luscus

luscus, a, um, adj. [root luc of lux; with fundamental idea to glimmer; cf. Gr. λυγη, gloom],

• one-eyed: Le. Oculum ego ecfodiam tibi, si verbum addideris. Sc. Hercle qui dicam tamen: nam si sic non licebit, luscus dixero, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 64 (465); id. Curc. 4, 2, 19 (505): Appius cenabo, inquit, apud te, huic lusco, familiari meo C. Sestio: uni enim locum esse video, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Mart. 4, 65; Gai Inst. 3, 214: cum Gaetula ducem portaret belua luscum (of Hannibal), Juv. 10, 157: ambos perdidit ille oculos, et luscis invidet, id. 10, 228.—Hence, with one eye shut, i. e. taking aim, said mockingly of a statue: statua meditatur proelia lusca, Juv. 7, 128; half-blind, Mart. 9, 37, 10.

luscus, a, um, I) mit verschlossenem Auge, ein Auge zudrückend, blinzelnd, schielend, beim Zielen, statua lusca, Iuven. 7, 128. – II) einäugig, Cic. de or. 2, 246. Sen. ep. 66, 5. Lact. de opif. dei 9, 4. Mart. 2, 33, 3; 4, 65, 2; 8, 9, 2 (Ggstz. caecus) u.a.: dux, v. Hannibal, Iuven. 10, 158: subst., luscī, ōrum, m., die Einäugigen, Iuven. 10, 228. Firm. math. 7, 7. – III) blödsichtig, halbblind, Mart. 9, 37, 10.

luscus [CL] 1 blind in one eye, one-eyed; b (fig., of needle). Aldh. VirgV 1319 (v. detrimentum 2a); ~us vel monoptalmus, anegede Ælf. Gram. 304; 9‥ luxcus, anije WW; hic lusticio ‥ i. oculorum vitium, et ~us ‥ ex parte nihil videns Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 308; ave virgo gloriosa, / ‥ / tu lusco lux, tu claudo pes Walt. Wimb. Virgo 76; puero ~o precipiatur ut sintillas intueatur Gad. iiiv. 2.  b conditor invalido et finxit me corpore luscam Tatwine Aen. 11. 2. 2 squinting (as app. guide to character), louche. c1460 oculis luscus et denigrato colore, in facie fuscus Paston Let. 610 II p. 211. 3 (w. ref. to the mind) ignorant. glaucus interpretatur ‘luscus’. glaucus itaque animi lippitudinem, hoc est ignorantiam figurat. omnis enim ignorans ~us et a rationis limite devius esse perhibetur W. Donc. Aph. Phil. 7. 11; ave virgo, Dei theca, / per quam lusca, lippa, ceca / mens habet collirium Walt. Wimb. Virgo 8.

luscus, (13) a, um, borgne : Pl. Trin. 465 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 246 ; Mart. 9, 37, 10 || statua lusca Juv. 7, 128, statue borgne [représentant un borgne].

luscus , a, um. adj.
獨目者。 單目者。

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luscus adj.

• LVC-, with closed eye, with one eye closed: statua, i. e. aiming, Iu.—One-eyed: familiaris meus: dux, Iu.