slough
slough
subs.
Bog: P. ἕλος, τό, Ar. and P. τέλμᾰ, τό.
Skin of a serpent: V. χῐτών, ὁ (Eur. I.T. 288).
subs.
Bog: P. ἕλος, τό, Ar. and P. τέλμᾰ, τό.
Skin of a serpent: V. χῐτών, ὁ (Eur. I.T. 288).
SLOUGH
s. A deep miry place locus coenosus.
Cast-off skin pellis: exuviae (poetical). To cast a slough pellem exuere; vernationem or senectam exuere (of serpents).
s. A deep miry place locus coenosus.
Cast-off skin pellis: exuviae (poetical). To cast a slough pellem exuere; vernationem or senectam exuere (of serpents).
v. (Medical term) crusta obduci.
slough (subs.):
I. A deep, miry place:
1. vŏrāgo, ĭnis, f. (any deep place in which persons or things may be swallowed up,esp. deep mire): the chariots stuck fast in the mud and s.s, currus illuvie et voraginibus haerebant, Curt. 8, 14, ad init.: cf. Cat. 20, extr., in gravi coeno ... in tenaci voragine (boggy mud that sticks to the feet).
2. coenum (foul mud or mire): v.MIRE . Or by circuml., locus coenosus (R. and A.). See also SWAMP , MARSH . (More precisely, perh., *locus profundis voraginibus.)
II. The cast skin of a serpent:
1. precise term, vernātio: Plin. 29, 6, 35 (v. ponere). So, to cast the s., vernare, Plin. 8, 27, 41 (where the process is minutely described).
2. exŭviae, arum (skin or armour stripped off): Virg. Aen. 2, 473. Also expr. by pellis: v.SKIN .
I. A deep, miry place:
1. vŏrāgo, ĭnis, f. (any deep place in which persons or things may be swallowed up,
2. coenum (foul mud or mire): v.
II. The cast skin of a serpent:
1. precise term, vernātio: Plin. 29, 6, 35 (v. ponere). So, to cast the s., vernare, Plin. 8, 27, 41 (where the process is minutely described).
2. exŭviae, arum (skin or armour stripped off): Virg. Aen. 2, 473. Also expr. by pellis: v.
slough (v.): Phr.: the flesh s.s off, *caro in crustam quandam abit [corrumpitur] ac delabitur.