Logeion | aridus

lignum aridum
dry wood

āridus, a, um: adj. (āreō), dry, parched, 5.200; thirsty.

ārĭdus (contr. ardus, like arfacio from arefacio, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18 (297); Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 20; Inscr. Grut. 207), a, um, adj. [areo], dry, withered, arid, parched.

I Lit.: ligna, Lucr. 2, 881: lignum, Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3: cibus, Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864: ficis victitamus aridis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59 (764): folia, Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46: ficus, Vulg. Marc. 11, 20: Libye, Ov. M. 2, 238: quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix, Hor. C. 1, 22, 16: terra arida et sicca, Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so, terra arida, Vulg. Sap. 19, 7: arida terra, ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.: arida (eccl. Lat.), ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, i, n., a dry place, dry land: ex arido tela conicere, Caes. B. G. 4, 25: naves in aridum subducere, id. ib. 4, 29.—Meton., of thirst: sitis, Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so, os, Verg. G. 3, 458: ora, id. A. 5, 200: guttur, [Ov.] ad Liv. 422.—Of a fever: febris, i. e. causing thirst, Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so, morbus, Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color: arbor folio convoluto, arido colore, like that of dried leaves, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken: sonus, Lucr. 6, 119: aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor, a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest, Verg. G. 1, 357.—
II Trop.
- A Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean: crura, Ov. A. A. 3, 272: nates, Hor. Epod. 8, 5: uvis aridior puella passis, Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered: manus, Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons: aridi, ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty: in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā, poor, scanty diet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75: vita horrida atque arida, id. Quinct. 30.—Transf. to men, indigent, poor: cliens, Mart. 10, 87, 5.—
- B Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless: genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11: narratio, Quint. 2, 4, 3: aridissimi libri, Tac. Or. 19.—Meton., of the orator himself: orator, Quint. 12, 10, 13: rhetores, Sen. Contr. 34: magister, Quint. 2, 4, 8.— Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri, sapless and dry, Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.—
- C In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides): pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18 (297): pater avidus, miser atque aridus, Ter. Heaut. 526.— *
- D In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21 (726).—Adv. not used.

āridus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (areo), trocken, dürr, I) eig.: a) übh. (Ggstz. umidus, uvidus, liquidus), folia, Cic.: solum, Verg.: terra (Ggstz. terra satiata), Sen.: terra arida et sicca, Plin.: regiones umidae aridaeque, Sen.: lignum, Hor.: stramentum, Liv.: recrementa aridiora (Ggstz. umidiora), Gell. 17, 11, 2. – poet. (meton.), sonus, fragor, knatternder, knackender Schall (wie wenn trockenes Holz zerbrochen wird), Lucr. u. Verg. – subst., α) āridum, ī, n., das Trockene, Ggstz. 3, 12, 3: inducere colores in arido (auf die trockene Gipswand; Ggstz. inducere colores udo tectorio), Vitr. 7, 3, 8. – bes. der trockene Boden, naves in aridum subducere, Caes.: ex arido pugnam facere, Caes.: ex arido tela conicere, Caes.: m. Genet., quae humi arido atque arenoso gignuntur, Sall. Iug. 48, 3 (dazu Dietsch). – β) ārida, ae, f., das trockene Land (Ggstz. mare), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 12. Vulg. genes. 1, 9; exod. 4, 9 u.a. – b) durch Hitze, Staub, Fieber trocken, lechzend, anhelitus, Ov.: viator, vor Durst schmachtend, Verg.: sitis, Lucr.: febris, Verg. – c) dürr an Wasser, regenlos, nubila, Verg. georg. 3, 197. – d) dürr = sast- u. fleischlos, mager, nates, Hor.: crura, Ov. – Plur. subst., exsiccati atque aridi, ausgetrocknete u. dürre Menschen (Ggstz. pituitosi et quasi redundantes), Cic. de fat. 7. – II) übtr.: a) v. der Lebensweise, mager, dürftig, victus, Cic.: vita, Cic. – u. v. Menschen, dürftig, arm, cliens, Mart. 10, 87, 5. – b) zäh-knauserig, senex, Plaut.: pater, Ter. – c) geistig trocken, α) v. der Darstellung, trocken, saftlos, ohne Frische des Vortrags (Ggstz. copiosus), genus orationis, Cic.: libri aridissimi, Tac. dial. 19. – übtr. v. Redner selbst, rhetor, Sen.: magister, Quint.: oratores aridi et exsuci et exsangues, Quint. – β) noch dürr = noch nicht durch Wissen befruchtet, ne scilicet sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur, aller Kenntnisse bar u. ledig, Suet. gr. 4. – ➳ Synkop. ārdum = aridum, Lucil. sat. 27, 40.

aridus [CL] 1 dry. b (fig.). c dry-eyed. d dried (of fish or hides). e (?) remote from navigable waterways. f withered, paralysed. aridus ut nullis roraret nubibus aether Aldh. VirgV 260; fontis hujus arene petrose sitibundis et ~is ori imposite sitim extinguunt Gir. TH II 7 p. 88. b arida divinis irrorans corda scatebris Aldh. CE 4. 10. 14; [verba] tam inter eloquentes ~a quam inter scientes usitata Gir. TH intr. p. 6; Bradw. CD 19B (v. Arianus). c respuit in primis lacrimosas arida, blandas / aspera, clamosas surda puella preces Vinsauf AV II 3. 86. d 1429 pro piscibus ~is ExchScot 505 (cf. ib. VII 240); 1496 de custuma certorum corriorum ~orum Ib. 612. e 1392 ad singulos portus ‥ regni [Anglie], ‥ omissis civitatibus et villis in locis ~is constitutis Cl 233 m. 10. f arida marcescens dum torpet dextra lacerti Aldh. VirgV 2423; contracto poplite ‥ ~um et enervem ‥ sanitati restituit Gir. GE I 23; 1446 virorum pauperum debilium et impotencium, sc. cecorum, claudorum, ~orum Pat 463 m. 9. 2 (sb. f.) dry land. ~a, terra GlC A 766; 779 (12c) adiciam mariscem pertinentem ad ~am et ad aquae ripam CS 228; c1180 unum ferlingum terre ‥ in piano et prato, in ~a et aquis Cart. Tavistock 364; s1191 nisus ‥ lupum ‥ natantem ‥ sub undis ‥ intercepit et super ~am ‥ se cum nova preda recepit Diceto YH 102; s1242 a naufragio vix ereptus, ‥ ad ~am jactatus Flor. Hist. II 259; circueuntes mare et ~am R. Bury Phil. 8. 133; a dry erth, ~a CathA.

ārĭdus, (10) a, um (areo), ¶ 1 sec, desséché : Lucr. 2, 881 ; Cic. Pis. 97 ; Plin. 12, 46 ¶ 2 [fig.] décharné, maigre, mince, pauvre : Ov. Ars 3, 272 ; Hor. Epo. 8, 5 ; Mart. 10, 87, 5 || frugal : Cic. Amer. 75 ; Quinct. 93 || sec [style], non orné : Cic. de Or. 2, 159 ; Quint. 2, 4, 3 || avare : Pl. Aul. 295.

āridus, a, um (areo)

1. (a) droog, dor [folia; lignum; terra; stramentum; regio; poët. sonus, fragor knappend (zoals bij het breken v. droog hout)]; — subst. āridum, ī n droog land, ihb. het droge, vaste wal; ➤ naves in -um subducere; ex -o tela conicere; (b) (Verg.) (nubila) zonder regen;
2. dun, mager [crura];
3. (poët.) (a) uitgedroogd, smachtend van dorst [viator]; (b) heet, brandend [sitis; febris];
4. (v. levenswijze) gebrekkig, armoedig [victus; vita]; (Mart.) (v. mensen) arm [cliens];
5. (kom.) gierig [senex; pater];
6. droog, fantasieloos, saai (a) (v.e. tekst) [genus orationis; libri]; (b) (v.e. redenaar) [rhetor; magister];
7. (Suet.) zonder enige kennis.

aridus , a, um. adj. c. s.
乾。焦者。無趣。Arva arida 瘦地。不毛之地。Aridae ficus 乾葡萄。Crura arida 瘦小腿。Vita arida 度日難堪。Arida oratio 無文之論。— victus 粗飯。— pater 吝父。

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3 AR-, dry, arid, parched: materies, Cs.: folia: tellus leonum nutrix, H.: nubila, rainless, V.— As substn., a dry place, dry land: naves in aridum subducere, Cs.: (arbores) humi arido gignuntur, S.— Of feeling, making dry, burning: sitis, O.: febris, V.— Of sound: fragor, a dry, crackling noise, V.— Withered, shrivelled: crura, O.: nates, H.— Meagre, scanty, poor: victus: vita. — Fig., of style, dry, jejune, poor, unadorned: genus sermonis: libri aridissimi, Ta.—Of a man, dry, stingy: pater, T.

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