thumb
thumb
subs.
No separate word; use finger.
Under the thumb of: met., use adj., P. and V. ὑ̆πήκοος (gen. or dat.), ὑ̆ποχείριος (dat.); or prep., P. and V. ὑ̆πό (dat.).
subs.
No separate word; use finger.
Under the thumb of: met., use adj., P. and V. ὑ̆πήκοος (gen. or dat.), ὑ̆ποχείριος (dat.); or prep., P. and V. ὑ̆πό (dat.).
thumb
v. trans.
Thumb (a book): use Ar. and P. πᾰτεῖν (Av. 471; Plat. Phaedr. 273a).
v. trans.
Thumb (a book): use Ar. and P. πᾰτεῖν (Av. 471; Plat. Phaedr. 273a).
THUMB
s. pollex: digitus pollex. Of the size of a thumb pollicaris: of a thumb’s breadth latitudine pollicari; latitudine digiti pollicis (after Caes. B.C. 3 13): of the thickness of a thumb crassitudine digiti pollicis; crassitudine pollicari: a thumb’s breadth crassitudo digiti pollicis: crassitudo pollicaris: of the length of a thumb longitudine digiti pollicis (after Caes. B.C. 3 13): a thumb’s length longitudo digiti pollicis (after Caes. B.C. 3 30): a thumb-screw *tormentum pollicibus admovendum.
s. pollex: digitus pollex. Of the size of a thumb pollicaris: of a thumb’s breadth latitudine pollicari; latitudine digiti pollicis (after Caes. B.C. 3 13): of the thickness of a thumb crassitudine digiti pollicis; crassitudine pollicari: a thumb’s breadth crassitudo digiti pollicis: crassitudo pollicaris: of the length of a thumb longitudine digiti pollicis (after Caes. B.C. 3 13): a thumb’s length longitudo digiti pollicis (after Caes. B.C. 3 30): a thumb-screw *tormentum pollicibus admovendum.
v. *pollice terere.
thumb (subs.): pollex, ĭcis, m.: in full, digitus p., Caes. B. G. 3, 13: adj.: pollĭcāris (of a t.'s breadth or thickness): anything of the thickness of the t., aliquid pollicari crassitudine, Plin. 13, 23, 45; digiti pollicis crassitudine, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: to bring the t. and middle finger together, medium digitum in pollicem contrahere, Quint. 11, 3, 92. The t.s were pressed down when a gladiator (v. Dict. Ant. sub voce) was to be saved, up when he was to be killed: hence p. premere, Plin. 28, 2, 5; vertere, convertere, Juv. 3, 36. Phr.: a Tom-t., hop o' my t., sălăpūtium, Catul. 53, 5.
thumb (v.): *pollice versare (cf. Hor. A. P. 269).