ater
ater, black, coal-black, gloomy, dark
the day of Cannae is a black day
- I Lit.: album an atrum vinum potas? Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 17 (915): atrior multo Quam Aegyptii, id. Poen. 5, 5, 11 (1290): alba et atra discernere non poterat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: nigra scuta, tincta corpora; atras ad proelia noctes legunt, Tac. G. 43: Mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque capillis, etc., Ov. M. 15, 41; so id. ib. 15, 44; cf. albus: fauces, Lucr. 6, 1147: dens, Hor. Epod. 8, 3: nubes, Lucr. 6, 180; Hor. C. 2, 16, 2: lumen, with smoke, Verg. A. 7, 457: agmen, with dust, id. ib. 12, 450 Serv.: axis, with blood, Sil. 2, 186: Eridanus ater stragibus, id. 6, 107: bilis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 64 (596), and Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11 (cf. the Gr. μελαγχολία): cruor, Hor. Epod. 17, 31: tempestas, Lucr. 6, 258 sq.; Verg. A. 5, 693: hiemps, id. ib. 7, 214: canis, Ter. Phorm. 706: corvus atro gutture, Cat. 108, 5: venena, Verg. G. 2, 130: Tartara, Lucr. 3, 966; so, Cocytus, Hor. C. 2, 14, 17: mare, dark, stormy, id. S. 2, 2, 16: fluctus, Verg. A. 5, 2: mons, v. 2. ater.— The proverb albus an ater, v. albus.—Poet., = atratus, clothed in black: lictores, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 6; cf. albus, I. B. 2.—
- II Trop.
- A In gen., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate, etc.: funus, Lucr. 2, 580: formido, id. 4, [173], and id. 6, 254; so, Timor, Verg. A. 9, 719: cupressus, id. ib. 3, 64: dies, id. ib. 6, 429; Prop. 3, 2, 4: mors, Hor. C. 1, 28, 13: fila trium sororum, id. ib. 2, 3, 16: Esquiliae (as a burying-place), dismal, id. S. 2, 6, 32: seu mors atris circumvolat alis, id. ib. 2, 1, 58: cura, id. C. 3, 1, 40; 3, 14, 13; 4, 11, 35: lites, id. A. P. 423: comes, id. S. 2, 7, 115: serpens, Verg. G. 1, 129; Ov. M. 3, 63 al.: genius .. vultu mutabilis, albus et ater, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 189.—In Roman civil life, dies atri are the days on which the state experienced some calamity, unlucky days. (This designation is said to have arisen from the Roman custom of marking every unfortunate day in the calendar with coal); Varr. L. L. 6, § 29; Liv. 6, 1; Gell. 5, 17; Fest. s. v. nonarum, p. 179 Müll.; id. s. v. religiosus, p. 278 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 1, 418; Macr. S. 1, 15 fin. and 16; Afran. ap. Non. p. 73, 33: si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto, Liv. 22, 10.—
- B Esp.
- 1 Rare and poet., of mind or feeling, malevolent, malicious, virulent (cf. niger, II. D., and the Gr. μέλας, II. 4 Lidd. and Scott): versus, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30: si quis atro dente me petiverit, id. Epod. 6, 15.—
- 2 Also poet. of something difficult to be understood, dark, obscure (so μέλας, Anth. Pal. 11, 347): latebrae Lycophronis atri, Stat. S. 5, 3, 157.—Comp. v. supra, I.—Sup. and adv. not used.
vilescit graculus ater
candidum codicem protulerunt angeli, deinde atrum daemones
atra caligine
ater, teter,sweart
mesta senectus / atra veste tegi nuncia mortis amat
qui liquor ‥ atrum fantasma fugabit
tales ex atro dum rupit pectore voces
est in meditullaneis Brittanniae partibus immensae magnitudinis aterrrima palus
in atrae paludis coenosis laticibus
condita non atro sunt hec set scripta theatro
- 1. donker, dofzwart (itt. niger: glanzend zwart) [fax zwartwalmend; tempestas; hiems; nox; nemus; speluncae; nubes; mare onstuimig];
- 2. (poët.) in het zwart gekleed [lictores];
- 3. (niet-klass.) treurig, ongelukkig;
- 4. huiveringwekkend, onheilspellend [mors; dies dag des onheils; ignes vuur v.d. brandstapel; timor];
- 5. boosaardig [mens];
- 6. hatelijk, vals; ➤ versibus atris oblinere alqm.
黑。暗者。兇惡。Atra bilis 黄痰。憂悶。Albus an ater sis nescio 不知爾何如。Atra dies 凶日。Atrum vinum 混酒。Atrum nemus 密林。— panis 大麥麵頭。— odor 臭。
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- AID-, black, coal-black, gloomy, dark(cf. niger, glossy-black): panis, T.: carbo, T.: alba et atra discernere: noctes, Ta.: tempestas, V.: mare, gloomy, H.: lictores, clothed in black, H.: corvus atro gutture, Ct. — Fig., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate: timor, V.: mors, H.: fila trium sororum, H.: alae (mortis), H.: serpens, V.— Esp.: dies atri, unlucky days(marked in the calendar with coal): si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto, L.— Malevolent, malicious, virulent: versus, H.: dens, poisonous, H.
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