albus

albus , a, um: (adj.), white, 3.392; blank, undecorated, 9.548; subst., album, ī, n., whiteness, white.

albus, a, um, adj. [cf. Umbr. alfu and Sab. alpus = white; ἀλφός = white rash; O. H. Germ. Elbiz = a swan; to this have been referred also Alba Longa, Albunea, Alpes from their snowy summits (Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), Albion from its chalky cliffs, Ἀλφειός, and Albis = Elbe], white (properly dead white, not shining; e. g. hair, complexion, garments, etc., opp. ater, black that is without lustre; while candidus denotes a glistening, dazzling white, opp. niger, shining black.—Hence, trop., albus and ater, a symbol of good or ill fortune; on the other hand, candidus and niger of moral worth or unworthiness; cf. Doed. Syn. III. 193 sq.—So Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82: aliud est candidum, i. e. quādam nitenti luce perfusum esse; aliud album, quod pallori constat esse vicinum; cf. Verg. E. 7, 38: Candidior cycnis, hederā formosior albā, with id. ib. 3, 39: diffusos hederā vestit pallente corymbos; but this distinction is freq. disregarded by the poets).

• I Lit.
• • A In gen.: barba, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15 (1101): corpus, id. Capt. 3, 4, 115 (647): color albus praecipue decorus deo est, maxime in textili, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: albus calculus, the small white stone used in voting, as a sign of acceding to the opinion of any one, or of the acquittal of one who is under accusation (opp. ater calculus; v. calculus).— Hence, trop.: alicui rei album calculum adicere, to allow, approve of, authorize, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—In Enn. an epithet of the sun and moon: sol, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 92 Vahl.): jubar Hyperionis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 ib.).—The following are examples of the opposition of albus and niger (instead of ater) as exceptions to the gen. rule; so always in Lucr. (who also uses albus and candidus or candens promiscuously), 2, 810; 822 sqq.; 731 sq.; 790; 767-771. Once in Cic.: quae alba sint, quae nigra dicere, Div. 2, 3; so Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Ov. M. 2, 541; cf. with id. ib. 2, 534 and 535; also id. ib. 12, 403; 15, 46; id. H. 15, 37 al.: albi et nigri velleris, Vulg. Gen. 30, 35: non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum, ib. Matt. 5, 36.—
  • B Esp.
  • • 1 Pale, from sickness, terror, care, and the like: aquosus albo Corpore languor, of dropsical persons, Hor. C. 2, 2, 15: pallor, id. Epod. 7, 15: vivat et urbanis albus in officiis, pale from the cares of his public office, Mart. 1, 56 fin. et saep. —
    • 2 Of clothing, white: alba decent Cererem; vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite, Ov. F. 4, 619: vidit duos Angelos in albis, Vulg. Joan. 20, 12; ib. Apoc. 3, 4.—Hence, poet. transf. to the person, clothed in white, Hor. S. 1, 2, 36: pedibus qui venerat albis, who had come with white feet, i. e. marked with chalk, as for sale, Juv. 1, 111 (cf. gypsatus and also Plin. 35, 17, 58, §§ 199-201; Mayor ad 1. 1.).—
    • 3 Prov. phrases.
    • • a Dentibus albis deridere, to deride one by laughing so as to show the teeth, for to deride much, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48 (429) (cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 26 (486)).—
      • b Albus an ater sit, nescio or non curo, I know not, care not whether he is white or black, i. e. he is entirely indifferent to me: vide, quam te amārit is, qui albus aterve fueris ignorans, fratris filium praeteriit, Cic. Phil. 2, 16: unde illa scivit, ater an albus nascerer, Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Cat. 93, 2; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 38.—
      • c Albo rete aliquid oppugnare, to attack or seize upon something with a white net, i. e. in a delicate, skilful manner: qui hic albo rete aliena oppugnant bona, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22 (74) (so the passage seems to be more simply explained than acc. to the opinion of Gron.: qui albo (by the register of the praetor) tamquam rete, which omission of the tamquam is a Horatian, but not a Plautinian idiom). —
      • d Albā lineā aliquid signare, to make a white line upon a white ground, i. e. to make no distinction: et amabat omnes, nam ut discrimen non facit ... signat linea alba, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 28 (where the common editions have neque before signare, which gives the expression a directly opposite sense): albā, ut dicitur, lineā sine curā discriminis convertebant, Gell. praef. 11.— *
      • e Alba avis, a white sparrow, for something rare, uncommon, strange: quasi avem albam videntur bene sentientem civem videre, Cic. Fam. 7, 28 (quasi novum quiddam; proverbium ex eo natum, quia rarae aves albae, Manut. ad h. 1.).—*
      • f Filius albae gallinae, fortune's favorite child, Juv. 13, 141, prob. an allusion to the miracle that happened to Livia in regard to a white hen, v. Plin. 15, 30, 40, 136; Suet. Galb. 1 (Ruperti ad h. 1, refers this expression to the unfruitfulness of a white hen, and conpares Col. R. R. 8, 2, 7).—*
      • g Equis albis praecurrere aliquem, to excel, surpass one, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8 (the figure being drawn from the white horses attached to a triumphal chariot; cf. Suet. Ner. 25; id. Dom. 2).—
• II Trop.
• • A Favorable, fortunate, propitious: simul alba nautis Stella refulsit, i. e. the twin-star Castor, favorable to sailors, Hor. C. 1, 12, 27: dies, Sil. 15, 53: sint omnia protinus alba, Pers. 1, 110.—
  • B Poet. and act., of the wind, making clear or bright, dispersing the clouds; hence, dry: Notus, Hor. C. 1, 7, 15 (as a transl. of the Gr. λευκόνοτος): iapyx, id. ib. 3, 27, 19 (cf.: clarus aquilo, Verg. G. 1, 460).—Whence,
• III album, i, n., whiteness.
• • A White color, white: maculis insignis et albo, Verg. G. 3, 56; sparsis pellibus albo, id. E. 2, 41: columnas polire albo, to make white, whiten, Liv. 40, 51.—Hence,
  • • 2 Esp.,
    • • a The white of the eye: oculorum, Cels. 2, 6; so id. 7, 7, n. 6 and 12.—
      • b The white of an egg: ovi, Cels. 6, 6, n. 7.—
      • c In Col. 6, 17, 7, a white spot on the eye, i. e. a disease of it, = albugo.—
  • B In the lang. of polit. life, a white tablet, on which any thing is inscribed (like λεύκωμα in Gr.).
  • • 1 The tablets on which the Pontifex Maximus registered the principal events of the year, the Annales maximi (v. annales): in album referre, to enter or record in, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52; Liv. 1, 32, 2.—
    • 2 The tablets of the praetor, on which his edicts were written, and which were posted up in some public place, Paul. Sent. l. 1, t. 14.—Hence, sedere ad album, to be employed with the edicts of the praetor, Sen. Ep. 48: se ad album transferre, Quint. 12, 3, 11 Spald.—
    • 3 Esp., a list of names, a register, e. g. Album senatorium, the tablet on which the names of the senators were enrolled, the roll, register, which, by the order of Augustus, was to be posted up annually in the senate-house, Diom. 55, 3, and Fragm. 137: aliquem albo senatorio eradere, Tac. A. 4, 42 fin.—Also, the list of the judges chosen by the quaestors: aliquem albo judicum eradere, Suet. Claud. 16; so id. Dom. 8.—And transf. to other catalogues of names: citharoedorum, Suet. Ner. 21.

albus, a, um (Stamm ALB, verwandt mit ἀλφός), glanzlos weiß (Ggstz. ater, glanzlos schwarz; hingegen candidus, glänzend weiß, Ggstz. niger, glänzend schwarz), I) adi.: a) übh.: color, Cic.: vinum (Ggstz. atrum, dunkelroter), Plaut.: corpus (Hautfarbe), Plaut.: pampinus, Lucil. fr.: opus (Weißstuck), Vitr.: tectorium, Gipsanguß, Zement, Col.: dentes, Verg.: equi, Schimmel, Liv. u. Hor.: bos, capra, Liv.: canis, Sen.: parma, der noch weiße (noch ohne Zälatur u. Bildnerei), Verg. – sulphureā Nar albus aquā, weiß schäumend, Verg. – v. Stoffen, lana, Varr.: v. Kleidern (bes. der Gottheiten), vestis, Ov. u. Curt.: tunica, Fest.: paludamentum (Ggstz. pal. pullum), Val. Max. – dah. poet. übtr. für »weiß gekleidet«, Hor. sat. 1, 2, 36: u. für »(mit Kreide) weiß bestrichen, beweißt«, nuper in hanc urbem pedibus qui venerat albis, wie neuangekommene Sklaven, die nackt mit weiß angestrichenen Füßen zum Verkauf ausgestellt wurden (also = als Sklave), Iuven, 1, 111. – Sprich w. Redensarten: albis dentibus deridere, so laut auflachend jmd. verspotten, daß die Zähne sichtbar werden = »gewaltig Verspotten«, Plaut. Epid. 429. – utrum albus an ater sit nescio u. utrum albus aterne od. an ater sit ignoro, ob er schwarz od. weiß ist, kümmert mich nicht, d.i. ich kenne ihn von Person weiter nicht, Catull. 93, 2. Cic. Phil. 2, 4. Quint. 11, 1, 38. Apul. apol. 16: u. so unde illa scivit, niger an albus nascerer? woher kannte sie mich so genau? Phaedr. 3, 15, 10. – albā lineā signare, s. līneaII, A, a. – equis praecurrere albis, auf weißen Rossen (wie beim Triumph) voranrennen = bei weitem übertreffen, Hor. sat. 1, 7, 8; vgl. Plaut. asin. 279. – alba avis, ein weißer, d.i. ein seltener Vogel, ein »Wundertier« (für etw. Seltenes), Cic. ep. 7, 28, 2. – albae gallinae filius, der Sohn einer weißen Henne = ein »Glückskind«, Iuven. 13, 141. – album calculum adicere alci rei = einer Sache seinen Beifall geben, Plin. ep. 1, 2, 5. – b) weiß = grauweiß, grau, barba, Plaut.: capilli, Tibull.: coma, Ov.: asinus, Quint.: plumbum, Zinn, Caes. – c) blaß, bleich, fahl von Krankheit, Schreck, Sorge usw., aquosus albo colore languor, von der Wassersucht, Hor.: albus ora pallor inficit, Hor.: urbanis albus in officiis (von Amtssorgen), Mart. – d) hell, licht, v. Gestirnen, sol, iubar, Enn. fr.: admisso Lucifer albus equo, Ov. – hell, rein = wolkenlos, luces, Mart. – übtr. sententiae quas optime Pollio Asinius albas vocabat, simplices apertae, Sen. rhet. – dah. meton. = hell-, heiter machend, notus ( λευκόνοτος), Hor.: Iapetus, Hor. – u. bildl. heiter = günstig, stella, Hor.: genius albus et ater, Hor.: per me sint omnia protinus alba, Pers. – ➳ Arch. Genet. Sing. albei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 3902, 4. – Compar. u. Superl. (vgl. Varr. LL. 8, 52 u. 75), albius est nive, Bed. mund. constit. tom. 1. p. 394: albissima lux Cassiod. var. 9, 3. – vulg. Nbf. alvus, Grom. vet. 306, 22 (lapis alva).

II) subst., A) alba, ae, f., a) (sc. vestis) ein weißes Gewand, subserica, Valer. b. Treb. Poll. Claud. 14, 8: in albis (in Feierkleidern, Ggstz. in nigris), Vulg. Ioann. 20, 12; apoc. 3, 4. – b) (sc. gemma) eine weiße Perle, Lampr. Heliog. 21. § 3 u. 4. Capit. Maximin. iun. 1, 8. – B) album, ī, n., 1) das Weiße, a) die weiße Farbe, das Weiß, α) übh.: a nigro album etiam nullo monente distinguet, Sen. ep. 94, 19: alba discernere et atra non posse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 114: num nescio qui ille divinus, si oculis captus sit, possit quae alba sint, quae nigra dicere? Cic. de div. 2, 9. – β) als Färbestoff, columnas albo polire, mit Weiß (weißem Gips, Zement) abputzen, weißen, Liv.: album in vestimentum addere, Weiß auftragen, weiß (mit Kreide) anstreichen, Liv. Vgl. Drak. Liv. 4, 25, 13. – γ) von weißen Flecken auf dem Fell der Tiere, (bos) maculis insignis et albo, Weißschecke, Verg.: sparsis pellibus albo, mit weißgesprenkelten Fellen, Verg. – b) = albugo, der weiße Fleck im Auge (als Krankheit), album in oculo est, Col. 6, 17, 7. Pelagon. veterin. 30. – c) album oculi, das Weiße im Auge, Cels. 7, 7. no. 6: gew. album oculorum, Cels. 2, 6. § 8 u.a. – d) album ovi, das Weiße im Ei, Cels. u.a. – 2) eine gew. mit Gips übertünchte weiße Tafel (λεύκωμα), zur Aufzeichnung, bes. der öffentlichen Bekanntmachungen, multitudinem suorum in album indere, Lucil. sat. 26, 85: fastos circa forum in albo proposuit, Liv. 9, 46, 5. – Insbes.: a) die im Hause des Pontifex Maximus aufgestellte Tafel, auf der er die Ereignisse des Jahres aufzeichnete, die anales maximi, s. Cic. de or. 2, 52 u.s.: referre in album, Liv. 1, 32, 2. – b) album (praetoris), die Tafel für das vom Prätor bei seinem Amtsantritt verfaßte jährl. Edikt (mit den Aktions- u. Exzeptions-Formeln), Gaius inst. 4, 46. Ulp. dig. 2, 13, 1. § 1, u. für vorübergehende Verordnungen des Prätors, Paul. dig. 2, 1, 7 u. 9. – dah. ad album sedentes, die sich mit dem prätor. Edikt bekannt machen, d.i. die der Rechtsformeln Kundigen, die Rechtsgelehrten, Sen. ep. 48, 9: se ad album ac rubricas transferre, die buchstäbl. Kenntnis der Formeln der prätor. Edikte u. der Gesetze des bürgerl. Rechts als einzige Aufgabe des Rechtsgelehrten betrachten, Quint. 12, 3, 11. – alci ex albo iudicium reddere, nach dem prätor. Edikt Recht sprechen, Vell. 2, 28, 3. – c) mancherlei öffentliche »Listen od. Verzeichnisse«: α) album senatorium, das »Senatorenverzeichnis«, das seit Augustus öffentl. aufgestellt wurde u. aus dem die Ausgestoßenen od. Ausgetretenen sogleich gestrichen wurden, Tac. ann. 4, 42. – β) album (iudicum), die Liste der von den Quästoren gewählten Richter-De kurien, Suet. Claud. 16, 2. Sen. de ben. 3, 7, 6: ex albo iudex, Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 1943: u. scherzh., non eras in albo, du standest nicht auf der Liste (der Richter), Plin. nat. hist. praef. § 6. – γ) album decurionum, Liste der Dekurionen in den Munizipien, Ulp. dig. 50, 3, 1 u. 2. Modest, dig. 50, 3, 10. – δ) album profitentium citharoedorum, das Verzeichnis der Citharöden, die öffentlich auftreten wollten, Suet. Ner. 21, 1.

albus [CL] 1 white. b (as by-name) fair, blond. c (in plant names). d (w. ref. to food or drink; cf. 9b infra). me dudum genuit candens onocrotalus albam Aldh. Aen. 59 (Penna) 1; sermone Scottico Inisboufinde, id est ‘insula vitulae ~ae’ Bede HE IV 4; locellum de marmore ~o ‥ factum Ib. 19; ~us, hwit Ælf. Gl.; esto ‥ ut ‥ duo corpora ~a unius sint magnitudinis, ‥ una tamen ~ior alia Adel. QN 34; allumen zucharinum est ~issime nature M. Scot Lumen 255; 1359 cccc arcus depictos et cc arcus ~os Cl 197 m. 9; Gallicia ‥ a candore populi illius regionis sic nominata; pre ceteris hominibus illi dicuntur esse ~iores Eul. Hist. II 101; 1368 item j vestimentum integrum ~um de serico Invent. Norw. II 7 (cf. (v. 8a infra)); 1503 pro factura xiiij petrarum candelarum ~arum et nigrarum Ac. Durh. 102.  b ut pro diversa capillorum specie unus Niger Heuuald, alter ~us Heuuald diceretur Bede HE V 10; Robertus ~us DB I 219; 11‥ Stephano ~o clerico Feod. Durh. 141; 1188 Godefridus ~us Pipe 176.  c  etc. (v. helleborus); etc. (v. spina); etc. (v. vitis).  d c1150 exceptis infirmis qui, si voluerint, ~um [sc. panem] comedere poterunt in Adventu (Inst. Sempr. 26) MonA VI 946* xxxiii (cf. Gad. 38. 2: recipe micam panis ~issimi); 1187 pro ij doliis ~i vini et ij rubei vini Pipe 203; 1220 albior his vitis liquor est acceptior et qui / vix patet argento H. Avr. Poems 2. 233; 1281 in ij lib. et dim. zinziberis ad ~um pulverem faciendum Ac. Rec. Wint. 104; 1299 in decima soluta ‥ pro ~o pisce MinAc 978/19 (cf. (v. albula a)); 1327 pro xiij bollis grossi salis, una celdra ~i salis ExchScot 66; 1340 in xx li. ‥ succuris alb’ Ac. Durh. 36; 1358 in alleciis rubeis et ~is Ac. Univ. Ox. 739 (v. piper); etc. (v. pisum). 2 (of leather or parchment): a tawed. b (w. ref. to inner surface of skin used for recto of membrane) front (cf. 9e infra). c blank (cf. 9f infra). a 1257 in harnasio emend[and]o cum ~o corio Crawley 216; c1300 quod nullus ‥ coria ~a vel tannata ‥ vendere debeat Reg. Malm. II 393; 1305 unum par ~arum cirothecarum Cart. Glam. 982.  b presentem affero descriptionem in ~iori parte pellis Bacon Maj. I 300; 1372 ex parte ~a ‥, ex parte nigra LTR AcEsch 13.  c 1257 cum xx cedulis ~is et vacuis sigillo regis sigillatis (Pat) Foed. I 633; 1267 rex ~o cardinali salutem Cl 362; 1296 invente fuerunt plures littere ~e sine scriptura bullate Reg. Carl. I 31; 1368 transgressiones quas fecit faciendo sex ~as cartas sive litteras patentes et eas sigillo nostro ‥ signando Pat 277 m. 8; s1399 ad ~as chartas ‥ eosdem ‥ apponere sigilla sua compulit Wals. HA II 231 (cf. EHR LXVI 384). 3 (of glass) colourless. cum ~um vitrum ac detersissimum intuemur Adel. QN 29; 1351 de vitro glauco, ~o et rubeo Ac. Durh. 381. 4 dressed in white. b (of Cistercians). c (of Austin canons and canonesses). d (of Servites). e (w. ref. to the wearing of albs on the Sunday after Easter; 8d infra). apparuit ei quedam formosa domina cum duobus armigeris ~is Mir. Montf. 103.  b si fuero monachus albus, generalia dura / hi pulmenta duo, sed bene cocta, dabunt Nig. SS 2111; 1234 ut viri religiosi tam albi quam nigri solito honestius recipiantur Vis. Westm. 738; nec canonici nec monachi albi sedebunt nobiscum Cust. Westm. 259; 1251 ~i monachi de Karlyon IMisc 5/29; 1257 priorisse ~arum monialium de Wygornia [Whistones in Worcester] Cl 95; s1208 [Johannes rex] destruxit omnes domos ~orum monachorum Leg. Ant. Lond. app.201; s1220 R. comes Cestrie ‥ edificavit ‥ abbaciam de Deulecres ~i ordinis Higd. VII 34.  c duas domos canonicas fecit, unam ‥ de canonicis nigris, ‥ altera[m] vero ‥ de canonicis ~is Gir. Spec. III 19; 1537 monasterium ~arum monialium de Brewood Val. Eccl. III 193.  d s1404 in villa de Paris prope ecclesiam ~e religionis que ‥ vocatur Gallice les Blans Manteaux Plusc. X 22.  e usque ad Dominicam que ~um Pascha dicitur Chr. Battle 60. 5 (of metals): a (w. ferrum) white (tincoated) iron (cf. Fr. fer blanc). b (w. stannum) (? ). c (w. ref. to lead) carbonate (wheat-stone or ceruse). d (w. ref. to mercury or supposed transmutation into silver). e (w. ref. to silver) plain, ungilt. f of silver (cf. 10 infra). a 1464 j sconse de ~o ferro Ac. Durh. 639.  b 1305 stannum tam ~um quam nigrum (Pat) Rec. Stan. 16; 1411 xxx pecias stanni ~i Cl 260 m. 1.  c 1300 de cccij li. ‥ receptis tam de mina ~a quam nigra (Devon) Pipe 145; 1301 vj disci de minera plumbi azur’ ‥ et vj disci de ~a [? sc. minera plumbi] (Comp. Camer. Cestr.) Pipe Chesh app. 203; cerusa, plumbum ~um SB 15; 1472 pro necessariis ad picturam magni campanilis viz. ‥ vij lib. et dim. plumbi ~i Fabr. York 77.  d fumus rubeus et fumus citrinus et fumus ~us Rob. Angl. (I) Alch. 517b; opus rubeum fermento indiget rubeo, sicut opus ~um ~o Dastin Ros. 5.  e 1208 j cuppam deauratam et planam, ‥ j cuppam ~am (Invent. Exch.) LTR Mem PR 124; 1244 tres calices, unum deauratum et alios ~os Liberate 20 m. 4; 1245 phiale ‥ quarum una est tota deaurata, altera ~a (Invent. S. Paul.) Arch. L 466; c1250 calix argenteus ~us Vis. S. Paul. 6; c1322 v botons de argento albo IMisc 87/25; 1409 duos ‥ ~os ciphos de argento Pat 382 m. 16.  f offerens ~um nummum justoque labore quesitum W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 82. 6 (of silver) ‘blanched’ (tested by assay, or w. allowance to offset impurity). b payable in ‘blanched’ money. cf. blancus. valet xxii li. de ~is denariis ad pensum hujus comitis DB I 137; reddebat x li. ad numerum; modo reddit xvj li. de ~o argento DB I 143; reddit lx sol. albas [sic] DB I 39b; 1212 in ~a moneta Fees 80; 1225 debet xl li. alb’ et xx li. numero de firma LTR Mem 7 r. 7d.; 1297 de xl li. ~is de redditu burgenciali Walyngford’ ‥ et xl s. pro dealbacione dictarum xl li. Ac. Cornw I 111.  b tantum reddit de firma ~a DB I 39b; 1199 vij li. et v s. de ~a firma CurR RC II 149; 1219 occasione cujusdam ~e firme quam terra illa debuit CurR VIII 79; 1440 vij li. ‥ de ~a firma Cl 290 m. 13; 1455 onerat se ‥ de iiij s. albefirme unius tenandie ExchScot 56; c1283 ~us redditus domini regis Cust. Battle 124; 13‥ de auxiliis ~is dim. m. (Cust. S. Edm.) Cust. Rents 109. 7 a (w. candidus) pure white. b (w. other colour) light, pale. a ~us candidus, A. mylke whyte WW.  b 1310 unam tunicam de ~o blueto ‥ unam tunicam de nigro blueto Arch. Bridgw. 47; 1316 pro restauro ‥ unius equi ~i ferandi, ‥ unius equi ~i liardi RGasc IV 1679; 1396 ij pec’ de ~o blod[io] KR Ac 338/3 r. 6. 8 (sb. f. or n., sc. vestis, vestimentum) white robe, alb. b (?) altar hanging (or alb worn by ministrant at altar). c (pl.) (wearing of) baptismal robes. d (pl.) week following Easter (when white robes were worn) incl. Low Sunday (cf. 4e supra). hanc planetam, ‥ ~am ac stolam ‥ benedicere ‥ digneris Egb. Pont. 17; diaconus ‥ exuat casulam et duplicans eam circumponat sibi in sinistra scapula, annectens alteram summitatem ejus cingulo ~ae RegulC 34; s1105 presbyteri induti ~is et sacerdotalibus stolis regi ‥ nudis pedibus occurrerunt Eadmer HN 203; dedit unum ~um optimum cum stola et manipulo Chr. Rams. 199; utuntur [Cartusienses] ~a et amictu, stola, fanone atque planeta planis et candidis Ad. Eyns. Hug. IV 10; sacerdos ‥ pro lorica totum corpus cooperuit ~a Beleth RDO 32. 43; 1232 mandatum est W. scissori quod capam de choro et ~am et dalmaticam ‥ liberari faciat ‥ capellano Cl 25; ymaginem cere indutam ~a et casula ad modum sacerdotis Mir. Montf. 106; 1317 ~a cum aurifrigiis Reg. Heref. 42; abbas ‥ erit in vesperis [festorum principalium] solempniter revestitus, sc. in ~a, capa, mitra, cirothecis et anulo Cust. Cant. 45; 1368 unum ~um cum paruris de rubeo velveto pulverizatum cum boterfleyes de auro Invent. Norw. 1; ~a, A. an awbe, ‥ a haube, ‥ a nawbe WW; 1467 de ‥ j parolla unius aube blodii coloris Ac. Obed. Abingd. 134; 1503 una ~a viridis coloris Invent. Ch. Ch. 130 (cf. ib. 159: una auba de velvete).  b c1240 custodi ~arum monasterii Rameseie ‥ xx s. ‥ ad emendum et sustinendum paruras ~arum ad sex altaria ex utraque parte chori sita Cart. Rams. II 225; 1518 non habent ‥ pallia et ~as pro altaribus consecratis Vis. Linc. I 11.  c c690 [Caeduualla] post albas igitur morbo correptus egrescit Aldh. CE 3. 29; s689 [Caedualla] in ~is adhuc positus, langore correptus ‥ solutus a carne ‥ est Bede HE V 7.  d s1153 celebrata sollemnitate paschali, post ~as ad civitatem propriam properavit W. Newb. I 26 (cf. ib.: post ~as paschales); 1175 invenimus ‥ x prefationes in sacro cathalogo recipiendas, unam in ~is paschalibus ‥ (Conc. Westm. 14) Gerv. Cant. I 254; s1194 rex Ricardus ‥ in ~is gloriose coronatus est Ann. Cestr. 44; s1194 usque ad xv Kal. Maii, sc. Dominica in ~is Fordun GA 21; c1250 hec sunt festa duplicia in ecclesia Salisbur’, viz. ‥ dies Pasche cum tribus sequentibus diebus, Dominica in ~is ‥ Conc. Syn. 323; s1172 Dominica in ~is, octavo die Pasche Higd. VII 22 (cf. Gir. EH I 40: Dominica que vulgo Clausum Pascha vocatur); c1430 erga Dominicam in ~is jam post Pascha proximam Reg. Whet. II 448; 1463 die Lune proxima post Dominicam in ~is (CourtR) Rec. Eton XXVIII no. 61. 9 (sb. n.): a white of eye. b white stone, marble. c dairy produce. d white skin of vair (fur). e front of membrane (cf. 2b supra). f album, entry-book of names. g (? by conf. w. 9f) pen. h blanch-farm (cf. 6b supra). a ~a oculorum citrina fiunt Gilb. VI 235. 1.  b 1255 ~orum scissor (KR Ac 467/4) Antiq. J. XXVIII 147.  c 1243 exitu ~i, sc. de xxvj vaccis xl s. MinAc 825/16 r. 7; 1270 consistit ‥ vicaria ‥ in decima ‥ ovorum, pomorum, ~i, vitulorum Reg. Linc. 151; 1296 de xxx s. de ~o x vaccarum positarum ad firmam, deducta decima DL MinAc 1/1 r. 2; s1315 carnes ‥ incipiebant deficere, ova et cetera ~a evanescere Trokelowe 92; 1322 de ~o xxxiiij ovium matricium non respondet, quia steriles erant hoc anno LTR Ac 16 r. 29.  d 1189 pro penula de ~o varii Pipe 17; 1432 nullus studens ‥ utatur pellura de minutis variis seu de puro ~o StatOx 239.  e 1267 adhuc staurum de Bouecumbe in ~o alterius rotuli MinAc 984/1 r. 1d..  f aethralis litteraturae ~o descriptos Aldh. VirgP 34 (cf. Phil. iv 3); mansionario praecepisti ut in ~o vestrae sanctae congregationis meum nunc quoque nomen apponeret Bede CuthbP prol.; in ~o [i. e. libro confraternitatis] beatitudinis vestre Alcuin Ep. 67; 10‥ ~o, nombred, in quo consulis nomen scripserant WW; meus a modo eris et meo ~o insertus laudabilis militie premia reportabis W. Malm. GR IV 309.  g ~o, penna GlC A 495.  h quantum de ~o firme pro singulis libris solvere teneantur Dial. Scac. I 4A; 1198 debet ‥ lxj s. de ~o ville de Benton’ de anno preterito Pipe 191; 1224 cives Ebor’ habent diem ‥ ad audiendum judicium de ~o quod exigitur de firma ville sue LTR Mem 6 r. 4 (3) d.. 10 (sb. m.) small silver coin (Fr. blanc). 1409 rex ‥ concessit ‥ domino ‥ alferitz de Navarra ‥ quod levare posset ‥ v ~os pro quacumque tarqua coriorum (DipDocE 374) Foed. VIII 576.

albus, (9) a, um (cf. ἀλφός), ¶ 1 blanc mat [opposé à ater  ; candidus, blanc éclatant opposé à niger ] : alba et atra discernere Cic. Tusc. 5, 114, discerner le blanc du noir ; amnis sulphurea albus aqua Virg. En. 7, 517, fleuve que ses eaux sulfureuses rendent blanc ; albi equi Cic. Nat. 2, 6, chevaux blancs || plumbum album Cæs. G. 5, 12, 5, étain || albus Notus Hor. O. 1, 7, 15, le blanc Notus [qui éclaircit le ciel en chassant les nuages] ¶ 2 pâle, blême : albus urbanis in officiis Mart. 1, 55, 14, qui a pâli dans les services (emplois) urbains ; timor albus Pers. 3, 115, la peur blême ¶ 3 clair : albæ sententiæ Sen. Rhet. Contr. 7, præf. 2, pensées limpides, claires ¶ 4 favorable : alba Stella Hor. O. 1, 12, 27, la blanche étoile [annonçant un ciel serein, clair] ¶ 5 expr. proverb. : equis albis præcurrere aliquem Hor. S. 1, 7, 8, devancer à toute allure qqn [les chevaux blancs étant réputés les plus rapides] ; aliquis albus aterne fuerit ignorare Cic. Phil. 2, 41, ignorer si qqn était blanc ou noir, ne pas lʼavoir connu du tout ; avem albam videre Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2, voir un merle blanc ; album calculum rei adjicere Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 2, 5, donner un caillou blanc à qqch. [approuver] ; Genius voltu mutabilis, albus et ater Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 189, le génie au visage changeant, blanc et noir [bon, mauvais].

➳ comp. et superl. [décad.].

albus , a, um. adj. c. s.
白者。喜福。 明者。Album calculum rei huic adjicere 以爲善。Albae sententiae 明 句。Quadrigae albae 白馬之車。— notus 北風。 Dies albo notanda lapillo 吉日。

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albus adj.,

• white (without lustre, opp. ater; cf. candidus, opp. niger): color: hedera, V.: plumbum, i. e. tin, Cs.: parma, i. e. unadorned, V.: canities, O.: vitis, bryony, O.: pallor, ghastly, H.: lapis, marble, H.: pedibus vēnire albis, i. e. with chalked feet (as of slaves for sale), Iu.: stella, propitious, H.: Notus, clear, H.—Prov.: avis alba, a white bird (i. e. a rarity): filius albae gallinae, a white hen's son, i. e. a son of fortune, Iu.—Ater an albus, black or white, i. e. I care not who or what: unde illa scivit ater an albus nascerer, Ph.: is qui albus aterve fuerit ignoras.—Equis albis praecurrere alqm, greatly to surpass (in allusion to the triumphal chariot), H.