of any thing
liquid.
Robur, oris, n, a very hard species of oak:
used for any strong, solid tree: also,
hardness; strength, firmness.
Rogo, are, avi, fitum, a. and n. to ask, in
quire, demand to know; to request, intreat,
solicit, pray, beg.
Rugus, i, m. n funeral pile, whereon the
liody was burned,
llomanns, n, um, adj. (Romn), belonging
to Home, or the Roman Empire; Eomnn.
Riiresco, ere, n. (roro), to resolve itself into
di v; to lie fin to fall as dew
ROrn. are, iivi, atnm, n. and a. (ros), to drop
den^; io drop as dew; to fall drop by drop,
or in small drops; to be bedewed; to drop,
trirlle; to bedew, moisten, besprinkle.
Ros, riiris, m. (perhaps fpfoos), dew; any
liquid falling like dew.
Rt"sa, 03, f. (/'o, venerable,
admirable; consecrated to tht infernal
gods: hence, accursed, doomed; wicked,
cxtfrable.
Sacerdos. otis, in. mid f. (saccr), a j>iw*
or priestess.
SACRA.
Sacra, orum, n. pi. (sacer), things sacred or
consecrated to the gods; sacred rites, sa
crifice; sacred utensils, ornaments, &c.
Sacrilegus, a, um, adj. (sacra, lego), sacri
legious, one having committed sacrilege:
also, despising thegods, impious,profane:
also, guilty of enormous sins or crimes,
accursed, ungodly.
Sieculuin, i. n. (originally scclum, allied to
necus, sex), a sex, a breed; an age, a ge
neration, usually reckoned at thirty-three
years; a century.
Ssepe, adv. comp. ius, sup. issime, often,
oftentimes, frequently.
Ssevio, ire, ivi, and li, Iturn, n. (sosvus), io
rage, be fierce, madly desire.
Ssevitia, 8c, f. (sffivus), rigor, harshness,
severity, cruelly, ferocity, barbarity.
Ssevus, a, um, adj. rigorous, cruel, stern,
fierce, barbarous; terrible, fearful.
Sagax, acis, adj. (sagio, to perceive), tracing
out, perceiving easily, quick; sagacious,
shrewd, ingenious.
Sagitia, ae, f. an arrow, dart, shaft.
Sagittiler, a, um, adj. (sagitta and fero),
bearing arrows, equipped or armed with
arrows.
Salio, ire, ivi, or ii, and ui, turn, n. and a.
(aXXopat, to leap), to jump, leap, bound; to
spring up, shoot up; to throb, palpitate.
Saltern, ndv. on the whole at least; at the
least, at all events.
Saltus, us, m. (salio), a leaping, jumping,
bounding, springing up; a dancing,
dance.
Saltus, us, m. (Gr. aXuoj), a wooded range
of mountains, a forest, wood where cattle
pasture, pasturage.
Salus, iitis, f. (salvus, safe), safety, freedom
from injury; health, welfare, prosperity;
security: also, greeting, salutation.
Salutifer, a, um, ndj. (salus and fero),
bringing health or safety, salubrious,
healthful, wholesome.
Saluto, ore, avi, alum, a. (salus), to salute,
greet, wish health or prosperity to; pay
respects to; reverence.
Salve and Salvete, imp. of Salveo, of which
these, and snlvebis, snlvcre, are generally
the only parts found: used in greeting,
wishing, and taking leave, hail; how fare
you, God save you, best wishes to you;
adieu.
Sanctus, n, um, (part. fr. sancio, to conse
crate), adj. sacred, consecrated, inviolable;
holy, divine, venerable; piout, upright,
innocent, virtuous.
Sangulncus, a, um, adj. (sanguis), consist
ing of bloorl, bloody, bloodstained; blood
red; bloodthirsty, sanguinary.
Sanguis, mis, m. blood: fig. vigor, spirit:
also, natural juices, sap, &c.; kindred,
raccj descent.
Sallies, Ei, f. (akin to sanguis), bloody mat
ter, corrupted blood or humor, (not formed
into pus); blood, clots of blood.
Sanus, a, um, adj. (vans), sound in health,
whole, sane; sound, in proper and good
SCOPULUS.
condition; sound in mind, in one't
senses, discreet, wise.
Sapienter, adv. (sapiens), with taste; dis
creetly, wisely: also, generously.
Sat, adv. for satis, sufficiently, enough.
Satio, are, avi, atum, a. (satis), to fill with
food and drink; to satisfy, sate, satiate;
to saturate; to content: also, to overfill,
to glut; hence, to disgust.
Sjtis, adv. enough, sufficiently: as ndj. suf
ficient, enough.
Saturn, i, n. (properly ihe neuter of satus,
part, of sero, to sow, toplant), sowed vege
table, especially ihat germinating, crop,
plantation.
Siturnia, 03, f. scil. filia, Juno, daughter of
Saturn.
Saturnius, a, um, adj. of or belonging to
Saturn, Saturation: also, born of Saturn.
Salurnus, i, m. pr. n. Saturn, an indige
nous god of the Lniiiis, presiding over
sowing and planting (from satus, sowing),
and h.iving Ops (Hie Earth) for his wife,
but afterwards confounded with the Gr.
Kpivos, n nd represented as lather of Jupi
ter, Pluio, Neptune, Juno, Ceres, &c.
Satur, a, um, ndj. (satis), full, full of food,
sated, satiated, satisfied; abundant, plen
tiful, rich.
Satus, a, um, adj. part, from suro, ere, cvi,
satum, produced, begot ten,born of, brought
forth.
Satyrus, t, m. (rarnpos), a satyr, one of the
sylvan semi-gods, represented with long
pointed ears, and small knobs like horns
behind them, goat's legs and toil.
Saucius, a, um, adj. wounded, injured,
wounded in mind; pained, troubled, sad,
love-sirk.
Saxeus, a, um, adj. (saxum), rocky, stony,
of rock or stone: hard-hearted, flinty', ob
durate.
Saxum, i, n. a rock; a stone, a large
stone.
Scelfratus, a, um, (part. fr. scelero), adj.
polluted by wickedness, impious, infamous,
detestable; accursed.
Scclus, eris, n. an enormity, a crime, impi
ous act ; villany, knavery; wickedness,
malice.
Sceptrum, i, n. (mrijirrpox), that on which one
leans; a staff; a sceptre.
Scilicet, adv. (scire, licet), if is plain to le
seen, it is easily known, it is manifest;
truly, verity, assuredly, doubtlessly: to
wit, namely, that is to say.
Scindo, ere, scTdi, scissum, a. (ov'sw, to
split), to split, cut, rend, sever by force; to
tear open; to divide, separate.
Scio, ire, Ivi, and ii, itum, a. to know; to
understand; to learn.
Scissus, n, um, part, of scindo, which see.
Scitor, ari, atus, dep. (scio), to be anxious ta
know, to inquire, ask, question, demand,
consult.
Scupulus, i, m. (Gr. iwcfccXos), a projecting
height affording a distant view, a me -tn-
tain-peak, high rock, a cliff: poetically,
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