fusus

fūsus, ī, m.: a spindle.

fūsus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from fundo.

fūsus, ūs, m. [fundo],

• a pouring, outpouring: Fons, unde funditur e terra aqua viva, ut fistula, a qua fusus aquae, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.

fūsus, i, m., a spindle.

• I Lit., Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194; 11, 23, 27, § 78; 28, 2, 5, § 28; Verg. G. 4, 348; Tib. 2, 1, 64; Ov. M. 4, 221; 229; 6, 22; Prud. στεφ. 10, 239; Vulg. Prov. 31, 19.—An attribute of the Fates, Verg. E. 4, 46; Ov. H. 12, 4.—
• II Transf., in mechanics, a cross-bar, rundle connecting two wheels near the circumference, Vitr. 10, 6 fin.

1. fūsus, a, um. PAdi. (v. 2. fundo), gegossen, hingegossen, I) fließend als mediz. t. t. = flüssig, alvus fusior (Ggstz. alvus constrictior), Cels. – II) übtr.: A) lang hingestreckt, a) v. Pers., lagernd, fusus humi, Verg.: fusi sub remis nautae, Verg. – b) v. Örtl. = sich weithin erstreckend, campi fusi in omnem partem, Verg. – c) v. Körper = breit, fleischig, sunt fusa et candida corpora (Gallorum), Liv. 38, 21, 9 (vgl. das. multā carne). – B) losgelassen, 1) = frei fliegend, wallend, crines, Verg.: fusus barbam, mit frei wallendem Barthaar, Verg.: toga, fliegende, übermäßig weite (Ggstz. toga restricta, zu enge), Suet. – 2) v. der Rede, sich gehen lassend, zwanglos, redselig, weitläufig, breit, genus orationis fusum atque tractum, Cic.: genus sermonis non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens, Cic.: poëma initio fusum, Quint.: numeri, Quint. – übtr., v. Schriftsteller, Herodotus, Quint.: magis fusus Aeschines, Quint.

2. fūsus, ūs, m. (2. fundo), das Gießen, der Erguß, Varro LL. 5, 123.

3. fūsus, ī, m., I) die Spindel, Spille zum Spinnen, Catull. 64, 327. Plin. 7, 196: verb. insilia ac fusi, radii, scapique sonantes, Lucr. 5, 1351: colus et fusus, Tibull. 2, 1, 64. Ov. met. 4, 229: colus compta et fusus cum stamine, Plin. 8, 194: inter fusos et calathos puellarum, Hieron. epist. 50, 5: fusum torquere, Plin. 28, 28. Iuven. 2, 55: fusum versare, Ov. met. 4, 221; 6, 22; her. 18 (19), 37: rotare fusum od. fusos, Hieron. epist. 107, 10. Prud. perist. 10, 239. – als Attribut der Parzen, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis... Parcae, Verg. ecl. 4, 46: tunc sorores debuerant fusos evoluisse meos, damals hätten die Parzen mein Leben enden sollen, hätte ich sterben sollen, Ov. her. 12, 4. – II) übtr., die Sprosse, Quersprosse an einer beweglichen Maschine, Vitr. 10, 2, 14. – ➳ Nbf. fūsum, ī, n., ἄτρακτος, Auct. de idiom. gen. 580, 9: Plur. fūsa, ōrum, n., Hieron. epist. 130, 15. Symm. laud. in Gratian. 9.

1 fusus v. 1 fundere

2 fusus [CL], ~um [LL] 1 spindle. Aldh. Aen. 45 (Fusum) tit.; ~us, ‥ spinl GlH F 927; Ælf. Gl. 125; Gosc. Wulsin 15 (v. 1 colus a); Gir. IK I 2 (v. filum 2a); hoc ~um vel hic pensis, fusil Gl. AN Ox. 149rb. 2 mill-spindle. molendinarii fabricant ‥ rotas versatiles et aquaticas, et ~os, anaglocitana, et scarioballa [gl.: scanoballa sunt quidam nodi in interiori rota qui movent ~um molendini] Garl. Dict. 130; 1286 in xiiij bordis, ccc clavis, iij bendis ferr’, iiij libris eris ad ~um molendini occidentalis emptis MinAc 827/39 r. 4; 1287 dominus abbas invenit axem, postem, virgas, et ~um ferentem rotam sumptibus suis CourtR Ramsey 271; 1326 cariare debent meremium molendini pro rotis, ~is, inclusivis cum bordis BB St. Davids 54; c1469 pro factura unius ~i ferrei pro molendino de B. Ac. Durh. 642; 1479 pro iiij petris ferri Hispan’ ad viij d. cum xij d. pro operacione ejusdem in unum ~um pro molendino fullatico Ib. 247. 3 spindle or other turning mechanism. 1428 item pro emendacione del note et ~i vij s. (Westminster clock, KRAc 514/16 m. 2) Arch. J. CXXX 219. 4 (her.) fusil. maculis autem leniter productis lozongey, quasi rhombulis distinctam nominant, extensius vero in acumina porrectis ~os aiunt significare: differentiam etiam in situ ponunt, maculatas rhombulatasque areas cuspides semper erigere, fusorias plerumque deprimere Spelman Asp. 86; productiorem rhombulum Galli ~um vocant, aliis pro licitario, aliis pro instrumento molendinari accipientibus. nos inter martiobarbulos vel bipennes militares reponeremus, ne per ludibrium dicatur bellicosissimis heroibus symbolum hoc antiquissime gestantibus Ib. 115.

1 fūsus, (13) a, um.

I part. de fundo 2.

II pris adj^t , ¶ 1 qui sʼétend, qui se déploie : aër fusus Cic. Nat. 2, 101, air diffus ; campi fusi in omnem partem Virg. En. 6, 440, champs qui sʼétendent de tous côtés || (Gallorum) sunt fusa et candida corpora Liv. 38, 21, 9, (les Gaulois) ont le corps bien en chair et blanc || vox fusa Quint. 11, 3, 64, voix qui se déploie librement ¶ 2 déployé, libre, lâche, flottant : toga fusa Suet. Aug. 73, toge flottante [trop large] ; [poét.] fusus barbam Virg. En. 10, 838, ayant la barbe flottante, éparse || [médec.] fusior alvus Cels. Med. 1, 3, ventre trop relâché ¶ 3 [rhét.] style qui se déploie largement, abondamment : Cic. de Or. 2, 64 ; 159 ; Or. 187 ; fusiores numeri Quint. 9, 4, 130, rythmes plus larges, plus libres || écrivain abondant : Quint. 10, 1, 73.

2 fūsus, (11) ī, m. , ¶ 1 fuseau : Catul. 64, 327 ; Plin. 7, 196 ; fusum torquere, versare Plin. 28, 28 ; Ov. M. 4, 221, faire tourner le fuseau || [attribut des Parques] destinée : Ov. H. 12, 4 ¶ 2 traverse dʼun levier : Vitr. Arch. 10, 2, 14.

3 fūsŭs, ūs, m. (fundo 2), action de verser, épanchement : Varro L. 5, 123.

fusus , a, um. part. p. c. v. fundo.
溢者。散。鎔者。Fusi per herbam 散臥于青草。Fusi praelio 皆敗散。Graeca lingua fusior quam nostra 厄勒西文膽于吾國文。Fusum sermonis genus 繁縟之文法。

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fusus , i. m.
托落。紡車。

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fusus , us. m.
溢。

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fūsus (1) adj.

• P. of fundo, stretched out, lying, recumbent, prostrate: in herbā, O.: humi, O.—Spread out, extended, broad, large, ample: (aër) fusus: Gallorum fusa corpora, full, L.: crines, flowing, V.: fusus in pectore barbam. V.—Fig., copious, diffuse, flowing, free: genus sermonis.— At ease, careless: per moenia Teucri, V.: per herbam, V.

fūsus (2) ī, m

• a spindle, V., Ct., Tb., O., Iu.— Of the Fates, V., O.

FUSUS

FUSUS(ἄτρακτος), the spindle, was always, when in use, accompanied by the distaff (colus, ἠλακάτη), as an indispensable part of the same apparatus. (Ovid, Ov. Met. 4.220-229.) The wool, flax, or other material, having been prepared for spinning, and having sometimes been dyed (ἰοδνεφὲς εἶρος ἔχουσα, Hom. Od. 4.135), was rolled into a ball (τολύπη, glomus, Hor. Epist. 1.13, 14; Ovid, Ov. Met. 6.19), which was, however, sufficiently loose to allow the fibres to be easily drawn out by the hand of the spinner. The upper part of the distaff was then inserted into this mass of flax or wool, and the lower part was held in the left hand (as in the illustration), or stuck into the girdle, so as to leave both hands free (as in a mosaic figured by Rich, s. v. Neo). The fibres were drawn out, and at the same time spirally twisted, chiefly by the use of the forefinger and thumb of the right hand (δακτύλοις ἕλισσε, Eurip. Orest. 1432; pollice docto, Claud. de Prob. Cons. 177); and the thread (filum, stamen, νῆμα) so produced was wound upon the spindle until the quantity was as great as it would carry.

The spindle was a stick, 10 or 12 inches long, having. at the top a slit or catch (dens, ἄγκιστρον) in which the thread was fixed, so that the weight of the spindle might continually carry down the thread as it was formed. Its lower extremity was inserted into a small wheel called the whorl (verticillus, Plin. Nat.37.37), made of wood, stone, or metal (see woodcut), the use of which was to keep the spindle more steady and to promote its rotation: for the spinner, who was commonly a female, every now and then twirled round the spindle with her right hand (Hdt. 5.12; Ovid, Ov. Met. 6.22), so as to twist the thread still more completely; and whenever, by its continual prolongation, it let down the spindle to the ground, she took it out of the slit, wound it upon the spindle, and, having replaced it in the slit, drew out and twisted another length. All these circumstances are mentioned in detail by Catullus (Catul. 64.311-319). The accompanying woodcut is taken from a series of bas-reliefs representing the arts of Minerva upon a frieze of the Forum of Nerva at Rome. It shows the operation of spinning, at the moment when the woman has drawn out a sufficient length of yarn to twist it by whirling the spindle with her right thumb and forefinger, and previously to the act of taking it out of the slit to wind it upon the bobbin (πήνιον) already formed.

The distaff was about three times the length of the spindle, strong and thick in proportion, commonly either a stick or a reed, with an expansion near the top for holding the ball. It was sometimes of richer materials and ornamented. Theocritus has left a poem (idyll. xxviii.) written on sending an ivory distaff to the wife of a friend. Golden spindles were sent as presents to ladies of high rank (Hom. Od. 4.131; Hdt. 4.162); and a golden distaff is attributed by Homer and Pindar to goddesses,, and other females of remarkable dignity, who are called χρυσηλάκατοι.

It was usual to have a basket to hold the distaff and spindle, with the balls of wool prepared for spinning, and the bobbins already spun. (Brunck, Anal. 2.12 = Anth. Pal. 6.160; Ovid, Ov. Met. 12.475.) [CALATHUS]

In the rural districts of Italy women were forbidden to spin, or even carry a spindle openly, when they were travelling on foot, the act being considered of evil omen. (Plin. Nat.28.28.) The distaff and spindle, with the wool and thread upon them (colus compta), were carried in bridal processions; and were often suspended by females as offerings of religious gratitude, especially in old age, or on relinquishing the constant use of them. Thus the reputed spindle and distaff of Tanaquil were preserved at Rome as relics in the time of Varro. (Plin. Nat.8.194.) [DONARIA] They were most frequently dedicated to Pallas, the patroness of spinning and of the arts connected with it. This goddess was herself rudely sculptured with a distaff and spindle in the Trojan Palladium (Apollod. 3.12, 3). They were also exhibited in the representations of the three Fates, who were conceived, by their spinning, to determine the life of every man; and at the same time by singing, as females usually did whilst they sat together at their work, to predict his future lot (Catull. l. c.).

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Fusus

(ἄτρακτος). A spindle; usually made of a stick about twelve inches in length, and used with the distaff (colus), for twisting or spinning the fibres of wool or flax into thread (Pliny , Pliny H. N. xi. 27; Ovid, Met. vi. 22). Golden spindles were sent to ladies of rank (Herod.iv. 162). In the rural districts of Italy, women were forbidden to spin when they were travelling on foot, the act being considered of evil omen (Pliny , Pliny H. N. xxviii. 5). The distaff and spindle, with the wool and thread upon them, were carried in bridal processions; and without the wool and thread, they were often suspended by women as offerings of religious gratitude, especially in old age, or on relinquishing the constant use of them. They were most frequently dedicated to Minerva, the patroness of spinning, and of the arts connected with it. The spindle was kept in the calathus (q. v.).